A certain Hogwarts professor of runes

"Well……"

Felix felt a sense of absurdity. Had Malfoy opened the secret room? He certainly had.

As far as he knew, the escape room had been opened four times this semester.

The first time was when Harry was in solitary confinement in Lockhart's office and heard strange noises coming from the ceiling; the second and third times were when Mrs. Norris and Colin Crevy were petrified respectively; and the fourth time was when Harry saved Justin.

Malfoy only took over the diary after Colin Crevy was attacked. From that perspective, he wasn't entirely wronged.

But he is not Slytherin's heir; the real culprit is currently trapped in his box.

"Granger, I've had a rather in-depth conversation with Malfoy, and I can confirm that he is not Slytherin's heir."

"But, Professor..." the little witch said, somewhat unwilling.

Felix said, "The location of the Chamber of Secrets has been found, and the monsters inside have been cleared out. The only thing to worry about is that so-called Slytherin heir, but he can't cause any trouble."

"Please pass this on to Potter and Weasley. As a professor, I think you'd better focus on your studies."

However, Hermione sensed something and couldn't help but ask, "Professor, have you discovered some clue?"

Felix only vaguely replied, "I've been watching. So, for you and the little wizards in the castle, the danger is over, and the adventure should end."

Hermione kept the professor's words in mind, and then asked another question, "Professor, can I learn the Lightweight Transfiguration you just mentioned? Of course, I know it will be difficult..."

"You want to learn this magic?"

"Yes, Professor," Hermione said seriously, "the holiday is almost over, and I don't want to miss any classes."

If Hermione hadn't known about this curse, she would have had no choice but to accept her fate and stay at the school hospital for three weeks. After all, she couldn't possibly go to class with a cat face; that would have made her mortified.

But after witnessing Professor Hyp's "lightweight transformation technique," her mind began to wander.

Once she learns this magic, she can wear thick clothes and a hat to class, and as for the cat whiskers on her face, she can just pluck them off—compared to the heartache of missing two or three weeks of class, this pain is nothing.

However, Professor Hyp shook his head. "Miss Granger, while Lightweight Transfiguration isn't as difficult as Human Transfiguration, it's still not something a second-year wizard can master."

"But, Professor—" Hermione pleaded, "we've already learned animal transformations, and I've mastered them very well. Even Professor McGonagall is very satisfied."

"Those are two different concepts. The difficulty of transforming ordinary animals and transforming wizards is completely different. Do you know why?" Felix asked patiently.

"Is it because of the existence of magic?" Hermione thought for a moment and said.

“That’s right, magic can interfere with your spellcasting,” Felix explained. “Similarly, shapeshifting magical creatures is also very difficult.”

"That's such a shame," Hermione sighed.

Felix said gently, "Miss Granger, you are already one of the few talented and hardworking young wizards I have ever met. Magic may seem idealistic, but it actually has a rigorous logic and requires climbing step by step, so—"

He suddenly stopped, his gaze shifting constantly, and his wand was drawing small circles in his hand.

Hermione looked at Felix, knowing this was Professor Hyp's habit when he was thinking, and a glimmer of hope rose in her heart.

Perhaps the professor can come up with a solution?

Felix ignored Hermione and took a piece of parchment from his ring, quickly writing down his thoughts on it.

Hermione leaned forward, her eyes wide as she looked at the contents.

Professor Hyp first wrote "Lightweight Transformation" in the center of the parchment, then drew more than a dozen lines from these words, each line corresponding to a word that was either familiar or unfamiliar to her—

She carefully counted seventeen entries, including spell casting actions, incantations, gestures, level of understanding of spells, techniques for manipulating and shaping magic power, and various levels of magical theory.

Seeing this, Hermione began to understand. Was this a process of breaking down the factors that influence spells? But what was the point?

Felix paused briefly, then added a few lines of smaller text below the "Spellcasting Action" entry: "Requires the skill of flicking and shaking the wand; see the first and second year spellbooks for details; requires waving the wand; angle diagram attached."

Hermione looked at the content, which was similar to what Professor Flitwick had taught in class. The only difference was that Professor Hyp mentioned far too many influencing factors! There were many of them that she had never even heard of before.

Furthermore, he also listed the necessary theoretical knowledge.

For example, under the entry for "Levels of Magical Theory", it says a series of complicated things such as "Prerequisite Theories: Basics of Transfiguration; Biological Transfiguration; Theory of Human Transfiguration (attached)".

Each line was then elaborated on on another piece of parchment.

He spent the next half hour completing this process.

Soon, two sheets of parchment were not enough, so the professor took out a third, a fourth...

Professor Hyp put down his quill, and before her lay nine sheets of parchment covered with writing.

Hermione looked on incredulously; the professor had written more about this one spell than she had ever published a paper.

Felix was still savoring what had just happened—

Simply put, he broke down all the theoretical knowledge and spellcasting techniques required for a spell into multiple different dimensions as much as possible, and listed the specific requirements and judgment criteria for each dimension.

In essence, it's the process of breaking down a general goal into hundreds of smaller, assessable goals.

Once this step is complete, the rest is simple. Have the young wizard practice individually until they achieve all the small goals. Finally, combine them together to master the complete magic.

In this process, any obstacles encountered by the young wizards are no longer obstacles. They can follow the clues, find their own shortcomings, and then make targeted improvements.

Some characters with a strong foundation, like Hermione, have already completed some of their goals ahead of schedule.

These mere nine pages of parchment revealed all the secrets of this magic.

Of course, his method is not suitable for "intuitive" wizards—often, they themselves do not know how they learned a spell.

Felix nodded with satisfaction. Apart from himself, who had gained experience through repeated "leveling up," how many people in the current British magical world could be so familiar with a specific spell and break it down as skillfully as a butcher dissecting an ox?

He could never forget the scene when his spell advanced—after practicing the same spell hundreds or thousands of times, he finally reached a certain limit, and all the memories of practicing this spell in the past surfaced in his mind.

Every wave of the wand, every movement of magic, every test of power, every verification of a hypothesis…

These originally insignificant insights suddenly burst forth in his mind, and countless sparks of inspiration shone simultaneously, forming step by step that pushed his spell to a whole new level.

……

Felix looked at Hermione. "Miss Granger, I think I've found a way," he said gently and calmly.

If his assistant can learn the Lightweight Transformation Technique through this method, he will be fully confident in teaching the upcoming dueling lessons.

Felix couldn't wait to verify this.