Ravenclaw's Blue Gem

Coupled with his obvious preference behavior, which only opened up the Slytherin network, it is no wonder that he would be disgusted by most students.

But in fact, as long as you greet him politely, even if his reaction is cold and unkind, what he says is thought to be mocking, but he will respond.As long as you hold on for a while and let Snape feel that you really respect him sincerely, he will be much gentler to you (you must be very careful to see the change).

"I don't want to know what you were thinking about looking at me with a relieved look just now, but I know it will definitely make my mood worse. What about your homework, Siegel." Zoe quickly put it on. The second assignment was taken out of the bag and handed it to Snape.

Snape looked at it carefully, and couldn't tell from his face whether it was admiration or disappointment.He pointed out some mistakes in Zoe’s thesis and told her that next time she made such a low-level mistake, let her boil the potion intact according to the method in the thesis and drink it again to see what the potion would look like. effect.

"Even if you boil a pot of mud, you have to drink it." Snape said the truth.

"Professor, were you using the Pendant?" Zoe looked at the place where Snape was just standing. There was a shelf with a rustic stone basin on it, and Snape was holding a wand in his hand."You know... so, you can't help but know that this is Dumbledore's thing."

Zoe nodded: "Sometimes I see Dumbledore using this basin to organize his memories, is it for tonight's test." Snape's eyes seemed to be asking for knowledge, he pinched. The wand came over, like a heavy shadow.

"Get ready, Siegel. Get ready." He deliberately said in a contemptuous tone, "Use your Occlumency to resist my invasion. But before I start, I want to explain to you: Even if you save your memory Hidden, trying to keep me out of peeping, but as long as I get deep enough and you don’t have time to stop me, I will see...you must have something you don’t want anyone to know, right?" Zoe slowed Nodded slowly.

"Actually I heard a piece of news from several different Slytherin students today. It is incredible. I want to share it with my dear student. You think an innocent student, her two legs are because of some magic The influence suddenly got out of her control. She had to run crazy up and down in the castle until she collapsed... There are many mysteries in this school that have not been deciphered, but I think this kind of interesting incident can be regarded as special among them. Up."

"You are right, it is really interesting." Zoe agreed obediently."What's more interesting is that several groups of people have been cursed like this, because when their legs lost control, they did the same thing-laugh at someone."

"I don't know what you want to tell me." Zoe said calmly."I said it, just to share the interesting incident that happened today..." Snape skipped the topic.

"Now, get rid of distracting thoughts..." Zoe closed his eyes and calmed himself down, putting aside the darkness that brought invisible anxiety, but because there was no interference around him, he could quickly enter the state.

"Okay, it looks like you are ready...Catholic!"

Chapter 59 Snape's Pantheon (Part 2)

What kind of feeling is that?At first there was not much abnormality, just a sudden numbness in the brain, and a momentary pain, like a fine needle pierced it, almost until the pain became dull. .But then, she could feel a consciousness different from herself trying to enter her brain and dig into the ocean of her thinking to search for the information she wanted.

Resistance... Zoe responded subconsciously.But she recovered quickly.Resistance was indeed what she should do. Snape had clearly entered the surface of her brain and was trying to break through her defenses.But her emotions shouldn't fluctuate, this kind of subconscious emotion will become a flaw for an experienced intruder, and all she should do now is don't do anything.

She treats herself as alone, not allowing herself to think about someone tempting her.But then she noticed that the dullness of the brain had increased, and it was clear that Snape was increasing its intensity.Don't let yourself be controlled by emotions, and don't control it.This is the experience that Zoe summed up in the past few days. She thought she had found the right way, because it seemed that she had done all the things required by Occlumency.

But when Snape increased the intensity of the pantheon for the third time, it was inevitable that she suddenly entered a scene where there was no longer darkness but a hazy, light-colored scene. It was like It was seen through the eyes of the other side of the bubble, with an unreal sense of fantasy.Zoe understood this because Snape finally poke a hole in her defense, and even though she was already trying to fix it, the memory flowed out much faster.

That was the scene where she and Draco met for the first time, as if an invisible painter was coloring the pale picture. She saw another she was hiding behind a big tree, led by Mr. Lucius Young Draco, Draco awkwardly wanted to talk to her.

Zoe was almost swallowed up by the anxiety that the treasure hidden deep in her heart was tainted by others, and it was not the first time that she had experienced the true fear of being spied.But it was the first time that she felt the neurofeedback experience of having a body, the kind of detailed horror that was excavated little by little.

Snape squinted, but looked at the girl in front of him with admiration.Compared with most people who are dominated by emotions after being invaded into the brain for the first time, and thus further abandon their defenses, and finally are attacked more thoroughly, Zoe made the right choice. She did not give up the operation of Occlumency Rough, but still defending.

Although Occlumency is a technique used to defend against contemplative thoughts, it requires a high degree of rationality or innate sensibility to fully practice it.Snape relied on firm reason and will to get to where he is today. Zoe is not of the same type as him, but she has a keen intellect. Even if she makes a mistake, she can quickly find out the cause, and Fix it properly.

It is not entirely based on factual reasoning, nor is it entirely dependent on intuition. It is constructed to waver between reason and sensibility. This is actually the normal state of most human beings when making choices, but she is more accurate.Originally, Snape just wanted to set a decoy. As long as Zoe got confused because of panic, he could break through her immature defensive circle in one fell swoop.Now it seems that it has not been able to play the role it should have played.

Snape stopped the invasion."You did better than I expected." Zoe panted and opened her eyes. The strange feeling finally disappeared, but she still had some palpitations.Even though Max had been spied on many times, she had never panicked so obviously.

Max is an anomaly in existence, and her anomaly can even make people ignore some things unconsciously.For Zoe, Max's omniscience of her affairs seemed a matter of course.She lives in her body and gives her everything. Zoe has never regarded her as an outsider (of course this is not a positive evaluation).

But Snape, whether he was her mentor or whether they would understand each other better in the future, for Zoe, he was a completely different existence from himself, someone who needed to be vigilant.Don't want to be fully understood by others, even the closest people will resist.

"You have indeed embarked on the path of learning Occlumency. Although there are still many problems, there is nothing more I can teach you. Now what you can do is to keep proficient in Occlumency, but there are still One point, I noticed that you are preventing others from spying by avoiding overthinking?" Zoe nodded.

"This method is stupid and inefficient, so it's not a good solution. If you just want to prevent ordinary prying, it's enough. I told you that Occlusion is divided into entry and Mastery, there will be a clear watershed."

"What you are doing now is to cut off prying eyes from the outside world. But if you want to fully acquire this technique, you just dig your own grave by doing so... A true Occultist can not only isolate, but more importantly He can forge and choose. Choose what the snoopers want to see and what they don’t want to see, forge deviant and wrong memories and emotions. If you give up thinking and choose to use this relaxed method to get through, You won’t have too many choices."

"Is my training method wrong, Professor?" Snape didn't answer her head-on, but raised his wand again.

"Let’s go on, Siegel. Just talking about great principles will not work. You have to practice and practice to find the path that suits you best. Do what you should do, and then continue to absorb from failure. The results are good."

Snape pointed his wand at Zoe."Despite the mind." Zoe originally thought it was the same as the first time. You only need to survive the increasing pressure to pass the level, but when her defenses were not even open, the pressure suddenly came on, Zoe The brain hurt, and he cried out in pain.

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Zoe was in a daze, feeling that he was falling in a fast-moving torrent.The scenes that flashed before her eyes did not belong to her.She can see Hogwarts, and it doesn’t seem to be much different from Hogwarts now. Sometimes it’s the bright spring outdoors, sometimes it’s the dark and gloomy basement. Those will always appear in the constantly flashing pictures. The protagonist of Snape is much younger than he is now and a child.

Snape’s life constantly flashed before her eyes, and there was no logical connection. The moment they suddenly took off the Sorting Cap from the Sorting Ceremony, they changed into a gripping Quidditch with no talent and hatred. fist.Sometimes these pictures disappear before they can see clearly, and sometimes they stay still for a long time as if the pause button is pressed, but what you can see is that Snape is not very miserable at Hogwarts. , But not a good time.

Once or twice Zoe saw Snape being teased by several boys. Their faces couldn't see clearly. They took him for fun and hurt him with many humiliating words and actions.But every time someone rushed to stop these atrocities, the picture disappeared quickly with a swish.More often, Snape was studying forbidden black magic with the Slytherins in his school, or was alone in the lounge reading books related to potions.

But just as Snape's memory fell after his graduation, Zoe saw a pale hand carved a mark on his arm, and her vision suddenly shook violently.Dizziness is accompanied by tinnitus, like someone throwing her into a flushing toilet. When she opened her eyes again, she found herself outside a door, surrounded by cold stone walls, and green flames beating around. With.

The baby's cry came from inside the door... Push it away, and a voice whispered in my heart, you should remember.She even forgot that it was a memory. As soon as she stretched out her hand, a pale hand pushed open the door before her and stepped in.

Zoe shook, and she clearly saw that Max was the one who walked in.But she should have been by Snape's side just now, and they should be testing the effect of Occlumency... Why is she here now, she shouldn't be here.

"Yes, you shouldn't be here." A voice rang from behind her, and there was no temperature at all.She didn't have to look back to know that the owner of this voice must be looking at her with cold eyes.

"Sometimes when a man becomes incomprehensible, it is really a headache." Max patted her shoulder from behind.

"This is the real purpose of the professor?" Zoe asked, "not to invade me, but to enter your mind?"

"Slicker. I want to see the cards in other people's hands, but I only release some worthless garbage."

Everything is gone again.When Zoe returned to reality, tearing pain came from her head.The kind that directly affects the mind and tears the nerves into segments, with thorny pains that jump and jump.Zoe fell to the ground with a soft leg. She was as soft as overcooked noodles, but she collapsed on the ground and panted.

But the other person in the room is not in good condition.Snape wiped the blood from the corners of his mouth and hid the blood spurt that could not be suppressed just now. He leaned against the desk, pursing his lips not knowing what he was thinking.

"Professor...what did you see..." Zoe asked, panting.

"It's none of your business." Snape said, "...that's it for today. You will continue to finish your homework this week, but it will not be used in my office."

Snape walked over and helped Zoe into the armchair, told Zoe that this situation would not be a major problem, but told her to wait until the condition was fully restored before leaving.Before he left, he looked at Zoe: "If you do something bad next time, either don't do it, or don't let other people catch the flaw." He walked away without looking back.

Chapter 60 Flying in the Sky...and then Falling (Part 1)

Zoe cleaned Snape's office as usual before leaving.Although there is no boiling medicine today, there is no need to clean the crucible, and no need to clean up the residue of the material. I remember that once I accidentally spilled a cup of snake bile and directly scrapped a bowl of toad innards. Finally, She had to spend a lot of time cleaning up the dirt on the ground.

When she left the office and walked from the basement to the main castle building, the sky had turned dark blue through the windows, and the moonlight was very bright, with a good view.But this also meant that it was almost time for the entrance guard, and the administrator Filch probably had the oil lamp in his hand, preparing to catch a few unlucky people who violated the rules while patrolling.

At this moment, a black shadow flashed in the air. Thanks to the good light today, Zoe saw clearly that it was a wizard riding on a broomstick. Although no more information was received, it should be just a wizard riding on a broomstick. It's just students who fly.As a popular means of movement, Zoe knows that there are many fans of flying broomsticks among wizards, and he wants to fly around on the broomstick when he has nothing to do, and experience the thrill of flying fast.

For Zoe, the broom is far less attractive than the movement method like phantom shift. The latter is prone to accidents—for example, you will leave certain parts of you in place—but it is also more convenient, unlike The broom is very physical, not to mention, if you don't want to get cold, it's best to wrap yourself tightly.

She couldn’t understand the thoughts of those who wanted to ride a broomstick all day long, and she was not interested in it, so she just took a look and was ready to take back her gaze. If it weren’t for the student’s flight trajectory suddenly crooked, she would probably go straight left.But the student in the night sky seemed to have drunk, and the broom swayed to the left for a while, and then to the right for a while, and then suddenly fell under Zoe's dumbfounded gaze.

Even if the person did not fly high, he would definitely be injured if he fell directly from the sky.Zoe looked around. There was no one around, and no footsteps came. She knew that it was impossible to expect other people to deal with it after seeing it, so she sighed and hurried out of the castle.

When she got outside the castle, just on the right side of the gate, the student just fell on the grass motionless, with the broom rolling on the other side.Zoe first turned the man over, carefully stroked the grass scraps on her face, and then saw her face clearly. This girl with closed eyes and frowning, still looking painful after being in a coma, looks like someone He was making a bad joke on himself.

"Longbottom, Longbottom?" The other party didn't respond at all. The headband he had been wearing didn't know where it fell, his hair was messy, and his robe was crumpled.There was no obvious trauma, but this does not indicate that the situation has eased.

"This damn kid, I want to cause some trouble this time." Zoe would say this in front of Daisy before she wakes up.She picked Daisy up carefully. She hadn't systematically learned the curses of the healing department, and had no experience in taking care of the wounded (more experience in being taken care of), so she could only quickly take her to find Madam Pomfrey.

As she moved, the girl in her arms groaned in pain several times, and Zoe felt that her sleeves were being pulled, with little strength, like a subconscious behavior.Fortunately, the infirmary is on the second floor. Madam Pomfrey was taken aback when she hit the door to enter, but when she saw Daisy in Zoe’s arms and panting Zoe, she immediately realized what she was going to do .

Zoe handed Daisy to Madam Pomfrey with peace of mind. She completely trusted the skills of this respectable old woman and was about to leave, but was stopped by Madam Pomfrey.