Chapter 232

The students excitedly exchanged their heads and began to guess what kind of powerful magic Moody would teach them.

"What! what did you say?" Ron blurted out.

Moody's words did surprise Ron, he had been cleaned up by Draco, and he was very keen on those powerful spells, but he didn't have a good way to learn - after all, he would hardly go to the library.

Moody's enchanted eyes turned to stare at Ron. Ron looked terrified, but soon Moody smiled—the first time Harry had seen Moody smile. When he smiled, his scarred face looked even more distorted and weird, but it was always comforting to know that he could still have a friendly smile. Ron seemed to breathe a sigh of relief.

"You're Arthur's son, huh?" said Moody, "and a few days ago, your father helped me out of a very difficult situation...... yes, I only teach for one year. Do Dumbledore a favor...... Teach only for one year and then relive my peaceful retirement. "

He laughed hoarsely, then patted his big rough hands.

"Okay – let's get down to business. "

"Spells - they come in many forms, and their magic varies. Now, according to the Ministry of Magic, I should teach you all sorts of spell-breakers, that's all. It stands to reason that you're not in sixth form, and I shouldn't tell you what illegal dark spells look like, because you're too young to deal with this stuff. But Professor Dumbledore praised your courage for a great deal of it, and he thought you could handle it, and it seemed to me that the sooner you understood what you were going to deal with, the better. If you've never seen something before, how can you protect yourself from it?"

Moody's magic eye swirled, and his normal eye scanned the students below,

"A wizard wants to recite you an illegal spell, and he won't tell you what he is going to do. He will not give you mantras frankly, fairly, and politely. You have to be prepared and vigilant!"

Moody's last sentence suddenly raised his voice, startling everyone.

"You'd better get that thing away when I speak, Miss Bryan. "

Lavender was startled, and his face flushed. Just now, she showed Parvati the drawn fortune-telling chart of the Heavenly Palace under the table. Apparently, Moody's enchanted eye could penetrate not only the back of his own head, but also the hard wood.

"So...... Can any of you tell me...... Are there any spells that are strictly forbidden and that will result in the most severe punishment if you use them?"

It's a question, and the whole school knows what happens after a professor asks a question. But today it was very strange - very unusual, except for Hermione, a familiar arm, there were several unfamiliar arms raised, including Ron's.

"Mr. Weasley. Moody pointed at Ron, but his eye was still on Lavender. "You say. "

"Well, that's right," Ron said uncertainly, "my dad told me a ...... Imperius or something, right?"

"Ah, yes," Moody said appreciatively, "your father must know that spell." Back then, the Imperius Curse caused a lot of trouble for the Ministry of Magic. "

Moody struggled to get up on his prosthetic legs, opened the lectern drawer, and pulled out a glass bottle. Three big black spiders crawled inside. Harry felt Ron shrink slightly beside him—the things in the bottle were Ron's natural enemies.

Moody reached into the bottle, grabbed a spider, and placed it on the open palm for everyone to see. Then he pointed his wand at it and muttered, "Out of body!"

With the exception of Solim, all the students had seen the Imperius spell cast for the first time. It is known as the Imperius Curse of the Three Unforgivable Curses, and it is absolutely forbidden to use it in any situation and at any time, except for the Aurors who can use it according to the situation when performing tasks.

The spider jumped off Moody's palm, dangling a filament, and began to swing back and forth, as if sitting on a high swing. It stiffened its legs, then turned around and flipped over, the filaments being pulled off. It slammed on the table and began to turn its head in circles. Moody flicked his wand, and it stood up on its two hind legs and did a tap dance—yes, a tap dance.

Most of the students laughed—except for the group that frequented the small classrooms. Solim had already told them about the horror of the Unforgivable Curse.

"You think it's funny, don't you?" said Moody instead of laughing, "If I give you this too, will you still laugh?"

The laughter immediately disappeared, as if nothing had happened just now.

"I'm completely in control," Moody whispered.

At this point, the spider ball got up and began to roll around non-stop.

"I can make it jump out of the window, or drown itself, or jump into the throat of one of your classmates......"

Many of the students were shaking, and Ron was shaking the most—like he had been electrocuted.

"Years ago, many wizards were under the control of the Imperius Curse. Moody said that most students in wizarding families knew that he was talking about the days when Voldemort was at its most powerful, "and it really kept the Ministry of Magic busy." They need to distinguish between those who are forced to do what they are and those who are acting on their own will. "

"The Imperius Curse can be resisted, and I will teach you how to do it, but it requires a lot of personality strength, and not everyone can master it. You'd better avoid being hit by it as much as possible. Stay vigilant!" He suddenly yelled, startling everyone again.

Moody grabbed the somersault spider and threw it back into the bottle.

"Damn! how he was always startled. Draco whispered to Solim, he had been scared twice.

"Does anyone else know any spells? illegal spells?" Moody asked.

Hermione's arm was undoubtedly raised, but to the surprise of all the students, Neville raised his hand as well.

This scene even made Moody's eyes look at Neville.

"Mr. Longbottom, you come. "

Neville's lips trembled as he spat out the name of the spell, "Heart Drill Spell." "

Moody's eyes narrowed, not knowing what he was thinking.

"That's right, Mind Curse. Then Moody was about to pull out another new spider.

Moody's expression was clear to Solim, and he knew very well that several people were present when Neville's parents were tortured. A few people with the surname Lestrange: Bellatrix, Rodolphus, Rabastan, and Barty Crouch Jr., the one who was teaching the students.

Perhaps Neville reminded Barty Jr. of his father's conviction for his involvement in torturing the Longbottoms with the Diamond Curse.