Hogwarts 1991

Chapter 146 Dispelling doubts
(Most of this chapter is private)
"That night?"

McGuffin dryly recounted what happened from beginning to end:

Quirrell turns him into a snake and takes him to an underground level...

Harry's arrival...

How did he use the Sorcerer's Stone to ask for the solution to the [Blood Curse]...

Then beat Quirrell with Harry...

Finally, after communicating with the Sorcerer's Stone, he stimulated his own magic power to cast [A stone into gold] to turn Quirrell into gold, and Voldemort exploded Quirrell's head...

then……

"Maybe... because I knew you were here, maybe it was because of this wand... Voldemort disappeared, and after activating the [Blood Curse] on me...he disappeared!"

"Disappear?"

"Yes, it almost disappeared in an instant!"

Except for the system and time travel, McGuffin did not hide anything else, and told Dumbledore everything else.

but……

"Mr. Albert, I still don't understand something? Especially something about what happened to you..." Dumbledore asked, squinting his eyes.

"Sir, what do you want to know? I won't hide anything. In fact, there are many things I don't quite understand... For example, the matter related to the Philosopher's Stone? What's going on? How can I activate it? Has this kind of thing happened in the history of the magic world?...The Philosopher's Stone... Turning stones into gold..."

McGuffin deliberately asked this way, he wanted the initiative to be in his own hands.

"Well, I want you to ask a question, and you also ask me a question. We will follow the tradition of exchanging magic like the four great wizards at the beginning of this magic school to resolve this foggy incident."

Unexpectedly, Dumbledore actually proposed such a method.

But this is also what McGuffin himself hopes. This semester, that night... There are too many things that he can't figure out. Even if he knows the original work... he doesn't know how this messed up so many things... What's more, he still has [Blood Curse] and needs their help to break it.

Seeing that McGuffin nodded silently, Dumbledore first asked a question.

A very dangerous question for a MacGuffin.

"When did you learn the Unforgivable Curse [Imperius Curse]? It stands to reason that a little wizard like you can only make me sneeze! How could it be possible to achieve the effect of last night? You can endow Harry with a certain skill, and to an incredible degree... You remind me of someone... If you go further, you can be called [Soul Reaper]!" Dumbledore finished the last sentence with a very serious face.

"[Soul Reaper]?"

McGuffin secretly remembered this title in his heart. Looking at Dumbledore's expression, it seemed that this was not a good word. He probably wouldn't tell himself in detail...

So he let this thing go, and started to return to Dumbledore's question.

"At Christmas,... at that time [Blood Curse] was activated, and Quirrell personally taught it to me. According to him, this [Blood Curse] can improve my magic level, magic talent. Indeed, after that, it became easy for me to learn these [Black Witchcraft] [Ancient Magic], and soon the [Imperial Curse] achieved that effect."

"However, Professor Dumbledore, I still have some doubts about this... If the [Blood Curse] is used to improve my magical talent or transform my body into a body suitable for Voldemort's possession...Then why did Quirrell teach me the [Ancient Curse], [Imperius Curse] and some black witchcraft methods? Isn't he asking for trouble for himself? If he didn't teach me so much...it wouldn't be the same situation that night."

Dumbledore smiled, and said unhurriedly, "I'm afraid Professor Quirrell and Voldemort are not essentially teaching you..."

"And I guess they didn't expect that a little Muggle-born wizard would cause them so much trouble...or destroy their plan single-handedly..."

Then Dumbledore turned to him and asked him a question.

"Albert, do you know the most essential difference between ancient magic or black witchcraft... and modern magic?"

McGuffin paused for a moment to compare [Tianshichengjin] [Imperial Curse] [Fierffire Curse] and various black witchcraft, and tried to answer based on his feelings and what he had learned in Hogwarts this semester.

"...Is there no precise subdivision? Ancient magic is based on experience, feeling, and talent to cast spells. But can modern magic allow most people with wizard talent to reach a certain level of spellcasting after learning?"

Dumbledore said calmly after hearing this answer.

"It's part of it, MacGuffin, that the world is unfair... very unfair..."

As he slowly narrated, McGuffin revealed another side of the magical world.

Some human beings are born different. They can feel the existence of magic power, and use their will and imagination to change the way things exist and perform miracles.

This is not only the source of wizards, but also those with outstanding talents among wizards can achieve things like myths and legends...calling and calling rain, thunder and lightning, immortality, turning a stone into gold, and forming an army by one person.

These things that we are considered to be fantasies even now, among the wizards in ancient times, there were some people who could do it, although there were only a few in the world... Those wizards were called "gods" by others at that time, and they also thought they were higher than ordinary people and existences beyond common sense.

——Of course, this arrogance eventually destroyed this group of people.

The so-called ancient magic is actually the summarization of experience made by those people with outstanding talents, after giving full play to their talents.

For the vast majority of us wizards now... those ancient wizards at the top see other wizards like we see Muggles, and that is almost a ceiling that can never be reached.

And the magic spell, the magic wand was created as a so-called tool that allows us to chase the shadows of these unreasonable people!
A summary of magic experience and laws... The purpose itself is for the vast majority of people with wizard talent to be able to learn, and then release magic with a high success rate and without risk.

The oldest and most primitive magic actually had no spells, or even wands... If you carefully search for clues in the history of the magic world, you can find that the closer you are to the present... the clearer the intention of magic, the more fixed the power of the effect, and the clearer the classification.

The first magic spells were learned by the disciples or relatives left behind by those wizards who were talented beyond ordinary people because they were not talented enough, and the remaining vague and chaotic experiences were summed up.

Yes, the spell itself is a semi-finished product, whether it is runes, Hebrew characters, or ancient Latin... The current spell books are inferior imitation tools created by us descendants to reach those talented predecessors.

This is why modern magic is gradually replacing ancient magic.

Of course, there is also a part of the reason why those ancient magics were indeed too unstable. Now people can't bear the risk of blowing half their heads off all the time, and start to pursue safer and more stable spells. After summarizing from generation to generation... it has become the embryonic form of modern magic.

And the descendants or disciples of those great wizards... later evolved into some pure-blood families... This is the original wizard family, yes, this is the reason for the pure-blood wizard family. After all, most of those people who always want to restore the glory of their ancestors and restore the glory of pure blood are just a group of poor people who cannot touch the shadow of their ancestors.

"Of course, in the online modern magical world, what I'm talking about now will never be recognized by the Ministry of Magic or the orthodox wizards. People often don't admit their mistakes and incompetence. No one wants to admit that they are just chasing the poor worm of the predecessors, and even far inferior to the predecessors..."

Dumbledore paused for a moment, then returned to their original point of concern.

"The topic is a bit far away...McGuffin...Let's continue the topic just now...Do you know how our magic power grows?"

"One comes from our own talent,
The second is that it comes from our constant casting of spells.

As you continue to cast spells, the magic power in your body will continue to adapt and grow spontaneously... So for a period of time in the Middle Ages, the strength of a wizard was measured by the magic he mastered.But modern magic is precise, safe and restrictive, and the mana that needs to be consumed is much less dangerous than the chaos of ancient magic.

So you can guess it too!
Compared with ancient magic, modern magic will have a small increase in magic power, and I guess Voldemort possessing you also requires you to have a lot of magic power... Otherwise, your body will only become a consumable, and it won't take long.

That's why Quirrell teaches you ancient magic, or something similar to dark witchcraft...they need to have enough magical power in your body to make Voldemort active while possessing. "

"Of course, this [Blood Curse] is also a by-product of ancient wizards, which greatly improves your control over the magical power produced by ancient magic, allowing you to easily learn those ancient spells and black witchcraft... This also explains a question in my heart. Why did Voldemort cast [Blood Curse] on you! I have never seen such a thing....Yes, I have read from some ancient magic books that [Blood Curse] is a magic created by ancient wizards to improve their talents. It is said that the most primitive [Blood Curse] is indeed It is the ability to improve the magic talent to the greatest extent, I didn't expect this kind of thing to be true."

Dumbledore was very interested for some reason, and patiently told McGuffin in detail some magical theories and historical legends that he had never heard of.

However, this explains Quirrell's strange attitude of deliberately teaching himself those ancient magics, and it can be regarded as a doubt in McGuffin's mind.

Dumbledore waved his wand, and the translucent blood-colored Ouroboros appeared on McGuffin's wrist, biting its tail and turning slowly under its skin.

"This is……"

"That's right, [Blood Curse] is the most vicious curse, it will gradually corrode people's mind during transformation...Anyone who falls under this curse will eventually become a irrational beast... And from what you said, it's not that they don't have reason, but lock their mind and soul in the dark depths of a beast's body... This kind of invisible torture and fear will completely change a person. I once met a person who was also cursed by [Blood Curse], but unfortunately there was no way to save 'her' at that time... But now..."

Dumbledore's tone was full of regret.

"In this regard, you have done a good job... Albert! It can even be said that you have surpassed most adult wizards, and you were able to get the solution to the [Blood Curse] from Voldemort. The most difficult step has been solved..."

"But you have to be careful about the dark witchcraft and ancient magic you know~" Dumbledore straightened his expression, staring at McGuffin sternly and said, "Do you know why Hogwarts changed the Dark Arts course to [Defense Against the Dark Arts]?"

Without waiting for McGuffin to answer, he continued, "Magic power has properties. When you choose to cast magic, it will also affect you... Every time you cast magic, it is a test of your mind, especially for those magic that are powerful, chaotic, or intended to harm others. This will change a person... Those crazy dark wizards lose their minds like this..."

Following Dumbledore's detailed explanation to McGuffin.

It made him finally understand why those Death Eaters at the end of the original book seemed to have such low IQs, and the most dangerous and terrifying Voldemort in history was actually played by Dumbledore in the palm of his hand like a younger brother
And at the end of the movie, the scene with the most profound impact on McGuffin - that is Voldemort's 'hey' devilish smirk... Especially after some ghost and animal videos, McGuffin's mind is still clearly visible even now.

"Okay, let's change to a lighter question now! How did you come up with the idea of ​​casting [Imperius Curse] on Harry? This can be said to be the most interesting application of [Imperius Curse] since it was created... It almost smells like [Imperius Wizard] and ancient magic [Manipulation Curse]?"

Interest gleams in Dumbledore's eyes.

"[Soul Reaper], [Manipulation Curse]?"

——This is the second time I heard this term from Dumbledore's mouth, and [Manipulation Curse] seems to have been mentioned by Professor Flitwick... This is the predecessor of [Imperius Curse], and it is the most primitive ancient magic version of some human body manipulation spells. Now no one knows how to use this magic.

McGuffin didn't ask much. No matter how much he said, according to Dumbledore's position, he would never tell himself these things.

So he just answered Dumbledore's question
"I know that with the current strength of me and Harry... the spell, the level of magic power... it is impossible to fight against an adult wizard like Quirrell. So I have to find another way and find a way to deal with him from other aspects."

"I turned to think... Since there is no defense and confrontation, can we bring him to the same level as us... so that neither we nor he can cast spells... Then I immediately thought that I could use the [Imperius Curse] to enhance Harry's... so that Harry has the most powerful Muggle fighting ability I know...

Speed ​​- Allows him to avoid Quirrell's spell.

Strength - Makes Harry threatening enough that Quirrell can't cast the spell.

This will increase our winning rate. Of course, I originally wanted to rely on this to delay the time... I didn't expect the effect to be so good! "

"Great idea! McGuffin, although your conclusions are wrong...but it is indeed an interesting and instructive way of thinking..." Dumbledore said.

--Incorrect?

Perhaps seeing that McGuffin didn't take it seriously, Dumbledore snapped a finger, and everything in the room, including the bed, curtains, bedside table, medicine bottle, and bed sheets, began to levitate...

Then he snapped his fingers again, and they all fell down again.

--This?

No wands, no charms, and not the kind of magical effects that seem tiny.

This could not but remind McGuffin of those ancient wizards that Dumbledore had just mentioned.

(End of this chapter)