Hogwarts: Wizards of Eternity.

Chapter 17 When wizards choose magic, magic also chooses wizards
Professor McGonagall became the headmaster, perhaps by accident.

But the power of Transfiguration is beyond doubt.

In Roger's opinion, Transfiguration is the magic closest to God!

It can turn metal into cotton, toxins into nutrients, water and fire into breeze, and even the 'summoning and disappearance' of the Transfiguration spell can directly change the existence or non-existence of matter. With just this one spell, all non-magical means in today's world have almost lost their meaning.

It is not an exaggeration to call it the 'ultimate in matter manipulation'!

Even the five exceptions to Gamp's basic Transfiguration Laws, such as 'food created by Transfiguration cannot satisfy hunger', are essentially just the result of Transfiguration's 'integration cannot be disassembled before the spell is lifted', which results in the nutrients being unable to be disassembled into nutrients and absorbed by the human body.

If a wizard transforms the basic particles of matter one by one and then assembles them into bread, he can still satisfy his hunger... It is the wizard's weakness that limits the use of Transfiguration, not a problem with Transfiguration itself.

If there is a wizard whose mental power is close to that of a god, and he is powerful enough to understand everything about magic, then he can simulate the effects of almost all magic just by relying on Transfiguration!

It is qualified to be the fulcrum to move everything.

Moreover, Roger had received systematic scientific education in his previous life, and he was not a very emotional person. Compared with those magics that emphasized extreme emotions and spirituality and used "fantasy" to cast spells, Transfiguration, which was closer to rationality and more suitable for casting spells with "concept", was more suitable for him.

Among the pile of theoretical books that Professor McGonagall lent Roger, in addition to "Ritual Magic Is Much More Than Blood Sacrifice", there was another book that Roger found quite interesting.

It was also this book that made Roger feel that if it was not necessary, it was better to stay away from black magic. At the same time, Transfiguration was probably the most suitable magic for his path to immortality.

Is extreme emotional spellcasting a wrong path?

This book was written in ancient Europe, during an era when bloody and terrifying ancient magic was very popular. The author was an old wizard who was about to die.

At the time when the author wrote the book, the "Transformation School", "Ritual School" and "External Object School" had not yet undergone many verifications and became the three major schools recognized by the world, and developed into the blood and soul transformation, transfiguration, complex ritual magic, alchemy and potion systems that are well known to the world today.

At that time, in the author's area, another school of thought was prevalent among the wizards who were seeking power.

Emotional party!
As we all know, emotions account for a large proportion of the power of the mind. Extreme love, hatred, sadness, happiness, and the desire to protect others can often make people burst out with unimaginable power!
Just like the magic of love that Lily Potter cast on her son, even Voldemort's Avada Kedavra could not break through its defense.

Even after ten years, Voldemort would still suffer a severe backlash if he touched it slightly.

The extreme painful emotions created the terrifying monster like the Dementors of Azkaban.

Self-hatred and repression will breed powerful silence.

Different emotions can cause a wide variety of phenomena that transcend the powers of ordinary wizards.

The ancient wizards at that time believed that playing with emotions was the right way to break through the shackles of the upper limit of spiritual power and become gods.

The current reclusive living environment of wizards and the reality that ancient magic has been replaced by modern magic silently tell the fate of this group of people.

In the book "Is Extreme Emotional Spellcasting a Wrong Path?", most of the content is the reflection of an old wizard who is dying but speaks well about his life. It is a book that is somewhat similar to a personal biography and memoir.

What Roger found most valuable was the two theoretical conjectures mentioned by the old wizard in the book.

'Magic Thought Echo Theory' and 'Magic Selection Theory'.

When the old wizard mentioned this theory, he started from the 'wand', which is the 'starting point' of almost all wizards.

"When I bought my first wand, Mr. Ollivander told me that wizards choose wands, and wands choose wizards."

"Don't set your eyes on those legendary otherworldly wands. You are not compatible with them. Even if you hold them, you will not become the great man in the legend. You will only be rejected by the wand and not be able to cast any magic. You will also be attacked by them."

"This is your magic wand. It looks ordinary, but it will grow with you. Every choice you make will change you and it." "A person's greatness is rooted in every choice he makes."

——People and wands choose each other and influence each other, and the same is true for casting spells.

"Wizards choose magic, and magic chooses wizards!"

Just as someone without happy memories cannot cast the Patronus Charm, someone without murderous intent cannot cast Avada Kedavra.

"Wizards influence magic."

The more a person rejects the outside world, the more powerful the expulsion spell will be. People who love the feeling of unfettered freedom will be better at the levitation spell.

"Magic affects wizards, too."

People who have been studying black magic for many years, which requires extremely negative emotions to be successful, will become more gloomy, full of malice towards many things around them, and irritable...

"Not only in black magic, this kind of emotional influence exists in all spells!"

For example, the Shield Charm makes people conservative, while the Patronus Charm makes people optimistic...but this is not important because the influence also follows basic rules.

The more willpower you put into the spell, the stronger the spell's influence on you will be.

The less will and emotion you put into it, the less impact you will receive.

In other words, as long as you avoid casting spells with extreme willpower and emotions, and don't push yourself to the limit every time you cast spells, with your blood pressure soaring to the point where veins bulge all over your body, then it won't be a big deal.

How many times in a lifetime can an ordinary wizard cast a spell with his life at stake? A slight impact can be smoothed out by time.

Do you insist on playing black magic that cannot be performed without extreme emotions? Then there is no way to save you.

...The above not only made Roger more wary of black magic and exploitative spellcasting, but also made Roger understand how important it is to choose a spell that suits him.

Just like Harry Potter, who used Expelliarmus from beginning to end, could it be that he doesn't know any other combat spells?

The wizard chooses the spell, and the spell also chooses the wizard. A matching spell, with the power of 1, may have the effect of 10!
Roger wants to achieve immortality, and the path he has chosen is the "transformation school" proposed by the ancient wizards.

The wizards couldn't take this path because they didn't have enough experimental subjects.

He intends to use his "experimental holy body" that can sense danger to violently crack the mystery of life.

Roger didn't know how long it would take him to accomplish his goal.

It may take several years, or decades, or it may never be completed until the moment of death, just like Kuafu chasing the sun and Don Quixote charging towards the windmills, leaving behind a little sad legend for the world after their death.

But since he has decided to pursue immortality, Roger will never give up any option that can increase his chances of success!

After Roger's testing, he found that Transfiguration not only had great potential, but his compatibility with it was also quite good.

Naturally, Roger would not take things for granted and act behind closed doors when it comes to matters concerning his own destiny.

"Professor McGonagall, what do you think of my idea?" After the Transfiguration class, other Gryffindor students left the classroom one after another, but Roger stayed. He wanted to seek advice from this knowledgeable professor who had helped him a lot.

(End of this chapter)