Hogwarts: From Squibs to Greatness

Chapter 46 Improvement Planning and Further Learning

in the principal's office.

John was comforting Hagrid who was holding him tightly with some discomfort at the moment.

When Dumbledore and the others arrived, they immediately brought Hagrid, him, and the body of the unicorn to the principal's office.

Hagrid awoke from a coma after being forcefully gulped down a whole bottle of potion by Snape.

Hagrid, who woke up at that time, was still not conscious, and seemed to see Snape, who was dressed in darkness, as the man in black robes, and immediately let out an angry roar, waving his fists and attacked him.

If Professor Flitwick hadn't rushed to control the angry giant, Snape might have died today.

Although Hagrid was controlled, he was still cursing the 'man in black' who tortured him and killed the unicorn.

In the end, Dumbledore cast the spell to bring Hagrid to full consciousness.

Hagrid first expressed his apologies to Snape in embarrassment, and when he knew that he had appeared in John's dormitory at that time, and there was no trace of injury on his body, Hagrid excitedly hugged John who was lying on the sofa.

Hagrid wept bitterly and thanked John. He had seen the magic that John released when he healed the unicorn, so he naturally knew who healed his wounds.

He had never felt that death was so close to him, but he did not expect to be saved by John in the end.

"John, thank you so much for saving me."

"You're welcome, Hagrid, we're friends, aren't we?"

John patted Hagrid's arm lightly. He actually wanted to pat Hagrid's back, but the other person was too tall, so he had no choice but to pat Hagrid's arm.

"Well, Hagrid, John needs to rest, stop holding him."

Seeming to see John's discomfort, Professor Sprout said.

Then Professor Sprout gently pulled Rahag's arm, which made him let go of John's arm.

Professor Sprout took the weeping giant to the side to rest, and comforted him not to cry anymore, finally getting Hagrid to stop crying.

Unfortunately, when Hagrid accidentally saw the dead body of the little unicorn lying on the mat, he knelt down beside it with a groan, and sobbed softly again.

"How could it be, how could someone do such a cruel thing..."

Professor McGonagall carefully helped John to lie down on the sofa again.

"John, what happened?" Professor McGonagall asked softly while sitting next to John
John thought about it, and then recounted what happened in the Forbidden Forest just now.

"Actually, Hagrid and I encountered him in the Forbidden Forest last semester. At that time, he was also planning to attack the unicorn. Hagrid and I worked together to drive him away and prevent the death of the unicorn."

"I guess this person is someone from the school, according to my guess he is..."

Just when John was about to say Quirrell's name, Dumbledore interrupted John's thoughts and said directly

"Minerva, I think I need to talk to John alone, can you take Hagrid out of here first?"

"Albus?"

Professor McGonagall looked at Dumbledore in puzzlement, trying to persuade him, but faced Dumbledore's pleading eyes, he finally didn't speak.

And Snape didn't seem surprised at all, he had already left the principal's office when he said he wanted to have a private chat with John.

Flitwick and Sprout also left the principal's office with Hagrid holding the little unicorn's body.

In the end, only John and Dumbledore were left in the room.

Dumbledore looked at John, sighed and said, "John, I'm sorry, but now is not the time to reveal Quirrell's identity."

"Why?" John was not angry, he was very calm now. "He has already started to hurt other people in the school. This time I was lucky enough to save Hagrid, so what about next time? Is there any chance next time?"

"Everyone needs to be responsible for the choices they make!"

"Or in your heart, as long as you can deal with that bastard... Senior Tom, no matter how many sacrifices you make? Just like Neville's parents and Lily?"

John stared into Dumbledore's eyes, and his hair jumped like a flame because of the surge of magic power: "Is there me, or even yourself?"

Dumbledore was silent, but John noticed the flash of sadness in those blue eyes.

"John, no one will be sacrificed. You have to understand that some things are not that simple. I have some guesses about him that need to be verified. Give me time to figure it out, okay?"

"So in order to clarify this conjecture, it is necessary to let a child who has no father, no mother, and a lack of love face the danger himself?"

Dumbledore sighed again, and said with some helplessness: "John, I know you are right, but this is necessary. Only in this way can I make better arrangements. Of course, it is also now. I will try my best to ensure Harry's safety." .”

John looked at the old man in front of him. He could see tiredness, sadness, and a hint of pleading in those blue eyes.

After a long time, John finally didn't say any more hurtful words.

"I will trust you for the time being, principal," John said in a low tone, "During this period, I will not take the initiative to attack Quirrell, but I will find a way to collect some compensation for Hagrid in advance from him, and I hope you will not stop it then. "

"I'm going back to rest, good night, principal"

John walked towards the door, but when John pushed the door to go out, he stopped. He turned slightly to look at the centenarian standing under the light.There is no emotion in Long Tong.

"Principal Dumbledore, you may be the greatest wizard, but you are not an all-knowing and omnipotent god. I hope you will not make the mistakes you once made, and let yourself regret it."

"Fate will only bind you when you accept your fate."

After finishing speaking, John didn't want to stay in the principal's room for a long time, so he pushed the door and disappeared from Dumbledore's sight.

After John left, Dumbledore sat on the sofa somewhat decadently, staring blankly at the void with nothing in his blue eyes.

After a long time, a bitter murmur sounded in the principal's room.

"Arianna..."

John hurried on his way back to the dormitory.

As he said in the principal's office, at the beginning, based on those memories, John regarded Harry as the future savior. If he wanted Harry and Voldemort to fight, he just had to focus on his own affairs.

But after many contacts, John gradually changed this view. Everyone thought he was the savior, but no one ever asked Harry if he would like to be the savior.

He even said that because of this identity, starting from his parents, Harry has been losing the people he loves.

And what happened to Hagrid this time made John realize that even if Harry finally defeated Voldemort, he didn't know how many people would lose their lives because of this incident.

Just like these sneak attacks, the attack of the Death Eaters not long ago, all proved how despicable that trash who tried to live forever was.

He didn't want to see his mother's dead body as soon as he got home one day in the future.

So John felt that he needed to change his plans. He needed to be more radical. It seemed that he had to go to the restricted area, which he had been avoiding all along, and black magic learning was on the agenda.

There is also the Room of Requirement that he has not been to, which contains one of Voldemort's Horcruxes - Ravenclaw's diadem.

John felt that he could get this thing first. Even if he hadn't researched a way to separate the soul fragments yet, it would be good to collect the Horcruxes to avoid accidental appearance.

Just as he rearranged himself to make a plan, he turned the corner and someone who surprised him appeared in front of him.

Snape stood in the shadows, and with a sound he seemed to have melted into the darkness, but his face was clearly visible in the moonlight.

Just like before, even after receiving that photo, Snape didn't say much, the other party took out a book from his pocket and handed it to John.

Through the moonlight, I saw a person covering his head and howling in pain on the cover. The characters above the image formed the name of the book.

Cutting-Edge Magic: Mastering Your Brain

John knew the book, he remembered it was a book in the Restricted Section, devoted to Legilimency and Occlumency.

Legilimency is also called Mind Reading, but this nickname is not very accepted by Legilimency masters, because Legilimency masters can use Legilimency to read the other party's thoughts, emotions, and even memories.

Because people's memory is too complicated, normal contact and Legilimency can only read superficial memories, such as lie detection.

In order to achieve the purpose of reading the deep memory, the minder usually needs to make eye contact with the target, and use words to make the other party relax their vigilance or turmoil, and guide the other party to recall the memory that they need to read.

Occlumency, a spell that seems to have been created to counter Legilimency.

Basic Occlumency clears the mind of thoughts and emotions so that no information can be read by the telegrapher, but this undoubtedly reveals the fact that the user is using Occlumency.

So advanced Occlumency allows its user to repress only certain feelings and memories that are the exact opposite of what the Occlumency user would like the Legilimency to believe, thus allowing the Occlument to lie while avoiding self-disclosure.

Because the system body is in the pineal gland of John's brain, he is considered to be a natural occluder.

So Snape wanted him to learn Legilimency?

He wanted to ask, but judging from the other person's appearance, he couldn't explain the reason.

John reached out to take the book, and heard Snape say, "Return it to the library in a month."

After speaking, Snape waved his robe and disappeared into the shadows.

But John has long been used to getting along with Snape like this. Compared with Hagrid, Snape's mouth is like a wall of sighs, unless he takes the initiative to speak, otherwise you can't ask other words.

Putting the book into the pocket of his coat, John quickly went all the way down to the basement, heading towards the kitchen.

At this moment, he heard a familiar laughter, the owner of which seemed to be playing tricks on the late Hufflepuff wizard.

Sure enough, John came closer and saw that it was Peeves, who was laughing loudly at the little wizard covered in vinegar.

Looking at Peeves, a plan suddenly popped up in John's mind, and after Peeves laughed enough to pass through the wall and left, John launched a reconnaissance technique to follow...

(End of this chapter)