Chapter 11: Malfurion and the New Book
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The next morning, at the Hufflepuff table, Maca yawned and sleepily stuffed slices of white bread into her mouth, forgetting to apply jam. The school uniform robe on his body was also worn crookedly by him, and it was put on casually at first glance, and this sloppy appearance was a little incompatible with his usual neat style.
"Hey, junior brother, why are you so sleepy, didn't you sleep well last night?" The swaggering Charlotte obviously doesn't care about what other people are dressed up for—even though she always dresses up beautifully.
"Hmm...... yes, sort of. Maca nodded listlessly, her eyelids drooping, as if she was going to fall asleep the next moment.
"Which little girl are you thinking about?" Sister Charlotte took the opportunity to quip.
"Well, I'm thinking about you, ha-" Maca replied instinctively, yawning again.
Miss Charlotte obviously didn't expect that this thing would be able to quickly fight back even when she was half asleep, and she couldn't help but show a look of "I obeyed you".
"Alright! Wake up, class will be in a moment. She raised her hand and slapped Maca in the back, and Maca jumped up in shock, and even the bread in her mouth fell on the table.
"I said senior sister, don't be so ruthless, right?" Maca grinned for a while, and he felt that there must be a red slap mark on his back at this moment.
Just then, the owls came.
Maca looked up and watched as the flock of owls flew around the restaurant, tossing their packages or letters onto the recipient's lap.
"Then again, my Malfurion sits in the dorm all day (he doesn't even want to go to the school's owl house), and he barely uses it except for eating or sleeping!" Maca patted her thigh in realization, "Then why should I buy it?" Looks like it's going to have to find something to do......"
Just as Maca was pondering how to let her owl go out for a walk, a dark shadow flew through the door of the restaurant, scaring the other owls away.
"Huh?" Hearing this, Maca raised her head again and saw that her owl Marfa was swooping towards her, and then threw a large package on the open space behind Maca like a bomber, making a loud "boom".
"Goo." Marfa screamed, then fell to the table and pecked at another slice of bread from Maca's plate.
"This is your owl?" Senior Sister Charlotte stared at Marfa curiously, "It's really strong, I want to raise one like this, where did you buy it?" ”
"Tumbledown Alley's 'giant spider,'" Maca replied casually, pulling out a slip from the package, "Oh, the book I ordered at the Blotted Bookstore has arrived." ”
A few days before the start of school, Maca made a special trip to the Blotchy bookstore to order some books on potions and herbology. While the books he ordered were available in the library, they wouldn't allow you to scribble on them.
Charlotte leaned over and looked at it a few times, then said in surprise, "Junior, are you going to finish all the Hogwarts classes in the first year?" ”
Marca shoved the list of books into the package, and as she said how it could be, she picked up the large package and walked to the break room, where he had to put the books back in his dorm room before class.
As he passed the Gryffindor House table, Harry called out to Maca.
"Hey, Maca! Hagrid told me to go to his place for tea, will you go? He asked, waving the note in his hand toward Maca.
"When?" Maca said.
"This afternoon, around three o'clock!" Harry replied.
"I have a class in the afternoon, you say hello to Hagrid for me, I'll go see him at another time."
Harry nodded, then leaned on the table and wrote something on the back of the note, then handed it to Hedwig to send out.
This morning was Hufflepuff's first Transfiguration class.
The Transfiguration class was taught by Minerva McGonagall, who, like Snape, was a strict instructor.
But unlike Snape, Professor McGonagall treats all four houses equally, and she will severely punish any student who violates the rules.
Therefore, although most of the students were afraid of this senior female professor who always kept a straight face, it was an out-and-out awe.
I believe that there are definitely not a few students who respect her from the bottom of their hearts.
Professor McGonagall's teaching style has always been concise and effective. As soon as class started, she gave a dismount to all the students present.
"Transfiguration is the most complex and dangerous spell you'll ever have in Hogwarts classes." "Anyone who wants to be naughty in my class, I ask him out and never let him in again," she said. I have spoken this to every freshman, and I hope you will take it to heart as a warning. ”
Then, she turned her lectern into an elk and back again.
Most of them are attracted by this magical magic, and naturally they are also one by one. In fact, Maca was probably the most experienced student in the room, having learned this from the Beginner's Guide to Transfiguration.
So far, Maca has read several textbooks required by the school, and the most difficult one is probably the current course.
The difficulty of Transfiguration doesn't just depend on the wizard's study of its principles, it's just a starting point. The biggest difficulty in using Transfiguration is to have a thorough understanding of the properties of the object before and after the change.
Wizards who study Transfiguration must not only delve into the physical properties of objects, but also have the highest possible understanding and control over the magical properties of objects - this is very complex and esoteric, and it can be said that there is no end.
For example, a beginner wizard can turn a match into a sewing needle of about the same size; Then, the Transfiguration Master can turn this match into various models, materials, and even textures, and maintain it for hundreds of years!
Of course, in addition to the difference in accuracy and consumption, the biggest difference lies in the understanding of it.
This is a time-consuming, long-term research course, and Maca has found that there is no shortcut in it, and it can only be accumulated through daily study and research.
In class, Maca turns one of the feathers assigned to him into a lump of metal. He didn't have a good grasp of the shape of objects, but Professor McGonagall nodded at him - it was a great thing for a beginner to be able to transform objects.
In the afternoon, it's another lethargic lesson on the history of magic. Professor Binns always used his monotonous tone to ramble on and on about major historical events in the wizarding world. The emotionless way of teaching made almost all students uninterested in the subject.
But Maca listened to it with relish. Because he found that Professor Binns was not actually reading from a script, but was very well organized, and occasionally there were some things that were omitted from the textbook. It is believed that the only venerable Hogwarts Ghost Professor prepares his lessons every night.
Of course, this may also be because the ghost doesn't need to sleep at all, which gives him a lot more time. If you don't do something, you'll be bored and want to die again.
"I've heard that Professor Binns was the history of magic at Hogwarts during his lifetime, until he came to teach one day and forgot his body." Ernie, who was sitting next to Maca, whispered.
"As you said, Professor Binns not only devoted the rest of his life to teaching, but continued to maintain this extremely difficult perseverance even after his death." Maca nodded.
"Listen to what you say, it's true!"
Ernie paused for a moment, and found that this seemed to be the case. He couldn't help but straighten up and listen to the lecture carefully, but it didn't take long for him to lie down again—the class itself was too boring.
The history of magic course may be extremely difficult for other students, but Maca feels that time has passed in a blink of an eye.
"Maka, where are you going? Don't you go to the lounge to play wizard chess for a while? Ernie said in surprise.
The history of magic classroom is on the second floor, and the little badgers in the dormitory are all exchanging various gossip information with each other, and while walking downstairs, only Maca is stepping on the stairs facing up.
"Oh, I need to go to the library, there's some stuff to look up." Maca looked back, but there was no pause in her feet, and she soon disappeared from Ernie's sight with the staircase that turned automatically.
The library, located on the fifth floor of Hogwarts Main Castle, is a behemoth with a huge collection of books.
In it, you'll find almost all the magic books that are currently on the market or have been released in the past. Of course, there is a large area of the so-called "Forbidden Books Zone" that cannot be borrowed without the signature of the Headmaster or the Defence Against the Dark Arts professor.
The librarian was Mrs. Pince, emaciated, old, and irritable, looking like an irritable old vulture with a hungry personality.
She sees the books in the library as her life, and will kick out any student who tries to alter or destroy the collection. In her opinion, these precious books are her forbidden belly, and if possible, it is best for no one to come in.
It had only been a short time since class ended, and there were only a few Gryffindor first-year students in the library - their house had no classes scheduled this afternoon.
“…… Magical Creatures...... Magical Creatures...... Over here! ”
Maca stood on tiptoe, pulled out a book titled "Habits and Origins of Humanoid Magical Creatures" from the high shelf, and immediately stood there and began to dig through the pages.