allendalepharm Chapter 207 Mind Manifestation Spell
Chapter 207 Mind Manifestation Spell
Chapter 207 Mind Manifestation Spell
Lockhart got busy for the next while.
He wanted to study the magical properties of the Madago cat in its "magical" and "non-magical" forms, which led him to explore two other directions. One was the breeding of magical creatures, which led him to frequently take young wizards to Hagrid for lessons.
Another approach is the cursed one, which requires him to search for information in the library, sometimes consult Professor McGonagall and Grindelwald, and ultimately go to his good student Tom to study together.
It wasn't just him; it seemed like everyone had something to keep them busy with.
Snape is so engrossed in his research on the wolfsbane potion that he is taking on his responsibilities and hopes to heal Neville's parents, a couple traumatized by the war.
Professor Kettleburn, meanwhile, was busy with the "adventure" area, hoping to expand more adventure scenarios, and he devoted all his enthusiasm to it. Some of his views and ideas seemed to be recognized by Grindelwald, so this wizarding master who had truly experienced a wealth of adventure began to provide assistance.
It's quite amusing that Grindelwald, who was initially dismissing the "playing house" game, gradually began to take it seriously. Lupin, on the other hand, had his own things to do. He went to help Hagrid search for the werewolf cubs who had been driven from their territory by the giant spiders in the depths of the Forbidden Forest, and he was extremely dedicated, often so busy that he was nowhere to be found.
Of course, Lupin would sometimes give lectures to the young wizards at the Duel Club. His knowledge of dark magic creatures differed from Lockhart's, and he always brought new directions and insights to everyone.
that's it.
Time flies by, and a month has passed in the blink of an eye.
The biggest change at Hogwarts this month was the influx of a large number of Dementors. Professor McGonagall was quite frantic about this, believing that the Ministry of Magic had learned of Grindelwald's existence and was using the pretext of capturing Sirius Black and protecting the students to actually keep an eye on Grindelwald.
Can you keep an eye on them?
I don't have that ability.
Grindelwald's Transfiguration was so outrageous that he could leave for half a day over a weekend without anyone noticing.
Lockhart only realized that Grindelwald had secretly run away when he noticed that Grindelwald had a new hairstyle, was wearing the latest wizard robes, and was holding a wand.
Fortunately, Grindelwald didn't do anything extra, and everything seemed to pass peacefully as everyone immersed themselves in the wonder of magic.
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However, on a certain day...
An unexpected upheaval occurred in what was once a mundane yet interesting life.
Snape approached Lockhart with a grave expression. "A few days ago was the night of the full moon, and I brewed a wolfsbane potion for Professor Lupin..."
Lockhart chuckled, nonchalantly continuing to flip through his magic notebook. "I know, he's a werewolf, Severus. I know a lot of people."
He also knew that during the nights of the full moon, Snape had finally managed to teach a few of the Defense Against the Dark Arts classes he had been longing for, but unfortunately, his reputation among the young wizards wasn't very good.
Old Stig's Defense Against the Dark Arts class was just as unpopular as his Potions class.
"No, you don't know!"
Snape scoffed, placing a ceramic pot on the table and gesturing towards the mud mixed with weeds and pebbles inside. "He didn't drink it! Sneak it out!"
Lockhart paused, stood up, looked at the soil with some confusion, and stared blankly at Snape. "Are you sure?"
Snape narrowed his eyes. "I wouldn't mistake a potion, even if it's been lying in the dirt for days!"
He gently pinched up some soil, smelled it, and said, "The smell of fresh potion is very obvious, even if it has been naturally dissolved and decomposed. This is undoubtedly the wolfsbane potion that has been brewed recently. I am quite certain that no one else at Hogwarts could have brewed wolfsbane potion during this period."
Wolfsbane medicine is an extremely effective inhibitor of wolfsbane.
Drinking it a week before the full moon will not prevent the wizard from turning into a werewolf, but it will allow the wizard to maintain his rationality and human thinking, preventing him from being driven by his wild animal instincts to commit aggressive acts.
The invention of such an effective potion was a godsend for the werewolf pack, but in reality, not many werewolves benefited from it.
Because the potion ingredients it requires are too expensive and hard to find, werewolves, who are already on the fringes of society, simply cannot afford such potions. They usually just find a cage to lock themselves up to avoid hurting others or the people they care about, and they get through it in a few days.
Therefore, even though the potion master Damocles Belby, the inventor of the wolfsbane potion, generously published the formula and preparation method, and continuously updated and improved the results, it was still extremely difficult to obtain a dose of the wolfsbane potion.
It's not available on the market; it needs to be custom-made.
At this tense time, with Dementors, Aurors, and the school authorities all keeping a close eye on things, anyone trying to bring a dose of Wolfsbane into the school would definitely be caught.
Snape was therefore quite certain that the wolfsbane potion he had found poured into the ground was undoubtedly the one he had prepared for Lupin.
So, here's the problem.
Why didn't Lupin drink the wolfsbane medicine, but instead poured it out?
"What do you think?" Lockhart asked thoughtfully.
"There is a possibility," Snape drawled, his eyes filled with intense killing intent. After concocting the regret potion, he began to try to embrace life and make up for the mistakes he had made in the past. He had almost never felt such intense killing intent before, and his eyes were full of malice.
"That's not the Remus Lupin we usually deal with; it could be someone impersonating him using compound decoctions!"
Don't assume this potion is simple just because Hermione Granger could concoct Polyjuice Potion in her second year.
Actually, no, this is an extremely high-end magic potion.
Moreover, it possesses extremely powerful magical effects.
Lockhart clearly remembered that Barty Crouch Jr. disguised himself as Mad-Eye Moody and taught at the school, almost successfully fooling Dumbledore and other professors, as well as his Auror colleagues at the Ministry of Magic who knew him, for an entire school year.
No one could tell, not even Dumbledore, otherwise Cedric wouldn't have died because of the crisis, and Harry Potter would have almost been killed by Voldemort.
"Now that we have suspicions, is there a way to verify them?" Lockhart didn't know much about this.
"Yes, the anti-theft waterfalls used extensively in Gringotts Bank's vaults are the most common way to deal with Polyjuice Potion," Snape explained. "Passing under the waterfall will remove the polyjuice-induced deformities from your body."
But this is fairy magic, and no one even knows whether it is fairy magic or a fairy magical creation. This part of the content is top secret to most wizards, and there is no way to learn about it.
"I can concoct a special potion to differentiate between compound potions—."
Snape felt this was a bit tricky, "but it will take at least a month."
"A month?" Lockhart scoffed. "Wouldn't it be better to just keep an eye on them during the next full moon?"
"By the way, do you think the Restoration Charm would be effective in this situation?" He didn't understand the underlying workings of the compound decoction, so it was difficult for him to make an accurate judgment on whether the method was effective.
Snape chuckled coldly. "If you're going to cast a spell on Lupin directly, you might as well go all the way and use your unique Oblivion Charm to examine his memories and find out if he is indeed Lupin."
That would be too outrageous.
Lockhart stroked his chin. "I need the right opportunity!"
To be honest, he didn't really want to harm Lupin. He couldn't help but feel sympathy and goodwill towards Lupin, this poor man tormented by a tragic fate.
Of course, more importantly, after he released Grindelwald from Nurmengard prison, he vaguely sensed a change in the relationship between Dumbledore and himself.
It could have been even earlier, after a night of contact with Voldemort, when Cobbane was transferred to an Auror and then broken out of prison.
Old Deng looked at his own camera with a more scrutinizing gaze.
Lockhart actually had a strong suspicion that he was looking at Grindelwald, or Grindelwald was looking at him; there were some things he could see but didn't say.
It's best for everyone to maintain a superficial peace.
As Lupin is the most enigmatic member of the Order of the Phoenix, casting a spell on him without authorization would undoubtedly have some negative consequences.
Clearly, Severus, that cunning old fox, had the same concerns.
Headmaster Dumbledore is different from before; he's becoming increasingly unpredictable.
No one can ignore the will of the most powerful and influential wizard of our time.
Therefore, it's best not to do this yourself.
Lockhart quickly set his sights on someone who might be willing to help.
"Hiding right under my nose?" Grindelwald narrowed his eyes, feeling extremely offended by this "showing off one's skills in front of Guan Yu" behavior.
But he was clearly not one to be easily fooled. He looked at Lockhart with suspicion and sneered, "Young man, if you can hide the expectation in your eyes, maybe I won't mind being used as a pawn by you."
"How could you accuse me like that!" Lockhart shouted angrily. "I was telling you about the problems that occurred at the school while Professor Dumbledore was away!"
Grindelwald wasn't buying it. "Even if he's someone else in disguise, I don't care at all."
The ball was kicked back again.
However, Grindelwald did tell Lockhart that there was a spell that could counteract the physical changes caused by the Compound Decoction.
A Mantra for Manifesting the Mind.
He was unwilling to teach Lockhart from scratch, letting him borrow books about the magic from the library and learn on his own, only to provide crucial guidance for improvement once Lockhart had learned something.
This spell is a war spell, and a dark spell at that, the kind Durmstrang wouldn't teach.
The title of the book that records this curse reveals it: "Open up the chest and let me take a good look."
Lockhart flipped through a few pages and realized that Grindelwald's recommendation of this book was definitely motivated by ulterior motives.
Because it is an ancient magic book that explores the relationship between a wizard's soul, bloodline, and body.
In more primitive wizarding societies, at one point wizards were more concerned with a highly attractive topic—immortality.
The book in front of me is one of its achievements. Of course, it is not as famous as Horcruxes because it did not actually produce any effective results, only a bunch of theories and derived spells.
The content of this book was not difficult for Lockhart. After Tom contributed all his memories and many ideas about the exploration of life, Lockhart had already reached a very deep level in this area.
The book explores the existence of life, starting from the perspective of the body as a concrete life practice, believing that "changes in a person's appearance, physique, physical details, etc. are related to his experiences, thoughts, will, etc."
In Lockhart's words, one's appearance reflects one's inner state.
So, is it possible to glimpse the state of a wizard's soul by observing some subtle external features?
The answer is actually no. People can never truly know a person's soul just by looking at their appearance.
At most, one can only see the mental state during physical activity.
Thus, the book devised a very interesting magic trick that forces the soul to express itself in the body.
Simply put, it's about allowing the true appearance of the soul to manifest in the body.
This is an ancient spell that is very close to the Transfiguration spell in the modern magic system. The reason it is classified as black magic is not only because very few people understand it and it is convenient, but also because it has a great offensive connotation.
To cast a spell on someone and strip them of their clothes is already a great humiliation, let alone stripping away their soul and exposing their entire being nakedly.
Lockhart read the book with a furrowed brow, feeling that it would be better to just use the Oblivion Spell.
But that's just how Grindelwald is; the magic he recommended couldn't be more perfect for Lockhart's magical path, making him really itchy to use it.
try it?
Lockhart was smitten.
So—.
Bella, get to work!
Let me see what interesting effects this magic has that make it worthy of Grindelwald's enthusiastic recommendation.
Of course, Tom could also be of some help. Lockhart knew all too well that Tom undoubtedly had his own insights into magic in this area.
Therefore, we need to ask Tom how to better understand this magic before using it on Bella.