Chapter 27: For the Greater Good!
The magical system in this world is subjective.
The use of every spell encompasses the wizard's emotions and intentions at the time.
Therefore, in the final analysis, the essence of magic in this world is actually a certain degree of "wish fulfillment."
Therefore, truly powerful wizards often don't need to use spells to cast magic.
Of course, when they recite a spell, their emotions and intentions reach their peak, and the power of the magic is maximized.
For example, Tom, who uses the Killing Curse as a basic attack in the future...
However, for Tom at that time, reciting the incantation of the Killing Curse loudly, in addition to enhancing the power of the spell, was also a deterrent to others.
At this time, Theo lay on the recliner and entered the previous meditation state again.
But this time, he didn't deliberately restrain the cluttered thoughts, but silently felt the "energy" called magic in his body.
"I need inner peace, no distracting thoughts." Theo thought.
Then, he felt the magic in his body seem to move, or maybe it didn't.
Just as Theo was about to try again, suddenly, he felt a sense of peace in his heart, and all distracting thoughts disappeared in an instant!
The feeling was strange, like being in a busy city, suddenly all the surrounding sounds disappeared, everything was quiet, leaving only his own breathing and heartbeat.
Theo was surprised to feel all these changes, but then he felt a little strange.
Obviously, he was still thinking, so why was his heart free of distracting thoughts? Isn't this a contradiction?
It's like someone testing your breath and finding that you're not breathing at all, but you can clearly feel that you're breathing!
Why can't others detect that you are breathing?
Before long, Theo figured out the reason.
It turned out that his distracting thoughts did not disappear, and his thinking did not stop.
They were just hidden!
Why is this happening?
Because magic can fulfill the wizard's wishes.
Therefore, in order to fulfill Theo's wish to achieve no distracting thoughts, Theo's magic had to hide the distracting thoughts that Theo could not remove.
Then, he helped Theo create a brain without memories and any traces of thinking, replacing the original brain.
In other words, the memories and thoughts presented in this fake brain are what Theo needs others to see, all of which are fake.
And the real brain is locked behind the door.
Only at this moment did Theo truly understand the operating principle of Occlumency, and successfully reached the first stage of Occlumency.
That is to hide all one's memories and true thoughts.
Without much delay, Theo began to try the second stage.
He began to expand the size of the new "brain", allowing the false thoughts and memories to firmly wrap his true thoughts and memories.
Then, Theo began to try to communicate between the fake and real "brains".
Then, he secretly transmitted the false thoughts and memories created by the real brain to the fake brain...
At this moment, the rigid false thoughts and memories in the fake brain suddenly became active!
Indistinguishable from real memories and thoughts!
In other words, Theo can now change the memories and thoughts in his mind at any time.
What others see is only what Theo wants them to see.
I don't know how long it took. When Theo opened his eyes, the sky was completely dark.
Carefully feeling his state, Theo felt extremely satisfied. There was no doubt that he had really learned Occlumency.
That feeling... is a bit indescribable.
It's like putting on a pair of sunglasses.
Others want to see his eyes, but can only see the dark lenses, but his eyes can see others normally through the lenses...
Although his Occlumency has just started, it is completely enough to deal with Queenie's passively activated Legilimency.
Thinking of this, Theo couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
"You're awake? You slept really long." Tom looked at Theo suspiciously.
He almost thought Theo had slept to death.
"Oh, I stayed up late reading last night, so I'm very tired today."
"But didn't you go to bed very early last night?"
"I couldn't sleep, so I read." Theo said casually.
At this time, Toby had brought the dinner specially prepared for Theo.
"Theo, you'll get used to it. I used to be like that. When I went to a new place, I always couldn't sleep because I wasn't used to it." Professor Hicks said with a smile.
She still thought that Theo couldn't sleep at night because he wasn't used to it.
"Well, I will try to get used to it." Theo nodded seriously.
Theo suddenly realized that after mastering Occlumency, his acting skills seemed to have improved as well.
The fake expression, coupled with the appropriate fake emotions, is simply seamless...
Occlumency can bring such an increase to acting skills.
No wonder Professor Snape in the future was able to be a spy under Tom's nose, and his identity was not revealed until the day he sacrificed.
Theo, who hadn't eaten much all day, was indeed hungry.
After gobbling up dinner, he told Professor Hicks again that he felt tired and wanted to rest.
Tom looked at Theo with the same eyes as if he were looking at a pig.
Who sleeps for so long every day?
This guy has suddenly become so lazy. Isn't he afraid that his strength will surpass him and he will be retaliated by himself?
However, what Tom didn't know was that Theo was lying when he said he was sleepy last night, but he was telling the truth when he said he was sleepy now.
In order to learn Occlumency, he spent a lot of energy and really needed a good rest.
Closing the door again, Theo sat on the bed and opened the system store.
He didn't have time to look at it last night. If he doesn't look at it now, if there are any good things, it will be refreshed at dawn and it won't be good.
[Item 1: Felix Felicis 10ml (unlocked) 500 merit points]
[Item 2: Unicorn hair (unlocked) 5 merit points]
[Refresh countdown: 5 hours 21 minutes 55 seconds]
[Merit points: 100 points]
[Dark Lord achievement: not achieved]
Theo saw the bottle of Felix Felicis at a glance.
This is a good thing!
After taking it, it can increase a person's luck! Moreover, the difficulty of brewing is also very high.
Even a potions master can guarantee the success rate. From the beginning of production to the finished product, it will take at least about half a year!
Theo really wanted to buy Felix Felicis. It would be good whether he used it himself or sold it.
But now he doesn't have enough merit points, so Theo had to lock Felix Felicis first.
As for the other item, unicorn hair, Theo did not waste merit points.
After closing the system store page, Theo gradually felt a strong sense of drowsiness.
The side effects of the energy potion, coupled with excessive energy consumption, Theo couldn't hold on anymore, and soon fell asleep.
...
This sleep was very uneasy. In a daze, Theo seemed to feel that he had come to a very strange place.
The place was white, like being shrouded in thick fog.
In the thick fog, there was a black shadow that could not be seen clearly waving to him. The black shadow's lips were moving, as if he was telling him something urgently.
Unable to hear the black shadow's words, Theo couldn't help but feel anxious, moving his legs, which had become very heavy for some reason, and staggered forward.
Suddenly, Theo accidentally tripped over something, and everything around him began to collapse and disappear, and the black shadow also gradually disappeared...
Theo wanted to open his mouth to ask him who he was, but was surprised to find that he couldn't open his mouth!
Just then, he suddenly heard someone calling him from behind.
Just as he turned his head to see who was calling him, everything in front of him suddenly disappeared.
Toby's terrified expression suddenly appeared in front of him...
"...Master Theo! Wake up! Master Theo has to leave! Toby has to take Master Theo and Master Tom away! Someone... someone is attacking us!"
Theo suddenly woke up, and at the same time, the noisy sounds outside the house also came in!
There were crackling spells, as well as various shouts and slogans...
One of them, Theo found particularly familiar——"For the greater good!"
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