A ruined Hogwarts

"You seem reluctant to accept my teachings, Owen?"

Voldemort's eyes were filled with a shocking light, and although he used questions, his tone was affirmative.

I'm reluctant, haven't you figured it out yet? There are lessons learned from the Patronus Charm. Who would dare to ask you to teach me? Who knows what kind of stupid tricks you can do. And if I hadn’t cast the spell successfully last time, I might have been paralyzed by the backlash of the spell on the spot...

Owen avoided looking directly at the other party, and while he couldn't stop complaining in his heart, he shook his head firmly.

"You should be honored, Owen." Voldemort spoke softly to himself, slowly stroking the edge of the table with his bloodless fingers, "Not only can I help you quickly master the spells you want to learn, but I will also guide you Discover the profound and fascinating art of darkness.”

"There are very few people in this world who have the honor of being taught by the Dark Lord through words and deeds. Almost every master of black magic can only rely on self-taught, because those pedantic professors will not teach you these, they only Will scream stupidly, and then punish you self-righteously... Oh, maybe you can also become a dark wizard's apprentice and experimental subject."

I seem to have said that I don’t want to learn black magic now, right? So you also have the talent of selective deafness? Owen nodded solemnly, thinking to himself.

"You are very talented, don't waste your talent." Voldemort looked at him with admiration and satisfaction, as if like a real professor, he was proud and looking forward to his proud student. But deep in his eyes, he hid a trace of impatient desire and greed very well.

Owen nodded obediently, but felt that the other person's eyes were creepy for some reason. If Voldemort looked at him like he was looking at an interesting toy or prey before, now he looked more like a hungry eater looking at the delicacies about to be baked.

Of course, this may also be his illusion, after all, the other party is actually a master at hiding emotions.

"I understand, professor, I won't let you down." Owen blinked and interrupted the weird atmosphere.

"Very good, let's start with the Iron Armor Curse today." Voldemort nodded slightly.

"Professor, I have learned the Iron Armor Curse." Owen said with an elegant smile. During this time, he focused on practicing the few spells that the other party promised to teach him, and had successfully mastered the Iron Armor Curse and the Explosive Curse. In order to prevent Voldemort from teaching him so diligently, Owen took great pains.

"That's just right, we can start the extracurricular development directly." Voldemort said with a half-smile.

The smile on Owen's face faded a little, and now he just wanted to show off.

"Iron Armor Curse, Armor Protection, ah, it is indeed a good defensive spell. It can resist or even rebound most medium and low-level spells, as well as physical attacks." Voldemort's expression suddenly became cold and sarcastic, "But even if It’s just such a simple spell, why can’t most wizards master it? The ability of magic is innate, but they are despicably tarnishing this talent and blood. How sad..."

Although he spoke words of regret, his expression was extremely disgusting, as if he was talking about a group of bedbugs writhing in a stinking ditch.

He glanced at Owen again and changed the topic: "The most famous advanced version of the Iron Armor Curse, super armor protection, is more powerful and can also be used to enhance the defense of buildings. But whether it is the Iron Armor Curse or There are obvious weaknesses in its advancement, and a sufficiently skilled wizard will always have thousands of ways to break its defenses."

"Owen, tell me what you think." He said calmly.

Owen pondered for a moment, put aside the messy thoughts in his mind, and entered a state of serious academic communication. He organized his words and said: "The biggest weakness of the Iron Armor Curse is that it is an active defensive spell. This means that it is very useful in frontal duels, but it is difficult to deal with sudden attacks because the wizard has no time at all. Release it."

He crossed the fingers of his hands against his chin and continued: "Similarly, the Iron Armor Curse cannot protect against invisible curses that lock the wizard himself. It can be said that it can only protect against those curses that have tangible paths."

"The defensive power of the Iron Armor Curse also varies from person to person. Even if a magician with high magic power uses the most basic magic spell, he can break the defense of some ordinary wizards." As he said this, Owen glanced at the guy opposite. Wizards like the Dark Lord and Dumbledore can easily break most wizards' Iron Armor Curse even with a disarming spell.

"Finally, the defense of the Iron Armor Curse has its limits. It cannot defend against those truly advanced spells." Owen lowered his eyes and looked at the deep black wood lines on the table.

"For example?" Voldemort asked with a smile.

"For example, the three unforgivable curses, and curses stronger than them." Owen said slowly.

"The homework is pretty good, let's start with the Unforgivable Curse." Voldemort's tone was filled with a hint of joy.

Ah, here it comes. Owen knew that when in contact with Voldemort, he would never be able to escape from eating melons. After all, he was a senior melon-eating enthusiast...

"Do you know why they are called Unforgivable Curses?" Voldemort said softly.

"Because they have no counter-curse, the person who is cursed can only passively endure it." Owen said calmly, "The Cruciatus Curse will cause the person who is cursed to suffer extreme pain, even madness and death; the Imperius Curse controls other people's minds and is difficult for outsiders to detect and crack. A killing curse, the person who is cursed will die."

"Of course, I think the most important reason is that these three spells are not that difficult to cast. A wizard can use them as long as he is determined. Once they are abused, they will greatly destroy the harmony and stability of the wizarding world. Therefore, Only then will they be included in the list of Unforgivable Curses. Once they are found to have been used on people, the caster will be sentenced to life imprisonment in Azkaban, with the purpose of using heavy penalties to deter people."

Owen expressed his views clearly and calmly, and then raised his eyes to look at the other party.

"It's an interesting point of view. Indeed, peace and stability are more important to those who live in ancient times than anything else..." Voldemort hissed, "But that's not the whole reason. Wizards were the first to put these three spells together. At that time, there was no such thing as the Unforgivable Curse."

"Oh?" Hearing something he didn't understand, Owen changed his sitting position with interest and put his right leg on his left leg.

"They are not very advanced spells. Things that can be mastered by a large number of people are not that clever." Voldemort slowly added something to the crucible on the table, and the aroma in the air became stronger and stronger. .

"But not being sophisticated doesn't mean it's not easy to use. On the contrary, if you can defeat someone with the smallest cost and the simplest spell, there is no need to use more complicated magic." He made no secret of his admiration, "So , I personally prefer these magic spells."

Is this why you eat big melons every day? Owen nodded gracefully.

"The most important thing is that these three curses are actually the basis of a type of magic -" Voldemort looked at him strangely, with a mysterious smile on his face, "Soul magic. Three so-called unforgivable curses. , is actually the simplest known spell involving the soul realm."

"The soul, what a mysterious and profound realm. If you touch it, you can increase your knowledge, improve your strength, and even gain eternal life!" Voldemort's voice became louder, "And these three magics are the cornerstones of soul research. They are Simple, but closer to the essence of soul magic, which makes it more difficult to resist."

"Today, we will start with these three spells." He said slowly, "I always believe that the best defense is offense."