On the table before him there was, indeed, a distinct lack of proper school books. Always on top of his studies, he made sure he had enough time to pursue his alternative interests. For now he had the experimentation with the Patronus Charm shelved. In its place he was studying a mixture of ceremonial magic and the more used shorthand spells they used now. Wanting to understand the differences better himself. To better understand why there was such a vast difference between the strength and power of the magics cast.
"It is my job," he said as he pulled a book close once more and turned the page to another detailing one of many theories behind the gathering of magic and how one was able to utilize the magical energies within them and surrounding them in nature. Delving even deeper into theory than the basic understanding he had been raised with being from a pagan family where his mother's own vast family descended from Druids.