[HP] Aunt of the Savior

"According to the introduction in this book, the magic that Voldemort used that day should be this kind of magic called Legilimency." Snape brought the book "Invading Others to Protect Yourself" in front of Jody. "This book explains everything about this magic in detail, and how to defend against it—just learn Occlumency."

"You found it?" Jody felt that the development of things was more like magic than magic.Obviously the day before they kept bumping against the wall like headless flies, the two returned to the dormitory with nothing.But this morning Snape not only found the answer to the question, but also suddenly took out a book dedicated to Legilimency and Occlumency.

Snape nodded uncomfortably, and handed the book to Jody.Even without looking at Jody's expression, he knew it looked weird.

She took the book from him, but it was now empty again.Opening the pages of the book, her eyes immediately fell on the only title page with writing on it, "Isn't this a book in the library?"

Mrs. Pince, the administrator of the Hogwarts library, treats every book as a child's treasure. She must not allow someone to leave an EP's signature on the title page.And more importantly, this signature is no stranger to Jody, she has seen the same one in the book "Teaching You to Master the Black Arts", so the origin of this book is very clear.

Jody was totally knowing what to do.She just wanted to know why Snape didn't get the book out sooner?

"This... is also my mother's book." Snape also noticed the signature. He had no intention of hiding the origin of the book from Jody, and in fact he couldn't find any other excuse to deceive Jody.It was already too difficult to deceive a good friend, and he didn't plan to add another one. "I didn't know how to read this book until I asked my mother yesterday."

He raised his wand, touched the spine of the book, and read the title. "After doing this, the contents of the book will appear for two hours." This time limit was experimented last night. After this time limit is exceeded, the book will return to its previous blank state.

Jody didn't care about the magical change in the book in his hand, but looked up at Snape.There was a faint blue color in his eyes, and it was obvious that he didn't sleep well last night.She hesitated, and the questions and inquiries that had been prepared in her mind turned around on the tip of her tongue, but she couldn't speak out immediately.

Snape didn't look too well.She didn't know about Snape's family affairs, but she was sure it wasn't as warm as hers, otherwise he wouldn't have chosen to stay at school for Christmas.So she hadn't even considered before that the only person they could turn to was Snape's mother.Snape's face seemed to indicate that asking his mother for help was not easy.

"I...asked my mother last night what kind of magic that is." Of course, Snape didn't know that Jody's guesses were somewhat accurate.When he caught Jody's sight, he had already planned to give an explanation, after all, she had spent a lot of time and energy on solving this problem. "Then she taught me how to read the book, which I didn't know before that was what we were looking for."

Jody froze for a moment, nodded hastily, and immediately pretended to be attracted by the book in his hand.She wondered which was more surprising to her that Snape would explain, or that Snape had asked someone else for help anyway.

"You're right." She lowered her head and muttered, sort of answering Snape's explanation. "I mean, it's a good idea to ask Mrs. Snape. She won't mind the Dark Arts."

"Yes." Snape forced the word out of his throat.It was with this kind of thinking that he dared to ask his mother a question, and got unexpected help from his mother, but that suddenly made him want to see her very much.He has always kept his school life full, and because of this, once the emotion of longing comes up, it makes him feel extraordinarily uncomfortable in his heart.

"This spell is really difficult." Jody quickly scanned the principle of Legilimency and sighed.It was one of the most complicated spells she'd seen since school, not even the black magic they'd seen.Moreover, it needs to have strong enough magic power and willpower as the basis to perform it. It is probably difficult for a 12-year-old wizard to possess such strength.

However, this is clearly not a black magic.It does not have the basic characteristics of the black magic magic power operation method introduced by Professor Columbus: simplicity, unfixedness, and exchangeability of magic power expenditure.Snape's previous guesses were correct, and his instincts were always right when it came to the study of potions and the dark arts, where he had always been more perceptive and gifted than Jody.

"Legiliency is really not a black magic." Even though it has been confirmed, Jody still couldn't believe it, and sighed again. "This is really bad."

"Yes, it's not. The magic about the human mind has always been an extremely complex field of magic, reading other people's memories and feelings-of course this is not accurate enough-" I found myself unable to describe it better Snape, who was Legilimency, frowned displeased.Having read this book yesterday, he has long been mentally prepared. It is really difficult, but he is confident that he can learn it. "It's hard, but we still have time to learn slowly."

Jody wasn't surprised that Snape didn't mention Lily at all. In fact, Lily hadn't been to this "secret base" for a long time since they started to study black magic.He definitely doesn't want Lily to know his secret now, and he certainly doesn't want her to learn the magic that can see through other people's minds.

Although Jody felt a little sorry for continuing to hide from Lily, she also felt an indescribable joy at the same time.Oh no, Jody suddenly felt a little ashamed at the realization of the pleasure she had taken in hiding from her friend.

"For Legilimency, we may need more practice." Snape whispered, but Jody, who was distracted, didn't pay attention.

"What about Occlumency?" Jody saw the knowledge introduced in the second half of the book, and knew that this was what Snape cared more about.Compared with how to read other people's thoughts, he must want to protect his own brain more.Legilimency is already so complicated and difficult, when will they start learning its counter-curse?

"That might be easier to start with." Snape pointed out the corresponding content in the book to Jody. "We can practice how to empty the brain first, and at the same time slowly study Legilimency."

"It doesn't look difficult."

But they guessed wrong, emptying the brain is not easy, or should I say, very difficult.After trying to empty their minds for half an hour, Jody and Snape realized that the seemingly simple mind emptying was not so simple to do.When they wanted to empty their brains, they discovered for the first time that there are so many complicated thoughts and emotions firmly stationed in the human mind.

"Maybe we should practice more—like falling asleep in this state every night before going to bed." Jody gave Snape a wry smile.Now she suddenly felt that even the incredibly complicated Legilimency might be easier to learn than this Occlumency.

When leaving the "secret base", Jody and Snape kept an unusual silence.They are still trying to experience the feeling of emptying their minds.However, it is obviously not realistic to do this kind of exercise in a corridor with people coming and going, because someone called them from behind soon.

"Oh, Jody, Severus, I finally found you!"

Snape and Jody turned around at the same time, just in time to see Crouch and Regulus hurrying towards them.

"Need me for something?" Snape's eyes fell unnaturally on the faces of the two freshmen with whom he interacted most frequently.He wasn't quite used to the occasional Slytherin classmates saying hello to him now.

In comparison, Regulus was relatively stable, but Crouch always seemed a little flustered. When he looked at Snape, he flinched obviously, and didn't reveal it until he looked at Jody. A very light smile.

Snape instinctively frowned for a moment.He thought that he might still be a little concerned about how others viewed him.

"Barty and I have also been invited by Professor Slughorn, the Slug Club." Regulus gave them a friendly smile. "At six o'clock this Friday night, he called us to deliver a message."

The Slug Club?Snape and Jody froze almost simultaneously.They are almost forgetting about this club, after all, they have only received one invitation in the past year.Their schedules are so busy that they don't have time to think about anything else, and they don't even feel bad about not being invited again.

But Regulus was obviously happy and proud of it.His eyes sparkled with excitement, even in the flickering candlelight of the underground passage, they seemed to shine brightly. "I heard that freshmen rarely get invited, but you were in the club last year?"

"Yes, we attended that party once last year." Snape really frowned this time.He still remembers the "terrible" party last year - just for him.He wasn't very picky about food, not to mention that he was so disappointed that day, and he wasn't in the mood to taste any delicacies.He hated that stupid company, and was delighted not to be invited again. "Only once."

"Is the atmosphere serious?" Crouch asked pitifully.

"No." Jody shook his head, also thinking of the last party, and smiled. "It was a very relaxed and casual gathering."

At that time she was still worried about whether Professor Slughorn was up to something, but she hadn't received an invitation since then.She thought too much last time, so this invitation should be just a simple party, right?