"Originally, we just exercised. Elise taught me how to cast the magic in the textbook, and Luna urged me to memorize the basics of potions."
After Xifa finished speaking, he paused and did not tell anything about the secret awakening medicine.
"Now, I should learn the Patronus Charm and Occlumency first."
Um? Xifa's eyes suddenly lit up.
"Professor, can we quickly master Occlumency with the help of external forces?"
"External force?" Dumbledore was surprised.
"For example, taking Veritaserum. I write down a number, and then others ask me, to train my will to resist."
When he first heard Xifa's words, Dumbledore's heart skipped a beat.
After hearing this, the clouds in his heart disappeared, and he secretly smiled bitterly. Xifa was so out of touch in doing things that he sometimes couldn't react.
"Xifa, the use of Veritaserum is strictly controlled by the Ministry of Magic, and even the raw materials are difficult to buy in the market. Has Horace been bribed by you?"
"No, no, no, professor, don't get excited," Xifa scratched her head in embarrassment, "We know how to make the truth serum ourselves, and we have our own way of making raw materials. Over the years, Luna has been selling the potions she made. We have fed a group of people. We promise not to obtain it from other sources, nor to use it in other ways. In this way, the laws of the Ministry of Magic cannot control us, right?"
Hearing this, Dumbledore's expression softened slightly.
"If others find out, you will face big problems in your life, and you may even be forced to drop out of school by the Ministry of Magic. I can't agree to it."
Seeing that Dumbledore was about to relent, Xifa said quickly.
"We want to brew it in a magical room on the eighth floor, not in my dormitory. If someone distributes the potion inside, I don't know who it is."
"Eighth floor?" Dumbledore said in surprise.
"Yes, go back and forth three times to the tapestry where the troll beat silly Barnabas. Think about what kind of room you want, and it will appear on the opposite side of the tapestry. Usually, we practice magic in it. We call it It’s the Room of Requirement. It’s the three of us’ little secret.”
Seeing Xifa's expression was full of resentment.
If he continued to disagree, Xifa, who was eager to practice, secretly teased Lou Zi, and he would not be able to hold back.
Helpless, Dumbledore nodded. At least, he knew where the three of them were doing things, right.
"If I had time, I would go and experience it."
"Preferably later in the night, Professor. We might be inside during the day, when the tapestry won't respond to people with different requests."
Xifa said with a smile.
Dumbledore glanced at the clock on the wall.
"It's getting late, Xifa, you should go have a meal. I also have to visit an old friend. If I eat at his place, I won't be with you."
Seeing Xifa and the others packed up, they walked to the door.
Dumbledore stopped Cifer.
"Xifa, a genius always feels lonely. But he also needs to make more friends. Bring your friends to have more contact with other people of the same age, maybe you can become a patron saint faster."
After saying that, Dumbledore said he had nothing to do and he could leave.
Xifa was also thoughtful.
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It's another new week, and the three of them picked up a handful of single leaves of mandrake from the herbal medicine class and decided to put them in their mouths on the day of the full moon.
"1. A single mandrake leaf must be held continuously in the mouth for a full month (from full moon to full moon - Luna added in a low voice). The leaves must not be swallowed or swallowed at any time. is taken out of the mouth, and if the leaf leaves the mouth, the whole process has to start over.
2. Take out the leaves during the full moon, fill a small crystal vial with saliva, and soak the leaves in it, allowing it to receive the pure moonlight (if the clouds are overcast that night, you will have to find a new mandrake leaf, Starting over, Luna added in a low voice again, and Elise's eyes gradually changed.). To the moonlit crystal vial add a strand of your hair and a silver teaspoon of dew collected from a place where there has been no sunlight or human contact for seven full days. Finally add a pupa of the Grimace Hawkmoth. Keep this mixture in a quiet, dark place and do not look at it or disturb it again until the next storm with thunder and lightning.
3. While waiting for the storm to come, you should perform the following actions at sunrise and sunset: point the tip of the wand to your heart and recite the incantation: "Amado, Animo, Animado, Animagus." "
4. The time to wait for a storm to come may last for weeks, months or even years. During this time, the crystal vial must remain completely undisturbed and free from contact with the sun. Sunlight pollution will cause the most devastating mutations. If you continue to chant the spell repeatedly at sunrise and sunset, you will come to a point when the tip of the wand touches your chest and you will feel a second heartbeat, sometimes stronger than the original heartbeat, sometimes weaker. Everything must remain as usual without change. The mantra must be recited the correct number of times without missing a beat.
5. The moment lightning breaks through the sky, immediately go to the place where you buried the crystal vial. If you complete all the above steps correctly, you will find a mouthful of blood-red potion inside.
6. You must immediately leave for a large and safe place to ensure that the transformation process will not attract attention or put your own body in danger. Point the tip of your wand to your heart, say the incantation "Amado, Animo, Animado, Animagus" and drink the potion.
7. If everything goes well, you will feel intense pain and two intense heartbeats. You will have a mental image of the creature you are about to transform into. You must show fearlessness before it is too late to escape the change you are promised.
8. The first metamorphosis is usually quite uncomfortable and frightening. Clothes and items such as glasses or jewelry will fuse into the skin and turn into hair, scales, or claws. Don't resist and don't panic, or the animal's head may take over and make you do something stupid, like jumping out of a window or dashing against a wall.
9. After the transformation is complete, you should find that you have adapted to your new body. It is strongly recommended that you pick up your wand immediately and hide it in a safe place so that you can retrieve it when you return to your human form.
10. If you want to return to human form, you must imagine your human form as clearly as possible. This is usually enough, but don't panic if the transformation doesn't happen right away. With practice, you will be able to switch between animal and human forms at will just by imagining what the creature looks like.
Advanced animagus can transform without a wand. "
"The above are all the steps for Animagus cultivation."
Luna finally stopped adding to the big problem that she had ignored, and Elise breathed a sigh of relief.
This is the Room of Requirement, and the two are telling Xifa the steps to practice Animagus.
"We learn Occlumency to maintain our sanity, and the Patronus Charm helps us understand the animals we may turn into in advance and prepare for loss of control in advance."
Elise clapped her hands vigorously, with stars in her eyes. She seemed to see herself practicing as an Animagus.
"Okay, stop thinking about it, let's complete the first stage successfully."
Today is the full moon.
Sifa put a leaf into her mouth.
Next month.
You have to be careful with this leaf yourself.
It's like a heavy stone is weighing on my heart.
According to Murphy's Law, as expected, Xifa chewed up the leaves midway.
While he was eating, he was very upset on the spot.
I can only wait for the next full moon, what a pity...
The two girls looked at themselves proudly, after all, they had not made the same mistake as themselves.
However, God seemed to have played a joke on the two of them.
The two girls, who had been waiting for a month, encountered dark clouds in the sky on the day of the full moon.
In order to comfort the crying two people, Xifa told short stories all night with his mouth dry.
Finally, the two of them calmed down.
However, he looked at the two people who occupied his bed and fell asleep. Xifa couldn't laugh or cry.
Fortunately, transfiguration has made great progress.
Conjured up a single bed and made do for one night.
The three of them are back on the same starting line.
However, Xifa, who made an early mistake, gained more than the two.
Xifa does not have to worry about vigorous exercise causing the leaves to be swallowed or spit out.
Learned all the magic in the textbook.
Talking about the magic in the textbook, since he changed to a new wand, Xifa couldn't cast magic even if he chanted a spell and waved the wand to a standard enough level. It wasn't until Elise helped him analyze the spell and draw the most basic magic pattern of the spell that Xifa was allowed to start again. With the ability to cast spells.
Everything is petrified, surrounded by obstacles, broken into pieces, protected by armor...
Fireball, freezing, gas cutting...
Xifa didn't even let go of the elves' magic and learned them all.
Xifa believes that the most practical magic of elves is their teleportation magic.
As long as he senses where he is, he can teleport even in Hogwarts.
Recalling that time, I found Professor Dumbledore and asked him to deal with the split phenomenon caused by his failure to teleport.
However, in front of Professor Dumbledore, Xifa succeeded in his first attempt.
Caught off guard, Dumbledore pulled out a tuft of his beard.
The days passed like this, and the children in the castle were well fed and clothed every day. The three people in Xifa also gradually became stronger in the fulfilling days, absorbing new knowledge, and honing their abilities with the help of veritaserum. will.
Outside of Hogwarts, there is an undercurrent surging.
In the blink of an eye, Halloween is here.
