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Chapter 300 Occlumency

“It’s already taking shape, but I’m stuck at the next step.”

Andrew sighed.

No one is willing to reveal something as precious as memory in front of others. A short piece is fine, but for spells like Legilimency where you are not sure what memory will be read, no one will practice with you even if you are paid.

Unless it's a lot of money - but that's another matter, and the other party will definitely regret it or even resent it later, which is completely contrary to the original intention of hiring someone with money.

'I can only use rabbits, but there are too few such feedbacks.'

As for using it indiscriminately or practicing it randomly - that would be a direct route to Azkaban.

But it was not a big problem. His theoretical score was at least 90 points, if not 100. After some preparation, he was able to get started with brain occlusion. So the next morning, Andrew started his routine jogging again.

"Good morning, Andrew."

Hagrid waved his arms from a distance.

"Good morning, Hagrid," Andrew paused, "Professor McGonagall is coming back today. Will you continue to be a part-time gamekeeper after you take up the teaching position?"

"Of course," Hagrid said proudly, placing the basin in his hand next to Fang, "This is Dumbledore's trust!"

"No doubt. Ah, yes, Hagrid, do you know of any magical creatures that have enough emotions but won't attack due to Legilimency?"

He watched Fang wagging his tail happily at Hagrid's feet, and suddenly thought of a substitute.

"House elf?"

"I'm afraid that won't work. Although they should be happy to do so, looking through their memories is too much like torture." Andrew shook his head. "Please, give me something that won't make me feel guilty."

Legilimency triggers and amplifies emotions to browse memories. For the person being cast the spell, that kind of browsing is simply torture, which is clearly shown in the information.

"Then there is no such thing. How can there be such a magical creature that is intelligent but not angry about Legilimency?"

Hagrid shook his head. "This is simply unreasonable. Wisdom, anger, and counterattack almost complement each other..."

Suddenly, Hagrid blinked, "I got it, I got it. What if the other party is angry but unable to fight back? And they definitely won't feel guilty. They are all shameless!"

"what?"

"Don't worry, I'll get it this afternoon."

Hagrid patted his chest - listening to the sound that sounded like a war drum, Andrew fully realized Hagrid's determination.

But Andrew was a little uneasy. Hagrid's so-called inability to fight back was really meaningless. He couldn't be sure of the opponent's true combat capability. After all, Hagrid's evaluation criteria did not seem to be reassuring.

-

"Welcome back, Professor."

At noon, Professor McGonagall ended her short vacation and began to return to school, sighing at the pile of documents she had processed on her desk.

"It's a satisfying holiday. Although seeing these things makes me unhappy, fortunately Albus can work seriously next."

The professor sighed helplessly, "Your application to leave has been approved. We will leave for Armstrong in three days."

"I'm ready, Professor."

"Well, take a good rest for two days... No, there's not much time left. How's your Legilimency practice going?"

Professor McGonagall put the box away, "Albus should have at least taught you. If the progress is good, we can try to get you started with Occlumency in the next two days."

"Isn't this too fast?" "Well, it's a bit rushed, but Occlumency is very useful to you," Professor McGonagall thought for a moment, "I don't quite agree with using house elves to practice, so we can only practice together. I'll prepare the Pensieve to protect my memory."

I hit Professor McGonagall?

Oh my god, this time I’m really going on a day trip to the Astronomy Tower!
Using the Pensieve to protect memories - sounds good, but can the memories he wants to protect be drained away in a short period of time?

Using Legilimency to draw a thread for half an hour over there?

That would reveal too much - his Legilimency was only theoretical, and he couldn't get the key memories out. Once he became proficient, he could quickly extract memories, but how could he increase his proficiency without practice?
"Hagrid said he could get a suitable opponent."

Fortunately, Andrew thought of Hagrid's help - it seems that running in the morning is really good for the body.

"Hagrid?"

Professor McGonagall was stunned. "Magical creatures?"

"Yes, Professor."

"That's better," Professor McGonagall nodded - to be honest, it was troublesome for her to organize and hide her memories. After all, in theory, Andrew did have the possibility of quickly and successfully rebounding the spell or even suppressing it, and the probability was not low.

"Then wait for Hagrid's answer."

-

By the afternoon, Andrew finally figured out what Hagrid's answer was - a small group of goblins.

"They are the best practice partners. They have bad personalities, limited attack methods, and are smart enough to read memories."

Hagrid nodded, quite satisfied with his arrangements.

Hogwarts is well guarded and these guys can't get in, but the old professor has a deep memory of the capture work when he caused a bunch of goblins to escape in the past.

"Surprisingly, he is not a very aggressive guy. I don't think I know enough about Hagrid."

Andrew nodded and praised the answer provided by Hagrid - although he didn't understand why this guy used such a clumsy magic chain to lock himself up as if he had committed a crime, it was indeed very safe.

-

'It's much better... Although it's still far less efficient, it's enough. After all, there are the tricks provided by the Sorting Hat...'

'Tracking, hiding, breeding, and even moving from one place to another...'

He cast the spell again and again, and his proficiency in Legilimency began to increase rapidly.

He also gradually mastered the goblins' hiding patterns and living habits - but there was a side effect.

Maybe because he has seen too much from underground perspective, he always thinks things are too bright...

And through the exchanges of emotions such as fear, joy, pride, and showing off provided by these goblins, he finally found the power to mobilize emotions in a stable manner.

Legilimency began to become handy. He could even read the memories hidden deep in the minds of these goblins by breaking through their emotions - such as where the treasure was hidden (mostly food or clothes...), or what kind of love they had for another goblin...

After he confirmed that he could trigger it stably, that strange feeling naturally emerged - he could now fight back against the rest of the people's Legilimency.

You can even invade the other person's emotions through the reverse output of emotions and see the memories that the other person is trying to hide.

'Occlumency, done.'

He lowered his wand and nodded.

(End of this chapter)