"Transfiguration is an extremely advanced and dangerous subject. At the same time, it is also a magic that you will use frequently in the future."
"You must study hard with a rigorous and serious attitude. If anyone disrupts my class, I will kick him out, no matter which college he is from."
Professor McGonagall showed off her power from the start, and only nodded in satisfaction when all the students were sitting upright, and then she gave them a sweet gift.
She showed everyone the magic of transfiguration.
Professor McGonagall tapped the table with his magic wand, and the square desk turned into a fat, cute white pig.
And her next action made the little wizards exclaim in surprise.
The big white pig first turned into a lion, roaring like the king of beasts, and then turned into a huge python, making every little wizard who looked at it shudder. The little wizards in the first row were even more pale and stumbled to the back.
Even the little wizards in Slytherin didn't perform very well. Although the representative animal of their school is the snake, it doesn't mean that everyone here likes snakes.
Tom clearly saw a smile flash across Professor McGonagall's eyes, and he secretly complained in his heart.
I didn't expect that you, Professor McGonagall with thick eyebrows and big eyes, are also a sinister person.
Bang——!
After a loud bang, the giant python disappeared and turned into a long table again. The chaos in the classroom gradually subsided.
"This is the charm of Transfiguration. You can use it to change the world. However, the transformation of large animals is knowledge that only senior students will learn. Now, we have to start from the basics..."
Professor McGonagall gave each young wizard a toothpick.
Their task in this class is to turn toothpicks into silver needles.
"When casting the spell, imagine the appearance of the silver needle in your mind. You must be clear and focused without any distracting thoughts. You must firmly believe that the toothpick in front of you is the silver needle, and let the object in your mind coincide with reality..."
"......"
After explaining the main points, Professor McGonagall let the little wizards practice freely. The classroom was filled with the sounds of the little wizards chanting spells. Unfortunately, the toothpick was still the same toothpick, without any change.
Tom was in a daze.
[Gain the professor's experience in transfiguration, credits added +5]
[Gain the professor's experience in transfiguration, credits added +5]
The reminder sounded twice in a row, not only did ten credits get credited, but Tom also found a new way to earn credits.
He had already learned the basic operation of changing silver needles during the summer vacation, but Professor McGonagall's explanation gave him a different understanding, so is there a bonus?
Bigger surprises are yet to come.
Professor McGonagall walked among the students, checking everyone's progress. Most of them had no changes in their toothpicks, but she was not angry.
Transforming a toothpick into a silver needle is not the most basic transfiguration. It involves not only slight changes in shape, but the most crucial thing is the transformation of matter, turning wood into metal.
This is beyond the scope for students who have just started learning magic.
But how could McGonagall, who had been a professor of Transfiguration for so many years, not understand this?
The reason for choosing this class as the beginning is actually for the purpose of assessment. This test, which is difficult but not particularly hard, can easily screen out potential talents, and she can also focus on taking care of these potential freshmen in the future.
Professor McGonagall shook her head slightly. She had already looked at half of the students, and none of them satisfied her.
Until she came behind Tom.
As the magic wand drew a circle and gently pointed at the toothpick, in Professor McGonagall's surprised eyes, the toothpick turned into a silver needle, flashing bright silver light.
What made her even happier was that this was not the most common silver needle. There were fine patterns on the needle body, and it could almost be collected as a work of art.
"marvelous!"
Professor McGonagall's voice rang in everyone's ears: "Mr. Riddle succeeded in transforming on his first try, and it also has decorative patterns. I'm going to give Slytherin five points!"
The Gryffindor students didn't react much when they heard Professor McGonagall give Slytherin extra points. They had just enrolled and didn't really have much feelings about the feud between the two houses.
Instead, the Slytherin students fell silent, and Malfoy looked at Tom with disdain.
He, a pure-blood wizard, couldn't succeed, so why would a Muggle wizard be able to?
Originally, Tom didn't care about the extra points, but the prompt from the system made his attitude change 180 degrees.
[The host is recognized by the professor and receives five credits and one achievement point]
[The system opens a large-scale long-term continuous task - 'The Best Student in Hogwarts History'.
The host's college points will be converted into credits at a ratio of one to one, and achievement points will be obtained at a ratio of five to one.
There will be additional rewards for leading the college to win the College Cup Award.]
Tom doesn't care about college scores, but if you talk about credits and achievement points, he won't be bothered.
Tom was feeling a little regretful at this moment. If he had been assigned to Gryffindor, wouldn't he have easily won the House Cup in the following years?
Now we are in trouble. If Slytherin wants to win the house cup... then we must find a way... to defeat Dumbledore!
The House Cup in recent years has been almost a foregone conclusion. On the one hand, it is to help Harry improve his reputation, but on the other hand, it is actually a form of PUA.
Dumbledore needed to train Harry in the habit of standing up in critical moments, so that he would have the courage to fight Voldemort and face the prophecy in the future.
Originally, Tom had no interest in Dumbledore's plan to train a savior. In his opinion, Voldemort had only two endings - one was to be killed by Harry as in the original plot, and the other was to be crushed to death after he grew up.
But the purpose of competing for the college cup and credits is to make progress, and progress will inevitably offend the source.
Dumbledore, you should understand me, right?