Harry Potter’s Raven’s Claw

As the self-hypnosis progressed, Mike's breathing became lighter and lighter. At the same time, Mike only felt that the magic in his body was slowly pouring into his brain. This magic was not as fierce as Mike usually felt when casting spells, but gave people a gentle feeling.

This feeling is very wonderful. When the magic completely wrapped Mike's brain, Mike felt an unprecedented tranquility.

This kind of silence is not the physical silence we usually call it, but a spiritual silence.

The human brain is a restless machine. Even during sleep, it will exercise by dreaming, not to mention in ordinary study and life.

It can be said that our seniors are thinking all the time and are coming up with new ideas, although most of these are meaningless. Just because we didn't discover it doesn't mean it doesn't exist, it's just because we're used to it.

Mike's brain was clear at this time, and there was no murmur. There are no emotions such as fear, joy, worry, etc., and I completely fall into a tranquility that is difficult to describe in words. Mike enjoys this tranquility very much, and he has never been more comfortable than he is today in the past forty years of his own life.

And very miraculously, this state is different from a coma. Mike's consciousness is very clear, and the speed of thinking has become faster without the distraction of other thoughts.

Mike tried to move his fingers, trying to see if he could keep it that way while exercising. But to his disappointment, just as soon as his fingers moved, that special tranquility was broken.

Suddenly, the fear of the future, the joy of mastering Occlumency, the doubts about the door of light in the Ravenclaw lounge... All kinds of emotions returned to Mike's mind again, causing Mike to frown in pain. .

Now Mike finally understood why Snape kept his mind closed.

I could have endured the darkness if I had never seen the light.

The tranquility of the closed-brain state is simply a supreme enjoyment for ordinary people, not to mention Snape, the guilt of Lily, the fear and hatred of Voldemort and Dumbledore. These emotions were tormenting Snape's heart all the time. If he didn't keep his brain closed at all times, Snape might not be able to bear it long ago, and he would do something extreme.

Of course, none of this has much to do with Mike.

In fact, he just felt uncomfortable for a while when he just exited the Occlumency state, and then fell into a kind of ecstasy. The secret of Occlumency was really guessed by himself.

At first, Mike felt a little weird, but he was relieved when he thought that the way to release the Patronus Charm, which is also a super-difficult spell like Occlumency, was just recalling his happiest memory while chanting the spell.

Maybe the essence of everything in the world is actually a very simple principle, but people think they are too complicated.

In the days that followed, Mike fell into a frantic practice.

Not only did he lock himself in the dormitory after school to practice Occlumency, he even practiced eating and attending classes. And in order not to let others find out, Mike also found a pair of sunglasses to wear.

As a result, there was such a weird person in Hogwarts who wore sunglasses every day and didn't want to take them off even at night. Muggle-born wizards don't understand Mike's behavior very much, but those little wizards who have lived in the wizarding world since childhood don't think so, they think Mike is very handsome.

So soon, sunglasses became popular at Hogwarts. Mike, who was addicted to practice and couldn't extricate himself, didn't realize this at first. When he found out, almost everyone around the little wizards was wearing sunglasses.

The most exaggerated thing is that many wizards who originally wore short-sighted glasses even changed their short-sighted glasses to sunglasses in order to catch up with the trend.

Mike didn't care too much about it. He laughed for a while and threw it behind his head when he first discovered it. At this time, he had more important things to do.

He spotted Lady Grey, Ravenclaw's ghost, hiding from him.

Lady Grey is Helena Ravenclaw, the culprit who stole the crown of her mother, Lady Rowena Ravenclaw, in Hogwarts' recorded history, and finally made her gloomy. She is also the daughter of Rowena Ravenclaw.

Mike first thought of this ghost who witnessed the history of Hogwarts when he was investigating Ms. Ravenclaw, but to his dismay, Ms. Gray seemed to be avoiding himself on purpose.

According to her classmates, she would stare at the statue of Ms. Ravenclaw every evening in the Ravenclaw lounge for a long time. But as long as Mike is there, Ms. Grey isn't there.

Mike knew that those classmates would not lie to him about this kind of thing, and he was often able to see Ms. Gray in the Ravenclaw lounge last year, but for some reason, since this year, Mike has never again. seen her.

"Could it be because of the claw marks?" Mike couldn't help thinking.

Fortunately, the other ghosts did not hide from themselves like Ms. Grey, but they were disappointed after Mike asked about the almost headless Nick, the fat monk and other ghosts.

These ghosts are young, and Ms. Ravenclaw died long before they were born, so they don't know anything about Ms. Ravenclaw's past.

But the kind fat monk felt very guilty when he saw that he didn't help Mike, and told Mike that the oldest ghosts in this castle were Lady Grey and the bloody Barrow, and only they were most likely to know the past of the four giants. .

At the same time, the fat monk also warmly invited Mike to attend the death anniversary dinner held at the end of the month, claiming that this dinner was of special significance.

Mike refused without hesitation.

Mike, who has read the original book, certainly knows what the death anniversary dinner they are talking about is. A bunch of ghosts stay in a room and play freely. The icy aura they exude makes the whole room as cold as winter. Food and everything are rotten, so you can't eat it at all. Asking Mike to leave the Hogwarts Halloween dinner for such a shitty banquet is simply whimsical, he's not Harry's kid who doesn't know how to reject others.

Ignoring the fat monk's insistence, Mike went directly to the eighth floor of Hogwarts, where the Response Room was located. It seems to be the permanent residence of the bloody Barrow. Almost every time Mike goes to the Response Room, he will see the bloody Barrow wandering in the empty aisle, as if looking for something.

And when Mike came to the eighth floor this time, the bloody Barrow was still there. It's just that there is another ghost on the side of Barrow, and that is Ms. Gray, whom Mike has been searching for for several days.