Chapter 11 Transformation Society
During dinner time, the shameless Draco couldn't help but lead Goyle and Crabbe to the Gryffindor table to find fault. Xie Lin could only hold his head and be speechless. How much did Draco love Harry? Why was he always thinking about provoking him?
As described in the original book, Draco proposed a duel between wizards to Harry in a contemptuous tone.
In his opinion, Harry, who grew up in the Muggle world and had only been exposed to magic for two weeks, probably didn't even know what a duel was and would definitely not dare to challenge him. In this way, he could laugh at him to his heart's content, but he didn't expect that he would Ron on the side couldn't help but stand up to increase his presence, and help Harry agree to the duel, "A duel is a duel! Then I will be his assistant. Who is your assistant?"
Draco looked back at Crabbe and Goyle and said without hesitation, "Of course it's my brother."
Crabbe and Goyle: "Then look what we are doing..."
"How about at midnight? We'll meet you in the trophy room, which is never locked." Draco continued, ignoring their complaints.
Xie Lin's slow voice came from a distance, "Let me tell you... you guys openly discussed duels and fights in public, and you chose to do so at midnight when it was against school rules; besides, you didn't even ask me for my opinion. Is this really okay to involve me in a duel?"
Ron sneered unceremoniously: "It was obviously you who proposed the duel, what? Now that you know you are afraid, you want to back down? You are a courageous coward!"
Ron's tone was indeed a bit excessive, and even Harry couldn't help but frown after hearing it, but Harry didn't want to be misunderstood that he was on Slytherin's side, so he chose to remain silent.
At this moment, Xie Lin was irritated by Ron's words. Although he was expressionless, his tone suddenly became very serious, "I just don't want to violate school rules for boring reasons. Since you want to duel, you don't have to wait until midnight..."
After saying that, Xie Lin took out his wand and tapped lightly on the cup on the long table. The cup instantly turned into a murderous gray wolf, opening its mouth to reveal sharp fangs and letting out a terrifying howl!
There were screams from the Gryffindor table, Harry's face turned pale and bloodless, and Ron was so frightened that he fell backwards from his chair and fell to the ground. Just when Professor McGonagall on the professor's chair hurriedly approached, Schelling waved his wand lightly, and the gray wolf turned back into a cup for an instant. Only Schelling's emotionless voice was heard: "Now you still want to follow me?" Do I duel?"
Professor McGonagall rushed over with a stern look on her face and said sternly: "Mr. Malfoy! Please explain, what is going on? Using magic to harm classmates is strictly prohibited at Hogwarts!"
Xie Lin turned to look at Professor McGonagall. He knew that this professor always acted impartially and would not favor Gryffindor, so he had nothing to fear.
He replied in a calm tone: "Professor McGonagall, Weasley has never had a good impression of our Malfoy family. It doesn't matter to me, but just now I just wanted to cancel the duel agreement between them and my brother in a peaceful way. , I was insulted by classmate Weasley - he called me a courageous coward! And I was just trying to scare them with the transformation technique. I guess it can't be called hurting my classmates in public, right? Look, they can all testify.”
After cross-examining several classmates who were dining at the table, Professor McGonagall determined that Schelling was indeed telling the truth. She pursed her lips tightly and deducted 20 points from Gryffindor for Ron's abusive behavior. This made Ron Gryffindor, which had already deducted a lot of points in the past two weeks, was directly at the bottom of the house rankings. Many Gryffindor wizards gave Ron and Harry unfriendly looks.
Professor McGonagall turned around and said to Sherlin: "Even if there is a reason, Mr. Malfoy, what you did was inappropriate. You are only a first-year freshman. What if your magic goes out of control and accidentally injures a classmate?"
Xie Lin spoke calmly, but his tone was full of unquestionable confidence: "Professor, it is impossible to accidentally hurt a classmate."
After saying that, he waved his magic wand lightly, and the four cups on the table turned into snakes, spiders, chickens, and red foxes at the same time. Then with another wave of his magic wand, the four small animals became entangled together and turned into a long-haired head. The snake-like monster has a fox tail, a cockscomb, and eight spider legs. It raises its terrifying head, swallows its forked snake tongue, and hisses. Xie Lin waved again, and the snake-like monster instantly decomposed into the previous four small animals, and then transformed back into four cups.
Professor McGonagall was stunned and speechless by Sherrin's performance. She calmed down and then said slowly: "Mr. Malfoy, this is such an incredible transfiguration. Can you tell me, How far have you learned the art of transfiguration?"
"What level?" Xie Lin reached out and touched his chin, "I think... I should have mastered all the OWL level content except the transformation spell and the disappearance spell..." He glanced at Ron as he said that. Said: "To be honest, just now, as long as I wanted, I could have turned him into a ferret."
These words made Ron frightened, frightened, angry and hateful, but the presence of Professor McGonagall and the aura exuding from Schelling prevented him from saying any harsh words.
Although Professor McGonagall's expression was still stern, Xie Lin could detect the faint joy that appeared inadvertently between her eyebrows, "Come to my office with me now. I have something to say to you."
Xie Lin followed Professor McGonagall out of the auditorium. Before leaving, he could hear Ron cursing in a low voice, but he couldn't care less and could only follow Professor McGonagall to her office.
Professor McGonagall's office is a small study located next to the corridor on the second floor. There is a burning fireplace here, and the Quidditch field can be seen outside the window. Behind Professor McGonagall's desk, there are densely packed books. The Transfiguration books and the students' Transfiguration papers all showed signs of being turned over, instead of just being put on the bookshelf for show.
It seems that Professor McGonagall's title of "Hat Embarrassment" is not groundless. Ravenclaw is also suitable for her, Xie Lin secretly thought.
After Professor McGonagall sat down at her desk, she stared at Sherrin closely for a few seconds before she organized her words and said: "Mr. Malfoy, you are the most talented student in Transfiguration I have ever seen. Your learning progress is too much higher than that of students in the same grade. In order not to waste your talents, I would like to invite you to join my transformation club."
"Transfiguration Club?" Schelling looked confused. He knew the original work by heart and never remembered the existence of such a club.
All he remembered was the Duel Club that only appeared in the second grade, the Slug Club that only appeared in the sixth grade, and the Gobstone Club hosted by students... By the way, it seemed that Vicky Frobisher and Robin from Gryffindor When En was competing for the Quidditch team position, he said that he paid more attention to the "Charmed Club". Maybe the Transfiguration Club is a similar club.
"That's a club I formed. Once a week, some of your senior seniors who are excellent at transfiguration will discuss and study content related to transfiguration. Of course, I also hope that you can often participate in "Transfiguration Today" "Publish some academic papers to contribute to the study of deformation," Professor McGonagall explained.
After saying that, Professor McGonagall also pulled out a book from the bookshelf. It was her own Transfiguration notes when she was preparing for the OWL exam. It was filled with many personal tips and experiences that were not in the textbook, and she gave it to Xie Lin, she was very optimistic about Xie Lin and looked forward to his future achievements in the field of transfiguration.
[Professor McGonagall’s Transfiguration Notes Obtained! 】
"It's my honor, Professor." Xie Linlin bowed respectfully and walked out of Professor McGonagall's office.
Back at the Slytherin table in the Great Hall, Draco and his followers, Daphne, Meredith, and Pansy gathered around them impatiently, "Why did Professor McGonagall ask you to come to the office?" Draco First I couldn't help but ask.
"Nothing special," Schelling explained in a nonchalant tone. "She invited me to join her Transfiguration Club and gave me a book on Transfiguration."
"Transfiguration Club?" Several people said in unison. "what is that?"
"I heard that it was a club established by Professor McGonagall." Schelling thought for a moment and said, "Let's discuss and study things related to Transfiguration together."
"Are you kidding?" Pansy was so surprised that she couldn't speak when she heard Xuelin's words. Xuelin was very sure that she glanced at Draco again unconsciously, with a complicated look flashing in her eyes.
"You are so awesome, so enviable." Meredith was a little jealous. This was undoubtedly Professor McGonagall's special care for Sherrin.
"Of course, it doesn't matter whose brother I am. If my brother is more diligent and spends more time studying and doing homework instead of trying to find ways to disgust the Gryffindors all day long, he will definitely be no worse than me. You Right, Draco?" Sherlin said with a smile.
"Of course!" Draco responded proudly.
At this time, Xie Lin caught a glimpse of Harry and Ron who were trying to eavesdrop not far away, and said calmly: "Potter, Weasley, don't you think it is rude to eavesdrop on others?"
Draco and the others turned their heads and saw the two men indeed sneaking around nearby, and immediately stared at them with anger on their faces.
Not to be outdone, Ron said: "Why do you say we were eavesdropping? We just happened to pass by. Do we need your approval to pass through the aisle?"
Xie Lin responded calmly, "It doesn't matter. What happened about the duel just now is not over yet, but I don't intend to break the school rules for you. How about this, right here, under the witness of everyone, I challenge you now." , decide the outcome with a game of wizard chess, do you dare?"
Xie Lin knew that it was mentioned in the original work that Ron's most confident talent was wizard chess. He would not refuse to challenge. Xie Lin wanted to hit him hard where he was best at and let him experience all-round crushing. pressure.
A flush of excitement flashed across Ron's face, "Dare! What's wrong with that?"
Xie Lin replied: "Of course, even if it is just a wizard chess competition, I will not waste my time just to win you. If you want to compete, you also need to put up a bargaining chip - how about 10 gold galleons?"
Ron blushed immediately. All his savings did not add up to even one Galleons. How could he come up with 10 Galleons? But facing the Malfoy family that he hated, he could not admit poverty under any circumstances and lost his momentum. Lost face.
Xuelin ignored him, "If you don't have Galleons on hand," Xuelin turned to look at Harry, "Even if this incident didn't happen because of you, it has nothing to do with you. This Galleons cost you Isn’t it too much to go out?”
"Okay! I believe Ron!" Harry agreed proudly.
After dinner time, Schelling took his newly earned 10 Galleons and happily led Draco and the others back to the Slytherin dormitory.
Sitting at the long table were Ron, who looked distraught, and Harry, who also looked unhappy. Harry could only whisper to comfort Ron - but this comfort did not seem to be very effective. Losing Galleons was a small matter for Harry, but this wizard chess match was played in public. Ron was defeated by the Malfoys in public, and he suddenly felt like he had no desire to live.
He felt that the eyes around him were full of pity, which made him feel very ashamed. He covered his face and ran all the way to the Gryffindor dormitory, and Harry hurriedly followed him and left the Great Hall.