Lucien, Is Your Inner Emotional World So Rich?

Following the directions given by Dumbledore, Lucien arrived at an empty, unused classroom on time.

As soon as I entered, I saw a familiar figure in a black robe waving a wand.

Spells shot out from the tip of the staff, landing precisely on every part of the room—door frames, windows, walls, and floor.

The spells vanished quickly after striking their targets, leaving only a fleeting glimmer in the air.

Lucien glanced at it a few times and thought it looked like a magical barrier was being set up.

To prevent his Patronus Charm from being leaked again?

The tutor Dumbledore mentioned was actually Snape.

Lucien's first thought was Lupin —after all, the image of him was so deeply associated with the Patronus Charm.

But thinking about it, it makes sense; Snape was quite skilled with the Patronus Charm.

The Patronus Charm represents the power and belief of justice. Normally, the Death Eaters, these corrupt people, cannot summon the Patronus; in fact, forcibly using it will result in a backlash.

Snape is the only Death Eaters with Patronus.

Upon noticing Lucien's arrival, Snape didn't even turn his head, continuing to cast the last few spells.

The tip of his staff shimmered with magical light, sealing off the last corner of the room.

Then he turned around, glanced at Lucien, and without exchanging pleasantries, began his lecture.

"The Patronus Charm, one of the oldest and most powerful defensive spells, can withstand..." Snape's voice was calm, "... it requires concentration to cast, recalling your happiest memories..."

He gave a brief explanation, then changed the subject. "How did you cast the spell? Tell me in more detail."

After listening to Lucien's story, Snape also fell into deep thought.

Generally speaking, the power of a spell is related to factors such as magical power, the degree of concentration, and belief.

The Patronus Charm has an additional variable—the degree of happiness in the memory and the clarity of that memory; the deeper the better.

However, this kind of magic can be "led by the nose"...

As Snape pondered this, he suddenly gave Lucien a strange look.

This kid seems quite composed, but he actually has a lot of emotions inside?

So, just how many happy memories did you recall?

Snape asked directly, without any regard for respecting privacy.

Lucien thought for a moment, "It's about recalling the first time I picked up a wand to cast a spell. A simple Summoning Charm."

Snape was speechless. It was just a little magic trick, was it really that fun?

Lucien: "I'm Muggle-born, so this is my first time officially experiencing magic, and it's really exciting."

Besides the fact that he had lived in the scientific world for many years in his previous life, and now he was personally performing amazing magic, the pure joy he felt truly came from the bottom of his heart.

It was at that moment that he realized that in this world, knowledge truly equals power.

No additional conversion or medium is needed; the knowledge and skills learned can be directly equated with extraordinary power.

Lucien's simple yet sincere words silenced Snape, who could understand them to some extent.

Snape understood the significance of magic for gifted individuals.

The feeling of being responded to by magic was wonderful—life was full of terrible things, but magic was the only thing that favored him.

But as he grew older and experienced more, Snape had long forgotten the joy that came from simply unleashing magic.

Snape looked at Lucien and thought to himself, "Sometimes he really is just a child."

"The special thing about the Patronus Charm is," Snape pulled himself back to his senses and continued explaining, "That it draws magic with genuine, profound 'joy,' where emotion is even more important than the skill of manipulating magic..."

He paused, then gave an extreme example:

"There's a similar but opposite example— the Killing Curse, the Avada Kedavra. It requires pure and intense killing intent to unleash its full potential. An ordinary beginner or a novice wizard with weak magic can at most make someone bleed from the nose when casting the Killing Curse."

"So your problem is..." Snape tapped his fingers lightly on the table twice, then withdrew his hand to support his forehead, unable to give an answer for a long time.

He rubbed his temples, feeling a bit of a headache.

Could it really be that he was just overwhelmed with emotion?