The Real Hogwarts Chapter 71: Gesture Casting
The classrooms where the Mudbloods attend classes are naturally separate from those of other students.
However, the location is finally no longer in the basement, but in a remote area that has been separately planned on the first floor of the castle. Usually, there are basically no people coming here, and it is just their own classroom.
No one dared to be late for the first class, so Jon and his classmates were already waiting in the classroom twenty minutes in advance.
They don't even have a class schedule, and there is only one place for classes. The class leader is responsible for notifying the students of the class times in the first week, and the rest of the semester will follow this weekly schedule.
Three minutes before the class started, a dark-skinned adult witch walked in .
This is the professor who usually teaches them spellcasting classes—Aurora Sinistra .
Jon was somewhat familiar with this name. She should be a professor who appeared in Hogwarts in the original book, but there was very little description about her, so Jon did not have a deep impression of her.
It is not surprising that she can still continue to teach in Hogwarts Castle Not everyone can be so dedicated as to sacrifice their own life for a group of people who have little to do with them.
Compromise is actually the most common choice people make.
"It seems that you have completed the spellcasting requirements I assigned to you before the holiday." After entering the classroom, she first glanced at the status of all the students present, and then said in a tone that was not too harsh or harsh, "Don't forget what I told you. If you feel unwell or depressed, just cast spells more often. That will make you feel better."
When she said this, her voice paused for a moment, and then she sighed softly.
"No matter what kind of environment you live in, no matter how hard or tiring it is, at least being able to continue living is much better than dying silently, isn't it?"
"Last semester, we spent a whole school year learning how to use hand gestures to control the magic in our bodies. Your progress has basically reached the standard where you can barely try to learn real magic, so starting from this semester, I will teach you the first spell - the Cleansing Spell. Mastering this will also make your future work easier."
The spellcasting she mentioned was not actually the use of magic in the true sense.
According to the information Dumbledore provided to John, Voldemort arranged spellcasting classes for the Mudbloods to prevent them from being overly bullied. In addition, he did not give them wands so that they could not learn normal magic, which resulted in the magic power in their bodies being suppressed and accumulated, eventually turning them into powerful dark magic creatures like the Obscurus.
In this class, the professor will teach them how to use hand gestures, a method of casting spells that has long been eliminated in Europe, to guide and release the magic in their bodies.
Not all ancient things are powerful. For example, the way of learning magic such as casting spells with hand gestures has been eliminated for thousands of years. Except for some African tribal wizards who still have similar customs, basically no one in the world will take the initiative to learn this method of casting spells.
Because compared to wands, gesture casting is not only difficult to learn, but the magic used is also much weaker, and the pronunciation of the spells is quite different from the current complete and mature wand casting system in the magic world. Only a small number of spells are still circulated in this era.
But if the Mudbloods were allowed to learn this way of interpreting the law, the above disadvantages would become advantages.
It can release the magic power accumulated in the bodies of these enslaved Mudbloods without the need for a wand, and there is no need to worry about students among them being too talented and difficult to control in the future. The effects of spells cast by hand gestures are generally much worse than those cast by wands.
This perfectly fits Voldemort's need to oppress the Mudbloods.
The original purpose of building Hogwarts Castle was to provide a place to learn magic and channel magic power for children who were oppressed in the witch hunts in the Middle Ages and dared not show their magical talents. Even now, this fundamental purpose has not changed, but the motivation for this purpose has undergone an ironic change.
What Sinistra taught the first-year students last semester was a simple spellcasting gesture. This was not some specific magic, but was created to guide the magic power in the wizard's body into reality. As for what changes would be made to the surroundings after it was guided out, it was completely random.
Sometimes a pool of water would appear out of nowhere, sometimes a piece of grass or fruit of some plant would appear in their hands, and sometimes it would just make their bodies cleaner.
"…According to what I taught you last semester, every movement of the hand gestures must be performed accurately. The mantra for the cleansing spell is 'spotless'. When chanting the spell, your left hand should be waved upwards, but not too far, just like I am demonstrating now. Your right hand should not move at all at the beginning, but after waving your left hand, it should be slightly extended forward, and not too far, but these two movements should be completed quickly, just like I did."
Sinistra faced the blackboard with the spell of the Cleansing Spell written on it and demonstrated the entire casting process to them.
"Spotless."
After she finished chanting the spell, all the traces of chalk on the blackboard disappeared instantly, and the entire blackboard became clean and tidy.
The students in the audience all widened their eyes. Although they had been in this castle for a year, this was actually the first time for them to come into contact with specific spells in a real sense.
There is no wand, and the first spell learned is just the cleaning spell, but every student here is passionate about learning this kind of magic.
No matter how enslaved and oppressed they are, no one can deprive them of their identity as wizards. As long as they are wizards, no matter what bloodline they are defined as, they are qualified to learn magic.
Jon was only about two seats away from Hermione. He could see that the girl was listening to Sinistra's explanation very seriously and trying to make gestures with her hands.
After confirming that the girl was Hermione, Jon had no intention of contacting her directly.
Even if she was the undisputed heroine in the original book, it would not help John in any way in coming to the castle, not to mention that he had just entered Hogwarts Castle, and the identity he borrowed in the previous year obviously did not allow him to have a deep friendship with Hermione. It was a bit too abrupt for him to approach her rashly.
