Chapter 87: Higher interest

Chapter 87: Higher interest

Voldemort was very unhappy to see Nick fully recovered from whatever he was afflicted with as it meant the boy was still a threat to his rule. Even worse was that thanks to his clear targeting of the boy during class convincing Nick of joining him is pretty much gone so long as he remained in this body. The boy had already proven to be vengeful with his actions against Draco Malfoy both seen and not. Many people thought that the incident with the broom was an accident but Voldemort had seen it for himself through the memories of others.-

Nick had clearly shown hostility towards Draco during that incident and while he certainly was surprised by the way the broom in his hand reacted it was indeed his doing. Voldemort was one of the few people to figure out how wandless magic worked very early in his life thanks to his poor upbringing. Emotions were powerful things in magic and the boy's magic was clearly potent so it was little wonder that he performed accidental magic in this regard. Voldemort was also quite interested in Nick's ability to create artifacts despite never learning ancient runes.-

Modern day enchanting involved engraving runes onto an object and channeling very specific spells into the object. Nick clearly didn't do this in his creations which anyone familiar with artifacts would recognize. The boy claimed to be self taught but Voldemort was more willing to believe that he had instead found an ancient wizards inheritance as the alternative meant he was more talented than him , lord Voldemort which was simply impossible. Dumbledore meanwhile fully believed what Nick said as he was a master alchemist himself and as a result could see traces of the process in his creations.-

Astronomy was once again a whole lot of cramming though admittedly the professor slowed down a bit now that they had most of the information they needed. Charms class was once again focused on the Lumos charm and Nick was conscripted by Flitwick to help teach again. Interestingly enough was that Neville had a new wand by this point showing that he took Nick's previous advice. He apparently got it over the weekend and had been nervous that he would still fail at everything afterwards. He hadn't had any trouble at all and had improved by leaps and bounds which helped his confidence considerably though he was still quite shy.

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