Chapter 88 Occlumency

In the dining hall of Hogwarts, Mike sat at the Ravenclaw table and yawned boredly.

After winning the game yesterday, Mike originally planned to have a good sleep, but Roger and other teammates were full of energy and went to the Hogwarts kitchen to ask for a lot of food from the elves, saying they were going to have a party.

As the MVP of the game, Mike had no choice but to stay due to the kind efforts of Roger and others. Roger even bought a lot of butterbeer from the Weasley brothers, which made the party even crazier.

The result of partying all night was the collective malaise this morning. Mike was a little better. After all, he was mentally strong and he didn't drink too much. Roger was different. Last night he was the most excited one and also the most heroic one. No matter who it is, as long as they toast him, the wine must be dry, so he is still lying in bed, and he probably won't get up before noon.

Compared with Ravenclaw, the Slytherin school team is miserable.

A large number of players injured by Mike almost filled up the entire infirmary. Madam Pomfrey was very angry. The weather has turned cold recently and many people have started to catch colds. Now these naughty children are still coming to grab the bed. This is really unreasonable. I heard that she did not hesitate to disturb Dumbledore from his rest in the middle of the night yesterday and protested to him, demanding that students be banned from playing dangerous sports like Quidditch.

Of course, Dumbledore would not agree.

In fact, Madam Pomfrey was sent away only ten minutes after entering Dumbledore's lounge, and she was angry when she left. It was obvious that she did not get the result she wanted.

According to a classmate who stayed in the infirmary all night because of a cold, the Slytherin players' wailing lasted the whole night, making him unable to sleep. It seemed that Madam Pomfrey was helping them treat them. I forgot to give them painkillers.

Mike's deeds yesterday also spread in Hogwarts after being spread by Li Jordan, the number one gossip man in Hogwarts. Now, in addition to Ravenclaw House, the Quidditch players of the other three houses They were all very afraid of Mike and even gave him a nickname: Killer Michael.

Although he was famous in the Quidditch circle, Mike didn't pay much attention to it. Mike had been used to being famous since he was in the first grade. The wizarding world was so boring that even a small thing that didn't seem like a big deal to Mike could be spread by others for a long time.

What worries him now is the matter of Occlumency.

It has been almost two months since he first learned Occlumency during the summer vacation, but he has made no progress in Occlumency, which makes Mike have to doubt whether he has the talent to learn Occlumency.

Because the book "Occlumency" stolen from the restricted book section clearly states that Occlumency is a very talent-intensive spell. People with talent can learn it very quickly, while people without talent can even learn it very quickly. You can't learn it even if you practice for a lifetime.

As the saying goes, poverty leads to change. Under tremendous pressure, Mike also began to look for shortcuts to learn Occlumency. To learn difficult spells, it is best to have someone teach him personally. After all, just reading books is not enough, just like It is said in "Occlumency" that the way to practice Occlumency is to empty your brain.

But only the devil knows what it means to empty your mind. Anyway, Mike thinks that it is actually in a daze.

When he thought of asking for help, Mike thought of the Occlumency master he was most familiar with: Snape.

Of course, it is obviously not feasible to go directly to ask for the secrets of Occlumency. The fact that you practice Occlumency cannot be leaked yet. And it is too dangerous to make insinuations. Snape is a famous double agent, and there is no need to elaborate on how vigilant he is.

Ever since, without even eating breakfast, Mike began to behave against Snape. Mike wanted to deduce the correct release method of Occlumency by observing Snape's state. Anyway, Snape was in a state of Occlumency almost all the time.

However, this is actually a stupid approach, and the possibility of success is slim. But now Mike really has no other way. He has now devoted all his time to the practice of Occlumency, even abandoning daily meditation and spell training, but there has been no progress.

But Mike's travel plan did not go so smoothly.

Snape was actually a homebody. He spent all day either in class or in his office studying potions. Mike had very little time to interact with him. It was no wonder that Harry's mother abandoned Snape and joined James. After all, James, who comes from a wealthy pure-blood family, is obviously more attractive than his otaku Snape.

Fortunately, Professor Snape is a very protective person. Mike sent so many Slytherin students to the infirmary. Of course, Snape would not let Mike off easily. Mike was surprised to find that even if he didn't follow Snape, he would jump out and deduct a few points for himself from time to time when he made small mistakes.

So Mike began his own journey of seeking death, deliberately making small mistakes so that Snape could appear in front of him.

After more than ten days of revenge and deducting nearly 200 points from Ravenclaw, Snape was finally satisfied and stopped causing trouble to Mike, and Mike also got what he wanted.

For more than ten days, he conducted a 360-degree careful observation of Snape from his words and deeds to his facial expressions, and the conclusions he reached were also very surprising.

Snape's hollow and deep fish eyes, his cold and emotionless speaking tone, and his crisp movements without a trace of hesitation.

These reactions were very similar to those people Mike had seen on TV shows in his previous life who were hypnotized by hypnotists.

Could it be that the secret to Occlumency is self-hypnosis?

When Mike came to such a conclusion, he was shocked. The secret of Occlumency, which he had studied hard for so long but found nothing, turned out to be so...simple.

Although he felt that this was very unreliable in his heart, Mike's current situation no longer allowed him to hesitate. So that night, Mike began an experiment with self-hypnosis.

Self-hypnosis may sound very mysterious, but it is actually very simple to apply. Many athletes will self-hypnotize themselves before the start of a competition so that they can achieve better results.

The specific method is to close your eyes and keep taking deep breaths, put aside other thoughts in your mind, and keep chanting the hypnotic content in your heart. (The author personally tested it and it is effective. If used in exams, it can effectively reduce tension.)

Mike was lying on the bed in the dormitory, with his hands folded on his stomach, and he kept thinking silently in his heart: "I am a tool man without emotions, I am a tool man without emotions, I am a tool man without..."

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