Chapter 41: First Contact with the Imperius Curse
"Organize your own mage club, why?"
Clark asked curiously after hearing Hermione's words.
He thought that Hermione would be going to make some kind of "vomit (s-p-e-w)" like in the original book, and it was also the house-elf rights promotion association.
I didn't expect her to want to make a mage club.
"Don't you usually care about your cousin? Ginny had already completed her mage transition, just as the summer vacation was coming to an end. Hermione rolled her eyes at him.
"What, Ginny has completed her mage transfer?!" This time, Clarke, who had always been calm, was shocked.
"Be quiet," Hermione reassured, "it's not an official transfer, it's just that it's almost in the formative stage." β
"Lately, the magic she's been using has been ineffective, and she's not very energetic, always dozing off. That's why she came to me and asked me if there was something wrong with me. β
Hermione said, "I checked it for her, and found that it was probably the last step in her transfer ceremony, and the chaos magic in her body began to gradually transform into normal magic. β
"How's it going, are you okay?" Clark asked.
Hermione nodded, "It's okay, the transfer ceremony you designed is fine, the magic transformation is smooth, the only downside may be that it will take a bit longer, and her magic will gradually wear off for the next year until she learns a new way of casting spells." β
"So you're going to set up a new Mage Club to guide her through the next transfer?" Clark asked.
"Yes, there will be more and more new career changers like Ginny in the future, and we will definitely have to guide them.
On the one hand, it is to prevent some young wizards from appearing in the process of changing careers, and on the other hand, it is to reduce the chances of professors being perceived.
By the way, I'm going to use the name 'Magic Reading Club' for this new club, at least it won't seem weird. β
Hearing Hermione's arrangement, Clark didn't have any objections, instead, he said to Neville.
"Now that the mage has the first new transfer, you need to worry a lot about your warrior class, so pay attention."
Neville waved his hand, "It's still early on my side, a warrior is different from a mage, and a strong physique needs more time to exercise. β
The trio then discussed for a long time about the restructuring of the Dueling Club, and finally decided to abandon the practice of attaching the Mage Club to the Dueling Club, and instead separate it as a separate society.
The Future Dueling Club is only responsible for recruiting newcomers in the early stage, really learning and promotion, or guiding them to the Mage Club or the Warrior Club that will be established in the future.
In the next few days, in addition to guiding Ginny, Hermione took the opportunity of the first event of the dueling club to specifically check and count how many people in the club were about to change.
Fortunately, the results of statistics show that there are only a few people like Ginny who are making rapid progress, and most of the young wizards are not moving forward enough.
Of course, this may also have something to do with their usual slack practice, anyway, according to Hermione's estimate, most of them should change jobs in the summer of next year.
In addition to the Dueling Club, Hermione also had to worry about the Hogwarts School Magazine.
Since the last time the news of Hogwarts hosting the Triwizard Tournament was announced, letters asking for more information had been sent like snowflakes.
Hermione saw that the readers, especially those outside the school, were interested in the content, so she set up a special feature for the Triwizard Tournament in the school magazine, preparing to report on it in detail.
At the same time, she is very business-minded, and she is also planning to refer to what she saw in the Quidditch World Cup during the summer, and obtain Hogwarts authorization through Clark, so that she can work with George and Fred brothers to develop some game peripheral toys.
Of course, Clark himself was not idle, and on the second day of school, he went to the Fire Dragon Park, for the reconstruction of this park, as well as the investment attraction of the surrounding Fire Dragon Industrial Park, and the design and planning of the Fire Dragon Community.
The Triwizard Tournament is just around the corner, and many of the school directors who have invested in these projects see this as a great opportunity to make a name for themselves in the industry.
Besides, there are already quite a few wizards like Sirius Black who have paid the pre-sale price for the purchase of a house, so they have to break ground and make some noise to reassure them.
In addition to these trivial things, after entering the fourth year, Clarke's homework became more and more difficult and demanding, especially Moody's Defence Against the Dark Arts class.
To their surprise, two weeks later, in a Defence Against the Dark Arts class, Professor Moody announced that he was going to take turns reciting the Imperius Curse to each student to demonstrate the magic of the spell and see if they could withstand its effects.
"Butβbut you said it was illegal, Professor, you said β it was illegal to use it on someone else."
Hermione couldn't help but say as Moody waved his wand and pulled the desks aside, leaving a large open space in the middle of the classroom.
After all, Clark had said that the Imperius Curse was a hidden danger from the Old Gods.
Moody's, however, doesn't seem to see anything wrong with that.
"Professor Dumbledore wants to teach you to feel it in advance."
Moody's enchanted eyes turned and stared at Hermione eerily, unblinking.
"If you're willing to learn in a more brutal way β waiting for someone to recite this mantra to you, keeping you completely in the palm of your hand β that's fine. I agree. You're good to go. β
He held out a rough finger and pointed to the classroom door.
Hermione was silent and stepped aside.
"Good!" Moody said, "Now that you've all made up your minds, let's come one by oneβ"
He began to beckon his classmates to take turns coming forward and recite the Imperius Curse to them.
Under the influence of this spell, a comic comedy began to play out in the classroom, and the students made the most unusual actions one after another.
Dean Thomas jumped around the classroom three times, singing the national anthem in his mouth.
Lavender Brown imitated a squirrel.
After him, Moody shouted in a gruff voice, "Neville Lombard!" β
Neville stepped forward nervously.
"Out of body!" Moody said with a wave of his wand.
Unlike the previous times, Neville, who had been spelled, didn't immediately do anything strange as Moody asked.
He stood there, his face showing a look of struggle, his hands and feet sometimes raised, sometimes lowered, as if he was struggling with Moody's orders.
His classmates stared at him with wide eyes, expecting him to make it through.
Sadly, however, after a difficult struggle, Neville was defeated by Moody and performed a series of amazing gymnastic moves.
"It's a shame," Moody said as he lifted Neville's Imperius curse, "you almost resisted it, but being able to resist it a little bit proves that you're strong-willed." β
Neville came to his senses with a disappointed expression.
Next, Moody cast spells on some of the other students, but none of them seemed to be able to resist the spell, not even the slightest resistance like Neville did, and it was only after Moody removed the spell that it returned to normal.
Until, Moody's voice rumbled, "Potter, it's your turn." β
Harry stepped forward to the center of the classroom, to the clearing that Moody had just vacated by removing his desk.
Moody raised his wand, pointed at Harry, and said, "Out of body!" β
This time, Harry was a little stronger than Neville, though his expression was glazed, as if he had been controlled by the Imperius Curse.
But when Moody gave the order, he didn't make too many over-the-top moves.
He just bent his knees, but tried to keep himself from jumping - and as a result, he hit his head on the table, knocking it over.
"Okay, that's what it sounds like!" Moody complimented in a hoarse voice, "Look at it, all of you...... Potter resisted! He resisted, he almost beat it! β
As he spoke, he commanded Harry very forcefully.
"Good, let's try again, Potter, the rest of you watch - look into his eyes, that's the key - good, Potter, very good! They don't want to control you easily! β
In this way, Moody insisted that Harry test it four times in a row, until Harry was able to completely free himself from the effects of the Imperius Curse, and no longer fell to the ground, but just stood there dumbfounded.
"Clark Prewit!" After Harry had finished trying, Moody's voice rumbled, "It's your turn." β
Clark stepped forward to the center of the classroom, and Moody raised his wand and pointed it at him, saying, "Out of body!" β
Still the same grayish-white, octopus-like abstract phantage emerges from the tip of Moody's wand and lands on Clark's body.
With this magic entering his body, Clark immediately felt that an illusory and unpredictable force, like water, penetrated into his whole body, soothed his soul, and made his whole person feel as if he had returned to the time when he was born, soaked in warm amniotic fluid.
In this comfortable and relaxed atmosphere, even his thinking speed seems to have slowed down a lot, and the whole person is thoughtless and peaceful, as if he has achieved the superior state of great joy and freedom of Buddhism.
However, what is false is false, and how can this superb state of mind meditation of Buddhism be achieved by a single mantra?
With his powerful psychic power, Clark had insight into the truth hidden under the beautiful vanity when the Imperius Curse entered his body.
Those beautiful, light-hearted experiences were simply the effects of the old god's power in the Imperius Curse.
"Is [Dream] authority?"
Clarke, who had been caught under the Imperius curse, looked dazed on the surface, but he was secretly thinking about it in his heart.
"It seems that there is still a little shadow of [water], [ocean], [source of life] in it.
These old gods, the authority is really chaotic, they only know how to devour them blindly, and they don't know how to sort them out into a system, so it's no wonder that they can't compare to those new gods. β
The fragment of the Godhead of the [God of Knowledge] in his mind also shimmered after sensing this trace of the power of the old god at close range, as if he was analyzing this trace of power.
At the same time, a strong desire to devour also came into his mind, driving him to open his mind protection and help the fragment of Godhead devour this trace of the power of the old god.
Of course Clark wouldn't do that, and he didn't know if this sudden desire to devour was real or not.
Just said that after this devoured the power of the old gods, he couldn't hold back the reaction from Moody's side.
After getting up close and personal with the power of the old gods, he admits that he still underestimated the evil nature of this power.
This power was not originally hidden in the magic as he imagined, and then revealed by the wizard's Imperius curse.
It's more like a living energy weapon summoned by a wizard.
Even if there was no Imperius spell book, with this brief encounter, Clark could roughly guess how it would be practiced.
To learn a Imperius wizard, you must have borrowed a trace of power from some old god through some mysterious ritual and then incorporated it into your own magic.
It was only with the power of the old gods that they could successfully use the Imperius Curse.
After that, without using the Imperius Curse once, both the caster and the recipient will become the nourishment of the power of the old gods, nourishing it and making it even more powerful.
Therefore, the connection between this trace of the power of the old gods and the caster is also very close, and once Clark devours it, Moody will definitely react there.
By this time, Moody had already begun to give orders for Clark to learn how to walk and crow cocks.
Clark naturally wouldn't do this kind of humiliating thing, he just stood there quietly, not moving, and his abnormal behavior made the surrounding onlookers begin to whisper.
Moody didn't expect that in just one class, he would meet three children who could resist his Imperius curse.
This is really unusual, you know, even many adult wizards have a hard time resisting the Imperius Curse, and it is outrageous that there are three of them at once.
Faced with this situation, Moody's face was a little unbearable, how powerful he had boasted about the Unforgivable Curse before, but now he had dropped the chain-
Thinking of this, Moody's wand trembled slightly, secretly increasing the output of mana.
It's a pity that in the face of Clark, who has high intelligence and psychic energy protection, these gray-white, looming powers of the old gods can only pull the turtle - there is no way to start.
Of course, Clark couldn't let Moody continue to test him, so he opened his eyes in full view.
"Professor, is this Imperius Curse also related to the strength of the magic, why do I just feel like my head is dizzy for a moment, and then I don't feel anything?"
Clark's words made Moody's face turn black, and at the same time, there was a hint of jealousy in his intact eyes.
After all, it was the second time he'd come across someone who could completely resist his Imperius Curse.
As for the last time, Moody didn't want to remember it anymore, because that time had already left him with painful memories.
"Well, Clark is completely resistant! Good! Very good! Next! Moody, who had been silent for a long time, said in a rough voice.
The course went on again, and after that, no one was as perverted as Clark.
Even Hermione, under her clumsiness, only behaved like Neville.
This gave Moody a little more confidence, and at least when the bell rang for the end of class, he could still use his loud voice to give them a lot of homework.
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