Hogwarts: Hermione and I switched identities!

"Professor Lockhart, have you no shame? You actually used this kind of magic!"

“He’s never had any shame! You could tell from his attack on Tom just now. Tom… is more skilled in magic than Professor Lockhart!”

"Legacy of Mind? What gives him the right to use that kind of magic!"

They saw Lockhart's magic fall on Tom, and then Tom closed his eyes.

"Quickly, go find Professor Dumbledore! Go find Professor Snape!!!"

"Don't look for me, I'm here."

Snape was also standing in the crowd, and in a relatively prominent position.

"Professor Snape, please help Tom!"

"Help him?" Snape asked doubtfully, then gave a mocking laugh. "You don't really think this kind of magic can actually hurt Tom, do you?"

Capturing the mind and seizing thoughts?

Snape silently repeated those four words to himself.

Do you, Lockhart, know how to use Legilimency?

Don't you know... Tom learned his Occlumency technique from me!

The next moment, Tom opened his eyes, his emerald green eyes carrying a deep, mysterious quality, as well as a hint of humility befitting a wizard.

Tom just watched Lockhart quietly.

"Any other magic? Professor Lockhart, if not, then it's my turn."

"There's one more!"

Lockhart gritted his teeth.

He had considered many possibilities... Even if he lost to Tom, it wouldn't be like this!

He failed miserably and couldn't even hold his head up in the crowd!

He can't lose like this!

"This is the magic I'm best at, Tom. Don't worry, I'll heal you later. You should pay the price for your arrogance!"

The air around Lockhart suddenly became quiet.

He pointed the tip of his wand at Tom's head and chanted the name of the spell.

"Forget everything and it's all empty!"

Memory magic.

In the magical world, there are three types of magic that are the most difficult to learn.

One type is black magic from evil, which can cause irreparable harm to people.

Another type is spatial magic, such as the teleportation technique most often used by Professor Dumbledore.

The last one is memory magic.

The effect of forgetting everything is very simple; it has only one function: to erase the other person's memory.

If Tom doesn't receive timely treatment, he will become a man without memory.

Lockhart felt confident of victory.

After all, this is the magic he's best at!

No one is better at it than him!

He is confident.

Lockhart had absolute confidence in his ability to forget everything.

He didn't believe Tom could break the spell!

The anger in his eyes gradually became clearer, and Lockhart couldn't help but smile.

At that moment, Lockhart even felt that he was no different from the villains in the storybook.

But none of that matters. After this battle, I will preserve his reputation, his perfect reputation.

No one would doubt Lockhart's abilities anymore.

Lockhart's smile suddenly froze.

He remained silent, unable to utter a single word.

Because... Tom in front of me had neutralized my magic.

An unprecedented sense of ease.

He saw Tom simply wave his hand, as if slapping away his complete detachment.

"This……"

Lockhart swallowed hard; he could hear his own heart pounding violently!

On the other side, Tom flexed his wrists.

good?

"Is it my turn, Professor Lockhart?"

"No, how could you, how could you... What kind of magic is this? I've never seen magic like this before!"

Tom chuckled: "Of course you haven't seen it, after all... this is magic I created myself."

Create your own magic?

Lockhart's lips twitched.

"Alright, now I should dispel the spell."

Lockhart seized the opportunity to raise his wand, attempting to ambush Tom.

But the instant he raised his wand, Tom had already shouted out a sound.

"All of them will be petrified."

A flash of cold light, and Lockhart's body suddenly stiffened, and he fell straight down without making a sound.

The air in the venue was quiet for a moment, then erupted into cheers.

Everyone was cheering for Tom's victory.

A student... This is a momentous event in the history of Hogwarts!

A student actually defeated the professor, and in a completely decisive way!

"Tom! Tom! Tom!"

Hands were raised, and even Draco felt that Tom was proud at that moment.

There was only one person...

"Have you had enough experiments, Tom? If you've had enough, come down from the stage." Snape pursed his lips and urged Tom to get off the stage.

"Professor Snape, it's been a long time."

"It won't be long, come with me."

Professor Snape left the room with Tom without saying a word.

Once outside, Snape finally asked, "What was that spell just now? A domain spell?"

“Yes, I had a conjecture before,” Tom said. “If I could disable magic within a certain range, would it have a special effect? ​​Now I’ve accomplished one-tenth of that.”

Snape raised an eyebrow: "One-tenth? Never mind, let's not talk about it here, let's go somewhere else."

When they arrived at Snape's office, he locked the door before listening to Tom finish his story.

“This magic is incomplete; it has flaws.” Tom poured himself two cups of tea, one for Snape and the other for himself.

"Defect? ​​What defect?"

Tom wouldn't tell anyone else directly, but this is Snape, and there's no need to worry about Snape.

“The first flaw,” Tom held up a finger, “is that the range of this magic isn’t big enough. Currently, it only covers an area about the size of an office.”

So you can see that Professor Lockhart can still use magic, it just disappears when he gets close to me, that's the first flaw.”

“Secondly, it has no effect on spells stronger than itself, such as Avada Kedavra or the Divine Slayer. Originally, the Oblivion spell could also handle this spell, but…” Tom smiled at this point, “Professor Lockhart’s proficiency with the Oblivion spell is really too low, which is why that scene occurred.”

Snape gasped and remained silent for a long while.

Even with these limitations, it is already powerful enough.

Are there any other restrictions?

"Yes, for a period of time. The reason I finally dispelled the magic was not because I didn't want to continue the experiment, but because my energy was running out."

Snape nodded: "Such a short duration? About 3 minutes and 12 seconds. Remember that number."

Snape had noticed the moment Tom began casting his spell, and at the same time, he was silently calculating the duration of Tom's spell.

"You still need to work harder, but how did you develop this magic?"

Other wizards wanted to research a new spell, and the time unit was calculated in years.

And Tom...

Snape didn't even know when Tom started this experiment.

But no matter what, it's only about six months at most.

This is no ordinary genius.

"Hmm... When I encountered Gara... that is, the fire dragon, I discovered something nearby, a new magic."

I tried to learn that magic, but I didn't make much progress; it was too difficult.

Snape narrowed his eyes.

The magic that even Tom found difficult to understand, he couldn't imagine what it was.

So...you gave up?

Tom laughed and said, "How could that be? I would never give up. It was just that when I was learning that magic, I had a flash of inspiration. Professor, you know, I had an epiphany. I suddenly thought of whether I could combine that magic with the domain magic I had imagined before. I tried it and succeeded."