Chapter 190: Old Grievances at Hogwarts (31)

The four students took turns casting the newfound spell in front of Phyllis, but the other three wands didn't react except for a little white smoke from the tip of Hermione's wand. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info This spell is easy to say, just think about happy things, but how to think, how to transform the happiness in your heart into magical power, and summon the Patronus through wands and spells, no one can tell, this needs to be understood by everyone.

Several of their third-year students have a hard time learning the Patronus Charm, otherwise the wizarding world would not characterize the Patronus Charm as a profound spell, but this is indeed a very typical spell, through the Patronus Charm, they can learn how to mobilize their inner power, as long as they take this step, they can become a real wizard.

Take your time, Phyllis sighed in her heart and said, "Okay, you will practice here today, I will have Amy bring it for lunch, I hope you can roughly grasp it in the evening, otherwise there will be a small punishment." ”

Punish? Leah asked, "What punishment?" ”

Phyllis smiled and said, "You'll know when the time comes, practice hard, hurry up." "Time is running out for them, according to Lucius Malfoy, Voldemort's return has entered the countdown, and Phyllis hopes that they can learn some truly powerful spells before the war is rekindled, whether it is to protect themselves or to make a difference, strong strength is the foundation.

Throwing down such a sentence, Phyllis pushed the door straight away, she had some other things to attend to, and she couldn't stay here with them all day.

Seeing Phyllis gone, the four students secretly breathed a sigh of relief, Professor Kate is strong and wise, but he has never been a gentle and kind person, even the four of them will be a little nervous in front of the professor, this spell has just been learned, and it is far from mastering, let alone nervous.

"What now?" William asked, "Do you want to keep practicing?" ”

"There's no need to rush." Leah said, "We can take a break first, I heard my dad say that the casting of this spell requires a special state of mind, and it is useless to be in a hurry, what we need to do now is to calm down and put ourselves in a relaxed state, and then practice when we feel that we can do it." ”

"What does it mean to be 'okay in your heart'?" Hermione asked.

Liya said helplessly: "I don't know, it depends on your own feelings, but we can use some means." With that, she walked to the corner of the room, where there was a wine cooler.

Leah took out a bottle of cider from it, raised it and said, "For example, do you want some wine?" ”

Hermione shook her head and said, "No, I don't need to." "Does drinking help with spellcasting? How did she remember that in many magic books it was written that wizards had to be absolutely awake when casting spells?

"I don't need to." Seeing Leah looking at him, William said that his family's tutoring was very strict, and he was not allowed to drink at his age.

"I'll have a little bit." Draco said, "I've heard of the kind of method you mentioned, and there are indeed wizards who use alcohol, absinthe, and other things to relax their minds and achieve a certain state of mind. "Leah and Drake were both children who grew up in the wizarding world, and they had seen some of the tricks used by wizards, unlike Hermione and William, who all they knew about wizarding and spells were learned at Hogwarts.

"Okay." Leah said, taking two cups.

Mobilizing the happy emotions in their hearts, the four students reacted differently in the face of such an ambiguous sentence, Draco and Leah were drinking fruit wine, and the two did not communicate, just drank the wine in small sips, as if they were really seriously tasting the deliciousness of the wine. William sat by the fireplace, watching the dancing flames, adding some wood to them from time to time, while Hermione looked out the window at the Forbidden Forest, immersed in the cold of winter, trying to remember the joy of her memory.

Phyllis is indeed not a particularly good professor, and her teaching style is simple and rough compared to the persuasive Professor Lupin, which has something to do with her experience. When Phyllis first arrived at Hogwarts, she was not as good at Charms as the older students, and although she received a lot of guidance from her professors, she was taught most of her knowledge. For example, this patronus charm, when she was studying, there was no one to guide her, it was all she found out little by little, because of this experience, so she thought that her students should also have the ability to learn on their own, and not just rely on the professor's teaching, so she only made some points, as for how much students can understand from it, it depends on their own.

Fortunately, Lia's understanding is not bad, and after drinking the bottle of cider, Liya is already a little drunk. That's fine, can't really get drunk, Liya closed her eyes, and realized what this dad said before. Suddenly, she stood up, drew her wand and waved it as Professor Kate had taught, and shouted, "Divine Guard!" As soon as he finished speaking, a puff of milky white smoke erupted from the tip of the wand, and the shadow of an animal could be faintly seen in it.

She actually succeeded! Hermione couldn't believe it.

Although his Patronus is just a barely recognizable shadow, at least the method that proves himself is still effective, seeing Hermione's surprised face, Leah laughed, took another bottle of fruit wine, and said: "Why, I didn't lie to you, do you want to give it a try, alcohol can indeed relax your mood, so it is easier to mobilize your emotions." ”

"Really?" Hermione was a little skeptical.

"No problem, it's definitely useful, I just drank a bottle of cider and thought of a lot of happy things." Leah said confidently.

Mobilizing emotions through alcohol is indeed a way to enter the state, but it is not as useful for everyone as Leah said, it depends on the individual's physique, some people do remember a lot of happy times when they are drunk, but some people are drunk and remember the sad past, and there are also people like Hermione, who want to sleep when they are drunk.

When Hermione drank three glasses of cider, she felt like her brain was foggy, her upper and lower eyelids were constantly fighting, and she couldn't help but lie on the couch.

Leah looked at Hermione, who was already a little drunk, helplessly, she didn't expect her to drink so badly, this is just fruit wine, the alcohol content is very low, I didn't expect to put her in just like that.

The half bottle of champagne didn't remind Hermione of any happy things, and it wasted two hours of her time, and she didn't clear her mind until Amy brought her lunch.

After lunch, the four students continued to practice, and I don't know if it was because they took a nap in the morning to let their spirits rest well, Hermione really found a little feeling, the afternoon practice was quite smooth, and in the evening, she successfully summoned her Patronus.

"Is this a lion or a tiger?" Hermione asked Leah, who was standing nearby, the Patronus she had summoned was certainly not as delicate as Professor Kate's unicorn, but only a hazy patch that could be vaguely discerned.

"How can lions and tigers be so small!" Leah took a closer look and said, "How do I feel like a cat?" ”

"No, it won't! How can it be a cat? Hermione said a little depressed. Now all four of them can summon the Patronus, Drake is a snake with a very Slytherin image, Leah is a falcon, William is a honey badger, it stands to reason that his own should be a lion, how can it be a cat?

When Hermione wanted to take a closer look, it was the "cat" that suddenly dissipated, they had just learned the Patronus Charm, and they couldn't control the time when the Patronus appeared, which usually dissipated automatically in less than two minutes.

Hermione reluctantly summoned the Patronus again, intending to take a good look, but at this moment, Phyllis walked in, saw Hermione's Patronus, and said, "Yes, it's good to be able to learn this profound spell so quickly." ”

Hermione asked, "Professor Kate, what do you think this Patronus of mine is?" ”

Phyllis looked closer and said, "This should be a snow leopard, what's wrong?" ”

"Oh, nothing." Hermione smiled and said, Snow leopard, it sounds much more powerful than a cat, of course, she also knows that the strength of the Patronus depends on the wizard himself, not the so-called external image, but children of her age still pay more attention to appearance.

"Alright, show me the results of your practice." Phyllis knocked on the table and asked the four students to cast the Patronus Charm in front of her in turn.

After checking the students' learning, Phyllis said with a smile on her face, "Very good, everyone is learning quickly." After a pause, she continued, "As you know, the Patronus Charm is primarily for protection against Dementors, so the best way to check your learning is to practice, come, follow me. With that, Phyllis headed for the room to the west.

The cabin had three rooms, interconnected inside, and Leah and the others only stayed in the middle room for the rest of the day, and the left and right rooms were locked by spells.

Phyllis gripped the doorknob, whispered a spell, and swirled it slightly, opening the door.

When Leah and the others entered, they found that the room was empty, only a cabinet more than one person high, this was not an ordinary wardrobe, although it looked about the same size, but this cabinet was etched with a large number of magic arrays, even a few of their students could feel the powerful magic fluctuations emanating from it.

Seeing that all four students had come in, Phyllis smiled and said, "Everyone is ready, I'm going to test your studies now." As she spoke, she drew her wand and wrote a golden inscription out of thin air, which struck the cabinet door, and a scabbed gray-white hand stretched out.

"Dementors!" Leah couldn't help but exclaim, she had no idea that Professor Kate was imprisoning a Dementor here.

Although the Dementors are evil and disgusting monsters, according to their agreement with the Ministry of Magic, they also belong to the intelligent species, they work for the Ministry of Magic, guard the prison in the deserted Azkaban, and also enjoy the rights of the Ministry of Magic, one of which is that wizards are not allowed to imprison and kill Dementors without permission. However, Phyllis is not a particularly well-behaved person, and the contract between the Dementors and the Ministry of Magic has nothing to do with her, and according to the "popularity" of the Dementors in the wizarding world, no one cares about their human rights.

Leah just flashed this thought in her head, and she didn't think about it, and the Dementors who were locked in the cupboard were obviously holding back the fire in their stomachs, and after being released, they rushed directly towards Lia and them - although he also saw his murderer standing next to him, he still remembered how he was caught, this wizard has a very restrained magic against Dementors, and he is no match at all.

Dementors can trigger despair and fear in people's hearts, and it is difficult to think of any happy things in the face of a Dementor, which is completely different from what Professor Lupin taught Harry.

Professor Lupin used the Boggart, although the image of this monster in front of Harry was a Dementor, but this was only a psychological effect, Harry thought that the Dementor of this Boggart change had as much influence on himself, and it itself was not as powerful as the Dementor, after all, this was just a common little monster, and what it changed was only an external image, in the face of this Dementor changed by Boggart, Harry only needed to overcome the fear in his heart, but Leah, they were facing a real Dementor, As a third-year student who had just learned the Patronus Charm for less than a day, they were completely unable to fight this terrifying monster.

Under the influence of the Dementors, none of the four of Leah and the others were able to cast the Patronus, and it was Phyllis who finally locked the Dementor back in the cupboard......

The four students helped each other out of the room, and on the coffee table in front of the couch, Amy had already prepared the black tea and chocolate, and Phyllis said, "Let's have some chocolate first, it will be more comfortable." ”

Leah said with some embarrassment, "I'm sorry to disappoint you." "They didn't do well just now, and at first the four of them were thinking about how to get rid of the Dementor, and then they were chased all over the house.

Phyllis didn't care much and said, "It's okay, you just learned, you can afford to fail." ”

The four students ate a few pieces of chocolate and rested for a while before slowly recovering from it.

Seeing that their faces were not as pale as before, Phyllis said, "This defeat is nothing, but I hope this can be a training, a training of your will." Whether it is for the study of magic in the future or for the realization of your ideals, a strong will is indispensable, and I am here every Saturday to wait for you, hoping that you can strengthen your heart through this kind of learning. (To be continued.) )