Chapter 27: Shaping and Transfiguration
Who the man Dumbledore was in Dumbledore's mind was perhaps the only one he knew.
However, Dumbledore's sneak peek into the Transfiguration classroom, Louis knew about it before he spoke to Professor McGonagall.
In fact, with the particularity of the Silent One, Louis with an amazing amount of magic reserves is extremely sensitive to any magic, so even if Dumbledore's peeping is very secretive, Louis has a faint intuition of being noticed before talking to Professor McGonagall, just like a person walking in a crowd can occasionally feel the gaze of others.
In Hogwarts Castle, there are not many people who can and like to spy on others, but it is not difficult for Louis to guess that the person who secretly peeps on his conversation with Professor McGonagall is the unscrupulous headmaster who usually seems to be serious.
However, for Dumbledore's silent attention, Louis knew what the reason was, so it didn't matter.
If he wants to peep, he can peep.
Anyway, all he peeked at were secrets that he was willing to show in front of others, which Louie was still very confident in.
At this time, Louie was undoubtedly more concerned about Professor McGonagall's evaluation after watching his intermediate Transfiguration Charm performance.
What did Professor McGonagall say?
After watching Louie's intermediate transformation spell performance, she first gave high recognition to Louie's magical talent, and then said with an embarrassed expression...
Louie wasn't using a Transfiguration Charm!
Walt?
It wasn't a Transfiguration Charm just now, but what could it be?
For a moment, Louis was bewildered by Professor McGonagall's comments, and Professor McGonagall saw his confusion and promptly asked:
"Mr. Rogers, what is the Transfiguration Charm?"
Listening to Professor McGonagall's question, Louis, who had been doubting his life, thought for a moment and replied seriously:
"Transfiguration, the magic of transforming one object into another, is that it can transform an inanimate object into a living creature, and vice versa. Moreover, Transfiguration is not limited to overall changes, but can also be used for local changes, such as... A wizard who is proficient in Transfiguration can turn a person's ears into rabbit ears. ”
"Your answer is perfect, Mr. Rogers."
Professor McGonagall smiled and nodded, "If this were in class, I'd be happy to add five points to Gryffindor, but..."
As she spoke, Professor McGonagall took out her wand, and while performing a silent spell in front of Louie, she turned the textbook in front of her into an ordinary teapot, and continued:
"But Mr. Rogers, the magic you just used is different from the Transfiguration Charm, it doesn't simply turn one item into another. So, you may think you've turned your magic into matches, silver needles, and you're still in the realm of Transfiguration Charms, but it seems to me... Mister Rogers, you're more like you've made something out of magic, can you understand what I mean? ”
"Shaped?"
Louis frowned slightly, pondered Professor McGonagall's words repeatedly, and then smiled and nodded, "Professor McGonagall, I think I can understand what you mean." ”
"Good."
Professor McGonagall nodded in satisfaction and reminded with concern, "Mr. Rogers, as your Transfiguration Professor, I need to remind you that simply using magic to shape something is even more dangerous than Transfiguration Charms. So in order to avoid a disaster, you can't easily try this kind of magic in the future, so if you need to, you can talk to me about it, okay? ”
"Well, I see, thanks for the reminder, Professor McGonagall."
Louis replied crisply.
As a matter of fact...
Well.
No one can stop him from exploring the mysteries of magic!
Merlin didn't make it!
At this moment, although Louis felt that what Professor McGonagall said had some truth, the intermediate transformation spell he defined was indeed beyond the scope of transformation in a sense, and belonged to a more lofty shape, and it was very likely to encounter many difficulties and dangers in the process of groping and mastering it.
But the birth of any new thing is often accompanied by a certain amount of risk, isn't it?
The courage of the first man to know that milk could be drunk, regardless of what he wanted to do to the cow, was admirable.
There was an analytical study of the magical side, and Louie clearly had the courage to be the first to eat a crab.
Therefore, with Professor McGonagall's kind reminder, Louie will only be more cautious in the process of analyzing the intermediate transformation spell in the future, avoiding danger as much as possible, and will not give up and retreat because of fear of danger.
Then, after receiving a satisfactory answer from Louie, Professor McGonagall's expression became much more relaxed, and she smiled instead, "Mr. Rogers, I think you must have mastered the Transfiguration Charm very well, can you show me this?" ”
"No problem."
Undoubtedly, this was a good opportunity to brush up on her friendship in front of Professor McGonagall, and Louie was naturally happy to show her what he had defined as a rudimentary Transfiguration Charm.
In the following demonstration of the primary Transfiguration Charm, as Louis manipulated the magic of the Transfiguration Charm, skillfully turning the textbook in front of him into all kinds of furniture and animals, as he imagined, Professor McGonagall's favorability towards him skyrocketed, and even later praised excitedly:
"Mr. Rogers, I think with your current level of Transfiguration Charm, you should be able to easily pass the O.W.Ls exam, and if it weren't for your young age, I would even be willing to hire you to be the Transfiguration Professor at Hogwarts, responsible for teaching the freshmen!"
Louis did not answer Professor McGonagall's high praise again, but only responded with a smile.
Cause...
It was he who felt that Professor McGonagall's high praise at this time was mixed with a certain amount of falsehood, just like the barbers who worked in the barbershop would call the customers "handsome guys" and "beautiful women" regardless of their appearance, which was a more white lie.
However, it turned out that it was Louie's high self-esteem that led him to subconsciously believe that Professor McGonagall's evaluation of him was mixed with a certain amount of falsehood.
Because just before the end of their conversation, Professor McGonagall suddenly invited Louis with great interest:
"Mr. Rogers, would you be interested in joining my Transfiguration Club?"
"Transformation Club?"
Not very clear about the meaning of the club, Louis asked curiously, "Professor McGonagall, what exactly does your Transfiguration Club do?" ”
"To put it simply... It's a private gathering where everyone gets together, discusses together, and studies Transfiguration Charms. ”
"May I take the liberty of asking about the time of the meeting?"
"Of course!"
Professor McGonagall patiently explained, "If there are no surprises, the club meets twice a week, and I will inform you of the exact time and place of the meeting. ”
"Mister Rogers, would you like to join?"
"Well, Professor McGonagall, I'd love to."
After nodding his head to join Professor McGonagall's Transfiguration Club, Louis later learned from her that the club's next meeting was tentatively scheduled for Wednesday afternoon, and the meeting place was to be determined.
There, Louis first saw Charlie and other Gryffindor Quidditch players from a distance, practicing several of their Quidditch tactics in the court, and then when he saw the twins, Galen, clumsily riding on a broomstick to keep flying low, Louis couldn't help but say to himself:
"Why does the wizard's mount have to be a broomstick, not ... Flying swords or something? ”