The Lonely Dragon of Hogwarts

"Hiss—"

With a sound like deflation, a thread of silvery white light was pulled out of his brain by Moody with a wand.

Immediately afterwards, he took out a kettle with a long blowpipe, put the silver-white thread in it, and blew hard into the blowpipe.

"boom--"

Amidst the muffled sound, large clouds of silver-white mist spurted out from the spout.

They are constantly intertwining and gathering in mid-air, showing no signs of dispersing.

Seeing this, John relaxed a little.

He recognized the kettle.

It should be something like a pensieve, which can be used to recreate the images in the memory and show them to others.

Sure enough, pictures began to appear from the fog.

At first, the images were blurry.

But slowly, the image started to become clearer and clearer.

It was a training ground-like place.

Many wizards wearing Auror-like costumes were gathering together, listening to the wizard at the front.

Moody was apparently one of those being lectured.

The picture everyone saw was Moody's first-person perspective at the time, so naturally Moody's face could not be seen.

But the strange thing is that everyone's faces in the picture are blurred, making it difficult to see what they look like.

It's like it was deliberately blurred.

"The first thing I want to show you is the [Imperius Curse]." Moody said in a sleepy tone. "It is a very terrible magic. It caused a lot of trouble for the Ministry of Magic and our Auror troops. .”

After Moody finished speaking, the wizard standing in the front speaking also took out his wand and pointed it at a red hat locked in an iron cage next to him.

"Soul out of the body!"

The sound of the spell clearly reached the ears of everyone in the classroom.

Then everyone saw that the red hat who was still roaring and struggling in the cage suddenly became quiet.

There was a happy smile on its face, as if it was having a sweet dream.

The wizard who had cast a spell on it opened the iron cage.

The red hat came out.

Instead of attacking others present or running away, it started to tap dance.

The funny movements and contorted expressions made many people in the picture laugh.

The same laughter also appeared in the classroom.

Obviously, the red hat's funny actions also eased the tension of the Slytherins in the classroom.

However, John did not laugh.

Because he is well aware of the horror of the [Soul-stealing Curse].

Moody didn't laugh either.

Neither the Moody in the classroom nor the Moody in the memory screen was smiling.

The Moody in the plan picture was even trembling with fear.

"You think it's fun, don't you?" Moody asked in a rough voice, "Would you like it if I did this to you?"

The laughter in the classroom stopped abruptly.

This is not only because of Moody's words, but also because the red hat in the memory screen has stopped dancing and began to tear his upper and lower jaws hard under the control of the caster.

"See? It is completely under the control of the caster. Whether it is making it dance or tearing its own face apart, it will do it."

After Moody finished speaking, the force of the red hat tearing his upper and lower jaw became stronger in the memory picture.

"Crack it-"

There was only a crisp sound, mixed with the sound of some liquid splashing, but the screen suddenly went black.

Obviously, Moody didn't want the students to see too many bloody scenes.

However, the weird sound alone had scared many people present to the point of trembling.

"Years ago, many wizards were controlled by the Imperius Curse," Moody said, his eyes fixed on Draco. "It really made the Ministry of Magic busy. They had to figure out who was forced to act. Who acts according to his own will.

The [Soul-stealing Curse] can be resisted.

Generally speaking, we believe that Occlumens generally have the ability to resist the [Imperius Curse].

But this does not mean that [Occlumency] can restrain the [Imperius Curse], but because being able to learn [Occlumency] means that the wizard has a strong personality.

Not everyone can do this kind of thing.

Just like, [Occlumency] cannot be learned by just anyone.

Therefore, if you want me to teach you the best way to resist the [Soul-stealing Curse], it is to stay vigilant at all times and never be hit by it! "

The Slytherins nodded like chickens pecking at rice, and then focused their attention on John.

They all knew that John was an Occlumens.

Moody apparently knew this too.

He looked at John, smiled and said:

"Ah - John, you don't have to worry too much, after all, you are the best one. Well, for your strong personality and firm will, Slytherin will give you thirty points!"

"Wow—"

The whole classroom was a little excited.

The Slytherins were all excited and talking among themselves.

Add these thirty points to the previous points, and you get sixty points!

But John's brows furrowed even more tightly.

If the previous thirty points could be explained by the reward for answering questions, then the thirty points now were simply added randomly.

What does Moody want to do?

Moody ignored John and the other Slytherins.

He waved his wand slightly, and a new picture emerged from the already dim silvery mist.

This time the scene looked like a cave.

Moody and several others were panting and walking forward.

After a while, they stopped.

It was only then that everyone discovered that Moody's other companions were dragging a man wearing a Death Eater mask.

They threw the man into the cave like a dead dog.

One of them was roaring at the Death Eater, but the only response he received was the Death Eater's maniacal laughter.

Finally, the man was enraged.

He pulled out his wand and pointed it at the Death Eater.

"Drill the heart and gouge out the bone!"

The Death Eaters' laughter turned into screams.

He curled up, squirmed, and twitched.

It was like he was enduring some unimaginable torture.

The screen shook violently several times.

Moody, being the 'camera', seemed surprised at the time.

He rushed forward to stop his companions, but was severely kicked out by several others.

Then, the scene stopped abruptly.

Moody sighed deeply and said:

"This is the [Cruciatus Curse], which is extremely painful. This spell was very popular at one time, and even some Aurors would use it on Death Eaters. You can't blame them. The situation at that time... was really tragic."

There was silence in the classroom, and no one knew what to say.

Moody began to let go of the next memory.

This time, the scene on the screen turned into a battlefield.

Magic is roaring everywhere.

Colorful magical auras illuminated almost the entire night sky.

Everyone followed Moody's perspective as they galloped across the battlefield, knocking down Death Eaters one after another.

His powerful strength amazed John and others.

Almost think of him as the God of War!

But at the next moment, a Death Eater suddenly emerged from the blind corner of the screen.

By the time Moody reacted, he had already raised his wand.

"Avada Kedavra!"

"boom--"

The dazzling green light tore through the air!

Even if everyone is just watching the memory of that time, they can clearly feel the suffocating ominous feeling in the green light.

At this point, the picture disappeared and the silver mist dissipated.

The Slytherins in the classroom looked at Moody in shock.

Draco asked subconsciously:

"You...were you hit by the [Death Curse]?"

Moody glanced at Draco like he was an idiot and said:

"Don't ask such stupid questions! There is no breaking spell for the [Death Curse], and there is no way to resist it. If you are hit, you will die. If I am really hit, I will have no chance to stand here and teach you a lesson!"

"Then how did you..." Draco continued to ask.

Moody sighed and said:

"It was my comrade-in-arms, the one who used the Cruciatus Curse on the Death Eaters in the last memory. He threw me down and endured the fatal spell on my behalf.

So I say it's not their fault for using the Unforgivable Curse.

It doesn't mean that they are bad people because they used the Unforgivable Curse.

They just hate it so much!

Death Eaters killed their comrades, killed their families...

Hatred blinded their minds and made them lose their minds.

They are good people and my comrades-in-arms.

Since then, I have been trying to bring as many Aurors as possible back to the right path.

This is not for any glory, but just to save friends. "

Moody looked sad, and his normal eye was even glistening with tears.

Due to his infection, the breathing of many students present became more rapid.

Draco even clenched his fists.

For the first time, he truly felt the black magic and the cruelty of war.

And this is completely different from what his father and he described.

John patted Draco's shoulder lightly to comfort him, and then looked at Moody with some confusion.

Moody's behavior today was completely different from what Draco and Snape had described previously.

Why does he feel that Moody seems to be a good professor?