Chapter 398 Sean’s First Lesson

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In the lower grade Transfiguration classroom, the youngest students in Hogwarts were whispering.

They are still first-year students and have already changed into second-year uniforms. Hogwarts and the Ministry of Magic are responsible for the cost of the new student uniforms. However, what most people don't know is that a wizard welfare organization provides A huge portion of Galleons.

"Professor McGonagall is not here today?" a student whispered to his companion.

"She's never late, and isn't it already class time?"

"I was chatting with the seniors before. It seems that we have several Transfiguration classes that conflict with other grades?"

"Well, after all, the courses have doubled... But what about the time conflict? Hogwarts doesn't have a second Transfiguration Professor. Could it be that Professor McGonagall still knows the magic of the clone?"

"Don't be stupid, how could there be such a curse..."

While the students were discussing in low voices, there were footsteps outside the door.

Throughout Hogwarts, Transfiguration and Potions have always maintained a strong sense of "oppression", so the moment the footsteps sounded, all the students immediately sat upright and looked at the blackboard honestly.

The classroom door was pushed open, and it was not Professor McGonagall who they respected and feared, but a tall and handsome boy. He was even wearing the uniform of the fourth grade of Hogwarts Ravenclaw House.

"Senior Wallop?" Many people shouted out in confusion.

Although they actually only stayed at Hogwarts for half a year, Sean Wallop's name was heard almost every day.

Although he comes from a Muggle family, he is one of the best students in the school. Many people would even silently remove the "one" from the back.

Every year, the exam is for the second in grade, and the first is his best friend Hermione Granger. Some people have begun to speculate when the two will start falling in love. Of course, some people are betting on his other friend. Daisy Porter.

Her body, appearance, and conduct are all impeccable, and she is even a rich second generation. Every year on his birthday and Christmas, he receives gifts that are enough to overwhelm him, which shows his good popularity.

Not only that, you can often hear praise for Sean Wallop from the professors, at least they have heard it many times. Even the stern and majestic Professor McGonagall occasionally mentioned a few words.

Of course, this is not what Sean Wallop is most famous for. The most famous thing is that he participated in the academic exchange program with Nurmengaard when he was still a sophomore.

Then, he not only showed strong practical ability, but also won first place in the Numengaard Day competition involving senior students.

He can even communicate with fire dragons...

And Gellert Grindelwald, the former headmaster of Nurmengard, a former wanted criminal, and now the new president of the International Federation of Wizards, also favored him.

Not long ago, dark wizards attacked Hogsmeade and Hogwarts. He also joined the battle and fought off the villains.

It can be said that Sean Wallop's fame at Hogwarts has become ridiculously great.

"Sean——?" Several freshmen who were familiar with Sean had even stood up to greet him.

"Good day." Sean responded with a smile.

Immediately, many people looked at the students who greeted Sean with surprised eyes, and those students also showed a slightly proud look.

In fact, as long as you talk to Sean a few more times, you will know that he is a well-spoken and polite person.

Walking to the podium, Sean placed the textbook that Professor McGonagall had given him on the table, and then spoke.

"Please allow me to introduce myself, Sean Wallop, who is currently a fourth-year student in Ravenclaw House. As for why I appear here, the reason is very simple."

"I believe that many people who have learned about the course information from other grades should know that the Transfiguration course has time conflicts. Professor McGonagall cannot teach students of two grades at the same time - so I received this task , From now on, I will serve as Professor McGonagall’s teaching assistant, responsible for your Transfiguration course.”

When he finished speaking, the students suddenly became noisy.

Teaching assistants are rarely found in Hogwarts. Occasionally, assistants are needed for some outdoor courses, and they are usually prefects or Hagrid.

As a fourth-year student (actually only a third-year student), Sean was able to become a teaching assistant for the Transfiguration course.

He is said to be a teaching assistant, but in fact he is already a junior professor.

You know, Transfiguration can be called the most difficult tutorial at Hogwarts.

Although Sean is very famous, he is still someone they have never come into contact with before. Some students, especially the little wizards born in pure-blood families, have looked at him with distrustful eyes.

Sean simply ignored those glances, knowing what he was here for.

Completing the tasks assigned to him by Professor McGonagall is the top priority. He is not here to build a good relationship with these juniors and juniors.

"Okay, what needs to be said has been said," Sean glanced at his watch, "When everyone's time has disappeared for a year, I am not going to take up precious study time with repeated words."

He didn't plan to name names. Anyway, the students who dared to miss Professor McGonagall's class were probably not born yet.

"Turn the "Beginner's Guide to Transfiguration" to page 123 -" Sean said.

Although there were doubts, Professor McGonagall still had power, and the students obeyed the instructions honestly.

"Professor McGonagall told me that you have begun to learn the most basic vertebrate deformation - can anyone tell me your specific process?"

Having transformed into other people all the time, coupled with his confidence, Sean entered the state very quickly, and at this time he already had the majesty of a professor.

Several people raised their hands.

Sean clicked on the nearest girl: "This, Lavi Pres? I remember you are from Gryffindor..."

The little brown-haired girl with freckles stood up immediately: "Yes, sir."

"Please answer."

"Oh, we have just begun to learn about vertebrate deformation. In the last class, Professor McGonagall mainly taught us the items that we should pay attention to when deforming. We haven't practiced it yet."

Sean nodded and motioned for her to sit down: "Okay, I understand your progress. The one hundred and twenty-three pages are almost... Can anyone tell me where the biggest difficulty in vertebrate deformation is?"

This is something that is not in the books, but Professor McGonagall must have mentioned it, and students who take notes carefully will definitely know it.

Sure enough, there were top students in every grade, and it was the same people from before who raised their hands.

"this?"

"Swain Hill, sir, Hufflepuff," said the little boy with black hair and glasses. "There are two biggest difficulties in the deformation of vertebrates. One is that more complex bones and body structures will make the deformation process difficult. Stable, and at the same time, the animal's spine will become a difficult point to deal with. When deforming, we need to treat the deformation object as a whole, but in actual operations, the animal's spine is often excluded. Professor McGonagall said that this is a large skeleton The resulting dysmorphic disorder.”

"The other aspect is restoration. When restoring the original shape, people who are not skilled enough will fail to restore it, but I don't know the specific reason for this."

Swain Hill was eloquent and detailed.

Sean nodded: "Very good, Mr. Hill, two points for Hufflepuff. The second point is a good addition. A successful transformation must include two steps: transformation and restoration."

"So--"

Sean waved his wand.

The curtain in front of the classroom window shook, they broke free and came into the air.

With Sean's transformation, they twisted and combined.

Then, a huge rat skeleton appeared in front of everyone's eyes.

"Wow -" someone secretly exclaimed.

Sean walked over and touched it with his wand, and his spine glowed faintly.

"When we come into contact with the deformation of vertebrates, we usually start with the mouse, so today we will use the skeleton of the mouse as an example of what exactly needs to be paid attention to during this kind of deformation."

"We can see that the spine assumes a very important and very special position in the overall skeleton..."

Just as Sean was explaining the key points of the transfiguration technique, two people outside the door were nodding silently.

"Albus, I've told you before, Sean is very suitable to be a teacher." Professor McGonagall, who was supposed to be teaching, appeared outside the classroom at some point, and beside her stood the long-lost Professor McGonagall. Dumbledore.

Dumbledore smiled and nodded: "This kid has never had stage fright, and he can always grasp the most important aspect... Oh, when transforming, you have to picture the shape and skeleton in your mind, and then combine them together—— What a good point.”

Professor McGonagall also sighed: "Yes, his foundation in transfiguration is very solid, and sometimes he can learn some unique personal skills, and he is not stingy about sharing them..."

"Yes, yes...oh, his first class was even better than my first class as a professor of Transfiguration..."

"Better than my first class, too," Professor McGonagall agreed.

The two watched for a while. In the classroom, Sean, who had finished explaining the key points, had already given a small mouse to everyone.

This lesson has them try to turn a mouse into the simplest wooden cube.

"Your name." Sean, who was patrolling the classroom, pointed to a Slytherin student.

"Bram Ryder, sir," the thin boy replied slowly.

"Mr. Ryder, this is a Transfiguration class, not a class about poking a mouse with a wand. I have emphasized it three times in my explanation just now. When you are just getting started, do not use your wand to touch the object of transformation. This is a dangerous behavior, because What does magic do?”

Ryder replied impatiently: "It is possible for magic power to contact the transformed object and affect the wizard through the wand - but that is the danger caused by the failure of transformation."

With that said, Ryder poked the old book again, then waved his wand and turned the mouse into a wooden box.

"Look, sir." Ryder spread his hands.

Sean smiled: "Well done, Mr. Ryder. It seems you have a good grasp. Five points for Slytherin."

However, Ryder's smile froze just halfway through.

"However, I don't want anyone to disobey my orders in class, because you poked the mouse again just now, and Slytherin deducted seven points." Sean said still smiling.

"That's not fair!" Ryder is obviously a pure-blood, and he should be the kind of young master who is always pampered at home. He may still maintain respect when facing the professor, but this is obviously not the case when facing Sean. .

Sean raised his eyebrows: "Two points will be deducted for contradicting the teacher."

"You..." Ryder gritted his teeth, and then muttered, "Why do you know that what you said must be right? My father never said that..."

"It's a pity that your father is not the new assistant coach." Sean was still smiling.

He pointed his wand at the wooden box Ryder had just transformed.

"Restore its original shape——" The wooden box turned into a squeaking black mouse again.

Ryder snorted: "At least the transformation technique I learned was successful."

"Really?" Sean pointed at him, "What's on the right side of your chin?"

"What..." Ryder touched subconsciously, and then touched a stiff short hair.

"Ouch - what are you doing..." Ryder suddenly felt a stinging pain, and Sean on the opposite side directly pulled out the hair with a wand.

He was about to have a seizure, but his eyes widened.

It was a short piece of hair, exactly the same as the one on the mouse on my desk!

"Can you always guarantee the success of your transformation?" Sean blew off the hair.

"But...but this doesn't affect..." Ryder replied habitually, but his voice became smaller and smaller.

Sean stopped looking at him. He walked up to everyone and waved his wand violently.

A foggy scene appeared in mid-air. It was a wizard who was casting a spell on the tiger. Like Ryder, he liked to poke the tiger. However, after the transformation ended, he immediately fell to the ground and screamed.

The students' eyes widened in horror. They saw the man's body twisting in strange postures, and the tiger directly turned into a broken body.

The screams gradually turned into a hoarse sound similar to the roar of a tiger, and a strange monster with a hint of human shape and a hint of tiger shape appeared in the picture.

After watching all this, a timid female voice already covered her mouth.

"This is a transformation failure -" Sean said calmly.

"The first lesson I learned from Professor McGonagall was to respect the art of transfiguration. And I don't want to teach you this principle over and over again that you should keep in mind -" Sean glanced at him and covered himself. Ryder said with a chin, "Because, this is what you must! Remember before you use the transformation spell."

Sean waved his wand suddenly, and the weird monster in the picture was split into two, blood splashed, and the students in the front row leaned back in horror, as if the blood would really fly out.

"There is an essential difference between monsters distorted by transformation and magical animals. I hope that the target of my use of this magic will not be any of you in the future."

There was silence in the classroom, and Ryder had lowered his head dejectedly.

Sean smiled easily: "Remember? Let's continue the class."