Hogwarts Raven's Claw

Chapter 88 Occlumency

In the Hogwarts dining room, Mike sat at the Ravenclaw table and yawned boredly.

After winning the game yesterday, Mike originally planned to have a good sleep, but Roger and other teammates were full of energy. They went to the Hogwarts kitchen to ask the elves for a lot of food and said they wanted to have a party.

As the MVP of the game, Mike had no choice but to stay at the request of Roger and others. Roger even bought a lot of butter beer from the Weasley brothers, which made the carnival even crazier.

The consequence of the all-night revelry was the collective malaise this morning. Mike was a little better, after all, he had strong mental strength and didn't drink much. Roger was different. He was the most excited one last night, and also the most heroic one. No matter who toasted him, he would definitely drink to the bottom of the glass, so he was still lying in bed now, and he probably wouldn't get up before noon.

Compared to Ravenclaw, the Slytherin team is in a terrible state.

The number of players injured by Mike almost filled up the entire infirmary. Madam Pomfrey was very angry. The weather had turned cold recently and many people had caught colds. Now these naughty kids were trying to grab the beds. It was really unreasonable. I heard that she protested to Dumbledore last night, even disturbing his rest, and demanded that students be banned from playing Quidditch, a dangerous sport.

Of course, Dumbledore would not agree.

In fact, Madam Pomfrey was sent away just ten minutes after entering Dumbledore's common room. She was furious when she left, and it was obvious that she did not get the result she wanted.

According to a classmate who stayed in the infirmary all night because of a cold, the wailing of the Slytherin players continued all night long, making it impossible for him to sleep. It seemed that Madam Pomfrey forgot to give them painkillers when she was treating them.

Mike's deeds yesterday also spread throughout Hogwarts after being spread by Lee Jordan, the number one gossip man in Hogwarts. Now, except for Ravenclaw, the Quidditch players of the other three houses are very afraid of Mike, and even gave him a nickname: Killer Michael.

Although he was famous in the Quidditch circle, Mike didn't care much. Mike had already gotten used to being famous in his first year. The wizarding world was so boring that even a trivial thing that seemed insignificant to Mike could be spread for a long time.

What bothered him now was the matter of Occlumency.

It has been almost two months since he first started learning Occlumency during the summer vacation, but he has made no progress in Occlumency, which makes Mike doubt whether he has the talent to learn Occlumency.

Because the book "Shut Down Your Brain" stolen from the restricted area clearly stated that occlumency is a spell that requires a lot of talent. People with talent can learn it quickly, but people without talent will never be able to learn it even if they practice for a lifetime.

As the saying goes, when you are poor, you must think of new ways to change. Under tremendous pressure, Mike also began to look for shortcuts to learn Occlumency. Things like learning difficult spells are better to have someone teach you personally. Reading books alone is not enough. Just like what is said in "Shut Down Your Brain", the way to practice Occlumency is to empty your mind.

But who knows what it means to empty your mind. Mike thinks it's just daydreaming.

When he thought of asking for help, Mike thought of the master of brain occlumency he was most familiar with: Snape.

Of course, it was obviously not feasible to ask directly for the secret of Occlumency, and the fact that he was practicing Occlumency could not be leaked. And it was too dangerous to ask indirectly. Snape was a famous double agent, and there was no need to elaborate on how vigilant he was. So, without even having breakfast, Mike began to act on Snape. Mike wanted to infer the correct way to release Occlumency by observing Snape's state, because Snape was in a state of brain occlusion almost every moment.

But this is actually a stupid method, and the possibility of success is very small. But now Mike really has no other choice. He has now invested all his time in the practice of brain occlusion, and even abandoned his daily meditation and spell training, but there is no progress.

But Mike's plan did not go so smoothly.

Snape was actually a otaku. He either attended classes or stayed in his office studying potions all day. Mike had very little time to spend with him. It was no wonder that Harry's mother abandoned Snape and turned to James. After all, James, who came from a wealthy pure-blood family, was obviously more attractive than the otaku Snape.

Fortunately, Professor Snape was a very protective person. Mike sent so many Slytherin students to the infirmary, so Snape certainly would not let Mike off easily. Mike was surprised to find that even if he didn't follow Snape, he would occasionally jump out and deduct a few points from him when he made a small mistake.

So Mike began his own journey of self-destruction, deliberately making small mistakes so that Snape could appear in front of him.

After more than ten days of revenge and deducting nearly 200 points from Ravenclaw, Snape was finally satisfied and stopped causing trouble for Mike, and Mike got what he wanted.

For more than ten days, he conducted a 360-degree observation of Snape, from his words and actions to his facial expressions, and the conclusion he came to was very surprising.

Snape's hollow and deep dead fish eyes, his cold and emotionless tone of voice, and his decisive and decisive movements without a trace of hesitation.

These reactions were very similar to those of people hypnotized by hypnotists that Mike had seen on TV shows in his previous life.

Is the secret of Occlumency the self-hypnosis?
Mike was stunned when he came to this conclusion. He had studied the brain-blocking technique for so long but to no avail, but the secret was so... simple.

Although he felt that this was unreliable, Mike's current situation did not allow him to hesitate. So that night, Mike began his self-hypnosis experiment.

Self-hypnosis may sound very mysterious, but it is actually very simple to apply. Many athletes will hypnotize themselves before the start of the game to enable themselves to achieve better results.

The specific method is to close your eyes and take deep breaths continuously, while putting aside other thoughts in your mind and constantly reciting the hypnotic content in your mind. (The author has personally tested it and it is effective. If used for exams, it can effectively reduce tension.)
Mike lay on the bed in the dormitory, with his hands crossed on his stomach, repeating in his mind: "I am a tool without emotions, I am a tool without emotions, I am a tool without..."

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(End of this chapter)