Chapter 3: Initial Progress (2/2)

Quinn's teacher praised him when he asked for Quinn's progress and complimented him for being the easiest student they had ever taught. Not only that, but they also lauded Quinn's learning ability. George wasn't surprised to hear the teacher's opinion as George taught Quinn both French and Family history, and he knew Quinn's capability. He knew that Quinn wanted to learn French and actively tried to get better at it. He also knew that Quinn didn't like learning Family history, and he could see the difference in the effort he showed while he learned French and Family history.

George knew that if Quinn had been a normal child, he would've made a fuss about learning something he didn't enjoy or even outright refuse to learn. But Quinn, despite not enjoying learning Family History, still learned it without any prompting.

But, the thing that stood out most to George was Quinn's interest in magic. Magic would always succeed in attracting Quinn's attention. No matter if it was something as common as levitating cutlery to the dining table, or something flashy as sky-firework charms, everything made Quinn's eyes sparkle.

George noticed that every time he talked to Quinn, magic would always sneak into the conversation, and Quinn would especially active while talking about magic. He noticed that while children Quinn's age wouldn't stay in one spot for long, Quinn would always sit and patiently watch whenever Lia would use magic at home, or when West's manor's elf, Polly would clean the house using elf brand of magic, he would follow her all around the manor as she cleaned. Polly, who was a prideful elf, walked around the manor instead of apparating so that Quinn was able to follow her while she moved around the manor.

George had a hunch that Quinn would grow up to becoming a person who dwelled in the mysteries of magic or at least does something closely related to magic. And, even though it was absurdly early for talking about a child's future, George couldn't help but think that Quinn's future would be deeply related to magic.

George didn't want to decide his grandchildren's future careers. He wanted them to follow what they loved, which was evident as even though he was mentoring Lia, he wouldn't force Lia to take over the business. She would be allowed to leave at any time, and only when she gives full commitment would he seriously groom her for leading the family business.

Back to Quinn, George wanted to see his grandson's limits and how much Quinn could learn before leaving his direct supervision by enrolling in one of the magical schools. He began to replan his original plans for Quinn's education and development.

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Another year had passed, and Quinn had used the past year very productively. He had increased the things he could do with magic. From making light-weighted objects move with limited control, Quinn had upped his capabilities. Over the year, Quinn had gradually found objects that weighed more and experimented and practiced with them. By the time he turned six, Quinn's control over objects had increased substantially.

The six-year-old still couldn't do anything more than move objects, but Quinn felt like he had pioneered the usage of magic in the area of push and pull. When Quinn mentioned that he could move objects, what he meant was that he could use different combinations of push and pull to make the object move.

In the case of Push, he could just apply a single push or apply a continuous push. The single push was akin to hitting a billiard(pool) ball with a cue stick or hitting a golf ball with a club. Whereas the continuous push was akin to pushing a trolley(cart) and apply force continuously to keep the object moving,

Pull was similar also push and had two types; the single yank or the continuous pull. The single yank was simply applying the pull just once, and the continuous pull could be a continuous pull force applied like a train engine pulling the carriages.

By using multiple combinations of these four types of forces at different powers, Quinn could do all kinds of things. It didn't provide total control like controlling a remote-controlled car, but with creativity and practice, possibilities were vast. He had attained a trickshot level of control and could control objects as long it was possible with push and pull.

Of course there were limitations,

The range was a huge limitation. His current range was only five meters as he didn't know how to get his magic across that limit. He could reach any object as long it was within a five-meter radius with him as the center.

Another limitation was speed. The control deteriorated with an increase in speed. The faster the object, the less control Quinn had on it.

Focus also hindered Quinn's ability to do magic. Quinn found out that to be able to do magic which wasn't high-emotion-fueled wild accidental magic, he had to focus and maintain the intent of the action. So, while the single push and pull were simple enough as their focus time was short, but continuous counterparts were harder as Quinn needed to constantly think of the power, direction, where to apply force, and how to apply force. So, complexity was bad for Quinn.

Then there was one problem that had caused Quinn a lot of problems, and it had taken a lot of willpower from Quinn to overcome. The problem was the bad habit of using hand gestures while using magic. While this habit had provided him with better control as gestures helped with focus, it made him think it was similar to wand moments, and that was against what Quinn was trying to accomplish. So, he tried to get rid of hand gestures, but it had taken everything from crossing his arms to sitting on his hands to put his hands behind the back to break that bad habit.

It took Quinn more than a month to get rid of that instinct to use hand gestures and another two months to get his control to the level provided with hand gestures. Now, Quinn could do the same things by just thinking about the execution of the magic.

Quinn's non-magical education was also coming along splendidly. He had gotten quite good at the piano, and formal dancing was also coming along marvelously. Quinn felt confident that he could dance in front of an audience without embarrassing himself and his partner. Quinn's calligraphy was still a work in progress because of his child's hands, and from his teachers' expressions, he could say that he was doing quite well.

But, things were about to change because two years after the day Quinn transmigrated, Quinn was ready to make a huge step in his pursuit of magic.

-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- (Some information about the characters.)

Quinn West - MC - 6 years old - in pursuit of the magic.

Lia West - Elder sister - 16 years old (6th-year student) - Beauxbaton Academy Of Magic.

George West - Grandfather - Good guy

Polly - West family house-elf - Cleaning Expert.

In this chapter, we saw things from George West's, progress on magic, some technicalities about what Quinn could do, and a time skip.

Let's see what I can come up with in the next chapter.