Hogwarts 1991

Chapter 338 Two unlucky ones!
"Look in my eyes now, Harry, MacGuffin!...Look straight in my eyes, don't you even have the courage, is Gryffindor so cowardly now?"

Snape ordered Harry and McGuffin to look up and look him in the eye.

His pupils were shining slightly, and the magical brilliance brought by [Inspiriting] was shining.

McGuffin suddenly felt a little heat in his frontal lobe, but that was it.

Harry next to him snorted, and took several steps back, his expression very ugly.

"Idiot, is it so hard to empty your head?"

"Empty your mind, Potter! Don't think, don't think, don't feel... Know the so-called meditation among Muggles! That's the rudimentary use of Occlumency by ancient wizards."

"McGuffin Albert next to Xuexue, focused on his breathing, concentrated on one point, and used his will to resist me."

Seeing that Harry was finally concentrating on his breathing instead of glaring foolishly at himself, Snape looked back at McGuffin.

— This guy is more troublesome.

"And you, McGuffin Albert, don't just resist me stupidly, you should go one step further and completely empty your brain... instead of building a dam in your heart with your will to guard against me, otherwise you won't last long."

"When you meet a dementor, you get enraged because the defenses in your heart are completely defeated by fear... You feel powerless and weak again."

"I tell you to let go of your feelings!... If you are like an emotional fool who can't control your feelings and just indulges in angry feelings, then you will never be able to truly learn [Occlumency]—in a word, no matter whether anger or fear, sadness, or even happiness is a kind of weakness, and even a loophole in your heart, it is easy for me to invade you!"

"It's too early for you to counteract the effects of the dementors!"

Snape's cold voice echoed in the classroom, and every word this guy said made people feel furious.

Or was he exercising the Occlumency of the MacGuffin and Harry this way?
No, this guy is just plain mean.

Not to mention that from time to time he raised his wand, his eyes stared at the two of them like a carrion vulture, shining brightly.

MacGuffin is fine. Harry's body is shaking because his head has been invaded again and again. Now he has reached the limit of both his body and mind.

It is estimated that the only reason why he has survived until now is...he has already secretly competed with Snape, gritting his teeth and refusing to admit defeat.

It feels like a long time coming,

When McGuffin and Harry felt that their brains were numb and hairy under Snape's reprimand.

Snape stopped and said in a low, dangerous voice.

"Looks like we're going to upgrade the measures. This weak teaching method is simply useless to you elm lumps."

After hearing this, Professor Lupine came over immediately and said, "Snape Severus! We have agreed."

"You can't directly use [Inspirit Retrieval], we're just guarding against dementors, not to deal with ghost possession and dark wizards..."

"Lupine Remus... I'm teaching now! Do you know why I'm here? Why should I give up my time for this tedious teaching."

Snape interrupted Lupine rudely.

He waved his wand, looking very annoyed.

"Because these two idiots want to learn [Occlumency]!"

"But since you said that, I won't waste any more time. Today is the last time, and I'll check the results of their class."

Because of Lupine's stop, Snape became even angrier. He squinted his eyes and said dangerously, "Harry, MacGuffin! I'm going to enter your brain and see your resistance. Now, get ready... [Legiliency]!
Snape raised his wand and shouted at Harry, his eyes twinkling like awls, piercing Harry's skull and stirring his brain.

For a moment, Harry even thought he was facing a hundred dementors, the memories in his mind... the memories of pain, shame, happiness, powerlessness...

Chased by Dudley; locked in a locker for resisting Dursley Vernon; Hagrid came to pick him up when he was 11 years old; the Hogwarts Quidditch champion who went to Hogwarts in the first grade; those two times facing Voldemort... Those scenes and memories reappeared in Harry's brain with feelings.

No, - no, keep your head open, don't let Snape see this.

Harry struggled, trying not to think about it.

But the more he thought about it, all the memories in his mind swept away like a tsunami, and all kinds of feelings almost overwhelmed him.

Finally, Harry's eyes went dark, and he seemed to see a flash of green light... A cold, trembling, unprecedented fear surged in his heart.

"Don't touch Harry, please don't touch Harry! Please don't touch Harry!"

A young woman's painful pleading suddenly rang in Harry's ears, and the voice almost tore Harry's heart apart.

"While going, you stupid woman...while going, now..."

A stern and evil voice was laughing hoarsely.

Harry's mind was numb, and he felt like he was going to collapse listening to this conversation.

"Don't touch Harry, please don't, take me, kill me..."

"--Do not!"

Harry screamed and blurted out that he couldn't support himself standing and fell to his knees.

But at the same time, the spell of insanity disappeared at the same time, and in that trance moment, Harry seemed to hear something.

McGuffin and Lupine stared at the scene in amazement.

When Harry blurted out, Snape also screamed in pain at the same time
"--Do not!"

He seemed to be trying to stop something.

Snape couldn't hold back his tears, and there was a certain regret and pain on his face.

The wand was hanging down weakly, and his left hand was trembling uncontrollably.

McGuffin and Professor Lupine had never seen the professor so weak.

After a few seconds, Snape seemed to wake up, and immediately regained his sallow, dead face.

After staring at Harry coldly for a while, he said stiffly.

"Nice job, Harry! Looks like you've improved a bit..." He added, panting slightly.

However, McGuffin always felt that this guy was deliberately explaining to himself and Professor Lupine.

—I don’t know what he saw in Harry’s head, is it related to Harry’s mother Lily?

"Harry, get up and go over there," Snape hissed.

Harry shook his head, still immersed in the painful emotion just now.

He was covered in cold sweat and his back was soaked. He supported his body with both hands on the ground with all his strength, and swayed very hard before standing up.

"Okay, MacGuffin, it's your turn!"

McGuffin was a little scared. He was sure that Snape was not feeling well right now, and he probably would be in trouble soon.

"Look up and look into my eyes!"

McGuffin hurriedly focused, fully operating his [Occlumency].

——but he can't let him see any secrets in his brain.

"I count to three!" said Snape, raising his wand again. "One...two...three!"

"Dementor!"

A muffled sound!
McGuffin felt as if his head had been hit with a sledgehammer.

The brain in the skull collided back and forth, like a big bell, knocked dizzy.

Immediately, a hot current came from the nostrils.

McGuffin wiped with his index finger,
— bright red, bloody.

Warm blood flowed from the nostrils.

He heard Lupine's and Harry's gasps at the same time, and Snape's roar of rage.

"What have you done! MacGuffin Albert!"

- pat!
Blood dripped onto the ground drop by drop.

McGuffin sucked hard and looked up, hoping to stop the nosebleed.

But then he saw that it was not only his own nosebleed, but also Snape's.

This guy had a ghostly look on his face, and two lines of hot nosebleeds flowed out bit by bit from his sallow face.

He looked disbelieving.

"Restore as usual!"

Professor Lupine held back his laughter, and cast a spell on Snape and McGuffin, two unlucky ones, to heal them.

But obviously the image of the old bat has been damaged, completely irreparable.

Snape growled in exasperation, looking terribly angry.

"You explain it!"

"I, I don't understand either..."

McGuffin spoke the truth on a rare occasion, "I just did what you said..."

"Ha! I said..."

Snape yelled angrily, and the nosebleeds spurted out along with the veins on his forehead.

- Pfft!
Harry bit his lip tightly, shut his mouth quickly, and lowered his gloating face with all his strength, his eyes fixed on his own toes.

Try not to look at Snape's twisted, angry, ... and nosebleed face.

"Restore as usual!"

After Snape finished chanting the spell viciously.

Then he reprimanded McGuffin, "You are too lazy and conceited, Albert! There is no change at all! Just relying on your own talent... I don't know why you are so hostile to me, but I know you are going to die soon!"

"Oh! That's right! Dumbledore said that you should also be aware of it... That [Blood Curse] has already begun to erode your brain and change your soul... If you can no longer learn [Occlumency] to stop this trend as I taught you, then even with potions prepared by phoenixes and unicorns, you will gradually become a beast!"

Harry was taken aback by Snape's words.

"Emptying your own brain is the most basic thing. You can't blindly keep my thoughts and magic out of the door...but prevent me from reading anything from your brain, from your heart... [Occlumency] The key is to hide thoughts, which is a protracted war...It's not like a baboon, using your own brain to hit another person's consciousness. It's lucky that the two of us can stand here now!"

"Come here today!"

Snape still couldn't stop his nosebleed, he raised his head, pinched his nostrils, and said in the end in a muffled and exasperated voice.

"By the way, teach that idiot next to you! Let him have a little defense and willpower! At least let him not be so easily invaded by others..."

--boom!

The door of the History of Magic classroom was slammed loudly and shut.

Snape left here.

Lupine was left, as well as McGuffin and Harry, staring dazedly at the two pools of blood on the ground.

……

Soon, Hermione and Ron learned from Harry that the [Blood Curse] on McGuffin had deteriorated rapidly.

They were worried, and even cared too much about McGuffin.

"I'm fine! How many times have I said that!"

"Madame Pomfrey told me... that this nosebleed is the aftereffect of Professor Snape's and my magic and consciousness colliding with each other in the brain."

"After a week or two, at most a month, it will disappear automatically... this symptom."

With two thin strips of red and white toilet paper stuffed in his nostrils, McGuffin said to Hermione sullenly.

"But the [Blood Curse] on you... Didn't Dumbledore say..."

Hermione looked nervous, and she lowered her voice to mention this aspect again.

"Nothing, I've mastered [Occlumency]. At least I've improved a lot compared to last time. In comparison...Harry! You must hide your superficial feelings and memories in your heart... Otherwise, even if I share his attention with Snape next time, you won't have a good time!"

McGuffin quickly changed the subject.

Harry didn't respond, he was trying to focus on his breathing, trying to clear his mind again.

They are currently practicing [Occlumency] and [Patronus Charm] in the [Room of Requirement]. This was specially requested by Hermione, and she is very interested in these two spells.

However, she found that it was too time-consuming to learn this kind of ancient magic based on self-feeling, and its use was too remote, so she devoted most of her attention to [Number Divination] and [Ancient Magic Text] courses that interested her.

In short, McGuffin managed to make Harry and the others stop worrying about [the problem of the blood curse] on him.

……

Except for two nights every Sunday, when MacGuffin and Harry endured Snape's horrific teaching methods in the empty History of Magic classroom, everything else was going well.

(Regarding the study of the [Patronus Charm], Harry is progressing very fast, and only needs to summon his own Patronus. McGuffin can maintain the correct [Occlumency], calm himself down, and call out a little silver-white light of the [Patronus Charm] to block the dementors.)

In the rest of the normal Hogwarts study and life, under the teaching of Professor Lupine, Defense Against the Dark Arts has become a favorite subject for most people in a short period of time.

After Boggart, they studied the red hat (a monster that often appears in battlefields, slaughterhouses, or potholes in some wild environment, it is very aggressive),

There is also Kaba (an aquatic monster. People in East Asia often confuse it with a kappa. In fact, these are two completely different creatures. It looks like a monkey. The wizards there call it a water monkey, and even the wizards in the East specialize in training this kind of creature to salvage magical shipwrecks on the seabed.)
In Trelawney's divination class, Harry and Ron became more and more comfortable.

Every time they attend class, they all pull their faces, as if they are about to have bad luck, of course... If they pretend to predict their own bad luck, it will be easier.

Hermione was getting more and more scoffing at the subject, too.

However, McGuffin, who knew the true face of this pretending witch, became more and more afraid of taking her class.

Especially when she glanced at him with those pouty eyes...

But worse than that, or... Potions.

It couldn't have been worse!

(End of this chapter)