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…As Goku's incantation ended, a speck of light appeared at the tip of his wand, but it quickly extinguished.
"It seems… it failed!"
Goku blinked.
"No, it didn't fail!"
Dumbledore's expression relaxed.
"Your wand movement was standard, but there was a problem with the incantation; the beginning should be slower, and the end should be faster.
Repeat after me: Lum… os… Maxima."
Just now, Goku's wand lit up, and although it was fleeting, it proved that Ki could be used as magic.
The reason it didn't fully succeed was entirely because Goku's casting process wasn't standard enough.
"Lum… os… Maxima!"
Following Dumbledore's guidance, Goku once again chanted the spell and waved his wand.
This time, a stable light source successfully appeared at the tip of his wand, illuminating the surroundings.
"Wow, it's bright, it's bright, it's bright!"
Goku excitedly waved his wand, and the light source at its tip moved with it.
After the Wand-Lighting Charm's duration ended, he suddenly thought of something and asked Dumbledore:
"If I don't have this stick, will I be unable to cast magic anymore?"
Always carrying a small stick during combat would be inconvenient for him, and if close-quarters fighting became intense, the small stick could easily break.
This small stick was not like the Power Pole; it wasn't that sturdy.
"Currently, that is the case, but once you master more magic in the future and have an in-depth understanding of magic, you can also cast spells without a wand.
It's just that the power of the magic will be slightly weaker, which is unavoidable."
Dumbledore nodded.
For wizards, a wand is not a burden but the best auxiliary tool for casting magic.
In the Middle Ages, when wands were not yet widespread, many wizards were caught and burned by Muggles because they lacked wand assistance, making their casting speed too slow and their power too weak.
Moreover, wizards always cast spells from a distance, so holding a wand wouldn't be too inconvenient.
However, according to Goku's fist-to-flesh fighting style, it would be more troublesome; one could only say that he would have to slowly learn wandless casting in the future.
But as soon as he finished speaking, his eyes widened suddenly.
"How is that possible!"
It turned out that while asking the question, Goku had tried putting down his wand and using his finger to cast the Wand-Lighting Charm again.
As he finished the incantation, a somewhat dim light source appeared on his finger.
Although it wasn't as bright as the light source cast with a wand, it was indeed successfully cast.
"This is still more convenient."
Shaking the light source in his hand, Goku's face showed a satisfied smile.
Being able to cast magic without a wand would better complement his fighting style.
"Goku, cast it a few more times."
Dumbledore had Goku cast the Wand-Lighting Charm a few more times and gradually found the reason why Goku could cast wandlessly.
The main functions of a wand are to stabilize magic output and amplify magic power.
Many wizards are unable to master wandless casting techniques precisely because they cannot control the magic within their bodies very well.
A wizard's magic is innate, unstable, and easily influenced by emotions.
Many wizards born into pure-blood families, even if they were exposed to magic from a young age, could only learn magic after enrolling at eleven years old.
Because before then, the magic within their bodies was quite unstable.
Young wizards often involuntarily released magic, causing many strange things to happen around them.
However, Goku's Ki was different; it was a power condensed through arduous training and acquired through countless trials.
With Goku's talent, he could almost perfectly control his Ki, and there would be no unstable Ki situations.
Therefore, as long as he stably outputted Ki according to the standard casting method, he could successfully cast magic.
It's just that its power would be somewhat less compared to casting with a wand.
"Next, we will learn the Levitation Charm; this spell is much more difficult, especially the rhythm of the incantation is hard to grasp…"
Having figured out why Goku could cast wandlessly, Dumbledore no longer dwelled on it and continued to guide Goku in learning the most basic first-year magic.
Goku's wandless casting was a unique situation that only he could use.
Thus, with one teaching and one learning, time quickly arrived at noon.
"What terrifying learning ability!"
Watching Goku eat the hearty lunch brought by the house-elves, Dumbledore couldn't help but exclaim.
In just half a day, Goku had learned all the spells taught in the first year.
Although first-year spells are very simple, even a genius would take at least half a month of practice to master them without delving into their principles.
He himself had spent a week back then; Goku only took half a day.
He summarized two reasons for this.
First, Goku had a strong control over the Ki within his body, which greatly enhanced the success rate of casting magic.
Second, Goku had an exceptionally high talent for wand movements; essentially, if he performed an action once, Goku could accurately replicate it.
As for learning incantations, it was somewhat less impressive compared to the first two points, but still above average.
In the afternoon, magic learning continued.
But this time, Dumbledore did not teach new spells but instead explained the theoretical knowledge of magic.
He didn't plan to teach magic History, Potions, Herbology, Astronomy, or Care of Magical Creatures.
Because, in his opinion, these wouldn't significantly improve Goku's strength in the short term.
However, the principles of magic, which involved learning and mastering more advanced magic in the future, still needed to be studied thoroughly.
If Goku later became interested in those other subjects, it wouldn't be too late for him to teach them then.
An afternoon of magic theory teaching gave Dumbledore a massive headache.
"Slowly… slowly…"
After the afternoon class ended, Dumbledore could only comfort himself this way.
Compared to the unprecedented magical talent Goku displayed while learning spells in the morning, the magic theory in the afternoon was a disaster.
It wasn't that Goku's learning ability was poor, but rather that his foundation was too weak.
Goku had never attended school since childhood; at first, he couldn't even count properly, thinking that fourteen came after eleven.
Later, he became Master Roshi's disciple and learned a bit of academic knowledge.
But during a year of training, most of the time was spent on martial arts training, and the daily cultural class time was not long.
Goku's level was at most that of a first-grade elementary school student.
The key was also that he had lived in the mountains before and was overly naive, not knowing many common-sense facts.
For Goku at this level to learn complex magic theory, even the magic theory of a first-year curriculum, it was extremely difficult.
Fortunately, Dumbledore, as the most powerful and versatile wizard, had extensive teaching experience.
And with one-on-one guidance, he barely managed to get Goku started on magic theory…