Chapter 23: Is This What I Can Hear for Free?
Transfiguration class.
Li Fei, who had just opened his eyes, looked at the iron rod in front of him, which was only the thickness of chopsticks, and his first reaction was that he had finally succeeded.
However, it can be but.
Why are they laughing?
Is it to see that I have finally succeeded and to cheer for me?
Isn't that something to be clapped for?
Why did the three roommates in the audience look at me one by one?
What does this look mean?
Seeing Li Fei, who had always played well, standing in front of the podium in a daze, the laughter of the little wizards in the classroom became louder.
Professor McGonagall patted Li Fei on the shoulder as if comforting, and motioned for Li Fei to return to his seat first.
"Mr. Li Fei may still have a certain deviation in his understanding of Transfiguration," Professor McGonagall stopped the laughing little wizards in the classroom with her eyes, "I'll ask another little wizard to come up and try Transfiguration." ”
"Mr. Bruce Wayne, please come forward." Sure enough, Professor McGonagall called out to the little fat man.
Originally, the little fat man was not panicked, but Li Fei, who was omnipotent in his heart, had just overturned the car, which made the little fat man's heart feel unjustified.
Walking up to Professor McGonagall and looking at Li Fei's encouraging eyes at him, this made the little fat man's heart even more panicked.
Professor McGonagall's decades of experience in education are not covered, and she directly discovered the source of Bruce Wayne's nervousness.
"I need you to help Li Fei give a demonstration, maybe everyone will be inspired when they see you successfully perform the Transfiguration Technique."
"As long as I succeed, can I help Li Fei?" Thinking of this, the little fat man's heart was suddenly full of longing.
I can help Li Fei!
This made him extremely excited, and the excitement brought with him a firm belief in the success of the spell.
I saw that the iron rod in front of the little fat man was rapidly shrinking and deforming, and gradually became the size of a toothpick, and there was a pinhole on it that could pass through the twine.
"Great!" Professor McGonagall shouted encouraging, "Wonderful Transfiguration! Mr. Wayne succeeded! Hufflepuff plus 5 points. ”
It turned out that he could also help Hufflepuff House win extra points, and the little fat man's heart was extremely excited.
And what he is more concerned about is whether his successful transformation can allow Li Fei to learn from it, so that he can also successfully perform the transformation technique.
However, he was disappointed, Li Fei still had a puzzled look on his face, and his eyebrows were tightly wrinkled.
Many of the students were then summoned to the podium by Professor McGonagall in turn to try to shapeshift, but most of them just stared at the iron rod.
This made Li Fei seem less ashamed.
Today's Transfiguration assignment is to understand and repeat the basic principles of Transfiguration, and write a paper based on your own understanding, requiring the length of a full sheet of parchment.
After announcing the end of class, Professor McGonagall asked Li Fei to stay for a while.
Although she didn't need to say it, Li Fei would also take the initiative to ask Professor McGonagall to solve her doubts.
The little fat man looked at Li Fei with concern, while Gwartz and Versace patted Li Fei's shoulder as a sign of encouragement.
Only Professor McGonagall and Li Fei were left in the classroom.
Oh, and there's one Huanhuan.
Looking at Li Fei with his eyebrows tightly locked and his mouth tightly pursed, Professor McGonagall seemed to see his own shadow in him, but when it came to Transfiguration, he had never been so worried.
"Mr. Li Fei, can you tell me where you are confused?"
Considering Li Fei's self-esteem, Professor McGonagall tried to make her tone as kind and approachable as possible.
"Professor McGonagall, frankly, I've been trying Transfiguration on my own for almost half a month now.
I was able to memorize those principles perfectly, and even many of the additions you made in today's lesson, I thought about them in advance.
But I still can't succeed in Transfiguration.
I don't want to fool myself by cheating, you see. ”
As he spoke, Li Fei waved his wand, and the iron rod in front of him instantly turned into a puddle of mud, followed by a lion, an eagle, a honey badger, a giant python, and the school emblem, and finally transformed into an embroidery needle, with complicated patterns on it.
"This is the art of change in China, under the variable solidified tangible things, in the variable spiritual creatures, on the variable thousands of invisible things, clouds, rain, wind and fog, can be done."
After that, Li Fei nodded on himself.
With a period of accumulation and silent chanting of incantations, Li Fei directly turned into a puddle of mud, and then turned into a character in the classic New Year painting "Doll Holding Carp".
Li Fei, who was in the state of a doll, opened his mouth to speak, and his voice became milky:
"Professor McGonagall, you see, my grandfather said that my talent for the art of change is rare in the world.
But I just can't do Transfiguration, not even the simplest of the same substance.
I've been bothered by this for a long time. ”
After saying that, he shook his head, and the little chubby doll carved in front of him returned to Li Fei's appearance.
Professor McGonagall, who was stunned by Li Fei's sudden one-handed transformation technique, was stunned for a long time and did not speak.
"Li Fei, I'll cast the Transfiguration Technique a few more times, this time I deliberately controlled it a little slower, you feel the difference carefully."
With that, Professor McGonagall took out iron rods, chalk, matches, and feathers, and slowly turned them into thin needles of the same style one by one in front of Li Fei.
"I seem to have a little bit of inspiration, but I haven't caught it yet, and I think I might need to think again."
Patting his swollen head, Li Fei fully observed Professor McGonagall's four transformations, almost every detail and any subtle magic fluctuation was observed by Li Fei, but it was still difficult to replicate.
"Sometimes the problem of smart children is like this, you may not have enough theoretical knowledge, because you think too deeply and get into some kind of impasse.
And some simple-minded children may not think about why, but only think about how to do it, and they can succeed.
I'll write you a few books, and you can go to the library to borrow them when you have time, and these slightly in-depth theoretical knowledge may solve your troubles. ”
For a child like Li Fei who doesn't want to understand and can't use the Transfiguration Technique, Professor McGonagall can't do anything about it.
Anyway, I have taught a lot of such students, so I recommend a few tome books to them, and maybe one day they will be enlightened.
This kind of student, once enlightened, is not comparable to ordinary students.
As long as you don't go down the wrong path, you will at least be a master of Transfiguration in the future.
"Thank you very much, Professor McGonagall.
But I have some additional questions, and I'll see if you can help me answer them. ”
"Of course, kid, but it's noon break, you may not be able to make it to lunch, why don't we talk while eating~"
With that, Professor McGonagall raised her wand very formally, and the tables and chairs beside the two of them were neatly pushed to the sides by an invisible force.
A desk and two chairs ran over with brisk steps like a deer.
In front of Li Fei's eyes, the desks and chairs have become a set of English tea tables and English armchairs with very complex patterns.
Inviting Li Fei to take a seat, Professor McGonagall tapped the table, and a plate of small cakes, snacks, pumpkin pie and apple pie appeared in front of him, and a plate of sausage platter was placed in front of Li Fei.
Two cups of fragrant black tea appeared beside the two of them, and Li Fei took a sip of the teacup, well, mellow and fragrant.
The black tea in the teacup is automatically filled, and you can exhale a breath of hot air comfortably, and the live version of "Drinking Black Tea Calmly at Hogwarts" is really good.
"When I'm older, I always want to eat something soft and glutinous." Professor McGonagall picked up a small cake and tasted it slowly with black tea.
Huanhuan under the table "snorted", which means how old are you, just shout that you are old, we are young!
"Hehe, Li Fei, your cat is really a little cutie.
You know, he ran to my dorm door this morning and danced with a top hat on his head. ”
Huanhuan's big tail shook and shook dissatisfiedly.
That means, as if to say, how can we casually talk to Li Fei as a human about the intimate topic between our two cats!