Chapter 22: 'Dangerous Transfiguration”

Chapter 22: “Dangerous Transfiguration”

Sean has experienced a lot of the wonderful magic in this world, but the one he looks forward to most is Transfiguration. If you think about it carefully, you will find that the masters of wizards, such as Dumbledore and Voldemort, like to use Transfiguration more often.

If the spells you learned in spells class were for everyday life activities. The spells you learned in Defence Against the Dark Arts were offensive and defensive spells.

While Transfiguration seems to be the most used magic in every aspect, it can be helpful in many situations. After your Transfiguration reaches a certain level, you can do a lot of things with it.

Of course, this is just a loose analogy. For Sean, his imagination of magic is limited to this. He needs someone whose an expert in Transfiguration, like Professor McGonagall, to help him improve.

Professor McGonagall gave the new students a good first impression when she appeared. Even before the class started, the Ravenclaws and Gryffindors wizards had already taken their seats.

However, since the class has not yet started, the students are discussing enthusiastically.

A child from a wizarding family like Harry kept talking to the students around him about riding a broomstick when he was a child. Most of the stories were about escaping a Muggle helicopter. He is outstanding, and his character looks genuine about it, so everyone was convinced about his story.

Sean snickered. He thought that Sirius was flying around with Harry on a flying motorcycle.

On the other hand, Hermione wasn’t too impressed with Harry’s story. “It’s very windy near the helicopter, and the brooms will be swept away easily.”

When the class started, Professor McGonagall still did not appear in the classroom. Ron looked at the cat on the podium and said to his friends, “Well, I guess someone like Professor McGonagall is prone to be late.”

As soon as the voice fell, the cat jumped out and turned into a witch in an emerald green robe.

“Don’t worry about that, Mr. Weasley.” she said solemnly.

Ron and his friends were stunned. Other students, including Sean, also watched this scene in shock, and everyone came up with a thought, “Is that Transfiguration magic?”

Professor McGonagall glanced around with stern eyes. She stood by the podium with her hands behind her back and said in the most serious voice.

“Mr. Wallup.”

“One, you can’t make food out of thin air.”

“Secondly, you can’t turn a thing into a magical creation. That’s something only an alchemist can do.”

“Third, you can’t make magic metals, such as gold. You can only make blocks that shine like gold at most.”

“Fourth, it cannot give life to a dead thing. Transfiguration can temporarily turn a dead thing into a living thing, but that living thing is only a structure of life, and it is not “the life” in a strict sense.”

“Finally,” Sean looked at Professor McGonagall with a satisfied look, “Transfiguration can’t change the number of items. One can’t become two, but I’m not sure about these as other books say it can, Professor McGonagall.”

Professor McGonagall nodded in satisfaction and sat him down: “Very good, five points for Ravenclaw. As for your last answer, Mr. Wallup. There’s nothing wrong with the rules you remember. One cannot become two, but two ones can be added together to make two. This Advanced Combinatorial Transfiguration is mentioned in the senior years.”

After getting the answer, Sean nodded suddenly but still raised his hand.

“Anything else? Mr. Wallup.”

“Professor, you just mentioned that liquids and gases cannot be Transfigured, but I don’t quite understand. After all, there are some wizards...”

Sean raised doubts because wizards can’t be all walking around with good intentions. If someone turns a piece of steel into water, then sprinkle it on the playground at noon. When the water evaporates, doesn’t it mean that everyone who inhales it will suffer?

Professor McGonagall motioned for him to stop, gave him a deep look with bright and dignified eyes, and said, “I understand your doubts. I’ll explain it more after the class ends.”

Sean was stunned. He hadn’t said the specific question, and shouldn’t the answer to the question be told to all students?

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