Chapter 402 I Have Never Seen This Thing Before
The inquiry went more smoothly than Andrew expected.
In fact, as soon as Andrew asked about it, Mrs. Pince immediately remembered it.
"Classmate Pai has been borrowing a lot of books during this period. Maybe he is not satisfied with the achievements of medical magic - I look for the approval slip. The first time he borrowed it should be a month ago?"
She flipped through it quickly and found the approval note.
[During this semester, I have given permission to Augustus Pye to borrow restricted books and periodicals on magical transfiguration]
The date was a month ago, and the professor who approved it, Andrew, was very familiar with it.
This year, the old professor, Silvanus Kettleburn, was specially appointed to return to the school for one year.
"Thank you very much, madam, I need to use the IOU," Andrew responded happily, and then carefully put away the things.
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"Sylvanos?"
Professor McGonagall's eyes widened, "Him? Well, he has always been braver than I thought, but it is still too outrageous to approve magical transformations for students."
"This is not a matter of courage, Professor, this is not a person, it is a team."
Andrew sighed, he really had a bad premonition this time.
Because the professor's bias problem made him think of a strange scene - seven is a very magical number, even if he is speedrunning, he will not miss it!
It's exactly the same!
There is even a small team - What, classmate Pai, are you planning to have a fight with Mr. Tom first?
"That's even weirder. I have to talk to Silvanos about what he thinks."
Andrew could see that Professor McGonagall was really angry. She even hesitated for a moment, and then said to Andrew, "Taylor, pull out your wand. Although there should be no problem in the castle, if something unexpected happens, I approve your counterattack."
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Is it that serious, professor?
Andrew was stunned for a moment, and then he pulled out his wand - his transformation skills were reasonable, and he should be able to suppress the old professor.
"Let's go, ask first, don't do anything when you come up."
"Yes, Professor."
Andrew tensed up his nerves and followed Professor McGonagall, one after the other, quickly to the old professor's office.
"Dong dong dong!"
Andrew cast the spell easily, using air to simulate the sound of knocking on the door, and then pointed the wand firmly at the door.
"Ah, who's here?"
"Sylvanos, it's me, Minerva."
Professor McGonagall responded with her hand to signal Andrew not to rush to cast the spell.
"ah?"
Andrew heard the obvious sound of panic. After more than ten seconds, the old professor's helpless voice came, "Okay, okay, Minerva, I should have thought of it."
The door was opened, and Professor McGonagall walked in angrily, with Andrew holding his wand and following closely.
Miraculously, another person who was supposed to be an intern was also in the office. Augustus Pye was sitting at the old professor's desk, with a somewhat reserved look on his face.
‘It’s really there, it’s amazing. ’
Andrew breathed a sigh of relief and began to inquire casually - the old professor had redecorated his office because of his re-employment, but after all, he only worked for a year, so there were not many things, and he didn't even put the books on the bookshelf. , as for things, they are all scattered here and there, looking messy.
'It's a terrible office, and there's a——'
Andrew's eyes widened, and then he raised his wand.
"Expelliarmus!"
He shouted loudly, preparing to use the transformation technique after the weapon failed.
But to his expectation, Augustus Pye didn't even offer any resistance, and the wand flew directly to his hand. As for the old professor, he didn't even take out the wand at this moment.
Even when Andrew cast a spell and dropped a wand again, the old professor was still confused.
"Ah, no, don't touch that, it's a misunderstanding!"
He followed Andrew's previous gaze, with a helpless expression on his face.
"Misunderstand?"
Andrew held the wand tightly and backed away to prevent the old professor from flying towards him with any strange movements, but the wand was still pointed at the other party.
Don't blame him for being too cautious. Although the old professor still has one and a half limbs, all the wooden prostheses were given by Dumbledore. God knows what kind of strange self-defense magic is there!
"That's a monkey, a monkey embryo, the subject of our research."
The old professor looked at Andrew and then at Professor McGonagall, "Seriously, Minerva, you can check it out."
Professor McGonagall was stunned for a moment, and then took a careful look. His expression and tone were obviously much more relaxed, "They are monkeys, Taylor. They are indeed similar to humans in the embryonic stage, but there are still subtle differences."
monkey?
Andrew's original anger dissipated completely, and he breathed a sigh of relief - it's just not that kind of experiment, he didn't want that kind of thing to appear in Hogwarts at all.
But while he was relieved, he suddenly felt vaguely discriminated against.
Although the old professor is not a substitute professor, he can still be considered a professor of magical biology - not letting him check it is obviously questioning his level of magical creatures.
"But why are there monkeys, and the magic transformation you are looking at..."
Professor McGonagall's tone became less severe, but her expression remained serious.
"It's a treatment plan proposed by classmate Augustus. He has learned some magical creatures from me and knows my condition well. He plans to use my arms and legs as the final subject for graduation."
The old professor spread out his remaining hand and said, "I thought that although Muggle technology may not be reliable, it is still an attempt. Even if it is unsuccessful, it is still an unsuccessful experience. As an experimental subject, I, an old man, are better than young people. Well come.”
The old professor was injured when he was attacked by a magical creature. According to the knowledge of the magic world, it is soul damage the same as black magic. Therefore, even the best potions will not be effective, and the wound will always refuse the effect of the potions. .
"But what about the monkeys?"
"Muggle technology, what about stem cells and cloning, yes, cloning, that's the name, right, Augustus?"
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‘Clone sheep haven’t appeared yet, professor, are you kidding me too much? No, it seems that there are just no mammals, and the other things have been cloned successfully. ’
"Skip with this?"
Professor McGonagall was confused. The parts she had seen were not the same as the clones.
"Theoretically, it is possible. We have replicated the monkey, the most human-like animal. Once we are sure it is successful, we will study the directional training of arms and hands."
Pai said seriously, "But if magic has been affecting me, I doubt that I will be able to connect, so I also asked some of the professor's outstanding students to consider other techniques - bones and flesh are actually not that Strongly related, Professor, so I plan to engrave magic on the bone, then force it on, and then use magic transformation to drive it..."
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No, what happened to you?
Bones and meat are not closely related, and then magic can be engraved on the bones?
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"Why don't you ask Taylor and me for help?"
Professor McGonagall nodded and shook her head, but Andrew could see that the professor accepted the explanation.
"I've had enough advice not to let these ideas delay a great invention involving food."
Pai shook his head firmly.
"I actually occasionally write a legend while studying, and it's still in the laboratory. Damn it..."
Andrew fell silent.