Chapter 19: Complimenting!
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[You have gained the skill [Sage's Wisdom] after raising WIS above 50.]
[Sage's Wisdom] (Passive) MAX LV.
[Those who consider wisdom a virtue have a different way of thinking. Their thoughts also affect their mental strength.
Effect: 300% increased mana recovery.
Effect: 300% increased magic defense.]
"Oh wow. This looks like a really useful skill. So how much is that?"
If I remembered correctly then I gained 1% for every 10 WIS I had.
[MP Regeneration: 15%]
[Magic Resistance: 15%]
That means that with my current mana I regenerated 45 MP per minute, and only had to wait 7 minutes to refill up my total reserves.
This was better than I thought. Plus, the added magic resistance would come in handy against other magic users like that zombie wizard.
It wasn't just that though, I could feel myself getting smarter. Suddenly things that used to confuse me became bright as day.
"So, that's what she meant by 'I'm fine.' Hmmm, I guess I really did get that question on my mid-term wrong, probably shouldn't have slashed Mrs. Keel's tires then. So, the Dean did know I banged his daughter, that explains why he hated me."
An hour went by in a flash as I went over all my past experiences now that the veil had been lifted from my eyes. People suddenly seemed to make sense again.
Finally, there was one last thing to test.
Whipping out my wand I shouted the simplest spell I knew, "Lumos."
A beam of light exited from the wand's tip, but unlike every other time that I had cast it, it didn't die out prematurely.
"Haha, I did it."
I couldn't help the smile that appeared on my face. I could finally use magic.
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Taking a sip of orange juice, I continued my observation of Pansy Parkinson from the Ravenclaw table. I had a number of opened books around me as I scribbled in a notebook.
However, that was just for show as I was really using [Observe] and my newly acquired insight to gather information. Once I was finished this book would contain blackmail material on everyone in the school.
[Observe] had finally reached level 15 after a week of continual use, allowing me to see a target's health, mana, weakness, attributes, status, background, emotions, and even a small insight to what they were thinking at the moment. I was sure that if I leveled it enough, it would even start to give me passcodes to things too.
'Huh, so she's afraid of cockroaches and her family also own an illegal potion's ingredient farm. Very useful,' I thought scribbling away, 'I could use this to my advantage and finally get a foothold into Slytherin.'
Currently there seemed to be some unseen cold war between the first-year Slytherin girls with both Pansy and Daphne fighting for supremacy.
The children from Pureblood families contained the juiciest secrets as one would expect, but even ordinary people had some secrets that others didn't want others to know.
Take for example our lovely little bookworm at the Gryffindor table that was nose deep into a book. Thanks to [Observe]I was able to find out that my efforts to befriend her had result in her acquiring feelings for me. This would no doubt make it much easier to manipulate her in the future.
Though it wasn't just her who had love problems, as almost everyone in school seemed to like someone else. There was a complex web of emotions at Hogwarts and thanks to my gift I had full insight. A few words here, a couple rumors there, and I could bring down anyone to their knees without having to even lift my wand.
Yes, putting all my point into WIS was truly paying off.
Still most of this information was off limits until I could handle any retaliation that the offended party might throw my way.
Getting up I closed the book and stealthily placed it in my inventory as I gathered the other texts.
I confidently stalked to the Slytherin table and greeted the group of girls, "Hello ladies." I made sure to put on my best charming smile for extra effect.
They didn't say anything as they just stared with mild hostility.
"Might I say, you're all looking lovely today," I complimented them, completely unbothered by their cold reception.
"What do you want Ravenclaw?" Pansy threw out with a sneer.
"Sorry to interrupt, but I just needed to tell Daphne that I'm about to return the book she wanted on transfiguration back to the library."
They all looked at the stoic blonde asking if I was telling the truth.
Not being a complete idiot, she stood up from the table, "It's about time. I'll go with you?"
Pansy's face turned into a scowl before it was replaced with a sly smile, "I see. Well I guess you should be off then?"
Tracy looked like she wanted to leave too, but a look from Pansy was enough to make her stay seated.
With that we made our way to the Library.
"…So why did you contact me?" she finally asked when I got to the 2nd floor.
Grinning at her I stopped walking. "Oh good, I thought a cat got your tongue. "
"Charlie, this is serious. You made me lose a lot of face, I can't be seen talking to a-"
"-Mud-blood," I interjected helpfully.
She flinched as if she was slapped, "I was going to say Muggle-born?"
"Sure you were," I rolled my eyes, "not like I really care what you call me behind my back."
"I-I-"
Cutting her off I continued, "But that's beside the point. You're right, I do have something important to tell you."
"…What is it?"
"I have something that could help you tip the scales in your favor."
"What do you mean?"
"Your little war with Pansy. I can give you the tools to win?"
"I don't know what you're talking about. There's no war between me and Pansy!"
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