Raven's Claw at Hogwarts

Chapter 385 Occlumency Tutorial

The next afternoon, Mike waited in the dormitory for Harry's arrival.

Hermione was going to come with him. Originally, the two of them were going to persuade Ron to come to Mike to learn Occlumency together, but Ron's situation was still not optimistic.

Although Ron fell asleep after dinner last night because he couldn't bear it anymore, the overwork and violent mood swings made Ron seriously ill, and now he is lying in Madam Pomfrey's ward for treatment. .

Mike, Harry and others were very worried about this.

After all, Ron has encountered too many things recently. First, his father was seriously injured, and then he caused Dumbledore to leave the school.

After experiencing so many things in a short period of time, it is easy to have extreme behavior. Fortunately, Madam Pomfrey also attached great importance to Ron, and she released a monitoring spell in her room to keep an eye on Ron's changes.

However, in a sense, it is also a good thing that Ron is lying in the infirmary at this moment, because after the ins and outs of this incident are completely spread, many people think that Ron is the culprit who made Dumbledore leave Hogwarts , and thus hated Ron, and now that Ron entered the infirmary, he could avoid a lot of trouble.

Neville's situation was just the opposite of Ron's. After the news spread that he would rather die than submit, he instantly became a hero of Hogwarts.

Almost all the Gryffindor students were following him enthusiastically, and some even wanted to take off his clothes to see the scars on his body.

It's a pity that those scars have long since disappeared without a trace under the power of magic.

"Boom! Boom!"

Just as Mike was contemplating, the bedroom door suddenly rang.

Mike hurried forward and opened the door, only to see Harry and Hermione standing awkwardly outside the door.

It wasn't until Mike let the two of them in and closed the door that the two breathed out heavily.

"Huh! Mike, I was so embarrassed just now!" Harry shook his head and said, "As soon as we approached your dormitory, all the Ravenclaws in the lounge started staring at us!"

Hermione patted her chest and said:

"Yeah, it wasn't really a good experience. Those Ravenclaws, their eyes... um... how should I put it? Very... hostile!"

"Don't worry too much, they're just overly nervous. As you all know, what happened yesterday was a bit big." Mike smiled, "By the way, do you want some tea?"

"No, are you the only one living here?"

While talking, Harry looked at Mike's dormitory, and his eyes lit up when he found that there was only one bed in the whole dormitory.

"Yes, there are too few boys in Ravenclaw, so a lot of rooms have been vacated."

"This is awesome! Oh! I'm not saying Gryffindor's multi-person dorms are bad, but you know what? I fall asleep to Ron's snoring and Seamus' farting every night, This is really not a good experience. But to be fair, although they have so many shortcomings, it is generally pleasant for everyone to live together. At least I like it, after all, living alone is too lonely. Oh! I It's not that you can't live alone! I mean..."

"Okay, Harry!" Seeing that Harry wanted to say more, he quickly stopped him, "I know what you want to say, multi-person dormitory and single-person dormitory have their own advantages, right?"

Hearing this, Harry nodded quickly, while Mike turned to look at Hermione beside him.

At Hogwarts, girls are free to enter boys' dormitories, but not vice versa.

But despite this, Hermione looked very embarrassed as if entering the boys' dormitory for the first time.

Her feet were trembling uncomfortably, but her eyes were constantly wandering about the furnishings in the room, and when her eyes fell on the photo of Mike and Penello on the desk, Hermione's pupils shrank suddenly, Then quickly lowered his head.

"Are you all right, Hermione?"

Mike's voice startled Hermione, her body shook violently, and then said without raising her head:
"nothing!"

Nodding his head, Mike didn't expose the girl's thoughts, but said:

"Then let's get started."

"Okay."*2
"Since Hermione is new to Occlumency, I'll start from the beginning.

Occlumency is an extremely advanced spell that seals off your mind so that no one else can read your thoughts.

But in fact, Occlumency should be subdivided into two types of spells - Empty Mind and Occlumency.

This is because the most basic and important form of Occlumency is to empty your mind, that is, to think and feel nothing.This feeling is very similar to being in a daze, and it is true that many people confuse the two and fail to learn Occlumency, but it is fundamentally different from being in a daze.Because human beings are still thinking even when they are in a daze, it's just that you don't realize it.

This is the traditional Occlumency practice, but I have combined Muggle psychology to create a more effective practice - self-hypnosis.

You may not know that self-hypnosis is actually a very simple thing.For example, before a running competition, you only need to close your eyes and say to yourself repeatedly, 'I run super fast! 'Then you tend to be faster than usual when the race starts.Of course, the speed of improvement will not be too high. After all, self-hypnosis is not magic, and it cannot make you directly become a superman.

But there is no doubt that self-hypnosis works.And my self-hypnosis method is added to the original Occlumency practice method.While you are emptying your mind in an absolutely quiet environment, I hope you can repeat to yourself 'I am a stone', and at the same time believe that you have really become a stone without thought.This will make it easier for you to enter the closed mind state, understand? "

Harry stared at Mike dumbfounded. He already knew most of what Mike said before from Snape, but what he never expected was that Mike created a more effective cultivation method himself!
This is really amazing!

And Hermione on the side also broke away from the previous shy state and entered a learning state.

At this moment, she was looking at Mike with bright eyes, and at the same time, she was writing notes quickly in the notebook she carried with her.

Mike waited until Hermione finished writing the notes before continuing:

"Harry, since you have been studying with Professor Snape for a while, in order to determine your progress, I will cast Legilimency on you later. Are you willing to accept that?"

As soon as this remark came out, Harry's expression instantly became ugly.

Snape had also released Legilimency on him several times before, and to be honest, the feeling of being forcibly invaded into the brain was uncomfortable.

But remembering Dumbledore's expectant eyes, Harry gritted his teeth and nodded.

"Very well, then I will give you half an hour to prepare. In order to be able to test more accurately, after half an hour, I will not wake you up, but will directly use Legilimency on you. Oh, yes, Hermione, don't be so nervous. I won't use Legilimency on you without your consent, so don't worry."

The worried expression on Hermione's face eased a lot, and she had been hiding a lot of shameful thoughts in her heart. If Mike really invaded her brain and saw those thoughts, then she might not be alive.

"Now, then, Harry."

Mike flipped his wrist, and Harry was enveloped in a completely transparent translucent sound insulation shield.

Seeing Harry laying down slowly in the shield, Mike came to Hermione and began to explain other knowledge about Occlumency to her.

Hermione, who entered the learning state, completely became a learning machine. She almost wrote down everything Mike said in her notebook, even including those useless nonsense.

It wasn't until Mike said that half an hour was up, that Hermione closed the notebook with unsatisfied intentions.

"Hermione, the Legilimency spell that is opposite to Occlumency is also what you will learn next, and now I will demonstrate it for you personally, please pay attention."

While talking, Mike took out the blackthorn wand under Hermione's expectant gaze.

Because it was for teaching, Mike did not use those fancy casting techniques, but honestly used his wand to draw complicated lines in midair, and finally pointed to Harry who was lying on the ground and breathing smoothly:

"Legislasia!"

As Mike's voice slowly spit out, a hazy twilight flashed away, and then various memories that did not belong to him appeared in front of Mike's eyes.

These memories are all from Harry's first perspective, and most of them are trivial details of ordinary life, such as playing wizard chess with Ron, eating together and taking classes together.

But among these useless memory fragments, there are also some more valuable memories, such as some words Dumbledore said to Harry, some memory fragments that Harry watched with the Pensieve, and so on.

Mike originally wanted to read all these memories, but long-term Legilimency will cause mental damage to the practitioner, and there will be more opportunities for the same in the future, so Mike just browsed through it briefly Pulled consciousness out of Harry's brain.

As soon as he finished casting the spell, Mike saw Hermione looking at him intently. When he opened his eyes, the two happened to meet each other.

Hermione was taken aback by Mike's sudden awakening, and bounced away as if electrocuted.

Mike coughed awkwardly.

"Uh, how did it turn out? Has Harry finished his Occlumency?"

Hermione changed the subject and said, but Mike shook his head with a wry smile and didn't speak.

To be honest, Mike really didn't understand what Harry was doing with Snape during this time.

Because of the need to teach Hermione the Legilimency just now, Mike used it quite crudely, but such a simple Legilimency easily invaded Harry's brain.

And after checking, Mike found that Harry's brain was not empty at all, and the bizarre scene inside was more like a dream!
In other words, Harry didn't empty his mind at all during the half hour, but fell asleep!
Hermione saw that Mike didn't speak, and the expression on his face was a little ugly, and she immediately understood that Harry's performance was not satisfactory.

So she immediately shut her mouth and stopped asking, she still has this bit of emotional intelligence.

"Harry, wake up, wake up..."

Accompanied by Mike's calling, Harry slowly opened his eyes.His pupils were slowly condensing, and when he found Mike and Hermione watching him, he immediately jumped up from the ground.

"I... I fell asleep!"

Mike slapped himself on the forehead and looked at Harry helplessly.

He is really convinced by Harry now!

Hermione next to her was also quite speechless. Sleeping during cultivation was not a glorious thing, and it was fortunate that Harry was able to speak out so loudly.

"I'm sorry, Mike!" Harry looked frustrated, "I don't want to, but I always do."

"It doesn't matter. To be honest, your situation is very common. Many people will fall asleep when they practice Occlumency. After all, it's too much time for things like emptying the brain to be active before going to bed."

"really?"

"That's right," Mike said decisively, "but if you want to learn Occlumency, it's definitely not okay to sleep all the time. So, you two should hurry up and continue training."

Hearing this, Hermione nodded solemnly, and then used transfiguration to turn a book into a recliner and sat on it (Mike originally wanted Hermione to practice lying on his bed, but Hermione used to lie on it unable to cultivate and refused).

This move made Harry's mouth open in surprise, he was lying on the floor just now!
And as Harry and Hermione closed their eyes one after another, Mike also returned to the desk and began to study the email from Penello.

That's right, Penello has already found the answer to the question of the authenticity of the pendant box in Chris's hand.

After he provided Penello with his detailed memory of observing the pendant box at that time, Penello and Uncle Mario immediately called several goblins with rich experience in treasure appraisal to identify the authenticity of the pendant box.

And after a whole day of careful observation, those goblin treasure appraisers also made the final judgment - that pendant box is real!
Nodding in satisfaction, Mike threw the mail into the fireplace.

For Mike, destroying Horcruxes is definitely his most important job right now.

As for Horcruxes - it doesn't really matter whether Slytherin's locket is in Umbridge's or Chris's.

Because he has plenty of money, which is enough to meet most of the other party's financial requirements.

Of course, if the other party is too greedy, the request exceeds Mike's psychological bottom line.

Then Mike doesn't mind using force to take it away.

Anyway, the current power of the Freemasonry has grown to an astonishing level. Mike thinks it is not difficult to wipe out a small pure-blood family without anyone noticing.

Thinking of this, the corners of Mike's mouth raised uncontrollably.

But at this moment, the door of Mike's bedroom was knocked again...

(End of this chapter)