Hogwarts Raven's Claw

Chapter 130 Solve the doubts
Following Professor McGonagall towards the office, Professor McGonagall didn't talk to Mike along the way, probably because of her personality. And Mike was too embarrassed to speak when she didn't take the initiative, so the two walked on in silence.

Out of boredom, Mike had to focus his attention on Professor McGonagall's back. After careful observation, he actually discovered something: Professor McGonagall's walking posture was very distinctive.

Each of her steps was relatively large and powerful, and the hem of her long skirt flew up with almost every step. At the same time, Professor McGonagall kept her chest held high, appearing very imposing. She could even be said to be the female version of the dragon and tiger gait.

It stands to reason that a woman walking in this posture would be very unsightly, but Professor McGonagall was not like that. Mike didn't know how to describe her aura, but the moment he saw Professor McGonagall, the three words "strong woman" automatically emerged in Mike's mind.

It was unknown how long it had passed before the two finally arrived at Professor McGonagall's office.

"Please sit down, Mike." Professor McGonagall pulled out a chair from her desk and sat down. Then she took out a thick stack of documents from a book basket at the corner of her desk and began to review them. "I'm sorry, do you mind if I talk to you while I'm working?"

Mike shook his head vigorously to show that he didn't care. At the same time, he was shocked when he saw the 5-centimeter-thick stack of documents in McGonagall's hand and the documents in the book basket that were several times thicker than that. It seemed that most of the administrative work of Hogwarts might be handled by Professor McGonagall, the vice-headmaster, and Dumbledore might be a hands-off manager in this regard.

"Then please ask your questions. I'm very busy here."

"Well, Professor McGonagall, I just want to ask what kind of spell Transfiguration is." Mike also frowned when he heard it. "I mean, I saw Headmaster Dumbledore use Transfiguration to solve the basilisk with a wave of his hand, and in the wizard duel between me and Cedric two days ago, Cedric also used a similar technique to almost completely invalidate my attack.

I have no doubt that Headmaster Dumbledore can do this, but Cedric, he is just a student, how did he do it?"

Professor McGonagall stopped writing when she heard McGonagall talking about wizard duels. She was obviously dissatisfied with the duel club set up by Lockhart, but she still answered Mike's question.

"First of all, I have to warn you, Mr. Townley. Never try any potentially dangerous Transfiguration. I know Dumbledore and Cedric may have rekindled your interest in Transfiguration, but I still want to remind you that the most important thing about Transfiguration is caution." Professor McGonagall said earnestly, "Perhaps the tragic stories I told you before, such as Kappa and Banshee, are too far away from you, so you cannot understand their seriousness.

Then I will tell you a simple example. You must know the five basic laws of Gamp's Transfiguration.

1. Food created by Transfiguration cannot be eaten.

2. Transfiguration does not work on magic items.

3. Transfiguration cannot be created out of nothing.

4. Transfiguration cannot change the number of original objects, such as turning a wooden stick into two swords.

5. Transfiguration cannot grant permanent life to dead things. For example, the butterfly we just transformed into will return to its original form once the remaining magic power is exhausted.

These five fundamental laws have guided countless wizards on the path of Transfiguration for thousands of years, but do you know how they were discovered?
That was all built with human lives!

Just like the first one, an unknown wizard once tried to turn a wooden stake into bread and ate it, and then he bled to death that night.

After his death, his friends performed an autopsy on him because they suspected he had been poisoned. They found that all his blood vessels were filled with wooden thorns.

So everyone knew that he died from his own Transfiguration. "After Professor McGonagall finished speaking, she saw the fear on Mike's face that she wanted to see, nodded with satisfaction, picked up the water cup beside her and took a sip before continuing:

"As for the question you asked, I can tell you very clearly. To practice Transfiguration to the level of Dumbledore and his friends, in addition to extremely strong magic and mental strength, you also need to have a very deep understanding of Transfiguration.

The first two are not difficult, the last one is difficult.

Transfiguration is the most complicated subject. If you want to go further in this subject, besides amazing talent, you also need extraordinary effort and time accumulation. Otherwise, there are so many powerful wizards in the world, why are there so few masters of Transfiguration?

As for Cedric's Transfiguration, I have also heard that it is not something he can control freely. He can do the Transfiguration similar to Dumbledore completely relying on his family secrets.

That kind of secret technique can allow the learner to instantly possess amazing transformation abilities, but the learning conditions are very demanding. As far as I know, Cedric is the only person in the Diggory family who has learned it in hundreds of years.

Moreover, the Transfiguration practiced with that kind of secret technique is just a substandard one, with only the form but not the spirit, and is far inferior to that of a real Transfiguration master.

To be honest, I feel sorry for Cedric. With his talent, he could have become a master of Transfiguration. However, due to his practice of this secret technique, I guess he will never reach that level.

In my opinion, his father is simply forcing him to learn that secret technique."

After listening to Professor McGonagall's explanation, McIlroy suddenly became enlightened, and at the same time he was glad that he had taken the initiative to try to improve Transfiguration.

But he felt speechless when he heard the last few words Professor McGonagall said.

Is the secret technique that Cedric learned really as weak as Professor McGonagall said?

Please, I'm so strong that I can explode!
Mike was sure that even if Cedric were to fight an elite Auror right now, he would be able to defeat the opponent with his superb Transfiguration skills.

Although he didn't agree with what Professor McGonagall said at the end, Mike kept a grateful look on his face. After saying a lot of flattering words about Professor McGonagall's profound knowledge and her selfless help in solving students' doubts, Mike finally left the office under Professor McGonagall's increasingly impatient gaze.

As soon as they left the office, Mike's face fell.

Although what Professor McGonagall had just said made Mike suddenly enlightened, it was of no help in how to defeat Cedric. It even completely destroyed Mike's last thought of fighting fire with fire.

Looking at a stone statue of a monster outside the office door, Mike seemed to have thought of something. His eyes brightened a little and he murmured.

"Perhaps, this is the only way..."

(End of this chapter)