The next morning, news spread around the breakfast table that Professor McGonagall's course would be reviewed.
The students curiously asked for details, but no one knew any more information except the location and time.
Everyone speculated that the disciplinary committee members might know more, but when Hannah repeated that she didn't know for the third time and started clenching her fists, the good little wizards finally believed that Hannah didn't know the details. The only thing people knew was
, this time it was not just officials from the British Ministry of Magic who arrived at Hogwarts to participate in the review.
"So, our task is to stand outside the door to prevent students from going in and causing trouble?"
Hannah's eyes wandered back and forth between Hermione and Elena, as if she wanted to read something on their faces.
"While professors and officials are meeting inside, we stand at the door like stone statue guards until the review meeting is completely over?"
"Well, it's actually divided into inner and outer fields——"
Elena shrugged and said cautiously.
"You and Luna maintain the outfield, and you don't have to stand at the door. There will be chairs, a sign-in desk, etc...."
"And Sister Elena and Sister Hermione are sitting comfortably inside and watching, right?"
Luna said softly with some resentment. She glanced at Elena and Hermione, "Will there be shifts in the middle of the shift and substitutions between the inside and outside?"
"Well, I should... okay... of course..."
Under the offensive looks from Luna and Hannah, Elena reluctantly compromised.
"If you can convince other students to come over and take over the class, I can ask Bill Weasley from the senior class."
"No problem, I can ask Ginny, Danilova and the others!"
Hannah's eyes lit up and she answered quickly.
The Witches' Guild has been established for such a long time, and now they finally have something to tell them to do!
So, until that night, four little witches were waiting neatly in the Transfiguration classroom in advance.
Ginny and Bill were responsible for signing in and maintaining order in the outfield, while Danilova and Irina patrolled the corridors and performed their duties as probationary disciplinary committee members.
After a while, there was a burst of chaotic footsteps from the other end of the corridor.
Professor McGonagall and dozens of adult wizards poured in from the door of the Transfiguration Classroom.
Umbridge was at the end of the queue, holding onto Ms. Bones, the director of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, and whispering something.
"Then, let's start as soon as possible, everyone-"
When the last wizard walked into the classroom, Professor McGonagall waved her hand and closed the teacher's door.
This is not an interrogation, just an academic review meeting to determine whether the "new transfiguration" complies with magic teaching standards.
She had done something similar in the lecture hall of an off-campus research institute not long ago, so she didn't feel much nervous or uneasy.
"The birth of the new theory of transformation is essentially to answer the exceptions in Gamp's law of transformation..."
Professor McGonagall looked around at everyone in the classroom, took out her wand, and tapped the blackboard.
As she explained, the magic blackboard unfolded one by one on the blackboard.
Except for a few officials from the Ministry of Magic, most of the wizards present were experts in the field of contemporary transfiguration.
Therefore, Professor McGonagall can skip many basic contents and start directly from the specific theoretical changes.
She spoke for about a quarter of an hour, everyone listened very attentively, and the room was completely silent.
She said that during many years of teaching, she discovered that the stability and success rate of Transfiguration were largely affected by the caster's mental model. After several months of teaching attempts, Professor McGonagall now
Being 100% sure and clear about the physical parameters such as the target object's frame, weight, and hardness will save a lot of mana consumption.
She also said that she had carefully studied the five exceptions to Gamp's law of transformation and tried to find similar patterns among them. At first, she thought those exceptions should be independent and non-interfering special cases, but Nico
The appearance of Flamel and Apokalis subverted her previous understanding - the purpose of alchemy is to essentially transform new substances, which is very similar to the state of transfiguration, but different. So she began
I wonder if transfiguration is another kind of magical logic...
"Very good," when she paused, the editor-in-chief of "Transfiguration Today" nodded thoughtfully, "So, transfiguration and alchemy are two kinds of magic."
"I have to remind you that based on this point of view, it is not a transformation. But if it is not a transformation...then what is it?"
“Concept coverage – or information coverage.”
Professor McGonagall continued, her voice becoming hoarse from talking non-stop.
However, the look in her eyes became brighter and brighter, as if someone had lit two magic torches in her eyes.
She began to explain the theories about the structure of the world and the separation of information, and raised the question of whether an object looks like an apple and smells like an apple...
But then, Professor McGonagall's voice became hesitant.
The further you study transfiguration, the more likely you are to encounter problems. Among them, the most difficult ones to overcome are chemical properties and chemical reactions.
In fact, she had only just come into contact with these contents in the past few months, and it was difficult to fully explain them in such a short period of time.
The classical theory of transfiguration ends at the level of object deformation. No one has paid attention to the more subtle and distant transformation and replacement in the chemical field before:
Wizards don't have much concept of chemical reactions, and even alchemy is more based on long experience summaries.
And with the arrival of those Muggle scholars, a road that no one had explored quietly unfolded in front of McGonagall.
"A certain scientific magic", this is how Elena used to call her.
Human eyes, and even wizards' magic, are currently unable to truly see those indescribably tiny electrons and atoms.
Professor McGonagall was thinking seriously about how she should explain if it involves the control of deformation in the field of chemical reactions...how should she prove to others that there are tiny things in this world that are countless times smaller than dust. After they come into contact and collide, they
It will produce wonderful changes, which in turn will affect the stability of the transfiguration.
She subconsciously shifted her gaze to "Professor Apokalis" sitting in the front row. He should know more about the field of alchemy than she does.
Professor Apokalis smiled slightly, as if he had guessed her troubles and suddenly spoke.
"The further content, those are your own research topics, right?"
Grindelwald grinned and said, "I think your explanation is enough. After all, we are only discussing the scope of students' studies today."
"Alchemical transformation - this is a problem that has lasted for more than ten centuries. I have only just scratched the surface, so you don't have to be too impatient."
Professor McGonagall breathed a sigh of relief, a huge sigh of relief, and smiled gratefully.
Although Dumbledore is temporarily missing, Professor Apokalis will share the pressure for her just like Dumbledore at critical moments.
"Wha, what... alchemical transformation? I don't understand something--"
At this moment, a somewhat bald middle-aged wizard said in a confused voice, "Didn't you just take the time to discuss that transfiguration and alchemy are two different things..."
"Transfiguration, alchemy, alchemical transformation, transfiguration alchemy... these are actually four disciplines."
Professor McGonagall said quickly, tapping her wand lightly on the blackboard.
"The first two are basic magic subjects, while the latter are composite subjects, or just some assumptions that have not been formally established."
"Alchemical transformation is a branch based on alchemical principles and techniques, studying the properties and behavior of the transformation system, and discovering and establishing special laws of transformation."
"Similarly, transfiguration alchemy is the other way around. As magic theory develops, I think the interpenetration between disciplines will become more common."
What Professor McGonagall did not finish was that this concept actually came from the tips of those Muggle scholars - in the non-magical world, the two seemingly distinct subjects of chemistry and physics not only intersect and have something in common in some basic fields, but
As they go higher, they will also become entangled again, just like two spiral lines. Transfiguration and alchemy are the "physics" and "chemistry" of the magical world. Except for the different names and some contents,
The essential uses are actually the same.
Wizards...understand and interpret the truth of the world, nothing more. This is Professor McGonagall's biggest gain these days.
Amelia Bones looked at the words that appeared on the blackboard, and suddenly remembered some of the proposals made by the ministry some time ago, and nodded gently with all the thoughts in mind.
"I can generally understand it," she said softly. "In fact, the future of the wizarding world may be like this, with integration and collaboration in all fields."
She turned around, looked at the wizards around her, and a flash of light flashed on the monocle as she continued to explain.
"The Ministry of Magic is preparing to promote industrialized magic supplies, a standardized magical animal industry, and assembly line production of basic magic potions..."
"But what I don't understand is that I heard that you are implementing some Muggle teachings, so how do these contents connect with what you just said?"
"Muggle...teaching content?" Mr. Fields, the editor-in-chief of "Transfiguration Today" frowned.
"Yes, I have evidence here that Ms. Minerva McGonagall is taking this opportunity to teach students Muggle knowledge in the Transfiguration class."
Umbridge, who was sitting in the middle row, suddenly stood up, took out a thick writing pad from her handbag, and shook it proudly.
"In the important class where the students were supposed to be learning magic, she treated those poor little guys as if they were teaching Muggles."
"Listen here, scientific transfiguration—tsk, tsk, tsk, it doesn't work at Hogwarts, right?"
"Science, not technology, Ms. Umbridge."
Professor McGonagall replied calmly, glancing at her with some pity.
"Science is a way of thinking that systematically analyzes the world and looks for patterns."
"As for the content I teach my students, yes...a considerable part of it comes from knowledge in the non-magical world."
"However, is it possible that we and Muggles actually live in the same world? The properties, weight, and basic laws of physics of objects..."
"If you had listened carefully to my description of the new transformation technique just now and understood it clearly, you would know that these are exactly what we are lacking."
Professor McGonagall had obviously prepared a lot of answers in advance. Before Umbridge could finish her two questions, she responded quickly like a barrage of answers.
Of course, Umbridge's side was not completely unprepared.
"Oh, skipping this point, are the sources of Muggle knowledge you use in class reliable?"
Umbridge asked tit for tat, her fat, pale, toad-like face staring in the direction of Professor McGonagall.
As the "former" Senior Undersecretary of the Ministry of Magic, Umbridge is very aware of various rules and regulations.
"How do you confirm that these contents are suitable for wizards to learn, rather than Muggles' stupid, one-sided and absurd conjectures about the world?"
"I quoted Muggle textbooks and verified that the contents are authentic and reliable..."
"You want to verify? That may not work -"
Umbridge opened her mouth, revealing the tiny teeth inside.
"Whether the theory in the non-magical world is reliable or not is not directly decided by you alone."
"Then how about setting up a teaching and thesis qualification review association?"
At this moment, Grindelwald, who was sitting at the front, suddenly spoke and glanced at the other wizards in the room.
"I very much agree with Ms. Umbridge's point of view. The citation of teaching content cannot be careless. It is best for us to form an academic alliance to identify the content."
"As for our early work, we might as well start with the non-magical documents submitted by Professor McGonagall - as long as they are authentic and reliable, and are not unfounded and unreproducible absurd content, then we will determine that they have the value of citing.
The teaching objectives in the classroom are separate from this."
"… Approved, source of content?" The editor-in-chief of "Transfiguration Today" nodded slightly, "That's great."
"The Department of Magical Law Enforcement can endorse this matter——"
Amelia Bones coughed slightly, "The final review results can be summarized here, and we will give them official citation qualifications."
"Then, Professor McGonagall, please sort out the non-magical knowledge you are involved in, as well as the sources and specific contents of the documents."
"We will organize a joint review of wizards from all walks of life as soon as possible to screen whether there are any unreliable and absurd parts in the content."
"no problem."
Professor McGonagall smiled and nodded, then turned to look at Umbridge.
"Oh. You see, this little problem should be solved..."
"Is there anything else you want me to answer?"
"Of course -"
Umbridge's face turned red and white, and she quickly flipped through the writing pad in her hand, her eyes moving on it.
"Your theory has not been published on a formal occasion and does not have the recognition and influence of the magical society."
"I plan to publish it on "Transfiguration Today" and "Into Magic" one after another."
"There are no magic textbooks on the market that conform to the new theory, 伱——"
"A new textbook is being written, and I am the first author."
Professor McGonagall replied unhurriedly, her eyes getting weirder.
She suddenly didn't understand, Umbridge...couldn't she be - actually - a helper on their side?
Almost all of the questions stemmed from the fact that Elena's girl had made things difficult for her and asked her about the content.
In the following time, Umbridge and McGonagall's responses to questions became more intense and faster.
Under the watchful eyes of a group of top wizards in the field of transfiguration and officials from the Ministry of Magic, the two of them asked questions, which was extremely exciting.
"In the Ministry of Magic's ordinary wizard level examination and advanced wizard level examination, the old and new theories may have unexpected consequences."
"The new transformation technique can perfectly achieve all the original teaching objectives. The only problem is the written test."
"The written test will make students——"
"Obsolete theories should not appear on the test paper. I suggest revising the written test paper."
"This is not your decision, Professor McGonagall."
"Yes, but the educational institutions and academic review committees of the International Federation of Wizards should be qualified to complete this change."
"Then before everything settles, you still can't..."
"No problem, I will temporarily stop teaching activities, and Professor Black will receive the corresponding magic teaching."