Hogwarts Wizard of the Deep

Chapter 57 Learning
It has been three days since he sent the letter to Felix, and Linde is waiting leisurely for the things he bought to arrive.

When Potions class was over this morning, Snape called him to his office for potions tonight, and it seemed that this was the time to learn Occlumency in the future.

During this period of time, Linde restrained his obsession with "Apocalypse Calling the Tide" at the beginning, and returned to self-study of spells and transfiguration, but his progress was much slower than before.

He felt that he could finish the sophomore courses on his own one or two months before the end of the term. To be honest, this progress looked impressive, but in fact it was not enough and more than the next.

Compared with Hermione, Snape and others, Snape doesn't need to say much.Hermione's words, if he remembered correctly, the transfiguration she performed during the OWLs exam was evaluated as having the level of NETWs.

And Hermione basically took the exam in all subjects.It's not right, there seems to be something... She didn't take the divination class or something, it seems that it was because she didn't like that teacher very much.

He couldn't remember exactly what, anyway, he felt a little shocked when he thought of Hermione's achievements in the future.

After having dinner in the auditorium, Linde packed up and went to Snape's office.

Standing in front of Snape's office door, he took a deep breath and straightened his clothes.

I really want to forget something very important!

Such an idea suddenly came to Linde's mind, but he couldn't think of anything, as if it was an animal's intuition about danger.

After knocking on the door lightly, Linde slowly opened the door and walked in.Come to this deep and dark room again.

The disgusting and pungent smell of various drugs penetrated into Linde's nasal cavity. There were hundreds of glass bottles on the wall shelves, containing different animal and plant specimens.

"Close the door behind you, Augustus. I remember I said that some medicinal materials are not suitable for exposure to light." Snape's voice sounded sullenly from the darkness.

Linde hastily closed the back door.When he turned around again, Snape was already sitting at his desk, where there were a few small floating candles.That is the rare light in the room, and those lights only serve this range of things.

Linde walked over and said hello to Professor Snape first, but was interrupted by him again in the middle of speaking, as if they were meeting for the first time.

"There is no need to say more polite words, you are indeed very polite and self-cultivated, this is not suitable for an 11-year-old." As he spoke, the wrinkles on Snape's face seemed to deepen.

"It's like wearing a mask, which makes me a little curious..." Snape's face seemed to be closer.

At this time, Linde finally remembered what he hadn't thought of at first!

In the original book, when Snape taught Harry Potter how to learn Occlumency, he directly invaded Harry's brain.

If he treats himself like this...

How could I forget about this, my God!

Thinking about it, Lin De kept his expression on the face, but he began to think in his heart that there is a way to directly make this course aborted.

Contradicting Snape, making him lose the idea of ​​teaching himself...

Or find a way to make today's class all theoretical, and then find a way not to come...

Linde was thinking in his heart, sweat slipped from his temples.

And Snape continued talking.

"To be honest, if Dumbledore hadn't allowed you to learn this magic and signaled me to teach you, you would never have been taught by me until you died." Snape said as usual.

"Augustus, although your performance in Potions class was mediocre, judging from my communication with other professors, you are not an idiot, so I hope you don't ask questions repeatedly about what I said."

"Understood!" Snape looked at Linde.

"Oh, yes!" Linde responded with a feeling.However, Snape was not very satisfied with his slow reaction, and the speech after that was even more muffled.

"You offered to learn this spell, it seems that you have some understanding of this spell.

But I think it's just some one-sided things. ' Snape gave him a mocking look.

"Occlumency - as the name suggests, this magic can prevent the mind from being invaded and affected by magic. This is also the most significant effect of Occlumency. It can build a wall for your brain, so that outsiders Can't break into it.

Of course, this is relatively shallow.Occlumency is not only external, but also internal.

Learning Occlumency means that you can manipulate your memory yourself.This means that if you have something you cannot forget, you can use this spell to remember them firmly.

Similarly, if you have any unpleasant memories, you can also delete them.Of course, this is a taboo for Occlumency.Because erasing memories defeats the purpose of Occlumency.

Occlumency was created to help wizards stay 'in-myself' on their magical journey through life. "

Speaking of this, Snape glanced at Linde, "You understand what 'me' means!"

Linde nodded hastily, this is basically the same as what he learned.One of the reasons Occlumency protects the mind from intrusions and influences is the "control and organization" of memory, of course, this is one of them.

This is also based on the reverse cracking of Legilimency chanting and spelling.

Seeing that Linde did understand, Snape nodded in satisfaction.Then he asked Linde
"What do you think should be done to practice this spell?!"

"Get rid of distracting thoughts, restrain desires, and concentrate." Linde said while thinking.

"Theoretical knowledge is quite rich, but you still haven't said the most important point.

Letting go of feelings is the most important thing. said Snape.

"There's no happiness, no anger or disappointment, no greed or jealousy. When you get rid of those emotions, it's very hard for someone to get into your head."

"But professor, no one can completely abandon their emotions, right? And neither you nor Dumbledore seem like people who have no emotions at all!" Linde raised his own doubts.

Hearing his question, Snape smiled disdainfully, "Your first question, it's true that no one can completely shield your emotions, but the more you can achieve 'objective calm', the fewer openings you will have. If you Use your brains and you'll hear me say 'difficult' instead of 'impossible'!"

"Second question, to be honest, I didn't expect you to ask such a stupid question at first. Do you think Professor McGonagall needs to keep thinking about turning a toothpick into a needle?
Do you think that Professor Flitwick needs to recite the spell slowly and leisurely like you guys if he wants to release a spring of clear water?
Most of the casting standards are for beginners to learn.

It seems that you are nothing more than that. "Snape made no secret of his contempt for Linde, but Linde really couldn't refute it.

Who made him a half-blood prince!
"Remember, Augustus.

Standards are only for weak...beginners. "

(End of this chapter)