Chapter 23
The next day, the first class in the morning was Transfiguration.
When William and his friends just sat down to attend the class, Professor McGonagall gave them a warning.
"Transfiguration is the most complex and dangerous magic you will learn in Hogwarts.
Professor McGonagall said seriously,"If anyone makes mischief in my class, I will ask him to leave and never let him come in again.""
"I have already warned you."
Professor McGonagall, as the deputy headmaster of Hogwarts and the head of Gryffindor, had a strong aura that frightened the first-year students into silence.
Then, she waved her wand and turned her desk into a pig, and then back again.
The students below were all attracted and couldn't wait to start learning.
Seeing that the students' interest had been aroused, Professor McGonagall nodded with satisfaction.
This trick has been tried and tested by her many times and has become her standard procedure for teaching freshmen.
"If you want to learn Transfiguration, you must first understand Gamp's basic laws of Transfiguration."
Professor McGonagall waved her wand, and densely packed words appeared on the blackboard.
"Gamp's basic law of transformation, which is the basis of all transformations, even an iron law"
"Before anyone learns Transfiguration, they must remember this knowledge to avoid irreversible consequences."
The young wizards took notes quickly while listening to the lecture, and even William was no exception this time.
Although he has an excellent memory, it is better not to be too jumpy when facing Professor McGonagall.
After William and the others wrote down a lot of complicated and difficult notes, Professor McGonagall began to let them practice.
She gave each of them a match and asked them to try to turn the match into a needle.
Just now, they saw Professor McGonagall easily turn the desk into a pig, but when it was their turn, they realized how difficult it was.
No matter how they waved their wands and chanted spells, the matches in front of them showed no sign of turning into needles.
Even Seamus's match burned directly, and Professor McGonagall frowned and gave him another match.
"Mr. Finnigan, I hope there won't be a next time. This is a Transfiguration spell, not a Fire Spell."
""Okay, Professor McGonagall." Seamus answered awkwardly.
Ron waved his wand vigorously, but the match in front of him did not change at all. He said a little discouraged:"Transfiguration is so difficult."
Most students have this feeling. Compared with the Lumos charm they learned yesterday, the difficulty of Transfiguration has increased dramatically.
Even Hermione, a top student, feels that Transfiguration is very difficult. Although her matches have changed a little, they are still far from turning into needles.
Professor McGonagall did not say anything about their performance. After all, after teaching for so many years, there are only a handful of students who can turn matches into needles in the first class.
Harry and the others are performing very normally now.
However, when Professor McGonagall passed by William's desk, William waved his wand lightly, and the match on the desk turned into a shiny silver needle, with a sharp end and a threading hole on the other end.
Professor McGonagall showed a rare smile and said happily:"Excellent Transfiguration, Mr. Cavendish!"
Professor McGonagall was very impressed with William. After all, he lived in a castle half the size of Hogwarts. What impressed her even more was that when William bought a wand, he turned an empty box into a white dove.
Coupled with this incident, Professor McGonagall felt that William was very talented in Transfiguration.
And William, a talented student, was from Gryffindor, so Professor McGonagall was even happier.
"Five points to Gryffindor for Mr Cavendish's brilliant Transfiguration."
""Thank you, Professor." William thanked him obediently.
Harry looked at William with admiration. They both lived in the Muggle world and had never been exposed to magic before, but William performed better than the children of wizard families, which made Harry admire him very much.
"William, how did you do it? Harry turned around and asked humbly.
William sat in a row behind Harry, next to Hermione, and Harry and Ron sat together.
Hearing Harry's question, Ron and Hermione also pricked up their ears. They also wanted to hear William's experience.
William did not hide anything and began to tell his own experience.
"First of all, you need to have a clear concept or impression of the needle. Then, you must have enough faith when casting the spell. That is, you must be confident and believe that you can turn the match into a needle. Finally, you must be calm and not be too impatient."
"So, I'll give it a try."Harry nodded thoughtfully.
Ron and Hermione were also thinking in their hearts, trying to adjust their spells.
But there was one thing William didn't mention, and that was the most important point - talent.
Talented people learn faster and more deeply than ordinary people.
William suspected that his talent in Transfiguration was originally strong, and with the system's reward, his current talent was not at the same level as Harry and the others.
William opened the system and looked at his attribute panel.
【Host: William Cavendish
Physical Fitness: 60
Strength: 72
Agility: 61
Spirit: 85
Magic Power: 30
[Note: Magic power is a quantitative value of the wizard's magic power. The average magic power of an ordinary adult wizard is 10.
Skills: Art Appreciation (Advanced), Horsemanship (Master), Fighting (Master), Shooting (Advanced), Spellcasting Skills (Advanced)
[Note: Skill levels are divided into elementary, intermediate, advanced, master, grandmaster, and legendary levels]
Spells: Illumination, Descaling, Unlocking, Unlocking, Magnification, Copying, Resuscitation, Repairing, Water, Transfiguration, Full Body Binding, Explosion, Freezing, Bat Spirit, Stunning, Disarming… Talents
: Night Vision (Owl), Flexible Tongue (Puffy), Transfiguration (Transfiguring Rabbit), Onomatopoeia (Raven)……
{Note: The above talents are rewards given by the system for William's collection of magical animals.
Items:"Basic Spells", Traceless Stretch Suitcase]
William previously collected a pet shapeshifting rabbit, and the system rewarded him with the talent for shapeshifting, which made his talent in shapeshifting more prominent.
Not only that, William's magic value is much higher than theirs, so the gap in casting shapeshifting is even greater.
Speaking of magic value, William's initial magic value is 15 points, which has exceeded the average value of ordinary adult wizards. Maybe this is a gifted talent.
Of course, it may also be caused by physical fitness or strong mental strength. Anyway, his initial magic power is relatively high.
In addition to the system's rewards, his current magic value has reached 30 points, which is more than twice that of ordinary wizards.
But William still feels that it is not enough, or even far from enough.
Not to mention Dumbledore, the highest combat power, just say the four deans of Hogwarts, which one is not super powerful, many times more than ordinary wizards.
William estimates that their magic values are all above 90, or even higher.
By the end of the class, besides William, only Hermione, Harry and Ron managed to change the matches, but they also failed.
Even so, Professor McGonagall smiled with satisfaction.
The next step was the Defense Against the Dark Arts, which everyone was looking forward to the most. However, William thought they would be greatly disappointed.