"Thank you, Professor McGonagall!" Ivan bowed.

Professor McGonagall was reserved for saying that she was just doing what a Transfiguration class professor was supposed to do.

"In short, you can do some preparation this semester, wait for the time to come, and if you don't understand anything, you can always ask me." Professor McGonagall said.

Ivan took a mandrake leaf and a notebook for practicing Animagus, and walked out of the Transfiguration classroom, not going straight back to the dormitory, but towards the Room of Requirement.

I need a place to practice Animagus...

Ivan silently remembered in his heart that this time the door to his destination did not open immediately, but slowly appeared after waiting for a while.

Ivan pushed open the door and entered, only to find that it was an empty area, so dark that he could barely see a forest.

Stepping on the soft soil beneath his feet, Ivan almost thought that he was somewhere in the Forbidden Forest, but it was so quiet that he couldn't even hear the insects.

"It's real earth.." Ivan tried to crouch on the ground and picked up a pile of dirt and rubbed it, the touch was no different from the soil outside.

But this place is quiet enough to not be disturbed, but what about the storm?

While Ivan was thinking about it, a thunderbolt swept through the sky, and the thunder was deafening, and Ivan looked up at the sky, only thick dark clouds could be seen.

In an instant, the rain was pouring down, the whirring wind made the trees sway, and the sound of raindrops lapping on the branches and leaves was everywhere...

Ivan was amazed at the power of the Room of Requirement, which was able to create such a large space out of thin air and restore the special celestial phenomena of the outside world.

Shout~

Ivan used his wand to launch a magic ray into the sky, and for a long time, he didn't know what he encountered, and it suddenly exploded into red fireworks, it seemed that this space was not infinitely extended, but had a limit.

I just don't know how the stormy celestial phenomenon is formed... It seems that this place is even more mysterious than I imagined.

Ignoring the fact that he was drenched in the pouring rain, Ivan experimented in this vast space, and after confirming that the space was sufficient to meet his requirements, he walked out of the room satisfied.

All that's left is to wait until all the other preparatory steps are completed before the Animagus Transfiguration can be performed.

......

Three days later, on the night of the full moon, Ivan put the leaves of the mandrake in his mouth and put them on his tongue to begin his practice.

Ivan thought it would be an easy job, but soon realized the difficulty, and on the first night he went to bed, he almost swallowed the leaves of the mandrake.

When eating, you need to hide the leaves of the mandrake under your tongue and chew them carefully and slowly, for fear of accidentally swallowing the leaves together.

"Ivan, what's wrong with you? Feeling unwell? Harry asked strangely as he looked at Ivan's strange behavior.

"Well, it's nothing, I feel pretty good." Ivan said in a vague tone, with a leaf in his mouth, which made him not speak very well.

"Are you sure you don't need to go to Madam Pomfrey?" Ron was also a little worried.

"No, you don't." Ivan shook his head, rejected the kindness of several people, and then cut a small piece of a steak into a small piece, put it in his mouth and chewed it slowly.

He felt that the mandrake in his mouth might have tasted good in a month, could this thing really be used to make special potions?

Ivan kept complaining in his heart, and in the past few days, he had completely stopped half of the exploration mission he had done before.

His previous experience with Compound Decoction had clearly told him that this thing was not a panacea, and that there was no way for him to come back to a similar experience.

It is better to wait for the transformation of Animagus to be completed, and then explore, like Peter Pettigrew, who comes and goes almost freely in Hogwarts in the form of a mouse.

However, this premise is that his Animagus form is a small creature with a small size, and if he becomes the size of a stag, everyone knows that there is a problem when he appears at Hogwarts.

Thinking of this, Ivan turned his head and glanced at Hermione, who still hadn't figured out if the little witch knew what he was doing in his dorm for a few days.

But he could still vaguely feel that Hermione seemed to be a little more distant from him... I haven't taken the initiative to talk to him for several days.

Forget it, whatever, it's more important to practice magic...

Ivan simply stopped thinking about it, the recent study of the Animagus study notes was enough of a headache for him, and many difficulties needed to spend school points to study.

After Ivan had finished eating and got up to leave the Great Hall, Hermione came out of the girls' pile with a plate and sat down next to Harry and Ron.

"Hermione, what have you been hiding from Ivan lately? Did you quarrel? Harry couldn't help but ask out loud, always feeling that his two good friends had been in a bad relationship recently.

Is it awkward?

"Nope." Hermione shook her head, rejecting Harry's remarks, then hesitated before turning to Ron to speak again. "Was Ivan playing wizarding chess with you on Saturday morning?"

"yes, we played wizard chess all morning, what's wrong?" Ron gave Hermione a puzzled look, not understanding why she was asking, but nodded.

Hermione's face became more and more confused, who had sneaked into the girls' dormitory in her form the other day.

Last Saturday, after returning to her dorm room from the library, Hermione was inexplicably surprised to find that Lavender and Paraty were a little scared of her, and at the same time, they figured out what was going on.

Hermione guessed that someone had used the Polyjuice Potion to disguise herself, but she had concealed the news and did not expose it or tell Professor McGonagall.

After all, there are not many little wizards in Hogwarts who can use Transfiguration and easily turn a cup into a groundhog.

And the only one who has come into contact with himself these days and can easily get his own hair is Ivan.

Although it was not clear what Ivan was doing in her bedroom, but remembering that the newspapers she had cut and collected might be seen by Ivan, Hermione was at a loss, and her face was like a fire...

It wasn't until Ron heard Ivan mention of the morning wizarding chess game with him on Saturday morning, that the little witch became a little uncertain, and tangled her fork to poke the steak on the plate full of holes.

Does he know, or does he not know?