Hogwarts: Atypical Slytherin

"You can't just treat yourself like an ordinary person." The thin old man said casually, "And your professor has given you such an honor. You should use it as a motivation to spur you on! Don't belittle yourself, girl. "

In this year's Quidditch match, although all their friends were on the field, because George and Fred's strong and tall brother decided to retire this year in order to prepare for exams and work, the Gryffindor team naturally lost to Slytherin stopped second. Fred and George began to study jinxes crazily in a private study group meeting: "These abominable snakes!"

They were caught off guard by Slytherin's brutal and unreasonable style, and vowed to give them a good look after the game.

It's a pity that Cedric didn't play in this game. Hufflepuff's Seeker was a senior boy that Clowney had never seen before. Clowney only remembered that the faces of the players on the field were almost the same as those from the previous school year. Apart from the appearance of her friends, she seemed to have no interest in the game - she really preferred to go on the field and experience it for herself.

That night, Clooney and Green talked about the time turner. After hearing the news, Green praised it and asked Clooney to learn the Patronus Charm.

"This is a very advanced spell, sir. Although I am already learning ahead of time, is it too early to learn this type of spell?"

So there is the beginning of the answer.

Clooney doesn't feel like she's belittling herself: although she does learn much faster than the people around her, this is only due to some methodological guidance she has received before, and she doesn't feel that she is any different from others. Different, she thinks: "If other people were willing to spend time on these things, they could achieve the same things I have accomplished."

The weather-beaten old man just raised his eyebrows, and then motioned for her to sit next to him. Then he gently hung his hand on the back of her hand and praised softly: "No, child, you underestimate yourself too much. Before you At this age, who around you can still achieve such achievements as you? Whether others are awakened or not has no correlation with your awakening."

"Because you're the first to wake up and explore first, you have more than others, and that's as it should be. Don't be afraid of being ahead and ahead of yourself, Lawley."

"And you have me. Under my guidance, your progress is much higher than others. Isn't it natural?"

He stared at Clooney's expression, paused for a while, and then continued: "Don't you think I have the ability to teach you the Patronus Charm? Lawley?"

As he expected, the girl quickly raised her anxious head, and withdrew her gaze from an unknown corner in a panic, and then said: "Of course not! You are someone I have never seen before. Genius! The ideas you came up with are indeed much better than the average person! And they are very useful in practice! And you also taught me so many magic spells that I have never even heard of!"

"I just-I just-"

"Good girl." He grinned and interrupted her. "Praising an old man who has run out of oil lamp too much will make him shy."

"In my eyes, you are also such a smart little wizard. Your achievements now are no less than what I achieved back then."

"No achievement is achieved overnight, girl. But you have to be ambitious and dare to try - if you haven't tried it, how do you know that the wall in front of you cannot be climbed?"

"But I thought I wasn't ready yet." Clooney held his left hand into the palm of his right hand, "The Patronus Curse is a more advanced magic than the Kedavra, but I don't even have a complete grasp of the school knowledge. "

"Believe me." He said loudly, "You just lack practice and testing. From my point of view, you have become an excellent wizard."

"Do you believe me, Lawley?"

"Of course I believe-"

"That's enough." The old man retracted his hanging palm and leaned back against the mottled wall, "The Patronus Charm is indeed a very profound magic, because it involves emotions and the embodiment of emotions. "

"It's not as difficult as you think. In fact, you can think of it as the opposite of a jinx."

"I know you are just worried that you have never been exposed to this curse and have only heard about it, so you think of it as an insurmountable wall - so I can start from the beginning."

"But first, tell me, how much do you know about this curse?"

"The Patronus Charm is one of the most powerful defensive magics for wizards. It can also be used as a messenger between wizards. It is a very pure and extremely protective magic spell. Its use requires casting a spell. A belief or will that concentrates happiness and hope. A successful Patronus Spell will have the form and nature of an animal." Clooney glanced at Green from outside, and Green's sunken eyes were staring at her unblinkingly, noticing that After catching her sight, a satisfied smile appeared on his face and he nodded, "The Patronus Charm is one of the oldest spells. It appears in many records of early magic books. Many people think that An impure wizard cannot produce a successful Patronus. I think it may even reflect a person's character to a certain extent."

"You do understand a lot." Green said, "But in fact, there is a very important prerequisite for whether the Patronus Charm can be used, which is not recorded in most classics and no one understands it, and that is the need for one's self. Cognition.”

"Self-awareness?" Clowney asked.

"Yes, self-awareness." Green repeated affirmatively. "In the world of crows, pigeons are also guilty. In fact, there is no purest view of good and evil in the world. People's inherent concepts of themselves are the most basic. Judgment comes from many sources, including environmental factors. In different environments, different beliefs, opinions, and opinions may be born, and these opinions and opinions may even be just from an individual point of view. "

"Then if two people with completely opposite beliefs can summon the Patronus Charm?" Green asked.

"I'm confused," Clowney replied.

"The answer is yes," Green said. "As long as the caster has firm confidence in the correctness and authenticity of his actions, the spell can be successful."

"In other words, if the curse caster is a demon who has killed countless people, but if he has a very firm and true belief in his behavior, for example, this behavior is for a goal that he thinks is very noble, there is also Even with very noble motives, can this spell be successful?"

"You can say that." Green was a little surprised that Clooney would ask this question, but he did not show it and continued to introduce in a calm tone, "But if you have just started to experiment with the Patronus Charm, the most important thing is to feel it first. The feeling of successfully casting a spell, so you should first try to entangle the positive and positive emotions that are easiest to mobilize into the magic."

"Like remembering things that make you feel happy and joyful."

After Green introduced this, he guided Clooney on the pronunciation, intonation and casting gestures of the Patronus Charm, and urged her to try it as soon as possible. He seemed particularly confident in Clooney: "It's normal to not see the specific patron saint when you cast a spell for the first time. We are just looking for that feeling."

"Then what if I can't use it?" Clooney asked anxiously.

"That's okay. I said, success doesn't happen overnight." Green seemed to have heard some big joke. "Although I have full confidence in you and think you should be more confident, but the specifics are still up to you. See for yourself, this is the best, girl."

"Go quickly."