On the evening of October 16th, Schelling arrived at the empty classroom where the Patronus Charm exchange meeting was held an hour early and started making arrangements. This event was very important to him because he was trying to win over Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw. an opportunity.
Among the four major houses, Slytherin and Gryffindor have always been fighting. Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw have stated that they are neutral, but in fact the students of the two houses still prefer Gryffindor.
There are two reasons for this. The main reason is that there are also wizards from Muggle families in the two colleges. They are very unhappy with Slytherin's attitude of supporting blood supremacy; secondly, Slytherin's Quidditch team always likes to use Winning through despicable means, such as various fouls and malicious injuries, creates an image that Slytherin likes to do whatever it takes.
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 houses, but the arrogant little snakes don't mind.
Xie Lin sneered at this arrogant and stupid mentality. Hufflepuff and Ravenclawry were full of talented people, and there was no shortage of famous families and powerful people. Let’s not go too far, let’s take students from the same class as Xie Lin as an example.
Ernie Macmillan and Hannah Abbott of Hufflepuff are both from the Holy 28 pure-blood families; the Smith family behind Zachary Smith is one of the prominent branches of Hufflepuff descendants. His great-aunt was none other than Hepzibah Smith, who was deceived by Voldemort into taking away the family heirloom gold cup. Susan Bones's family was originally a famous family, but unfortunately all of them died in the First Wizarding War, leaving only her aunt Amelia Bones, who served as the Director of the Department of Legal Enforcement at the Ministry of Magic.
As for Ravenclaw, Anthony Goldstein's family was never mentioned in the original novel, but the branch of the Goldstein family's bloodline in North America - Tina - appeared in the later Fantastic Beasts movies. Goldstein served as an Auror in the Magical Congress of the United States of America and eventually married Newt Scamander; her sister Queenie Goldstein was a natural telepathizer with the innate ability to peer into other people's thoughts. Instead of relying on reading abnormalities in the brain to analyze the subject's thoughts, as Snape said in the original novel, the former is undoubtedly more similar to "mind reading" or "telepathy" in Muggle science fiction novels, and then It's more like a brainwave tester or a lie detector.
Ravenclaw also has a side character who is easily overlooked - Terry Boot. The British Boot family (Boot) is actually inherited from North America. His ancestor, Webber Butt, was the adopted son of James Stewart and Iseult Thayer, the founders of Ilvermorny School, and the younger brother of Chadwick Butt, author of "Chadwick's Magic".
Before the founding of the Magical Congress of the United States of America, there was a considerable lack of enforcement of wizard-related laws in the new world, and Webb Butt became the law enforcer (the predecessor of the Auror). During a repatriation of dark wizards to London, he met a Scottish witch who worked at the Ministry of Magic and fell in love with her. As a result, part of the Bute family returned to England.
Not to mention the British Bute family, the North American branch alone is enough to be one of the strongest families, and Schelling heard that the tribesmen in the two places have maintained friendly relations for centuries.
The above-mentioned characters all eventually joined Dumbledore's Army of little brat Harry. They might have become well-known figures in their own right, but they were all reduced to insignificant supporting roles in Dumbledore's plan to raise Harry - except With the exception of Hannah Abbott, who eventually married Neville, none of the others were even remotely mentioned by name in the finale.
The event was attended by more people than Schelling had expected. Almost all of Slytherin's younger students were present, which was close to sixty people.
Hufflepuff, under the leadership of Cedric, had more than ten people; Ravenclaw, under the leadership of Penello, actually had more than twenty people, including Murray and Luna, whom Sherrin was familiar with, and Some characters Schelling knew from the original novel, such as Zhang Qiu, Marietta Acamo, etc. Gryffindor was more embarrassed, with only one person present - this maverick student was Hermione Granger.
Hermione seemed to have expected this situation. She took the initiative to integrate into the Hufflepuff circle and mixed with Hannah Abbott and her group of people, who she usually had some friendship with.
Xie Lin had expected Gryffindor's attitude and didn't care. He was very satisfied with the attendance of nearly 100 people.
He briefly introduced himself on the temporary high platform and began to explain the various characteristics of dementors. There was a lot of knowledge that could not be learned in books. Schelling learned it from "Fallen Creatures". The touching explanation method 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 in a scripted manner, and then shared his own experience of casting the Patronus Charm, even details such as the structure of the spell, the syllables and breaks, and the waving of the wand. No small details such as trajectories are missed.
Finally, there was the actual demonstration session. He decided to ask an assistant to come on stage to help him demonstrate the Patronus Charm.
Everyone who was familiar with Schelling thought that Schelling would choose between Daphne and Meredith, but the result was shocking - it was Hermione. Everyone including Hermione showed a surprised expression, but Daphne, who had been trained by her family and was very 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 thoughts.”
After hearing this, Hermione felt both smug and a little disappointed because of Sherrin's praise. 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, as long as it is the strongest, most direct, and most determined, it 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 to prevent her hand from shaking 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 shouted 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 force in her chest - this force. It was very complicated. Hermione felt a sense of security, courage, faith, and 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 was jumping and driving the dementors flying all over the stage.
In order to prevent the Dementor from being thrown off the 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 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, was the fastest to succeed. 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.
Xie Lin caught a glimpse of Daphne looking at him with a half-smile in the distance. He knew that she had already guessed his intention - he had taken great pains to organize this event and shared his experience in casting spells. He also generously chose Gryffindor's Hector. As an assistant, Min just wants to express her attitude towards other houses and show her acceptance and tolerance for them, even Gryffindor is no exception.
Schelling did not want Slytherin to remain isolated any longer. In Schelling's view, if Slytherin is still stubbornly self-admiring, it will only be a matter of time before it is eliminated by the times under long-term closed doors.
Under the special care of Schelling, Luna and Murray took the lead in successfully releasing the complete physical Patronus. Luna released a hare with big front teeth, while Murray released an elegant swan. Immediately afterwards, Penelo and Cedric, who were already extremely good, also succeeded one after another.
Including Hermione and the nine people mentioned above, ten people successfully mastered the complete Patronus Charm in today's event, which is an extremely remarkable achievement. You must know that even in Professor Flitwick's Charms class, not many people can master a spell so quickly, even the simplest levitation spell.
This is directly related to Schelling's guidance. After all, his teachings include theory and practical demonstrations, and his guidance to students is also closer to the students' living habits, which are lacking in professors.
Before the event ended, more than half of the little wizards had successfully made their wands release light mist. Although they did not have a patron saint, they were still excited about tonight's achievement.
Under everyone's grateful eyes and warm applause, Xie Lin announced the end of the event, and everyone left with satisfaction.
