Hogwarts: Atypical Slytherin

"Professor, why can't the killing spell be defended by spells, and there is no corresponding breaking spell?" That day, Clooney suddenly asked after class work, "Since he is also a kind of curse, why does he What if it is independent of other spells and cannot be defended by the Iron Armor Curse?"

"Is it because the power of the spell is different?"

"You could say that." Snape raised his eyebrows high, "So our brilliant know-it-all has expanded her research scope to the Unforgivable Curse?"

"I just don't understand, Professor. I haven't tested this spell yet, and I don't understand its mechanism at all. How does it lead to death?"

"No one knows, Albert." Snape didn't seem to have any different attitude towards this issue. "This is extremely cruel black magic, and people are taboo to talk about it. However, if the magic power is not enough, Without strong determination and strong negative emotions to back it up, the most common manifestation of this spell is nosebleeds."

"Then when its true effect takes effect, will the target of the spell feel pain?" Crowney asked, "It would be great if we could understand its mechanism of action. But I can't point it at the animals for this reason. Take action."

"A woman's kindness." Snape sneered from his mouth with half-closed eyes, "I haven't discovered that Albert is a kind 'girl'."

"Death in vain is meaningless." Clowney said, "There is no way I can dissect a cockroach. The physiological structure of insects is completely different from that of mammals."

"Moreover, Professor, if the Death Curse is released against an object, the object will be blown to pieces or penetrated. The point where the curse is cast will be like being hit by a heavy object, and the cracks will spread. The output magic power will be strong enough to a certain extent. When the level reaches a certain level, the object does not have diffuse cracks, but is evenly crushed. From this, it can be considered that the form of action of the Death Curse may have many different forms. But in the literature, there is no description of the way it releases on living organisms. The descriptions of the manifestations are usually: 'will not leave any wounds on the body surface' and 'direct death', why can it pass through clothes instead of through stones."

"The Iron Armor Curse can physically act on substantial materials and can rebound most spells. In fact, it has certain physical properties in it. If this is the case, theoretically, the Iron Armor Curse should be able to rebound Or at least take over the curse of the Death Curse."

Snape seemed to be very interested in this question, and he patiently answered Clowney's question: "That's true. I should praise you that newborn calves are not afraid of tigers, Albert. Your ideas are indeed very novel. ."

"The Iron Armor Spell does have physical properties, but if you try it, you will find that the more powerful the Iron Armor Spell requires more magic power and the shorter the time."

"Yes, Professor."

"Do you know why, Albert?"

"Because the more powerful the armor spell requires more magic power to be covered on the surface, the more dense the magic power is gathered on the surface -"

"I've looked at the carcasses of animals that were hit by the Killing Curse." Snape stopped asking her to talk about this topic. He slowly sat up from the sofa, interrupting her argument.

"You are indeed the first person to raise such a question, or the person who once raised this question did not make the idea public."

"But now you're the first."

"However, the Death Curse is just a direct suspension of life, and we can never know the feelings of the cursed body - the arrival of death only happens in an instant."

"How can a person die immediately without any reason?" Crowney was extremely confused. "A heavy blow to the brain may cause brain death. This person will no longer have the most distinctive characteristics of a person. If this person suffers from a sudden cardiac arrest If you stop and die, it will definitely show something. And if this is the case, even when you die, the brain is still active, but the thoughts can no longer be read. Avada Kedavra must meet the death of the brain and the death of the body at the same time , how can this be done?”

"Souls," Snape said. "You've just ruled out the most magical possibility, Albert."

"Will the separation of the soul from the body bring death to him?"

"Wizards usually think like this - we live in the soul, not the body." Snape said, "But our soul grows because of the existence of the body. Once there is no body, the soul will be isolated from the world. , and finally returns to the distant door.”

"The body and the soul exist with each other. If there is no body, the soul has no meaning except for thinking. And if there is no soul, the body will directly return to the ultimate."

"With thoughts, there are souls." He said, "Creatures without thoughts cannot be acted upon."

"But how does the curse know what it wants to kill? Who is it?" Crowney asked, "The dust in the air is also an object, but it will not be crushed by the Kedinger. The floating microorganisms are also living things. , but they can't help people resist the killing curse."

"What do you think, Albert?" Snape asked, "What do you think?"

"Is it because of the density of action?" The magic spell is larger and more tangible, transcending the diffraction of the original matter, but it is also one of the substances of the world, just like the bullets of a gun.

"Perhaps the 'material' existences you mentioned are too small." Snape raised his eyebrows. "Although there are thousands of them, they are just like a drop in the ocean to the huge flow of magic power. So it has no effect.”

"The small ones were crushed, and the even smaller ones were ignored." Clowney thought, "The living ones were terminated by the program. This is a method of action that rises to the realm of metaphysics."

"The Killing Curse brings people directly back to the door." Snape said, "Ordinary souls return to their origins."

At this time, Snape's attention seemed to be directed further away, and his voice began to become erratic.

"No one knows how the Death Curse was created, recorded, and developed. But it did take the lives of many people. We will never know the time of these people whose lives were taken away. feelings.”

"That's why I want to study it, professor." Albert walked around to his sofa, "We have to completely understand a thing and understand it before we can think of ways to deal with it."

"If death must be painful, then this spell is no different from other harmful spells. It is just a spell."

"It's just like using a person who has been completely petrified to be crushed to pieces, or using a particularly powerful magic power to crush the body to pieces. The pain of the person involved is unbearable as we can imagine."

"But the Killing Curse seems to apply to all spells, like it's a rule," she said. "I don't understand."

"Even the rules have their own conditions and laws. There is no way to understand them."

"Furthermore, even if the Death Curse is one of the unforgivables, I can't guarantee that someone won't raise a wand against me one day: uncontrollable power will appear particularly casual when there is no need to pay the price of force."

"I don't want this to happen, Professor."

Snape opened his eyes, and he looked at Clowney with his usual expressionless expression and empty eyes. He looked exhausted.

"Maybe, Albert," Snape said lowly, "but it's too late for me."

He looked at her like he was looking at himself before, but it seemed completely different from before.

"If you want to, of course you can." He said, "But don't forget your original intention because of this."

Snape seemed suddenly to lose interest in the subject, even though he had initially shown interest. Clooney didn't know what was going on, but she understood that this erudite but somewhat evil professor had something to hide on this issue. He looked extremely fragile at the moment, as if anything could knock him down. His face was already pale and there was no trace of blood.

"I will, Professor." Clooney watched him lie down on the black leather sofa again. After saying this, he seemed to have no desire to reply.

Clooney took out a bag of wolfberries from under the empty desk, grabbed a handful of longans, red dates, roses and chrysanthemums, half filled the big tea can that he had just bought for Snape, and then placed it in the A strange-shaped marble-patterned coaster was placed under the tea can, and she washed the other mug. After waiting for a few minutes, she poured three-quarters of the filtered tea into the cup. He put his feet on the small table next to Snape's sofa.

"What are you doing, Albert?" Snape asked with his eyes closed.

"you can go now."

"Remember to make more of this tea to drink. I will put it in the second compartment of your lower right corner drawer." Clooney said, "Although I am a little over the rule, please forgive me for my unauthorized assertion, but you You still have to take care of your health.”

She stared at Snape's thick dark circles and sighed: "Although I don't know the reason, if you need any help, you can call me. I'm just guessing. If you If you have trouble sleeping, these things might help.”

"It's useless, Albert." He twitched the corners of his lips, "When it's time to use you, I won't be merciful."

"My pleasure, Professor." Albert's voice was getting farther and farther away, and with the slight sound of the door closing, the Potions Professor's office returned to its previous calm.

Snape picked up the mug and took a sip. The mixed flavors of fruits and flowers were a bit strange, but surprisingly not unpleasant to drink.

"It's too sweet." He smacked his tongue and picked up the transparent glass jar. "You shouldn't put these weird things in tea."

But he took another sip.