Chapter 60 Patronus Spell

On the evening of October 16, Sherin arrived at the empty classroom where the Patronus Charm exchange meeting was held an hour in advance and began his arrangement. This event was very important to him, and it was an opportunity for him to win over Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw.

For a long time, among the four major colleges, Slytherin and Gryffindor have always been fighting. Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw are neutral on the surface, but in fact, the students of the two colleges are more inclined to Gryffindor.

There are two reasons for this. The main reason is that there are also wizards from Muggle families in the two colleges, who are very unhappy with Slytherin's attitude of supporting blood supremacy; secondly, Slytherin's Quidditch team always likes to win by despicable means, such as various fouls and malicious injuries, creating an image that Slytherin likes despicable means.

Although there are a few exceptions who are willing to make friends with Slytherin students, it is an ironclad fact that Slytherin is the least popular among the four major colleges, but the proud little snakes don't mind.

Schelling sneered at this arrogant and foolish mentality. Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw were full of talents, and there was no shortage of famous families and powerful people. Let's not talk about the distant past, just take Schelling's classmates as an example.

Ernie Macmillan and Hannah Abbott of Hufflepuff were both from the holy pure-blood family; the Smith family behind Zacharias Smith was one of the prominent Hufflepuff descendants. His great-aunt was Hepzibah Smith, who was cheated of the family heirloom gold cup by Voldemort. Susan Bones' family was also a famous family, but unfortunately they were killed and injured in the First Wizarding War, leaving only her aunt Amelia Bones, who was the director of the Law Enforcement Department of the Ministry of Magic.

As for Ravenclaw, Anthony Goldstein's family was never mentioned in the original book, but the bloodline of the Goldstein family in North America appeared in the later released Fantastic Beasts movie - Tina Goldstein served as an Auror in the American Magical Congress and finally married Newt Scamander; her sister Queenie Goldstein is a natural telepath, born with the ability to peek into other people's minds, without having to rely on interpreting abnormalities in the brain to analyze the subject's thoughts as Snape said in the original book. The former is undoubtedly more similar to the "mind reading" or "telepathy" in Muggle science fiction novels, while the latter is more like a brain wave tester or a lie detector.

There is also an easily overlooked supporting role in Ravenclaw - Terry Boot. The British Boot family (Boot) is actually inherited from North America. His ancestor Webber Boot was the adopted son of James Stewart and Isolt Sayer, the founders of Ilvermorny School, and the younger brother of Chadwick Boot, the author of "Chadwick's Magic".

Before the establishment of the Magical Congress of the United States, the New World lacked the implementation of wizard-related laws, and Webber Boot became a law enforcer (the predecessor of Aurors). During the process of repatriating dark wizards to London, he met a Scottish witch working in the Ministry of Magic and fell in love with her, so part of the Boot family returned to the UK.

Not to mention the Boot family in the UK, the North American branch alone is enough to be one of the strongest families, and Schelling heard that the clansmen in the two places have maintained friendly relations for centuries.

All of the above characters finally joined the Dumbledore Army of the little brat Harry. They could have become well-known figures who could stand on their own, but they all became insignificant supporting roles in Dumbledore's Harry training plan-except Hannah Abbott who eventually married Neville, the others didn't even have their names mentioned in the ending.

There were more attendees at the event than Schelling expected, and almost all the lower-grade students of Slytherin attended, which was nearly 60 people.

More than ten Hufflepuffs came under the leadership of Cedric; more than twenty Ravenclaws came under the leadership of Penelope, including Murray and Luna, who were more familiar to Schelling, and some characters that Schelling knew from the original book, such as Zhang Qiu and Marietta Edgemore. Gryffindor was awkward, with only one person present - this maverick student was Hermione Granger.

Hermione seemed to have anticipated this situation. She took the initiative to integrate into the Hufflepuff circle and mixed with Hannah Abbott and her group, who had some friendship with her.

Schelling had expected Gryffindor's attitude and didn't care. The attendance rate of nearly 100 people in total had already made him very satisfied.

He briefly introduced himself on the temporary podium and began to explain the various characteristics of Dementors. There was a lot of knowledge that could not be learned from books, which Schelling learned from "Fallen Creatures". The moving explanation and clear summary of key points made all the students listen very attentively.

Then he began to explain the Patronus Charm. He first introduced the history and theory of the Patronus Charm by reading from the book, and then shared his own experience in casting the Patronus Charm, even the subtle details such as the structure of the spell, the syllable linking and breaking points, the trajectory of the wand swinging, etc. were not omitted.

Finally, there was the actual demonstration. He decided to ask an assistant to come on stage to help him demonstrate the Patronus Charm.

Everyone who knew Schelling thought that Schelling would choose between Daphne and Meredith, but the result was surprising - it was Hermione. Everyone, including Hermione, showed a surprised expression, but Daphne, who was trained by the family and was scheming, looked thoughtful.

Hermione was a little overwhelmed when she was called on stage. Xie Lin couldn't help but tease her and said, "Miss Granger, please don't worry. I asked you to come up because I saw that you were taking notes very carefully just now, so I feel that you are the most suitable person to help me demonstrate the spell. I have absolutely nothing against you." Unreasonable thinking.”

After hearing this, Hermione felt both smug and a little disappointed because of Sherrin's praise, and she had mixed emotions for the moment.

Xie Lin asked Hermione to stand in the middle of the high platform, and then said: "There are many key points in casting the Patronus Charm, but there is only one key point, and that is - during the casting process, use your most active and positive thoughts. Use emotions as support to let your emotions explode.”

"Then... what should we do specifically?" Hermione couldn't help but ask.

"There are many kinds of positive emotions, among which 'happiness' and 'protection' are the most effective for Dementors," Schelling explained in detail, "The object of 'happiness' is oneself, while the object of 'protection' is others. No matter which one, the strongest, most direct, and most determined one is the best, for example, recalling your happiest things; or imagining that you want to protect someone who is most important to you." He continued, "Then recite the incantation - 'Calling God to Protect', and give it a try!"

However, casting the Patronus Charm was not easy. For nearly half an hour after that, even Hermione, who was very focused on studying, could only make the wand emit silvery mist on the fifth try. . Xie Lin nodded with satisfaction, praised, and then said: "Now, you can try a real combat exercise. Don't worry, I will ensure that you will not suffer any harm."

Xie Lin took out his wand and pointed at a large box pre-placed on the high platform. The box exploded with a bang, and a real dementor floated out of the box - the temperature dropped suddenly, and everyone present felt like they were Enter a cold storage.

They had never thought that Xie Lin would dare to capture a real dementor and bring it to the scene for demonstration. At this time, they were suppressed by the dementor's ability and could not bring up any happy emotions at all. They could only try to raise their spirits and look at the stage. superior.

Xie Lin turned his back to everyone and looked at the Dementor. A green light flashed in his eyes. The Dementor stopped in place as if it was under control. Xie Lin turned around again and shouted, "Miss Granger, get ready." Yet?"

Hermione tried hard to maintain the posture of her wrist so that her hand would not tremble too much. After seeing Xie Lin's encouraging look at her, her originally frightened eyes became firm. She raised her wand high and used all her strength to He yelled loudly with all his strength: "Call the gods to protect you!"

A large amount of white light mist erupted from the end of Hermione's wand, and gradually solidified in the entanglement. At this time, Sherrin's eyes blinked rapidly, and the Dementor seemed to break free from some control and flew towards Hermione.

Hermione suddenly felt a strong chill penetrate into her spine, fear and despair kept accumulating in her heart, because the hand holding the wand began to tremble again, and the white mist she finally summoned began to become unstable. , looks like it's about to dissipate.

Xie Lin took a step forward, grasped Hermione's hand, and said coldly: "Remember what I said!" His tone was full of no doubt.

Hermione seemed to feel the temperature on Sherrin's clenched palm, like a weak fire. This warmth passed up along the fingertips and reached the bottom of her heart. She felt a warm power in her chest - this power. It was very complicated. Hermione felt a sense of security, courage, and belief in it, and she seemed to feel a faint... happiness?

She was unconsciously immersed in this warmth, and the corners of her mouth were raised slightly unconsciously. Before she even recovered, her wand had already erupted a large amount of white light mist that was far greater than before. The light mist was not only more intense than before, It was majestic, more solid, and successfully materialized in an instant - it was an otter!

It was surrounded by silvery white light mist, and it was jumping and driving the dementors flying around the entire stage.

In order to prevent the Dementor from being thrown off stage and causing chaos, Schelling opened the window and used his wand to throw out a white light. After the white light hit the Dementor, it pushed it all the way out of the window, and then quickly closed the window.

The audience in the audience couldn't help but started talking, showing unabashed envy for Hermione's ability to master this spell in one night.

After Hermione knew that she had successfully released the Patronus, she was surprised and happy. Thinking of the touching emotions that had flowed through her heart before, a layer of blush appeared on her face.

Xie Lin announced that everyone would practice freely, and Xie Lin and Hermione would give guidance separately. Schelling was in charge of Slytherin, the largest house, while Hermione was in charge of the remaining two houses.

Schelling walked among the students and gave each student careful instructions. In addition to the details of the wand and the spell, he also taught them how to find happy memories and how to channel their emotions to make the spell easier to release. As a junior student, Schelling can provide examples that are closer to the lives of the little wizards, which allows them to understand faster.

Among the many students, Daphne, who received special care from Schelling, succeeded the fastest. She was very excited because she released a complete physical patron saint.

Immediately afterwards, Meredith, Astoria, Draco, and Pansy also succeeded. Seeing that even first-year Astoria had succeeded, the others became full of fighting spirit and practiced and tried harder.

After dealing with Slytherin, Schelling also took the initiative to go to other houses to see if Hermione needed help.

Shayling saw Daphne looking at him with a half-smile in the distance, and knew that she had guessed his intentions. He took the trouble to organize this event, share his experience in spell casting, and generously choose Hermione from Gryffindor as his assistant. He just wanted to express his attitude towards other colleges and show his acceptance and tolerance of them, even Gryffindor was no exception.

Shayling didn't want Slytherin to continue to be isolated. In Shayling's view, if Slytherin still stubbornly admired himself, it would only be a matter of time before he was eliminated by the times after a long period of closed-door development.

Under Shayling's special care, Luna and Murray were the first to successfully release a complete physical Patronus. Luna released a hare with big front teeth, and Murray released an elegant swan. Then, Penelope and Cedric, who were already very good, also succeeded.

Including Hermione and the above nine people, ten people successfully mastered the complete Patronus Charm in today's event, which was an extremely remarkable achievement. You know, even in Professor Flitwick's spell class, not many people can master a spell so quickly, even if it's just the simplest levitation spell.

This is directly related to Schelling's guidance. After all, his teaching includes two parts: theory and practical demonstration. His guidance to students is also closer to students' living habits, which are all lacking in professors.

Before the end of the event, more than half of the young wizards successfully released light mist from their wands. Although they did not have a formed patronus, they were still excited about their achievements tonight.

In the grateful eyes and warm applause of the crowd, Schelling announced the end of the event, and everyone left with satisfaction.

The historical settings of the Smith family, the Goldstein family, and the Bute family are all official settings, not fabricated by the author.