HPMRS CH 62: Discussion of the Black Magic.

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"What is black magic?" Ryan started his topic from the most basic question.

"Destructive and evil magic is called black magic." Hermione thought for a while and replied. "These are the original words written in the Defence Against the Dark Arts textbook, worthy of our Miss Know-it-all, all textbooks are remembered." Ryan praised Hermione with a slightly joking tone.

Then sternly said: "In fact, the core criterion for authenticating black magic lies in evil rather than destructiveness. For example, the Fire-Making Charm can set fire for us, but it can also create deadly and extremely destructive fires if used as such. But do you think that the Fire-Making Charm is evil?"

"No, I know the core criterion of black magic is evil, a kind of malice and grudge against the target. This is why I oppose you to learn this. I don't want my classmates to become evil black wizards." Hermione replied.

"But the problem is that the definition of evil magic is that as long as it produces negative emotions to the target when it is released, then this magic is evil. It is undeniable that this kind of magic with negative emotions is often more lethal. And as the negative emotions increase, the power of the spell increases."

"What do you want to say?" Hermione was confused.

"I just think that negative emotions in certain areas should be allowed, it doesn't always mean evil." Ryan said as he turned to the bookmarked page of the third-grade black magic textbook, and pointed to one of the spells: "Look, this magic requires an aversion to the target before it can form a force field from your wand to bounce the target away."

"Disgust is a negative emotion, but I don't think it is evil. Compared with the power that these magic can show, this little negative emotion shouldn't be a problem."

After listening to Ryan's explanation, Hermione took a textbook and flipped through it. Then she said: "It is indeed one of the top three schools in the European magic world. The textbooks doesn't seemingly have real cruel magic, and I believe that even the professors at Hogwarts will more or less know this. But these are learned for the purpose of resisting them, and not for using them."

"I am worried that our age, our young mind may be attracted by strength and go astray. This is why Hogwarts only allows senior students to have the Defense Against the Dark Arts class and also allows them to view certain black books in the restricted area afterward. Books about dark magic. I think that in the upper grades, we can naturally research relevant knowledge under the guidance of the teacher, but it should only be for the purpose of resisting other black wizards."

"So how do you think you should treat this knowledge? I just want to learn some powerful magic to protect myself and my friends. After all, the feeling of being powerless in the face of evil like last year is really too bad." Ryan said.

"I believe that only through practice can we learn the power of resisting black magic. It is far from enough to understand theoretical knowledge. We should practice some self-defense magic. But I don't think we should learn the contents of these books because it is black magic after all. I don't think the current situation is so bad that it requires our unscrupulous means to improve our strength. What happened last year was just an accident."

"I will not object to you reading these books. Since you have decided to learn these to protect yourself, you can learn how to recognize black magic, deal with them, and learn some light magic that can resist them by understanding these black magics. This is enough to fight against evil forces and protect yourself."

"You know, it's not that other kinds of magic are necessarily not as powerful as black magic. There is no need to cross that dangerous line to learn black magic. I think we should read these books together to make sure no one takes a dangerous step." Hermione thought for a long time before pursing her lips to express her opinion to Ryan.

Ryan was a little surprised when he heard Hermione's answer because he found that not only was Hermione not persuaded by him, but she instead tried to persuade him. It's just that Hermione's words also shocked him mentally. After a while of reflection, Ryan suddenly found that there was a problem with his thinking.

Indeed, Ryan knows the plot, which is an advantage. But sometimes the plot also limits one's thoughts. He knew that the war was about to break out, so he seemed eager for quick success sometimes. However, he has neglected that he owns a Myriad Realms General Store and has enough time and channels to gain power. There is no need to rush to use some methods that may cause trouble.

As a person whose mental age is over 30, he couldn't be as clear-headed as a little girl clearly yet, This made him feel extremely ashamed.

"Thank you, I almost missed it. Thank you for pointing me in the right direction. I swear I will never learn the black magic." After listening to Hermione's answer, Ryan solemnly promised.

In order to show his determination, Ryan gave these black magic textbooks to Hermione for safekeeping. (And to avoid being ratted out due to his underestimation of what black magic holds in the eyes of common wizards)

Hermione looked relieved. After that, the two discussed some other things, and then went home to have lunch separately.

Ryan believed that Hermione was right, and the black magic that could cause serious mental and irreversible damage was not worth taking such a big risk to learn. But the other magic he mastered still needs to be practiced. This is the same as swimming. No matter how solid the theoretical knowledge is, you will definitely not be able to master this skill without going into the water.

Since you want to practice, you need to find a place that the Ministry of Magic can't monitor. Ryan thought for a while and felt that the World of Plants vs. Zombies was a good place to practice because there were enough semi-live targets. What's more, after leaving last time, it has been a long time since Ryan went there, he wanted to know how his house was doing.

Ryan took advantage of the free time in next afternoon, went to the library, and copied information about industry building and a lot of information about daily life to bring it as a gift to Dave. After all, it was a zombie apocalyptic world, although now humans are slowly becoming stronger and rebuilding their homes. However, it is not so easy to restore many things. Ryan intends to bring some materials related to daily chemicals to help people in that world to rebuild a modern civilization. (Hopefully, no PvZ2 mode happens)

At dinner in the evening, Ms. Sally asked Ryan: "I seem to forget asking you every time. Why do you go to the library to study every morning after the summer vacation? I don't think the community library has books related to magic."

"To do homework with a classmate, Mom," Ryan said while eating pasta on the plate.

"Classmates? The daughter of Grangers, the dentist? You seem to have said that at the end of last semester she got the first position in your grade." Mr. Lambert also interrupted at this time.

"Uh, yes. I was not as focused as her at the end of the last term." Ryan replied quietly.

"We've been worried about you, since elementary school you've been getting good grades without doing much hard work, you'll become too prideful and laze around. But we're happy that you're doing your best." Ms. Sally said.

Ryan realized that he might have been misled by some propaganda before. Who said that European and American parents don't pay attention to their children's learning, these things are similar all over the world.

Note: In the last book, Professor McGonagall used the Imperius Curse to control a Death Eater. It was unforgivable black magic. It can be seen that at least the professors should know how to use black magic. It's just that most of the professors learn it for the purpose of researching and resisting it, except for professor Snape.

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