Chapter 12: Transfiguration

After watching Andersen fly away, Lind and Bellivier stepped into the Transfiguration Classroom.

Ignoring the brown spotted cat on the podium, Linde found a spot in the first row, then sat down and opened the book to continue reading.

Isn't it normal for me to be an ordinary little wizard who doesn't even know about Animagus?

Linde flipped through it for a moment, then closed the book. He had read the book "A Beginner's Guide to Transfiguration" many times.

The content is only a basic explanation of the five principles of Gamp's transfiguration, and the skills when performing the Transfiguration Technique. It includes the way the wand is wielded, the desire to achieve the transformation goal, and the degree of understanding of the transformation goal in the heart.

The five principles of Gamp transformation are:

1: You can't use Transfiguration to conjure food

2: Unable to achieve permanent conversion between living and dead things

3: Cannot transform into magic items

4: The quantity cannot be changed

5: Transfiguration can't be made out of nothing.

Of course, in terms of Linde's scientific worldview, there are still many doubts.

For example, "air" is used as a medium to achieve transfiguration. Transforming foods react with the digestive system for a long time in which they maintain their mana, etc......

Of course, this book only prints these five principles as a preface to the book, as a warning to young wizards who are new to Transfiguration.

And then there's the technical aspect of Transfiguration,

If Linde wants to turn a certain watch into a green water ghost, if he doesn't know enough about the intricate structure inside the green water ghost, then he is more likely to become a green water turtle.

Of course, this is just a metaphor, and when transforming, you need to have some understanding of the object you want to transform. It's "to a certain extent", and it doesn't require a metamorphic animal to learn biology to a certain extent.

To a certain extent, the desire to deform is more important.

Like the spellcasting system of the entire wizarding world, it is a idealistic but not entirely idealistic thing.

"Whew!"

Linde breathed a long sigh of relief.

The more you learn about this magic, the more curious and eager you become.

Before, Linde couldn't understand the feeling that people said, "The more you see, the more you want to know."

But now he understood.

One by one, the little wizards walked in, and Lind saw Jane and Hermione.

It looks like the two of them haven't eaten yet.

Not surprisingly, most of the young wizards were relieved when they came in. One after the other was roughly the same sentence: "Thankfully, Professor McGonagall hasn't come yet!" ”

Regardless of whether it is class time or not, it is not a good behavior for students to arrive in class later than the teacher.

The old-fashioned wall clock in the classroom clanged.

It's class time. Lind saw the cat on the podium stretch and was about to jump off, when he heard a rush of footsteps.

Harry and Ron were long overdue.

"Thankfully, Professor McGonagall doesn't look like she's here yet!"

"Mr. Potter, Mr. Weasley. I think you'll be there a little earlier next time. The sound of the air stirring at a rapid pace echoed through the classroom along with Professor McGonagall's stern words.

The little wizards saw only that the spotted cat that was still on the podium just now turned into a stern witch in a green robe and a pointed hat.

This caused the audience to exclaim, including Linde.

Ron and Harry nodded stiffly, then sat in the back row.

"Oh my God, I'm glad I had you, Linde." The Bellivers said, not daring to wonder if they would be as late as Ron if they hadn't gone with Lind.

After all, when they didn't follow Linde before, they searched for the auditorium for a long time.

"It's Animagus! My grandmother told me that there weren't many people in England who could do this magic! Jane's voice came from behind Linde, and she was talking to Hermione Kopp.

"Transfiguration is the most complex and dangerous form of magic you'll ever learn at Hogwarts." "Anyone who gets naughty in my class, I'll ask him out and never let him in," she said. I warned you. ”

Then, she turned her lectern into a pig and back again.

The little wizards exclaimed, and Linde also looked at the heat in his eyes, and couldn't wait to try his hand.

"Of course, that's not what you need to do, in this lesson, you just need to turn a match into a needle.

Looking at the little wizards' somewhat lost and somewhat unconcerned expressions, Professor McGonagall continued

"Don't think it's easy!"

With that, Professor McGonagall began to explain the theory first, and then began the practical training after they had taken a large number of intricate notes.

With a wave of her wand, the matches on the desk flew out in unison, and then fell separately in front of each of the young wizards.

Linde himself tried to do some Transfiguration at home, but it didn't work well. But now he has some new insights.

He didn't rush to take his wand and start waving it like the other little wizards.

He set his wand aside and thought about the difference between a match and a needle.

First of all, in appearance, the needle is thinner than the match, and then the eye of the needle appears at the end of the match.

Then the wood is converted into metal, and the lines of the needle tip must be smoothed and the needle tail should be more rounded.

Take these deformation needs one step at a time.

Then he picked up his wand and pointed the tip of the wand at the match, and the feeling of communion came to him, and he slowly pumped his magic power to the tip of the wand.

"Desire, demand. My desire now is to turn this toothpick in front of me into a match. ”

The matches begin to taper gradually. Lind did his best to control his mana, outputting it with a steady effect.

The match in front of Linde was getting thinner, and Professor McGonagall didn't know when she stood next to Linde, watching him quietly.

Linde's mind was completely focused on one point, and an irregular hole gradually appeared at the end of the match.

A little shimmer begins to reflect off the wood color of the match, which is a symbol of the change in texture.

But that's all about Linde. By the time he got to the back, he felt very clearly, and he was no longer able to sustain himself.

It's like singing a high note, if you don't have enough energy, no matter how hard you try, it's useless.

"Very good Transfiguration, Mr. Augustus. Looks like you've learned something from books! ”

Professor McGonagall chuckled and waved her wand, and Lind's half-match and half-needle flew up and slowly passed in front of the young wizards.

"Add 3 points to Gryffindor for Mr. Augustus's excellent Transfiguration."

Hermione and Jane had seen Linde's results, too, but it had only been so long before he had done it.

Jane looked at her match, it only had a slight silver glow at the tip, which was not comparable to Linde's at all.

She had heard Professor McGonagall say the words, and he had seen that Lind would hold a book wherever he went, just as he had done this morning outside the common room.

Not to be outdone, Hermione stared harder at the match in front of her.

And Linde didn't think about it so much, his own goal in mind was never to compare with these little wizards, and of course there was no need to compare with the so-called senior grades.

He just wanted to achieve the goals he had set for himself.

And his goal in this class is to be able to conjure a real needle and maintain it for a while.

It wasn't until the end of class that Linde finally managed to conjure up a complete needle.

Professor McGonagall didn't expect Linde to be able to conjure needles in one class, so she added 3 points at once, which also led to Linde's complete conjuring of needles this time only adding 2 points.

At the end of class, except for Linde, only Hermione and Jane's matches had the appearance of dotted needles.

Professor McGonagall then demonstrated to the class how she turned a match into a needle.

When the bell rang for the end of class, Linde slowly put away his things and walked to the back.

Just like when he was off the Hogwarts Express, he didn't want to crowd people.

As he walked out of the classroom door, Andersen flew over and landed on Linde's shoulder.