The classroom used by the Transformation Club had been enlarged by magic at some point.
Professor McGonagall stood in the center of the classroom, waving her wand to demonstrate various transfiguration spells, dazzling everyone present.
Manipulate fire, control water, shoot dangerous bolts of lightning from your wand, turn the floor into a swamp, and let the churning mud bind your enemies, or create a barrier to protect yourself and block oncoming spells.
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As Albert wrote in his paper, the uses of transfiguration are varied and often have unexpected and remarkable effects when used at the right time.
Not only Albert, but everyone else in the classroom watched Professor McGonagall's magic with rapt attention.
However, when everyone suddenly realized this, they discovered a major problem: to reach Professor McGonagall's level, they needed to master more advanced spellcasting techniques, which none of the people present possessed.
Yes, they don't know how, and they can't do it.
Now, Professor McGonagall is demonstrating how to turn objects into living beings and manipulate them effectively.
Water gushed from the basin and, under Professor McGonagall's control, rose upright like a winding python.
In the blink of an eye, the water in the basin disappeared, leaving only a python. It opened its mouth and hissed as it crawled out of the basin. Following Professor McGonagall's instructions, it coiled itself around a table. Suddenly, the python vanished, leaving only the cage binding the table.
If you're a wizard, once you're caught, you basically have no choice but to accept your fate!
Professor McGonagall waved her wand, and the cage that had trapped the table turned back into a puddle of water, wetting the ground.
"It can be done with fire, water, mist, or even dirt," Professor McGonagall said. "I know, we learned about the Smoke Charm in Defense Against the Dark Arts class."
"Professor McGonagall, I don't think the enemy will give us time to prepare," a Slytherin student warned.
"I know," Professor McGonagall said, looking around at everyone. "It's usually not useful in duels with wizards, but it can be very useful in some situations."
Professor McGonagall raised her wand and pointed it, and countless ropes bound the Slytherin wizard to his seat.
The next moment, the rope suddenly exploded into a cloud of smoke and disappeared.
"Wizards rarely duel, and even when they do, they don't observe dueling etiquette unless you participate in a dueling tournament," Professor McGonagall said calmly. "Defeating your opponent and protecting yourself is the right thing to do when you are in danger."
After she finished speaking, she flicked her wand slightly, and two water kittens crawled out of the puddle and began to play with each other.
Then, the two cats collided and merged into a small cheetah, which ran around behind everyone, its sharp gaze sweeping over them from behind, making everyone break out in a cold sweat.
Under Professor McGonagall's control, the cheetah split into two humanoid figures again. They picked up the wooden bucket that the python had overturned and jumped into it, turning back into a basin of water.
After the presentation, the classroom erupted in enthusiastic applause.
Professor McGonagall raised her hand to signal everyone to be quiet. She addressed all the club members, "Just how many kinds of magic did I use? How did I do it? If it were you, how well could you do it?"
Everyone started whispering among themselves, as the three questions were undoubtedly a difficult problem for most people.
Many people don't even think about these things when they watch Professor McGonagall demonstrate magic.
Now, all I can do is rack my brains to come up with an answer.
"How much of it did you understand?" Field exchanged her notes with Albert. After seeing the contents of Albert's notes, she was surprised to find that his understanding of magic was not much worse than her own.
"Those transformation spells are too difficult for me right now." Albert secretly estimated that he would probably need to raise his Transfiguration skill to level 3 before he could use transformation magic like Professor McGonagall.
"It seems he had already thought about these issues when he wrote that paper." Field appeared outwardly calm, but was inwardly quite surprised.
"Where's Baker?" she asked again.
"My situation is similar to yours." Baker was frustrated. Although he had tried his best to observe, his findings were still limited.
Originally, everyone thought they were the best at metamorphosis, and their papers were occasionally published in the magazine "Today's Metamorphosis".
However, after watching Professor McGonagall's demonstration of magic, they suddenly felt that their own transformation magic was like a child waving a wand around haphazardly.
"You need to figure out how I did it, and whether you could do the same if you were in my shoes." Professor McGonagall strolled around the classroom, checking everyone's notes, but the results weren't very satisfactory. She continued, "I never expected you to understand everything, but you need to know a small part. Study it carefully when you get home, and I believe you will gain something. Next time, it will still be this topic. Okay, that's all for today."
"This was really tough, tougher than anything before." After the Transformation Club session ended, as everyone emerged from the portraits, Baker told Albert dejectedly, "I feel like all that Transformation training I've done has been for nothing."
"It's not as serious as you make it out to be," Albert reassured him. "The only difference between us and Professor McGonagall is experience."
"It's not just a matter of experience," Field said, shaking his head. "I don't know when I'll be able to reach that level."
"For me, it's just a lack of experience," Albert couldn't help but mutter to himself.
"You wrote that paper. I'm curious to see how far you've come." It was Izebel who spoke, still standing.
The Ravenclaw genius looked at Albert with a complicated expression; she hadn't expected him to publish his article in Transfiguration Today so quickly.
"Have you ever heard of someone who is all talk and no action? I'm one of them," Albert said seriously. "Actually, I'm also very curious as to why Professor McGonagall chose to publish my paper."
"Don't underestimate yourself. Your paper was of a very high standard, Mr. Anderson," Professor McGonagall said. "What did you learn this time?"
"I've discovered that Transfiguration can be done in so many ways," Albert exclaimed from the bottom of his heart. "Unfortunately, many people aren't good at Transfiguration."
"You're right," Professor McGonagall said. "I suggest you talk to other experts in this field more often; that will improve your skills."
"Oh! I will." Albert nodded and watched Professor McGonagall leave.
"It seems the rumors were true," Baker said.
"What rumor?" Albert asked curiously.
"Everyone says you're Professor McGonagall's star pupil," Field reminded him.
"How come I didn't know?" Albert asked, puzzled.
Upon hearing this, the group exchanged bewildered glances.