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"Today is the last day of vacation, but I don't seem to see Potter, and no one in the whole school has seen him..."
In the foyer, Snape said expressionlessly: "I'm very doubtful now whether you are teaching him to learn Occlumency or sending him out of school.
"I hope it's not the latter, otherwise you can find a way to explain it to the principal."
Harry?
Kyle hesitated for a moment, suddenly slapped his thigh, left a word, turned around and ran upstairs.
"It's bad, why didn't you tell me earlier!"
Snape looked at Kyle's back, his expression getting darker and darker, as if he might curse at any moment.
But Kyle couldn't care about this at this time. No wonder he had just arrived. Hermione and Ron had been looking for something in the auditorium, and they were looking for Harry with them!
Kyle ran all the way and soon reached the eighth floor.
When he opened the door of the Room of Requirement, he happened to see a splash of water on the lake not far away.
Then, Harry, who was soaked all over, staggered to the shore and skillfully used magic to dry his clothes.
I don't know how well Harry learned Occlumency, but he was quite proficient in the Warming Wind Charm. Kyle didn't even hear the sound of the spell.
A few minutes later, Harry fell into the lake again... Still doing the same thing as before, he came to the shore and dried his clothes.
And Fox was standing on a big tree nearby, eating the pods of the pimple vine one by one, glancing casually from time to time.
When it looked up again, it saw Kyle, then spread its wings and flew over.
The movement here naturally aroused Harry's idea. He turned his head without any change in his expression, and just murmured to himself: "Strange, how come I saw Kyle, and there is a phoenix this time, there must be another one." It's a dream.
"That's not right. The blow just now hurt a lot. Could it be that I was knocked unconscious?"
It wasn't until the leopard cat jumped to Kyle's side three or two times that Harry realized that this time Kyle was really here.
Harry was so excited that he almost cried and ran over.
"It's over, isn't it? The teaching is over, isn't it..." He looked at Kyle hopefully and said quickly: "I promise I have learned Occlumency, really!"
Kyle did not doubt his statement;
Although he only watched for a while, he noticed that the cat and leopard hesitated several times before taking action, which meant that it did not fully see clearly.
Cat Leopard also confirmed this statement.
It growled.
"You can still see it, but it's blurry, right?" Kyle asked.
Cat Leopard nodded and glanced at Harry with some disgust.
It's not just Harry, it's also very tiring these days. He has to hit people, but he also has to be careful not to really hurt him. This is a technical job that tests your patience.
So strictly speaking, Cat Leopard actually wanted to end this teaching session more than Harry.
"Thank you for your hard work, Nadali." Kyle opened the box, "I prepared warthog legs and dragon blood steak for you, go and eat."
Cat Leopard jumped in without saying a word...Fox followed it and flew into the box. Kyle would definitely have to leave the Room of Requirement next, and he didn't want to appear in front of other students.
"Kyle... is that a phoenix?" Harry rubbed his eyes and asked uncertainly.
"Well, Fox, you should have seen it in the principal's office." Kyle put away the box and said, "It can be regarded as your overseer, or your therapist at critical moments.
"Okay, let's go out. If you still want to stay here, you can..."
Before Kyle could finish his words, Harry ran towards the door.
He's crazy to want to stay here.
Harry couldn't tell how many times he had been beaten. He only knew that he was being beaten every day, and the water he splashed could fill a new lake.
Compared with what he experienced these days, the ten years he lived with the Dursleys could be said to be warm... At least his aunt and uncle wouldn't whip him with a stick every few minutes, but Cat Leopard would, and It was extremely painful.
Its tail was like an iron rod, lashing out and making a mark, but it didn't hurt any bones, it just hurt, so Harry couldn't even find an excuse to give up.
For a while, Harry even thought it would be good to learn Occlumency from Snape.
"I've been getting beat up pretty much all day!"
On the way back to the auditorium, Harry couldn't help complaining to Kyle: "Even sometimes when I sleep, my bed is overturned inexplicably."
"Then you must have overslept." Kyle said, "Cat Leopard will only enter that room during training time."
"Even so..." Harry curled his lips, "But I always need some rest time, but you threw me into the Room of Requirement and never went there again!"
"This is also a teaching need." Kyle explained: "Practicing Occlumency requires putting aside unnecessary emotions. Although long-term continuous training is very hard, it also prevents you from being disturbed by other things and keeps your brain in a state of mind. A state of complete relaxation.
"Actually, I was just like you. I lived and ate with Cat Leopard. I started getting beaten almost every day when I opened my eyes."
Hearing that Kyle was like this, Harry felt a little better, and now that he thought about it, he had really lived a fulfilling life during this period.
It seems that those troublesome things like Voldemort, Order of the Phoenix, Umbridge, etc. have not appeared in his mind for a long time. Even the quality of his sleep has improved a lot. He can almost fall asleep by touching the pillow without making any mess. It’s a dream, it’s dawn when you open your eyes.
"By the way Kyle, how long did it take you to learn Occlumency?" Harry asked curiously.
"I forgot..." Kyle thought for a while, "It should be about a week or so. Cat Leopard can't read my thoughts at all. What's wrong?"
"Nothing." Harry shook his head, feeling a little happy in his heart.
It took him a week to learn Occlumency, and it took Kyle a week. Doesn't this mean that his talent for this spell is the same as Kyle's?
As a recognized good student at Hogwarts, no one would question Kyle's talent in magic.
Harry never thought that he had the same talent as Kyle. It was like when he found out after the exam that his scores were on par with Hermione... he was very excited.
Thinking of this, Harry didn't seem so angry anymore, and said half-jokingly: "I count the time every day. I thought today was the last day of the holiday, and you would definitely come to pick me up, but I didn't expect you to wait until now." Come on, I thought you had forgotten about this."
"Haha... How is that possible?" Kyle laughed dryly. "Even if Umbridge returned to school early, didn't you sign the list of those staying at school? It would be bad if she saw you."
"Umbridge is back?" Hearing the name again, most of Harry's good mood disappeared.
"You're right. If she found out that I returned to school early, she would definitely jump up with excitement. Fortunately, you didn't come to pick me up in the morning... Compared to being questioned by Umbridge, I would rather be used by Cat and Leopard. Tail twitching.”
"Ah...it's nothing, it's all what I should do." Kyle said, "Let's go faster, the party should start soon."
"Banquet?" Harry's eyes lit up.
Although the house elves delivered food on time every day these days, under the endless torture of the cat and leopard, Harry was not in the mood to taste the food, just to fill his stomach.
Now that it was finally over, and he had caught up with such a happy event as the banquet, he subconsciously speeded up his pace.
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When the two returned to the auditorium, it was already full of people. Harry subconsciously looked in the direction of the teacher's chair, where Snape was sitting.
Inexplicably, he felt that Snape's eyes were a little strange, as if they were different from usual.
But Harry didn't pay that much attention. He just glanced at it and turned around in a hurry, heading towards the Gryffindor table.
Snape was stunned for a moment, his expression a little surprised. He didn't expect that Harry actually learned Occlumency. Although it only changed from a sieve to a fine gauze, it was enough to resist those messy mental intrusions.
And to achieve this level in one week, the progress is not small.
But the more this happened, the more uncomfortable Snape felt. He taught Harry for so many days, but made no progress at all.
But after changing to Kyle, he took off immediately. Doesn't this mean that he is inferior to Kyle?
As a real professor, he actually lost to a sixth-year student in teaching. Snape couldn't accept it for a while.
Just as he was thinking about it, Snape suddenly noticed that Dumbledore next to him glanced at him and showed an affirmative expression.
Apparently, he also noticed the change in Harry and attributed this change to himself.
This made Snape feel even more uncomfortable... He didn't want to take advantage of Kyle, but he couldn't explain it in front of other professors, especially Umbridge, so he could only keep sulking in his heart.
On the other side, as soon as Harry sat down at the Gryffindor table, Hermione and Ron gathered around him.
"where have you been?"
"We have been looking for you for more than half an hour, but everyone who was detained at the school said they haven't seen you in the past few days."
"I've been living in the Room of Requirement," Harry said in a low voice, "you know, to learn Occlumency."
"How's it going?" Ron asked.
"Hmm... not bad." Harry said, "I feel like I've learned it."
"Have you learned it?" Hermione looked at Harry in disbelief and subconsciously shouted: "So fast!"
"Quickly? Harry has wasted his entire vacation. Isn't it normal to learn a spell?" Ron said without knowing why, "What do you mean, is Occlumency difficult?"
"It's very difficult!" Hermione nodded solemnly, "Or much more difficult than any spell we have come across before, including the Segmented Transfiguration and the Patronus Charm."
In fact, after Harry returned to Hogwarts, Hermione also tried to learn Occlumency. She read many related books, such as "Add a Door to the Brain", "Control Your Thoughts", and "Memory and Thought" , she read all three books recommended by Mr. Weasley, and consulted Bill and Tonks for several days.
But how can I put it, until she went to the station this morning, she had not learned this technique.
Bill said that she had improved a lot from two weeks ago, but Hermione could tell that the other person was just comforting herself.
Hermione originally thought that Harry was similar, but she never expected that he had already learned it... This made Hermione feel a sense of frustration.
"How did you learn it?" She asked eagerly: "What method did you use? Can you tell me?"
Hearing Hermione's question, Harry thought of the six-legged cat leopard and its swishing and whirring tail, and subconsciously shuddered.
"Trust me Hermione, don't ask, you won't like it."
After hearing what Harry said, Hermione was not convinced. Said: "As long as I can learn this technique, I can persevere no matter how difficult it is."
Hermione is qualified to say this. She has always been very perseverant in matters related to study. For example, in the third grade, she studied all twelve subjects... Even in Hogwarts, she could There are only a handful of students who have achieved this.
"It's not difficult..." said Harry.
Seeing Hermione's disbelief, he hesitated for a moment, then pulled back his sleeves and exposed his arms, "See for yourself."
Harry's arms were covered in bruises and bruises, as if someone had spilled paint on him.
"Oh, Merlin's beard!"
"My God!"
Seeing this, Hermione and Ron exclaimed almost simultaneously, instantly attracting the attention of the people around them.
Harry quickly put down his sleeves and pretended to be nonchalant.
"Did Snape do it?"
But Hermione ignored this and said angrily: "It's too much. How could he hit you? This is against school rules... No, it's against wizarding laws. I must tell the principal!"