The Real Hogwarts Chapter 100 Breaking the Curse
Of course, it is not easy to contact Dumbledore.
The Ministry of Magic has strict control over all means of communication in the wizarding world. Even if one wants to adopt an owl, one needs to register with the Department of Magical Communications. The Auror Command has the right to shoot down any owl that has not been registered.
It would take time for Aberforth to contact Dumbledore, and Jon was not in a hurry. After all, they had not yet obtained the set mission objectives, and they still had to find a way to deal with the three paintings in the tower.
"The means used to create a magic portrait are not sophisticated, but the process is very complicated, especially because it requires adding some emotions of the portrait itself. However, if you want to destroy a portrait, you can actually use a universal breaking spell."
"The curse stops immediately?"
Aberforth nodded.
"Yes, although the universal breaking spell cannot completely erase the magic on the portrait, it can turn the portrait into an ordinary portrait for a period of time. The length of time depends on your mastery of the breaking spell. But the problem is that the ordinary breaking spell can only work on one target at a time, which means that after you rush into that room, you can only make one painting ineffective."
Jon frowned and asked further.
"So what should I do?"
Aberforth shook his head.
"If there was only one painting, this would actually be a pretty easy thing to do, but now there are three and I don't know what to do next."
Jon thought about it, then suddenly looked up and asked.
"Can we go teach others to learn this spell?"
Although he didn't finish his words, Aberforth understood the meaning.
"You want me to find a way to get two wands, let you bring them into the castle, and have you teach the little girl who has discovered your identity and another person how to break the spell, and have the three of you use spells on different portraits at the same time?"
Jon nodded.
"The Universal Curse-Removing Spell is not a very difficult spell to learn. As long as we can find a way to get two wands, you can teach me and I will teach them. It shouldn't take more than two or three months."
This indeed seemed to be a perfect solution, but Aberforth poured cold water on it.
"This idea is indeed feasible, but you still cannot avoid the enrollment contract on those Muggle students." Aberforth explained to him, "The contract not only restricts their space for movement, but also prevents them from ever being able to hold a wand during the execution of the contract. The Dark Lord thought of this from the beginning and wanted to prevent these children from ever being able to touch a wand and cast spells."
Jon still asked with some hopelessness.
"What would happen if they got hold of the wand?"
Aberforth answered him sternly.
"Three years ago, an adult Mudblood wizard could not bear the oppression and tried to steal the wand of a half-blood wizard and escape from Britain. He received normal magic education before the Dark Lord took control of Hogwarts, so he knew how to cast spells with a wand. But after the Dark Lord completely controlled magic, he was forced to sign a slave clause similar to the current enrollment contract, giving up the right to use the wand for life. The moment he got the wand, his hand holding the wand was burned."
It's vicious, but also effective.
As long as the Mudbloods are unable to hold a wand for the rest of their lives, they won't be able to cause any trouble even if they want to resist. They may even be worse than the goblins whose wands have also been taken away. After all, they still have their own unique way of casting spells.
Jon's idea was rejected, and they couldn't think of any other more effective plan. They could only learn the universal wand-waving gestures and spell pronunciations for breaking spells from Aberforth, and then master the spell themselves before doing anything else.
It was already late at night, and Jon did not stay in Aberforth any longer. He returned to the castle at around three or four in the morning.
Although Christmas has passed, the Christmas holiday is still some time away.
The pure-blood and half-blood students have not returned to school yet, and the campus still seems empty. However, after the Christmas dinner, most of the professors have returned to school, including Snape and Barty Jr. They are all single teachers and have no family. If they have nothing to do outside, they basically stay in the castle.
In the day or two after Christmas , John was always alert to the reactions of Snape and the others. The Marauder's Map was always open, and whenever he had time, he would pay attention to see if anyone passed by the principal's office or had any intention of going in.
After all, Voldemort's ban on anyone entering his headmaster's office was just his guess. John needed to observe more whether Snape and Barty Jr., his two trusted subordinates, had the authority to enter and exit there.
And after Christmas, he began the punishment given to him by Dolokhov, cleaning the public toilets in the castle alone until the end of the holiday.
Having some alone time wasn't really a punishment for Jon at all, and he hoped Dolohov would give him more opportunities like this in the future.
As long as he kept looking at the Marauder's Map and paying attention to whether anyone was passing by the bathroom, Jon could use this time to practice spells. As for cleaning, casting cleaning spells with a wand was undoubtedly much faster and more convenient than casting spells with gestures. So after the punishment, his life became more comfortable and compact than before.
The only thing that makes people a little uncomfortable is that the smell in the bathroom is really not very pleasant.
After finishing today's work, they returned to the basement. There was not so much work to do during the holidays, so most of the other Mudblood students were able to have some free time. However, their freedom of movement was still restricted, and they could only stay underground and not go above ground.
When Jon came back, it was already time for dinner. Their meals these days were a little better than before. At least the bread was not so hard, and they could occasionally drink some flavorful pumpkin juice.
Even after revealing Jon's true identity, Hermione never acted too close to him. This girl was indeed very smart and knew what to do and what to restrain.
"This holiday is much better than last semester." Hanton sat next to Jon during the meal. He bit his bread and chatted quietly. "Mr. Dolohov has been very happy these days, and those professors who usually hate us have also gone home. During the Christmas holiday last year, Kruchi accidentally bumped into Professor Carlo when he was watering the flowers in the garden. He was almost tortured to death by that professor."
Jon listened absent-mindedly at first, as he was still thinking about how to deal with the three portraits. But after a while, he suddenly seemed to have thought of something and turned to stare at Hamton.
"You mean... Professor Carlo is not in the castle this holiday?"
