war and peace

Harry was very unhappy to find that after a summer vacation, everyone seemed to have not forgotten Tom's excellent performance in the final exam.And on the contrary, more and more people seem to know him.There was always a girl snickering and pointing at them unobtrusively as they walked down the corridor or by the lake.When Harry realized that it was all because of Tom, he couldn't help but feel very irritable.

"Hey, Harry, what's the matter with you?" At the lunch table, Harry had to get Hermione's attention by chopping his gratin potatoes.

"It's okay." Without looking up, Harry continued to deal with the poor potato with a gleaming table knife. Its surface was already scratched horizontally and vertically.

"Can you really eat it like this?" Tom looked suspiciously at what was on Harry's plate, "I don't even recognize what it is."

Harry turned to look at him, only to see doubt in those dark eyes.He suddenly felt very discouraged, "I'm full," he said sullenly, and put down the knife and fork in his hand, "I'll go back to the dormitory to take a nap first." Then he got up and left.

The remaining two people looked at each other.Tom looked at the mostly untouched food nearby and said in disbelief, "Full? Did he eat anything?"

"There seems to be something wrong with Harry..." Hermione said slowly, she watched Harry's back disappearing through the door of the auditorium before looking away. "Isn't he flying very well? What's there to be upset about?" Her tone was very puzzled.

Tom curled his lips slightly.He originally thought that the savior was a typical Gryffindor lion with a simple mind and impulsive blood (he had accepted the thoughts of the savior for ten years, and he knew what would be thinking in his head a long time ago, the three words of revenge for relatives and friends), who would Thinking of such a rectum will make me worry...

Sure enough, Soul Concentration is still easy to use... But then again, the mind of the savior has recently become difficult to guess... Strange, he doesn't think there is anything special happening?Tom thought, reaching for the pickled herrings on the table.He noticed that Hermione was staring at him with a thoughtful look on his face, and couldn't help asking, "What's wrong?"

The brunette girl seemed to have been awakened, she hurriedly shook her head, took a piece of bacon for herself, and started cutting it attentively.Tom took her for a moment and ignored her.

As soon as Harry woke up and saw the empty beds nearby, he knew that Tom and Hermione must be in the library again.He didn't know how to speak...the man didn't seem to know at all...Harry stared at the empty bed for a while, then sighed inwardly, got up and went to his tutoring.

The Defense Against the Dark Arts professor's office was probably the teacher's office Harry was most familiar with, and he had seen every professor's decoration style.But when he walked along the corridor on the third floor to Roald's office, he was still stunned.There was no decoration on the solid black wooden door with gold trim, but the magic silver doorknob was in the shape of a snake with ruby ​​eyes on it.Harry felt as if he had seen this style somewhere, but time did not allow him to think about it. "Easter," he whispered, and the door snapped open.

The inside of the room was different from anything he had seen before.The ceiling is high, and the walls are full of large bookshelves—only a small space is left for a fireplace, making people suspect that they are in a library.In the center was a long desk, which seemed to be made of a single piece of joist wood.A quill, ink, and a stack of parchment rest on top.There was no one on the long back chair, and all kinds of bottles and jars were lined up on the slightly lower wooden shelf next to it, all made of gold-capped crystals.

The crystal vials and gold lids glowed brightly in the light of the many candles on them as Harry walked.He picked up a bottle containing a crimson liquid and shook it. The contents looked viscous, and it reminded him of the dragon's blood that Slughorn used to hold dead.The bottle next to it contained a bright green liquid, which turned brilliant yellow again in the blink of an eye.Harry was fascinated, and just as he reached for the bottle, a voice came from behind him: "If I were you, definitely keep a distance from it."

Harry was startled, "Professor Roald!" He turned around and saw the professor just opened another inconspicuous door in the room, which might lead to the bedroom.

"It's the venom of the giant discoloration snail. As long as the plant gets a little bit on it, it will dry up and burn immediately," Professor Roald explained softly, "I don't think you want such a problem to appear on a certain part of your body?"

Harry took two quick steps backwards.He was indeed staying in the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor's office, wasn't he?Why did he feel like he had strayed into Snape's potion storage room?

Professor Roald seemed to see what he was thinking. "Of course, Professor Snape likes these trinkets." He clapped his hands lightly to get Harry's attention. "I believe we have more important things to do today. Come, sit down."

A comfortable-looking armchair appeared out of thin air.Harry just sat down when he heard Professor Roald ask, "Would you like something to drink?" He wanted to say no, but in the next second he found a cup of hot cocoa swirling in front of his nose.Enticed by the aroma, Harry suddenly remembered that he really didn't eat much at noon.So he took it over, "Thank you."

Professor Roald was obviously satisfied with his approach. "I don't want you to lose the strength to hide later. Although stealth requires a lot of brains, reaction speed is also essential."

"Stealth?" Harry heard the word for the first time, and his eyes widened slightly.

"If you have mastered this skill during the summer vacation, I believe those Death Eaters will not be able to find you." Professor Roald shrugged, and the gesture became extremely elegant due to him, "Of course, I It can also teach you how to fight them back, but Professor Dumbledore doesn't seem to want to see this result."

"Why? Sir?" Harry asked curiously while holding the cup.

Professor Roald looked at him full of thoughts. "I think the way I would..." He paused, "is evil in the eyes of most people."

"You mean, do you know the Dark Arts?" Harry asked in surprise, seeing the professor nodding noncommittally.He actually admitted it so generously!Harry couldn't tell what it was like, Professor Roald was really different from Professor Dumbledore, at least Dumbledore liked to keep things in the dark. "However, knowing black magic is completely different from using black magic!" He originally wanted to say that it might be okay to use black magic to kill the most vicious people, but he remembered what the principal said to him at the end—the dead That's all, the important thing is how to keep the living alive.

Professor Roald glanced at him, and something seemed to flash in his eyes very quickly.Harry didn't catch it, because he quickly went on: "Stealth is a general term that includes any method by which a person can successfully remain unnoticed by other people or things."

"The Invisibility Cloak!" Harry immediately thought of his shiny silver cloak.

Professor Roald nodded approvingly. "It is woven from the hair of invisible beasts. Wearing it can make you invisible to everyone. But it also has shortcomings. It is too rare. You must know that a real invisibility cloak is priceless."

"And it doesn't make you actually invisible," Harry muttered. "If someone reaches out and touches you, it's the end of it."

"Exactly right." Professor Roald turned around and picked up a thick book from his desk. Harry saw "How to Make Your Body Disappear" written on the spine, "Disillusionment Charm" Is a very common method, this spell can make your body transparent - to be exact with the surrounding scenery. It still can't make your body invisible, but for the fact that you don't need the invisibility cloak , is already a considerable improvement.”

Harry nodded.He suddenly thought of another question, "So, will the smell be exposed?"

"No. This is also one of the advantages of the illusion spell. It can imitate the surrounding environment very well." Professor Roald patiently explained, "However, we also have a more advanced invisibility spell. It consumes a lot of energy. magic and psychic powers, but you'll get the perfect effect you want. It's almost undetectable unless an anti-detection spell or magical item of that sort is placed in advance."

"Formless? Disappeared in thin air?" Harry asked in amazement.

Professor Roald nodded. "This is a very advanced magic, involving advanced charms and transfiguration," he saw Harry's longing expression, "I won't teach you so early... You have to learn more basic knowledge."

Harry blushed in disbelief.In order to divert the embarrassment, he hurriedly asked: "Then are we learning the illusion spell?"

"I'm afraid it's not that simple." Professor Roald didn't seem to care that Harry wanted to learn the most advanced spells, he seemed to take it for granted, "Also, we also have ways to remain unnoticed without using the invisibility spell, such as Talk about camouflage, become a chair or something, but this way you can't move at will; the most ideal method is undoubtedly Animagus, except that you can't use wands and speak human language, it can be regarded as a As good as it gets."

Harry thought of the sofa chair that Slughorn had turned into, and the cat with the square lines around the eyes that Professor McGonagall had turned into... Great, could he learn all of that?Sure enough, it is more to his appetite than other boring courses...

"This is just the first stage of the plan, and there are more and more advanced magic to be learned later. So you now know that this will be a very time-consuming and energy-consuming tutoring." Professor Roald put one hand on the table up, staring at him, "how do you feel?"

"Very good!" Harry can't wait to reply, these are very useful, he is looking forward to it.

Professor Roald smiled at his excitement. "I really hope you can still be so happy after seeing my assessment criteria..."

Harry was dumbfounded: "There are still assessment standards?"

"Naturally, you have to reach a certain level before I can safely continue teaching more advanced magic, right?" Professor Roald said, pointing his wand at the wall.

The bookshelf that seemed to be full of books moved by itself, just like the brick wall at the entrance of Diagon Alley.Soon they all moved out of the way, revealing a very wide space.The vast grassland, the strange thing is that there are no common deer or lions, but only a very elegant looking ape-man, the strange thing is that it has long silver hair all over its body, and it is eating grass? !

Harry had absolutely no idea what this was about.He was about to ask a question, but he saw Professor Roald lightly knocked on the table.Almost immediately, the ape-man was gone.He suddenly realized that it was an invisible beast...

Harry looked from the table to the meadow.At least three hundred feet away, right?Such a slight sound can scare it away... Wait a minute, what Professor Roald wants him to do is to get him to approach that animal silently, right?

"My assessment standard is," Professor Roald continued to tap on the table lightly, with the corners of his mouth curled up, "succeed in catching it, and can't do any harm to it." Seeing Harry's shocked expression, he smiled even more Cheerful, "It seems to you that this is impossible?"

"I... I just thought I'd learn a little faster if there was a demonstration." It took Harry a long time to come up with that sentence, and he couldn't really mean that he didn't think it was possible.

Professor Roald just smiled, and picked up his wand.The next second he disappeared in place, and Harry held his breath, trying to catch any suspicious sound.But he didn't find anything. Instead, he soon discovered that the invisible beast, who didn't know when it appeared again, had been caught, and a magic wand was lying across its neck. It was obviously a successful sneak attack from behind.

"See it clearly?" Just as Harry was stunned, a voice came from behind him, mixed with the breath he had thrown when he spoke.Oh, when did he run back again?If he kept silent, Harry doubted he would ever know he was behind his back.

"Don't be distracted..." Professor Roald said dissatisfiedly, he grabbed Harry's hand, "Phantom—invisibility!" making his wand draw a circle in the air, "Like this..."

Harry turned his head, only to see a handsome side face close at hand.A few strands of hair hung leisurely from his forehead, slightly blocking those black jade-like eyes.Just when Professor Roald finished speaking, he turned to him and asked, "Got it?"

That look seemed to have fatal magic.Harry felt like his heart was going to jump out of his throat, but he managed to suppress the feeling and keep his voice steady: "Yes."

"Then try it." Professor Roald let go of his hand and stood aside.Harry was shocked to find that he had that feeling again when Tom let him go.

Harry was distraught by his new discovery.He only knew that they practiced the Disillusionment Charm over and over again, and when Professor Roald said, "That's it for today", he managed to control himself so that he didn't rush out the door.He walked faster and faster down the corridor until he was almost trotting.It's impossible...it's impossible for him to fall in love with two people at the same time...