Ravenclaw's Blue Gem

But this is not something that Zoe should pay attention to. The trouble has already come to her.In Snape's routine lectures, recently he would take time to familiarize her with the Patronus Charm.But Zoe found that she, who had always been able to quickly master the trick, finally encountered an obstacle in the Patronus Charm.

"Call God to guard!"

I don’t know how many times I have chanted this mantra. Whether it’s the clarity of the words, the fluctuation of the pitch, or the speed of the syllables, it is perfect, not to mention the perfect patron saint. There is not even a silver mist between her staff. Appeared.Generally speaking, spells—especially those that are closely related to the mental condition of the caster—such as the patron saint curse—when the spell is successfully cast, wizards will have a faint feeling, for example, they will be aware of whether the spell was cast successfully.

But Zoe was like chanting pure spells in these few lessons. She suddenly became as slow as a Muggle, and she didn't get a response at all.

"I've talked about the point of the Patronus Charm, Siegel." Snape was watching her jokes, like watching a funny little theater that would make him happy.

"But I'm desperately thinking about happy things! But it's useless!" Zoe said irritably, and she stared blankly at the wand in her hand, as if it were just an ordinary branch.She had never encountered such a weak situation before, and the Patronus Charm completely ignored her.

"There are usually several situations like this. For example, the memory of your attempt to summon the patron saint is not pure, or your belief in the patron saint is not firm."

"But I don't know how to do it? I just thought...I never knew the patron saint curse was so difficult." Zoe took a deep breath and used the patron saint curse again, but there was still no response.

"Siegel, do you know why people usually recommend using happy memories to call out the patron saint?" Snape walked down from his desk, drew his wand, "call the guard."

The silver mist spread from between the rods. According to Zoe’s book, the patron saint of wizards usually appears as an animal (very few wizards’ patron saints are magical creatures), their power Regardless of appearance, even a patron saint the size of a chipmunk can do the same thing as a patron saint the size of a rhino.

"Professor, can I ask about the posture of your patron saint?" Looking at the unknown creature hidden in the mist, it vaguely looked like a walking beast.Zoe asked curiously.

"No. Don't focus on things that don't matter, Siegel. Answer my question." Snape said irritably, and the patron saint disappeared with a wave of his hand.

"Because the patron saint was born with the positive and positive personality power of human beings, the patron saint curse was originally a high-level protection curse, and it has a unique role in preventing the erosion of evil-such as those dementors." Yi recalled what she knew.

"Yes, the reason why people recommend that beginners use happy memories as a medium to call out the patron saint is because it is the easiest to construct of all related emotions. Almost everyone can construct their own happiness, which is positive enough. It’s also effective enough.” Snape said coldly, “but that’s not the only emotion that can summon a patron saint. Happiness is just one of them, and it’s usually only effective for some innocent people who don’t know anything. It's the easiest to be dyed, and the innocent heart is the easiest to attract the patron saint."

"Of course, as far as I am concerned, the patron saint is an affirmation of yourself-don't be too busy refuting me, this is just a summary of my years." Snape stopped Zoe and continued, "Because of the guardian Gods usually appear in the form of creatures, and the posture of the patron saint is not fixed in a lifetime-some people who have experienced great turbulence may even lose their patron saint. I think their appearance is closely related to the soul power and mental state of human beings. , But I don’t think this power has to be positive, warm emotions."

"But in that case, the dark wizards should be able to master it, rather than being unable to learn."

"The dark wizard..." Snape sneered. "This kind of statement is very one-sided. It is difficult for dark wizards to learn the patron saint curse, but it is not because they are evil. The frantic mental state affects the patron saint. The main reason for the curse. I also said before that the purer the person, the faster the patron saint will respond to him, but that’s not to say that even the dark wizard can’t learn it..." He paused, and Zoe felt in his heart There must be enough examples to support his argument.

"To learn the Patronus Mantra, you must have a clear enough understanding of yourself. First of all, you must have affirmation and recognition of yourself. This is the basic condition for the birth of the Patronus. Secondly, the caster must have a firm and pure Belief, a strong will. Dumbledore usually calls it'love', but I don’t think so. I prefer to use it as an attachment, because even pain can sometimes be used as fuel for the patron saint ——Of course, that is extremely rare."

"But the statement in the book is not completely unreasonable, and my conclusion is not necessarily the truth. In fact, positive emotions are the easiest to resonate, thus calling out the best patron saint as a protective spell, goodwill and love forever It is the best nutrient, and such a patron saint is usually the most powerful."

Chapter 42 The Disappearing Spots

"Call God to guard!"

Until the end of the get out of class, Zoe kept trying to establish contact with her patron saint, but even the slightest result did not appear. In the end, she could only hold her head dizzy and dizzy and leave Snee. Pu's office.

She really couldn't find the reason for her failure. She did everything theoretically that she should have done perfectly. Perhaps the memory she chose did not resonate?She has also made changes, from the encounter with Dumbledore to the days at Malfoy's house, and even the summer vacation with Hermione, but she was somewhat guilty of that memory, maybe this also affected To the cast of the patron saint curse.

Several days have passed, and every time she fell asleep when she was tired, she still had no effect.The study of the Patronus Mantra was like an insurmountable difficulty. She had no confidence in it, so she could only increase the amount of practice and practice independently after class, which Snape had strictly forbidden her to do.

"Zoe...Zoe...Professor Bubaji called you." Hermione pushed the drowsy tablemate, Zoe's head was lighted up and down unconsciously, half of the notes in his hand were taken, Feather The tip of the pen was accidentally placed on the note, drawing a crooked line.Since it was a sudden drowsiness in the middle of class, she didn't even have time to let the quill record herself.

"Zoe!" Hermione called her again in a low voice, using a little more energy this time.Zoe shook suddenly, and immediately raised his head: "Hmm!" He mumbled unclear words.

Professor Bubbaji was very kind, seeing Zoe staring at her blankly and repeating the topic again.Zoe lowered her head slowly, her mind was not yet fully awake, her gaze swept back and forth on the textbook.

"Page 78, beginning of the third paragraph..." Hermione said helplessly, seeing other people's attention also drawn to Zoe.

Blinking his eyes, looking a little more awake, Zoe finally answered Professor Bubbaji's question satisfactorily as prompted by Hermione.

After sitting down, Hermione seemed to be taking notes seriously, her lips humming quietly: "What's the matter? No energy at all."

"Huh? I'm practicing spells recently..." Zoe opened his mouth silently and yawned. "But there is no progress at all."

"Spell?" Hermione was obviously and interested.

"Yeah, Patronus Charm." Zoe heard a low exclamation from Hermione.

"This is an advanced spell, Zoe! Snape will let you learn this spell..." Hermione comforted her, "Don't be too rushed. You have to learn such advanced spells slowly."

However, the nature of the Guardian God spell is actually different from other advanced spells. The most important aptitude to cast it is a firm spirit rather than a high degree of magic power. A child with a three-day wand can also learn it" and "Merlin may not learn it too (in fact, this legendary wizard is a patron saint)."

But Zoe didn't explain this to her in detail. Hermione was kind to comfort her. What she said were all steps that must be taken to learn the spell.Only she herself knows why she is obsessed with calling out her patron saint-that is a vague illusion, but Zoe knows that it is the most true thought in her heart: if she can't find her patron saint, yes It doesn't mean that even she doesn't like herself. Does it mean that she actually thinks that she has no reason to exist?

She can only try it in non-stop fantasies, Snape's profound words, Margaret's hesitation and hesitation, Barbara's hot and cold attitude, and Dumbledore... whenever this At this time, she would enter a vicious circle of self-doubt, and naturally it would be even more impossible to cast a spell successfully.

*****

On Saturday, the weather became colder and colder.The gust of wind was about to uproot the big tree (just listen carefully, you will find that there is really a crackling sound of trees breaking from the direction of the forbidden forest), and people in the castle can even clearly hear the wind hitting the outer wall The sound, the deep rumble of thunder in the distance, maybe the next moment there will be wind and rain, lightning and thunder.

In this kind of weather, the students are still talking about the upcoming Quidditch match with great interest. After the long training and running-in of the two teams, both Gryffindor and Slytherin showed great confidence. .Especially after Margaret took office, several short meetings were held to express the unbearable serious injury that the offender may suffer.

"So why are these muscular athletes willing to compete in such terrible weather?" Zoe glanced at the captains of the two teams mobilizing before the game, muttering to fork the broccoli on the plate.

"Of course it is for hard work, friendship and victory." Luna leaned her umbrella at the corner of the table. "And glory and consistent enmity... Today's weather is indeed a bit bad, but it's not impossible to watch with an umbrella."

She turned to look at Zoe again: "Are you really not going to watch the game? I think Malfoy will be very dissatisfied with it."

"To be honest, I would go if it was sunny today, but the weather is too bad...I can take advantage of this time to practice the patron saint."

"Still no progress at all?" Zoe nodded sadly.

"And I don't know how to improve it. Even if Professor Snape tells me the main points, I can't get in touch with it..." she said frustratedly.

"I even think I can find two dementors to see if I can awaken my patron saint when there are dementors." But this proposal was rejected by her herself. You must know the dementors. The fog didn't have any effect on her, so the threat that Dementors posed to most people was nothing to her.

"But of course I care about Draco's game, you can tell me after watching it."

Luna nodded, this is not a very difficult thing.

*****

Harry lay on the bed in the infirmary, his mind empty, the zenith in his eyes seemed to be twisted and collapsed, Harry's hand gripped the bed sheet tightly, his heart was heavy, guilt and unwilling to occupy his whole heart.Thinking of the words his teammates said when they came to visit him, even though Malfoy did not catch the Golden Snitch in the end, and the result of this match was discussed after the decision was made to abolish the rematch, he still could not bear that he would be due to the appearance of the Dementor. The thing about falling off the broom.

You know this is Wood’s last Academy Cup at Hogwarts. They all want to win. In the first year, he and his companions seized the victory. Of course he wanted to feel more of such a strong joy when he was in When flying in the sky, he will feel that he is free, that the sky and the stadium are his home, and they also need him, not to mention the audience who screamed because of his superb technology.

But he couldn't eliminate the dementor's influence on him, the screams, women's screams and men's roars that appeared directly in his mind... His mother tried to protect him, begging Voldemort not to do anything to him. , Harry seems to be able to recall her mother’s plea in his mind... and Voldemort, he is here, to harvest the life of a family, his father and his mother, and then Harry himself, Voldemort is laughing wildly, he is very Proud, he is about to succeed...

How much he wants to go back to that broken time through these memories, so that he might rush to help his mother, don't kill her, don't do anything to her!In his memory, he could only yell wildly and replay his mother's screams in despair.He couldn't accept this, and therefore couldn't stop the dementor from invading.

Not to mention his broomstick... Harry lowered his head, thinking of Angelina and the sad news they had told him, Hikari 2000-his long-time comrade-in-arms-shattered into pieces because he fell from the sky It happened to fall on the beating willow at Hogwarts, and was broken mercilessly by the tree.

This is not one of the worst things. He keenly discovered that the contradiction between Ron and Hermione broke out again. This year-mainly after Hermione took in Crookshanks, the two people were surrounded Pets, Ron and Hermione have had many quarrels long ago. Except for the conflict in Hogsmeade some time ago (the two of them eventually continued to get along in a stiff attitude), the two of them have always been relatively restrained. , That's all because Crookshanks didn't succeed no matter how much they wanted to catch Scatters.

But this time after Harry fell from the broomstick, just like the bitter cold wind, although the two men came in to visit the infirmary together, they both had cold faces, and they were unwilling to give each other even a second of attention. .They must have had an argument before, Harry thought.It seemed that his judgment was not wrong. Although the two men were also worried about Harry's body, they kept attacking each other with stinging words.

Hermione finally couldn't stand it anymore, and stood up abruptly (Harry shuddered), opening her mouth as if she wanted to make a quarrel with Ron directly, but finally took it into account that this was the infirmary.

"I don't want to talk to you, Ron..." Harry found her voice choked slightly, "Harry, I wish you a speedy recovery."

When Hermione slammed the door shut, Harry looked at Ron, who had been holding his arms angrily. From now on, Ron regarded himself as a speechless sculpture. When Hermione left, he even He didn't even look at her, let alone say hello.