The "Non-Being" Boggart
Wizet controlled the Devil's Snare, which continued to spread towards the locker doors.
One of the vines wrapped around the cabinet door handle, pulling it open slightly. The remaining vines spread to the edge of the open cabinet door, without choosing to go directly inside.
The purpose of this was to ensure that the previous experimental conclusions were correct, namely that the Boggart would not change its form to frighten people in response to the appearance of various plants.
After some time, apart from the occasional shaking, the locker made no further noise.
Under normal circumstances, Boggart should have squeezed out of the cabinet at this point and transformed into an image that would be enough to "frighten" Wizet.
Boggart remained silent, only occasionally making noise, which indirectly proved that while Wizet focused on the Devil's Snare, Boggart simply treated it as a Devil's Snare.
Having realized this, he drove the Devil's Snare to continue spreading inward;
Lupin probably only cleaned the abandoned classroom and wiped away all the dust, but did not clean the inside of the lockers.
As a result, the inside of the locker was full of dust, and Wizet felt that it was drier inside than outside. Wizet needed to concentrate more to get used to the discomfort caused by the dryness.
He could sense that the Devil's Snare had taken over the interior of the locker, not just one compartment, but along the corners and gaps, occupying the entire locker.
What Wizet could clearly perceive was the dust covering the entire locker, beneath which lay various scraps of cloth, tattered textbooks, and some dried herbal materials.
As he closed the locker door, he came to his senses. The Devil's Snare had returned to its original form as a hand, and "Ancient Magic: Improved Extinguishing Charm" had disappeared.
As the Black Bubble disappeared, Boggart became active again, slamming the locker against the wall with a "bang," as if expecting him to take a few steps forward.
Seeing the locker become active, Wizet frowned slightly. "Boggart is still inside... but I can't seem to sense him..."
"Or should I put it this way, is the inability to fully perceive it because I'm not used to 'seeing' it from the perspective of the Devil's Snare, or is it for some other reason?"
"In that case, I should get closer...so that Boggart can sense me and begin to change form, while I use the Devil's Snare to sense it."
Having made up her mind, Wizet took action again, simultaneously casting Ancient Magic: Improved Extinguishing Charm and Ancient Magic: Self-Shaping (Devil's Snare Form) and disappearing back into the locker.
He didn't completely occupy all the space in the locker; he simply separated a few vines and assigned two vines to each small space to perceive and observe Boggart.
Wizet strode to the locker, then focused her attention on observing Boggart through the Devil's Snare.
To his surprise, the dust covering the lockers floated up and gathered near the locker door.
The dust swirled rapidly around a center, transforming into a candidate brewing Potions, which emerged from the cabinet door.
The examinee drank the Potions, shuddered, and muttered something.
"I'm taking my Final Exams, what am I planning to do? It's Forgetfulness Potion... How come I've already brewed it? Is it really ready? Maybe I should try it..."
"From nothing to something..." Looking at Boggart, who had become "the examinee who drank the Forgetfulness Potion", a smile appeared on Wizet's lips.
"More interesting than I imagined... Could the Boggart actually be... a spirit? But why does it have so little memory and seem to lack emotions?"
"Perhaps these ' Non-Being ' souls are vastly different from us? They seem to only require a certain emotion? Or rather... a certain type of emotion?"
Wizet thought of Dementor, Dementor seem to crave a certain type of emotion, whether it be happiness or other positive emotions, they would become the targets of Dementor.
In fact, the Patronus Charm is also formed from positive emotions, but Dementor regard the Patronus Charm as their natural enemy.
Lupin recommended some relevant books to him, some of which mentioned related research findings, that is, Dementor cannot bear overly solidified positive emotions.
Boggart have a relatively simple emotional need: a craving for fear. This is what drives them to hide in dark corners and make noise in an attempt to scare people.
By observing the Boggart and combining this with their classification name "Non-Being," everything seems to change.
According to Wizet's current understanding of the soul, the soul should have no physical form, be contained within the body, yet vaguely transcend the body;
The reason it is described as "subtle overriding" is because damage to the soul will be reflected in the body, resulting in injuries that are difficult to repair with Potions.
If we consider the "Non-Being" of the Boggart classification from the perspective of "the soul being formless," we can make some interesting speculations.
Boggart are essentially closer to the soul than to a purely material being;
That's why we use "Non-Being" to describe it, because its essence is not matter, so it's difficult to say that it truly exists.
As a being similar to a "soul", the Boggart possesses the ability to sense or read the fear in the hearts of others.
Because it is a being similar to a "soul," the Boggart's perceptions are interactions at the soul level, which is why it can feel fear.
However, this perception was not particularly sophisticated, otherwise it would not have been deciphered by the Soul Maze or the "Riddikulus" with its powerful will, causing Boggart to make the wrong Transfiguration.
The existence of Boggart, which is similar to a "soul," can also be corroborated by the swirling dust.
Because Boggart is similar to a "soul," it needs to create a "body" through external things to complete its Transfiguration, and then achieve its goal by "influencing the body with its soul."
When Boggart is not engaging in "soul interaction," it does not require a specific form because it exists in a manner similar to a "soul."
This is precisely why, when Wizet was far from the lockers and tried to sense Boggart through the Devil's Snare, he felt it was "almost there and then not there."
Wizet wrote rapidly in her notebook, listing her thoughts and feelings, then reorganizing them to form a series of clearer conclusions.
The Boggart is called "Non-Being" because it resembles a soul and can perceive human fear through "soul interaction."
[Having sensed this fear, the Boggart uses the method of "soul influencing the body" to change into a corresponding form based on the human's fear.]
Wizet wrote down her conclusions, but this also raised a new question—
If Boggart is a "soul," why does it have no memory, and even when transforming into the same person, it needs to re-acquire the other person's "fear" through "soul interaction"?