Chapter 31

Devereux took a deep breath, straightened his clothes, and knocked on the door.

"Please come in."

Professor McGonagall's voice came from behind the door.

Devereux pushed open the door.

Entered Professor McGonagall's office.

The office is filled with the atmosphere of books.

The bookshelf is neatly arranged with various books related to transfiguration.

In the fireplace in the center of the room.

The fire burned brightly.

Radiating warmth.

"As expected of an Englishman, one must burn the fireplace in the summer."

Devero thought to himself.

The highest temperature in summer in this part of the UK is only in the twenties.

The average summer temperature is no more than 20 degrees.

During the year he lived in England.

I feel this cool climate almost every day.

Sometimes I even feel that my body is going to suffer from rheumatism due to the humid climate.

therefore.

Professor McGonagall was seen using the fireplace to keep warm in early September.

No wonder.

Professor McGonagall sat behind a large desk.

He is reading a document carefully with his head down.

She looked up.

See Devereux.

Said with a smile.

"Mr. Alexander, you are here. Do you have any questions to ask me?"

Devereaux nodded his thanks.

I started talking about my confusion straight to the point.

Of course, Devereux would not ask a particularly direct question.

Still have to be tactful.

"Professor McGonagall, I encountered a problem in class."

Devereaux considered it.

"Do you remember when I cast a wandless spell in class that turned a match into a needle?"

Professor McGonagall nodded slightly.

"That's an incredible achievement, even in a senior year, it's very rare. Is there anything wrong with that?"

"Professor, the problem is that I can only do this with this one match."

"I can't transition the same way to another object, even another match."

"The reason is that the transformation technique I use is not the general transformation technique you teach in class, but what I learned through my own observation."

Devereux said a lot in one breath.

Stop and catch your breath.

Professor McGonagall heard this.

Put down the document in your hand.

His eyes became serious.

With a wave of the magic wand in his hand, a teacup flew over.

Landing steadily in front of Devereux.

The professor's wand tapped the table twice in succession.

moment.

The teacup was already filled with hot tea with white mist floating in it.

"Drink some tea first, Alexander. What do you mean by the transfiguration you observed?"

Devereux picked up the hot tea.

After blowing gently.

Take a sip.

Lukewarm is just right.

"Professor, I can observe the microstructure of things."

"And the transformation technique I observed myself is based on the observed microstructure of things, combined with the transformation spell."

"Compared with the transformation taught in the classroom, this kind of transformation is more convenient and can be used without a wand, but it is limited to things whose microstructure has been observed."

"At the same time, the microstructure of each thing is independent, so there is no situation where things of the same type can be deformed after observing one thing."

Devereux stated his thoughts in one breath.

As he spoke, he also took out the match.

Continue to show various transformations to Professor McGonagall.

It’s simply not the level a first-year student should have!

Then he took a sip of hot tea.

There is a lot of sugar in this tea.

It can even be regarded as a little sweet water.

Professor McGonagall was shocked.

A flash of surprise flashed in her eyes.

Deep thinking followed.

She seemed to be running through the history of Transfiguration in her mind.

An attempt was made to integrate Devereux's findings with the known body of knowledge.

Her eyes suddenly became sharp.

It seemed to penetrate every word of Devereux.

Trying to find a flaw in it.

But Devereaux didn't move.

Just tasting tea seriously.

"This idea seems to be really feasible?"

Her hands involuntarily clenched the edge of the table.

His glasses slid down the bridge of his nose.

But she didn't right herself immediately.

Instead, he stared at Devereaux.

He seemed to be confirming whether everything he said was true.

Professor McGonagall finally calmed down.

He lowered his head and sighed.

With trembling hands, he gently adjusted his glasses.

Looking back at Devereux.

"Alexander, your discovery may really be a new field of transformation."

"Some people in the academic community have proposed the hypothesis of microstructure deformation before, but most of them have not been studied in depth, and there are no specific deformation results."

"The biggest limitation is..."

As he said that, Professor McGonagall narrowed her eyes slightly.

"Observing microstructures. So Alexander, can you tell me how you observed these microstructures?"

Devereaux was prepared for this question.

"Teacher, this is my talent."

Devero's face didn't turn red, and his heart stopped beating as he started talking.

"I have had extraordinary perceptual abilities since I was a child. You should also know that I am Professor Snape's potions apprentice. Since I was a child, I can identify various types of potions through simple breath."

Devereaux's words flowed as smoothly as water.

Every word seems authentic and believable.

"As I grow older, my ability gradually increases. About a month ago, my ability made a qualitative leap. I can clearly feel the enhancement of my ability."

"And in the Transfiguration class, after your guidance and following the principle that transfiguration only changes the structure, not the essence, I wanted to explore the lowest structure of things, so I made this discovery."

Devereaux finished.

There was no trace of panic on his face.

As if everything he said was a matter of course.

"talent?"

Professor McGonagall listened.

His brows furrowed slightly.

She clearly had reservations about claims of such a gift.

But Devereux had his own methods.

That's shaking people!

"Professor, if you have any doubts, you can ask Professor Snape about my talent. I believe you will get the answer you want."

Devereaux said to Professor McGonagall confidently.

Snape had witnessed him improve Polyjuice Potion.

I’ll probably do this endorsement for myself too.

Professor McGonagall nodded doubtfully.

Then he smiled again.

"If this is true, Alexander. Then we need to explore this further. Perhaps we can study this new transfiguration together."

Devereaux smiled politely and nodded in response.

"Thank you Professor for your trust. I am very willing to explore with you."

Professor McGonagall lowered her head and thought for a moment.

Said after a moment.

"I remember that the latest major progress in microstructure research was announced seven years ago. At that time, I searched for all the relevant information. Maybe relying on your talent, we can make breakthrough progress in this field. "

Said.

Professor McGonagall waved her wand.

The teacup on the table disappeared.

"Now, you go back and rest. We will continue to discuss this issue after class on Thursday."

Devereux looked down at his watch.

It's really getting late.

I just wasted too much time turning left and right in the secret passage.

Devereux quickly raised his hand.

Indicating that he still had a question.

Professor McGonagall stopped and nodded slightly.

"Professor, I would like to ask, do you know about the so-called indescribable existence?"