{Harry's room, Leaky Cauldron}
'''The Hot Air Charm
Incantation: Calefacio
Classification: Charm
Difficulty: ★☆☆☆☆
Effect: The Hot Air Charm produces a stream of warm air from the tip of the wand. The caster can use it to warm their hands, dry damp clothing, or provide warmth in a cold environment. The spell does not create flames and is considerably safer than fire-making charms.
Wand Movement: Continuous small clockwise circles.
Common Failures:
Weak Airflow: Insufficient magical output produces little or no noticeable air blowing out of the caster's wand.
Cold Air: Poor intent can cause the spell to expel ordinary air instead of warm or heated air.
Uneven Heat: Unstable wand movement while tracing the circle causes the air temperature to fluctuate.
Excessive Heat: If the circle is too big and the intent is also wrong, the produced air could be uncomfortably hot.
A student is considered proficient when they can produce a steady stream of comfortably warm air for 30 seconds while maintaining a consistent temperature and airflow.'''
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I sat on the bed, the spellbook open to the warming charm, and fidgeted slightly. I looked up at Hermione, who was engrossed in her own little world, reading the book and sometimes practicing spells.
With her busy, I went back to reading through the notifications that I had ignored.
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[Inhibition threshold reached: Inhibition Level decreased]
[Affection threshold reached: Affection Level increased]
[9(*10) LP gained for kissing Hermione]
[Affection increased by 5 for kissing Hermione]
[Affection increased by 10 for giving her space and being considerate of her feelings]
[Affection increased by 5 for kissing Hermione]
[9 LP gained for kissing Hermione]
[4(*10) LP gained for hugging Hermione]
[Affection increased by 2 for hugging Hermione]
[9 LP gained for kissing Hermione]
[Affection increased by 3 for pulling Hermione in for a kiss.]
[Affection increased by 10 for fondling Hermione's ass]
[18(*10)LP gained for groping Hermione's ass]
[18 LP gained for groping Hermione's ass]
[Affection increased by 5 for pulling Hermione for a deeper kiss]
[Affection decreased by 5 for suddenly spanking her ass]
[27(*10) LP gained for spanking Hermione.]
[Affection increased by 10 for suddenly spanking her ass]
[Affection increased by 25 for making Hermione cum.]
[45(*10 LP) gained for making Hermione squirt.]
[Affection increased by 10 for letting her ride out her orgasm]
[Affection increased by 10 for giving her space and not forcing yourself onto her]
[Affection increased by 5 for allowing her to go to the bathroom first]
[Affection increased by 5 for cleaning her clothes]
[Affection increased by 20 for not embarrassing her]
[Affection threshold reached]
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'No one would believe she was just a few hours ago squirting on top of me.' I thought, looking through the whole list, especially at that last line, I had once again reached her affection threshold.
'I guess what is stopping me from leveling it up is that her inhibition is still not enough to simply ignore what happened. I would have to work on her to make whatever happened seem normal.' I thought, looking back at the spell that I was reading as I closed the notification log.
'I should also see if changing the notification to appear in real time would be better, maybe it would allow me better direction on how to approach certain situations.' I thought.
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[Notification Settings updated]
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'Right, that works.' I thought, then focused back on the spell as I felt my hand brush against my wet hair.
'Although learning this spell is pretty useful, I don't think the wand movement would allow me to use it for my intended purpose.' I thought. I had thought about using it as a replacement for a blow dryer that I dearly miss, especially with this mess on my head.
"Hermione, did you try the Hot-Air charm yet?" I asked as the bookworm finally looked up. It still didn't make sense to me how she could concentrate like that on her books. Still, she blushed lightly when she noticed that I was looking at her. At least she hasn't forgotten about the debauchery we had gotten into a few hours ago.
"N-no, let me see." She flipped through her book and quickly found the charm. I let her take her time as I looked at her. She sat on the bed again, legs folded, her dress riding up to her thighs. Her pantyhose-covered thighs called out to me, and it was very hard to deny that connection.
"Calefacio~" Hermione cast, drawing small circles with her wand. I felt a gust of warm air blow toward me, and I reached out and asked, "Can you make the circles a little bigger?"
She looked at me, confused, but obliged as the warm air grew hotter until it was just right. "Good, can you hold it, please?" I gave her a cheeky grin, then turned my back and leaned closer, my wet hair now in the direct line of fire from her new spell.
"Y-you," Hermione fumbled as the spell's intensity fluctuated before it returned to normal. The spell worked like a blow dryer, its warm air quickly seeping into my hair and drying it at a ridiculous speed.
"Alriight, done." I said, turning around and grinning at her disbelief.
"I'm not your blow dryer," she replied dryly.
"But you could be, I could pay you in kisses and... you know," I replied with a teasing grin as her face flushed, and she lowered her wand and gave me a glare.
[Affection decreased by 1 for mentioning a forbidden secret]
"Don't talk about that," she mumbled, her face red.
"Why, you certainly enjoyed yourself, squirtin-" I was mid-sentence when her hand appeared over my mouth, stopping me from exposing her dark, quite recent history.
"No, we are not talking about it. Don't ever mention it again." She clarified as she glared at me, although it didn't seem to have much effect, as she simply looked cute doing that. I still raised my arms up in surrender as she looked at me and slowly took her hand away.
[Affection increased by 5 for not teasing her about the 'Incident']
[Affection threshold reached]
'Don't tell me she's calling it the incident in her mind.' I smiled at her as I looked at the clock. It was almost time for lunch, and I was feeling rather famished.
"Alright, let's stop here otherwise, we would have to go through the headache again. We can even go to the bookstore to see if they have anything that mentions those headaches." I said as her eyes lit up, although I'm not sure if it was about the headaches or going to the bookstore.
[Affection threshold reached]
'Okay, this could get annoying pretty quickly, let's change it so that it does not show repeated information like reaching a threshold.' I thought and swiped away the blue window that told me that the notification settings had been updated again.
"Give me a minute to change," I said, grabbing a pair of blue jeans and walking into the bathroom. I can't exactly go out in a pair of PJs next to her, looking like a runway model, now, could I?
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AN: Next scene: dinner at Hermione's house, and first NSFW scene with Emma. Then I'll increase the pace to go quickly through snippets of Harry and Hermione's closed-door cultivation up to Hogwarts, when more characters would become interactable.
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