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Charm Name: The Fast Reader
Description / Summary: It makes you read really fast (triples the caster normal speed of reading) basic information that don't need special reflection on your part, which means that you would be able to memorize what you have read, but not to think about it in the process, so the spell is only worth performing if you need to read something that will not require this moment of reflection on your part. After the spell is complete, if it was performed properly, the information will remain in your memory as long as any information, read in a non-magical way, would have.

Incantation: Velox Lector ( VE - locks LEC-tor) (From the latin "fast reader")

Wand movement: The wand movement is a counterclockwise turn and then

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