Chapter 168 Creative Alchemical Life

The third day of school.

Thursday, September 3rd.

Ravenclaw will have a Charms lesson with Gryffindor this morning, and then a Defense Against the Dark Arts lesson with Slytherin.

Andy enjoyed Charms class.

Professor Flitwick is easy to talk to and has a kind personality.

Whenever he finished the lecture and asked the little wizards to practice magic on their own, he would always take the time to answer some of Andy's questions about magic.

"Mr. Collins, I heard that your Patronus Charm was successfully improved. Can you let me take a look?"

Professor Flitwick looked very excited, "To be honest, if I weren't worried about being too presumptuous, I would have wanted to visit your home during the holidays."

Uh... Andy did have a bit of a psychological shadow from the home visit or something.

That was a lifetime ago.

"Of course, I would be honored."

Andy waved his wand, and the fat cat Patronus sprang out from the tip of the wand and stopped in front of Professor Flitwick.

"It's just incredible."

Professor Flitwick was so excited that he almost fainted. He stared at the fat cat Patronus with bright eyes, "It seems that it already has a certain amount of wisdom. This is really wonderful. I didn't expect that the Patronus Charm can actually do it." to this point.”

"Huh...?" Andy was a little confused.

Professor Flitwick explained: "Remember the Sorting Hat? It is not a simple matter to make objects have intelligence. That already belongs to the category of alchemy."

Andy was stunned when he heard this. Is this difficult?

The Sorting Hat, the portraits in the castle, they all have their own wisdom. They can even talk and have independent personalities, emotions, and preferences.

Including the car modified by Mr. Weasley and some magical photos, they can be considered to have preliminary wisdom.

Andy always thought it was ordinary.

Seemingly seeing Andy's doubts, Professor Flitwick smiled and explained: "The reason why the Sorting Hat is special is because it is different."

"The Sorting Hat, be creative!"

Andy was stunned.

The Sorting Hat...is creative?

Yes! indeed so!

Every year at the commencement dinner, the Sorting Hat sings a song. That was a song that he spent a whole year writing, arranging and composing independently - even though it was very difficult to listen to.

"Professor, what do you mean...?" Andy understood somewhat, but felt like he didn't understand anything.

Professor Flitwick explained: "The portraits in the castle seem to be intelligent and can even communicate with us normally and express some preferences and emotions."

"But those are just set in advance."

"If I draw a portrait for you now and ask you to input your emotions and memories into the portrait, can you say that the portrait is intelligent?"

Andy thought for a moment and shook his head slowly.

That shouldn’t be considered true wisdom, right?

It was just programmed using my memory and emotions.

It's like artificial intelligence.

“Only with creativity can it be called true wisdom.”

Professor Flitwick looked at the fat cat Patronus in front of him, "Your Patronus is like a newborn baby. It may not be very intelligent, and may even be a little ignorant, but it is different from those portraits."

Andy frowned slightly and asked: "Professor, I remember that the Sorting Hat was originally just an ordinary hat. It was only the four founders who injected their thoughts into the Sorting Hat that gave it wisdom."

"What's the difference between it and those portraits?"

Obviously the production methods are the same.

"Of course there is a difference!"

Professor Flitwick said: "Although they appear to be made in the same way, they are actually different."

"Just like the spell you just cast."

"There is an essential difference between casting magic by chanting a spell and directly telling the magic power, 'I want to cast a spell.'"

Is it a fusion of emotion and magic?

Andy seemed to have some realization.

Professor Flitwick continued: "The portraits in the castle require regular maintenance, but the Sorting Hat does not. It is an even alchemical item."

"And your Patronus Charm is even more special than the courtyard hat."

Speaking of this, Professor Flitwick's eyes shone, "Although alchemical life with true intelligence is rare, looking at the magic world, it is not impossible."

"But let magic have wisdom..."

Professor Flitwick's eyes exuded a light known as 'obsession'.

Andy also looked at the fat cat patron saint, are you so worried?

"perhaps you're right."

Professor Flitwick suddenly said: "The Patronus Charm is a spell invented by ancient wizards based on the Obscurus."

Andy's eyes flashed.

The Obscurus is a dark parasitic magical force, it can even be regarded as a magical animal.

The famous magical zoologist Newt Scamander wrote about the Obscurus in the book "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them".

The wizard's emotions and memories merge with magic to give birth to a new life...

"T-Professor!"

Andy stuttered and asked: "Is this... going to be dangerous?"

Obscurus can kill people.

It is recorded in the book that none of the Obscurans parasitized by the Obscurus can live to be more than ten years old.

Is my patron saint also going to die?

"It shouldn't be possible, right? The Patronus Charm is a magic that has been passed down from ancient times to this day."

Professor Flitwick guessed: "But I guess there aren't too many wizards who can mutate the Patronus. What's more, maybe you are the only one."

Is it just me?

Andy raised his eyebrows. Maybe it is possible.

Perhaps the ancient wizards and modern wizards have different ways of casting spells, but there is one thing that must be the same.

After the age of ten, the magic power in the young wizards will gradually stabilize.

"Don't think too much."

Professor Flitwick patted Andy's arm. "If you want to know whether your Patronus will be dangerous, just keep studying it."

Andy: "..."

It's not you who is in danger, so of course you can say that.

After discussing magic with Andy for a while, Professor Flitwick was busy instructing other young wizards.

The appearance of the fat cat Patronus made the young wizards talk about it. They had never seen such magical magic.

What kind of magic is that?

What is the use of that fat cat?

Can we learn it?

These questions need to be answered by Professor Flitwick one by one.

"Andy, is the Patronus Charm really dangerous?" Hermione sat next to Andy, and naturally heard the conversation between Andy and Professor Flitwick.

"The Patronus Charm is not black magic, how could it be dangerous?"

Andy smiled, "If it was really dangerous, Professor Flitwick would not let me continue researching."

Professor Flitwick said that, in fact, he judged that the Patronus Charm was not dangerous.

"That's true."

Hermione nodded, and then said with anticipation: "I really want to see what your Patronus will become in the end."

Andy was also looking forward to it.

The current state of this fat cat, could it be in the process of gestation?

Do you want to add fuel to the fire?