Snakes in Hogwarts

Looking at the courses offered in Hogwarts, Transfiguration may be the most scientific and the least scientific.

It is scientific because transfiguration is a very rigorous subject. This class is not just a foolish wave of a magic wand, a few spells can turn a desk into a pig.

In the words of Professor McGonagall, learning Transfiguration requires considerable hard work, because in Transfiguration, success can only be considered if it is completely correct.

Looking at it this way, this course will be more rigorous, at this point, it has many similarities with potions.

The latter is somewhat like a mixture of Muggles’ biology and chemistry.

However, unlike Potions, you can easily appreciate the charm of magic in Transfiguration.

Whether it is from a simple deformation of a dead object, to a transformation from dead to life, to a transformation between species, or a more dangerous and complex human body deformation, all of these can let you intuitively feel the magic of magic.

None of this is what you can get by sitting in a dark underground classroom, facing the bottles and cans.

However, behind this miraculous magic is full of danger.

"I must remind you that transfiguration is a very dangerous subject. I believe that this will be the most complicated and dangerous magic you can learn at Hogwarts. Therefore, I need you I keep quiet during class, carefully remember what I emphasize, and take notes."

In the Transfiguration classroom on the second floor, Professor McGonagall gave them an offense as soon as they came up. The witch sullenly explained the dangers and precautions of this course in Transfiguration.

And some typical negative textbooks.

"Every year, St Mungo’s Hospital for Magical Injuries and Injuries receives several wizards who have mistakenly cast a transformation spell on themselves and cannot be recovered. I think everyone here should not be so stupid as to learn how to use a three-legged cat to cast spells on themselves. ."

The witch glanced around with sharp eyes, causing several scared little badgers to lower their heads.

Like Professor Snape, she can also shock a group of students with a few sentences, and can quiet the classroom without a sharp voice.

"For centuries, wizards have used polymorphism to create many weird magical creatures, like you know, mermaids, sea monsters, and griffins. These are all products of polymorphism. Wizards can even create life through magic. , This is also the charm of Transfiguration."

"Of course, these are too far away for you. Before you can achieve that kind of achievement, what we need first is down-to-earth learning.

In history, there are also many idiots who have mistakenly estimated their transfiguration skills and turned themselves into half-human and half-beast monsters."Professor McGonagall's style of painting has changed.

"You should not be unfamiliar with the story of Minotaur. He was originally an accomplished Greek wizard. Because of his arrogant use of the Transfiguration Curse on himself, he has always become a half-human, half-bottled monster. Until his death, there are still descendants of him on Crete."

"Okay, we've finished talking about it, let's start the class now."

Professor McGonagall tapped the blackboard lightly, and densely packed text and illustrations immediately appeared on the empty blackboard.

This is a conversion spell, a branch of Transfiguration, which can convert two items into each other. Professor McGonagall obviously prepared the lecture in advance, and then directly transferred it with the conversion spell.

This is a very difficult thing to do, and a spell like Professor McGonagall that can be successfully cast just by knocking on the blackboard is already quite clever.

The witch inadvertently showed a hand that easily shook this group of new students who had never seen the world. Almost all of them stretched their necks and looked around, looking forward to what they would learn next.

However, as freshmen in the first grade, they naturally cannot learn anything that is too difficult.

"Today we will learn how to turn a match into a silver needle." Professor McGonagall picked up a box of matches and distributed them to the students below.

"But before we start, we need to learn spells and the gestures for casting spells."

Ignoring the high enthusiasm of the freshmen, Professor McGonagall led them to practice the casting gestures over and over again, and constantly emphasized the key points of the spell.This is important because polymorphism is not a branch of modern magic.

Unlike modern magic that gradually evolved from ancient magic, transfiguration is a pure ancient magic, carried forward by the druids.

Yes, this is not a game. There really existed such a group of wizards called druids in history. They were mainly active in the Celtic period. They were a group of distinguished wizards. They were involved in spells, herbalism, and magic. There are excellent achievements in zoology and other aspects.

The difference between this kind of magic and modern magic is that it is not a spell, but a spell, which means that it is more difficult to release polymorphism and requires more precise casting gestures.

"Well, now, you can try to talk about matches becoming needles. Remember the principles I said, loud spells, correct spellcasting gestures, and most importantly, a firm will. Believe in your heart that you can do it, now, let’s start."

"Keep changing!"

According to Professor McGonagall, Andros gently waved his wand, and the match in front of him slowly changed shape under the unbelievable gaze of Draco and Zabini beside him.

Its texture gradually turned into shiny metal, and the part of the original match head gradually became sharp, and finally turned into a shiny silver needle.

It seems that it is not as difficult as Professor McGonagall said?

Andros put away his wand unexpectedly, and he didn't expect that he would succeed the first time.

"How did you do it?" Draco yelled in disbelief. He held his wand for a long time just now, and it just changed the head of the match.

And this is already an extremely superior performance.

"I do not know either."

"Look, everyone, Mr. Lobach has succeeded, Slythering is very good!" Professor McGonagall also noticed the commotion in the classroom.

Seeing Andros who succeeded in turning a match into a silver needle, the witch smiled very relievedly and praised her without hesitation.

What Andros didn't know was that he was talented in polymorphism.

Remember the big tree when he and Professor McGonagall first met?Andros used magic to piece together a butterfly composed entirely of leaves.

That is the symbol of talent.

Perhaps, in the near future, this still immature little guy will grow into an existence that is comparable to the wizards who have left a lot of color in history.

Let us wait and see how high he will reach.