chsdbacks Chapter 391 What is happiness?
Chapter 391 What is happiness?
Chapter 391 What is happiness?
So, do you think you can succeed?
Loila couldn't help but feel a little uneasy, but—this time she was not the same person she used to be. Not only had she lived for more than fifty years longer, but she had also spent an entire afternoon researching things related to happiness.
Hmm—she carefully studied all the happy things from her past and meticulously organized them into a thick notebook.
Thankfully, my writing speed is relatively fast—if it were slow, I might not have been able to keep up with Mr. Lu Ping's teachings.
Holding the notebook filled with writing, Loila felt a surge of satisfaction—surely she could learn the Guardian Charm now, right? She definitely could, right?
While Loira was thinking, Lupin, sitting in his office, was also pondering carefully. He had never been able to help Miss Hamilton before, but today he finally had the opportunity—he couldn't let himself be embarrassed, he had to teach Miss Hamilton no matter what.
But—when he learned the Patronus Charm—Lupin pursed his lips, pondering the past—he was able to learn it thanks to James, Peter—and Sirius—
Lupin subconsciously gave a wry smile. If he were to do it now—could he really learn it?
That should work, right?
Lupin suddenly thought of the times he spent with Miss Hamilton, who always made him very happy.
Well, I must teach Miss Hamilton myself.
"Bang bang bang".
Just then, there was a gentle knock on the office door. It was Loila. Lupin nodded slightly and waved his wand to open the office door.
Then what came into view was not Loila's always somewhat shy face, but—a thick book.
"This is—Loila?" Lupin asked uncertainly, "Is it you?"
"It's me!" Seemingly because the books were a bit heavy, Loila quickly ran to the table and then laboriously placed them on it.
"What is all this?!" Lupin's lips twitched as he looked at Loila, who had breathed a sigh of relief, and for a moment he didn't know what it meant.
"This is—something I prepared in advance." Loila pursed her lips and explained, "This is—my notes—"
"This—this is from the library—a book about the Soul-Capturing Diagram—I think understanding them might be helpful—"
"This is—this is a record of happy things I've done—I'm going to try them out one by one—"
"Ugh—" Realizing something, Loila bit her lip: "Isn't this—isn't this a bit too much?"
"It shouldn't be just a little bit," Lupin thought for a moment, then decided not to dampen Roy's enthusiasm for learning, so he nodded and said, "Not much."
"That shows you're very serious—" Lupin remained silent for a long time before finally saying, "But I think—we can start with practice first."
"After all, Royla, you're a professor too, right? And you're quite skilled at using spells."
"Ah—um—" Loila rubbed her hands awkwardly. Don't say that, Mr. Lupin. If I really learned it later than Mr. Potter, wouldn't that be very embarrassing?
"Alright, let's start by trying it out." Lupin coughed and raised his wand. "First—Loira, you need to try to calm down."
"Don't think too much—the first requirement of the Patronus Charm is—to have a calm mind." Lupin said, gently raising his wand and then tapping it with the tip.
"Palmtopsus." A faint silver light shimmered from the tip of his wand, then circled around Loila and Lupin before returning to his wand.
"Wow—that's amazing—" Loila pursed her lips and looked at Lupin with eyes full of admiration. This was not only a Guardian Charm, but also an Invisible Guardian Charm, which is to use special techniques to make others unable to see what one's Guardian Charm is.
That's really amazing!
Loila's words made Lupin scratch his head awkwardly and say, "Actually, it's not that great—"
"In short, Loila—" He coughed and straightened his expression, "What you need first is to keep a calm mind."
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"Hmm—" Upon hearing this, Loila took a deep breath and then closed her eyes—yes, to keep a calm mind—
A calm mind — how do we maintain a calm mind?
Should I think about something calming—like Dumbledore or something? Hmm—why do I feel like thinking about him makes my mind even more chaotic?
"Stay calm, Loila." As if noticing that Loila was overthinking, Lupin coughed and reminded her, "Don't overthink—just think about something very calm."
"For example, a calm lake like Black Lake would be nice?"
Black Lake is far from peaceful—there's a giant octopus down there that likes to snatch people's boots—but the experience back then was actually quite interesting—I obtained a magic circle and soon after, I became friends with Miss Nagini—
Seeing that Loila seemed to have calmed down a bit, Lupin nodded and said softly, "And then—it's about thinking—"
"Quietly and slowly think about what makes you happiest."
The happiest thing—what was the first thing I wrote in my notebook again?
It seems like it was—playing the harmonica with mom?
Playing the harmonica was so much fun—after all, it was the only thing I ever learned, but—but now my mother is gone—
No, no—this won't do—Loila bit her lip, banishing the thought from her mind, and decided to think about happy things—like—like learning magic arrays with her father—
But he was eventually taken away by the magic circle too.
Hmm————
The Durmstrang affair also seems to be related to—after all, Müller ultimately—
For a moment, Loila felt something strange—why were the endings of all her happy moments not so happy?
"Happy things, Loila," Lupin said, noticing her slightly furrowed brow, "like—making friends, or having happy days at Hogwarts—"
"Think of Luna, Miss Nagini—and—Hagrid."
Lupin suddenly paused as he spoke. He didn't say his own name—after all, being friends with someone else probably wasn't a particularly happy thing, right?
I'm still far inferior to others as a friend —
"Friends—?" Loila pursed her lips, her mind flashing through images of all her friends. Having friends was truly a joyful thing.
But—but can I guarantee—that the final outcome will be different from before?
Loila felt a subconscious sense of fear—she was afraid that everything in the future would be the same as before—if it were the same—
Hmm————
Loila's face turned deathly pale, and she couldn't even lift her wand. Finally, after hesitating for a long time, she slowly opened her eyes.
"I'm so sorry!"
Lupin was stunned to see Loila's eyes filled with tears for some reason.
He paused for a few seconds, then hesitantly reached out and patted Loila on the shoulder.
"It's alright—Loila," he comforted gently. "There's still plenty of time, isn't there?"
"There will eventually be happy things—either they will be remembered, or they will be created."
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