Study Days at Hogwarts

  Chapter 696 Introduction

  At eight o'clock in the evening, Albert and his roommates made an appointment to practice the Patronus Charm in the dormitory.

   Not long after, there was a knock on the door.

  Albert opened the door and saw Harry, Hermione, and Ron standing outside, and asked suspiciously, "What's the matter?"

"I told Harry that we are going to practice the Patronus Charm tonight." Fred winked at Albert and explained, "As you know, dementors have a great influence on Harry, and he hopes to Here you learn... well, how to drive away and resist dementors."

   As for Ron and Hermione, they obviously made up the numbers.

   Albert stared at Fred fiercely, glanced across the somewhat crowded room, and then looked at the three people outside the door.

  Hermione also noticed that Albert didn't know about their arrival, and quickly said, "Can you teach us the spell to drive away the dementors."

   "You should go to Professor Lupine, not me." Albert said with a frown.

   "Can't you?"

   "Well, since you're all here, come in!"

   There were three more people in the small dormitory, making it even more crowded.

  The three of Harry sat on the edge of the bed, like well-behaved students preparing to listen to the professor's lecture.

   "The spell that can expel dementors is called the Patronus Charm." Albert began to popularize some knowledge about the Patronus Charm to the three of Harry. "This is a kind of advanced magic. The premise of using the Patronus Charm is that you have strong magical power. This is also a common problem of most advanced magic. If your own magical power is not strong enough, you will not be able to fully exert the effect of the Patronus Charm. "

   After Albert finished speaking, he asked Fred to demonstrate the effect of the Patronus Charm without giving the three people time to ask questions.

   "Ahem, watch it!" Fred raised his wand in front of everyone, cleared his throat and said, "Call God to protect you!"

  Everyone could see a puff of silvery gas emanating from the tip of Fred's wand.

   "Is this the Patronus?" Harry blinked involuntarily, feeling that the effect of the Patronus Charm was different from what he thought.

   "That's the prototype of the Patronus. The effect is minimal, and it can't drive away the dementors. Basically, it can be ignored." Albert glanced at Fred and continued: "You have also heard the spell just now: call the gods to protect you!"

   "Call God to protect, call to God to protect, call to protect God."

  The three of them were repeating the mantra in low voices, as if they wanted to keep the mantra in their hearts.

   Albert waited for the three of them to calm down before continuing: "When using the Patronus Charm, you need to concentrate, recall the happiest thing in your heart, and read out 'Calling God for Protection'. This is how you swing your stick."

  He used his wand to draw a circle so that the three of Harry could clearly see the movement of the Patronus Charm.

   "Okay, try it yourself!"

   "Hoo...guard."

   "Call God for protection."

   corrected Hermione, thin wisps of silvery smoke emanating from the tip of her wand.

   "I made it."

   "Call God for protection."

  After a thin wisp of silvery gas spewed from the end of his wand, Harry jumped out of bed excitedly, exclaiming, "I did it, I did it!"

   "Why am I the only one who didn't succeed?" Ron was immediately depressed when he saw that his friends had succeeded, but his wand didn't respond.

   "That's because you swung your wand in the wrong direction, my idiot brother." Fred reminded, covering his face with his hands.

   "You're the idiot," said Ron angrily.

  Then, he tried again, and soon succeeded.

"Okay, all of you have successfully used the Patronus Charm. Next, you just need to continue practicing the spell until you can summon a complete Patronus. Well, the so-called physical Patronus is usually an animal. The form of the patron saint is different for everyone."

   "Is this a success?" Ron looked at Fred suspiciously, and asked angrily, "What are you laughing at?"

"Only by summoning the Patronus of the physical body can we truly master the Patronus Charm." George explained to the three of them on behalf of Fred, "As for our current non-physical Patronus, that's what Albert said The rudiment of the patron saint, a cloud of silvery white gas or smoke, has no specific form."

"In Albert's words, I can blow your spell away with just one breath." Fred said and blew into Ron's wand, which really blew away a wisp of thin silver gas .

   "I don't remember saying that." Albert curled his lips and said, "What you need now is to spend a lot of time practicing spells. Of course, I can't guarantee that you will be able to summon the physical patron saint."

   "Maybe you can learn it?" Ron asked, raising his eyebrows slightly.

"Under normal circumstances, even if you graduate from the seventh grade, you may not be exposed to this spell." Albert explained calmly: "Also, even if you really can't summon the patron saint of the flesh, it's not a shameful thing. In fact In fact, the vast majority of wizards in the magic world are unable to summon the physical patron saint, otherwise the successful summoning of the physical patron saint would not be regarded by many people as a sign of superb mana."

   "Well, although I think this statement is pure nonsense."

   "No, this spell is really too difficult." Hermione was a little discouraged, this was the first time she had learned such an advanced spell, it was a bit shocking.

  Harry tried again, and found that he could only summon a very weak mist, so he couldn't help asking: "Albert, how long did it take you to successfully summon the Patronus of the flesh?"

   "About... half a year!"

"so long."

  Ron thought that Albert's talent could be mastered in a few weeks at most.

   "Oh! You are an idiot and you still don't admit it." Fred looked like you really are an idiot.

"You guys better not take Albert as a role model. That guy is always just a special case. We have been learning from him for several years, but we have not been able to summon the Patronus of the flesh." Lee Jordan, who was teasing Tom over there I guessed what the three of them were thinking, so I vaccinated them in advance.

   "What is Albert's patron saint?" Hermione asked curiously.

   "Griffin." Fred answered quickly.

   "What about you?" Ron glared at Fred dissatisfied.

   "Magpie!" The two said in unison, "Lee Jordan is a gorilla."

"Shut up."

   "Isn't it impossible for you to summon a physical Patronus?" Hermione immediately realized the problem.

   "What Albert said, we trust his judgment." Both Fred and George had the expression that you should trust Albert.

   "You predicted it?"

   "No, it's just a guess. The shape of the patron saint varies from person to person, and it is generally related to personality and heart." Albert explained casually, "Okay, let me give you a final summary:

  First: The Patronus Charm needs a very strong magical power as the foundation. If you want to be successful, you need to practice regularly, which will also better exercise your magical powers.

  Second: Don't hold the idea that everyone can't succeed, and I probably can't succeed, otherwise you may never succeed. In my opinion, as long as the magic power is not too bad, and the wizards who are willing to train hard can generally successfully summon the physical Patronus.

  Third: When casting a spell, try to recall the happiest memory you can think of. Usually, the stronger the memory brings, the stronger the patron saint. When training the patron saint spell, you can try to start from this aspect.

  Fourth, the will to cast a spell must be firm enough and requires sufficient concentration. Because being able to summon a Patronus in a brightly lit place does not mean that you can successfully summon a Patronus when facing a Dementor. Those are two different concepts. Dementors will **** the happiness in your mind Memory, it will be difficult for you to recall happy memories. This is the reason why some people cannot summon the Patronus when facing dementors.

   "Are there any other questions?" Albert asked.

   "Could you show us your Patronus!" Hermione begged.

   "Okay!" Albert raised his wand, summoned his patron saint, and fulfilled the wishes of several people.

  The silver griffin patron saint flew around the dormitory and disappeared.

   "It's so cool!" Ron couldn't help but widen his eyes and said, "I don't know what my patron saint is?"

   "The premise is that you can successfully summon the physical patron saint." Fred cruelly shattered Ron's fantasy, "I don't think the chance is great."

"Potter, if you really want to master the Patronus Charm, I suggest you go to Professor Lupine." Albert stopped Harry, who was about to speak, and continued, "Even if you successfully summon the Patronus here, It's also hard to rely on him to fend off dementors."

"Why?"

"Those who have had bad experiences are easily affected by dementors and become vulnerable." Albert looked into Harry's eyes and said, "If you want to overcome the influence of dementors on yourself, you They need to be bravely faced.”

   "Facing the Dementor?" Hermione couldn't believe what she heard.

   "That's definitely the craziest thing I've ever heard," Ron muttered.

   "Stupid, listen to Albert."

   None of the three felt that Albert would suggest that Harry confront the Dementors.

"Professor Lupine can definitely help you find a similar replacement. He is a professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts. He has more say in this field than me. Do you understand what I mean? Don't be embarrassed. I think Professor Lupine will be very happy." Willing to help you, he is your father's good friend. If you don't believe me, you can ask Hagrid."

  (end of this chapter)