Chapter 161: Teaching Matters and the Threshold for Learning!

"Everyone, listen up! I've got something to say about the teaching of the Calm Mind Spell, specifically!"

Dudley loudly gave a short and powerful opening speech to the students of the four houses.

His words quickly caught the attention of everyone in the Great Hall, even the senior students of Slytherin who hadn't intended to give Dudley any face.

The Calm Mind Spell, known as the bane of dark magic, had been driving those pure - blood families obsessed with dark magic crazy for a long time.

Dudley slowly scanned the expressions of the students from the four houses below.

He paused for a good while, really whetting the students' appetites.

Then he slowly continued, "It's been almost two weeks since Principal Dumbledore awarded Harry and me the Order of Merlin and announced the function of the Calm Mind Spell to everyone in the wizarding world.

In the past two weeks, Harry, Principal Dumbledore, and I have gotten a lot of letters from adult wizards in the wizarding world. Most of them are about getting me to teach the Calm Mind Spell.

Meanwhile, here at Hogwarts, many of you sitting here have also subtly expressed to me and my cousin Harry your desire to learn this spell.

I know clearly that some of those who want to learn the Calm Mind Spell hope to use it to resist dark magic and Dark Wizards. Others are thinking about breaking the Calm Mind Spell and figuring out a counter - spell to make way for using dark magic.

I'm here to tell you clearly that I don't care what your motives are for coming to me to learn the Calm Mind Spell. Whether you want to master it or break it, it doesn't matter.

However, this Calm Mind Spell was created by Harry and me with great effort. We're not short of money. We can't just teach this spell to everyone without setting any threshold just for the meager salary Dumbledore offered me."

Dudley paused again at this point.

The students from the four houses below immediately started chattering and discussing.

Dudley specifically paid attention to the expressions of the students from each house.

Many students in Slytherin frowned. Dudley's previous words had exposed their bad intentions. They had long wanted to learn the Calm Mind Spell and try to develop a counter - spell with their fathers.

Now, before they even had a chance to learn the spell, their thoughts had been made public by Dudley. Naturally, they had a sense of unease.

Although Dudley didn't care about their thoughts, setting a teaching threshold obviously meant restricting them indirectly.

Moreover, Harry Potter was from Gryffindor, and Dudley had always been close to Gryffindor. It was obvious that Slytherin had no chance.

While Slytherin was full of frowns and gloom, Gryffindor was as happy as if it were Christmas.

The Gryffindor students thought Dudley wouldn't hold them back. They were dead sure they'd learn the Calm Mind Spell!

As for Hufflepuff, they were in a very laid - back state. They, of course, also wanted to learn the Calm Mind Spell, but if they couldn't, it wasn't a big deal.

Some students in Ravenclaw also looked a bit uncomfortable. They also intended to break the Calm Mind Spell and learn dark magic. However, most of them were nervous, fearing that the Threshold for Learning set by Dudley would block them out and hinder their progress in learning.

"Teaching Assistant Dursley, come on! Who can't take your class?"

After some noise, the Weasleys actively smiled and urged Dudley to continue stating the conditions for the Threshold for Learning.

Dudley smiled back at the Weasleys, then straightened his expression and continued speaking to the students from the four houses:

"Everyone, don't panic. My conditions are quite lenient.

First, Harry and I have always stood on the side of the white wizards. Therefore, students who come to my class must never have the thought of becoming a Dark Wizard.

My definition of a Dark Wizard is a bit different from the common sense in the wizarding world. It's more lenient.

Not everyone who learns dark magic is a Dark Wizard. In my view, there are two types of wizards who can be called Dark Wizards. One type is those who have gone crazy over learning dark magic. The other type is those who are inherently evil, lacking normal moral standards, disrupting the order on a large scale, and harming innocent wizards even without learning dark magic.

As long as you're not such a person and don't have the thought of becoming one, and guarantee that if you learn dark magic in the future, you'll learn it within the scope of your willpower, then you meet the first threshold requirement."

After Dudley stated the first condition and made a detailed explanation, half of the students in Slytherin pulled long faces.

Their fathers were Death Eaters. The education they received and the concepts instilled in them since childhood were about seizing opportunities to plunder the interests of others. Their hearts were already black and it was difficult for them to turn white again. It was even impossible for them to guarantee that they wouldn't harm innocent people.

At this moment, their only hope was to deceive Dudley, betting that Dudley couldn't see through their true thoughts.

A few students in Gryffindor and Ravenclaw also looked uncomfortable after hearing the first condition.

The profession of Dark Wizard is not exclusive to Slytherin. Even in the most honest and straightforward Hufflepuff, there have been a few Dark Wizard villains in history.

Judging from historical data, the probabilities of students from the four houses becoming Dark Wizards are as follows:

Slytherin > Gryffindor > Ravenclaw > Hufflepuff.

So Dudley's threshold conditions are not specifically targeted at Slytherin.

"Second." Dudley felt that the students below had digested the content of the previous condition and then spoke again. "This one is very important, but I think those who meet the first condition can easily pass this screening.

Since I come from the Muggle world, I require that those who take my class must not have Bloodline discrimination. They must not discriminate against Muggles, nor against Muggle - born and half - blood wizards as defined by the wizarding world.

Similarly, Muggle - born and half - blood wizards who come to my class must not discriminate against pure - blood wizards as defined by the wizarding world."

"Hahaha!"

When Dudley finished stating half of the second condition, about six or seven out of ten wizards in Slytherin had already been screened out. When he finished the second half, some Slytherin students couldn't help but burst into laughter, as if they had heard something extremely absurd.

Dudley didn't interrupt their laughter. He just stood on the stage silently, staring at them coldly. Some students from the other three houses also wanted to laugh at first, but they felt that the atmosphere was wrong and finally refrained from laughing.

Finally, Dudley and students from the other three houses stared at the laughing Slytherin students.

They stared until the Slytherin students felt uneasy and couldn't stand the silent cold - violence atmosphere, and gradually stopped laughing.

Only then did Dudley speak in a cold voice, "Had enough of laughing? If not, you can keep going. I guarantee I won't deduct your house points."

No one from Slytherin answered.

Dudley continued, "Hey, you ignorant and pitiful Slytherin students!

Do you think you were born with the privilege to discriminate against others based on their bloodline?

Do you think so - called pure - blood wizards are noble?

Do you think it has always been like this?

Let me tell you. A thousand years ago, wizards in the wizarding world generally believed that wizards born to Muggles were a wonder gifted with inborn endowment. And Muggle - born wizards were more endowed with inborn endowment!

At that time, there was no such disgusting term as 'Mudblood', and no one would attach such a term to Muggle - born wizards!"