Hogwarts 1991

Chapter 13 Master Occlumency!
McGuffin rubbed his dizzy head and walked up and down the room.He was holding the copy of A History of Magic that Bagshot was talking about.

He recalled in his mind which weird wizards invented the automatic crucible, who was the first to create the flying broomstick, and some weird and weird historical knowledge of the magical world such as the elf rebellion and the detailed process of the giant war.

There are words in his mouth that he keeps reciting every year, and Emily will give him a test in a while.

This is the condition agreed upon by the two: she helps McGuffin to prepare for [History of Magic], and he cooperates with her in experiments on magic research verification in the days before school starts.

……

McGuffin looked happily at his [History of Magic] test results. After all, it was only a Hogwarts first-year course (for 11-year-old wizards), and it wasn't too difficult, let alone a course that didn't require magic and could just be learned by rote.

At the same time, the information on the system is changing:
Course: [History of Magic Level 99 (Level 100 refers to the usual teaching progress of the first year of Hogwarts)] ([-]/[-])

+2 EXP

A line of writing slowly changed, and the previous line changed to [History of Magic Level 1] (1000/[-])

Then gradually change on the panel.

Novice task: [The second step to becoming the greatest wizard: before the school starts, open the course, teach yourself a (any) first-year magic course, and reach the level of A (passed)]

(Completed, evaluation E+ (unexpected), award 2 talent points)

Immediately, this line of writing disappeared, and what reappeared was→
Novice task: [The third step of becoming a great wizard: 1 Arrive at Hogwarts School 2 Perform the sorting ceremony 3 Start all courses (except flying class in the first grade)]

……

"McGuffin, what the hell are you doing? When will you be able to learn [Occlumency]? I'm running out of patience, don't waste my time, okay?"

"...Why don't you learn some spells that can be expressed, such as..." Emily took out the "Elementary Standard Spells" from the table beside her manically, opened a page, pointed to a moving picture of a wizard waving his wand and floating the table, and said a lot, "Can't I learn this [Levitation Curse] first? Do I have to learn the Occlumency first?"

Guilty, McGuffin lowered his voice a little bit and said, "Well... didn't you say it at the beginning, and start learning magic one by one? Didn't I learn that fluorescent spell first at your request?"

"Are you against me specifically, Occlumency? The Nobel Prize doesn't study magical psychology. As for that glowing spell, are you kidding me? Who asked you to learn this. The Nobel Prize doesn't need a flashlight. What I want is levitation, weightlessness, and physics! Do you understand? Do you understand?" Emily tore her blond hair, eyes shining like beasts.

"Whether you can learn [Occlumency] tomorrow or not, you have to start learning [Levitation Curse], and you are cooperating with my experiment, otherwise your wand..." Emily took a pencil from the table beside her and broke it directly, "...that's the end."

shake! —McGuffin shuddered.

boom!
The door of the room was slammed with a loud noise, and Emily left indignantly. She felt that she had been cheated by a person whose IQ was not as good as her own.

In fact, the MacGuffin has already learned [Occlumency], which can be displayed on the system panel.

Skills: Fluorescence [Basic 89/100], Occlumency [Beginner 9/10]

The reason for concealing it is also because [History of Magic] has not yet met the system requirements and obtained those two talent points.

Another reason is to see if he can reach the stage of [Occlumency (Basic)] with his own efforts. Judging from the learning level of fluorescent flashes, at least at the stage of the skill foundation displayed on the panel, the casting of magic will be stable, and it can be regarded as a formal introduction.

Just one last try, or that crazy woman Emily will really snap her wand in two.

McGuffin locked the door of his room and sat on the bed with silent headphones.

He began to listen carefully to his breathing, fell silent, and relaxed every muscle and nerve as much as possible, allowing the blood to flow quietly throughout his body.

Then start to gradually sort out the emotions and thoughts in your brain, making it blank.

Don't remember, don't think, don't feel.

These steps were summarized by McGuffin based on some psychology books in the Muggle world, some methods such as yoga and meditation, plus the previous two books, and the "Elementary Brain Occupancy Guide" that was exchanged from the second-hand thrift store Les Finley.

Relying on these conjectures and knowledge, I barely managed to learn [Occlumency] to the current level, but I couldn't reach the next stage.

When the self in the brain felt as if it was separated from the body, McGuffin tried to recall the scene he had just traveled through. Sure enough, the excitement was mixed with confusion, fear, and all kinds of extremely complex emotions, and memories related to the previous life and the plot emerged in the brain.

After hesitating for a long time, he put all his talent points into [Occlumency].

One point, two points, and the remaining point cannot be added (it seems that skills after expert difficulty need three skill points).

技能：【大脑封闭术】（入门9/10）→（基础9/100）→【大脑封闭术】（精通9/1000）

McGuffin took a deep breath. At this time, everything about this magic was understood in his brain. He knew that the descriptions in all three books had gradually become easier to understand, and he could still find some contradictions in the descriptions in the books.Comprehension was accompanied by thoughts constantly churning in his mind. His whole brain seemed to be boiling, feeling hot and hot. His attention was all focused on understanding the magic of [Occlumency] and recollecting the knowledge in the book.

I don't know how long it has passed, an hour, or an afternoon...

When all this stopped, he felt that he could easily use [Occlumency].

Trying again, McGuffin can easily separate the body from the mind. He is like a soul floating behind the body. Although he still feels that feeling in the body and the memory is emerging, he feels that he can easily eliminate this emotion.

My own brain is like a machine, feeling and thinking are separated from each other, reason and emotion are in sharp opposition.He can clearly grasp all the memories and arrange them on the surface or deep in his mind, as if no matter what happens, he can't touch him.

A very strange feeling.

— Mastered [Occlumency]!I hope that I can spend seven years in Hogwarts in a stable and low-key way as I expected.

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(End of this chapter)