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Chapter 138: Magical Restlessness (Two in One)

"It's done, and I've even started adding the first protective magic..."

Standing next to the greenhouse that can be said to be completed, Andrew couldn't help but sigh - the changes in productivity brought about by magic are really amazing.

But I can only sigh. There are not many construction teams of this level in the entire magic world. However, with enough machinery, there are simply too many construction teams that can reach half of this level, and the training time is shockingly short...

"Andrew!"

Percy's voice came from afar, waking Andrew from his thoughts.

"what happened?"

"The principal is calling you."

Which principal?
Andrew wanted to ask casually, but he held back - Professor McGonagall should be addressed as Professor, so that should be Dumbledore.

"Ah, what's the office password?"

"Chocolate Frog."

Great, confirmed.

Andrew nodded, then gave his seat to Percy - although Professor Adams had been keeping a close eye on it since the first day, they still had to follow the procedures and follow up the entire process.

"What did the principal say?"

"No," Percy thought for a moment, "but it's definitely not a bad thing."

I hope so…

Andrew has been able to keep his composure.

-

"Professor Dumbledore, here I come."

"Sit down first, there's no rush."

Dumbledore's eyes were kind, but they made Andrew feel uneasy - if you haven't done anything wrong, you have nothing to fear, but he still has a guilty conscience!

"According to the Book of Admission, your birthday is tomorrow, right?"

"what?"

???

Andrew's eyes widened - wasn't it the day when school was about to start? The identity record was correct during those days, and he was glad at the time. If it was later, he might have used magic to mess around before Hogwarts enrolled students.

"Ah... maybe it's a matter of poor management, but I can't get more information from them. It can only record the number of students who enter every year, which is the limit."

This information must be kept confidential from other students, but Andrew signed a confidentiality agreement, so there is no problem.

And it doesn’t matter – it’s already August.

"I'm afraid you'll have to ask the administrator for more information, but I don't think she will tell you until you come of age."

"That should be the case..." Andrew nodded, then shook his head, "But no matter where you are or what the environment is, you have to live a good life."

"That's a great idea," Dumbledore nodded with a smile, "but we have more important things to talk about. You should know about magical restlessness, right?"

"Well, the magic power of underage wizards increases rapidly on their birthdays every year. The speed of magic power increase in one day is even comparable to that of two or three months at ordinary times. It ends after the last agitation on their seventeenth birthday. At the same time, the overall magic power increase rate slows down. This is why wizards are considered adults after the age of seventeen."

"Yes, so try to rest as much as possible this day. You will have tomorrow off and do not practice any magic. The day after tomorrow, come to my office for a Transfiguration test."

"A Transfiguration test?"

Andrew's eyes widened - he had never heard of this term.

"Yes, it's the same as the Levitation Charm. It can basically test the level of Transfiguration, but it's arranged according to the average of the grade."

...

Could it be something Dumbledore made up himself?

Andrew was quite skeptical - there was absolutely no such thing as a test level before! Otherwise, a second stage of the Levitation Spell wouldn't have given him so many glittering Galleons.

But this is also a very normal thing - it would be fine if segmentation did not appear, but if it did appear, everyone would naturally make the connection and would definitely adopt it.

Even wizards like to be refined. No, not even, but wizards really like to be refined, especially wizards who come from alchemy.

The right amount of dragon's blood, the right amount of bone meal, etc. sounds like a headache - so while away at the meeting, Dumbledore perfected the positioning of the Levitation Charm under the guidance of others' inquiries about the positioning of the Levitation Charm, and also came up with a positioning for Transfiguration.

"Where do the levels of Transfiguration come from?"

As soon as Andrew left, the principal behind him couldn't help but ask a question.

"Just some Transfiguration materials and a few runes. Once you've done the math and determined the average level of students in each grade, you'll have it - a very useful teaching tool. Minerva will like it."

"You're not going to fool Minerva and say that this is the method you worked so hard to come up with, are you?"

"How could that be? I am the principal after all. I must promote things that can improve teaching judgment."

"... "

"Albus you're lying again, look, the Sorting Hat is smiling!"

"... "

-

"Birthdays…backgrounds…and holidays."

Andrew shook his head - how do he calculate the birthdays after that? If he passes two, his roommates will strangle him to death, but he can't write a letter to inform them, or should he just go with the flow?
Just little troubles...

He decided to focus his attention on the more authentic things - like the big guy in the sewer.

He couldn't remember anything else, but he knew about the basilisk and the diary.

But how to deal with it?
The basilisk is simple. Although he only got part of the water source map when decorating the greenhouse this time, it doesn't matter if he doesn't have the sewer map - as long as he proposes to clean the sewer during the holiday and put in a lot of rat poison to lure and kill the rats, the basilisk that can be starved will be unable to stay awake and show its true colors.

Of course, before that he had to look up how well this thing could resist hunger - after all, he had never taken a magical creatures class.

But resisting hunger doesn't matter. If all else fails, you can use the excuse of investigating the number of mice to persuade the professor to come up with a mark-and-recapture method. Just say that you saw it in a Muggle textbook, and the professor will naturally notice when the mice are eaten.

This matter can even be blamed on Percy, just create a few rat infestations and let Percy report it.

But the diary was a little tricky - how did Ginny Weasley get hold of it? It seemed to belong to the Malfoys?
Is it Malfoy who is pursuing Ginny? Because I heard from the speedrunner that Ginny is the prettiest girl in the school, and she is also a pureblood...

But it doesn’t match, right?

This was so weird to think about - to give a diary to a first year student, Percy had to humble himself and put him in a sack, right?

How did you get started?
How could he trick a first-grade girl into giving him her diary without being drugged and put in a sack by Percy?

There are also the Weasley twins. Ron can bully them a little, but there is only one sister, and Andrew doesn't want to deal with the two Peeves every day. "It's difficult... Take your time. First, cross the threshold and get through the restlessness. Let Percy find a place to park the broom, and then think about this..."

-

"It's finally almost over..."

The irrigation system is fully connected, the sewer system is fully connected, and the protective magic has been applied once - the greenhouse is now completely completed except for the need for multiple reinforcements.

The construction team is already dismantling the tents - the temporary water source has been transferred to the greenhouse, and the bathroom has been converted into greenhouse supporting facilities. All is well.

Percy, who had already let his heart fly away from Hogwarts, finally discovered something was wrong when Hagrid sent away the construction workers one by one.

What about Andrew?

What about Andrew, who tricked him into coming to school and participated in the construction of the entire greenhouse?
How come he was the one who oversaw the entire final construction work!
Did he go to Professor McGonagall's office?

Percy ran over with ease, and found the door locked - the professor was away on business again, this time for a meeting in China.

There was someone in Dumbledore's office, but Percy didn't dare go there.

Although the professor is strict, he is actually very easy to talk to. Dumbledore, on the other hand, puts too much pressure on people.

'Who should I ask for leave from school?'

"And we were supposed to have a holiday in the middle, but there was none at all!"

Percy took stock of everything and realized something was wrong - he was called over to check on the construction progress over the weekend, and the construction team didn't take a holiday, so he had forgotten about it.

The only thing to be thankful for is that Penelope was not told about this, otherwise...

But, what about you bastard Andrew?
He walked around the entire school and searched the library thoroughly, and finally saw Andrew lying on the lawn next to the Black Lake, where he was on vacation.

"Good afternoon Percy."

Andrew greeted lazily, "Would you like some dessert? Today's ice cream is lemon flavored, which is my favorite."

"The construction is over today, didn't you go check it out?"

"You have a day off today - and tomorrow you have a day off, so you can go on a date in the Muggle world. Of course, this afternoon is also fine. The professor is not on campus, so it's no problem."

"I'm going to leave school and rent a house..."

Shouldn't you accompany me to find a suitable house, since I personally followed up on the construction of the greenhouse!
"I ordered it for you, but you have to renew it yourself. I only booked a room for three days. By the way, the deposit includes the rent, three Galleons. Thank you. If you want to renew it later, remember to pay it yourself."

Andrew took out an envelope from his pocket and handed it to Percy, then took the Galleons from the stunned Percy.

"When did you leave school?"

"On the day I picked you up, it was near the zoo. The theory is good. If you want to change, there's a more upscale hotel nearby. There are cheaper ones a little further away."

"Why wasn't there any when I wrote the letter?"

Percy looked at the envelope and felt his head hurt.

"I thought a top student in Muggle Studies could handle it..."

Andrew spread his hands, "I can't leave school today, I can take you there tomorrow afternoon, do you need it?"

He was answered with a pat, "I don't think I'm that looking forward to the send-off - see you back at school!"

"Take care of yourself. If you can't take the Knight Bus, take care of your owl and remember to write a letter if you have anything to say!"

Andrew gave his best wishes - after the greenhouse was built, he had no greater need to see Percy in the hospital.

"Definitely!"

Percy waved and strode towards the castle. Andrew smiled and continued to lie there, beginning to rest as the professor had said.

Put down work completely and take a rest - but I really don't feel anything.

Magic is not an internal force. Especially when Andrew was warned not to cast spells randomly, he even asked the elf to bring out the chair and could not feel any changes at all.

As for restlessness, let alone being restless, he just felt the warmth of the sun and wanted to have a good sleep - anyway, he had the mosquito repellent potion, so he was not afraid. The potion was used daily in Professor McGonagall's office and was quite effective.

Andrew spent the day in such a relaxed manner and did not notice anything different. In the end, he fell into a peaceful sleep - thanks to the copper ring, he could sleep in bed today.

-

"It's really... a mess of dreams..."

When Andrew woke up the next day, he looked in the mirror - his teeth were intact, and his hair, eyes, face, and hands were all the same.

The same goes for height. I didn't grow ten centimeters overnight as in the dream, nor did I suddenly become a skinny guy - does it turn out that magic restlessness does not require any sacrifice?
Holding the wand habitually, Andrew's relaxed eyes suddenly became alert.

Something was wrong—very wrong.

It was as if the wands had been switched.

No, it seems to have become the eleventh finger.

He subconsciously felt around the bed - well, good, nothing.

With a bit of self-mockery, he got dressed and went outside the lounge, where he touched some fresh and usable eggs next to his sleeping bag.

With a light tap of the magic wand, the entire egg began to shake wildly, shake, and then crack - a quacking little duck ran out of the eggshell, and then the whole egg swelled up until it became a fist-sized thing.

“Very similar…very similar…”

Andrew poked it with his wand, causing it to squawk and squeak.

He continued to try Transfiguration - but failed.

Sure enough, the feeling was right - it was a deformed duck, not a real duck. But compared to the previous clumsy one, the current deformation was no longer easy to distinguish the real from the fake.

Andrew sighed, knocked on the duck, and lifted his own transfiguration spell - an egg wrapped in a white membrane reappeared in the air and was rewrapped under the power of the spell.

He tried again, and this time the creature that crawled out with the help of the wand was a rabbit - but just like before, it was still a little inadequate and couldn't even eat.

Compared to Professor McGonagall using a stool to conjure up a living creature and even destroying half of his manuscript, this was far worse, but he soon smiled and let it go...

"Good progress... I was asking too much..."

He put away his wishful thinking, collected the eggs, and walked quickly towards Dumbledore's office, ready to demonstrate his spellcasting and test the so-called Transfiguration level.

"Transfiguration level... I don't know how Dumbledore determines it. Will he test the magic level?"

It is unknown - he has racked his brains to describe Dumbledore's miracles, but the people involved have told him that it is not that simple.

He still preferred to have Professor McGonagall teach him - but he also knew that unless Professor McGonagall was out for something, it would be impossible for the busy Dumbledore to take half a day to test a student.

So, how advanced is Dumbledore's magical proficiency?
What level of transformation skills has he reached?

Is Dumbledore the highest level Transfiguration master?
(End of this chapter)