Became good friends with the Boy Who Lived

Aeris' life became simple and fulfilling again. He was an assistant teacher during the day and had patrol tasks at night. After completing the patrol, Aeris would carve the summoning array diagram in a secret corner he found. After carving, he would cover it up with magic, making the patterns look like the patterns that already existed on the floor, wall, and glass. Or he could be more direct and use magic to make the carved patterns invisible.

In sharp contrast to the peaceful life on the Hogwarts campus, many disappearances and even deaths have occurred in the wizarding world outside the school. Hannah Abbott of Hufflepuff learned the news that her parents had been murdered during herbology class and fainted in the greenhouse of the herbology class. It was Aris and Neville who sent her to Madam Pomfrey.

The innocent Neville had already developed a secret crush on Hannah. His round face was full of anger and worry. Neville looked at Hannah lying on the hospital bed and said through gritted teeth: "The Death Eaters and I are irreconcilable..."

From then on, Neville practiced magic even harder during DA gatherings. Of course, Aris also often gave Neville special lessons, because Aris had an idea that could cure Neville's parents.

"Soul" is an extremely profound subject even in the magic world. Aeris believes that damage to the soul is not impossible to repair, but it can only be repaired by relatives who are connected to it, such as children or parents.

When Neville learned of Aeris's guess, he was ecstatic, but when it came to discussing the specific method, he fell into an embarrassing situation where he could not implement it.

"If you want to repair your soul, you need to know how and why it was damaged, the repair route and the method of operation," Aerys said to Neville, "So, Neville, cast the Cruciatus Curse on me!"

The atmosphere fell into a brief silence. The only sound in the DA hut could be the occasional crackling of the lit candles. "Will I really not be thrown into Azkaban if I do this?" Neville asked weakly.

"So the fewer people who know about this, the better," Aris said, "Don't tell anyone, not even Harry and the others, or Miss Abbott. If you want to repair the soul, you must first know how the soul is damaged. So, Neville, you not only have to use the Cruciatus Curse, but also endure the Cruciatus Curse. At the same time, you must carefully experience the feeling of tearing the soul and the soul being torn apart. Only in this way can you know how to repair it. This is bound to be painful, Neville, but if you want your parents to recover, you must be able to endure this pain."

Neville prepared himself mentally for a long time before he tremblingly pointed his wand at Aeris. Aeris shook his head and conjured up two couches, one for himself and one for Neville.

"Don't feel any psychological burden, Neville!" Aeris said to Neville while lying on a recliner. "What you need to do now is to cast the Cruciatus Curse and experience the process of how it hurts your soul, instead of feeling sorry for me. If you really can't do it, just treat me as Bellatrix Lestrange."

Being under the Cruciatus Curse was a very novel feeling for Aeris. Time seemed to be very long and his soul was being torn apart, but it was still within Aeris's endurance. Aeris gritted his teeth on the recliner but did not utter a single scream.

When it was finally over, Neville fell to the ground with a plop, his face covered in cold sweat. Aeris got down from the recliner, helped Neville up, and let him sit on another recliner. He smiled and joked: "If you don't know, you would think you are the one who suffered the Cruciatus Curse. How does it feel to hurt a soul with your own hands?"

"It's terrible," Neville said with a wry smile, "especially hurting your friends, it feels even worse..."

"Take a break," Aeris said, "When I cast the Cruciatus Curse on you, you must stay awake, Neville! Stay awake while enduring the pain, and feel the process of your soul being hurt, the route and direction of being torn, and think about how to repair it..."

The two tortured each other with the Cruciatus Curse for nearly two hours. When they left the DA cabin, Aries was fine, but Neville was close to collapse. After Aries made Neville drink several bottles of recovery potions, Neville recovered a little.

"If you really can't bear it, just give up, Neville!" Aeris consoled him, "Even your grandmother has no reason to blame you. You've tried hard enough..."

Neville shook his head firmly. "I seem to have grasped something, Aeris!" Neville said, "I can do it. I can persist. It's just that it will be hard for you..."

Aeris just smiled and said it didn't matter. From then on, there was one more thing to do. Aeris and Neville would take out an hour every day to "fight each other's hearts and minds".

Harry told the few people close to him, including Ginny, Ron, Hermione, and of course Aris, about his private lessons with Professor Dumbledore.

Harry, Ron, Ginny, and Hermione took it for granted that Edwards' office was the place where they did their homework. Their reason was simple: they could hand it in directly to Edwards after they finished their homework. However, Edwards refused to accept Ginny's homework.

"What's the point?" Harry said uncertainly, taking a sip of his hot tea. "Will knowing Voldemort's past help us defeat him?"

"Professor Dumbledore just wants to help you understand Voldemort's weaknesses," Aris said. "The bad qualities of a family can sometimes be inherited, especially among wizards. Tom Riddle inherited the unreasonable arrogance and unreasonable self-conceit of his grandfather, Marvolo Gaunt."

Seeing that everyone was silent, Aries changed the subject. "How is the selection of Quidditch players going, Harry?" Aries asked casually.

"This is terrible!" Harry said in a strange tone, "They didn't come here for Quidditch at all, but to watch me. That rubbish Cormac McLaggen even wants to compete with Ron for the goalkeeper position..."

"It turns out that I'm much better than him," Ron said proudly, "He can't even tell the difference between the goal and the ball..."

"In fact, it was Lavender Brown who cast a Confusion Charm on Cormac McLaggen..." Hermione whispered in Aris' ear and smiled meaningfully.

Hermione maintained the habit of subscribing to the Daily Prophet, and she always kept a copy of the Daily Prophet on hand when she was not completing her homework.

Aris casually glanced through the reports of Dementor attacks and arrests of suspected Death Eaters. The name of the arrested person was: Stan Shunpike.

"That chatterbox Knight Bus conductor is a Death Eater?" Aeris teased, "How much fake Firewhisky did you drink to come to this conclusion? Harry, it seems that the Aurors you've been thinking about aren't that helpful!"

Harry glared at Aries and muttered something under his breath, but did not refute what Aries said.