"You've been hit by Dark magic, and quite a powerful curse at that. The thoughts of an evil Dark wizard are influencing you."
"Look, Hermione doesn't even know the Vanishing Spell, yet you somehow vaguely do. Think about last night—don't you find that terrifying?"
"But Madam Pomfrey..."
"Don't interrupt. Right now, he can only influence you in simple ways, but soon, you won't be able to tell whether the thoughts that pop into your head are your own or that Dark wizard's. Harry, you wouldn't want to be replaced by someone else one day, would you?"
Harry sat on the edge of the bed, his face already ghostly pale and his eyes vacant.
No wonder he had tossed and turned restlessly since last night, unable to sleep all night!
He seemed to see a tiny version of himself trembling deep within his heart as an evil shadow stretched out enormous claws, seized him, and swallowed him whole. Then, that face with its blood-filled maw gradually turned into his own.
Harry shuddered violently and looked at Vaughn in despair, his pale lips trembling. "A-Am I going to die?"
"You won't die. There's magic that can save you."
Hope immediately rekindled in Harry's heart, but then he saw Vaughn's troubled expression.
His heart skipped a beat. "What is it?"
"Unfortunately, I can't perform it." Vaughn sighed. "They're two memory-related spells: Legilimency and Occlumency. Occlumency can save you, while Legilimency is used to assist in learning Occlumency."
Having received such terrible news so early in the morning, Harry was already terrified. He hurriedly asked, "Then... where can I learn them?"
Hermione, who had been listening with chills running all over her body, also looked at Vaughn expectantly.
Vaughn pretended to ponder with difficulty for a long while before finally saying, "Dumbledore knows both