Hogwarts starts with stealing power.

Draco only released the barrier around the picture frame after he felt completely unharmed and no longer affected.

He was able to do this because of the constraints of the [Blood Oath].

I wonder how long the [Oath Blood Curse] will last. If the frame is blocked frequently, will the magic's effect be consumed even faster?

With this question in mind, Draco decided to ask his father, Lucius.

When the picture frame sensed that Draco was in good health and hadn't paid any price, it couldn't help but ask, "How did you do that?"

Draco feigned ignorance and did not answer.

The frame continued, "I am asking you questions on my own initiative, without being bound by the rules. You can answer my questions, and the laws will not charge you any price."

Draco remained silent, refusing to answer.

The picture frame wasn't annoyed, and muttered to itself, "You must be hiding a power that can bypass the laws. How strange."

I've been at Malfoy Manor for so long, and I know most of the secrets of the manor, as well as the history of each family's rise to power, but I've never seen a single family head who could completely isolate themselves from the invasion of the laws of nature.

Your power is very special; it might completely block out the ravings of evil gods. If you can use this power well, if you can spread this power around…”

Draco's eyelids twitched, and his heart started racing.

The speculation surrounding this picture frame is getting increasingly outrageous.

Fortunately, the picture frame didn't think that this kind of power could be promoted.

"No, if even ancient demonic script is so difficult to promote, this power seems even more powerful than ancient demonic script. It definitely can't be promoted either. What should we do..."

Draco felt a slight sense of relief; he had found his father.

Because Draco is to sign a blood oath with the painting frame today, Lucius has stayed at the manor all day to prevent any accidents from happening during the signing of the contract.

Upon hearing Draco's concern that frequent use of the Blood Oath to restrain the picture frame would weaken its magical power, Lucius smiled faintly.

"You don't need to worry. The [Oath Blood Curse] is very special and is related to the bloodline power of the Malfoy family."

Conversely, when you are weak, the binding force of the [Oath of Blood Curse] on each other is very weak.

However, as you grow stronger, the power rooted deep within your bloodline also grows stronger, and correspondingly, the binding force of the [Oath Blood Curse] will become even stronger.

In other words, as you grow stronger, the bond of the oath will only become stronger, and this power is maintained by the power of your bloodline.

Draco's brows relaxed, and he said with a piercing gaze, "This magic is amazing; it has almost no weaknesses!"

Lucius's smile deepened. He was about to say, "Otherwise, why would I have suggested you choose this Oath Magic?"
The next second, he heard Draco say, "I really don't know how Slytherins escaped this constraint?"

Lucius's expression instantly turned serious.

"What did you say, Slytherin? Are you talking about Salazar? When did he ever sign a Blood Oath with the Malfoy family?"

Draco nodded. "That's what the frame tells me. It's the great Slytherin you're thinking of, one of the four founders of Hogwarts."

Lucius frowned and instinctively asked, "Could you ask the picture frame how Slytherin avoided the Blood Oath Curse?"

He realized what he had said as soon as he opened his mouth.

"No, that's not right. You can't ask the picture frame that question. You'll definitely pay a heavy price, far beyond what you can afford with your current abilities."

Draco hadn't considered this, but seeing his father's pale face, he felt that his father was concerned about how to escape the constraints. Had his father made some kind of vow to avoid them?
He silently kept it in mind, planning to ask about it when he was more capable.

Once Draco realized that the Blood Oath would become increasingly powerful and exert a stronger influence on the picture frame, he no longer hesitated to use the frame and began asking all three questions every day.

Although the cultivation technique he practiced was very special, capable of eliminating, and he even felt that he could faintly absorb the evil god's ramblings, he was still very careful about the questions he asked.

Don't ask overly profound questions, or the consequences will be severe.

Even Draco hadn't anticipated that while he was figuring out how to ask questions and how to obtain the most information at the lowest cost, he would...

The first breakthrough he made was actually in his own knowledge of unorthodox medicine!

When he had a sudden flash of inspiration one day and asked the picture frame about its mysterious potion-making techniques, the picture frame gave him a rather strange look and then said:

"Where did you learn about potion-making? It's actually a very special kind of potion-making."

While mainstream Potions science doesn't recognize it as Potions science, the art of occult potions did indeed originate from Potions science.

Your question is too general. You asked me if I know about the study of witchcraft, and of course I do!

I can explain it to you in more detail. Potionology is a discipline that places great importance on luck. It incorporates a person's luck into the creation of potions.

Every seemingly absurd step in the process is actually a gamble on your luck, turning the ordinary into the extraordinary.

Draco was somewhat surprised.

After he obtained the subject of "Strange Medicine Studies," he became quite familiar with it, though he found it to be very mystical.

Both the way it's taught and the way it's made are quite mysterious.

I never expected to find the answer of "luck" in the picture frame.

As if sensing the doubt in Draco's eyes, the picture frame spoke up: "Don't think that luck is only good luck. In fact, all luck can be called luck, not just good luck in the narrow sense."

Bad luck, ominous luck, unpredictable luck... even the absence of luck is a kind of luck.

Draco felt a slight warmth spreading through his body, as if he were being assaulted by the whispers of an evil god.

But he only needed to circulate his energy slightly, and the feeling disappeared.

A very small cost.

Almost no effort was put in.

A thoughtful look flashed across Draco's eyes. Could it be that when he asked about the science of poisons, the Laws didn't think it was a problem at all?
As it happens, he is the heir to the art of occult medicine. Since the frame knows this, perhaps he can gain even more surprises from it.

So Draco followed his own line of thought and asked two more questions related to the science of poisons.

Both of these questions have been answered in detail by the picture frame.

Draco's questions were so detailed that even the picture frame couldn't help but ask:
"Why are you asking so many questions about the science of occult medicine? It doesn't seem like you learned it from books. Where did you learn about occult medicine?"

This type of knowledge is quite unique; even if the Malfoy family has some records, they are not very detailed.

Finally, it added a special note: "If I ask you a question and you answer it, the law will not charge you any price."

He had emphasized this point a few days ago, but Draco ignored it.

He remains silent and ignores the question.

However, because the picture frame answered the question about the potion in such detail, it gave Draco a different idea.

Was the soul within this painting a master of occult medicine in its previous life?

Some of its answers are even more ingenious than the inheritance he received.

Draco originally thought he had achieved something in the study of potions, after all, he had received two transmissions of knowledge from forbidden books related to potions.

But standing in front of the picture frame, he felt that his thinking and ideas were still too immature.
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Meanwhile, Mikel's reading of forbidden books continued. At first, he couldn't understand what ultimate magic was, only feeling that it was more like black magic, both representing powerful forces.

But as he gained a deeper understanding, he discovered that dark magic was no match for ultimate magic.

Ultimate magic, in essence, involves harnessing the immense power of the universe and concentrating it within the wizard.

While black magic can also draw upon the energy of heaven and earth, it relies on the individual power of the wizard to manipulate the power of heaven and earth, which is fundamentally different from ultimate magic.

Black magic is about challenging nature and attempting to control the power of heaven and earth with one's own strength.

Ultimate magic, on the other hand, involves the wizard's power serving only as a guide. The wizard does not intend to control this power, but simply directs the immense power to pour onto a single point.

This is the essential difference between the two; their use of energy is completely different.

Therefore, wizards can use ultimate magic without paying any price.

However, using black magic comes at a great cost, and one must also suffer the ravages of evil gods.

In addition, there are differences in the selection of wizards between ultimate magic and dark magic.

Ultimate magic places great emphasis on a wizard's talent and aptitude, while dark magic does not.

Some ordinary wizards can also use black magic after undergoing special rituals.

Dark magic steals not only their magical energy, but also, and possibly, things as intangible as lifespan and luck.

Of course, this doesn't mean that dark magic doesn't require talent.

Like Mikel himself, he often learned black magic very smoothly.

The ordinary use of black magic requires a special ritual and a greater expenditure of power.

Someone with his talent could probably use it effortlessly.

However, this talent is somewhat inadequate in the face of ultimate magic.

Mikel was a little annoyed when he found out.

He has now memorized the ultimate magic, but the question is whether he will be able to use it after he goes out.

The word "qualification" alone has already blocked all the conditions for its use.

Mikel also knew that this most powerful magic was originally incompatible with him, but with the help of the system, he was able to read it.

Does that mean that even if he doesn't meet the requirements to use ultimate magic after going out, he can still achieve it with the system's help?

That doesn't look too good.

Once the system is used, it will consume experience points.

Where does he get so many experience points to give the system to use up?

Mikel discovered that whenever he lost focus, he would hear faint murmurs of evil spirits, but the system did not give any warning.

He immediately focused his attention and continued reading, and the raucous whispers of the evil god disappeared from his ears once again.

Mikel: ...

Is this also a method of systemic supervision?

the other side.

That evening, Professor McGonagall approached Ron and Harry, saying she would teach them Occlumency.

McGonagall's teaching style is completely different from Snape's.

Snape was a complete pragmatist.

He would personally make the wizard experience the dangers, invasiveness, and pain of Legilimency, urging the wizard to stimulate the will to survive within him.

Once a wizard's potential is unleashed, he can learn Occlumency.

This method is actually very powerful and is also suitable for wizards who are not qualified enough, allowing them to figure it out more quickly.

McGonagall, on the other hand, leaned towards the theoretical approach.

After learning about Harry and Ron's understanding of Occlumency, she explained the magic to them again, deconstructing it step by step.

“Brain lock is a typical form of emotional magic. You can also consider it a form of mental magic. It’s a defense mechanism for the mind, but the focus is on emotions.”

Maintaining emotional calm is the most crucial step in practicing Occupation Meditation; once your emotions fluctuate, the Occupation Meditation will fail.

McGonagall emphasized, "This spell is not easy to learn because it doesn't require a wand; you cast it with your mind."

There was once a wizard who, unable to master Occlumency, tried to block out all his external emotions. But do you know what happened to that wizard in the end?

This story piqued Ron and Harry's interest, and they asked with great interest, "What happened in the end?"

McGonagall didn't keep him in suspense and said directly, "Although he blocked out all emotions and immediately mastered the Occlumency technique, he broke down completely after only a few days."

Because he didn't see himself as a human being, but rather as some other kind of monster, he committed suicide.

Harry and Ron were both a little taken aback.

Professor McGonagall said, "So Occlumency requires us to be absolutely calm, but it doesn't mean we can't have any emotions at all."

When we see scenes that make us angry, upset, or sad, we instinctively try to fight against these overwhelming emotions, suppress them fiercely, and strive to remain calm.

This confrontation is where the Occlumency technique takes effect. What's needed is confrontation, not indifference.

"Brain lockout is not about abandoning everything, but about fighting against surging emotions. In the process of fighting against them, aren't our emotions also fluctuating?"

Ron and Harry looked focused and seemed to have grasped something.

McGonagall: "Now we'll train ourselves to get into a focused and calm state, which can be done by adjusting our breathing, our thoughts, or certain movements."

……

Half an hour later, Harry and Ron came out of Professor McGonagall's office.

We were now very close to the curfew, and the corridor was deserted.

Ron said excitedly, "Professor McGonagall is such a great teacher! I have a feeling that I'll be able to perform Occlumency soon. If only Professor McGonagall had taught us from the beginning!"

Harry nodded happily.

He learned more from Professor McGonagall.

In the past, in an effort to remain calm, he ignored his surging emotions. Watching his parents die again and again in front of him, he would feel ashamed for ignoring such scenes!
But now he won't.

Professor McGonagall said that this is not ignoring; no amount of ignoring can ignore surging emotions.

All they can do is resist! (End of Chapter)