A broken Hogwarts

Chapter 170 Legilimency
Since "Peter Pettigrew" was petrified, there have been no more attacks at the school.As the date of the duel contest approached, people became emotionally agitated.

Madam Pomfrey was pleased to report that the mandrake had become moody and reticent.They are rapidly emerging from childhood, ready to be replanted as soon as their pimples are healed, and shortly after becoming adults they can be cut off and killed.

She also reported on frequent incidents of emotional contagion on campus.In general, the investigation of its cause and solution has made little progress, except that it has been found that this strange disease is confined to Hogwarts, does not spread to the outside world, and is indeed not harmful to people.

"It must have a source, and it's hidden in the school." Ms. Pomfrey said, "This is obviously not the new wizarding disease we had guessed, but more like a phenomenon caused by some kind of magic or magic items. As long as If we find the source, we can quickly solve this symptom..."

Mr. Filch suspected that a certain student brought the source into Hogwarts. He hated this symptom and began to try his best to find related contraband from the students.

Students could see Filch standing in the hallway with his bulging eyes staring at the students passing by when they left class every day.Once the instrument beeps, he will turn the person's whole body inside out.

His Maine Coon cat, Mrs. Norris, also stares at everyone like a burglar, and only when she sees Owen, she will arrogantly raise her head, allowing him to touch her head, and then from his pocket. Find some new and delicious snacks here.Then it would deftly sprint away with a snack in its mouth, being chased down several corridors by a disgruntled Melet.

While Mr. Filch and Ms. Pomfrey were busy with it, the students were not at all enthusiastic about tackling emotional contagion.It seemed to many to be a very interesting experience, and without this question, where would they find a catch-all excuse to avoid classes they didn't like, to get away with reasonable punishment for violating school rules, and to slack off in solitary confinement?
Life at Hogwarts barely remained peaceful, even on Valentine's Day, there were no moths, which surprised all the teachers and students.

Since Lockhart entered the school for more than half a year, there have always been group embarrassing incidents every big and small festivals, because Lockhart really likes to be a monster on festivals.But this Valentine's Day, he actually sat in the auditorium honestly, making many fearful students suspect that this guy is broken in love.Well, after all, his reputation in the wizarding world is black and red now.

Although Lockhart didn't dance so much, the headmaster became keen on making troubles outside the school.

For decades, Dumbledore has given everyone the impression that he is aloof from the world and indifferent to fame and fortune. Although he is the chairman of the International Federation of Wizards, it is basically a decoration.

He has always avoided contact with power, and even distributed most of his own power, so that he can be an emptied chairman with peace of mind.Although he will attend some important conferences, he rarely expresses his opinions and plays the role of a smiling mascot all year round.

However, since Christmas of this year, Dumbledore has become active in the international political arena, gradually gathered a lot of power, and promoted the drafting and abolition of several bills.He's recently become a regular on the Daily Prophet, keeping his feet on the ground every day, but he still has work to do if he wants to fully reclaim his power.

Owen has recently been obsessed with studying the magic advancement of the soul domain, but apart from dying a few more times in the space facing the wall, he has made little progress overall.This direction is much more difficult than he imagined, and he almost has to overcome each difficulty from scratch.The current research has reached a deadlock, and he can only continue to perfect the magic fusion experiment.

After hanging out with Peter Pettigrew for a period of time, under the active invitation of the other party, after a defense against the dark arts class, he stayed on the grounds of asking study questions and continued his great career of deception.

"Why do you always call me, Gilderoy?" Owen leaned against the door with his hands folded on his shoulders, looking at "Lockhart" in a bright green robe, "Didn't you agree to keep in touch less? "

"It's not convenient here, let's talk in my office." "Lockhart" glanced at the students passing by the door.

"I think it's good to be here, upright and less likely to attract suspicion." Owen said lazily.

"Okay, do you want some cream cake?" "Lockhart" quickly took out a plate of small cakes from under the desk.

"No need, thank you." Owen said with a fake smile.He didn't quite understand why this kind of thing appeared in the classroom.

"Okay, I just want to tell you that I already have an idea. I plan to call Lilith as a staff member." "Lockhart" coughed lightly, pointed at the textbook and pretended to explain the knowledge points, and said in a low voice.

"You don't still think about asking Lilith for help, do you? I'm surprised that you haven't given up on this idea yet." Owen showed a speechless expression, "You don't think you can make her care about you by persistently begging for mercy. Bar?"

"Lockhart" cheered up and listened carefully. If you want to trick Lilith, you must first understand what kind of person she is.Seeing that Owen didn't intend to continue, he said confidently: "It can always be done, don't you know her better than me?"

"I haven't seen her, but from your description, I think Lilith is a lone wolf." Owen smiled, adding personality to this fictional character, "Lonely, cold-blooded and ruthless , cautious and suspicious, cunning and fickle. If she is not sure that we have completed the task, she will just watch us die and don't bother to jump out to help..."

"Speaking of which, you didn't do anything wrong on Valentine's Day..." Owen tilted his head, and looked at "Lockhart" with an expression of watching the show, "Are you chasing her? Did you get beaten up?" ?”

"Lockhart" coughed violently for a while, his face turned dark.If Lilith was such a person, it would be very difficult to make up a lie to lure her here, maybe to really tie Harry up?But Dumbledore wasn't just a show either.

Headache... well, it seemed like he didn't need to bother with his head, and he could just leave the headache to the Dark Lord.Well, he's so witty.

"Ahem, how is your investigation of the diary and the crown going?" He stared closely at the smiling little wizard.

"I didn't find anything." Owen admired the other party's not-so-great acting skills with a half-smile, and saw the eagerness and curiosity that he tried his best to hide.He has always been a kind person, and immediately satisfied the other party's curiosity: "After all, it involves the secret of the mysterious person's eternal life, how can it be so easy to find?"

The Dark Lord's secret to immortality?

"Lockhart" tried his best to hide his shock, and his expression became distorted and weird.He suddenly felt great panic. Once he knew the biggest secret of the Dark Lord, would he still be able to live after the matter was over?

"What's wrong with you?" Owen showed a suspicious expression at the right time.

Oops, he became suspicious... Thinking of what the Dark Lord said, the little wizard in front of him is a very smart and observant person. "Lockhart" hurriedly cleaned up his expression, and said flatly, "I'm just very disappointed."

"Yeah, who doesn't want to study the mystery of eternal life?" Owen resisted the urge to roll his eyes, and dutifully cooperated with the other party's poor performance, "Didn't you say that it is still something about the realm of the soul? It's really curious .”

The corners of Lockhart's mouth twitched, and sweat began to form on his forehead.He really wanted Owen to stop talking, he didn't want to hear anything, didn't want to know...

"I really want to know, what does the Aether Society want to catch Harry to study? How far has the secret research on the immortality of the mysterious man come to this point... You really can't tell me in detail?" Owen showed a sincere look and looked helplessly. Staring at each other, "You didn't even tell me what the diary and crown we were looking for..."

Hearing that Owen didn't know the details, "Lockhart" heaved a sigh of relief, feeling like he was alive after a catastrophe.With a tight face, he shook his head solemnly and said, "You are not yet a full-fledged member, so it is impossible to tell you this kind of secret."

"Tch, this is always the excuse." Owen raised his chin proudly.

"Lockhart" was a little happy inside, it seemed that he had disguised himself well.He is still very talented in this area.

"Okay, it's time to tell you what idea you came up with to get Harry out of Hogwarts, otherwise I will leave." Owen said casually.

"This...I have to improve it, but I suddenly realized that there is still a loophole in it." "Lockhart" said embarrassingly.

"Then please don't waste my time, Gilderoy. We have too much contact and it is easy to reveal the truth." Owen frowned, waved his hands, and strode out of the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom.

"Lockhart" suddenly relaxed, and sat on the chair behind the desk with no facial expressions, casually put the cream cake on the table back under the table, and then took out his favorite peanut hidden in the drawer The biscuit stuffed it into his mouth with a look of enjoyment.

Owen tossed a gold coin up and down with his right hand, and walked slowly up the stairs to the fifth floor, with the corner of his mouth cocked playfully.There were hurried footsteps downstairs, and Harry's voice came from behind: "Wait a minute, Owen!"

"How do you know I'm here?" Owen stopped walking.

"Huh? I just happened to see you." Harry was stunned for a moment, and said casually, "Can't you just walk around and meet you?"

"Oh—" Owen let out a long "oh", "What do you want me for?"

"Cough, are you going to practice the spell?" Harry took a deep breath, his expression turned death-defying, "I...I've made up my mind, I ask you to help me practice Occlumency!"

He really has no talent for Occlumency.They obviously started learning at the same time, and everyone else has made more or less progress, especially Dra's science is so fast, only he is still standing still, making no progress at all.If he fights it out, isn't he being read by Legilimency?Anyway, he doesn't have any secrets to hide from Owen... Shouldn't he?

"I'm really surprised that you made this decision." Owen looked at him quietly, and his heart became softer.Not everyone has the courage to open up to others, nor is everyone qualified to let others open up to him.

"It's not forced by you." Harry blushed and said with a resentful expression, "You said that I had to learn Occlumency to investigate those things with you... I don't believe you except for the location of the secret room. Don't know about anything else, but are you really going to exclude me?"

Owen blinked innocently.No, how can I exclude you?You can't go on without the final show... He's already cast Harry in the role, but he just hasn't had time to say it yet.

"Okay, let's find a classroom." He said kindly with a smile, as if watching a little white rabbit that fell into a trap.

In a remote classroom, the two faced each other.Owen played with his wand with a big smile on his face, and Harry's legs twitched.

"Are you ready?" Owen raised his wand with a smile, "I want to enter your brain. And you have to concentrate on fighting me and preventing my invasion."

Harry felt a little regretful, he always felt that Owen was waiting to see his own joke, and there was evidence - Owen laughed like this!

"If you regret it, you don't have to force it." Owen saw what he was thinking, and said nonchalantly, "I don't have to practice Legilimency on you, there are methods that can be practiced." Lane grabs a dark wizard to practice with, but it's good to start early now.

"No, I'm ready." Harry closed his eyes resignedly.He knew that this was probably the only way he could learn Occlumency.Instead of looking for someone else, it's better to look for Owen.

"This is a confrontation at the level of consciousness, so put away your wand, Harry." Owen nodded, and said in a calm tone, "You need to restrain yourself, get rid of distracting thoughts, put aside all emotions, and concentrate on fighting me. Don't worry , I am just a beginner of Legilimency, my level is not high, your resistance will be very easy..."

"Now, get ready... Legilimency!" Owen waved his wand.

He felt that his sight had entered another place along the narrow passage, and colorful pictures flashed by in disorder, like film rolls scattered in a movie, discontinuous memories scattered into kaleidoscopic fragments, waiting for his read.

For the vast majority of wizards, using the magic of Legilimency can only see messy and scattered fragments of thinking. People need to find useful parts in these fragments, and then connect them one by one in order to analyze what they want. intelligence.

Only masters of Legilimency can read memory directly, but if they want to do this, they basically need to read "Legiliency" face to face.The usage of silently peeping at other people's thoughts can only detect other people's real thoughts at this moment, and it is difficult to see the memories in their minds clearly.

These are the conclusions Owen reached after in-depth research on the magic of Legilimency.

But what he sees now are just messy fragments, like scattered photos, all kinds of completely different pictures flashing before his eyes, not coherent at all.

He saw the house of Uncle and Aunt Harry, saw Dudley chasing him with a group of children, saw the teacher lecturing in the Muggle primary school, saw a small and crowded utility room, and saw a Dazzling green light...

There was a vague resistance trying to stop him from peeping, making those memory fragments blurred.After seeing the dazzling green light, a huge repulsive force pushed Owen out, and his thoughts returned to his body.

Seeing Harry's panting and uncomfortable appearance, Owen said softly: "You kicked me out, and you did a good job. But you didn't let your mind go..."

Until night fell, the two walked out of the classroom together.Owen had a satiated look on his face, while Harry languished like a frost-beaten eggplant.

"Continue tomorrow and make persistent efforts." Owen encouraged.

(End of this chapter)