Chapter 49 - Chapter 49: Silent Casting & Wandless Magic

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Dumbledore suddenly stood. The hall fell silent.

The white-bearded Headmaster announced: "Another year has passed. Time to award the House Cup."

"House scores are as follows:"

"Fourth place: Gryffindor, 313 points."

"Third place: Hufflepuff, 352 points."

"Second place: Ravenclaw, 426 points."

"First place: Slytherin, 472 points!"

The Slytherin table erupted in cheers.

Gryffindor slumped in defeat.

They'd lost so many points mainly because Harry kept clashing with Professor Snape—constant deductions. Plus Hermione skipped class constantly.

The professors liked Hermione, but rules were rules. Deductions had to be made.

But what could they do? The two had not only led Gryffindor to Quidditch glory, but foiled Quirrell's plot. How could anyone truly blame them?

Wait.

Right. They accomplished something...

Could it be...?

Gryffindor students' eyes lit up.

Next second, their hunch proved correct.

"First, Mr. Harry Potter—for brilliant analysis and deduction, uncovering a hidden conspiracy. Fifty points to Gryffindor!"

"Second, Mr. Ron Weasley—for risking his life alongside his friends without hesitation. Fifty points to Gryffindor!"

"Finally, Miss Hermione Granger—for remaining calm under pressure in her duel with Quirrell, demonstrating exceptional magical skill and combat wisdom. Sixty points to Gryffindor!"

"Therefore, Gryffindor's final score is 473 points—first place for the House Cup!"

Every Gryffindor rose to their feet.

"YEAH!"

In contrast, the Slytherin students' faces turned black as coal.

Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw each dropped a rank—Hufflepuff now dead last. Yet somehow, both houses applauded even louder than Gryffindor.

Guess Slytherin had annoyed them plenty.

At the head table, Professor McGonagall beamed.

Snape wore an expression that screamed: I knew it.

Harry ducked his head, blushing. His deduction seemed correct—process right, conclusion wrong.

But seeing everyone so happy... whatever. Let's pretend nothing happened.

Hermione couldn't hold back a grin.

Defeated Voldemort? Worth sixty points.

Beat Slytherin by ONE point? Maximum damage, maximum insult.

Blatant favoritism.

Old Dumbledore's not even pretending anymore.

Dumbledore sat back down, glanced at Hermione, gave her a you know what I mean look.

Hermione rolled her eyes.

Back in the dormitory.

[Hermione Jane Granger]

[Magic Level: Lv3 (672/50000)]

The battle with Quirrell netted Hermione a whopping 5,000 Soul Energy.

5,000!

She'd instantly leveled up to Lv3 Magic.

Now, in terms of raw magical power, she was solidly at adult wizard level.

Thank you, Quirrell! Thank you, Voldemort!

Actually, Quirrell's soul hadn't contributed that much. Most came from Voldemort.

Due to his Horcruxes, Voldemort's main soul fragment wouldn't dissipate. But not dissipating didn't mean not weakening.

Since he and Quirrell shared a body, the moment Quirrell's body turned to ash, Voldemort was treated as having "died" again. Dark Harvest triggered instantly, draining that remnant soul.

Carved him down from remnant soul to soul fragment.

Even better: the [Spells] section reacted again.

Not from recording new magic—this appeared automatically upon reaching Lv3 Magic.

[Silent Casting Lv1 (1/1000)]

[Wandless Magic Lv1 (1/1000)]

Silent Casting! Wandless Magic!

Compared to high-damage spells, Hermione considered these the real game-changers. She'd wanted them forever but had no idea how to learn them.

Wizard magic seemed powerful—but only if they could cast it.

Magic you can't use might as well not exist.

Most wizards lost their wands or got silenced? Helpless as Muggles. That was their biggest weakness. Only exceptionally powerful wizards were exceptions.

Losing the wand was the worst.

Plenty of wizards knew Silent Casting—just varied in proficiency and effect.

But lose the wand? 99% of wizards couldn't cast anything.

Force it? Magical backlash. Self-harm.

After extensive observation, Hermione identified three wizard weaknesses: Disarming, Silencing, Ambush.

First: can't channel magic. Second: can't vocalize spells to convert magic into effects. Third: no one maintained Shield Charms 24/7.

This time, the Mysterious Magic Book solved two major problems.

Sure, Lv1 Silent Casting and Wandless Magic capped her at Lv1 effects when silent or wandless. But the key? All spells applied.

Even Dumbledore could only use wandless magic for specific, well-practiced spells. Unfamiliar ones were dangerous.

She could cast everything wandlessly. No safety concerns.

Plus, this was just the beginning. Once proficiency increased, effects would improve.

More importantly, wandless magic had another critical use for her:

Surprise attacks.

Imagine: disarmed, wand knocked away, enemy thinks they've won—

Not knowing the wand was just a prop.

Then she raises one hand. Five fingers. Five green flashes.

That'd terrify them.

Could even Voldemort pull that off?

Right now, only Lv3 Magic. But in a real fight? She could take down a Ministry elite Auror with one careless mistake on their part.

MCU. S.H.I.E.L.D. Triskelion.

A massive training room—thousands of square meters.

Hermione eyed the agents standing at attention, then shot Fury a sideways glance.

"This is what you picked for me?"

Fury frowned slightly. He'd handpicked these elites from across S.H.I.E.L.D. Not good enough?

"Problem?"

"Nope." Hermione shook her head.

The agents' skills were fine. It was just the people...

Grant Ward.

Brock Rumlow.

Jasper Sitwell.

Clint Barton.

Plus a few unfamiliar faces—looked like desk workers or field ops.

Hermione used Legilimency on each one.

Result?

Aside from Hawkeye—all HYDRA.

Where's Natasha? Coulson? Maria Hill?

What criteria did you even USE?

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