"Dangerous?" Ron only seemed to react now. As if he had thought of something, his tone carried a hint of probing. "Vizet, does that mean Manifestitch Timoris counts as Dark Magic too?"
"All I can say is that this magic is very old..." Vizet explained. "So old that 'Dark Magic' hadn't yet been separated out as its own category."
"If we look at it according to how 'Dark Magic' is defined nowadays, I think Manifestitch Timoris... does indeed possess certain traits of Dark Magic."
"Certain traits?" Ron swallowed unconsciously. "If I learn Manifestitch Timoris... will I turn into a madman later too?"
Vizet blinked, thinking about how best to explain it. He looked at Harry and Hermione, whose expressions had also grown tense, and thought of a suitable comparison.
"Harry, ever since you mastered the Patronus Charm and could summon a Corporeal Patronus, have you felt anything different?"
"Especially when facing certain difficulties, perhaps the feeling becomes even stronger. Those are the... benefits that the Patronus Charm brings you."
"When facing difficulties?" Harry scratched his head and carefully considered Vizet's question.
"I don't know if this counts..." He thought back to what had happened at the end of last school year, then told them about how their group had reunited with Sirius Black and then been besieged by Dementors.
After listening to Harry's account, Vizet picked up the thread. "Harry, can I understand it this way? When you cast the Patronus Charm, you could feel those wonderful things constantly welling up?"
Harry nodded repeatedly. "Yes! That was exactly how I felt at the time!"
"Manifestitch Timoris has a similar effect," Vizet said. "But what the caster feels... is fear constantly surging up from the soul, or from the depths of the heart."
"Do you remember the Hippogriff from last school