The afternoon sun was warm.
In the lush forest, Luna looked up at the Bowtruckles nesting in the trees, a straight wand tucked behind her ear.
Soft light filtered through the gaps in the leaves, scattering patches of light onto her, as if she were wearing a cloak of light.
She was engrossed in watching until Roger approached.
The dense Pestering Mites severely obstructed her vision, and she turned her head, "Roger, you're back?"
"Mm, I checked on Grindelwald's side, and he doesn't have any similar phenomena."
The scenery before them was picturesque, and the person was beautiful, but Roger's focus remained on magic.
As the saying goes, in the face of a Transfiguration master like Roger, all external appearances were illusory.
He only focused his attention on what was truly worth noticing.
"Is that so?" Luna nodded, not surprised at all.
Roger was the most unique being she had ever met in her life, and she didn't think certain traits of Roger's would be found so easily in another person.
Even if that person was Grindelwald, the Dark wizard who had almost started a full-scale war between wizards and Muggles in legend.
"Then, with no reference sample, how do you plan to experiment with that thing on yourself next?"
The two had already experimented for an entire morning.
Through the morning's various attempts, Luna had a general understanding of Roger's boundaries.
Roger had some grasp of mind magic, but it was clearly not in-depth.
Or rather, the entire wizard civilization had not conducted very deep research into mind magic.
Confundus Charm, Obliviate Charm, Legilimency, Occlumency... while the methods seemed diverse, they were essentially just shallow applications related to the mind.
Confusion, deletion, extraction, defense, that was all.
If the wizard civilization truly possessed profound magic related to the mind, given the close relationship between the mind and magic power, they would likely have reached a higher level of magic.
And the fact that no one had broken through this limitation until Roger developed the Three-Dimensional Law already explained the issue.
Although Roger's magic could improve rapidly with the assistance of Danger Sense, he still had to follow basic rules.
Without anyone to guide him, Roger's attempts to create something from nothing would be like his Path to Immortality, one step at a time.
Conceptual Creation was already the culmination of his mind magic.
It was unrealistic to advance further in a short period to solve all the mysteries surrounding the Pestering Mites and Roger's own anomaly.
"One step at a time, slowly," Roger said with a smile.
Some things were urgent, and the faster they could be done, the better.
Just like his Path to Immortality.
But for some things, there was no need to rush; with his current lifespan, he would eventually find the answers.
"Pestering Mites are essentially creatures closely linked to 'mind power'."
"Although we don't know their full nature, this point should be roughly correct."
"With this understanding, the next steps will have direction, whether it's why Pestering Mites gather around me, or why they disintegrate when they get too close to me."
"Both must have reasons related to the mind."
Roger paused at this point, then continued, "So, my focus will be on two directions next."
"One is from the outside; I will look for people with similar characteristics to me in various aspects, such as personality, pursuits, experiences, or other aspects, and I will observe if they exhibit the same or similar phenomena as I do."
"The other is from the inside; I will continue to delve deeper into mind magic based on Conceptual Creation."
The research into mind magic was not just for investigating the Pestering Mites.
It was because the mind itself was very mysterious and possessed immense power. Not to mention its close relationship with magic power, even Roger's Path to Immortality might require more involvement from mind magic to be complete.
In this process, the Pestering Mites were more like a directional marker than the final goal; they could indicate whether Roger's mind magic was on the right track.
It was like a weakened version of Danger Sense.
If Roger couldn't make any progress on the Pestering Mites issue no matter how he researched, it would mean that his research direction for mind magic might have some problems.
This might not be absolutely accurate, but when one couldn't find the way forward, every guiding light was precious.
In any case, having something was better than nothing, wasn't it? Roger had learned many hard lessons when embarking on the Path to Immortality, which made him cherish the hard-won reference points.
Besides the Pestering Mites, Roger also planned to borrow the library from Nicolas Flamel.
Hogwarts' magical collection was second to none in the entire wizarding world.
But it was still a school, and some materials would not be available here.
Some special books, even in the restricted section, seemed somewhat inappropriate.
Just like some books Roger received from Professor McGonagall before enrolling, some of which were not in the Hogwarts library.
...The main reason was that some books involved highly controversial magical theories that were not suitable for ordinary young wizards to view, and some books involved certain 'national departmental secrets.'
The fact that McGonagall could lend them to Roger at the time was largely due to his identity as a Seer.
Roger desperately wanted more wisdom from his predecessors.
So naturally, he wanted to examine the private collection of Nicolas Flamel, an old wizard who had lived for over six hundred years.
Surely, this legendary alchemist possessed some precious rare editions.
Sometimes, what Roger needed wasn't a specific spell, but ideas, ways of thinking – that was what Roger focused on most.
Right, speaking of classified information from national departments.
Roger suddenly remembered.
The Department of Mysteries must also have a very valuable collection of documents internally.
However, the Department of Mysteries operated with a high degree of autonomy.
Often, they were more inclined to "listen to orders but not execute them."
Even Fudge, as the Minister for Magic, found it difficult to fully command the Department of Mysteries.
It was similar to how, even if a certain man, who no one understood better than himself, became Earth's number one, it would still be hard to access the ledgers of certain departments.
Obtaining documents from the Department of Mysteries wasn't something that could be accomplished with a mere request.
Of course, like Voldemort and Grindelwald, direct robbery was the fastest method.
At the time, Voldemort and Grindelwald had only robbed the Time Hall; the other departments of the Department of Mysteries had not been ransacked.
Voldemort and Grindelwald were not in good condition then, clearly unable to complete a full ransacking. Otherwise, Roger would have directly gone after Voldemort and the others for a double-cross.
Like Voldemort, would he resort to dirty tricks? Roger certainly wouldn't do that.
He had other methods; naturally, he wouldn't handle things so crudely.
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