Chapter 385 Occlumency Tutorial

The next afternoon, Mike waited quietly in the dormitory for Harry's arrival.

Hermione will be coming with him. Originally, the two of them were planning to persuade Ron to come to Mike to learn Occlumency, but Ron's situation was still not optimistic.

Although Ron fell asleep after dinner last night because he couldn't bear it anymore, excessive fatigue and violent mood swings still made Ron seriously ill. Now he is lying in Madam Pomfrey's ward for treatment. .

Mike, Harry and others were all very worried about this.

After all, Ron has encountered too many things recently. First, his father was seriously injured, and then he caused Dumbledore to leave school.

People who have experienced so many things in a short period of time are prone to extreme behaviors. Fortunately, Madam Pomfrey also attaches great importance to Ron. She also released a monitoring spell in her room to keep an eye on Ron's changes.

But in a sense, it is a good thing that Ron is lying in the infirmary at this moment, because after the cause and effect of this incident were completely spread, many people felt that Ron was the culprit who made Dumbledore leave Hogwarts. , thus starting to hate Ron. Now Ron can avoid a lot of trouble by entering the infirmary.

Neville's situation was exactly the opposite of Ron's. After word spread that he would rather die than obey, he instantly became the hero of Hogwarts.

Almost all the Gryffindor students were enthusiastically pursuing him, and some even wanted to take off his clothes to see the scars on his body.

It's a pity that those scars have long since disappeared without a trace under the power of magic.

"Boom! Boom!"

Just as Mike was deep in thought, the door to the dormitory suddenly rang.

Mike hurriedly stepped forward and opened the door, and saw Harry and Hermione standing awkwardly outside the door.

It wasn't until Mike let them in and closed the door that they let out a heavy breath.

"Phew! Mike, I was really embarrassed just now!" Harry shook his head and said, "As soon as we approached your dormitory, all the Ravenclaws in the lounge started staring at us!"

Hermione patted her chest and said:

"That's right, it wasn't really a good experience. Those Ravenclaws, their eyes... well... how should I put it? Very... hostile!"

"Don't pay too much attention, they are just overly nervous. As you know, yesterday's incident was a bit big." Mike smiled and said, "By the way, would you like some tea?"

"No, are you the only one who lives here?"

As Harry spoke, he looked around Mike's dormitory, and his eyes lit up when he discovered that there was only one bed in the entire dormitory.

"Yes, there are too few boys in Ravenclaw, so there are a lot of empty rooms."

"This is great! Oh! Of course I'm not saying that Gryffindor's multi-person dormitory is bad, but you know what? I have to fall asleep to Ron's snoring and Seamus' farts every night. This is really not a good experience. But to be fair, although they have so many shortcomings, it is generally pleasant to live together. At least I like it, after all, living alone is too lonely. Oh! I It’s not that you can’t live alone! I mean…”

"Okay, Harry!" Seeing that Harry wanted to say more, he quickly stopped him, "I know what you want to say. Multi-person dormitories and single-person dormitories each have their own benefits, right?"

Hearing this, Harry nodded quickly, while Mike turned to look at Hermione beside him.

At Hogwarts, girls can enter the boys' dormitories at will, but not vice versa.

But despite this, Hermione looked very embarrassed as if she was entering the boys' dormitory for the first time.

Her legs were shaking uneasily, but her eyes kept wandering over the furnishings in the room. When her eyes fell on the photo of Mike and Penello on the desk, Hermione's pupils shrank sharply. Then he quickly lowered his head.

"Are you okay Hermione?"

Mike's voice startled Hermione. Her body shook violently, and then she said without raising her head:

"It's fine!"

Nodding, Mike did not expose the girl's thoughts, but said:

"Then let's get started."

"Okay."*2

"Since Hermione is new to Occlumency, I'll start from the beginning.

Occlumency is an extremely profound spell that seals your brain so that others cannot know your thoughts.

But in fact, Occlumency should be subdivided into two kinds of magic spells - brain emptying and Occlumency.

This is because the most basic and important form of Occlumency is to empty your mind, that is, to think about nothing and feel nothing. This feeling is very similar to being in a daze, and indeed many people confuse the two and are slow to learn Occlumency, but it is essentially different from being in a daze. Because humans are still thinking even when they are in a daze, but you just don't realize it.

This is the traditional Occlumency practice, but I combined it with Muggle psychology to create a more efficient practice - self-hypnosis.

You may not know that self-hypnosis is actually a very simple thing. For example, before a running race, you just close your eyes and say to yourself repeatedly, ‘I run super fast! ’ Then once the race starts your speed will often be faster than usual. Of course, the speed of improvement will not be too high. After all, self-hypnosis is not magic and cannot directly turn you into a superman.

But there is no doubt that self-hypnosis is effective. My self-hypnosis method is added to the original Occlumency training method. While you are emptying your brain in an absolutely quiet environment, I hope you can repeatedly say to yourself, "I am a stone," and at the same time believe that you have really become a stone without thoughts. This will make it easier for you to enter a closed-brain state, do you understand? "

Harry looked at Mike dumbfounded. He had already known most of what Mike had said before from Snape, but what he never expected was that Mike actually created a more effective cultivation method!

This is really amazing!

Hermione beside her also broke away from her previous shy state and entered a learning state.

At this moment, she was looking at Mike with bright eyes, and at the same time, she was writing notes quickly in the notebook she carried with her.

Mike waited until Hermione finished writing the notes before continuing:

"Harry, since you have been studying with Professor Snape for some time before, in order to confirm your learning progress, I will cast the Legilimency spell on you later. Are you willing to accept this?"

As soon as he said this, Harry's expression instantly turned ugly.

Snape had also unleashed Legilimency on him several times before. To be honest, it felt uncomfortable to have his brain forcibly invaded.

But thinking of Dumbledore's expectant eyes, Harry gritted his teeth and nodded.

"Very good, then I will give you half an hour to prepare. In order to test more accurately, I will not wake you up after half an hour, but will directly use Legilimency on you. Oh, by the way, Hermione, you don't have to be so nervous. I won't use Legilimency on you without your consent, so you don't have to worry."

The worried expression on Hermione's face softened a lot. She had been hiding many embarrassing thoughts in her heart. If Mike really invaded her brain and saw those thoughts, then she might not be alive.

"Well, let's get started now Harry."

Mike flipped his wrist, and a completely transparent translucent soundproof shield enveloped Harry.

Watching Harry slowly lie down in the shield, Mike came to Hermione and began to explain other knowledge about Occlumency to her.

When Hermione entered the learning state, she completely became a learning machine. She wrote down almost everything Mike said in her notebook, even those useless nonsense.

It wasn't until Mike indicated that half an hour was up that Hermione closed the notebook with unfulfilled satisfaction.

"Hermione, the Legilimency spell, which is opposite to Occlumency, is what you will learn next. Now I will demonstrate it for you personally. Please pay attention."

As he spoke, Mike took out the blackthorn wand under Hermione's expectant gaze.

Since it was for teaching purposes, Mike did not use those fancy spell-casting techniques. Instead, he honestly used his wand to draw complicated lines in mid-air, and finally pointed it at Harry, who was lying on the ground and breathing steadily:

"Legilimency!"

As Mike's voice slowly came out, a hazy light flashed away, and then all kinds of memories that did not belong to him appeared in front of Mike's eyes.

These memories are all from Harry's first-person perspective, and most of them are trivial details of ordinary life, such as playing wizard chess with Ron, eating and taking classes together, and so on.

But among these useless memory fragments, there are also some more valuable memories, such as some of the words Dumbledore said to Harry, some memory fragments of showing Harry using the pensieve, etc.

Mike originally wanted to read through all these memories, but long-term Legilimency will cause mental damage to the practitioner, and there will be more similar opportunities in the future, so Mike just browsed through them briefly. Pulling consciousness out of Harry's brain.

As soon as he finished casting the spell, Mike saw Hermione looking at him intently. When he opened his eyes, the two happened to look at each other.

Hermione was startled by Mac's sudden awakening and bounced away as if she had been electrocuted.

Mike coughed twice in embarrassment.

"Um, what's the result? Has Harry mastered Occlumency?"

Hermione said while changing the subject, while Mike smiled bitterly and shook his head without speaking.

To be honest, Mike really couldn't figure out what Harry was doing at Snape's place during this time.

Mike's use of Legilimency just now was quite crude because he had to teach Hermione, but such a simple Legilimency easily invaded Harry's brain.

And after checking, Mike found that Harry's brain was not empty at all, and the bizarre scenes there were more like a dream!

In other words, Harry didn't actually clear his mind for half an hour, but fell asleep!

When Hermione saw that Mike was silent and had an ugly expression on his face, she immediately understood that Harry's performance was not ideal.

So she immediately shut her mouth and stopped asking. She still had this bit of emotional intelligence.

"Harry, wake up, wake up..."

Following Mike's call, Harry slowly opened his eyes. His pupils were slowly condensing, and when he found Mike and Hermione looking at him, he immediately jumped up from the ground with a roar.

"I...I fell asleep!"

Mike slapped himself on the forehead and looked at Harry helplessly.

He was really convinced of Harry now!

Hermione next to her was also quite speechless. Sleeping during training was not a glorious thing, and it was lucky that Harry could still say it so loudly.

"I'm sorry! Mike!" Harry looked frustrated, "I didn't want to, but I always do this."

"It doesn't matter. To be honest, your situation is very common. Many people will sleep while practicing Occlumency. After all, it is too time to empty the brain and do some activities before going to bed."

"Really?"

"That's right," Mike said decisively, "but if you want to learn Occlumency, sleeping all the time will definitely not work. So, you two should hurry up and continue training."

Hearing this, Hermione nodded solemnly, and then used Transfiguration to turn a book into a recliner and sat on it (Mike originally wanted Hermione to practice lying on his bed, but Hermione used to lie on it instead. Unable to practice and refused).

This move made Harry open his mouth in surprise. He was lying on the floor just now!

As Harry and Hermione closed their eyes one after another, Mike returned to his desk and began to study the email sent by Penello.

That's right, Penello has already found the answer to the question of whether the pendant in Chris's hand is authentic or fake.

After he provided Penello with detailed memories of observing the pendant box at that time, Penelo and Uncle Mario immediately summoned several goblins with rich experience in treasure appraisal to identify the authenticity of the pendant box.

After a whole day of careful observation, the goblin treasure appraisers also made the final judgment—the pendant box was real!

Nodding with satisfaction, Mike threw the email into the fireplace.

For Mike, destroying Horcruxes is definitely his most important job at the moment.

As for the Horcruxes - it doesn't matter whether Slytherin's locket is in the hands of Umbridge or Chris.

Because he has plenty of money, which is enough to meet most of the other party's financial requirements.

Of course, if the other party is too greedy and the request exceeds Mike's psychological bottom line.

Then Mike doesn't mind using force to take it away.

Anyway, the current power of the Freemasonry has grown to an astonishing level. Mike thinks it is not difficult to destroy a small pure-blood family without anyone noticing.

Thinking of this, the corners of Mike's mouth couldn't help but rise.

But at this moment, the door of Mike's dormitory was knocked again...