The Day of the Draw at Hogwarts

Tom:…

People are numb!

Hermione also cast a curious look at him. Hermione was curious about what Tom was most afraid of.

"Could it be the same..." Hermione's face suddenly turned red as she thought of this. Seeing Hermione's reaction, Tom suddenly realized that he seemed to be facing a big crisis!

As we all know, Boggarts can reflect the most fearful things in people's hearts. What Hermione was most afraid of seeing just now was her own body. It stands to reason that the thing she was most afraid of should also be Hermione's body - but if it wasn't what to do? Would Hermione have any objections?

Tom suddenly became nervous: What should I do? What if the things created by the Boggart are not "harmonious" enough? You can't let the boggart talk to you first before transforming, so that you can see if this transformation can pass the trial, right? Tom felt that the Boggart would definitely not refer to his opinion - the two parties could not even communicate with each other.

But as the saying goes, "If you have an arrow on the string, you have to shoot it." Faced with Professor Lupine's order and the eyes of the whole class, Tom had no choice. Now he had to go up and open the closet to face the trial.

The walk to the closet suddenly seemed incredibly long. As Tom walked, his brain was running rapidly, thinking about countermeasures. Suddenly, he had a flash of inspiration and realized a useful spell: Occlumency. Boggarts learn what others fear most by spying on people's hearts, so why not just close your heart and prevent it from spying on you?

Moreover, Occlumency can also forge memories, so I can just do it...

Thinking of this, Tom felt something was wrong. Forging memories seems to bring a lot of benefits - at least it can maintain harmony between two people, but what's the point of doing so?

This is forgery!

Can emotional matters be faked?

Tom stopped dead in his tracks. If he used Occlumency to fake a scene, wouldn't that be deception? How could he do this? How could he do this! Hermione doesn't know Occlumency. Is this worthy of Hermione?

Obviously sorry.

In just one second, Tom thought a lot, and finally, he was relieved. He removed the Occlumency in his mind and calmly walked towards the closet containing the Boggart.

Of course, although Tom had a lot of inner drama along the way, he was still very calm on the surface. No one noticed the brief pause. Even Professor Lupine just felt that the little wizard was a little uneasy. Lupine saw Tom's reaction. In the mind of Professor Lupine...this is so interesting! Watching the interaction between boys and girls, Lu Ping felt as if he had become much younger and had regained the fun of campus life back then.

With everyone watching, Tom walked to the closet and watched Professor Lupine use magic to open the door.

As the cupboard door opened, Tom's heart beat rapidly. He could feel that there were mysterious, invisible, and irregular things surging in the dark cabinet, a bit like the Obscurus, but they were completely different things.

The Boggart in the cabinet "saw" Tom standing at the door. In an instant, it saw through the boy's heart and knew what he was afraid of. Just when he was about to transform, the Boggart noticed the boy's hand. He felt a very familiar power on that ring.

Boggart:?

Let me know...what's weird about this ring?

It stopped, feeling the ring on Tom's hand out of curiosity. The more it tasted, the more familiar the ring felt to it.

Boggart: This ring feels so familiar... Why does it feel like one of its own kind - wait? !

The Boggart, who feeds on fear, finally experienced what fear is today. There is almost no way for dark creatures like Boggarts to be eliminated. For them, there is no concept of time or lifespan, because they have almost eternal lifespan. But Boggart can detect that the ring was made by destroying Boggart! This is completely beyond its understanding and cognition, giving it a sense of "fear".

Then there was a loud bang, and it turned into countless small streams of smoke, got into the various gaps in the staff lounge, and disappeared.

[Achievement Unlocked: One thing drops another thing, magic stone +10]

Boggart: Didn't you expect that? This is my escape route! You wizards are still no match for me in a battle of wits!

Professor Luping was still wondering why the closet door was opened but the contents inside didn't come out. This was the first time he had seen such a situation. Professor Lupine suddenly had an idea: He knew that Muggles have a psychological disease called claustrophobia. Patients are afraid of closed or crowded places and have unknown fears about these places. Yodel-san must be claustrophobic, right? So the thing he fears most is the confined space, that is, the small closet!

Lupine felt that his conjecture was reasonable and logical, until he heard the explosion and saw countless small streams of smoke coming out of the closet and disappearing.

Professor Lu Ping: Σ(っ°Д°;)っ

He knew that this kind of smoke would only appear after a certain Boggart encountered too many "funny antics". Generally speaking, it was a trick used by a Boggart after it was tricked too many times and chose to escape—— It is commonly known as "broken", but this Boggart was just found by him. In theory, it can be "played" for a long time. Why did it explode the second time?

In confusion, Professor Lupine waved his hand and motioned for Tom to go down first. Then, looking at the empty cabinet, Lupine suddenly realized a very serious problem: his "teaching aids" were gone!

He spent a lot of effort to find this Boggart, but it was blown up by playing with it. He can't get the second one!

He turned his head, looked at the little wizards behind him who were also a little confused, and showed an awkward smile, "Students, um... something happened. In this class, we will talk about theoretical knowledge first..."

Fortunately, Lu Ping's own level was quite good. He was caught off guard and his theory class was also very exciting, vivid and interesting. They also study according to the textbooks, but Professor Lu Ping is very different from other teachers who read from textbooks. In addition, he promised the little wizards that he would definitely find another Boggart for them to practice with, so he was able to deal with this little disturbance.

After class, many little wizards came to pester Tom, wanting to know from him the reason why the boggart disappeared. Tom had no choice but to say that he just used a funny trick and it disappeared.

Boggart is not playable, what does it have to do with me, Tom Yoder?