Chapter 58 58: The way forward! suddenly see the light!
A cat.
Become a person in the blink of an eye.
Such a scene caused an uproar and exclamations from a group of little wizards in the classroom.
"Cat! The cat has become a professor!"
"Oh my god! I'm still thinking about catching it back to our dormitory!"
"How cool! I want to become a turtle! The one that can live for 10,000 years!"
>Seeing that the little wizards were shocked by the opening effect of this first lesson, Professor McGonagall couldn't help but turn up the corners of her mouth slightly. Every professor at Hogwarts knows how to arouse the interest of the little wizards in learning.
“If I haven’t forgotten my meal, I don’t always like people doing other things secretly in my class.”
After reminding Ian, Professor McGonagall also He raised his hand and made a gesture, allowing the three of them to choose their seats.
In an empty classroom.
There are not many tables and chairs.
Maybe.
In the course of thousands of years, at a certain time, this place was bustling with people. But now, it is clear that more than thirty little wizards cannot even fill half of the tables and chairs in the classroom.
"Good morning, everyone, I am Minerva McGonagall. In the next few years, I will be your Transfiguration teacher." Professor McGonagall first made a simple self-introduction introduce.
After signaling everyone to be quiet.
"Transfiguration is a complex and magical magic that is very practical both in life and in combat." As he spoke, Professor McGonagall waved the wand in his hand.
Almost in an instant.
The podium next to her turned into a ferocious leopard.
“Roar!”
The leopard roared angrily, scaring the little wizards into screaming. Michael and William's eyes almost popped out, while Ian's eyes were as bright as green gems.
Transfiguration!
His lifelong enemy!
When can we achieve such a level!
“Roar! Roar!”
The leopard was really like a living creature. It jumped around in the classroom for a while, and then with the wave of Professor McGonagall's wand, it turned into an ordinary podium again.
“Do you think she just turned a table into a leopard and then back into a table?” Michael suddenly whispered to Ian in a low voice.
“What else?”
Both Ian and William looked confused.
“What if the professor turned a leopard into a table in advance and put it there, and then turned it back into a leopard and then into a table in front of us?”
Brother Hei seems to have a somewhat unique way of looking at problems.
“…”
Ian was speechless.
This time.
Professor McGonagall, who did not know that he had been exposed to "conspiracy theories", had already begun to whisper to the young wizards who were eager to try and learn the art of transfiguration.
"Turn furniture into animals. This is what senior students learn." Her method of arousing everyone's desire to learn is simple, but very effective.
An expectant little wizard raised his hand.
"Professor, if I learn transfiguration, can I turn my brother into a rainbow pony?" This is a cute little Hufflepuff witch wearing round glasses.
Her question made Ian turn his head sharply and look over.
Whose general is this?
Why didn't you go to Slytherin?
"Transfiguration is prohibited on people of the same kind. Miss Laura, I hope you can give up this dangerous idea." Professor McGonagall warned in a stern voice.
"Maybe you will find the scene just now very interesting, but in fact, transfiguration can almost be regarded as the most dangerous magic you have to learn during your student days."
The voice of the older cat girl It's not very loud, but it can be heard by everyone. Be very clear, "Changing anything into something else is a dangerous process."
"Sixteen magical animals are known to have been created by wizards' failed transfiguration spells, including The extremely famous harpy in Greece.”
"The poor man made himself and his descendants suffer from pain because of his lack of caution, and this is actually a better outcome in the deformation accident."
Professor McGonagall glanced Every little wizard present.
Her words mean a lot.
There is enough blank space to make people think deeply.
“So, caution is always the first rule you must keep in mind when you want to learn transfiguration. I don’t want to hear about you becoming a warning case in the textbooks in the future.”
A rather serious reminder.
The little wizards in the classroom became a little nervous.
"If I can turn into a Hungarian Horntail, I think I can do it even if I can't change back." William whispered quietly next to him, making Ian look at him several times.
As expected of a guy who is suspected of having oviparous blood!
"I believe you have realized the dangers of transfiguration, so let me lead you to appreciate its charm--let us start by turning a match into a needle."
really.
The first challenge that freshmen face in the Transfiguration class is always the classic match.
As Professor McGonagall distributed them, everyone got matches. The same goes for Ian. He looked at his personal panel and couldn't help but sigh slightly. [Transfiguration (Level 0) 38/50]
It’s not like he hasn’t done relevant exercises recently, but in this regard, he has had little effect as usual. I’m afraid it takes only one class. Not enough to get him over the threshold.
"Everyone must remember that every pronunciation of the spell must be accurate. At the same time, you also need to construct the thing you want to change in your mind."
After Professor McGonagall's teaching ended, everyone Start practicing.
“VeraVerto!”
Ian recalled the contents in the textbook and continued to try. He tried to construct the structure of the steel needle in his mind, but just like many of the things he had practiced before Same every time.
The match trembled and twisted, but it still failed to turn into a steel needle.
Time is passing.
The surrounding students were all studying and trying seriously. Soon, William was the first to successfully conjure a needle. Professor McGonagall approvingly gave Ravenclaw five points.
Perhaps unwilling to admit defeat, or perhaps due to the temptation of extra points, the Ravenclaw students began to complete the tasks one after another. And there are also finishers on Hufflepuff's side.
“Hiss!”
Seeing that black brother Michael was close to success, Ian finally couldn’t sit still.
"Professor."
He raised his hand.
"Mr. Prince, what's the problem?"
Professor McGonagall immediately cast her gaze over. She had actually been observing Ian's transformation, but there was nothing on Ian's desk. The matches have not changed much.
This seems different from what Dumbledore said?
"I'm having a little trouble."
Ian has indeed wanted to ask Professor McGonagall for a long time.
"Please tell me."
Professor McGonagall nodded slightly.
“As we all know, the main components of wood are cellulose, hemicellulose, pectin and lignin, while the main components of iron are iron atoms.”
Ian didn't look at the confused classmates beside him who were muttering about what "everyone knows". He asked Professor McGonagall in a very serious tone.
"I'm trying hard to convert every component of wood into iron atoms, but... it's really difficult." He was very puzzled by the easy success of other little wizards.
“??????”
It wasn’t just the little wizards who showed confused expressions.
Even Professor McGonagall couldn't help but widen her eyes.
"It seems that you have already done some research on alchemy..." Professor McGonagall looked at Ian with a very strange look. She seemed to have looked at Ian several times.
"However, this is not helpful for learning Transfiguration." After a slight pause and hesitation, Professor McGonagall looked at Ian with her wise eyes and spoke.
"Mr. Prince, what do you think of wizards' magic?"
Her voice was very solemn.
"Magic comes from the wizard himself, from the power of belief. It responds to the desire of the soul." Ian thought for a moment and expressed his current understanding.
Professor McGonagall glanced at him in surprise.
"What Dumbledore said seems to be true. Yes, that's right, you are right. Magic is the embodiment of the soul and the echo of the imagination..."
"Your failure stems from the fact that all you are doing is distorting matter."
Professor McGonagall used a brand new vocabulary to describe magic, and at the same time, also explained why Ian's transfiguration Reasons for slow progress.
“Don’t the echoes of imagination need a carrier of reality? This is no different from distorted matter, right?” Ian felt as if he was close to the truth.
But hard to catch.
"Of course there is a difference, child. Distorting matter is just an attempt to use magic to convert one substance into another substance, and this is not the reason why wizards are powerful."
Mai Professor Ge looked at Ian with a hint of complexity and a bit of struggle in his eyes. She hesitated for a while, and then her eyes softened as if she had made a decision.
"Normally I would not impart dangerous knowledge to young wizards, but Mr. Prince, I think you really need to get the right teaching in this regard."
" I can't watch you go astray."
Professor McGonagall looked at the students around her who were more confused than the last, then looked at Ian whose eyes were full of curiosity, and she spoke softly in a soft voice.
"Remember, we wizards are not twisting matter, wizards are giving new rules to matter. The ancient wizards believed in a saying, which is also applicable in today's era."
Said.
Professor McGonagall raised her wand.
Rising words emerged from the tip of her wand.
The little wizards present all had blank faces, staring at the words floating in the air, shining like fireworks, and no one could identify them while whispering to each other.
"The wizard is the god."
The gorgeous characters are reflected in Ian's eyes. The words written in runes by Professor McGonagall seemed to open a door to a vast world for him at this moment.
The wheels of history... begin to turn.
(End of this chapter)