Malfoy Rise at Hogwarts

Chapter 60 The Guardian Spell
On the evening of October 10th, Schelling arrived at the empty classroom where the Patronus Charm exchange meeting was held an hour early, and started his arrangement. This event was very important to him, and it was an opportunity for him to win Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw.

For a long time, among the four colleges, Slytherin and Gryffindor have always been fighting. Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw have stated that they are neutral, but in fact the students of the two colleges still prefer Gryffindor.

There are two reasons for this, the main reason is that there are also wizards from Muggle families in the two colleges, and they are very displeased with Slytherin's attitude of advocating blood supremacy; secondly, Slytherin's Quidditch team always likes to win by despicable means, such as various fouls and malicious injuries, creating an image that Slytherin likes to use unscrupulous means.

Although there are a few special cases who are willing to make friends with Slytherin students, it is an iron-clad fact that Slytherin is the least popular among the four colleges, but the proud little snakes don't mind.

Schelling scoffed at this kind of arrogant and stupid mentality. Hufflepuff and Ravencrowy have produced a large number of talents, and there is no shortage of famous families and powerful people.Leaving aside, let’s take the classmate of Xie Lin’s class as an example.

Ernie McMillan and Hannah Abbott of Hufflepuff are both from the holy 28 pure-blood families; the Smith family behind Zacharias Smith is one of the prominent branches of Hufflepuff descendants, and his aunt is Hepzibah Smith who was tricked by Voldemort into taking away the family gold cup.Susan Burns' family was originally a well-known family, but unfortunately, in the first wizarding war, all of them were killed and wounded, leaving only her aunt Amelia Burns who served as the Director of Law Enforcement in the Ministry of Magic.

As for Ravenclaw, Anthony Goldstein’s family was never mentioned in the original book, but the blood branch of the Goldstein family (Goldstein) in North America appeared in the later Fantastic Beasts movie—Tina Goldstein served as an Auror in the Magic Congress of the United States, and finally married Newt Scamander; her sister Queenie Goldstein was a born minder, born with the ability to peek into other people’s minds, instead of relying on interpreting abnormalities in the brain as said in the original book Risnape To analyze the mind of the subject, the former is undoubtedly more similar to the "mind reading" or "telepathy" in Muggle science fiction, while the latter is more like a brain wave tester or lie detector.

Ravencrowy also has a character that is easily overlooked-Terry Boot. The British Boot family (Boot) is actually inherited from North America.His ancestor, Webb Boot, was the adopted son of James Stewart and Isolt Thayer, the founders of the Ilvermorny School, and the younger brother of Chadwick Boot, the author of The Magic of Chadwick.

Before the creation of the Magical Congress of America, the New World lacked the enforcement of wizard-related laws, and Webb Boot became the enforcer (the predecessor of the Auror).In the process of repatriating dark wizards back to London, he met a Scottish witch who worked in the Ministry of Magic and fell in love with her, so part of the Bout family returned to England.

Not to mention the Bout family in the UK, the North American branch alone is enough to be among the strongest families, and Schelling heard that the clansmen in the two places have maintained friendly relations for centuries.

The above-mentioned characters all joined Dumbledore’s Army in the end. They might have become well-known figures on their own, but they were all reduced to insignificant supporting roles in Dumbledore’s plan to raise Harry. Except for Hannah Abbott who finally married Neville, the others didn’t even have the weight of their names being even slightly mentioned in the ending.

The event was more well attended than Schelling had expected, with almost all of the younger Slytherins in attendance, which was close to 60 people.

Under the leadership of Cedric, more than a dozen people came from Hufflepuff; under the leadership of Penello, more than 20 people came from Ravenclaw, including Murray and Luna, whom Schelling is more familiar with, and some characters that Schelling knew from the original book, such as Zhang Qiu, Marietta Ackmore and so on.It was awkward on the Gryffindor side, with only one person in attendance - the maverick student was Hermione Granger.

Hermione seemed to have anticipated this situation, she took the initiative to blend into the Hufflepuff circle, and mixed with Hannah Abbott, who was usually a little friendly.

Gryffindor's attitude had been expected by Schelling, and he didn't care. The attendance rate of nearly 100 people made him very satisfied.

He briefly introduced himself on the temporary high platform, and then began to explain the various characteristics of dementors. There is a lot of knowledge that cannot be learned in books, which Schelling learned from "Fallen Creatures".The touching way of explaining and the clear summary of key points made all the students listen very attentively.

Then he began to explain the Patronus Charm. He first introduced the history and theories of the Patronus Charm according to the scriptures, and then shared his own experience in casting the Patronus Charm, even small details such as the structure of the spell, syllables and breakpoints, and the trajectory of the wand.

In the final part of the actual combat demonstration, he decided to ask an assistant to come on stage to help him demonstrate the Patronus Charm.

Everyone who was familiar with Schelling thought that Schelling would choose between Daphne and Meredith, but the result was surprising—it was Hermione, and everyone including Hermione showed unexpected expressions, but Daphne, who had been trained by the family and was scheming, looked thoughtful.

Hermione was slightly at a loss when she was called to the stage.Schelling couldn't help teasing her and said, "Miss Granger, don't worry, I asked you to come up because I saw that you were taking notes very carefully just now, so I feel that you are the most suitable person to help me demonstrate the spell. It is definitely not that I have any unreasonable thoughts about you."

After listening to Hermione, she was not only complacent because of Schelling's praise, but also a little bit disappointed, and her mood was mixed for a while.

Schelling asked Hermione to stand in the middle of the high platform, and then said, "There are many points for casting the Patronus Charm, but there is only one key point, and that is—during the casting process, use your most positive and positive emotions as a support to let your emotions explode."

"Then... how to do it?" Hermione couldn't help asking.

"There are many kinds of positive emotions, among which 'happiness' and 'protection' are the most effective for dementors," Schelling explained in detail. "The object of 'happiness' is yourself, and the object of 'guarding' is others. No matter which one is the most intense, direct, and firm, it is the best. For example, recalling your happiest things; or imagining that you want to protect someone who is most important to you," he continued, "Then recite the incantation-'Call for protection', try it!"

However, casting the Patronus Charm was not easy. In the next half an hour, even Hermione, who was very focused on studying, could only make the wand emit a silver-white light mist on the fifth attempt.Xie Lin nodded in satisfaction, praised, and said: "Now, you can try a real combat exercise, please rest assured, I will ensure that you will not suffer any harm."

Schelling drew out his wand, pointed at a large box that had been placed on the high platform, and the box exploded with a bang, and a genuine dementor floated out of the box—the temperature dropped suddenly, and everyone present felt as if they had entered a cold storage.

It never occurred to them that Schelling dared to capture a real dementor for a demonstration. At this time, they were suppressed by the dementor's ability, unable to arouse any happy emotions at all, and could only look up to the stage.

Xie Lin turned his back to the crowd and looked at the dementor. A green light flashed in his eyes. The dementor seemed to be under control and stopped in place. Xie Lin turned around and shouted, "Miss Granger, are you ready?"

Hermione tried her best to maintain the posture of her wrist, so that her hands would not tremble too much. Seeing the encouraging eyes Sherin cast on her, her fearful eyes became firm. She raised her wand high, and shouted loudly with all her strength: "Call God to protect you!"

A large amount of white mist erupted from the end of Hermione's wand, and gradually solidified in the intertwining.At this moment, Schelling blinked quickly, and the dementor seemed to break free from some kind of control, and flew towards Hermione.

Hermione suddenly felt a strong chill seep into her spine, and fear and despair kept accumulating in her heart, because the hand holding the wand began to tremble again, and the white mist that was finally summoned began to become unstable, and it looked as if it was about to dissipate.

Xie Lin took a step forward, grasped Hermione's hand, and said coldly: "Remember what I said!" His tone was full of doubts.

Hermione seemed to feel the temperature in the palm of Schelling's clenched hand, like a weak kindling. This temperature was transmitted upwards along the fingertips, reaching the bottom of her heart. She felt a warm force in her chest—this force was very complicated. Hermione felt a sense of security, courage, faith, and seemed to feel a faint... happiness?
She was obsessed with this kind of warmth, and the corners of her mouth raised slightly unconsciously. Before she even came back to her senses, a large amount of white light mist erupted from her wand, which was not only more majestic than before, but also more solidified. It was successfully materialized in an instant—it was an otter!
It was surrounded by a silver-white mist, and it was bouncing and bouncing, sending the dementors flying wildly across the stage.

In order to avoid confusion caused by the dementor being thrown off the stage, Schelling opened the window and threw a white light with his wand. After hitting the dementor, the white light pushed it all the way out of the window, and then quickly closed the window.

The audience in the audience couldn't help talking, showing unabashed envy that Hermione could master this spell in one night.

After Hermione knew that she had successfully released the Patronus, she was both surprised and happy, and her face blushed when she thought of the touching emotions that had flowed through her heart earlier.

Schelling announced that everyone is free to practice, and Schelling and Hermione will give pointers separately.Schelling was in charge of Slytherin, the largest house, and Hermione was in charge of the other two houses.

Schelling walked among the students, carefully pointing out each student. In addition to the details of wands and spells, he also pointed out how to find happy memories and how to guide emotions to make it easier to release the spell.As a junior student, Schelling can provide examples that are closer to the lives of young wizards, which allows them to comprehend faster.

Among many students, Daphne, who received special care from Schelling, succeeded the fastest. She was very excited because she released a complete physical Patronus.

Immediately afterwards, Meredith, Astoria, Draco, and Pansy also succeeded.Seeing that even the first-year Astoria had succeeded, the rest became full of fighting spirit and worked harder to practice and try.

After solving Slytherin, Schelling also took the initiative to go to the other colleges to see if Hermione needed help.

Schelling caught a glimpse of Daphne in the distance looking at him with a half-smile, and knew that she, who was smart, had already guessed her intentions. She took the trouble to hold this event, shared her experience in casting spells, and generously chose Hermione from Gryffindor as her assistant. It was nothing more than expressing his attitude towards other colleges and showing his acceptance and tolerance for them, even Gryffindor was no exception.

Schelling didn't want Slytherin to remain in this isolated situation any longer.In Schelling's view, if Slytherin is still obsessed with self-admiration, after a long period of working behind closed doors, it will only be a matter of time before he is eliminated by the times.

Under the special care of Schelling, Luna and Murray took the lead in successfully releasing the complete physical Patronus. Luna released a hare with incisors, while Murray released an elegant swan.Immediately afterwards, Penello and Cedric, who were already excellent, also succeeded successively.

Including Hermione and the above nine people, ten people successfully mastered the complete Patronus Charm in today's event, which is an extremely remarkable achievement.You must know that even in the spell class taught by Professor Flitwick, there are not many people who can master a spell so quickly, even the simplest levitation spell.

This is directly related to Schelling's guidance. After all, his teaching includes two parts: theory and practical demonstration, and his guidance to students is also closer to students' living habits, which are what professors lack.

Before the end of the event, more than half of the little wizards managed to release the light mist from their wands. Although there was no formed Patronus, they were still very excited about their achievements tonight.

In the grateful gazes and warm applause of the crowd, Xie Lin announced the end of the event, and the crowd left contentedly.

　The historical settings of the Smith family, the Goldstein family and the Bute family are all official and not fabricated by the author.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)