Hogwarts Study Panel

Chapter 559-557: Obscure Poetry (4k)

"Divine Sharpness Without a Shadow!"

A faint glimmer of light flashed and disappeared.

Lupin's eyes widened, and without hesitation, he lunged at Sirius.

In an instant, blood gushed from Lu Ping's face and chest, as if he had been cleaved by an invisible sword.

He staggered backward and fell with a thud onto the puddle, splashing water everywhere. His wand fell from his limp right hand.

"You're crazy! I knew you couldn't change your nature!"

Sirius's eyes widened in fury as he roared and quickly helped Lupin up.

Come here!

Snape gave him a cold glance, showing no concern for the two of them, and kept shouting at Sheehan.

"He collapsed to the ground, completely unconscious!"

Sirius's attack has been launched.

Snape dodged the spell by sidestepping.

"Come on, this isn't your level!"

Sirius shouted, his voice echoing in the empty room.

"Don't come any closer now..."

Snape gave Sheehan a warning look, then sneered as he watched Sirius Black pull out his wand and Lupin fall to the ground.

"professor."

Sheen tried to say something.

Before him, Lupin had been enchanted with a counter-curse, and his bleeding wounds began to heal quickly.

"Shut up!"

Snape didn't look at him.

"There will be two more people in Azkaban tonight,"

Snape said, his eyes gleaming with hatred.
“I’d like to see Dumbledore’s reaction… He’s convinced you’re harmless, Lupin… a tamed werewolf—”

"You idiot,"

Lupin said gently,

Is it worth sending an innocent person to Azkaban for a student-era grudge?

boom!
Snake-like threads shot from the tip of Snape's wand and wrapped around Lupin's mouth, wrists, and ankles.

Lupin lost his balance, fell to the ground, and was unable to move.

Sheen watched him wriggle, and with a gentle tap of his wand, Professor Snape's Transfiguration spell lost its effect.

In the realm of Transfiguration, Sheehan believed he still had a long way to go, but even so, there were no three people at Hogwarts who could teach him.

At that moment, Sirius roared and charged at Snape, but Snape only gave a cold laugh.

"Come on, give me a reason,"

He whispered,

"Give me a reason to take action, and I swear I won't hold back."

Sirius Black raised his wand, his face contorted in a grimace. At that moment, it was difficult to tell which face held more hatred.

"How wonderful the taste of revenge is!"

Snape whispered to Sirius,
"I've always hoped that I could catch you..."

"Divine Sharpness Without a Shadow!"

"Iron armor protects you!"

The duel between the two men made Lupin's eyes gleam.

He looked at the little wizard who was trying to get in and pulled him back.

“Mr. Green, there are some things we have to do.”

He spoke softly, his eyes filled with both shame and determination.

"what?"

Sheen stared at the battlefield.

He was just a minor wizard with limited magical reserves; to intervene in such a battle, he had to render both of them incapable of fighting within a short period of time.

In such a confined space, Sheen had even fewer spells to choose from.

"We need to use that..."

Sheen said to himself softly.

He looked at the panel:
Legilimency: Beginner Level (19/900)

Soul-Stealing (Special Blessing): Master Level (192/?)

Special Transformation Techniques:

Fire Dragon Wings: Beginner (29/900)

Element Activation: Beginner Level (10/900)

Fujiishi Guardian: Expert Level (10/3000)

The ability to capture souls and thoughts, after being blessed with complete cat and leopard eyes, can reach the level of a master.

A master-level Legilimency is enough to shake a wizard's mind for a moment.

In a sudden and unexpected situation, it can buy Sheen a moment of time.

It was only a moment, but for a wizard who was a master of both dark magic and transfiguration, there was so much that could be done in that instant.

A [Skilled] level spell can be cast instantly, not to mention a [Master] level spell, and also the new Transfiguration spell created by Sheen.

Element activation.

This magical transformation can alter any object and imbue it with more powerful material properties. At the same time, combined with five or more multiple transformation spells, it creates a powerful transformation spell that cannot be restored in a short period of time.

Its origins are simply magical transformations, such as snow giants, magical fire lizards...

The reason for this is that Sheen has a deeper understanding of magic circuits.

Snow Giant and Magical Salamander draw inspiration from the natural magical circuits of magical creatures.

So if there is something natural, there must also be something man-made.

Element activation is the learning outcome that Sheen himself presented.

In the distance, the duel had reached a crucial moment.

"You're the one who made a fool of yourself again, Severus."

Sirius laughed loudly, a dangerous glint in his eyes.

In his vision, Snape's face contorted, and he could almost hear him whispering like a demon:

"I fooled Dumbledore and Sirius with a reason he wouldn't believe."

When my great master regains power, I will offer him two sacrifices…

Sirius clearly realized that there had never been a more dangerous moment than now.

They lack the capital to gamble and verify whether a person has changed their mindset.

Especially after he did that.

They brought plenty of truth serum today...

"Moon face—"

he shouted.

Sheen, who had just raised his wand, was surprised to find that it had been knocked away, and Lupin slowly got up from the ground.

His unsurprised demeanor suggested that he knew Professor Snape's Shadowless Sword wouldn't do him much harm.

It was as if he knew Sheen could counter the curse.

“I’m sorry, Mr. Green.”

Lupin raised his wand.

"I hope you have all become much more capable over the years."

Snape grinned maliciously.

"Except your weapons!"

Lupin shouted—but it wasn't just his voice.

Sirius joined him in the attack.

A gust of air shook the door, causing it to rattle. Snape shuddered, but a transparent shield of light held off the attack.

The three then engaged in a fierce battle.

The dilapidated houses shook violently, and all sorts of magical spells flew everywhere.

Sheen pondered silently for three seconds, and finally, after confirming that he could handle the three wizards, he calmly took out the spare wand given to him by his grandfather Marcus.

“With the will of the wizard—elemental activation,” Sheen said softly.

In an instant, the earth shook violently, and the three combatants discovered that the entire house seemed to have come to life.

It literally came back to life.

The stone walls stretched out their arms, the vines formed their nets, and even the extinguished fireplaces sprouted their flames, forcing the wizards to instinctively move closer.

"Crushed to pieces!"

Snape instinctively attacked Tenman.

But the stone wall expanded rapidly, and the curse only created a small crater when it struck it.

Snape's face immediately darkened. He looked at Lupin and Sirius in disbelief, both of whom had the same look of confusion in their eyes.

So the three of them turned their attention to the little wizard.

Upon meeting those green vertical pupils, the three of them felt dizzy and disoriented.

Snape was the first to regain consciousness.

He instinctively gripped his wand, only to find himself unable to move.

He looked around again and saw that the house had changed drastically.

The stone walls imprisoned their bodies, and the vines reinforced their shackles. The flames burned fiercely, illuminating the little wizard's figure.

He sat upright on a towering stone chair with interwoven vines and rocks, his gentle face covered by a layer of firelight, but his skin was deathly pale.

He seemed to be about to say something, but his lips moved but no sound came out.

It appears mysterious and unpredictable.

The young wizard, Sheen, was completely exhausted.

He didn't even have the strength to speak; if it weren't for the chair supporting him, he would have collapsed right now.

The good news is that he has a clear enough understanding of his own judgment.

With the ability to activate an entire small area in just one second, coupled with the ability to buy a second of time through Legilimency, Sheen could indeed subdue three powerful wizards in an instant.

Sheen silently analyzed its shortcomings and effectiveness, and found that there was still a long way to go in practical application.

While element activation is powerful, it requires several minutes of preparation time.

Moreover, given Sheen's mental strength, it could only last for a maximum of one minute.

"professor."

After a long while, Sheen finally spoke.

"Oh--"

Snape's face showed both shame and indignation, as well as a barely perceptible hint of pride.

Lupin woke up at that moment, looked at the spare wand in the little wizard's hand, and sighed softly.

Thinking back to the giant hand standing beside the Man-Beating Willow and the terrifying transformation he had just witnessed, he realized that they had underestimated this "god".

"Mr. Green."

Lupin said in a low voice,
“This should have been our service, but sir, the decision is now yours.”

Sirius woke up at the same time. He had been silent, but when he met Snape's eyes, the disgust in his eyes was undisguised.

"Do you believe him? Mr. Green, do you really believe him?"

Sirius, knowing he couldn't break free, shouted.

Snape's eyes flickered when he heard him address him.

He easily spotted another figure in the corner, a person he knew all too well.

His eyes widened immediately, and after a few seconds, he seemed to understand something.

“You shouldn’t believe him. He must have used those sweet words to deceive you. You must know that—”

Sirius Black speaks extremely fast.
"He is a despicable traitor!"

He seemed to have no more scruples; his eyes were red as he stared intently at Snape.
"Why didn't you tell him what you did, Severus?!"

Snape's face suddenly turned deathly pale, and he stared intently at Sirius:

"If you dare utter another word, I promise I'll kill you—"

"Haha—I've been dead for a long time!"

Sirius said through gritted teeth

"All those things you did, Severus, have you forgotten them? Just because you forgot them doesn't mean they don't exist anymore!!"

Dumbledore vouched for you, but what did you get in return?! You betrayed him! You learned the news, and you sold it out!

Sirius's voice was incredibly hoarse.

"Put me down—!"

He stared at Sheen with red eyes; in fact, Sheen had not yet recovered to the point where he could cast magic.

"I'm sorry, Professor."

He could only look helplessly at Professor Snape.

He waved his wand, and the vines binding Professor Snape's legs loosened only slightly.

Sheen discovered that using the Multiple Transfiguration spell too many times had its drawbacks.

The moment of restoration is extremely difficult.

Watching their actions, Sirius then took a closer look at the little wizard.

After a few seconds, he started laughing. At first, it was a quiet, chuckle, but later it turned into a manic laugh.

I laughed until I cried.

“Severus, how pathetic, so pathetic… How could you approach someone as great as Mr. Green with such thoughts?”

Sirius stared into Sheen's green eyes.

Tears blurred his vision.

"Shut up! I promise—I promise—I will make you suffer forever—"

As soon as I step out of this willow tree, I attract Dementors.

They'll be so happy to see you, Blake—they'll be so happy to give you a little kiss, Blake—”

Snape, like a bat whose wings had been punctured, threatened furiously.

“For Mr. Green, I am willing to do so.”

Sirius laughed maniacally.

“Mr. Grimm… I must tell you the truth about the Dark Lord’s pursuit of Harry… He knew of a prophecy that foretold a child born at the end of July would become the Dark Lord’s formidable enemy… But he didn’t know this beforehand, so how did he find out in the end… It was the person before you who betrayed them…”

Sirius's voice was accompanied by a terrifying grinding of teeth.
"He has murdered them! Yet he has repented... Mr. Green... he has repented... but who can believe it? How can those dead lives return?"

Every word Sirius Black wrote seemed to be stained with blood.

"I wish you knew that he was once so infatuated with a girl who had the same eyes as you. I think that explains it... Severus, you disgust me..."

Snape made no more threatening gestures, and his face became stiff.

He felt completely naked, as if he had been stripped naked and left in the street.

His world was collapsing, and he once again felt like he had lost everything.

It took him quite a while to regain his expression of disgust for everything.

"Even if that's what I think... Sirius. It doesn't matter, I don't care... I don't care... But you, don't worry, I will definitely not let you die peacefully."

He said it without any emotion.

"Only truth serum can test a wizard's thoughts, especially for..."

Lupin closed his eyes in anguish. Sirius still said those words, which they hadn't originally intended for Mr. Green to know.

"Oh."

Sheen said softly.

Sirius looked at him hopefully, but Snape only dared to stare intently at Sirius, not daring to cast a single glance at the young wizard.

"There are many people in the world who have reason not to trust, or even resent, Professor Snape,"

Sheen's voice remained soft yet firm.
"But I can't."

He said.

He recalled the dimly lit cellar, and the unpredictable yet undeniably concerned face beside it.

It smells bad most of the time, but there are occasional moments of satisfaction and pride.

"I trust the professor."

The insecure and melancholic Snape never knew how to express love.

His love was a fragmented poem, obscure and difficult to understand.

But this time, a young wizard knew that the obscure verses ultimately referred to him.

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