Hogwarts Study Panel

Chapter 157: Exchange Meeting
The alchemy classroom contained many instruments that could move on their own.

When Sheen looked out the window into the classroom, Professor Terra was giving a lesson to sixth and seventh grade wizards, holding a cookie in her hand.

Sheen knew that he had arrived a little early.

“A canary cookie… Of course, you might think of the story of Babytty the rabbit in Beedle’s Tales, who transformed herself into an old rabbit with whiskers and hid in a tree stump to cast spells to frighten the king at that time.”

You might think that perfect human transformation driven by alchemy must exist, but I regret to inform you that the alchemical community has long denied this claim.

Even if this story were true, Babbitt the rabbit would only be a rare Animagus, and as for animals that can transform into Animagus and perform magic... ha—the possibility is smaller than if you immediately produced an alchemical work that satisfies me.

I must warn you: this is the consequence of an overconfident alchemist trying to transform himself into an owl—believing that this would allow him to 'truly understand flight.' Now, a hundred years later, he remains trapped in this state between reality and illusion, neither wizard nor bird, and has finally died of old age on a cliff.”

Professor Terra talked about The Tales of Beedle the Bard, a bedtime story that has been a favorite of wizards for centuries.

The perfect human transformation led by alchemy refers to an exploration that the transformation community had long abandoned but was picked up again by the alchemical community.

Historically, many Animagus believed that after transformation, the wizard naturally lost the ability to cast spells.

But alchemists are probably that kind of people—the more difficult it is, the more they want to study it. A hundred years have passed, and they haven't figured it out. They can neither make wizards retain a clear sense of self after being fully transformed, nor can they make wizards cast spells after being fully transformed.

Then they vehemently denied the existence of perfect transformation.

Sheen listened quietly outside the door. Although the magical world had not yet figured out a way to allow a wizard to retain consciousness after being fully transformed, it did not mean that such a method did not exist.

He trusted his intuition more than history.

Well, the most important point is that his transformation from "self" to "living thing" has recently reached the apprentice level.

"A five-foot-long runic paper, a qualified Eternal Ink, the last class of Christmas... I want to see these."

After Professor Terra finished speaking, the door to the alchemy office opened automatically, and the wizards, who only dared to complain in their hearts, filed out.

Once outside the classroom, they still dared not utter a sound, only letting out a mournful sigh at the end of the corridor:
"What's gotten into the professor this time?! Assigning two weeks' worth of homework in one week? Merlin—is there really anyone at Hogwarts who can create an alchemical artifact in a week?"

One a week? Sheehan remembered that the professor's requirement for him was one every five days…

No, it has nothing to do with me...

"Come in, Mr. Green, I think you've heard about examples of perfect transformation."

For wizards who can only reach the threshold of alchemy, this is an undeniable fact, and having reverence at least prevents them from causing irreparable consequences.
But for gifted wizards, the truth can be refuted.

Her silver hair gleamed slightly as she spoke meaningfully.

"Let me see your roar letter and... another alchemical work."

Sheen first handed over the roar letter, from which the twins' voices immediately rang out:

"Dear Professor Terra—"

Before the twins' roar could arrive, Sheen shut down the magic circuits above.

He wasn't used to yelling, but the Weasleys were happy to help.

"Excellent, very good."

Professor Terra nodded in satisfaction.

From the selection of materials and the engraving of runes to the final mastery, this was a competent alchemical work. It was several levels better than those senior wizards who were not proficient in using the Scarpin Manifestation Charm and could not even fully distinguish runic characters.

Those guys are full of vulgar ideas about making big money, or all sorts of illogical, whimsical, and absurd ideas.

With that thought, Professor Terra snapped his fingers, and the parchment on the table turned into owls.

The wizards, who had just arrived at the hall and hadn't even caught their breath, were hit on the head with parchment.

"A paper on Scarpin's Revealing Charm?!"

"Merlin's beard!"

……

Several cauldrons were set up in the alchemy classroom, and Professor Terra looked at the young wizard with a deep and expectant gaze beside them.

Sheen's owl biscuit disappeared as soon as he took it out, and when Sheen looked up, it was already in Professor Terra's hand.

"An advanced transmutation spell involving the transformation of living beings... The meticulously crafted runic circuits, though somewhat immature, excel in stability and continuity... The trigger charm is also perfectly placed... This is—food magic?"

Professor Terra's expression kept changing; she not only stood up, but also paced nervously in the alchemy classroom.

“Oh—of course—of course, every alchemist will encounter a few exceptionally gifted children…”

Professor Terra's hands trembled slightly with excitement, her face was blurred, as if she herself had cast some kind of spell;
Her voice was so faint as to be barely audible that Sheen had no idea how her work was doing.

At this point, he also became a little nervous. Although the Weasleys had touted their work in glowing terms, Sheehan still couldn't clearly understand his own level in the world of alchemy.

Just imagine, here's Nicolas Flamel, who can create Philosopher's Stones—the ultimate goal for alchemists.

There are also alchemists who can create door keys, knight buses, vanishing cabinets, and seamless expansion boxes.

Professor Terra travels to many magic schools, so the alchemy skills of the young wizards she's encountered must be quite high, right?

Sheen now regretted not unlocking the Alchemy Realm title first.

He opened the panel:

[Growl Letter: Not unlocked (10/30)]

【Floating Quill Pen: Apprentice Level (1/300)】

【Owl Cookies: Apprentice Level (10/300)】

[Three apprentice-level alchemical creations can unlock the apprentice-level title in the field of alchemy]

The roar was successful on the first try, and the rest of the time Sheen was studying the owl cookies, so he didn't have time to check his talent.

“Oh, very good, I mean, very good. Few people can achieve such high levels of success in both alchemy and transmutation.”

Professor Terra suppressed her excitement; her composure was too fragile to bear her loss of composure.

Although she had just excitedly sent out several letters under the cover of a Confusion Charm, the contents of which were very little:

I will bring my students to the next Urada International Alchemy Congress, and I hope you will too.

(End of this chapter)