Chapter 45: Nightmare Magic
Apparition actually includes three parts: "Apparate", "Disapparate", and "Side-Along Apparition".
However, people are used to collectively referring to these three parts as Apparition.
Among them, "Apparate" and "Disapparate" are used together.
"Apparate" refers to disappearing from a place, while "Disapparate" refers to appearing in a place.
The combination of these two parts is a complete Apparition.
"Side-Along Apparition" refers to a wizard who has mastered Apparition taking others to complete Apparition together.
Toby took Theo from Hogsmeade Village to the wizarding tower through Apparition, which was actually "Side-Along Apparition".
Under normal circumstances, as long as a wizard has learned Apparition, it is almost effortless to learn to take others with him.
"...the most important thing is to remember the three Ds, which are Destination, Determination, and Deliberation..."
"The first step is for Young Master Theo to concentrate and think about the appearance of the destination in his mind, the clearer the better."
"The second step is to let the desire to reach the destination flood every smallest part of the body!"
"The third step is to rotate in place and let yourself enter a state of nothingness. The action should be calm... the more confident and calm you are, the easier it is to succeed. The more hesitant you are, the more likely you are to fail..."
Toby really didn't lie. He was very knowledgeable about wizards' Apparition.
In a few words, he explained the main points of Apparition.
At this time, five meters in front of Theo, where the humanoid target was originally placed, there was now a circle with a diameter of one meter.
And that circle was Theo's current destination. He had to try to Apparate into the circle.
Theo held an old wand in his hand and looked at the circle in front of him.
Then he closed his eyes.
Thanks to his powerful memory, the appearance of the circle was clearly presented in his mind.
Then, according to the experience he had gained when practicing Occlumency, Theo expressed his strong desire to reach that place in his heart...
Finally, he left everything to magic itself, and then his body decisively rotated in place!
"Go!"
"Pop!"
When Theo opened his eyes, he had already appeared in the circle.
"Ah! Young Master Theo is a genius! He succeeded for the first time!" Toby shouted excitedly.
Theo was also a little incredulous. He had already prepared for the possibility of splitting.
But this first attempt was actually successful?
Was Apparition so simple?
"Toby, help me check to see if any parts are left in place."
Toby said happily, "Young Master Theo, Toby can see clearly that you didn't split, and you didn't leave a single hair behind! You succeeded! And you don't look like you're practicing Apparition for the first time at all!"
"Merlin is above! When Toby helped Master Sophick learn Apparition, Master Sophick practiced for more than a week and split five times before he learned it..."
Toby's voice suddenly stopped, and then he began to raise his fist to hammer his big head, "Oh! Toby deserves to die! Toby is a bad elf! He actually speaks ill of his master!"
Theo grabbed his arm and said seriously, "Toby, your master is me now. If you want to punish yourself, you can only do it for me! Please remember this!"
"Yes... yes!" Toby was almost frightened when he realized his mistake.
After a house-elf recognizes a new master, he has to cut off all ties with his former master. This is also why few house-elves change masters, because most elves cannot let go of their feelings for their former masters.
Toby's change of master was a system-caused "accident", but since he had changed masters, he had to abide by this rule!
In theory, he was the property of his current master!
That is to say, he had no right to punish himself for others, even if that person was his former master!
The only one who had the right to order him to punish himself was his current master!
"...Don't do it again! Okay, let's try Apparition again."
In order to prevent Toby from punishing himself again for his mistake, Theo issued another order.
"Yes!" Toby responded with his ears drooping.
"This time, let's try going to a farther place..."
...
Perhaps because Theo had thoroughly understood the principles of magic when studying Occlumency, coupled with his adult wizard's magic power.
Therefore, he learned Apparition surprisingly smoothly.
Before long, he was able to freely travel between the various floors of the wizarding tower.
Then, Theo became more and more courageous. He tore a piece of cloth to cover his face and then completed several Apparitions to Hogsmeade Village and Diagon Alley alone.
And there was not a single failure, which amazed Toby, who had been following him.
Finally, when he took Toby from London and Side-Along Apparated back to the wizarding tower, he had already practiced Apparition very skillfully.
He didn't expect that just studying Occlumency a little would help him practice other magic so much. This discovery made Theo very happy.
This was the so-called "one principle leads to a hundred uses"...
The hard work of that day and night was finally not in vain!
"Young Master Theo, congratulations on learning Apparition!" Toby shouted sharply, "But wizards need to pass the 'Apparition Test' of the 'Department of Magical Transportation' to use Apparition..."
"Well, I know." Theo responded casually.
Just like driving requires a driver's license, Apparition also requires an exam. Only after passing the exam and registering with the Ministry of Magic can you use Apparition at will.
However, Theo did not intend to take the exam now.
He intended to use Apparition as a hidden trump card.
You know, there are basically no wizards who can learn Apparition at such a young age.
If Theo went to take the exam like this at the age of eleven, it would definitely cause a sensation.
Then everyone would know that he could Apparate.
Then his trump card would be completely exposed.
An exposed trump card cannot play a surprising role at a critical moment!
...
Since the time spent practicing Apparition was not much, and it basically didn't consume much energy.
Therefore, after resting for a while, Theo prepared to continue the original plan.
When he came to the wizarding tower, he had actually picked out several dark magic to practice.
And among these dark magic, he was most interested in a dark magic called Nightmare Magic.
This was recorded on a manuscript collected on the fourth floor by a member of the Somnolent family, and the inventor was unknown.
After this magic hit the enemy, it could instantly pull the opponent into sleep and then manipulate the opponent's dream at will.
In Theo's opinion, this magic might be more effective than Veritaserum and forced Legilimency when interrogating people...
And if it was used to torture people, it was even more terrifying than the Cruciatus Curse!
After all, if you could control dreams, you could make any dream you want...
When the deepest fear in your heart appeared in your dream in an infinite loop... not many people could resist this kind of torture!
After practicing to a certain extent, you could even sneak into other people's dreams while they were sleeping normally, manipulate their dreams, and then quietly spy on secrets...
Of course, although this dark magic was extremely powerful, it was also very difficult to master.
This manuscript had been placed on the fourth floor for so long, and quite a few members of the Somnolent family had read it, but very few people had really learned this dark magic.
Because to learn this magic, you needed an extremely strong soul!
Theo had realized very early on that his soul strength seemed to be much stronger than ordinary people, so he planned to try to practice this magic.
Moreover, this magic could be very concealed when cast, and it could even use the Stupefy as a superficial disguise.
The current stage of Theo really needed such a secret and powerful trump card!
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