Legilimency and Memory Weaving

While Redd was agonizing over how to explain the Gemini situation, Gemini himself was sitting by the window of Florean Fortescue's Ice Cream Parlour, happily eating chocolate ice cream.

In just one night, his personal savings had reached two hundred and ten thousand pounds. Gemini felt like he could fly.

While eating his ice cream, Gemini browsed the weapon shop, constantly searching for items he liked.

Several items caught his eye, but their prices were a bit too high.

One was the legacy of the Evil Little Mage, valued at five million pounds.

Although five million pounds wasn't a small sum, compared to its intrinsic value, five million pounds was truly nothing.

Think about the little mage's infinitely stacking Q skill and passive, and his ultimate that dealt more damage the higher his skill mattered. Five million pounds was really nothing.

After all, the real world wasn't just data on a computer; there were no cooldowns for using abilities.

Moreover, his opponents were ordinary people without equipment bonuses. Let alone taking an ultimate, even taking a Q would kill Voldemort!

Even if he had a Horcrux to escape death, it would take considerable effort to recover.

Of course, the real world also had its downsides. For example, basic attacks and tracking skills wouldn't relentlessly pursue targets like in a game; if they missed, they missed, and if they were dodged, they were dodged.

However, Gemini didn't have such high demands. What more could he ask for?

As for other items, there were some Gemini was interested in, such as the eye technique series.

Byakugan — forty thousand pounds.

Byakugan bloodline (can awaken Byakugan through training) — fifty thousand pounds.

One-Tomoe Sharingan (all Sharingan items can evolve on their own) — one hundred thousand pounds.

Two-Tomoe Sharingan — two hundred thousand pounds.

Three-Tomoe Sharingan — three hundred thousand pounds.

Mangekyo Sharingan — six hundred thousand pounds.

Eternal Mangekyo — two million pounds.

Rinnegan — five million pounds.

Rinnegan bloodline — one million pounds.

Honestly, Gemini craved every single one of them, but after much deliberation, he restrained his eager hands.

He didn't have Chakra yet, so even having eye techniques would be a waste. Furthermore, his current two hundred and ten thousand pounds wasn't a fortune. Gemini was clear-headed; this two hundred and ten thousand was his principal, and it was best not to use it carelessly if he could avoid it for now.

For him now, he could only look for the most suitable options.

September 1st was the start of Hogwarts, and Gemini's biggest problem was the Sorting.

The Sorting Hat was a very magical item. It had been imbued with the thoughts of the four founders of Hogwarts and could easily penetrate the essence of a person's heart.

Gemini didn't know if this item could read the wearer's memories.

If it could, then the dark wizards who sent their children to Hogwarts were far too trusting.

But if it couldn't, how could it penetrate people's hearts?

However, whether it could or not, Gemini wasn't going to gamble on such a vague possibility. Neither his memories from his past life nor his current life could be exposed.

"Do you have any solutions?"

Gemini lowered his head, his gaze fixed on the weapon shop's interface. To others, he just looked like he was staring blankly at his chocolate ice cream.

The weapon shop could recommend items based on Gemini's needs. This time, as usual, after Gemini stated his needs, it pushed out the most suitable product.

Impartation type: Legilimency.

Price: 500 pounds.

Gemini couldn't help but smack his lips at the 500-pound price. An ability worth one hundred Galleons, and in the original story, Harry and Snape were so reluctant to learn it. Was that really showing off?

The learning method for Legilimency wasn't a secret, but the fact that this not-so-secret skill still cost 500 pounds showed the value of this ability.

The "Defense Against the Dark Arts Encyclopedia," which recorded Legilimency, only cost 20 Galleons!

Legilimency was indeed an extremely powerful ability. It wasn't just for countering Occlumency.

"The most sophisticated lie detector in the world wouldn't be able to pry into your secrets."

This was the weapon shop's evaluation.

The ability of Legilimency wasn't just about emptying one's mind to prevent others from reading their thoughts. In its more advanced form, Legilimency allowed its user to suppress certain emotions and memories, and these emotions and memories were the opposite of what the Legilimency user wanted the Occlumens to believe. Thus, it allowed the Legilimens to lie while avoiding self-exposure.

Simply put, it was complete control over one's own memories. I can make you see nothing, and even if you see something, it's only what I want you to see.

Of course, small physical movements could still betray the user's inner thoughts, but as long as they were controlled, there would be no problem. For example, for someone like Snape, who always had a gloomy expression, this ability was a perfect fit.

Without hesitation, Gemini bought the ability.

Instantly, all the techniques of Legilimency appeared in Gemini's mind, as if he had used them countless times. Gemini easily emptied his mind.

This feeling was very strange. Once he entered Legilimency, there wasn't a single distracting thought in his head.

But this was not enough.

Although the weapon shop was quite reliable, and its assessment was that Legilimency could resist the Sorting Hat, a smart person always kept a backup plan.

This contingency might not be needed, but it's essential to have.

Gemini then retrieved other items.

Memory Weaving.

Price: 400 Galleons.

Slightly cheaper than Legilimency.

The use of this ability, as its name suggests, is to weave memories.

Memory Weaving can fabricate memories that don't exist at all, or it can trim and splice one's own memories, storing these woven memories in the surface layer of one's own mind. This won't affect the Memory Weaver's own memories. Once the mind is invaded, the intruder will only read the memories the Memory Weaver wants them to see, while their true memories will be hidden beneath the surface memories.

The most overpowered aspect of this ability is that it can weave up to three layers of memory!

It can even sandwich real memories between two layers of fabricated memories, playing psychological games and making the opponent unsure which memory is real.

Although it's rather weak in terms of direct combat, Memory Weaving's control over memories surpasses that of Legilimency.

If Gemini's guess is correct, this is the ability Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince used when Slughorn modified memories.

Without any hesitation, Gemini bought this ability as well, though he had no immediate plans to use it.

Unlike Legilimency, Memory Weaving is quite time-consuming. Weaving memories flawlessly is also a skill.

Having spent nine hundred Galleons in total, Gemini felt a pang of pain. He rarely spent money so lavishly before.

People tend to be extravagant once they have some money; earning it isn't that easy.

Thinking this, Gemini angrily patted his head.

Immediately after, a burst of laughter came from beside him. Gemini followed the sound and saw a few young, beautiful girls sitting at the next table. The girls were giggling and looking in his direction, muttering something to each other from time to time.

Gemini was used to this. Because of his damned good looks, he often had to endure such troubles.

Speaking of which, why isn't anyone commenting? The collection count keeps rising, but there are so few comments. If I weren't truly poor, I'd suspect someone was inflating my collection count if this continues, sob sob~