In This Hogwarts Without a Savior

Jon is very interested in advanced defense techniques such as the Patronus Charm.

This spell seems very limited. It can only pose a greater threat to creatures such as dementors, but it cannot completely kill them. However, in most combat scenarios, the patron saint can provide a great deal to wizards. s help.

It is by no means just an illusory individual, but a real creature condensed from positive emotions.

And in future battles, Dementors will definitely always stand firmly on Voldemort's side. The sooner he learns this spell, the better.

Lupine did not resist teaching Jon to learn the Patronus Charm. He was just a little surprised that Jon had to learn such an advanced defensive technique when he was only in his third year of school.

But he also knew that the talent and intelligence of the boy in front of him were far beyond those of his peers, so he did not refuse. Since the beginning of the summer vacation, he had taken time to have Jon come to his office to teach him about the Patronus Charm.

Lupine's teaching ability is not bad at all, not to mention that the Patronus Charm is his forte.

During the three years of lurking in Azkaban, he taught more than thirty wizards imprisoned there to successfully summon their own Patronus, and they were finally able to escape from the trap.

So he has a strict teaching system on this spell.

"Actually, if there is a dementor who can cooperate with our teaching and experience the feeling firsthand, you should be able to make rapid progress in learning this spell." Lu Ping's face, which always looked a little pale, had a serious expression. , he has always been like this when teaching, "However, we are not in an urgent situation now, and we don't need to be in such a hurry to catch up with the progress."

"Come on, show me once, Jon, let me see how well you practice this spell during this week."

Jon took out his wand and cast the Patronus Charm according to Lupine's words.

"Call the gods to protect you."

Waving the staff and reciting the incantation were all done in one go. It could be seen that he had practiced frequently.

But there was only a faint silver thread emerging from the tip of his staff, and there was no further reaction. However, Lu Ping had a surprised expression on his face, and he praised it.

"A very standard spell-casting action, and the pronunciation is accurate."

Jon frowned at this, staring at the wand in his hand.

"Then why didn't the spell work?"

"Because the Patronus Charm is very different from other spells." Lu Ping explained to him, "This magic has very high emotional requirements. Even if the movements and pronunciation of the spell are standard, if the emotion is not enough, the spell will not work. success."

Jon thought: "How can I make the emotion stronger?"

"You need to make your own judgment." Lupine looked at Jon seriously, "You need to understand what your own true happiness is. There are many things that can make people happy, but because everyone Individual circumstances are different, and the requirements for the emotion of happiness are also different.”

"For example, when I taught the adult wizards the Patronus Charm in Azkaban, their happiness at that time was very simple, that is, the days before they came to Azkaban. Every day before they were imprisoned was very important to them at that time. They are all extremely happy, because the despair that Dementors have brought to them will never be forgotten. That’s why I say that if you have the teaching assistance of Dementors, learning the Patronus Charm will be twice the result with half the effort.”

"But you don't have such conditions now, so you have to try it yourself and find out what things really make you feel happy and joyful. This is the difficulty in learning the Patronus Charm, Jon, because human feelings are not easily affected. Perceived, especially regarding your own emotions, it is difficult for you to judge how happy you are, and which thing can truly condense your hope and joy."

Jon could understand what Lupin said. The Patronus Curse was a typical curse that only looked at the wizard himself. Dark wizards with evil and dark hearts could not learn this spell because the source of their happiness was itself dark.

Emotions that take pleasure in killing, torturing, and persecuting cannot summon the purest patron saint.

This does not mean that you can learn magic simply by relying on talent. It mainly depends on Jon's understanding of himself and when he can figure out what he is really happy about.

This matter was not easy, at least Jon made a lot of attempts.

He recalled how he felt when he first entered college in his previous life, and also experimented with what it was like to learn Occlumency and Ring Magic from Slughorn, but he had little effect. Not to mention the Patronus, from his wand There are only three or four weak silver stripes emerging from the tip.

However, although there was not much progress in learning the Patronus Charm, Jon made rapid progress in another spell, Shen Feng Wu Ying.

He had been practicing this spell for nearly half a month. Jon experimented with an old desk. The magic blade he used was enough to leave a mark half a centimeter deep on the wooden table. Marks, if placed in key positions on a person's body, would be enough to cause fatal injuries.

There is no way to intuitively see the effect of the Forgetting Curse. This kind of spell cannot be used on people at will, and Jon has no way to test how far he has practiced it. However, when he releases it on the experimental frog, it can make the dumbfounded The frog has a confused memory and thinks he is a fish, lying on the ground with four legs and thrashing around.

The summer vacation time passed gradually like this.

Nothing unexpected happened on the carriage, as if the speculations Dumbledore had mentioned to Jon before were all his imagination.

After entering August, the two professors at Hogwarts, Lily and McGonagall, who were usually responsible for welcoming new students, left the castle. Based on the names and information on the admission book brought back to the carriage by Jon, they went to find 11-year-old children of all ages with magical talents.

Their targets are only Muggle-born students, and mixed-blood and pure-blood students, unless they come from families whose parents know everything about them, will not take the initiative to contact them.

Since Dumbledore could let Jon sneak into the castle, Voldemort would definitely be able to let children of appropriate age into the carriage.

This year, Lily and McGonagall's recruitment of students has become extremely smooth. Without the Book of Admission and the Pen of Acceptance, it is not easy for Hogwarts Castle to even identify whether children of the right age from wizarding families have magical talents. , not to mention looking for it among Muggle children like a needle in a haystack.

The results that Jon risked his life last year are being reflected on the carriage bit by bit.