Chapter 73.1- Doom Days

I woke up in the morning, chugged down the blue potion, ignoring the fact that it tasted like raw eggs and seemed to fight going down my throat for all its life. And I felt myself sharpen instantly. The normal haze that came from just having woken up disappeared almost instantly. It was like I had taken two shots of extra strength espresso back to back.

Cleaning and dressing with a single wave of my wand, I headed down to the beach to meet Nicholas.

He himself was already dressed in his robes, looking out to the sea with a fondness in his eyes.

“Even two millennia and I still get spellbound at the beauty nature reveals” He said without turning to look at me. I followed his gaze, finding that yes, it was beautiful. The sun was rising in all its orange glory, and it cast itself down on the sea, the reflection somehow deepening the deep blue glow the sea sported.

“It is truly something:” I said.

“Indeed. Now let us get to work.”

“Okay. What first?” I asked, turning to him as he turned my way.

“We will use the time turners eight times in a twenty four hour period. I will calibrate our watches to work in concert with that”

“Eight times?” I asked. Perenelle had said four days in one.

“Yes. Once every twelve hours. This will be the first set of twelve. Now I have made some alterations to the villa with your Godfather’s permission to make it impossible for us to run into our future selves. Future selves that I am sure are probably getting to work even as we speak” He said, and I nodded. That made sense.

“For the first twelve hours of every day, we will duel. Over and over again. I will remove the imperfections n your dueling style and teach you how to think about a duel competently. And then for the next twelve hours, we shall retreat to a more academic setting. There, we will advance your understanding of alchemy to something resembling passable. For the twelve hours after that, you will be expected to practice spells, transfigurations, and other forms of my magic, and then for the last twelve hours, you will rest. Eight hours of sleeping, and four hours of leisure time. Then we return to the first set again” He said.

“That sounds intense” I said.

“You were the one who said you want to get better, no? If you want to be strong enough to hold your own against Ojin when the time comes then this is the way” He said.

“I wasn’t complaining. Just commenting.” I said.

“Indeed. Now go take your position so we can begin” He said, gesturing to the other end of the beach.