Chapter 89 A little bit of insignificant progress
"Back? It seems like two of your transformation toys have failed, but I don't quite understand this."
As soon as Andrew returned to the dormitory, Hughes, who was taking notes there, raised his head and said to him, and then started to sort out his things again.
Hughes didn't like the library very much. Andrew asked once, and Hughes said he found the library too tempting and couldn't concentrate on the book in front of him.
It's amazing logic, but Andrew can't control this kind of thing.
Anyway, there is usually no one in the dormitory - he likes the library, and the other two like to run around. Sometimes when it gets noisy, Hughes will join in and play.
"It failed? Great."
Andrew quickly ran to his desk and looked at those things.
Well - this is something he made not long after school started. It can be regarded as the first observation since he can cast spells stably.
‘Keep this, this can be dismantled, and these five undeformed controls that were left over from the beginning…”
He carefully took the thing to be dismantled, spoke to Hughes and walked quickly outside the lounge - he was not yet able to slice this thing into pieces without the help of tools, so he could only rely on off-site assistance.
…
"Cut?"
"That's right, cut it open, Senior Nellie. It needs to be cut piece by piece. You can't use destructive spells like splitting it apart."
"It's a bit difficult... let me think about it..."
Nellie, who was called out, looked at the thing in front of him with confusion. After thinking for a while, he picked up the wand and carefully divided it with the cutting spell - but as soon as he got started, he knew that this job was more complicated than he thought. Simple.
There is no magic protection, nor is it a special material...
With doubts, he easily completed the task in front of him.
"Great, and this..."
…
“Perfect!”
Andrew marveled, and was paid for two hours - perfect for both money and goods.
"It's only been less than twenty minutes..."
"After all, we didn't discuss it in advance. I have to continue studying them. Happy cooperation, Senior Nellie."
Andrew waved and walked towards his dormitory again.
In fact, this thing is to study the damage to the internal structure of the deformed object when the deformation effect disappears, and to explore the effect and damage of the secondary deformation of the restored object. There are actually conclusions in the reference books, but Professor McGonagall suggested He did it once with his own hands to deepen his impression and understanding of the transfiguration technique.
He just added some more controls that he thought would be helpful - anyway, just do a few more sets and leave them there waiting to disappear. It wouldn't be a hindrance, and the cost wouldn't even be as much as the remuneration paid today.
But the result was not bad - he spent a day after lunch studying the manuscript and comparing various destructive experiments on the dismantled objects. The conclusion he got was exactly the same as that in the reference book.
Releasing the transformation will have a slight impact on the properties of the object itself, but for most substances, these effects will not exceed the destruction of the object itself over time.
The influence of the external environment on materials will even affect the duration of the existence of transfiguration (Andrew did too few experiments to draw this conclusion, but the two samples are consistent), so most transfiguration mechanisms will use more expensive rocks or metals. It is produced, and as long as it is not in a severely harsh environment or has not been maintained for a long time, it will become stronger and stronger over time.
‘I’ll be able to hand in this assignment that has been delayed for a long time after the subsequent groups start to fail in a few days. ’
Andrew nodded and stopped writing.
The overall improvement of his transfiguration skills was stuck due to his age - fortunately, he found Professor McGonagall in time so that he would not continue to waste time. He could get timely guidance before going to the office to work every day. Since the depth could not be increased, he would widen the thickness. , it is not a waste of time to learn some basic theoretical expansion.
Standing up, he moved around and was about to see what Hughes was doing when the door to the dormitory suddenly opened.
Their roommate, Hal, rushed in with a shocked look on his face.
"Don't go out, don't go out!" What are you talking about? There is another class to attend later. Although it is History of Magic, it is not good to be caught skipping class.
Andrew was about to remind him, but suddenly he noticed something was wrong - there was a big stupid word on the right side of Hal's face, but he probably didn't see it.
"Right side of the face, man, did you lose at cards?"
"ah?"
Hal's mouth opened wide, "Am I also being tricked?"
"Um?"
Andrew and Hughes looked at him, and Hal looked desperate. "I ran away immediately. Peeves spilled a large bottle of ink in the hall, and if he was spilled even slightly, curse words would appear on his face..."
It can be seen…
After hurriedly explaining to Andrew and the others, Hal rushed to wash his face - but unfortunately, Peeves' super-level pranks could not be solved by water. He tried a variety of measures, and even gritted his teeth and used it to clean the toilet. The super toilet cleaner is still not done.
"Go to the campus hospital."
Friendly tip from Andrew.
"Impossible, it's already full, and Madam Pomfrey is good at treating illnesses. Isn't she good at treating illnesses like this?"
Hal looked distraught.
"Let me help you take a look." It was a little far away before, so Andrew didn't see it. Now that it's close, he seems to be able to understand it.
"Uh-huh…"
Hal came over as if he had found a life-saving straw. Andrew took a look at the words made of ink, "It is indeed like this, high-end stuff! It is a very advanced transformation technique. I guess it must also have the skills of curses and potions." !”
"Can you handle it?"
Hal's face was suddenly filled with surprise.
"No, if nothing else, I can't handle this advanced transformation technique, but you can try it with a senior - or ask a professor for help."
"Professor Binns, okay?"
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"It seems that it really doesn't work..."
Seeing Andrew's disdainful eyes, Hal asked himself, "Then I'd better go to the hospital and line up. Maybe Madam Pomfrey will help us find a professor if she can't solve the problem..."
"Want to cover up?"
"scarf?"
"sticker."
As he spoke, Andrew poked the empty parchment next to him with his wand, and then a nice-looking patch-like painting of Ravenclaw's emblem appeared, and the color on the bottom was almost exactly the same as Hal's skin.
"Cool! Man—no, when did you become so realistic?"
Hal couldn't believe it. Everyone had been laughing at Andrew's soul painting for a long time! (After half a day, several people were hung upside down by their own sheets, and from then on the topic of painting disappeared from the internal communication in the dormitory.)
"Study hard and practice hard."
Andrew spread his hands - after Professor McGonagall's guidance, he spent about a week practicing the transfiguration technique of using a wand to express the images in his mind. The effect was quite good, but he definitely couldn't use it in the Herbology class...
"See you later, I'll go to the hospital to wait in line!"
Hal proudly rushed out with his patch on his head, furious.
(End of chapter)