Chapter 207: Redecorating
It took Nick quite a few tries but he eventually managed to cast the spell well enough to split a wand housing without destroying it. 'Anyone who claimed that having more power made it easier to learn simple spells lied through their fucking teeth.' Nick cursed mentally after failing to get the desired outcome for the umpteenth time in the last four days. The truth of the matter as far as he could tell was that it wasn't more power that made it easier but experience in spell casting that he simply lacked.-
If anything him being so powerful turned out to be detrimental in this case as he had to actively hold back from the urge to cast a spell at full tilt like he was used to. Some spells excelled in such situations but others that required pinpoint precision simply failed in those cases. 'Still this is good training for magical control that may become useful at some point later.' he thought finally splitting a housing correctly. He went to eat dinner at Crumonte's as he had been accustomed to before going to bed since he planned to go shopping for furnishings for the Ravenclaw manor the next day.-
Waking up at dawn as he was used to Nick got dressed for the day before having Dotty follow him out of the wand shop after he said good morning to Olivander. House elves super convenient for furniture shopping as all it took for Nick to have the stuff he bought sent to the island was a quick snap of the fingers on Dotty's part. By the end of the day he had bought enough , mattresses , rugs , toilets and other miscellaneous decorative or must have items to fully redecorate the entire Ravenclaw manor.-
An interesting thing to note was that the reason Olivander hadn't said anything about him casting magic despite the trace to detect it was because he had informed the ministry already that Nick would be doing so. Nick only learned this because he brought it up when the old man asked him to practice. Apparently the whole trace rule for minors actually had stipulations in place in regards to either non threats to the statute like purebloods or those in an apprenticeship such as Nick. It wasn't super useful information to have but Nick still liked knowing it.
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