Chapter 22: Gryffindor's Courage Is Supreme, Our Dean Can Change... What about cats?!

Hogwarts' biggest problem for new students is probably the disobedient staircase that twists and turns on its own, there are as many as 142 stairs like this with their own ideas in Hogwarts, and the most painful of them are the Gryffindor and Ravenclaw students, whether it is the eighth floor or the top of the North Tower, both of which are quite torturous.

However, Hufflepuff's little badgers don't have such troubles, at least two-thirds less than them.

Turn right out of the door is the Hogwarts kitchen, turn left and go upstairs to the Great Hall Hall, except for classes and classrooms, the badgers don't have to worry about the troublesome stairs, even their herbology is taught in the outdoor greenhouse, thanks to the great wizard Helga Hufflepuff, maybe she is not the most famous of the four founders, but she is certainly the most pragmatic and wise.

Nothing is a Ravenclaw dish, and the badgers like to be unpretentious.

After breakfast, the little badgers who were humming songs ushered in their first class after entering the school, and after leaving the auditorium, three floors up the stairs, the Transfiguration classroom was in the middle of the central corridor, and next to the classroom was Professor McGonagall's office, the serious-looking professor who had always been the second in the list of students not to be provoked.

As early as breakfast, the senior, who takes good care of the younger students, has told them not to be naughty in front of Professor McGonagall, but as long as she is not mischievous, Professor McGonagall is actually a great teacher and will patiently guide you to your problems.

The closer he got to the classroom, the more thoughts came through Harry's head, and as we all know, Gryffindors have the utmost courage, and their head can be a cat!

Who can say no to a cute tabby cat staring at you cutely?

Harry had a bold idea in his head, and he fumbled in his pocket, which contained a handful of small dried fish from the kitchen, freshly baked and crispy.

But the next second, Harry shook his head.

I, Hufflepuff, am as steady as an old dog, and I will never follow Gryffindor to die everywhere, he touched the shiny house emblem on his chest, and the phantom of the flathead brother did it if he didn't accept it..... Does this seem a little off?

In a moment's thought, Harry had already followed the flow of people into the Transfiguration classroom, and Harry, who was taller than the other students by more than half a head, had a good vision, and he casually looked at the classroom, and his eyes swept casually to the podiumβ€”

Professor McGonagall sat behind the lectern and calmly watched the students walk into the classroom.

'Where's the cat?!' ’

'Professor McGonagall, why don't you become a cat on the podium?!' ’

Is this a Gryffindor perk?' ’

Stunned for a moment, Harry, who turned his head to look at the desk, followed the flow of people towards the table, he felt out a small dried fish and threw it into his mouth, the elves are really good, Professor McGonagall can't eat it, it's a pity.....

'Alas...'

Harry chewed on the dried fish tastelessly, but with a sigh, he quickly picked himself up and was ready to start his first Transfiguration lesson.

A few minutes quickly slipped away, and Professor McGonagall, who had been sitting quietly in her chair, got up, and there was a slight murmur of swallowing saliva in the quiet classroom, unlike any professor, even if Professor McGonagall just swept it with a calm gaze, the nervousness of the cat staring at the mouse spontaneously arose, the professor was a cat, and they were shivering little mice.

"Transfiguration is the most complex and dangerous form of magic you'll ever learn at Hogwarts."

She spoke calmly, no one thinking it was a joke, and the students fidgeted slightly, as if they were nervous about whether they would succeed in the subject.

"So, if anyone gets naughty in my class, I'll ask him out and never let him in again."

The professor said slowly, then looked at the students, "I warned you. ”

The effect of the dismount at the beginning of the class was outstanding, and the little wizards who did not dare to speak out nodded again and again, trying to correct their sitting posture.

"Now, I'm going to tell you what Transfiguration is."

Professor McGonagall nodded in satisfaction, then drew her wand, which was an unusually beautiful HK_USP9MM compact pistol with carved and filigree inlays, unlike any gun Harry had seen before, more or less the difference between a regular mass-sale version and a custom collector's item.

Just this appearance, the eyes of many young wizards lit up, the wand is a symbol of the wizard's status, and such a beautiful wand represents extraordinary magic skills.

Professor McGonagall pulled the trigger, and there was no silencer, but she couldn't hear even the slightest sound of the hammer, and where her gun was pointed, her lectern suddenly became a white and fat second brother, suddenly inciting two fat pig ears to look at the young wizards with their dark eyes.

Pigs are considered by wizards to be the most alienated from magical powers, and it is many times more difficult to turn into a pig than it is to transform the lectern into other animals, but unfortunately, not many of the young wizards present can realize this.

"Turn the dead into living things, turn wood into metal ....."

With every word, Professor McGonagall manipulated her lectern to transform, and this magical magic made the young wizards forget Professor McGonagall's previous majesty for a moment, and began to whisper with some enthusiasm.

"If in Charms class, Professor Flitwick will teach you to use spells to serve life, defeat enemies, and protect yourself, then in my class, in Transfiguration classβ€”"

Professor McGonagall paused, the lectern returned to its original state, and the whispers of the young wizards immediately disappeared, and they looked at Professor McGonagall to hear how she was going to lead them into this wonderful magical world.

"β€”I will teach you how to change everything around you, even the world."

"This is Transfiguration, the most complex, the most dangerous, but also the most fascinating magic of all kinds of magic."

"Now, can anyone tell me what the three cores of Transfiguration are?"

Professor McGonagall glanced at her, "I wish someone had reviewed the textbook." ”

The little wizards seemed hesitant to raise their hands, and if they answered incorrectly, it would be terrible.

"Goal, Imagination, Focus."

Harry's curiosity about Transfiguration is very high, compared to the spell of Biubiubiu, this magic that can change the form and structure of matter is the most incredible in the eyes of ordinary people, although the transformation of stones into gold is false, but at the moment when the magic is not gone, this falsehood is also real.

"Transfiguration is different from regular spells, its magic does not depend on the proficiency of the spell, and the successful and effective transfiguration spell depends on the wizard's own knowledge of the shape-shifting object and the subtle use of magic."

"The first step is to select the object we want to transform and see it as a transformative whole; The second step is to envision the object we want to change; The third step is to focus on the will, so that our minds can transform the target object through magic and complete the transformation. ”

Harry, who had already practiced Transfiguration during the holidays, was confident in the question, and his answer made Professor McGonagall nod slightly.

"Good, Mr. Potter, Hufflepuff plus two points."

There seemed to be a faint smile on Professor McGonagall's serious face.

"That's a good answer, but I think you've tried to deform something, Mr. Potter?"

Transfiguration textbooks record the core three elements of Transfiguration, but they don't explain the meaning of what the three elements represent, and being able to say the next few words, it is obvious that Harry has his own understanding.

"Yes, Professor." Harry nodded, "I've experimented a few times during the holidays, and it's not difficult to transform some simple small objects, just look closely." ”

"But, Professor McGonagall, I have a question I wonder if you can answer for me?"

Harry, who had not been in a hurry to sit down, took out two props from his pocket, a small wooden stick and a small iron rod, about four or five inches long and the thickness of his little finger.

"Of course." Professor McGonagall nodded, happy to answer any questions related to the course.

The gleaming silver Glock 18 was drawn, the muzzle of the gun aimed at the material on the table, and as the trigger was pulled one after another, the wooden stick turned into a sharp, shiny metal blade, and the iron rod became a hollow plastic straw.

"Actually, in my eyes, the most incredible magic is Transfiguration."

Harry picked up the two props that he had transformed, and muttered in his mouth: "Transfiguration changes not only the appearance, it can temporarily change the fundamentals of the object, all the physical properties including volume, weight, and density, the iron transformed from wood can actually be attracted by magnets, while the wood transformed by iron loses its magnetism, and even ......"

I saw Harry's right hand holding the metal knife slash rapidly, and the straw that changed from the iron rod was instantly cut in two, but the moment the plastic straw broke and flew out, the changed iron rod returned to its original appearance.

'Knock~'

The sound of metal clashing with solid wood sounded, and a small piece of iron rod that had been severed landed on the table, and Harry raised his left hand gripping it, showing off the smooth cut in the iron rod.

"Professor McGonagall, Transfiguration objects revert to their original state when damaged, as the book says, but ....."

Harry shook his left hand, "The concept of restitution doesn't happen at the moment of destruction, right?" Otherwise what I should have seen was an iron rod with a small notch cut out? ”

"There is no detailed explanation of this problem in the book, I wonder if you can solve my confusion for me, professor?"

Professor McGonagall nodded slightly, and after a little thought, she said to Harry:

"That's a good question, it seems that you thought about it seriously when practicing, but the answer to this question is not complicated, and the reason is magic."

"Magic?" Harry looked at Professor McGonagall with some confusion.

"Transfiguration changes objects by magic, so when the magic power we exert on the object does not disappear, the deformed object will be kept in the state after the change by the magic power, I think, everyone has not forgotten what Mr. Potter just said about the three cores of metamorphosis, right?"

"The first step in unleashing Transfiguration is to treat the Transfiguration target as a Transfiguration whole, and as long as this Transfiguration is not truly destroyed, then the effects of Transfiguration will continue to exist."

"To put it simply, a deformed object can withstand damage, but not damage."

Professor McGonagall drew her wand and aimed it at the lectern, transforming the wooden table into a piece of paper floating in midair.

"If we don't cut this whole into two or more parts." As she spoke, she stretched out her hand and swiped it, and a large hole cracked in the center of the drawing paper, "Then although the stability of the Transfiguration will be greatly reduced, it can still maintain the integrity for a certain period of time, but if..."

She reached out and tore off a small piece of paper the size of her thumb from the corner of the paper, and in an instant the paper returned to its original shape of the lectern, and the paper she was holding in her hand also became a small corner of the table, and the original lectern was missing a corner and a huge crack appeared on it.

"Unless it can be permanently transformed, the biggest limitation of Transfiguration is that it cannot be destroyed in its entirety, with one exception, of course."

With a wave of Professor McGonagall's hand, the ruined lectern was instantly restored to its original state, and at that moment, her expression returned to solemnity.

"Animagus Transfiguration, an extremely complex and dangerous semi-permanent transfiguration of the human body that acts on the wizard himself."

"Still." Professor McGonagall seemed to have a smile on her face, "This is too esoteric for you first-year wizards, even many powerful wizards with advanced magic have not been able to master this magic, and the risk of death is higher than that of any other magic. ”

"That's... Professor McGonagall. ”

As Harry's voice rang out, the eyes of the little wizards lit up in an instant.

"A teacher like you is definitely not an ordinary powerful wizard, right?"

Facing the curious and expectant eyes of the students, Professor McGonagall nodded slightly.

"If you're good enough in this class." Professor McGonagall paused, "I can show you this magic. ”

In an instant, all the students were sitting upright, and they were engrossed in the excitement in their hearts.