Hogwarts: My Spell Infinite Derivation

Chapter 94 Hogwarts Shakes! I Call the Shire the Strongest!

The silver light of the Divine Intervention spell erupted from the Ciel's wand and struck Snape at point-blank range.

Snape felt as if his brain had been hit by a sledgehammer.

His mind was already in turmoil, and his brain-sealing technique loosened. In that instant, a crack was smashed in his brain's defenses, allowing the magic of the Mind-Seizing Spell to invade it.

Immediately, Snape's memories began to unfold.

The child, who grew up in the dark Knockdown Alley, was full of inferiority complex due to his mixed-race heritage. By chance, he met a Muggle-born witch named Lily.

In that moment, under the sunlight, the withered petals of the lily in Lily's hand slowly revive, making her look like a pure angel...

The moment Lily appeared in his memory, Snape's Occlumency was instantly restored.

He is arguably the most powerful Occlumency in the wizarding world, able to deceive even Dumbledore and Voldemort's tests, and even able to forge memories without directly using Legilimency with his wand.

To resist Ciel's Legilimency, which he casually unleashed, was naturally a piece of cake.

"Get out of here!"

"How dare you pry into my memories!"

Snape's voice roared through the mind like thunder.

When faced with Snape's counterattack, Shire's Legilimency crumbled at the first touch, like a wave hundreds of meters high, and he retreated continuously.

Just as Snape's eyes revealed murderous intent, and he even intended to use this opportunity of Legilimency and Occlumency to leave Ciel with an incurable wound in the mental world.

The next moment, however, Ciel's Legilimency was increasing at an astonishing speed.

The speed of this growth stunned Snape.

"How is this possible?"

"How can there be such a rapid pace of progress..."

Then, Snape gritted his teeth, his eyes fierce, and launched another mental counterattack against Ciel, hoping to crush Ciel's spirit in one fell swoop.

What he didn't know was that while using Legilimency to clash with Snape's Occlumency, Deep Blue's prompts kept ringing in Ciel's mind.

"The host has obtained advanced materials for the Brain Closure Technique, and the points required to deduce the Brain Closure Technique will be greatly reduced."

"The host has obtained advanced materials related to Legilimency, and the points required for deducing Legilimency will be greatly reduced."

"The host will obtain materials related to mental magic, and the points required to experience mental magic will be greatly reduced."

"..."

A series of notifications almost flooded the screen.

The progress of Ciel's Levitation technique is accelerating at an alarming rate, and the required points are decreasing.

At the same time, Ciel's already impressive brain-occlusion technique was honed in this mental battle, becoming even more resilient.

All of this combined made Snape's mental counterattack seem like it had landed on an unshakeable reef.

No matter how high the waves are, the reefs remain unmoved!

The waves may wash away the blue, but the deep blue remains eternal!

"The initial simulation of Legilimency is complete. The host's Legilimency has become instinctive and can be used without a staff or incantation."

"The second deduction of Legilimency is complete. The host's Legilimency has the ability to see through people's hearts. The host can tell at a glance whether the person in front of him is lying, and even see through his mental weaknesses."

"..."

The deep blue notification continued, which was exactly what Snape found terrifying—the Shire's Legilimency was increasing at an alarming rate, and it seemed to be becoming more cunning, directly targeting the loopholes in his Occlumency!

The scene that had just been cut off began to replay, and Lily's image flashed through my memory.

The years he spent growing up with Lily were the best time in Snape's memory.

Even amidst such a battle of offense and defense, a tenderness appeared in Snape's eyes.

However, Shire did not intend for Snape to relive that happiness.

The next second, Snape saw the Sorting House.

This was the first thing that caused him pain.

Lily went to Gryffindor, while he went to Slytherin, and a distance began to grow between them.

Then came more and more images.

Barriers, barriers, more and more barriers are emerging.

As the innocence of childhood fades, the fundamental differences between the two become increasingly apparent.

Lily is increasingly drawn to light and love, while Snape is becoming more and more narrow-minded, fanatically worshipping the power of dark magic.

Arguments, arguments, more and more arguments.

The arguments escalated even more when Lily began being pursued by James Potter.

Until that one time, Snape was publicly humiliated by James Potter hanging him upside down, his dignity completely destroyed.

When this memory surfaced, Snape was terrified.

"No, no!"

He roared in his mind, even pleading with Charles.

Repeating this humiliating experience must have been painful for him.

But after all these years, Snape is no longer the student he once was, and he has suffered all kinds of humiliation.

This part was not enough to break his defenses.

What truly terrified Snape was what happened next.

After being rescued by Lily, he angrily uttered those three unforgivable words—Mudblood.

From then on, Lily broke off all contact with him, and the two went their separate ways.

As Ciel relentlessly flashed back this memory, Snape's mind was struck as if by a heavy blow, and the cracks in his Occlumency technique spread at a visible speed.

Throughout his life, he regretted those three words.

At that moment, Charles sneered in his mental world.

"Professor Snape, you're so stupid."

"Does replacing that unforgivable term 'mud-blooded' with some other insult really make you forgive yourself?"

"You've spent your whole life regretting being a Mudblood, but don't you regret all the other vicious things you've said?"

"Saying the wrong thing, especially hurtful things that trample on other people's dignity, will have an irreparable price to pay. It seems you haven't truly repented enough."

"It's alright, let's continue."

"Charles said quietly."

"James Potter, Potter, he's Harry Potter's father, right?"

"So, Lily is Harry Potter's mother?"

"Then I'm very curious. Everyone says they were killed by the mysterious man, but why would the mysterious man personally kill them, and why would he target a baby like Harry Potter?"

"I think you must have the answer in your memory."

Snape was on the verge of a mental breakdown; his Occlumency was riddled with spiderweb-like cracks and holes.

He already knew that he couldn't stop Ciel.

All he could do was plead not to relive that heart-wrenching event.

But Charles rejected him without the slightest pity.

"Ha, how touching, how affectionate, but what does it have to do with me?"

The next moment, Snape's past actions resurfaced in his memory.

He overheard a prophecy about the "Child of Prophecy," but only half of it, and didn't know who the Child of Prophecy was.

In order to curry favor with Voldemort, he told Voldemort about the prophecy.

However, Voldemort had no idea that he would target Lily's child, Harry Potter.

Snape pleaded with Voldemort to spare Lily, but Lily showed no fear in the face of Voldemort. Instead, she sacrificed herself to protect Harry Potter...

When this bloody memory resurfaced, especially the anticipation and smugness Snape showed when he went to Voldemort to claim credit, and the humble and pitiful state when he begged Voldemort, Snape was like a withered tree and dead ashes.

"Kill me, kill me..."

"I'm the one who killed Lily."

"You wanted to cause me pain, didn't you? You succeeded. Kill me!"

Snape's voice was hoarse.

Ciel sneered again.

"After Lily died, you repented, didn't you? But what did you repent for?"

"You only repented for betraying Lily, which led to her death; you were angry that Harry Potter implicated Lily; you were angry that James Potter failed to protect her..."

"But you never remember that making a mistake could cost you your whole life."

"When you try to achieve your own merit with the life of a child, you pay with the life of the love of your life."

"Now, when you trample on the dignity of a group of children and leave a shadow on them for the glory of Slytherin and for your own sense of superiority, you will pay with your reputation, honor, life and everything."

"You think that's the end of it? No, far from it!"

At that moment, Deep Blue's voice rang in Charles's mind once again.

"The four deductions of Mind Control have been completed. The host has obtained the mental magic—Mirror of Reincarnation."

"Within the Mirror of Reincarnation spell, the host can create everything that resembles reincarnation based on the cursed person's memories. Within it, the cursed person's happiest and most painful experiences can be repeated, and it can even allow the cursed person to experience a completely new life..."

"In this process, the host can obtain all the secrets and the most crucial knowledge from the cursed person's memories..."

A light shone in Charles's eyes.

Snape was not a generous person by nature, and all his good qualities were revealed to Lily and her successor, Harry Potter.

Charles Evans? What the hell is his relationship with Lily?

That's why, having decided to take action against Snape, Ciel didn't want to leave such a threat behind.

However, the knowledge Snape possessed was quite important to the Shire.

It wasn't just the materials for Occlumency, but also the knowledge of Potions.

To obtain the second magical Animagus transformation, Ciel needs a reversion potion to increase the concentration of Cerberus's bloodline, thus enabling him to acquire the Cerberus transformation.

He originally planned to find an opportunity to make a deal with Snape, so that Snape could conduct relevant research for him.

As long as Snape comes up with an idea, Shire can use a relatively small number of points to have Deep Blue complete the deduction.

However, Snape is useless now. After uncovering his value, Shire will develop the reversion potion himself!

The mithril wand pressed against Snape's temple once more, followed by a mental spell derived from Legilimency.

"The Mirror of Reincarnation..."

"Triple casting!"

Without holding back, Shire was determined to finish this before Dumbledore and the other professors arrived.

The mental burden brought on by the triple cycle of spellcasting by Xia Er caused blood to trickle down his nostrils, his mind to feel as if he had been awake for three days and three nights, and he also had waves of stabbing pain.

But what followed was that Snape's mind fell into complete confusion.

Before Snape's eyes, memories of Lily kept replaying in his mind.

Joy and pain are constantly intertwined.

The joy of getting to know and befriend Lily will only make the pain that follows all the more apparent.

The more pain one experiences, the more precious happiness becomes.

In this cycle, Snape's Occlumency completely fell apart.

His own spirit was also completely lost in the Mirror of Reincarnation, and he was on the verge of collapse.

Until a certain moment.

"Snape?"

Lily's voice rang in his ears.

Snape opened his eyes in a daze, and there before him was Lily's concerned expression.

"Why are you asleep?"

"We're almost at Hogwarts, time to get ready to get off."

Snape stared blankly at the scenery on both sides, realizing that he was on the Hogwarts Express speeding by.

He looked in the mirror and realized that he seemed to have returned to the age of eleven.

Everything in my memory is fading away like a nightmare.

A surge of ecstasy welled up in Snape's heart, and he couldn't help but grab Lily's hand, causing Lily's eyes to widen and her cheeks to flush red.

"This time, we won't let those things happen again."

Snape made a silent vow to himself.

Everything that was about to happen flashed through his mind.

He carefully managed his relationship with Lily and handled everything after the Sorting Ceremony at Hogwarts.

He no longer embraced dark magic, nor did he listen to any more temptations to join the Death Eaters. Instead, he kept his distance from his former cronies.

His relationship with Lily remained very close, and the deep-seated estrangement and arguments that had once plagued him never recurred.

He also used the potion knowledge he had retained from his memory to become a rising star in the potion field. In just fifth grade, he had already become a potion master, and fame, honor and wealth followed one after another.

James Potter, who had previously made him feel somewhat inferior, was nothing in his eyes.

Finally, one night, he took Lily to the Black Lake and confessed his love under the bright moonlight, and Lily nodded in agreement.

At that moment, Snape felt a joy that came from the depths of his soul.

All it takes is eliminating one more small threat, and Lily will be mine forever.

James Potter will not be allowed to entangle Lily again in this life.

It's very simple to do; all you need is one potion.

Everything went so smoothly under Snape's arrangement and design.

James Potter died under mysterious circumstances, and no one doubted Snape, who had always been polite and respectful to James.

Until one day, Lily saw his notes and saw a potion that looked exactly like James Potter's.

At that moment, Snape's world collapsed once again.

He closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, he was once again on the Hogwarts Express.

Snape blinked in surprise, then his eyes lit up with the same ecstasy.

"This time, we must learn from our mistakes again."

"Lily can't see the notes, or rather, there's no need to leave any notes at all."

"Who takes notes if they're a decent person?"

So everything followed the same trajectory as before, only this time it went much more smoothly.

James Potter died, and Lily never found out until graduation. Snape then began his new life as he had hoped.

Until a potions master he had never paid attention to before came to his door and maliciously revealed the truth about James Potter's death that he had been researching and investigating.

Snape killed him without hesitation.

But the consequence of this was that the truth was exposed once again.

He returned to the Hogwarts Express once again.

Snape clenched his fist, deciding that he would not stoop to James Potter's level in this lifetime.

This time, however, James Potter pursued Lily passionately.

Something that terrified Snape happened.

No matter how famous or powerful he was, even if James Potter was nothing in front of him, Lily still loved James Potter more.

In any case, it seems that he and Lily are not destined to be together in the end.

Countless cycles of reincarnation lead to the same ending.

Until the last cycle of reincarnation.

This time, James Potter was no longer there, and Snape married Lily and had children in a dreamlike way.

This time there was no war, no dark clouds, everything was peaceful and beautiful.

Snape witnessed the gradual changes in the Lily he held in his heart.

Lily couldn't understand the field of potions he was deeply involved in.

The help he needed was something Lily couldn't provide.

As for emotional comfort, Snape no longer needed it.

He was horrified to discover something: he had never truly understood Lily; apart from their childhood, they hadn't had a heart-to-heart talk about anything in a long time.

What Snape feared even more was that a younger Potions apprentice, who looked even more like Lily back then, appeared beside him.

She could understand his pain in tackling the potion problem, she could understand his ambitions, and she could even understand his unrequited love for Lily, his deep longing for her, and his fear buried deep in his heart...

At that moment, a question that Snape had never considered pierced his heart.

What exactly do I love about Lily?

Is it that the insecure, friendless, and dysfunctional mixed-race wizard finally receives the gratitude and appreciation of a friend after seeing the little witch?

What happens next – is it love, or just unrequited love?

Before such doubts could fester in his mind, Snape seemed to understand something and looked up at the sky.

"You won't succeed."

"My love for Lily is unwavering!"

Snape gritted his teeth, raised his wand towards himself, and released it, ending this cycle of reincarnation.

After this cycle of reincarnation, Snape's mind had completely collapsed and gone insane, to the point that the Mirror of Reincarnation could no longer function.

Snape himself collapsed onto the office floor like a rag doll.

Charles looked surprised, but for him, his goal had been achieved.

Through so many cycles of reincarnation, Ciel knew all the magic Snape knew and the potions he had learned.

The deep blue notification sound almost flooded the screen.

"Host has obtained advanced materials for the Upside-Down Bell Spell..."

"Host has obtained advanced materials for the Divine Sword Shadowless Spell..."

"Host has obtained high-level materials for dark magic..."

"Host has obtained advanced materials for Potions..."

In addition to the Legilimency and Occlumency materials he had previously acquired, Snape's value had been completely squeezed dry.

"Charles said quietly."

"Then, this should be the last thing."

……

Meanwhile, the Hufflepuffs, as Shire had instructed, went to explain to Professor McGonagall, Professor Flitwick, Professor Sprout, and Dumbledore how Snape had insulted and humiliated them.

At that moment, regardless of their inner thoughts, the professors and the principal were all furious.

Upon hearing that Shire was angrily going to teach Snape a lesson, Professor Sprout, the Hufflepuff Headmaster, was filled with worry and rushed toward the Slytherin Headmaster's office.

Her concerns were quite simple.

Snape was once a Death Eater, and they all knew that.

God knows what Snape might do to the Shire in a fit of rage.

Professor McGonagall gave Dumbledore a meaningful look, but before she could get a response from his deep blue eyes, she rushed over with Professor Flitwick.

No matter what, they cannot let Ciel be harmed by Snape.

The Hufflepuffs' humiliation inflicted on them is a disgrace to Hogwarts.

If a genius like Shire were to have another accident, Hogwarts' reputation would be completely ruined, and the professors would be heartbroken.

When the professors rushed out, something even more unexpected happened.

The corridor was packed with Hufflepuff students.

In addition, students from Gryffindor and Ravenclaw, from the lower grades to the upper grades, and even the graduating seventh-year students, were all standing here.

They gritted their teeth.

"Professor, Principal..."

"We need to go help Ciel too!"

"Snape, that old bat, deserved it!"

"He was ridiculously biased and extremely harsh on us students from other colleges. Countless people were afraid of Potions class, and countless people were scolded to tears in Potions class."

"Nobody likes Snape except Slytherin!"

"We support Ciel, and we're going to help Ciel beat up that old bat!"

Upon seeing this scene, Professor McGonagall and the others looked at Dumbledore, the meaning in their eyes already quite clear.

Dumbledore, unsure of what to think, lowered his head.

He truly hadn't expected that the resentment Snape had stirred up at Hogwarts had reached this level.

But there's no time to think about that now. We can deal with Snape later; we need to save Ciel Evans first.

Dumbledore and several professors rushed toward Slytherin, followed by a large group of students.

They rushed to the door of the Slytherin headmaster's office.

Just as Dumbledore was about to force open the office door with his wand, the door opened by itself.

With a whoosh, the students all drew their wands, pointing them at the door with a shared sense of righteous indignation, intending to unleash a curse on the old bat Snape as he walked out.

But the next moment, Charles appeared in their sight.

Inside the office was a unconscious Malfoy and a slumped, unconscious Snape.

At that moment, Dumbledore, Professor McGonagall, Professor Flitwick, Professor Sprout, and all the students stood frozen in place, as if they had been frozen in place by some kind of spell.

Hannah and Hermione, worried about the Shire, opened their mouths in bewilderment.

"Charles..."

Even the usually carefree Weasley twins were stunned.

"He defeated the old bat?"

The next moment, a great uproar erupted, and the sound, like a landslide and a tsunami, seemed to threaten to lift the dome of Hogwarts.

Countless eyes etched the image of Ciel walking out of the Slytherin Headmaster's office into their minds.

On his first day of class, a first-year student knocked the Slytherin Headmaster to the ground to seek justice for his classmates.

This is a legend that has never been seen in Hogwarts' thousand-year history!

At this moment, no one questioned Ciel's title as the strongest.

Even the young wizards, who were Dumbledore's most loyal fans, couldn't help but shout along with the people around them.

"Ciel Evans, the King of Light, the strongest at Hogwarts!"

(End of this chapter)