Two hours later, Christmas dinner was over. Maple and the others left the banquet with a well-fed stomach, and Hermione carried a magically conjured cage with a few guinea pigs inside.

Not only can magic firecrackers burst wizard hats, but also live little rats, which Hermione brings back from their poppers for Crook Hill for Christmas.

After separating from Hermione, Maple turned on her watch and contacted Mary. The communication was immediately hung up, and Mary seemed to be still angry with Maple. However, Maple was also relieved, at least proving that Mary was okay for the time being.

"Go, come with me, to the Room of Need." The next day, Maple summoned Harry, Ron and Hermione, with a strange chest, mysteriously unsure of what to do.

"What are you going to do?" Hermione asked.

"You'll know when you get to the Room of Need!" Maple said, then adding, "Take your wands." ”

When the group came to the Room of Requirement, Maplemer said "I want the largest place possible to practice magic," and a door appeared on the wall.

Maple opened the door and walked in, followed by Hermione.

"What's in this box?" After entering, closing the door, Hermione couldn't help but ask curiously when she saw Maple carefully placing the box in her hand on the ground.

"There's a Dementor in there, I caught it yesterday and put it on practice for you." Maple said that Maple had mastered the level of a physical patronus, and it would not be difficult to catch a lone Dementor. On the contrary, this chest for Dementors is a bit of a hassle, but if you are willing to spend a lot of gold, you can buy it on the black market in Tumbledown Alley.

"You caught a Dementor? However, if the Ministry of Magic tracks it down, you're in big trouble. Hermione said in surprise.

Coming from the Muggle world, Hermione was still in awe of the majesty of the official. It's just that Maple, who knows the inside story, is basically rotten except for a few, and these few parts were later absorbed by Dumbledore into the Order of the Phoenix.

In addition, in the eyes of the wizarding community, the majesty of the Ministry of Magic is not as intimidating as Voldemort's name. In Maple's opinion, the Ministry of Magic could not provide a safe and fair order for wizards, so why should he care about such a department.

What's more, Maple felt that his magic skills were now good enough to take down Fudge's bureaucratic minister.

"Don't worry, Hermione, the Ministry of Magic would never have imagined that a student would be able to capture an Azkaban guard alive." Maple reassured.

What's more, there is now a good back-up man in this vicinity. If the Ministry of Magic found Sirius's whereabouts around here, that idiot Fudge would have thought it was Black's doing.

Although Hermione questioned Maple's approach, she didn't refuse when Maple used a real Dementor to practice the Patronus Charm on her, which was really fragrant.

The Patronus Charm is a spell against Dementors, but in Maple's opinion, while very difficult, is good, but it is not beyond the reach of older students.

The main reason why not many students can master it is that there is no lack of actual combat. The Patronus Charm is different from other spells such as the Levitation Charm and the Flying Charm, which can be learned through classroom practice, but the Patronus Charm can only be truly mastered through actual combat.

Back in the day, Harry used the Patronus to kill a Dementor before the start of his fifth year. Hermione, on the other hand, easily summoned a beautiful silver otter during DA practice, but two years later, the three of them encountered Dementors several times, all counting on Harry's Patronus to save the day.

It can be said that the Patronus who has not fought against the Dementors is just a spectacle.

It's just that the Ministry of Magic can't control the Dementors in Azkaban itself, so how can they let the Dementors be sparring partners for the students.

There is a big difference between Maple and Professor Lupin's teaching methods, and Professor Lupin has Harry use the Patronus again and again to fight the Dementors, and gradually master the Patronus Charm in the process.

Although Professor Lupin offered Harry chocolate at halftime to ease the mental stress caused by the Dementors, it was lacking in preparation compared to Maple's efforts.

Before releasing the Dementors for the three of Harry to practice, Maple used the Transfiguration Charm to conjure up a few special things-

Malfoy, and Snape.

Professor Snape, I'm sorry, it's all about getting Lily's son to master the Patronus Charm faster, so sacrifice it!

"Haha, that's great! Maple, what a great idea! I've wanted to do this for a long time! Ron laughed and rushed over to give Malfoy's punching bag a fat beating, and of course, he didn't let Snape's punching bag go. After practicing his fists and kicks for a while, Ron swept away the resentment in his heart for several years, and the whole person suddenly felt comfortable.

"Can you conjure up two more punching bags for Fred and George?" After venting, Ron ran up to Maple again in a hurry.

"You've got a wand in your hand, change it yourself!" Maple said.

After Ron, Harry's good partner also unceremoniously punched and kicked Malfoy and Snape, and he quickly couldn't stop smiling brightly.

Hermione, on the other hand, was reserved by the girl, and she didn't make a move, knowing that Maple stabbed her, "Have you forgotten that Malfoy used to call you a mudblood?" ”

Hermione kicked Malfoy hard and couldn't stop.

Seeing Hermione's violent image at the moment, Maple suddenly shuddered: "Am I doing this on my own?" ”

"Well, now you are all very happy, use your joy to summon the Patronus. I'm going to release the Dementors next, which of you comes first? Maple said as he walked over to the chest containing the Dementors.

"I'll come first!" Hermione said.

Hermione had been able to summon a Patronus, and all she lacked was combat.

"Protective Guard!" A silver she-eagle erupted from the end of Hermione's wand, and Maple's manipulation just now seemed to work, and the pleasure of beating Malfoy made Hermione even more smooth when she released the spell, and the silver Patronus that appeared this time was much brighter than before.

"Harry, Ron, stand back!" A Dementor slowly poked its head out of the chest, and saw Maple shrink for a moment. I don't know how Maple caught it, it seems that it has a deep shadow on Maple in its heart.

Maple stepped back a bit, and the Dementor slowly emerged from the chest, its turbaned face facing Hermione, a glowing, crusted, rotting hand grasping its cloak. The Dementor slid towards Hermione, the sound of inhaling from under the cloak. Locked in a box and suffocated, seeing that Maple didn't stop it, he immediately frantically pumped pleasure to replenish his shriveled body.

The light of the silver she-eagle suddenly dimmed a lot, and then turned into a cloud of crumbling mist, and then it didn't take long for it to collapse.

"Go back!" Maple summons a Patronus and drives the Dementor back to the chest.

Hermione's learning ability is max, and she is blind when it comes to actual combat. Harry, on the other hand, has mediocre learning ability, but although he has only used a few simple spells to protect himself from your weapons and armor every time, he has been able to escape many battles.

"You're just too nervous, Hermione, relax." Seeing Hermione's somewhat frustrated expression, Maple hurriedly walked over and gave her a piece of chocolate and comforted her.

"I," Hermione looked devastated, she didn't expect her Patronus to be so vulnerable to real Dementors.

"Don't worry," Maple said as she suddenly picked up Hermione and gave her a passionate kiss, "Iloveyou, I'm with you, we'll always have your back!" ”

With a wave of her wand, Maple flicked her wand, and two apparitions appeared next to Hermione, who were her parents. The Granger couple placed their hands on Hermione's left and right shoulders, their eyes full of care and encouragement.

Hermione seemed to feel her parents supporting her, and she was suddenly full of strength again—

"Protective Guard!"

The silver light further strengthened, and the eagle-shaped silhouette seemed to be condensed.

Maple opened the chest again, and the dementor's decaying body slid toward Hermione once more. With the first time just now, Hermione was not caught off guard.

Her silver Patronus dimmed, but she still kept her form and crashed into the Dementors coming at her.

"Protective Guard!" "Protective Guard!"

The phantom of her parents has always been by her side, giving her the motivation and courage to persevere. The Dementor is stopped by her Patronus, and the situation is at a stalemate.

Although Hermione's Patronus was constantly worn out and became more and more dimmer, it was a world of difference compared to the first vulnerability.

"Great, you've done a great job this time!" Before Hermione's Patronus could completely crumble, Maple drove the Dementors back to the crate, and came over to praise Hermione.

"Alright, you take a break and let Harry and Ron practice first." Maple handed Hermione another piece of chocolate and said.

Then there was Ron, who was not in a hurry to get Ron to get his hands on, but first asked him to punch Malfoy and Snape's punching bags again before starting the actual fight.

Ron's Patronus is a Jack Crust Terrier, a hunting dog specially trained to chase small beasts such as otters, and Hermione's original Patronus is an otter.

Hermione became Minister of Magic after Voldemort's fall, but a big reason for her success was because she married Ron Weasley, taking advantage of the Weasley purebloods.

This situation also shows that even if the Dark Lord is eliminated, the wizarding world will not have a completely stable and peaceful soil.

Ron's Hound Patronus was much better than Hermione's first time, but there was no real difference, just a difference between fifty and two hundred steps.

Driving the Dementors back to the chest, Maple gave Ron a piece of chocolate, and then suddenly said-

"Remember the legend of the big head?"

With that, Maple casts a spell on Malfoy's punching bag with his wand, and Malfoy's head swells violently, and then there is another change, and Maple changes him into a woman's dress.

Poof, Malfoy has dog hair again...

Under Maple's magic, Malfoy tried all sorts of cosplays, and was manipulated into all sorts of ugliness to make Ron, who had just been absorbed by the Dementors once, laugh out loud again.

"Alright, go ahead!"

Ron's Patronus has improved again this time, but it is still slightly worse than Hermione's second performance.

After two actual battles, Ron replaced Harry.

"Don't touch Harry! Don't move Harry! Please, I'll say anything! ”

"Get out of the way, get out of the way, girl-"

"Harry!" Harry was back in reality, lying on his back on the floor, Hermione and Ron both looking at him worriedly.

"I hear my mother's dying voice, and Voldemort's!" Harry said with a pale face.

"Anyone in this situation with you won't behave better than you, Harry!" Maple comforted Harry as he handed Harry a large piece of chocolate.

"Your mom is an amazing mother, Harry, remember? Professor Dumbledore said that your mother sacrificed her life to protect you, so Quirrell, possessed by Voldemort, could not touch your body. Many people thought that Harry had some power in him to defeat Voldemort before they met him, but in reality Harry was nothing special about you and me.

It was your mother, Harry, who sacrificed her life to protect you. It was supposed to be some kind of unknown magic that left a strong protective effect on you at the cost of your mother's sacrifice, so that Voldemort's killing curse not only did not kill you, but instead bounced back on himself. ”

"You carry the love of your parents, who are still silently guarding you despite their sacrifices, so be strong, Harry, and don't let your parents down!"

Maple said with another wave of his wand, and the apparitions of Harry's parents were summoned by Maple to Harry's side.

"I'm sorry, Harry, I don't know your parents, and I can only do that based on the pictures Hagrid gave you." Maple said.

"No, thank you, Maple, I'm grateful that you've done that." Harry silently felt the touch of his parents' phantoms, though false and discontinuable, but Harry seemed to feel that there was warmth on the other side of the contact, and they were transmitting infinite warmth to him through physical contact.

Seeing this, Maple relieved herself and released the Dementors again, and the cold and darkness hit Harry again.

Harry looked behind him, his parents were looking down at him with a gentle smile, and as he had seen in the Mirror of Eris, Harry mustered up his courage—

"Protective Guard!"

A large silver shadow shot out from the end of Harry's wand, and Harry's head began to scream again, but the sound played seemed to be a knockoff, the sound was choppy and somewhat indistinct.

Harry opened his eyes, and he saw a large silver shadow hovering between him and the Dementors, and the silver shadow seemed to give him a vague sense of familiarity.

Hermione and Ron's mouths opened wide in surprise, they didn't expect Harry, who was still lying on the ground just now, to surpass them so much this time.

Unlike their Patronus, who are constantly consumed by Dementors, Harry's Patronus has reached the point where he can stalemate with Dementors. While Harry would have been defeated by one more Dementor, one Dementor could no longer help Harry.

"Harry, that's great, it's a good start!"

"Alright, let's do it here this morning, and we'll continue in the afternoon." Maple said.

Maple used the Christmas break to give Harry and the three of them targeted training to deal with the Dementors, happy emotions are the entry, the foundation, and the real fight against the Dementors is courage, hope, and unwavering faith!

Hermione has solid theoretical knowledge, but the actual combat is always unsatisfactory, and Maple adds pressure to her-

"Hermione, my life is in your hands!" With that, Maple fires a spark with her wand, opens the box, and tosses her wand aside.

"Hermione, I believe in you!" As she spoke, Maple's right hand and Hermione's left hand clasped together in support.

Before that, Maple also told Hermione about the fatality of the Dementors -

Under the Cloak of the Dementors, there is something similar to a mouth, which can absorb not only the pleasure of people, but also the soul of people, and people call it the Soul Kiss. Without a soul, man is like a walking corpse, without self-feeling, without memory, without feelings... There is nothing left, just simply living. Without souls, it's impossible to imagine Nick who is almost headless and become ghosts.

Under this threat, which was not much different from death, Hermione's missing kick was finally completed. Maple gambled on the oppression of his and Hermione's souls, and finally allowed Hermione to summon the Patronus in its full form based on the previous few exercises.

However, Hermione's Patronus has not yet reached the level of a physical Patronus, probably about the same level as Professor Lupin, and can drive away a singular number of Dementors, but there is no way for her to have dozens or hundreds.

Harry didn't have to do much, he just channeled the love of his parents, and he was able to unearth the hidden power of his body. Summoning apparitions of Harry's parents, using hypnotism to simulate his mother's sacrifice for him to reflect Voldemort's killing curse.

With Maple's methods, Harry mastered the Patronus Charm one step ahead of Hermione.

It's just that unlike in the past, Harry's Patronus this time is a doe, not a stag like his father. Unlike his father, who had a more glorious image in his heart, Harry knew that his mother had done more for him, and his patronus became a doe like his mother.

I don't know if it resonates with the protective magic left by Harry's mother, Harry's Patronus directly surpasses Hermione's level and reaches the physical Patronus level in one step.

For Ron, Maple resorted to a different kind of persecution.

"Voldemort, Voldemort, what's so scary about that name!" To this day, Ron was the only one who did not dare to mention Voldemort's name, and Maple took steps to force Ron to overcome his fear of Voldemort in order to strengthen his faith.

"Ron, although your parents are fine, aren't your relatives and your parents' friends killed by Voldemort?"

"Also, have you forgotten that Voldemort is not dead yet, he was almost resurrected with the Philosopher's Stone two years ago. Since he is not dead, he will come back sooner or later. Aside from Harry and Professor Dumbledore, your family should be the first to bear the brunt of his deal! ”

"Think of your family, they are likely to all be persecuted by Voldemort, and what reason do you have to be afraid of him. Ron, read it aloud with us—"

"Voldemort!"

"Voldemort!"

"Voldemort, fuck it!"

"Hahahaha!" Ron smiled.

"Alright, Ron, you're not even afraid of Voldemort now, are you still afraid that it's just his subordinate Dementors?"

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