The man stood in front of the teen clearly lost in thought before sighing after a few moments and dragging his hand through his hair.
"Ok" he began uncertainly. "The first thing you will find in the book is a collection of spells designed specifically for combat only known by members of our family, meaning that no one other than those with the name Potter will ever know them" he explained.
Harry nodded his understanding and waited for the man to continue.
"The main part of our magic is a very obscure branch that was gifted to us many centuries ago though the knowledge of its origins and who gave it to us is long forgotten" he informed the boy. "It has been taught from father to son for generations never being written down in case someone should happen upon it".
"What is it?" Harry asked curiously.
Charlus gave him a speculative look and finally a nod.
"It is a mixture of mind and physical magic" he answered cryptically. "Tell me, what do you feel when you cast a spell? Where do you feel the magic within you?".
Harry thought about the question for a moment, replaying the feeling of casting a spell over and over again in his mind.
"It starts in my chest, flows down my arm and out through my wand" he replied.
Charlus nodded.
"As it should" he stated. "This branch will allow you to feel magic in every fibre of your mind and body, essentially enhancing everything about you by imbuing magic itself into your senses" he explained further.
"What will that do exactly?" Harry inquired with a frown.
"It will make you more sensitive to magic for a start" Charlus began again. "It will sharpen your senses considerably along with your reflexes" he added. "It will make you faster, tire less and keep your mind completely clear while you fight, meaning there will be no fear, no adrenaline and complete focus" he concluded.
"That could be useful" Harry surmised.
"Very" Charlus agreed. "I imagine you will be very good at this as you are already very powerful, which means that imbuing your entire body with magic should be quite easy and offer you a significant advantage in any situation" he pointed out. "It also means that your body will always have a continuous stream of magic flowing through every part of it giving you a resilience to offensive spells, dampening some effects considerably" he finished.
Harry nodded and understood how this indeed could be beneficial.
"How does it work?" he asked.
"Well, at first it is something you have to focus on, similar to occlumency" Charlus explained. "But as with occlumency it will become a part of you and your body will eventually remain in the state completely as second nature" he elaborated. "It has its uses beyond combat situations also but I'll leave that up to you to discover for yourself".
"So, how do we get started?" Harry questioned.
Charlus sighed and swallowed deeply.
"To be able to imbue you body with magic, you first need to experience the feeling of it and that is done with a ritual which is the main secret of the magic, but it can cause changes" he warned.
"What changes?" Harry asked warily.
"It can bring out parts of you that exist internally and cause them to manifest themselves on you physically" Charlus sighed.
"Like scars?" Harry asked.
"Not exactly" Charlus returned.
Seeing that Harry was still confused he shook his head and removed his shirt revealing to the teen what appeared to be a few tattoos.
"My wand cores are griffin claw and dragon heartstring" he explained pointing to each creature that was etched into each side of his chest. "The eagle" he continued, turning around and revealing the third marking. "Is my animagus form" he finished.
"So it will basically give me tattoos" Harry concluded. Charlus nodded.
"The magic takes your mind, body, soul and magic and combines it into one entity instead of four separate concepts that imprint on each other, though I never felt any different other than my magic bonding with my body completely, but I suspect it may be a little different for yourself" he finished thoughtfully.
"What do you mean?" Harry questioned worriedly.
"I think you will have more animal markings than myself as you have an affinity with many" Charlus deduced. "You have your wand cores and I assume an animagus form" he continued with a knowing look. "But you are also a parselmouth and survived the bite of a basilisk, being healed by phoenix tears in the process, so I can only assume again that this may manifest itself on to you" he summarised, clearly not entirely sure of himself. It made sense to Harry. He was very much aware that the basilisk venom, although no longer dangerous, still flowed through his veins along with the phoenix tears.
"Will they be as big as yours?" Harry asked thoughtfully, not at all against the idea of the markings, he was very fond of all the animals he shared something with after all.
"I honestly have no idea" Charlus responded seriously. "But I think it will be worth it either way, it certainly is a hell of a gift to possess" he explained proudly.
Harry nodded.
"Let's do it then" Harry agreed.
Charlus smiled and nodded.
He had been a little nervous about this conversation and was not entirely sure that the boy would be happy with the side effects of it. But he knew he had to make Harry see it for what it was; a significant advantage in not only a fight, but magic use in general. The boy would understand his magic more and everything about him would benefit from it.
The man himself was very keen to see how far the teen could take the skill, he was already powerful and very well trained. This would simply add to all of it and make him an even better wizard than he already was, something that Charlus could not even fathom as Harry was undoubtedly one of the best he had ever seen.
"Begin by working on some of those spells" he instructed. "I need to get a few things ready first and then we can get the ritual done".
Harry nodded and watched as the man left the room before turning his attention on to the book, his eyes lighting up in excitement as he began to read through the spells within. The man returned around an hour later draped in a thick black cloak, levitating a smoking cauldron in front of him and carrying two daggers, silver with a gold handle.
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