Hogwarts: Starting with full Unforgivable Curses

Chapter 91 Occlumency and Legilimency
Dylan flipped through the booklet in his hand and discovered that it contained not only information about Occlumency, but also Professor Snape's specialty - Legilimency!
Dylan raised his head, his eyes a little surprised, and asked tentatively: "Professor? Did you give it to me correctly?"

Professor Snape glanced at him and said, "Do you think I'm too old to see clearly?"

"Hahaha..." Dylan laughed dryly, "How dare I?"

Professor Snape snorted coldly: "Remember, never let your emotions control you at any time. They are just useless things derived from your brain."

Upon hearing this, Dylan immediately thought of the contents of the paper that Professor Snape had just burned.

Miss Lily~
So, emotions are useless...?

you sure?
Dylan didn't dare to think about this in front of Professor Snape. After the other party finished speaking, he immediately responded: "I understand, Professor."

Professor Snape narrowed his eyes and stared at Dylan for a while.

It was strange. He seemed to have sensed something just now, but it also seemed like he had sensed it wrongly.

"Okay, let's go." Professor Snape said in a low voice.

Dylan quickly said goodbye to the professor.

After he left and closed the office door, he felt that the gaze that had been hanging over him had disappeared.

Dylan breathed a sigh of relief and then hurried towards the restaurant.

He wanted to finish his meal quickly and go back to study the booklet Professor Snape gave him.

The Occlumency and Legilimency techniques recorded in it were things he really wanted to learn!
He had considered asking Professor Snape to teach him these two spells before, but every time he asked Professor Snape for extra lessons, he studied very hard, and after he finished brewing the potion, Professor Snape would tell him to get out.

He had no time or opportunity to bring up the matter.

Dylan was quite surprised that Professor Snape would take the initiative to teach him these two spells.

"But maybe it was around Christmas time when I went to Professor Flitwick for advice on Defense Against the Dark Arts and Professor McGonagall for research on Transfiguration, and that scared them?"

In fact, since that time, Professor Flitwick began to teach him the counter-spells of advanced dark magic, and Professor McGonagall also began to teach him the secondary shaping of spells.

These are things that are beyond the scope of learning for young wizards and may not even be taught in school.

Dylan felt that these professors were worried that he would conduct research blindly and end up going astray with Tom, so they spontaneously taught him some more advanced things to avoid any trouble for him and to guide him in a new research direction.

Of course, Professor Snape still used the same old tricks, telling him all kinds of difficult potion knowledge and how to brew advanced potions.

But Professor Snape teaches Potions, so this is normal.

Dylan couldn't expect Professor Snape to teach him how to grow herbs - he couldn't even keep lilies alive.

But now, it’s not that Professor Snape is unwilling to teach him other things, but he wants to teach him an absolute trump card when he makes a move!
After dinner, Dylan returned to the dormitory.

He got straight into bed, wrapped himself in the quilt, and began to read the booklet Professor Snape had given him.

"I thought I would have to wait until next school year to sneak into the restricted section to read these contents."

He looked at the first part - Occlumency.

"Shouldn't I learn Legilimency first?"

Occlumency is a solid shield against Legilimency.

So logically speaking, one should first learn Legilimency, understand the mysteries of thinking and how to invade the mind, and then one can better learn Occlumency for defense. However, Professor Snape reversed the order, probably because he had a deeper meaning.

When Dylan looked over, he found that Professor Stoop was worthy of his name.

Sure enough, there is something!

"Occlumency is an extremely advanced form of mental defense magic, based on deep control of one's own thoughts and clever disguise."

"Through long-term meditation and special mental training, an impenetrable labyrinth is constructed in the mind, where every thought and every memory can be carefully hidden in the deepest part of this labyrinth of thought."

"Furthermore, they constantly change the frequency of their thoughts, making them like chaotic noise, making it difficult for outside observers to capture any useful information."

Dylan read Professor Snape's elegant notes and couldn't help but think in his heart.

In reality, these descriptions are accessible only to those with advanced Occlumency skills.

Basic Occlumency is simply about clearing the mind of thoughts, even emotions can be hidden.

At this point, it is difficult for the mind capturer to read any information from this person's mind.

However, in this way, the mind capturer can also infer whether the other party is using brain occlusion to prevent him from reading it.

If so, isn't this just an attempt to cover up one's own faults?

The mind capturer can also use this to determine some things without actually reading any content.

Covering up is explaining!

This may be how the saying came about.

"Professor Snape wants me to learn such advanced Occlumency right from the start? Isn't he thinking too highly of me?"

Dylan originally wanted to wait and see if it was possible to complete some achievement that would allow him to master these two spells directly, but it turned out that he still had to learn them on his own.

But if you study on your own, how is it possible to master magic to a high level right from the start?
Dylan continued reading.

"Mastering Occlumency means gaining absolute sovereignty over your own spiritual world. Advanced Occlumency allows you to simply suppress certain emotions, including memories."

Therefore, it is difficult for the telepath to read the content, and the other party thinks that he is not using brain occlusion to defend himself, right?
Dylan rubbed his chin.

In fact, Professor Snape is definitely a super master of Legilimency and Occlumency!
An undercover agent who was able to stay close to Voldemort all the time could not have done this without extremely advanced brain-blocking techniques. He would have been discovered long ago and killed by Voldemort with a hundred Avada Kedavra knots.

After briefly going through the Occlumency section, Dylan turned to the Legilimency section.

——He planned to read it as a whole first and then think about it carefully.

Legilimency, in other words, is a terrifying magic that can invade other people's minds.

Using this spell, you can easily tear open the defenses of other people's hearts.

Of course, human memory is vast and complex, and it is not easy to read the things you want to know most at once.

At the beginning, the mind recorder can only read the shallowest part of the memory.

If you want to go deeper, you have to concentrate highly and transform your own magical energy into a special wave.

This fluctuation must be like a precise radar, resonating with the target's thinking frequency.

Only then can you go with the flow, sneak into the other person's mind, and read deeper information.

The superficial and compulsive use of Legilimency will inevitably cause great psychological trauma to the person being cast.

If you want to be safer, you have to take it step by step. For example, first make eye contact with the target, then use words to relax the other person's vigilance, and finally guide the other person little by little through words, and finally observe the other person's emotions and the memories that surge out.

After reading the entire booklet, Dylan realized Professor Snape's intentions.

This is to let him first establish the protection of his own thinking in his heart and understand the significance of protecting the spiritual world - this awareness is very important.

Just like building a solid fortress, understanding the enemy's means of siege will make the defense more targeted and the siege spear sharper.

After mastering Occlumency, he would then study Legilimency. He would not only master a form of offensive magic, but also, in the process of learning, be able to verify the subtleties of Occlumency, thereby gaining a deeper understanding of the nature of both types of magic. This would allow Dylan to develop a more comprehensive, in-depth, and dialectical way of thinking in his study of spells.

"Professor Snape is indeed a lewd person!"

Dylan sighed.

only……

"As someone who has mastered the Soul Stealing Technique to its fullest, I don't really need Legilimency at all~"

The process of using Legilimency is very complicated. It's just like throwing a soul-stealing spell at the opponent, pulling out the opponent's soul and whipping it severely, or directly controlling the opponent and making him say whatever he wants.

However, despite this, Dylan still studied these two magics.

By comparing it with the soul-stealing skills he already had, Dylan quickly learned Legilimency and even Occlumency.

"Looking at it this way, Legilimency is really quite gentle."

After studying it for a long time, Dylan finally raised his head from the booklet.

Legilimency is similar to soul-stealing, but its nature is completely different.

One is to enter other people's minds and read their emotions and memories.

One is to completely control the other person's thoughts and behaviors, turning him or her into a puppet, and even manipulating his or her soul at will.

And, just like Legilimency has a countermeasure – Occlumency.

With training, it is possible to resist Legilimency attacks.

However, as one of the three unforgivable curses, there is no countermeasure at all.

It is difficult for the person under the spell to break free from the control by his own strength, unless there is a powerful external force intervention or the person under the spell is exposed to the spell.

Another week of classes passed in a hurry.

Harry and the others have been suffering terribly these days under Hermione's review plan.

Especially when they saw them struggling to memorize all kinds of knowledge, while Dylan was just holding a small notebook and looking through it, they felt that their lives seemed to be even more miserable.

Another weekend is here.

Dylan and Professor Snape agreed to meet in an abandoned classroom.

As for why you are not in the office——

Dylan guessed that Professor Snape was a little afraid that he would see something strange again, so he brought him here.

The professor is a little bit shy.

Dylan followed Professor Snape into the classroom. The man was still wearing the same clothes he had given him, and he walked more briskly and gracefully than before.

"It seems that your practice this week has yielded some results." Professor Snape looked at Dylan.

He could no longer sense any emotions emanating from the other person.

"Then let me try your Occlumency skills."

Professor Snape finished speaking, without giving Dylan any time to react, and stared at Dylan with a pair of sinister eyes.

"Huh? Nothing at all? No, I'm just letting go, and some unimportant emotions still surface."

Professor Snape narrowed his eyes and raised his brow.

He didn't sense any drastic emotional fluctuations in Dylan's mind, but it wasn't like he was completely without thoughts either. He was just like an ordinary person walking on the street, with some unimportant thoughts popping up in his mind from time to time.

such as--

What should I eat tonight?

The buns I had this morning were really unpalatable...

Professor Snape was a little surprised.

He had given the booklet to Dylan barely a week ago, and he hadn't even explained it to him.

How could one cultivate to this level?
Professor Snape looked Dylan over.

Just how talented is this kid in practicing black magic?
"Not bad." Professor Snape snorted, his expression still cold.

"Now, you can do to me..."

Before Professor Snape could finish his words, Dylan's voice rang out.

"Legilimency!"

Dylan didn't give Professor Snape time to prepare and directly invaded Professor Snape's brain.

He didn't see any special images, instead, there were some memories and experiences of identifying herbs and brewing potions.

Dylan frowned.

As expected, he is Professor Si Daopu.

This brain occlumency technique must have been welded to his brain, right?

Anytime, anywhere, at any time, no need to worry about other people's telepathic invasion!

This level might have already reached the maximum level.

Dylan smacked his lips.

He has the bonus of soul-stealing and soul-stealing, and has a very high starting point for his understanding of Legilimency and Occlumency.

So after just one week of study, without any guidance from anyone, he had already mastered the magic of Occlumency to the fifth level, and Legilimency was even higher, at the seventh level!
But compared to Professor Snape, his level seven proficiency is still not good enough.

Professor Snape seemed to want him to try using Legilimency more often, so he did not stop him.

Dylan also kept trying to invade his deeper consciousness, but all he saw were scenes of brewing potions.

——The professor is always alone.

Dylan tried for a long time but got no further results. He couldn't help but focus his attention on the scene of the professor personally brewing the potion.

"Huh? This method of brewing potions..."

Dylan was stunned for a moment, and then immediately began to learn Professor Snape's techniques and unique insights in handling herbs and brewing potions.

Professor Snape seemed to have no intention of hiding these thoughts from Dylan.

He could even feel Professor Snape's thoughts as he processed each herb.

"Oh my god, are you asking me to become Professor Snape and handle potions myself?"

(End of this chapter)