#214 - Chilo's next move
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I don't know if it was Mune's illusion.
When Quirrell turned his back to him, Mune clearly felt a chill, as if he was being targeted by a beast.
After looking around and finding nothing unusual, he looked at the words Quirrell wrote on the blackboard.
“Curses are different from ordinary dark...: : : . Black magic, it has more powerful dark energy and a continuous and irreversible effect.”
I don't know if it was because Mune's question was too complicated, Quirrell explained the curse problem in more detail than answering other people's questions.
According to Quirrell's explanation, curses and jinxes are very different, and their forms are not uniform.
Spells and wand movements are also created by dark wizards according to their own needs.
It is precisely because of this that each curse has its own characteristics, and it is very difficult to crack it without understanding the curse.
“Professor, if that's the case, is there no way to deal with curses?”
After listening to Quirrell's explanation of the definition of a curse, Mune immediately discovered the doubts.
Mune, who had many years of combat experience, was very clear that if curses were so powerful, then the wizards in another world who were born to fight would definitely spare no effort to study this type of magic.
But the reality is that, apart from the curse about Erpus, Mune has not heard of any other magic about curses.
“Of course, the black wizard who can cast a curse must be very powerful in magic, and the curses they cast are also divided into levels.”
As Quirrell spoke, he took out the chalk and wrote the two groups of words “Ordinary Curse” and “Dangerous Curse” on the blackboard.
“For ordinary curses, 【Guardian Charm】can be used for defense before being cast. If you accidentally get cursed, you can use high-level 【Curse Stop】or the reverse curse of the curse to crack it.”
After Quirrell wrote these solutions on the blackboard, he took out the chalk and heavily crossed out “Dangerous Curse”.
“But this one has no solution so far.”
Quirrell's mouth turned up unconsciously when he said this.
However, he was facing away from all the little wizards, so no one noticed.
“Professor, according to you, does the curse on your position belong to an uncrackable dangerous curse?”
Ron became interested after listening to Quirrell's explanation, and he stood up and asked.
“Very...very good, Mr. Weasley.”
As soon as Quirrell's encouraging words fell, Hermione stood up immediately.
“Professor, isn't this a scary thing? Why aren't you sad or scared at all?”
All the little wizards in the classroom curiously stared at Quirrell.
Although everyone is a first-year freshman, they have heard a little about the tragic experiences of the previous Defense Against the Dark Arts professors.
Every professor has had various accidents while in office or after leaving Hogwarts.
Some serious ones even went to St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries.
It can be said that all the wizards in the UK are afraid of the position of Defense Against the Dark Arts professor at Hogwarts.
But Quirrell's expression now is too relaxed, not at all like someone who knows he is deeply cursed.
Mune also noticed this, and he stared at the other party, hoping to get a reasonable explanation.
“Well, that's because I...I have decided to leave Hogwarts early, so that the impact of the curse will be minimized.”
Quirrell answered the question stutteringly, and then immediately opened the textbook again.
“Today's questions will end here, I...I hope everyone can understand through the questions just now that you should try not to provoke dark wizards.”
Noticing that the little wizards were still excited, Quirrell immediately added.
‘The dark spells and curses mastered by dark wizards may affect your life safety.’
This sentence more or less had a deterrent effect, and the discussion among the little wizards in the classroom gradually subsided.
Then Quirrell began to read from the textbook stutteringly.
When the bell rang for the end of class, Quirrell assigned an assignment.
“Please use your imagination to defend against the theft of dark wizards with magic, requiring you to fill 15 inches of parchment.”
“Oh, no, Professor, I thought you had become better, but I didn't expect you to be even more ruthless than Snape.”
Ron immediately wailed after hearing the assignment requirements, but Quirrell ignored him and walked straight to Mune.
“Mr. Scarlett, about the curse...curse, is there anything else you want to know? If possible...: : . Maybe you can come to my office for a detailed discussion.”
As soon as Quirrell finished speaking, Mune immediately shook his head.
“Not for now, Professor.”
Although he had just learned some basic knowledge about curses from Quirrell, Mune's suspicion of this professor had not diminished at all.
“Okay, the assignment is due after Christmas.”
Quirrell said slightly, somewhat regretfully, turned his head, and immediately looked back at Mune as he was about to leave.
“By the way, are you going to leave school for Christmas?”
Mune was about to shake his head when Ron next to him couldn't wait to surround him.
“Mune is going home, Professor, can't you reduce your assignment a little?”
“Is that so, Mr. Weasley, if you really can't finish it, it doesn't matter if you write a little less.”
“Okay, Professor.”
Looking at Quirrell's leaving back, Ron cheered happily.
“Actually, he's pretty good, isn't he?”
Ron said and looked back at his friends, hoping to get everyone's response.
But contrary to his wishes, Mune and Hermione looked at him like he was an idiot.
“Don't be like this, I didn't know you already suspected Quirrell.”
“Ron, haven't you noticed that he's been very abnormal today?”
Hermione and Mune walked side by side in front, and the little witch's expression was very indifferent now.
In fact, Hermione didn't suspect Quirrell at first, but later the somewhat obvious assignment made her suspicious.
“I didn't notice his abnormality, aren't you too suspicious?”
Ron's voice became smaller and smaller, and Harry nodded in agreement.
“Quirrell is unlikely, he's too timid.”
Harry still remembered the scene last week when Quirrell was teased by the twins. The twins used magic to create a snowball and chased him all over the castle.
“But his performance today is completely different from before.”
Hermione added.
Looking at the three good friends next to him who wanted to continue arguing, Mune quickly spoke to stop them.
“Quirrell's suspicions are indeed greater than other professors now, but these are just our guesses, we can observe him again.”
Just when Mune and the others were suspecting Quirrell, the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor had already returned to his office.
“Master, if you are sure that little wizard knows the method to pass the level, I can directly grab him now, and then use Legilimency...”
Before Quirrell could finish speaking, a stern voice rang out from the air.
“Fool! This is Hogwarts, do you think Dumbledore has no defenses, or do you think you can beat Snape who is staring at you every day.”
Snape should be more suspicious of Quirrell than Mune and the others.
It's just that he doesn't have any evidence to catch Quirrell now, so he can only spend a lot of time staring at him.
“Master, has he betrayed...: . :, Ah~, Master, spare me.”
Quirrell wanted to ask about Snape, and then his head became extremely painful.
He quickly covered his head with both hands and knelt on the ground begging for mercy.
“Don't play your little tricks, I will personally solve Severus's matter, now you just need to keep a close eye on that little wizard and see where he is going for Christmas, so that we can take action.”
