"You want to learn how to use a wand to conjure an umbrella?" Professor McGonagall's facial muscles twitched slightly after hearing Albert's words, and she stared at him seriously, saying, "This is part of the OWL exam."
"I know, Professor Flitwick told me." Albert nodded to indicate that he knew, "However, I don't think that will prevent me from learning and mastering it."
"Aiming too high is not a good habit, especially in transfiguration, which is more rigorous than other disciplines." Professor McGonagall clearly didn't want to tell Albert about summoning magic, especially after the experience of having the door destroyed last time. "You still need to learn a lot before you can really get involved in this area."
"Oh, okay." Albert thought for a moment and asked, "May I ask, what grade level is summoning magic taught at?"
"Fifth grade knowledge," Professor McGonagall replied casually.
"Okay, I understand, Professor." Albert nodded and turned to leave. Since Professor McGonagall wasn't going to teach, he could simply borrow a book or buy one at Flourish and Blotts to study on his own.
What do you mean by "you know"?
What exactly do you know?
Professor McGonagall felt a headache coming on, and her intuition told her that Albert might try to master summoning magic himself, which was undoubtedly a very bad thing.
"Mr. Anderson," Professor McGonagall called out to Albert.
"What is it, Professor McGonagall?" Albert stopped and turned to ask, puzzled.
He certainly didn't believe that Professor McGonagall had changed her mind.
"Tell me honestly, how far have you progressed in your Transfiguration skills?" Professor McGonagall beckoned to him and asked after Albert returned.
"What level?" Albert reached up and touched his chin, then secretly glanced at his Level 1 Polymorph.
To be honest, he didn't know what level he had reached.
"I think I've probably... learned most of what's in this book!"
"You've learned almost everything!" Professor McGonagall's eyes widened in disbelief, as if she couldn't believe what she had just heard.
"I practiced Transfiguration and spells before school started," Albert muttered to himself. "With enough practice, magic isn't as difficult as you might think."
"Not as difficult as I imagined?" Professor McGonagall felt herself trembling. She took a deep breath, quickly calmed herself down, and said to Albert, "Mr. Anderson, if you can turn a match into a mouse, I will allow you to join my Transformation Club."
"The Transformers Club?" Albert looked puzzled. He admitted that his memory of the Harry Potter books was a bit hazy, but it seemed... indeed... there was never a Transformers Club... Well, that club never existed, there was only the Slug Club.
"That was a club I started, twice a week, where we discuss and research things related to metamorphism," Professor McGonagall explained.
Albert glanced at the matchstick, then at Professor McGonagall, and nodded to indicate that he understood. He raised his wand and began to concentrate on chanting the spell. The matchstick visibly grew larger and transformed into a mouse, but the transformation was not quite complete because the mouse had a limp.
Yes, a lame mouse, but it really is a mouse.
Albert looked at the lame mouse and shook his head helplessly. "I've never tried turning an object into a living being before. It's much harder than converting objects into each other. Maybe I'll be able to succeed after a few more tries."
Although this was Albert's first time working on the transformation between objects and living beings, the theory of transformation provided him with theoretical support.
It's quite difficult to succeed on the first try, but Albert is very satisfied with his results. With more practice, the chances of complete success will increase.
In Transfiguration, only a complete transformation can be considered a success.
"No need, you've passed!" Professor McGonagall drew her wand and tapped the lame mouse, restoring the poor little creature to its matchstick form.
"She passed?" Albert wasn't actually surprised; it meant she had joined Professor McGonagall's Transfiguration Club.
As for why he was so certain?
Of course, it's the prompt on the panel.
The task of joining the Transformation Club, which had just appeared a minute ago, has already been completed.
"I suggest you read more books," Professor McGonagall rattled off a few recommendations to Albert, clearly not wanting him to haphazardly experiment with Transformation, since Transformation is actually quite dangerous.
"Okay, I understand." Albert nodded. Anyway, he was going to read a hundred books, and he just hoped they wouldn't be too thin.
"What were you talking about with Professor McGonagall?" Fred couldn't help but ask after Albert reunited with his roommates.
"I was asking about summoning," Albert explained. "However, Professor McGonagall thinks it's too early to learn. Oh, and she also invited me to join her shapeshifting club."
"Transformation Club?" the three exclaimed in unison. "What's that?"
"I heard it's a club that Professor McGonagall founded herself," Albert said after thinking for a moment, "to discuss and research things related to metamorphism."
"Are you kidding me?" The twins were speechless with surprise when they heard Albert's words.
"You're really amazing, I'm so envious." Li Qiaodan was a little jealous; this was undoubtedly the dean's special attention to Albert.
"Ahem." George coughed lightly, changing the subject. "By the way, do you two want to come with us to the Quidditch pitch later?"
"It would be nice to try flying before taking flight lessons," Fred chimed in. "Charlie wouldn't mind having a couple more people test it out."
"Shall we go, Albert?" Lee Jordan asked.
"If we could test fly it, that would be great," Albert agreed.
Fly freely.
I'm kind of looking forward to it!
Although I rode a toy broom once, it was actually quite boring.
The agreed time was 4:30 pm, and there is still a long time before 4 pm.
Albert was going to the library to read books. He had arranged to meet the three of them at the auditorium, so he went to the library alone.
"Now, what should we do?" Lee Jordan asked, watching Albert's departing figure.
"Let's go outside for a walk?" George pointed outside the castle, an idea that was agreed upon by the other two.
When Albert arrived at the library, he found only a handful of people. He found a seat, and under the guise of reading, he opened the quest panel and joined the Transformation Club's quest, which gave Albert 2000 experience points.
"A level 2 skill?" he murmured to himself. It takes exactly 2,000 experience points to upgrade from level 1 to level 2, so Albert casually upgraded Transformation Theory to level 2.
Level 2 transformation theory should be enough for him until graduation. As for Level 3, that falls into the professor's category.