My Hogwarts has a serious problem.

Chapter 476, Section 473: The Resolve to Become an Auror

"How are you feeling, kid?"

You could tell that Professor Moody was trying his best to be amiable, but his rough voice really had nothing to do with amiability.

It took Neville a while to finally come back to his senses from that dazed state.

"I saw a wizard cast an Imperius Curse on another wizard, and then, you and an Auror suddenly cast spells on them, and finally, we were attacked by someone."

"Don't focus on what happens next, Longbottom. What I want you to see is just how pathetic and powerless a wizard is when he is afflicted by the Imperius Curse."

Moody patted Neville on the shoulder, indicating that he could return to his seat.

"The memories currently recorded in the Pensieve are from an operation I conducted during my time as an Auror to capture a dark wizard. In my career, this is one of the few missions that wasn't too bloody, so I hope you can focus on feeling the power of dark magic. After this class, I will assign you a paper on dark magic as homework for your evening study session."

As Moody had predicted, every young wizard in the class was called to the front of the class and, like Neville, buried their faces in the Pensieve, participating as observers in Moody's memory of his Auror period.

After experiencing the effects of the Pensieve firsthand, the students were no longer nervous or afraid at the beginning. They all became excited, after all, this was their first time experiencing this teaching method, and everyone found it very interesting.

But this only applies to the Soul-Stealing Curse.

Although it belongs to the three unforgivable curses, the Imperius Curse does not cause any harm to the cursed wizard in terms of its manifestation, and it does not leave any bad effects on young wizards in terms of visual impact.

But the Crucifixion that followed wasn't so interesting.

Similarly, Moody extracted a segment from his own memory of witnessing the use of the Crucifixion during a mission. This time, the young wizard who was the first to see this scene through the Pensieve walked down from the platform with a pale face and bloodless lips.

Aside from truly cold-blooded and ruthless people, no one would find it interesting or enjoyable to see their fellow human beings being tortured like that by a curse.

Everyone in the classroom watched with bated breath what would happen when the Crucifixion was used on a person, but Moody seemed to have forgotten about Neville in the end, and didn't call him to the front of the class.

Harry and his friends' first Defense Against the Dark Arts class came to an end.

Due to time constraints, Moody did not allow them to watch one of the three unforgivable curses, the Death Curse, which would have to be shown in the next class.

After the morning classes ended, Harry, Harry, and the other two walked down the castle corridor with heavy hearts.

"I heard that Neville's parents were driven insane by the Death Eaters' Cruciatus Curse," Ron said quietly, glancing around furtively.

Hermione suddenly realized and said, "No wonder Professor Moody didn't let him go up and experience the Crucifixion Curse in the end."

Harry suddenly added, "Neville's parents were also Aurors."

Hermione looked at Harry and Ron with a serious expression.

"That's right. Professor Moody was an Auror, as were Neville's parents. They spent their entire lives fighting against dark wizards. In the end, the Longbottoms were driven mad by the Death Eaters' Cruciatus Curse, and Professor Moody lost his eye and a leg. I don't know if you noticed that in the first scene he showed us, when he and another Auror first appeared, his missing leg was still on him at that time."

Harry and Ron only realized what was happening after Hermione reminded them.

"Then they seemed to be ambushed again by someone I don't know! I heard a huge explosion. Was that the operation in which Professor Moody lost his leg?"

"I don't know if Professor Moody lost his leg during that mission, but I think you should also see the danger of becoming an Auror from these two memories of his," Hermione said seriously.

"Your biggest dream is to become an Auror in the Ministry of Magic after graduating from Hogwarts, because you think it will be very prestigious. However, you have been ignoring the fact that being an Auror is a dangerous and high-risk profession. Do you still think you are ready to become an Auror in the future?"

Hermione's words weren't just directed at Harry and Ron; almost all the young Gryffindor wizards aspired to become Aurors in the Ministry of Magic.

But Professor Moody's Defense Against the Dark Arts class truly showed them the cruelty of being an Auror, and made many people see reality clearly.

The Aurors of the Ministry of Magic are not just outwardly glamorous; the price they have to pay behind the scenes is something most people simply cannot bear.

Similarly, after the first Defense Against the Dark Arts class, the students of Hogwarts had a completely new impression of Moody.

Most of the students were getting to know him for the first time, and aside from his initially ferocious and terrifying appearance, they were surprised to find that Moody was actually a pretty good professor.

After the Defense Against the Dark Arts class this morning, Harry and his friends will have Fawkes' Wizarding Morality class this afternoon.

After lunch, Hermione didn't go back to the Gryffindor common room with Harry and Ron, but instead found Lynn outside the castle.

"Why have you been staying outside these past two days?" Hermione asked, puzzled.

"I'm learning Apparition from Professor Dumbledore," Lynn said, putting away his wand. "Originally, I planned to learn with the sixth-year students this year, but because of the Triwizard Tournament, the Apparition lessons were postponed to the first half of next year. So Professor Dumbledore opened up this area of ​​anti-Apparition magic specifically for me, and he personally taught me how to practice."

"So how's your practice going?" Hermione asked with a smile, taking Lynn's hand in hers.

Lynn held Hermione's hand as they strolled along the Black Lake, casually touching his neck as he spoke.

"The results are alright. I just experienced the feeling of being separated this morning. The experience of having my head and body separated was really terrible."

"Did you suggest that Professor Dumbledore start a course called Morality Education? This is not a course that a wizard could come up with."

"Actually, I planned to offer this course last year along with the student council reforms, but at that time there wasn't a suitable candidate. This year, Professor Fox has solved the problem."

(End of this chapter)