Chapter 37: affection meter, ritual, magic circle
Jack said looking straight into her eyes and then he wanted to let her go. But Pansy is in dazed state and she held on to Jack without letting him go. Daphne looked at this and she also did not let Jack go.
On the other hand Jack got the affection meter and mood indicator. Also the information of the level of affection was also mentioned.
1-20 points means acquaintances
21-40 points means known each other or basic trust
41-60 points means affectionate or starting love
61-80 points means love in any form or pure trust
81-95 points means deep love and complete trust
96-100 points means obsessive love and absolute trust.
As he looked at Pansy, the affection meter showed that she is at 96 points directly. Jack doesn't know why her affection towards him is so high. Also it shows that she is in obsessive love with him.
Jack has to take his time to ask her why she loved him so much. He even though that he missed something that caused Pansy to become so obsessed with him. On the other hand when he looked at Daphne,
The affection points show that she is at 98 points. Well this doesn't have to be guessed. Jack gave them another kiss on their cheeks and then sent them off. As for how they decide to share Jack between them, it will be left for them to decide.
While returning he saw Hermione that was leaving to Hogsmeade station to return back to England to go back to her home for Christmas. Jack looked at her and found that her affection towards Jack is only 34 points.
Her mood is complicated and it says that she is feeling guilty towards Jack. Jack can guess the reason for this is about the words of Draco before. He did not wait for her to speak and directly walked away without even taking a second look at her.
She has to feel a little more and these thoughts should be imprinted in her mind right now. It should be useful for him in the future. Hermione did not know how to speak to Jack and can only see the back of his lonely figure as he walked towards Hogwarts.
Hermione slumped down her shoulders and walked towards the Hogsmeade railways station to return back to England. Her mind is in turmoil and there are many feelings mixed in her mind at this moment.
Even though she is proud girl that is into studies, she has good amount of emotional intelligence too. After she left, Jack returned to his dorm and continued with his studies and practices.
He has one important thing to complete during this time when he was free from all restrictions. That is his house elves wily and Kreacher have obtained enough materials to go through a ritual to improve his body connection to magic.
Also this would improve his physique to the next level. The materials are many rare herbs and materials. The Black family has a special ritual book that can let him completely absorb the special herbs and materials and integrate it into his body.
For that he has to create a magic circle with the blood mixture of specific beasts. Well these are dark magic rituals that are not as ethical as they require some forbidden items to complete.
He got all the required materials that are missing from his collection of the black family and Goldsman family from the house elves wily and Kreacher. He just got them in the morning that day that was brought by Goldy.
That night he put a dummy in sleeping position and went to the room or requirements. He successfully sneaked to that place. He has an extra pair of clothes, uniform and other things in his space pockets in the system space.
The materials were also placed inside. After entering the room of requirements he started to take out the materials and inspect them. But before that, he placed few rune symbol engraved copper sheets on four sides of the room.
The room he imagined is a big place that can let him perform a ritual along with a spring water bath to the side. These rune symbols are used to seal off the place so that others would not be able to peek in without his permission.
Unfortunately these rune symbols would not last forever. There is specific number of usages. They were already used before by his predecessors and there are only few times of usage left. But Jack did not care about that.
Once activated it would last for 12 hours straight this place within the barrier would be detached from the outside world. After checking the materials he started to draw the magic circle based on information in the book of rituals from the black family with the blood.
He slowly started to draw the circle that took him over an hour. When he is done with the process there are two big concentric circles filled with runes. They are drawn with special blood of magical creatures mixed with special materials.
Inside the circle the lines are drawn to connect two more circles touching each other that are connecting with each other with runic lines. It is like placing two discs connecting each other in a circular basket.
Jack placed all the materials that he brought into one circle where materials are needed to be place. For materials there are separate circles that are many small circles that fit perfectly for the materials that Jack brought connecting each other with runes and lines.
Then he stripped off his clothes and sat on the different circle connected to the materials circle. He started to make hand signs and speak out complicated words of the runic language to activate the magic circle.
With his chanting the magic circle started to activate. As soon as the magic circle is activated the materials in each of the smaller magic circles started to melt into strange liquid of their respective colors.
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