Talisman Magic in Harry Potter - Chapter 20
Chapter 20 Transfiguration Class (Part 1)
The courses of Hogwarts School have their own characteristics, and the teachers who teach the students also have their own distinctive characteristics.
Professor McGonagall gave the impression of seriousness.
This was the first time to attend a transformation class. Andros and Hermione had arrived in the classroom early. At this time, there were not many people in the classroom. What was worth noting was the cat on the podium.
Andros knew in his heart that this tabby cat was Professor McGonagall’s Animagus form.
Professor McGonagall is proficient in transfiguration, is a top transfiguration master, and has mastered the pinnacle spell “Animagus” in this world.
Unlike ordinary polymorphism, as long as the magic is not removed, Animagus can keep the wizard in a state of transformation forever.
Although the transformation range of Animagus is limited to non-magical creatures and will only have a fixed target, this spell is still useful in its place.
This can be maintained forever if you don’t take the initiative to release it after the deformation, and it is worth studying for normal wizard.
It takes several years to become Animagus, and even if you make enough preparations to cast this spell, there is still a chance of failure, and the consequences of failure are very serious.
In addition, no one knows what kind of animal they will become after casting Animagus, and there are not many wizards who go back to learn to use this spell.
As one of the seven Animagus registered throughout the twentieth century, Professor McGonagall’s status in the wizarding world is evident.
These little wizards are undoubtedly very lucky to be taught by Professor McGonagall.
As for Andros, he just needs to find the Monkey Talisman, and he will have the ability to transform himself and others into any animal he wants.
Either Mythical or normal, he can literally transform anything.
It’s just he didn’t know if he can stay in that forever like Animagus. But still that talisman is just too powerful.
Think if you suddenly transformed into Dragon.
Is it worth it? Definitely worth enough.
It’s just Andros has to wait for atleast two years before he can plan to get this talisman.
Because according to the map provided by the system, this talisman is hidden in the very far away location. And only one talisman is at that place.
Unlike Europe has 3 talisman, which he already collected.
US has 6 talisman. Ox talisman in Maxico, Snake talisman in Brazil, Rabbit talisman in Galápagos Islands, Dragon Talisman Hawaii, Tiger Talisman Texas, Rat Talisman California.
So Andros has already plan for next year program.
As for Chrismas, Andros has plan to get either Rat Talisman or Tiger Talisman.
Andros wants to get Rat talisman, so Shendu will not able to reawaken.
And Tiger talisman is important for him, so he can use all talisman together, and also unlock his magic power which was sealed.
Andros observed in secret for a while, and soon discovered an unobtrusive feature of Animagus, that is, it retains some of the creature’s characteristics and habits after transforming.
Like cats, Professor McGonagall, who has become a tabby cat, will habitually lick his own hair with his tongue.
These are the habbits every Animagus has to practice.
You have look, as well as act as the animal you have turned yourself into. After all, if they don’t practice this habbit, magician will immediately find out their disguish, which can be dangerous for the magician.
Although he was curious how she would react when he put catnip in front of Professor McGonagall, but thinking of the consequences of doing so, Andros couldn’t help but give up the idea.
Although Andros felt that Animagus had some shortcomings, but this is a heavenly magic for others.
No spell will be perfect at the beginning. Improving them is one of the duties of every wizard.
Even the most powerful magician can die under the small mistakes.
Even Dumbledore, who is the strongest magician, he was literally poisoned to death because of his small mistake.
Sitting down in his seat, Andros put the “Beginner’s Guide to Transfiguration” by Murrayswich, which he used in class, on the side of the desk.
He have not even had time to read this book, after all, he was busy collecting talisman, and enjoying his honeymoon with Martha in the summer vacation.
Unlike most of the spells taught in the heritage of the travel wizard, the successful casting of magic in this world requires chanting the correct spell and swinging the correct wand posture to succeed, rather than remembering and understanding the mana configuration and then casting it.
As for the spells that involve spells and rituals, although there are some in the inheritance, they are all marked as cautious casting. Without the guidance of a teacher, a syllable error or a posture error will have unpredictable consequences.
The mental power and magic power were consumed in vain, which is the better result among the many failures.
Therefore, when conducting spell research experiments, every wizard prepares protective spells for himself in advance, and conducts them in a laboratory where various protective spell effects are carefully applied.
Ease wears away the enterprising spirit of wizards, just as it wears away the enterprising spirit of ordinary people.
Without the desire for new magic, coupled with the dangers in it, wizards have mostly given up research in this area.
In the next semester, Luna, her mother died because of a magic accident. It is very difficult to make a new spell from scratch, and it can be said that it has a bright future to be able to do this.
Andros, who has Horse talisman and Dog talisman, he can be the best person to experiment any kind of attacking magic.
But magic which doesn’t harm his body, but still affect him. Like turning him into small rat, then Horse talisman can’t protect him.
Because in literal sense, he has no problem with his body.
This is the reason why Andros wants to come here and study magic.
Because only when you know the opponent, then you can protect yourself.
Like he know about Trace magic, then he learned Rebound magic to counter the spell.
The little wizards around didn’t know that Professor McGonagall was already in the classroom at this time, because they had just arrived at school, and they hadn’t known all of their classmates, so they talked to each other there, wanting to find their own interests in the crowd.
Even if Andros did not take the initiative to speak, many people asked him for his name. After all, he had inherited the excellent looks of his parents and his appearance was not bad, and a good appearance was one of the important factors that attracted the attention of strangers.
Just as boys like to talk to beautiful girls, girls also like to talk to handsome boys. There is nothing strange about human instinct.
Out of courtesy, Andros only replied with his own name, and after telling others simply that he didn’t want to be disturbed, no one came to talk to him soon.
And Hermione was integrated into the talking crowd, and Andros hoped she could make good friends.
Bored Andros sat there thinking, he had already thought about the books in the school.
Hogwarts School has a long history. He thinks there should be a lot of books in the library. He plans to use his memory to write down all the names of the books and then make a list. So he can know the sequence of his learning.
At the same time, Andros also happened to use these books to find magic which he can use to defeat Shendu.
Last month, when he was searching for talisman, he found that these talismans were not created by system. Instead they are already present in this world, it means the Shendu is also present in this world.
And fighting against Shendu using talisman is foolish thing to do. After all, this dragon has lived for thousands of years.
How can Andros understanding of Talisman is more than Shendu?
If he uses Talisman ability in front of Shendu, then he will definitely use some kind of magic to absorb those talisman powers.
Just like he did with Daolon Wong.
While thinking about it, Andros was slapped on the shoulder. This was Hermione who dropped back to his seat to remind him that class was about to start.
After adjusting his mentality, Andros opened “Beginner Transfiguration” and glanced at the classroom.
Professor McGonagall was still sitting quietly on the podium, observing the students in the classroom.
Most of the little wizards around became quiet. Only some students were still talking quietly. They were waiting for the teacher to arrive, but they didn’t know that the tabby cat on the podium was Professor McGonagall.
Harry and Ron’s positions were empty, and it seemed that they had either slept late or were unfortunately lost on the way to the classroom.
Hermione looked a little anxious on the side. She already knew about the House Cup and felt that she wanted to make a contribution to the House, helping Gryffindor, the last one in several years, to win the House Cup.
But Harry and Ron clearly not lived up to her expectations, and it was not until the beginning of the class that the two of them hurriedly came to the classroom.
Just when they were fortunate to think that Professor McGonagall hadn’t arrived yet, the tabby cat jumped off the podium and returned to its original form, which made Harry and Ron startled.
Harry and Ron couldn’t help but want to explain their lateness, and when they were about to speak, they were interrupted by Professor McGonagall.
Professor McGonagall criticized them severely and severely.
Gryffindor, who is still a zero score, has become a negative score.