Chapter 8 Transformation Course
Schelling got up before dawn the next day. He washed up, went to Draco's room and took a look at Draco, who showed no sign of waking up, and planned to call him after dinner. Fortunately, there were no classes today. Xie Lin planned to explore around the castle and get familiar with the environment.
Walking to the lounge, Xie Lin saw Daphne who had also just come out of the dormitory.
The two of them met to have breakfast together in the auditorium, but found that there was no one there. It turned out that they had gotten up too early today, and it was not yet breakfast time. The two of them didn't take it seriously and continued to explore this legendary castle.
There are a total of one hundred and forty-two staircases in Hogwarts. Some of them are wide and big; some are narrow, small, and rickety; some lead to different places every Friday; some of them go up halfway, and a step will suddenly disappear, and you have to remember where it is. Should jump over.
In addition, there are many doors here that will not open for you if you ask them to open them rudely or poke them in the right place; there are also doors that are not real doors at all, but just a block of doors that appear to be Door's solid wall.
Schelling and Daphne visited the nine floors, including the dungeon, and found out the locations of the classrooms required for classes. They also found three secret passages, which are usually hidden behind tapestries, stone carvings, and stone sculptures. Behind the wall, or even hidden behind the portraits, there are some secret passages that require specific passwords or can only be opened by touching certain special locations.
When the two returned to the Great Hall, there were already students in twos and threes sitting at the long Slytherin table having breakfast. Sherrin saw Draco, who was still sleepy-eyed, sitting with Goyle and Crabbe. He walked over to say hello to them, introduced Daphne to them, and they sat together to enjoy breakfast.
Xie Lin casually ate a bowl of milk and oatmeal, then took out a piece of parchment from his pocket and wrote and drew on it with a pen.
"What are you drawing?" Draco couldn't help but ask.
"I'm going to draw a map of Hogwarts, recording the location of each classroom and every secret passage I discovered." Schelling scribbled on the paper intently without raising his head.
Xie Lin had just finished drawing and turned the parchment over. "Eh? Is this a map of the castle? Can you lend it to me to look at?" A girl's voice sounded next to him. Xie Lin turned his head and looked over. She was from the same college. New student Pansy.
Seeing Pansy's arrival, Daphne's eyes flashed with imperceptible disgust, but Xie Lin, who was very attentive, noticed it immediately.
Xie Lin took out his wand and tapped it lightly, using the copying spell to copy a map and handed it to Pansy. "I still think I should go around the castle by myself. This is one of the joys of being new."
The young wizards present were all pure-blood or mixed-blood, and their knowledge of magic was not as shallow as the Harry trio, so they immediately recognized the magic performed by Sherrin.
Pansy stared at Sherrin's wand and asked in surprise: "Have you learned the copying spell?"
Xie Lin gave an unconvincing "hmm" and said, "This curse is not difficult."
The look in Pansy's eyes when she looked at Xuelin suddenly became very strange. Xuelin was sure that he saw Pansy glance at Draco quickly and imperceptibly. At that moment, a look of annoyance and hesitation flashed in her eyes. .
She frowned even more when she looked at the map drawn by Xie Lin. The map was very detailed, and the lines and markings were also very clear. The markings of secret passages and classrooms were clearly visible, and even where the stairs needed to be crossed at what number. No steps are missed.
This map is by no means something a child can just doodle. It contains valuable skills such as space, surveying, and architectural painting techniques.
As a great adventurer in his previous life, Xie Lin had a lot of exposure to mazes, castles, and dark forests. He was very familiar with drawing maps and routes by hand. Although it had been 11 years since he was reborn, and he had done a lot with his hands, the works he drew were The level is still enough to put these little brats out of reach.
Not long after, several of Pansy's besties came to the auditorium one after another. Knowing that Daphne didn't like these girls very much, Xie Lin got up and said goodbye to them together with Daphne. Before leaving, Xie Lin copied a few more copies of the map and distributed one copy to Draco and the classmates present, so that they could avoid the risk of getting lost as freshmen.
Sherrin and Daphne had no intention of returning to the dormitory. They went to the library together to explore the collection of books in Hogwarts.
Hogwarts has a hundred thousand books, more than the collections of the Malfoy family, the Black family, and my grandmother's family combined. Of course, quantity does not mean quality. Those items that can be easily purchased in bookstores are not qualified to be placed in the family library.
Daphne found a book about spells and sat down to read quietly. Xie Lin spent a lot of time looking through the books on each bookshelf and figured out the positions of the bookshelves corresponding to books in different fields.
Schelling's primary goal is to learn Occlumency. It is known that at least two people, Dumbledore and Snape, are proficient in magic such as Legilimency in this castle, and Schelling has too many plans in his mind that cannot be easily revealed. . Xie Lin borrowed several books on Occlumency from the library and planned to think about it slowly after returning to his dormitory room.
Occlumency is a very special form of magic that does not require a spell or wand to perform. It only requires practitioners to have a firm heart and strong suppression of emotions and emotions.
This is why Schelling had never thought of practicing Occlumency before entering school. He still remembered that he asked Lucius about this problem, and Lucius dismissed him because he was too young. Later, after several studies, he discovered the real reason why children could not learn Occlumency.
In children's brains, the emotional suppression mechanism is immature. Compared with adults who use the prefrontal lobe of the brain, which is responsible for rationality, to make decisions, children prefer to use the amygdala, which is responsible for emotion and intuition, to make decisions. This physiological condition directly limits the possibility of children learning Occlumency.
Harry, who has a reckless character in the original book, failed to master this magic by the time he was in fifth grade. This is the reason why. Even though Xie Lin's mind is far more mature than Harry's, Xie Lin doesn't think he can fully master this skill at the age of 11. At most, he can only master a little bit, which is better than nothing.
But that's enough. After all, one of these two masters of Legilimency has a good relationship with his father, and the other is busy with his Harry Potter development plan every day. It is unlikely that he will give himself Legilimency for no reason, even if his father was once real. Death Eaters.
As long as you can quickly detect when someone invades your mind, it is a victory. A professor or a principal can't forcefully invade a child's mind regardless of his or her status when someone has already noticed his little move, right?
Moreover, hehe, Xie Lin is not an ordinary little wizard who allows others to bully him. Behind him is the Malfoy family, which is powerful in politics, business, and education. Sherrin believed that even Dumbledore would have to consider the consequences of offending the Malfoy family, especially in such an unreasonable situation.
There are a total of eight courses for first-year students at Hogwarts, including Defense Against the Dark Arts, Transfiguration, Potions, Herbology, History of Magic, Astronomy, Charms, and the most anticipated flying class for freshmen.
The next day, Slytherin ushered in the first class - Transfiguration class.
Transfiguration lessons were taken with the Hufflepuff students.
The professor of the Transfiguration class is Professor McGonagall, a strict and meticulous professor. Therefore, she treats students from the four colleges equally, without favoritism or targeting. The new students quickly felt Professor McGonagall's strictness.
"The Transfiguration class is the most dangerous class in your freshman year, so I don't want anyone to cause trouble in class. If someone does, I will ask him to get out. I have said this to every freshman, and I hope you can keep it in mind. "The moment the school bell rang, she stood in front of the stage and said seriously.
After Professor McGonagall finished her opening remarks, she took out her wand.
She pointed the tip of her staff at an empty desk and muttered a quick spell. Under the astonished gazes of the freshmen, the desk gradually squirmed and naturally turned into a pig, where it made loud pig noises.
"Wow!" Most of the freshmen were attracted by this magical magic and exclaimed. Even the pure-blood Slytherin wizard is the same.
After all, Transfiguration is a difficult subject, and one that becomes more profound and difficult to learn as you go on. Most adult wizards will focus their skills on magic spells, which are more convenient, simple and easy to understand.
"I believe that many of you have previewed the textbook and have a preliminary understanding of this course." Professor McGonagall spoke slowly and turned the desk back with a wave of his hand. "As you can see, this course is extremely advanced and profound. It’s amazing, but it also comes with risks. It’s best not to try it alone without absolute certainty.”
Most of the young wizards were a little disapproving, but Xie Lin did not dare to take this course lightly. He read through probably all the first-grade textbooks, and the most difficult one to understand was the "Elementary Transformation Guide." This course requires not only the correct spells, but also a thorough understanding of the nature of transformed objects.
Wizards who learn the art of transformation must not only have an in-depth understanding of the material laws of things, but also have a precise understanding of the magical laws that may exist in them, so as to avoid the dangers caused by transformation. This can be said to be quite difficult.
The effect and ability of transformation are closely related to the level of the wizard, and the difficulty increases in proportion to the complexity of transformation. For example, a wizard who is new to transfiguration can easily turn a match into a needle, but it is extremely difficult to turn a match into a stick, and even the shape of a needle cannot be maintained for a long time. A wizard with high magic power can not only transform as he pleases, but can even cast spells on transformed objects to achieve permanent effects.
However, transfiguration is not too difficult for Schelling, who has learned mathematical formulas and physical formulas in his previous life. Schelling's understanding of the laws of matter far exceeds that of many young wizards.
What is a needle? The needle is metal, thin, strong, and sharp!
All he needs to do is rely on his imagination to visualize the image of a needle in his consciousness. The clearer and more detailed the image, the better. Then he relies on his concentration and use spells to inject magic into the object to change the external form of the material. And it’s not over yet——
He has to continue to concentrate and outline the characteristics of the needle. It must be thin and pointed enough to increase its piercing ability; it must be straight and hard enough so that it will not be easily bent by resistance——
This process requires absolute concentration, confidence and determination to move forward. This is why it is difficult for young wizards such as Neville and Ron to master the art of transformation.
While the students around him were still trying to figure out the principle, Schelling turned the match into a silver needle with a lifelike snake head at the eye of the needle, which made Professor McGonagall very happy and gave Slytherin ten points.
By the end of the get out of class, only the matches of the Malfoy brothers had completed the task.
Although Draco was playful, he was also influenced by Schelling in the days after getting the wand and spent a lot of time practicing mental concentration, so his performance was not bad, at least his needle was enough to pierce a piece of thin paper.
Professor McGonagall showed the whole class how the match turned into a needle, and smiled at the two of them.
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Note:
Slytherin's first-year curriculum: (set by the author)
Transfiguration + Hufflepuff
Potions + Gryffindor (official setting)
Charms + Ravenclaw
Herbology + Ravenclaw (official setting)
Dark Magic + Hufflepuff
Astronomy + Ravenclaw
History of Magic + Ravenclaw
Flying + Gryffindor (official setting)
Slytherin and Ravenclaw have the most interactions, which can be traced. In the original book, Harry was not familiar with Ravenclaw classmates at all, and only knew four of them when he established Dumbledore's Army in the fifth year. It can be seen that the main house that Gryffindor interacted with was Hufflepuff. In addition, the original book also mentioned that in the first-year courses, Slytherin and Gryffindor only had potions and flying courses together.