Hogwarts: What are the four great masters doing?

Chapter 25 Professor McGonagall: Did you come up with this on your own?

Hermione Granger has been feeling a bit down lately.

In fact, after receiving the acceptance letter from Hogwarts and knowing that she was a wizard, she was so excited that she couldn't sleep for several days.

Wizards, magic... Hermione yearned for this brand new field that she had never been exposed to, and had great enthusiasm for it.

This drove her to finish preparing for most of the textbooks and a large number of extracurricular magic books before school started.

But this enthusiasm was poured cold water on the first night of school.

She found that her two roommates didn't seem very close to her.

Especially after she pointed out two mistakes in the other person's words during last night's chat.

Early this morning, Lavender Brown had arranged to go to class with Parvati Patil, but she hadn't asked her to go.

She even heard what Lavender Brown whispered to Parvati.

"Look at her, always keen to point out people's faults...I was clearly talking to her last night!"

"Does she think she can be the best student in Gryffindor? Come on, everyone knows that Ryan Elias will definitely be the first, even the Sorting Hat knows..."

Although Parvati then gently pointed out that Ryan was not completely a Gryffindor student, Hermione was no longer able to listen.

She felt only loss and a sense of familiarity.

That was her experience in her previous school - her intelligence and her desire to perform made her unpopular among her peers.

Obviously, this situation is not only in the Muggle world, but also in the wizarding world.

That's why she seemed a little irritable before class.

Even after Professor McGonagall announced the content of the lesson - turning a match into a needle, her emotions had not yet stabilized.

"..."

She bit her lip and kept waving her wand at the matches in front of her.

She had already reviewed the "Basic Transfiguration Guide" and should have been able to do this simple transformation a long time ago.

But the match in front of her just wouldn't listen.

Sometimes it becomes like a small metal stick, sometimes it becomes small at the top and big at the bottom, but it can never really become a needle.

But at this time...

"Don't let a bad mood dominate your spellcasting, Granger."

Hermione heard a voice from the front.

She stopped her wand and looked up to see Ryan's pale blue eyes.

"Feel sorry?"

She said softly, her mood still obviously not very good.

By the way, she saw the match in front of Ryan that had turned into a needle. She even saw that there were fine and elegant patterns on the needle.

"mood."

Ryan patiently repeated his words, just like when he was teaching the little wizards who were accepted by the four teachers at Hogwarts.

"Emotions can affect your spells."

He pointed to the oddly shaped needle with a large head and a small body on Hermione's desk.

"A good mood is certainly wonderful. It makes some spells more effective and can even be the source of some spells."

"And bad emotions... of course they exist, and they can also enhance certain spells—but remember, don't let them dominate you."

Ryan looked at the little witch.

He didn't know what happened to the little witch, but he could feel that she was in a bad mood.

“All the worries, sadness, and negative emotions…they are just flowing water.”

“Let them flow, but don’t let them stay.”

His voice seemed to carry a steadying inner strength: "Now, wave your wand."

So Hermione waved her wand and saw a perfect needle appear before her.

The little witch was stunned for a moment, then subconsciously raised her head and looked forward.

But at this time, Ryan, who heard Seamus calling from the side, had already turned his head.

"Oh, Ryan, come help me too!"

"Look at my needle!"

Seamus's call was anxious.

But Ryan remained noncommittal: "Oh, brother—this of yours..."

He looked at the thing that the other party had conjured up.

It's true that the lower part is starting to show a metallic hue, but on the top... why is the match head still there?

Besides that, why is there black smoke coming out from under this strange thing?

"Not yet, Seamus..."

Ryan said politely.

And he wasn't shy about offering some ideas: "The basics of Transfiguration are five steps, Seamus."

“Observe, imagine, build, fill, transform—observe the object, imagine the goal, build the foundation, fill in the details, and complete the transformation.”

"As for you, I'm afraid we have to start from the first step..."

he said casually.

This was the basic formula that his four teachers had said when they taught him Transfiguration. He had almost engraved it into his bones through long practice.

But just as he finished speaking, he heard an exclamation of praise.

"A brilliant summary...yes, brilliant!"

Ryan looked up in surprise and saw Professor McGonagall standing not far away.

At this moment, the witch's face was filled with excitement that was difficult to conceal.

The more she thought about it, the more she felt that the five words Ryan said were simply brilliant.

Granted, those five words are simple.

But as an educator who has taught at Hogwarts for decades, Professor McGonagall knows best - in education, 'simplicity' is precisely the most difficult thing!

As a master of Transfiguration, she can easily perform extremely difficult transformations and has published over a hundred papers in Transfiguration Today.

But when teaching young wizards, those complicated magical theories are obviously not suitable.

And those five words Ryan said.

“Observe, imagine, build, fill, transform.”

Simple, efficient, straightforward, clear and to the point.

Professor McGonagall adjusted her glasses excitedly. "Oh, I'm afraid I'll have to write this down... Son, did you come up with this on your own?"

Only then did she react, and her eyes flashed with disbelief as she looked at Elias.

"of course not!"

Ryan shook his head decisively: "I saw it in a book... Oh, the book I mentioned to you before - well, it seems to be the author's casual insights."

The saying that one lie often leads to more lies has proven true at this moment.

"Oh, of course..."

Professor McGonagall nodded in relief.

She found it hard to believe that a young wizard who had just entered school could summarize these five words that directly pointed to the essence of transfiguration.

But then, a burning desire for knowledge that didn't belong to her age flashed in her eyes: "Mr. Elias, you may have a work by a master of transfiguration—I almost want to borrow it."

All I can say is that Professor McGonagall, worthy of being someone who had experienced the embarrassment of being sorted, does have the characteristics of a Ravenclaw in some respects.

"..."

But Ryan didn't seem to understand Professor McGonagall's obvious hint and didn't respond - where could he find the book?

So, Professor McGonagall was a little disappointed, because she really wanted to read the book.

But after all, he was still in the classroom, and Ryan was only an eleven-year-old wizard.

So Professor McGonagall didn't take it to heart, she just glanced at the needles that Ryan and Hermione had transformed: "Mr. Elias and Miss Granger have completed the transformation, they will win 10 points for Gryffindor..."

Professor McGonagall decisively ignored the fact that Ryan was not actually a Gryffindor at heart.

This is Gryffindor's class, so what's wrong with her giving extra points to Gryffindor?

Ryan finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Professor McGonagall did not continue to dwell on the topic of the book.

But then...

"What is the taste?"

Ryan turned his head in confusion, and then saw that the black smoke from the match in front of Seamus became more intense.

"No, Seamus...wait!"

But he was too late to stop it, as Seamus had already waved his wand.

"boom!"

Accompanied by flames, explosions, thick black smoke, and Hermione's screams.

Ryan's first class after returning to Hogwarts ended successfully.

Chapter 26 Moonlight, Squid, Whistle and Cat

After the chaotic Transfiguration class, the afternoon Herbology class went very smoothly.

Professor Pomona Stroupe, the Head of Hufflepuff House, is a gentle and kind woman.