Chapter 1766 A War Without a Winner (Two Hundred and Eighteen)

Chapter 1768 A war without a winner (two hundred and eighteen)

As the final exams approach, some students at Hogwarts have become erratic due to the pressure of the exams. Especially the fifth and seventh grade students, their tempers are irritable than before.

It is for this reason that the various auxiliary potions prepared by Fred and George specifically for candidates are very popular among Hogwarts students. The most popular among them is the purple potion that can help students quickly concentrate and improve their brainpower and memory. It’s a small pill. Taking one before reviewing can help candidates get into the review state quickly.

The Dreamless Sleeping Agent, which specializes in treating exam insomnia, and the Delegate, which restores a normal state of mind, can effectively help students adjust their mentality before the exam, allowing them to focus seriously on the final review sprint.

Such a combination of punches was naturally well received by the students.

Both the regular edition and the special edition for fifth and seventh graders were sold out in a short period of time. In George's original words: It was simply a money grab!

Yes, money grab!

A profit of thousands of galleons was made in just one week.

The number of candidates who are willing to buy the exam assistance package is unimaginable. Those who don’t know better think that students at Hogwarts are really under a lot of pressure, but many people are actually following the crowd and buying it.

As long as it's really effective, who doesn't want to get good grades?

Of course, there are also people who plan to cheat.

For this reason, Albert also specifically mentioned this matter in the Defense Against Dark Arts class.

"I know a lot of you buy this stuff."

Albert put a delicate box on the table and said to his students: "I don't allow you to use it, but there is one thing I must remind you. Once you use this thing on the day of the exam, you will definitely be prevented." The cheating curse will be detected and you will be disqualified from the exam, so..."

Albert's eyes scanned the students present, lingering on a few of them for a moment, and continued, "Don't have any stupid luck, it will only cause you to lose your qualifications for the exam. Think carefully about how hard you have worked so hard. Years ago, I ended up losing my qualification for the exam because of such a stupid thing. How stupid!”

"Can't it be used?"

Many people are disappointed with this.

"Of course it can't be used. I remember there should be an instruction manual on it!" Albert really didn't understand what these people were thinking. Hogwarts had no shortage of idiots trying to take advantage every year.

"You have all gone through the fifth grade ordinary wizard level examination. You should understand how strict the examination organized by the Ministry of Magic is. You will not be given any chance to cheat at all, so don't have any delusions. It will only make you see It’s stupid to go up there.”

"Teacher, you must know how to cheat without being discovered!" Some students still refused to give up and asked directly.

"Do you think I need to cheat on the exam?" Albert was not angry and asked the student calmly.

"No need." He lowered his head and did not dare to look directly at Albert.

"Can't you even do anything about it?"

"Of course there are ways to bypass the Ministry of Magic's invigilation mechanism." Albert looked at the disappointed students and did not deny that he knew the loopholes in the exam.

"What can I do?"

The students cheered up again and stared directly at Albert.

"It's useless even if I tell you. However, if you want to know, it's not that you can't tell me!" Albert looked at the excited people and said a word that confused them all: "Legilimency" ”

Most of the students looked confused and had obviously never heard of this magic.

"The effect of Legilimency is to be able to read other people's thoughts. That is to say, during the exam, as long as you stare at the back of the person's head in front of you, you can get the exam answer you need from the other person's mind. In advance, his answer is Correct." Albert burst out.

"Teacher, can you teach us how to learn Legilimency?" A student asked excitedly, raising his hand.

"I'm afraid not. This is a magic that is more advanced than the Patronus Charm, and it is somewhat dangerous. And even if you have mastered Legilimency, you won't be able to use it in the exam."

While Albert was speaking, a piece of chalk quickly wrote words on the blackboard behind him. The students who had originally planned to say something stopped communicating and looked at the content on the blackboard seriously.

This is a habit they developed in the Defense Against the Dark Arts class. Whenever Albert writes on the blackboard, it usually contains some important content.

"This is the last lesson I give you."

Albert tapped his wand on the blackboard and began to introduce Legilimency and Occlumency.

"When a master of Legilimency looks at you, you will feel like you are being seen through by the other person. As long as you have a similar feeling, it means that the other person is using Legilimency on you. There was a professor in the school Very good at this kind of magic.”

"Big Bat Snape," someone muttered.

"It's Professor Snape," Albert corrected.

"Although you may not like Snape, I think since he has taught everyone Potions class seriously, he still deserves to be called a professor. This is respect for knowledge."

No one refuted, and Albert continued: "Yes, Snape is indeed an expert in Legilimency and Occlumency. I think you have probably discovered that it is difficult for you to lie in front of Snape." . Of course, besides Snape, Dumbledore is also very good at it.”

"Including teaching yourself!" someone reminded sharply.

"Yes, I can do it, and I'm very good at it." Albert winked at everyone and said, "So, your thoughts cannot be hidden from me. Even if I don't use Legilimency, I can easily see through some of them." lie."

"Then how can we prevent it?" Someone couldn't help but ask: "It's terrible to be seen through easily."

"You don't have to worry about this, because there are actually very few real masters of Legilimency, and there are not even a few in the whole of the UK. So you don't need to worry about being easily seen through by others, even if you do meet a wizard who can master Legilimency. , they also need the help of a magic wand to try to read other people's thoughts, so I said that even if you initially learn it, you can't use it in the exam."

"The Ministry of Magic is actually aware of this loophole, so even seventh-year graduates will not have knowledge about Legilimency and Occlumency." Albert said in a joking tone, "If the Ministry of Magic knew If I tell you this knowledge, you might be fired directly, even though I don’t plan to stay in school and continue teaching next year.”

Everyone knew that Albert was joking, but some people still asked without giving up: "Professor, do you have any good suggestions? Or do you have any exam tips?"

"The best way is to take a closer look at the key points drawn by the professors during the last period of time. The exam content is basically all there. As long as you master it, it will be more than enough to do well in the exam."