Mysterious Walker at Hogwarts

After dinner, Dean found an excuse to sneak out of the Gryffindor common room and went to the Potions classroom.

The effect of warning Filch was immediate. Dean did not encounter any obstacles along the way, not even one of the ghosts that often wandered in the castle.

Snape was waiting in the Potions classroom as promised.

"Professor, this is my real wand." Dean pulled out the Thunderbird wand and handed it to Snape, who was busy at the console.

"A little wink, Dean. Didn't you see I was busy?" Snape said without looking up.

Dean found that Snape's voice seemed to have a little warmth when the two were alone.

"Sorry, Professor." Dean stuck out his tongue. He didn't dare to tell Snape directly. He originally wanted to settle the matter as soon as possible and leave as soon as possible.

"In today's class, I found that you seem to have a certain talent in potions." Snape said while busy.

"Maybe." Dean said modestly. In fact, his potion ability came entirely from Snape himself.

"Then can you tell what potion I am preparing?" Snape asked.

"It looks like an energy potion?" Dean was a little unsure. He hadn't learned the formula yet and could only make some rough inferences based on the raw materials.

"Correct answer." Snape looked at Dean deeply, "Have you been worthy before?"

"You're kidding!" Dean shook his head quickly, "I don't know the formula, let alone get the raw materials..."

"I think so." Snape quickly looked away, "But I'm curious, if you haven't prepared an energy potion, where did you get the energy potion?"

"Professor, I don't understand what you mean." Dean was surprised. It sounded like Snape often drank energy potions.

"If it weren't for the effect of the energy potion, it's hard for me to understand why you recovered so quickly?" Snape asked doubtfully.

"Recovery? You mean-" Dean understood what Snape meant.

"Magic overdraft. The aftereffects of your reckless use of Legilimency on me that day." Snape confirmed Dean's guess. Although it was different from the noun used by the system, the meaning was the same.

"I don't know why, maybe it has to do with my diligent practice?" Dean replied slyly. Anyway, his Occlumency has reached the full level, and Snape will never "see" his true thoughts. .

"Impossible! It's impossible to use magic spells when your magic power is overdrawn." Snape shook his head.

"This is the extraordinary thing about the Thunderbird Wand. I can practice magic spells with it." Dean hesitated and decided to tell the truth. He also wanted to understand why this happened.

"Interesting wand." Snape just finished what he was doing, wiped his hands, and took the Thunderbird wand.

"The combination of ebony and Thunderbird's tail feathers? It is indeed very rare." Snape waved the Thunderbird wand lightly and frowned slightly, "But I didn't find anything special about it. It can make a person's magic power fail. The wizard cast a spell."

"I can show you."

After saying that, he took out the blackthorn wand and said to a reagent bottle on the table: "Wingardim Leviosa!"

After a full ten seconds, the reagent bottle floated up from the table, floated to a height of about half a meter, and then fell back to the table.

"From a freshman's point of view, it is already very good. After all, this is not an almost weightless feather." Snape commented fairly.

"Professor, keep watching." Dean put away the blackthorn wand, then took the Thunderbird wand from Snape, and used the levitation spell on the same reagent bottle again.

As soon as Dean stopped chanting the curse, the reagent bottle flew up with a whoosh and hit the roof. Just as he was about to be smashed to pieces, Dean flicked the Thunderbird wand, and the reagent bottle immediately stopped in mid-air, and then like It floated down like a feather and stopped steadily.

Snape couldn't hide the surprise in his eyes. To be able to perform the levitation spell to this extent, I am afraid that only senior students who have passed the OWL (Ordinary Wizarding Level) exam can do it. Even if the requirements are lower, this level can only be achieved by passing the NEWT (Ultimate Wizarding Level) exam. The wizard level) exam is no problem either.

"Professor, have you noticed the difference?" Dean did not notice Snape's shock, but explained to himself, "Due to the exhaustion of magic power, there is a delay for any spell I cast to take effect. , and the effect is very average; but if you use the Thunderbird Wand, this problem will not exist, not only will it take effect immediately, but the effect will be excellent."

If Hermione heard that Dean was so "modest", she would definitely go crazy. Even the levitation spell cast with a blackthorn wand, which Dean said was "moderately effective", was not something Hermione could do at the moment. Did it.

"I think I understand." Snape said slowly, "You are indeed still affected by magic overdraft, but using the same spell with two wands, the difference shouldn't be so big. I guess there are two reasons. .”

Dean immediately showed a humble expression of listening.

"The first reason is that you have not become the true owner of this blackthorn wand, so you cannot exert its true power." The reason given by Snape was something Dean had already guessed.

"Professor, I think so too. I think it's because I didn't really defeat the original owner of this wand. Unfortunately, Mr. Mundungus refused to reveal who the original owner was. I wonder if you can..." Dean immediately lost no time in speaking. asked.

"Mr. Thomas!" Snape raised his voice and said displeased, "I remind you that the original owner of this wand was probably thrown into Azkaban. Do you still want to go to Azkaban?"

Dean was horrified. Snape had never spoken to him in such a scary tone.

"No, professor, I didn't mean that." Dean apologized quickly.

"Dean, you should know that at all times, you should first ensure your own safety and not easily fall into danger - if you have to, at least be fully prepared!" Snape's voice softened, but was still very stern.

"I know, Professor." After Dean agreed quickly, he muttered a little unwillingly, "But in this case, I'm afraid I won't be able to completely make the blackthorn wand obey my command."

"Dean, do you know that wands made of blackthorn wood have a special characteristic?" Snape asked harmoniously.

"Are you saying that a blackthorn wand can truly integrate with its owner only after experiencing dangers and difficulties with its owner?" Dean asked.

"It seems that you have already inquired about this with Ollivander." Snape said approvingly, "So as long as you insist on using the blackthorn wand, you will tame it one day, but the Thunderbird wand... "

"Until I can fully control the power of the Thunderbird Wand, I will not use it rashly." Dean blurted out almost without thinking.

"Dean, this is what I admire most about you. You are very calm-minded and don't look like a reckless Gryffindor at all." Snape did not hide the admiration in his eyes.