Chapter 438 Patronus Curse and Tender Lamb Chops

( ) Maca is back.

When he got back to Hogwarts, the sun was almost setting. Clouds hovered along with the high air currents, and then drifted down and scattered snowflakes.

It can't be said that his trip was fruitless - at least this time, he left the positioning mark at the gate of the magic tower, and he can pass again at any time in the future.

It's just that his original purpose has not been achieved yet.

But he wasn't worried about it at all, because he could vaguely understand that as long as the next step could be completed properly, those elves would definitely move to Hogwarts on their own initiative.

"Hermione? Is Hermione there?"

Maca stood beside the portrait of the fat woman that had just been opened, looking into the Gryffindor common room. Most of those little lions were laughing and joking, which made him smile knowingly.

No matter when, these Gryffindor students will not be too quiet, and there is a fearless spirit hidden in their hearts.

"Huh? Maca?" Ron, who was burying his head in the homework paper with Harry, raised his head and waved to this side hastily, "Professor McGonagall has asked you twice today! He said he wanted you to come Go to the school hospital—the person you sent over woke up and said he wanted to see you!"

"Oh?" Maca nodded, "Understood, I'll go and see in a while... Where's Hermione? Isn't she here?"

"She said she was going to the library to check some materials, so she should still be there right now?" Harry on the side followed suit, "But it's almost time for dinner, and she might be on her way to the auditorium!"

"Okay!" Maca shrugged, "Then I'll go find it—"

"How about we go to the auditorium together? Anyway, Hermione will definitely go in the end!" Ron hurriedly stopped Maca who was about to leave, "We are planning to go there too!"

"That's fine," Maca thought for a while, and then simply walked into the lounge, "Then you guys clean up quickly!"

He randomly found an empty armchair by the fireplace, and sat down on his own. And Harry and Ron immediately packed up their school supplies, stuffed them into their schoolbags randomly, and then hurried to the door leading to the dormitory.

"M-Professor McLean, may I take a picture of you?"

While Maca was waiting leisurely for Harry and Ron,

Colin Creevey, who was one class younger than Harry, immediately jumped up excitedly. This little boy quickly aimed the camera that never left his body at Maca.

It's just that before Maca agreed, he didn't dare to press the shutter immediately.

"Of course no problem," Maca smiled. "Also, outside of class, you can still call me Maca."

Colin is a fanatical groupie, and in Hogwarts, is there a more shining star than Maca? But Maca is always elusive. For Colin, it is really difficult to find more opportunities to get close to him.

Therefore, Colin, who had no choice but to take the next best thing, kept focusing on Harry, the "Boy Who Lived".

Right now, it can be regarded as an opportunity to get close to Maca. Colin even felt that his finger on the shutter button was trembling.

By the way, his younger brother, who just entered school last year, was also excited.

"Boom—"

Harry and Ron also came back from the dormitory as the old-fashioned Muggle camera that they didn't know where to get flashed.

"Oh, thank goodness, poor Colin finally managed to take a picture of you!" Ron smiled, "Maka, you might not know—he was thinking about going to you every day last semester." ! But every time I miss it.”

"...so I became a substitute." Harry said helplessly.

"Okay, let's go!" Maca stood up and greeted, "I've been busy all day today, and I only ate a few pancakes in the afternoon, and I haven't had time to have a good meal. "

"What are you doing again?" Harry asked curiously, "I always feel that you are busier than before—did you accomplish something earth-shattering again?"

When Maca heard this, he couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed, this time he came back deflated.

"Hmm..." He spread his hands and said, "Is it a trip?"

"Oh—that's really cool!" Ron immediately cheered up when he heard about the trip, "Did anything fun happen? It's been a long time since our family went on a trip—the time in Egypt !"

"Fun?" Maca shook his head and said, "Almost half of the time is spent flying on the sea, except for water or water... um... there is also the sea breeze blowing loudly?"

While chatting casually, the three walked along the stairs and corridors familiarly, and soon came to the auditorium. As soon as he stepped into the passageway of the side corridor, Maca saw Hermione sitting on the dining table across the passageway from a distance.

Maca didn't go to the teaching desk to sit down, but directly sat on the long table in Gryffindor, which was diagonally opposite to Hermione.

"How are you doing today?" Maca greeted her.

"It's okay!" Hermione poked the food on the plate with a fork, and replied a little absent-mindedly, "I just can't find some information..."

"What information?"

While continuing to ask, Maca caught a glimpse of Professor McGonagall in the middle of the faculty bench looking at him from the corner of his eyes. By the way, he pointed to the direction of the school hospital, and nodded to indicate that he already knew.

Professor McGonagall also nodded slightly, and then turned his attention back to the topic that Professor Sprout said.

"It's the Patronus Charm you taught us before," Hermione said rather unwillingly, "I have been able to successfully summon the Patronus, but the time I can sustain it has been very short, and it is out of my range. It will dissipate immediately."

She paused for a moment, and said with some annoyance: "...I can't find the reason! I haven't written any book!"

Ron, who was engrossed in eating, raised his head and looked at Harry. Obviously, they were all thinking in their hearts - Hermione was starting to get to the bottom of it again.

"Oh?" Maca looked at her and thought for a moment, "Why did you suddenly think of researching this? The Patronus Charm is not difficult, but if you want to improve your strength, wouldn't it be better to start with other spells?" ?"

"No, I—" Hermione hesitated, then glanced unconsciously at the ceiling.

Maca followed her and looked up. On the ceiling of the auditorium equipped with framing and imaging magic, the sky outside that had just darkened was being displayed simultaneously. Among the snowflakes flying, it is like a dream.

But other than that, it doesn't seem to be any different than usual.

"Ah!" Maca suddenly realized something, with a look of surprise on his face, "Because, did you see the patron saint I released yesterday?"

"...Yeah." Hermione nodded slightly.

"That's what Dumbledore taught me, a more advanced usage of the Patronus Charm." Maca explained to her while cutting the fresh lamb chops with a knife, "As for maintaining the existence of the Patronus, You can’t just rely on happy memories.”

"Remember what I said? The will to protect others can also be used to cast the Patronus Charm. And this kind of will can even make the patron saint even stronger!"

He put a piece of freshly cut mutton into his mouth, and while the delicious gravy overflowed his mouth, he spoke vaguely.

"...In other words, as long as you try to add a 'Guardian Will' when casting the spell, and make it stronger...then, the duration of your patron saint's existence, as well as the flexibility and stability of your control, etc. increase accordingly.”

Hermione listened carefully, and she nodded every time Maca said a key point, trying to remember them verbatim in her heart. And Harry and Ron, who didn't pay much attention to it before, also became fascinated.

They also all mastered the Patronus Charm. Harry was at a similar level to Hermione, but Ron was relatively inferior.

But no matter which one of them, now they are eager to be one step closer to being useful.

"However—" Maca suddenly raised his fork and nodded in the air, signaling them to pay attention to the next words, "What I said just now belongs to the basic usage category of the Patronus Charm. Dumbledore studied The advanced usage that comes out needs to reach a certain level on this basis before you can try to learn."

Speaking of this, he emphasized emphatically: "To let the Patronus Charm leave your activities, you need to borrow part of the knowledge of Apparition, so let's talk about it after you take the Apparition class!"

"Oh, no—" Ron groaned suddenly, "Apparition class? You'd have to be 17!"

To be honest, about this point, Maca really dare not teach casually. His own Apparition Charm has never been used well, although it can appear smoothly every time, but the position is always wrong.

Moreover, this kind of error in coordinates is usually not very regular.

If the apparition of other wizards is compared to point-to-point movement, then his apparition is a fan shape, and the farther the distance, the larger the margin of error.

If he had set the apparation coordinates on the other side of the earth, maybe he could have sent himself straight into outer space! If that's the case, it's really terrible...

So up to now, even if it is research, he has only dared to try it in a very small range. But even after repeated research countless times, he couldn't find the culprit that caused his coordinate error.

"Okay, stop complaining!" Maca shook her head and said, "The Apparition Curse really shouldn't be underestimated, you'd better not underestimate it... Well, that's right! Hermione, about your'. (Domestic child Spiritual Liberation Association)', I have a good idea here! Do you want to know more about it?"