The Defence Against the Dark Arts examination overseen by Headmaster Albus Dumbledore was rather peculiar. What made it thought-provoking was that the other young wizards' Defence Against the Dark Arts exams were definitely not this psychological test.
This could be discerned from the idle chatter of the other young wizards as they left the classroom and whispered to their friends. Albus Dumbledore's Defence Against the Dark Arts examinations for the other students were, more or less, the usual tests of magical skills related to defending against Dark Magic.
It was the same for every year.
There were many examinees.
Only Ian's exam consisted of a psychological test. Ian guessed that Albus Dumbledore thought he practiced Dark Magic a little too frequently every day and was worried that Dark Magic might corrupt his mind, so he wanted to use this examination to learn about his mental state.
Ian was not surprised that Albus Dumbledore knew how many times he practiced magic each day. After all, Albus Dumbledore had demonstrated more than once that he possessed an almost prophetic ability at Hogwarts. Ian guessed it was probably related to the Headmaster's authority.
No matter what, the old Headmaster's concern was not without reason. If anyone else practiced Dark Magic so frequently, they would probably go as mad as the Noseless One within a few months.
Ian, however, was somewhat different.
"Dark Magic seems to have no corrupting effect on me at all." Ian did not know why. He had never felt even the slightest effect from magic's side effects.
Aurora's assessment was that Ian might already be so dark that there was no way for him to become any darker. Ian did not agree with this clearly mistaken view from the bottom of his heart. He believed he was a wizard with