The Shopkeeper of All Worlds in the British Wizarding World

Chapter 62 Discussion of Black Magic
"What is black magic?" Ryan started his topic from the most basic question.

"Destructive and evil magic is called black magic." Hermione replied after a moment of thought.

"This is the original words written in the Defense Against the Dark Arts textbook. As expected of our Miss Know-It-All, she can memorize all the textbooks." Ryan praised Hermione with a slightly teasing tone.Then Zheng Se said: "In fact, the core criterion for truly identifying black magic is evil rather than destructiveness. For example, the flame curse can make fire for us, but it can also create deadly and extremely destructive fire. But we The Fire Curse cannot be considered evil."

"Yes, so I think the core criterion for judging black magic is evil, a kind of malice towards the target of the cast. This is why I object to you learning this. I don't want my classmates to become evil black wizards ’” replied Hermione.

"But the problem is that the definition of evil magic is that as long as it produces negative emotions on the target when the magic is released, then this magic is evil. It is undeniable that this kind of magic with negative emotions is often more lethal .And as the negative emotions increase, the power of the spell also increases.”

"What do you want to say?" Hermione was a little confused.

"I just think that as long as negative emotions within a certain range should be allowed, it doesn't mean evil." Ryan said as he opened the bookmarked page of the third-grade black magic textbook, pointing to one of the spells. : "Look, this magic requires an aversion to the target before it can create a force field from your wand that bounces the target away.

Disgust is a negative emotion, but I don't think it's evil.Compared with the power that these magic can show, this little negative emotion should not be a problem. "

After listening to Ryan's explanation, Hermione took a textbook and flipped through it.Then he said: "It is indeed a school that can be regarded as the top three in the European magic world. The textbooks used do not contain those magics that seem too cruel, and I also believe that even the professors of Hogwarts are more or less familiar with this kind of magic. class of spells, but these are learned for the purpose of resisting them.(Note 1)
I worry that at our age and mind we might be drawn astray by power, which is why I think Hogwarts only allows advanced Defense Against the Dark Arts students in the upper years to view some of the Restricted Sections and Dark Arts. Books about magic.I think that in the senior grades, we can naturally study relevant knowledge under the guidance of the teacher, but it should also be for the purpose of resisting them. "

"So how do you think you should treat this knowledge? I just want to learn some powerful magic to protect myself and my friends. After all, the feeling of being powerless in the face of evil like last year is too bad." Ryan said.

"I believe that only through practice can we learn the power of resisting black magic. It is not enough to only understand theoretical knowledge. We should practice some self-defense magic. But I don't think we should study the contents of these books, because it is black magic after all. ...I don't think the situation is so bad that we need to do anything to improve our strength. What happened last year was just some accidents.

I will not object to you reading these books, since you have decided to learn the power to protect yourself, you can learn how to recognize them, deal with them, and learn some magic that can resist them by understanding these black magics.This is enough to fight against evil forces and protect yourself.

You know, it's not that other magic is necessarily less powerful than black magic.There's no need to cross that dangerous line to learn the dark arts.I think we should read these books together to make sure no one takes a dangerous step. "Hermione thought for a long time before she pursed her lips and expressed her opinion to Ryan.

Ryan was a little surprised when he heard Hermione's answer, because he found that Hermione was not only not convinced by him, but also tried to persuade him.It's just that Hermione's words also caused him a mental shock. After a while of reflection, Ryan suddenly found that there was a problem with his thinking.

Indeed, Ryan knew the plot, which was an advantage.But sometimes the plot can also limit the mind.He knew that the war was about to break out, so sometimes he seemed eager for quick success.However, he neglected that he owns the Ten Thousand Worlds Grocery Store, so he has enough time and channels to obtain powerful power. There is no need to be so impatient to use some methods that may cause future troubles to improve his own power.

As a person whose mental age is over 30 years old, he is not as clear as a little girl.This made him feel extremely ashamed.

"Thank you, I almost missed it. Thank you for pointing me in the right direction. I swear that I will never learn the black magic above." After hearing Hermione's answer, Ryan solemnly made a promise .

In order to show his determination, Ryan handed over these black art textbooks to Hermione for safekeeping.Hermione looked relieved.After that, the two discussed some other things, and then went home to have lunch separately.

Ryan thought that Hermione was right. Black magic, which could cause serious and irreversible mental damage, was not worth taking such a big risk to learn.But the other spells he has mastered still need to be practiced.This is the same as swimming. No matter how solid the theoretical knowledge is, one cannot master this skill without swimming in the water.

Since you want to practice, you need to find a place that cannot be monitored by the Ministry of Magic.Ryan thought about it, and felt that Plants vs. Zombies World was a good place to practice, because there were enough targets there.What's more, it's been a long time since I left last time. Ryan wanted to know how his house was being cleaned up.

Taking advantage of his free time in the afternoon, Ryan went to the library to check and copy a lot of industrial materials related to daily life, preparing to bring them to Dave as gifts.After all, it is a zombie-apocalyptic world, although now humans are slowly becoming stronger and rebuilding their homes.However, it is not so easy to restore many things. Ryan intends to bring some materials related to daily chemicals to help people in that world rebuild a modern civilization.

During dinner in the evening, my mother, Ms. Sally, asked Ryan: "I have never asked a question. Why do I go to the library to study every morning after the summer vacation? I don't think the community library can have books related to magic."

"Because I'm doing homework with a classmate, Mom," Ryan said, eating his plate of spaghetti.

"Student? The daughter of the dentist Granger and his wife? You seem to have said that she was the number one in your whole grade at the end of last semester." Mr. Lambert also interrupted at this time.

"Uh, yes. I didn't do well in the final exam last time." Ryan replied in a low voice.

"So when you do homework with her, you have to learn her strengths. In fact, we have been worried that you will be a little arrogant because of your good grades in elementary school." Mother Ms. Sally said.

After that, the two taught Ryan about his attitude towards learning.It was only then that Ryan realized that he might have been misled by some propaganda before.Who said that European and American parents don't pay attention to their children's learning? This thing is similar all over the world.

Note: In the last book, Professor McGonagall used the Imperius Curse to control a Death Eater, which was an Unforgivable Curse-level black magic. It can be seen that at least the professors should know black magic.It's just that most of the professors learned incidentally for the purpose of researching and resisting them, except for professors who were born as black wizards like Snape.

(End of this chapter)