The man behind Hogwarts

Chapter 182 Classes and Transformation

After seeing Ronan off, Hagrid sighed, "Oh, we made him run around with us all night."

Immediately he said to William: "William, you should go back quickly, you have to go to class today."

Speaking of which, he felt even more embarrassed.

I ran with the two of them all night, but got nothing.

I vowed before that the red giant bees would get together, but not only did they not get together, but they are still flying non-stop until now.

William smiled warmly and said: "Looking at the appearance of the red giant bees, I guess they won't stop for a while. Why don't we go back to rest first and come back to them at night?"

He offered to follow, so he wasn't annoyed at all.

Although I didn't sleep all night, I was in good spirits. Apart from a few yawns, I wasn't too sleepy.

"Forget it, William, you go back and rest, and I will continue to track. The whereabouts of the red giant hornets are uncertain. If we all leave, maybe they will go somewhere else."

He shoulders Dumbledore's orders and must solve the problem of the Red Giant Bee as soon as possible.

Not only was Professor Quirrell seriously injured by the red giant bee, but the existence of the red giant bee also posed a threat to the young wizards at Hogwarts.

Quirrell could be stung three times without dying, but the little wizard was very fragile.

"Otherwise, there is another way."

William suggested: "We have overlooked one point before. Although the tracking spell cannot track the red giant bee, we can track the sika deer."

"Since the red giant bees didn't eat the sika deer all night, they probably won't eat it during the day either."

"Let's mark it here, and then follow the traces of the sika deer tomorrow. Maybe we can find the red giant bee along the way."

Um? Is this still possible?

Yup!

The giant red bee is difficult to deal with, but the sika deer is not easy to deal with!

"But, what if they eat the sika deer after we leave, and it will lose its effect." Hagrid was still a little worried.

"If this is really the case, we can only search from scratch."

William analyzed various possibilities one by one and told Hagrid the pros and cons of various methods.

Finally, Hagrid silently agreed.

Go back to rest first and come back here in the evening to track the whereabouts of the sika deer.

I hope the sika deer can live longer...

The two of them left after making a mark. Hagrid had a posture of looking back three times. It was obvious that he really valued Dumbledore's words.

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Returning to the castle complex, I saw that the little wizards were already chatting and getting ready to have breakfast.

He simply didn't even eat breakfast and hurried back to his dormitory to sleep for two hours. Although he wasn't sleepy before, drowsiness might come anytime, so he still took the opportunity to catch up on his sleep.

Fortunately, today's class is at ten o'clock.

On the way to class, I heard some news.

Because Professor Quirrell was seriously injured, the courses he taught could only be replaced by others.

He originally taught Muggle Studies and also had a part-time Defense Against the Dark Arts class.

Starting today, Muggle Studies classes will be taught by Headmaster Dumbledore himself until Professor Quirrell is discharged.

This news was relatively ordinary, as Dumbledore had been filling in for Muggle Studies classes before, but now it was just more formal.

But another course - Defense Against the Dark Arts,

It's troublesome.

During the two days of vacation, the little wizards were still discussing whether to have teachers from the school take over their classes or hire someone from outside the school...

The school leaders haven't spread the news yet, but the students are already discussing it enthusiastically.

Until today, the answer was finally revealed.

"The principal has found a substitute teacher, but it will take three days before he can come to the school."

"The Defense Against the Dark Arts class will be temporarily suspended for three days. When the new teacher comes, we will find time to make up for the class."

Walk through the winding stairs, walk into the classroom, and sit down wherever you want.

The first class in the morning was Professor McGonagall's Transfiguration class.

There will be an herbal medicine class later.

Before class, William took out his notebook, turned to the latest page, and slowly wrote "Demonstrating the connection between astronomy and divination."

Last night Ronan told William a lot about astronomy, and occasionally mixed in some of his divination methods from astronomy, which are ancient methods passed down by centaurs.

Although it was only a few sentences, it aroused his interest.

Divination.

Divination is of extraordinary significance in any era and country.

The astronomical divination of the centaurs, the crystal ball of the wizard, the Qintian Prison of the East... It seems that all intelligent races are studying this ability.

When he heard Ronan say that fate could be measured from astronomy, William suddenly wanted to write a paper dedicated to studying the connection between astronomy and divination.

"It's just a good time to test your current knowledge accumulation."

"Besides, divination is indeed very attractive."

Decide on the topic of the paper and think about the summary of the paper. You can write the summary first and use it as the outline of the paper. It will be much more convenient to write based on the outline later. Even if there are fallacies, you can revise it in time.

Search your memory for knowledge about astronomy and divination.

There is knowledge accumulation from previous lives and gains from astronomy classes at Hogwarts, but the knowledge learned in astronomy classes is a little bit superficial.

Professor Sinistra's current courses only lead students to learn the names of various planets and observe their characteristics.

After several months of classes, the little wizard only got to know a few more stars.

Ok……

In addition to these two sources of knowledge, the most important accumulation of knowledge is the library.

As the Gem Club continues to classify library books, the biggest gain for these people is reading a lot of books.

Cedric said he had read more books in the past month than he had read in the previous year.

William naturally reads more books.

Just think about it for a moment, and many books immediately come to mind. After a little sifting, there are at least ten books on astronomy and divination.

Swish.

Put pen to paper and write an overview based on existing knowledge to formulate a framework for the entire paper.

After a few hundred words, draw a full stop.

"Yes, I can write about such unpopular knowledge as divination so fluently, and I can quote from many sources. It seems that my current theoretical knowledge is quite amazing."

A short overview, but the knowledge used is very extensive.

While thinking, a person suddenly sat down next to him.

"William, is this your paper for this issue? I remember that this is not the topic you chose."

The person asking the question was Evelin, who had already entered the classroom with her group of sisters.

Today she was wearing a plain fine-woven cashmere sweater, a wizard's robe on top, and a lavender scarf tied around her neck. Her long light golden hair was draped over her shoulders, exuding a fragrant fragrance.

William sniffed gently and suddenly felt clear and clear, and the fatigue from a night's sleep was much dissipated.

"This is not the thesis topic I chose, but I suddenly became interested in astronomy and divination and planned to study it."

Evelin flipped her hair: "You have such a wide range of interests and like to study everything. The key is that you can do so well no matter what you study. How do you do it?"

Qiu Zhang, who was at the table behind him, put his ear to his ears and said, "William, I've read your article in Wizarding Weekly. It's really good."

"Wizard Weekly" has published William's essay, and highlighted the identity of the author, who is a young wizard who is still studying.

The newspaper perfectly played the gimmick role of the article.

The paper caused little stir in the wizarding world, but many wizarding families responded enthusiastically.

I heard that many wizards wrote to newspapers asking them to publish more articles like this.

Qiu Zhang read William's paper from Evelin, and was immediately surprised when she saw it. If it weren't for William's name at the bottom of the article, she would have definitely thought it was an article written by a teacher.

"William, how did you write such a paper?" Qiu Zhang poked his head.

"It's not that exaggerated." William smiled, "As long as you accumulate enough knowledge and add your own innovative thinking and personal understanding, you can do it.

And it’s nothing to me.

Have you read the articles written by Evelyn? They are also very exciting, especially on the subject of Charms.

Although my article in the last issue was not bad, it was not innovative enough to be published by Wizards Weekly. I guess I took advantage of my status as a student. "

These words are not completely self-effacing, William really feels this way.

As my knowledge accumulation becomes more and more abundant, now when I look back at my previous papers, I always lament the flaws.

Evelin raised the corners of her lips slightly, like the moon in the first half of the month, and chuckled: "Don't praise me. You have been the first in the last few times. The three of us don't know how envious we are."

"Really? I'll be more restrained next time."

"No!" Evelin coquettishly rolled her eyes at William.

Not long after, Professor McGonagall walked into the classroom.

Since the first lesson of school, she has never turned into a cat and squatted on the podium again.

Wearing a neat dark green robe without any wrinkles, he wore a black peaked hat and held his hands in front of him.

"Before, the Transfiguration class only taught you the basics. From today on, the course will become more difficult, and you must be more careful in your studies."

His eyes swept across the room, focusing on a few naughty students.

"The deformed things in the past were not only dead objects, but also small-sized things."

"Starting today, deforming things will be harder."

"Of course, don't think about being able to transform into living creatures. That's not something you can touch yet."

Seeing some young wizards' blazing eyes, Mag shattered their illusions with one word.

When first-year wizards take the Transfiguration class, they can basically only transform between dead objects. It may be that at the end of the school year, they will be able to transform between dead and living things.

As for living creatures—transformation of living creatures, it must be taught in second grade or above.

"The transfiguration technique you need to learn in this class is: candle transfiguration."

"The transformed candle must not only fit the shape of my candle perfectly, but also be able to light."

She took out a wooden stick and waved her wand, turning it into a white candle with a wick at the top.

Then he lit a match and successfully lit the candle.

Not long after, several wooden sticks were placed on each student's desk.

"This is a bit difficult." Evelin whispered: "I guess many people can conjure candles, but they can't light them."

"Well, this transformation involves not only changes inside and outside the object, but also changes in its essence."

"This is very simple for you. You should have mastered the transformation of living creatures - living creatures long ago."

William nodded and said, "The same goes for you. The last paper you wrote was about transfiguration. Although it mostly talked about theory, the few sentences mentioned about practice show that you have already mastered it."

The two looked at each other and smiled without saying a word.

The bell rings, get out of class is over.

The little wizards walked out of the classroom. The Ravenclaw students looked particularly lively, and their college gained another 30 points.

In the hourglass in front of the auditorium, the gem representing Ravenclaw House is getting higher and higher, and now it has completely surpassed the other three houses.

The current Academy Cup scores are as follows:

First place: Ravenclaw; second place: Slytherin; third place: Gryffindor; fourth place: Hufflepuff.

The little badger is at the bottom and the little eagle is in the lead.

Slytherin was chasing closely behind Ravenclaw, but often fell behind again before they could overtake them.

"Professor McGonagall still likes extra points the most." Some eagles discussed privately.

"Every time Professor McGonagall teaches new transformation content, the student who succeeds first will receive bonus points. This is very stable."

"That's right."

"Professor Flitwick is pretty much the same. He's a bit like Professor McGonagall."

“I have to say, William and Evelin are so good, I can’t even count how many points they scored.”

"Why else would it be called the Ravenclaw Eagle?"

Herbal medicine classes are still held in the greenhouse.

Professor Sprout, wearing earthy brown burlap clothes, led the little wizard into Greenhouse No. 1.

Greenhouse No. 1 is a common place for first-grade classes. The little wizards are already familiar with it, but Professor Sprout still leads everyone in personally every time.

Whenever get out of class is over, the little wizard will be sent off in a friendly but firm manner.

She didn't like the little shady wizard staying in the greenhouse during non-school hours, which would pose a threat to the herbal medicine.

After class, William waited in the greenhouse to meet Professor Sprout.

"Professor, I would like to ask a question. Is it convenient for you?"

Sprout nodded in surprise: "It's convenient, let's talk while walking."

William asked: "Professor, I would like to ask, if we find a magical plant in the wild and it is about to bear fruit, is there anything we can use to collect its fruit?"

"If it is the fruit of a magical plant, it is best to use specific magic props, such as those with constant temperature, preservation, etc."

"It turns out there is still such a thing."

Sprout laughed: “The habits of magical plants are very different from ordinary plants, and they are often strange.

For example, some plants can only live in an environment without light. In this case, you must use light and heat insulation tools to collect them.

Because plants that are photophobic often don't like too much heat either.

Compared with magical plants, magical animals are more troublesome, and this is also a very complicated science. "

William pretended to have a look of realization.

Then he asked casually: "If magical beasts are even more complicated, is there any way for us to know what to use to collect them?"

"This can only rely on experience."

"What if it's the venom of the Acromantula..."