Chapter 526

Occlumency, that's a fact.

For people with smart minds, learning Occlumency is like letting a bear child with ADHD sit honestly - perhaps such an intuitive expression can slightly reflect the difficulty of learning Occlumency.

It's one thing to want to learn Occlumency, it's another to be able to use Occlumency.

It is difficult for people with bright brains to get started because their brains are cramping all the time, and people with less bright brains and simpler personalities are easy to get started, such as Neville, but even if they learn Occlumency, it is difficult for them to use it flexibly.

This is a very paradoxical place - it is easy to learn some "stupid people", but only "smart people" can use it flexibly.

"Stupid" is easy to get started, but difficult to master. "Smart people" can be flexible, but it is extremely difficult to get started.

Solim had been exposed to Occlumency early on, and he had tried to learn it a long time ago. But the effect is not ideal, and he still lies in bed every night before going to bed trying to empty his brain, but never once. Even if he didn't want to do anything, those thoughts would come out of his own hands, and no matter how much he tried, it would be useless.

At one point, Solim believed that no one with a well-developed brain could really master Occlumency—because emptying the brain was only the first step.

But he knew of a man who had reached the pinnacle of Occlumency—Snape.

How did Snape do it?

Of course, Solim wanted to figure it out, but it was really hard to ask, so he had to figure it out for himself.

Snape was a genius, and geniuses were naturally nimble in their minds - which made it difficult for him to make progress in Occlumency. But what happened later may have been a trigger – Lily's death.

This incident discouraged Snape, and the only color of his gloomy life was gone. He even let go of the dark magic he loved, renunciating the power and glory that Voldemort had promised him.

His heart is dead.

A "smart person" who was originally smart has since become a "stupid person" who is indifferent to everything. Perhaps it was for this reason that Snape was able to reach such heights in Occlumency—to deceive Voldemort to his face without being exposed.

Solim thinks this inference makes sense. Extremely repressed emotions made Snape an absolutely rational person in a sense, which was absolutely helpful in the use of Occlumency. But Solim knew he couldn't do it, and that to achieve Snape's level of Occlumency, it would take more than just so-called talent, but also a life experience—a painful experience.

So Solim thought that Harry would never have learned Occlumency at all, unless, like Snape, saw the people he cherished the most die in front of him—like Sirius. That way, Harry might be able to take the opportunity to close himself off emotionally and inside.

But it's still difficult, people and people's personalities are different. Some people will cry to others when they encounter sad things, while others will choose to hold it in their hearts. The difference in personality will also produce different differences when practicing ** occlusion.

It was Dumbledore's decision for Harry to go to Snape to learn Occlumency. Whether it was Snape or Harry, both of them were reluctant. Solim knew it wasn't working, but he also knew that there was nothing Dumbledore could do.

Voldemort's soul fragment had long since merged with Harry over the course of more than a decade. As long as he didn't remove the soul fragments from Harry's body, he couldn't stop Voldemort from prying eyes on him.

But...... If Harry did make progress in Occlumency, it would be more than enough to discern the illusions Voldemort had created for him - provided that Snape taught it seriously and Harry studied it seriously.

This...... It's a bit more difficult. The bad relationship between Snape and Harry is clear even to the house-elves at Hogwarts. It's an anomaly to keep the two of them in the same room and nothing happens. Thinking about how Snape had done Harry in Potions class, no one would have thought that things would have gotten better when the two of them were alone.

And that's exactly what happened.

"I say it again! empty your brain!" Snape had a visibly disgusted look on his face - there were no other students here, and there was no need for him to refrain from it.

"I can't do it!" Harry became hysterical as well, "I tried. "

"That's because you're not trying hard enough!" Snape shouted, "If you can't, then the Dark Lord can get into your mind at will!

Harry clutched his head, he had just been tossed by Snape. It's almost a mess in my head right now.

"Answer me, is this what you want?"

"No!

"Very well, let's do it again. Snape raised his wand again under Harry's defiant gaze, "Dementor!"

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Harry didn't know how he had made it back to Gryffindor Tower, and he felt as if he had lost some of his memories. At the moment he was slumped on the couch, not moving.

"Harry, how are you?" Hermione didn't seem surprised by Harry's appearance.

"What did Snape do to you?" but Ron looked horrified, "Did he torture you? Do you want me to go to Professor McGonagall?"

Harry closed his eyes and shook his head, but then he felt a sharp discomfort, and he desperately suppressed the vomiting and intense dizziness in his throat.

"You look terrible. Ron wrinkled a bitter face, "Do you need to go to the school hospital?"

"Later, when he gets better, you can carry him back. Hermione stood up and took Crookshank Hill in her arms, "He can't do anything like he does now." "

Neville nodded, and continued to bow his head and write his homework without saying a word. Ron, on the other hand, looked at Hermione with a little anger, "That's your reaction? Let's carry him back?"

"And what are you going to do?" Hermione furrowed her eyebrows and tightened her arms around Crookshan, "Just like he did when he first came in? Grab his shoulders and shake him constantly? Or are you going to keep asking him what happened to him tonight? It's not that you don't know what he's doing tonight, you might as well do your homework instead of wasting your time on this!"

After counting Ron, Hermione didn't give him a chance to quarrel, and went upstairs with Crook Hill in her arms.