Professor McGonagall pursed her lips tightly, raised her eyebrows and looked at Elena.
This sentence is simply equivalent to the somewhat uncomfortable answer "Labour and management are born so cute".
The most helpless thing about Professor McGonagall was that even though she subconsciously raised her guard in her heart, when her eyes touched Elena's face, she still unconsciously softened slightly - this child was indeed very well-behaved when eating.
"Okay, Miss Kaslana, you know what you're here for."
Mag cleared his throat and said seriously.
"Professor Dumbledore hopes that I will guide you to complete the Animagus transformation and find a way to solve the problem of your inability to release the normal transformation. I hope you can correct your attitude and stop playing with those little tricks you used in class..."
"Hmm." Elena swallowed the cookie she was using to swear and nodded.
Of course she knew what Professor McGonagall was referring to——
If it was just because the snail could move, she almost managed to get through the Transfiguration class last semester with her exquisite "binary structure transformation magic", and she wouldn't have been reduced to having to make up classes here every weekend.
"Well, I have a little question, Professor."
Elena raised her hand and looked around the small room.
"Isn't it a little too small here? Maybe we should move to some more open areas?"
"Maybe later, but right now it's not needed -"
Professor McGonagall raised her eyebrows and moved her wand lightly on the edge of the desk.
Immediately afterwards, the desk quickly extended outwards, and an additional desk grew.
"Before you start trying magic, I think you should probably go back to the beginning - you may have your own understanding of the basics of transfiguration, but I hope that from now on, you can try to forget that knowledge and learn it again. As a
Think as a modern wizard, rather than based on the framework formed by the alchemical knowledge in your mind..."
Professor McGonagall paused for a few seconds, took a breath, and spoke softly.
"Ancient alchemy may be more wonderful, but I think the role of transfiguration is still irreplaceable, right?"
"Obviously, Professor," Elena said.
Spells are a kind of controllable use of magic presented in a supernatural way with the purpose of affecting everything in the world.
Among these, Transfiguration is obviously the most special category - this specialness can be clearly felt in the curriculum arrangement of Hogwarts. In addition to the Transfiguration Curse, most of the spell teaching is unified into
Charms class.
On the other hand, this is the only magical ability that Elena currently cannot master.
As a "special wizard" who is well aware of the field of microscopic matter and the transformation of chemical bonds, she really can't find an opportunity in her mind to understand the transformation magic. Her previous attempts only made the magic show another result.
Nico Flamel and those ancient wizards were good at alchemical magic, not transfiguration.
This also leads to an inference: changing the shape of an object by changing its molecular structure is not the essence of modern transfiguration. The "truth of the world" hidden behind transfiguration should be another logical principle.
"Okay, Transfiguration, let's go back to the original source... Do you know how many subdivisions Transfiguration is divided into?"
Professor McGonagall raised her wand, and paper and pen appeared in Elena's hand.
Along with those parchments and quills, there was also a set of Transfiguration textbooks, from first to seventh grade.
"Hmm...seven? Or eight?"
Elena counted silently in her mind for a few seconds, without opening the book, and answered with a straight finger.
"Transformation, Human Transfiguration, Untransfiguration, Switching, Trans-Species Transformation, Vanishment, Conjuration
)—and, Animagus?”
She looked at Professor McGonagall with some uncertainty, wondering whether her classification covered all types.
After talking to "Nearly Headless Nick", Elena was certain that human transformation could not turn her into an animal.
Professor McGonagall stared at Elena for a while, her lips seemed not to be as tight as before.
"Almost correct, except for the last one - Animagus refers to a wizard who can transform himself into some kind of animal while retaining his magical power. If the transformation spell is divided into categories, it should be called Animagi.
)——”
"What if? What does that mean, isn't it a subcategory of Transfiguration?"
"Strictly speaking, it is slightly different from other transformation spells——"
"Because Animagi is not part of the transformation spell?"
Elena reacted quickly, and she keenly captured the information in Professor McGonagall's words.
"I have to say that you are very perceptive, Miss Kaslana."
Professor McGonagall said softly, a hint of approval flashed in her eyes behind her square glasses.
"Animagi is undoubtedly an advanced type of transformation magic, but it does not rely on the casting logic and casting actions of common transformation spells to achieve its goals. This is why we call this class a parallel teaching attempt.
.”
Professor McGonagall paused for a few seconds, waiting for Elena to write notes on the parchment, and then continued.
"Different from conventional transformation spells, the secret of Animagus lies in the potion, a time-consuming, cumbersome and mysterious special magic potion. It can bypass the understanding and casting actions and directly present the purpose of transformation first...
…”
"First of all, the first step is that for a whole month - from full moon to full moon - you must continue to hold a single mandrake leaf in your mouth." Professor McGonagall glanced at Elena,
Added, "Note that the leaves cannot be swallowed or taken out of the mouth at any time. If the leaves leave the mouth, the whole process must start again."
"...Is it so troublesome? Well, okay, then what is the second step..."
Elena looked at Professor McGonagall with suspicion. She had every reason to doubt whether the older cat lady was thinking about her.
However, judging from the expression on Professor McGonagall's face, there was no mischief or ridicule.
"Then the second step is to take out the leaves during the full moon, fill a crystal vial with saliva, and soak the leaves in it to receive the pure moonlight. If there are dark clouds that night, you will have to find a new mande
Pull the blade of grass and start over. Add a strand of your hair and a silver teaspoon of dew to the moonlit crystal vial - the dew must be collected from a place where there has been no sunlight or human contact for seven days. Finally add a grimace.
The pupa of a hawkmoth. Place this mixture in a quiet, dark place and do not look at it or disturb it again until the next storm with thunder and lightning."
Professor McGonagall said very smoothly, with an extremely serious expression.
But no matter how serious Professor McGonagall is, these processes sound to Elena more like some kind of ancient witchcraft than magic - there are too many mysterious and strange requirements in it, which are different from those in the school.
The style of the course is completely different.
She even thought it was brewing a magical version of chewing wine, rather than learning how to master the Animagus.
"Did you also complete these processes when you completed the Animagus?"
"That's right, the first two steps of preparation are quite tedious, and I failed twice before I could complete it." Mag said, "Don't neglect any step of Animagi, Elena, this is crucial to the success of magic and success."
Is it particularly important?"
"In other words, is it a mysterious magic ritual based on completely black box principles..."
Elena was writing quickly in her notebook and thinking thoughtfully.
In view of the population base of the magical world and the rate of Animagus births, it is obvious that there are no large-scale controlled variable experiments. So which of these rituals play a role is a question worthy of further investigation.
It is obvious that there is definitely some element hidden among them that can explain the nature of "transformation".
"Then what other... rituals are there after?"
Professor McGonagall glanced at Elena's notebook and seemed to have some objections to the girl's description.
"All that's left is to wait, Miss Kaslana, for the storm to come. And every time the sun rises and sets, point the tip of the wand to your heart and recite the incantation: [Amato Animo Animato Animagus]. During this period, the crystal elixir will
The bottle must be kept completely undisturbed and out of contact with the sun. Sunlight pollution will cause the most devastating mutations-"
"What kind of... tragic mutation?" Elena asked curiously.
"Death, or something worse than that, no one knows what will happen -"
Professor McGonagall looked at Elena for a while, then spoke slowly, as if considering every word.
"For so many years, no one told us what was going to happen, and I think that speaks volumes. Restrain your curiosity. This is the most important thing in becoming an Animagus. I don't expect that from you.
Answer--"
"Sometimes, wrong results may be more important than being consistently correct."
Elena murmured in a low voice and wrote down this point in her notebook.
This is undoubtedly a Pandora's box, and she has the ability to explore the truth now, but...
At the same time, on the other side, Professor McGonagall returned to the previous topic and continued.
"If you continue to chant the spell repeatedly at sunrise and sunset, you will encounter a moment when the tip of the wand touches your chest and you will feel a second heartbeat, sometimes stronger than the original heartbeat, sometimes weaker
.Everything must remain unchanged. The incantation must be recited the correct number of times without missing a beat.”
"Then the moment lightning breaks through the sky, immediately go to the place where you buried the crystal vial. If you complete all the above steps correctly, you will find a mouthful of blood-red potion inside..."
"What if...the order is reversed?"
Elena frowned, looked at the contents of the notebook, and asked thoughtfully.
"The fermentation process of the potion in the crystal bottle does not seem to be objectively bound to the spell at sunrise and sunset - that means it is an independent spell, and its purpose is most likely to induce the Animagus.
Shape, is this it?”
"There is such a possibility, if...cough! Cough cough——"
Professor McGonagall subconsciously replied, then quickly recovered and coughed heavily.
"Miss Kaslana, I am teaching you how to complete the Animagus under safe and reliable guidance! I am not discussing with you the principle behind this magic. This is not a question you should consider now."
"Okay, don't interrupt me-"
Professor McGonagall looked at Elena sternly and continued quickly.
"Where did I say it? Oh, right. After you find the bottle of blood-red potion, immediately set off to a wide and safe place to ensure that the transformation process will not attract attention or put your own body in danger.
Then point the tip of your wand to your heart, say the incantation [Amato Animo Animato Animagus] and drink the potion."
"If all goes well, you will feel intense pain and two intense heartbeats."
"You will have a mental image of the creature you are about to transform into. Then... you will complete your first transformation - after the transformation, you will find that you have adapted to your new body, and to return to human form, you only need to be as clear as possible
Imagine yourself in human form..."
"There is a very strange question here. If it were an animal body, wouldn't your thinking be affected?"
Elena looked at Professor McGonagall and gently touched her lips with one finger.
"The brain capacity of animals should not be able to support complex logical thinking abilities."