The Real Hogwarts Chapter 85 Eye Disease Curse
"how did you do it!"
In the face of John's levitation spell, the experienced Aberforth and Neville, who was only in the first year, asked this question in an incredible way.
Jon told the truth.
"I researched the variations of the spell myself, but this way of casting was taught to me by my teacher."
After hearing what he said, Aberforth tactfully stopped asking any more questions. Even though the mainstream of the wizarding world now is open teaching in the academy, there are still some wizards who have unique ways of passing down the magic they invented and do not announce it to the public.
"Okay, I was wrong just now. There is nothing wrong with you focusing on the levitation spell in your first year. This spell will be of great help to you and what we are going to do next."
Although he said so, Aberforth's expression remained solemn.
"Having the ability to fly can make you more agile, which can help you better protect the rooster, but how to keep the basilisk is also a problem that needs to be solved. There are actually quite a few spells that can do this, and I can teach you, but it's less than two months before Christmas. How much you can learn during this period and to what extent it depends on you."
Jon stared at Aberforth, then blinked and said as an idea suddenly occurred to him.
"Why can't we go to Hogwarts Castle together? Just take that secret passage and put on this invisibility cloak. With the rooster and you, we can definitely kill the basilisk easily and find what Professor Dumbledore wants in the headmaster's office!"
Aberforth rejected John's proposal without any hesitation.
"Albus should have told you that he had previously arranged for people from the Order of the Phoenix to disguise themselves as students and try to sneak into the castle, but they were eventually discovered."
His words brought back Jon's memories. When Dumbledore sent him to Diagon Alley, he did tell him that there was a man named "Dedalus Diggle" who had done this kind of spy work before him, but he was discovered by an age detection spell before he even entered Hogwarts Castle and was unfortunately arrested and thrown into Azkaban.
"The Dark Lord has done a very good job of protecting the castle. There are age detection spells everywhere in the castle. Except for the faculty and staff, any adult wizard who enters the castle will be discovered immediately." Aberforth said in a deep voice, "This is the best protection measure. As long as adult wizards are excluded, the Dark Lord believes that even if Albus arranges for underage children to sneak into the school, it will not cause any big waves. What's more, he regards protecting the few remaining students on the carriage as the only meaning of his survival, so he will not do such a thing."
Jon smacked his lips. Originally, he had thought that if he could bring Aberforth in, things would be much simpler, but now it seemed that this method would not work.
"Then start learning spells from today." Jon's voice was calm, as if he had no sense of urgency about the short time left. "Today is November 1st, and the Christmas dinner will be held on December 25th. 55 days is enough time."
A smile appeared on Aberforth's bearded face.
"I like your confidence, so let's not waste time and start now..."
Just as he pulled out his wand and looked at the wand in John's hand, he suddenly froze.
Jon saw his strange reaction and couldn't help but ask in confusion.
"Any questions?"
Aberforth did not answer him, but slowly stretched out his hand and looked at Jon's wand with complicated eyes.
"Can you show it to me?"
Jon did not refuse and handed the chestnut wand directly to Aberforth.
Aberforth seemed to be extremely familiar with this wand. He stroked the ancient and worn shaft with his rough hands, and there was a complex look in his eyes with emotions that Jon could not read.
"When I was young, I tried countless times to steal it from Albus and break it, but I failed. He protected it very well and didn't allow anyone to touch it. I didn't expect it to fall into your hands now... Did Albus give it to you?"
When John first got the wand, he noticed that there was something wrong with the way Dumbledore looked at it. Now it was obvious that Aberforth also knew the owner of this wand.
"When I was choosing a wand, I thought this wand was suitable for me, then I got it, and Professor Dumbledore agreed to give it to me." He said truthfully.
Aberforth looked at Jon again, and this time he looked him up and down carefully, as if he wanted to see through Jon's skin and study whether he was another person.
"I never thought he would actually give this wand away. I thought he would treasure it for the rest of his life."
Hearing Aberforth's sigh, Jon asked in confusion.
"So who was the original owner of this wand?"
"I don't want to mention this name, but no matter who used it before, it's yours now." Aberforth returned the wand to Jon. "Talking about this will not help the current situation. Let's continue with the topic just now."
He really didn't seem to want to say anything more about the origins of the wand, and when he mentioned that he had wanted to steal it from Dumbledore and break it many times, it was obvious that he and the wand's original owner were not on good terms.
Jon was indeed curious about the identity of the original owner of the wand in his hand, and Aberforth's reaction also gave him some guesses, but as he said, worrying about this matter now would not help with the current problem at all. No matter what the identity of the person who used the wand before him was, there was nothing special about the wand itself.
"There are actually many spells that can affect basilisks. The most powerful part of this creature is its eyes , so the eye disease spell has always been the nemesis of basilisks."
"Can this spell directly destroy the basilisk's eyes?"
"The basilisk's eyes have extremely powerful magic. They won't be destroyed by such a simple spell, but you can use it to have some effect on the basilisk's eyes. This will make it subconsciously close its eyes, so that you won't be killed directly when you accidentally look into its eyes. Of course, if you are lucky enough and the spell hits any of its eyeballs directly, it can also cause great damage to that eye and make it temporarily blind."
