Hogwarts Crawler.

Chapter 19 Version Answers

Professor McGonagall's first class was about the introduction to the Transfiguration spell, and the class assignment was to turn a match into a needle.

This is about turning dead objects into dead objects when their volumes and shapes are similar, involving short-term material changes and subtle changes in form. It is indeed very suitable as the first lesson for beginners.

Adam pointed his wand at the match and chanted a spell. The next moment, the match became slender, sharp, and metallic... and finally turned into a silver sewing needle.

"well-done!"

Professor McGonagall, who had been keeping an eye on Adam, suddenly had her eyes light up. She walked over, picked up the needle and took a look. Not only had the material changed very evenly, the shape was also almost perfect, even the threading hole at the end of the needle had changed.

"Try and see if you can change it back."

Professor McGonagall put the needle back in front of Adam.

Adam tried it after hearing it, but found it a bit difficult this time. However, after thinking about it for a while, Adam understood the key and succeeded in one fell swoop.

"Excellent! Five points for Hufflepuff!"

Professor McGonagall had originally planned to give Adam some pointers when he had no idea, but she didn't expect Adam to be able to do it on his own.

This is a genius in transfiguration!

As long as he is trained well, he will definitely become a master of transfiguration.

As a professor at Hogwarts, is there anything more fulfilling than seeing your students achieve significant success in their profession?

Professor McGonagall encouraged Adam with a few words of surprise, then went to instruct the others. Some people's matches didn't change at all, obviously they didn't understand what was said before, or there were some problems when casting the spell.

After Professor McGonagall left, Adam stared at the match and began to think about the second spell he had just cast.

According to his current understanding, the process of casting a spell is like using magic to walk through an endless maze with countless exits, and the dead ends in this maze are not meaningless but may make the spell have special effects.

The way a magician casts spells is to honestly rely on research to find the path from the entrance to the exit and then control the magic power to go along the path. If you want special effects, you can go to a special dead end. Of course, the actual casting of spells also involves various mystical elements, etc., which is very complicated. Here is a simplified description of the process.

The advantage of this method of casting spells is that it is simple and clear and does not require any spells. External objects such as wands only serve to amplify the spells. If you have enough magic power, you can cast spells silently and without a wand as long as you learn it.

The disadvantage is that the caster must have a complete understanding of the magic. If he knows how to do it, he knows how to do it. If he doesn't know how to do it, he doesn't know how to do it. Moreover, if he wants to create new magic, he needs a lot of time and energy to explore and research, which places high demands on the creator.

The way wizards cast spells is a little crude. Their spellcasting ability comes from their bloodline, so they can cast spells without carefully controlling the direction of magic power. So the current way of casting spells is to first use spells and casting actions to frame a range that includes an entrance and exit, and then directly pour magic power into the entrance.

Although the loss is a bit high, due to the existence of the frame, the magic will only come out from the correct exit, and the spellcasting effect can be achieved, which makes the wizard's ancestors very satisfied.

This casting method can set multiple different frames for the same road, which leads to the research of multiple variants of the same spell, such as higher precision to reduce the mana consumption of the spell, inclusion of certain dead ends to make the spell produce special effects, and so on.

But the disadvantages are also obvious. If the frame is not set accurately at the beginning, something will go wrong. That is, when the spell is invented, the effect of the spell is more random and the subsequent development is not highly controllable.

The task that Professor McGonagall had just assigned him was equivalent to asking him to walk through the road after injecting magic power, instead of waiting for the magic power on the road to disappear and the spell to be lifted automatically, he should walk back from the exit along the same route.

Adam suspected that this was the principle of the counter-spell, based on the fact that the flow of magic between Lumos and Knox was opposite. At the same time, his success in turning the silver needle back into a match also confirmed this conjecture.

Due to the different cognitive dimensions, the counter-spells in the eyes of wizards are not like this. The counter-spells they use often have a spell and action that are different from the original spell, which is equivalent to a new frame. But in fact, in Adam's eyes, the new frame causes the final route of the magic power to be the reverse of the original spell.

At the same time, it is not difficult to imagine that wizards' counter-spells have another shortcoming, which is the problem caused by the inability to control the precise flow direction of the injected magic power - not all spells can create the opposite path by changing a frame.

That is to say, not all spells can have counterspells developed.

Fortunately, the wizard was not completely helpless. He simply dismantled the frame and let the magic power dissipate through the maze, making it impossible to maintain the spell. In a sense, this also lifted the spell. This is the principle of the universal counter-spell "Instant Stop of Spells" and "End of All Spells".

Through this method, most spells can be removed in this way - except for the legendary three unforgivable curses, which are proven to have no counter-curse.

Thinking of this, Adam felt that the Unforgivable Curses might not be completely unreversible. Based on this principle, perhaps he could give his method a try... It was a pity that no one had been hit by an Unforgivable Curse right now, and he had no interest in taking one himself.

After comprehending this point, Adam suddenly realized: combining the two casting methods and using the wizards' magic as nourishment for rapid growth on the path of a mage seems to be the answer to this version!

He used his ability to precisely control magic power to quickly learn wizard-style spells, and cast counter-spells for each spell. He even used the range defined by the wizard-style spells to change the way these spells were cast to the mage-style ones...

Although the last one seems a bit redundant, it can actually be of great help to Adam both in the early and later stages.

For Adam in the early stage, the wizard version of magic is more concise, accurate and efficient when released. The most important thing is that his magic power growth is proportional to his magic knowledge. In the process of transforming spells, his magic knowledge will inevitably be greatly improved.

As for Adam in his later years, he wanted to go higher and further after mastering a lot of magic and magic knowledge, so the path of a mage must be more suitable for him. Compared with the state of wizards who knew the magic but didn't know why, Adam still wanted to fully master his magic power. In addition... the upper limit of a wizard, or a warlock, depends on bloodline, while the upper limit of a mage depends on wisdom.

It would be fine if the bloodline came from a god or a demon, but the bloodline of wizards in this world came from magical animals that intermarried with their ancestors...The pinnacle of magical animals was roughly like Fawkes, whom he touched yesterday. This ceiling was a bit too low compared to the ceiling of wizards.

Chapter 20 Before the Flight Lesson

After finding the next path, Adam did not immediately plunge into frantic study.

After all, he wanted to study magic in order to secure his life and live a better life. With the Philosopher's Stone in his hand, he had enough time to slowly enrich himself. There was no need to give up the enjoyment of the moment in order to rush.

Wednesday of the second week of the first academic year was the day when Adam first came into contact with wizard chess.

"General!"

As Cologne shouted excitedly, the white king on Adam's side on the chessboard looked at the enemy moving in front of him and couldn't help trembling on the throne. This was the fourth time today, and if it weren't for the rules, it would have wanted to run away.

Adam looked at the situation on the chessboard, analyzed it and said:

"I lost...Cologne, you are really good at playing wizard chess."

"Hey, hey, it's not that great~"

Cologne twisted his body on the sofa uncomfortably:

"Adam, you are amazing too. You have just learned the rules, but you can already play well."

Adam smiled and touched Xiao Ke and Spi who were rolled into a ball on his legs, then waved his wand to restore the wizard chess piece.

After a game is over, the wizard chess will restore itself, but it takes some time. Those who are in a hurry to start the next game like them can only change it themselves, or take out another set of wizard chess.

"By the way Adam, how's your Potions homework going?"

"It's already been written, so you better hurry up."

"Ah~Eugene, what about you?"

"It's finished."

"Um... okay, I'll write it after dinner."

Cologne didn't have the habit of copying other people's homework. He asked this just to find out about other people's progress - if everyone had finished, then it was almost time for him to start writing.

"Hey, why are you all in the dorm? Everyone's outside discussing tomorrow's flying lesson!"

Bernard and Uther returned to the dormitory and watched the three people in the dormitory excitedly recounting the stories they heard in the auditorium.

"They are all lying to you. Even if they are wizards, the adults in the family will not allow children who are not in school to ride a flying broom."

Cologne commanded the soldiers to move forward without raising his head.

"Actually, think about it. Broomsticks are the cars of the wizarding world. Which parent would allow their child to drive before getting a driver's license? How dangerous!"

Under Adam's persuasion, the knight hesitated and stepped forward to block the enemy's soldiers.

"Ah."

Eugene nodded in agreement.

"what?"

Uther and Bernard were shocked. So many people in the auditorium were telling their stories with great confidence. Was this a storytelling session?

"Come to think of it, it's OK that Bernard doesn't understand, but aren't you also a child of a wizard family, Uther? Don't you know?"

Cologne looked up in confusion.

"I saw that they spoke very convincingly, and I thought you people in the UK were different..."

Uther sighed and sat down on the sofa.

"Ah, by the way Adam, the house elf in the kitchen asked us to give this to you."

Uther dug into his pocket and pulled out a box, handing it to Adam.

"What's in it? Are you going to make a new dish?"

“It’s a new dessert.”

Adam opened the box, revealing a box full of chestnuts.

This box was given to me by my grandma. After casting a traceless extension spell on it, this full box of chestnuts should be able to last for a while.

"I need to prepare other ingredients for the cake. I have something to do this afternoon so I can't make it in time... I might as well make some sugar-roasted chestnuts and eat them in the evening."

Anyway, it won’t be tiring to stir-fry with magic.

"it is good!"

Roommates: Although I don’t know what sugar-roasted chestnuts taste like, we just have to eat the food Adam makes.

That night, the aroma of honey, syrup and chestnuts filled the entire dormitory. The sugar-roasted chestnuts just out of the pan were cracked, and the yellow chestnut meat was visible a little bit from the cracks. It could be opened with just a little force.

Put the peeled chestnut into your mouth. The soft, sweet and fragrant chestnut meat is still a little hot. As the chestnut is ground by your teeth, it turns into dense chestnut paste. The sweetness of syrup and honey plus the light sweetness of starch decomposed by saliva are mixed together. The distinct layers of sweetness bring people an extraordinary sense of happiness.

"Ah~ No, I will get fat if I keep eating like this! I seem to have a little belly already!"

Uther, who had eaten a lot without realizing it, was wailing on the bed, holding his bulging belly.

"Don't talk nonsense. You're not fat at all. This is just a normal reaction after you're full. It will be fine once you digest it."

Adam thought about it and clarified for himself:

"And even if you're fat, the food at Hogwarts is much higher in oil and sugar than what I cook. I am only secondarily responsible at best."

"Wow...I want to start losing weight!"

Seeing him so sad, Adam couldn't bear it and said:

"Oh well, at worst I won't call you when I cook next time."

"Yeah, yeah, I'll help you eat your portion. I don't plan on controlling my body weight."

Cologne, who won't grow taller but won't gain weight no matter what he eats, said excitedly.

"No! Adam, you must ask me to eat with you!"

Adam: "..."

I don't really understand you guys who want to lose weight.

"Tomorrow is my first flying lesson in my life. I hope the weather will be good tomorrow."

Bernard sighed. Riding a flying broom... Even though he had accepted the fact that he was a wizard, it still felt magical.

Apart from those who are afraid of heights, how many people can resist the temptation of flying?

"Hopefully."

I don’t know exactly when I fell asleep, but it was still daybreak when Adam woke up.

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"Huh?! Why did you guys get up earlier than me today?"

Adam was surprised to find that he was the last one to get up. He was so scared that he looked at the alarm clock on the bedside table... There was nothing wrong with his biological clock. He woke up at about the same time as yesterday.

"We have flying lessons today and everyone is so excited that they can't sleep."

Bernard said in his socks.

Speaking of which, Bernard was just a young man dressed exquisitely at first. The accessories like garter clip and shirt clip even made Adam, a country boy, think that they were some special equipment... But after being assimilated by the four of them, Bernard now also started to casually kick off his socks and put on his shirt directly.

Uther, who still needs to put on makeup before going out, has jumped from second place to first place in the list of time required to prepare before going out.

"Great, there aren't even many clouds today, it's definitely going to be a sunny day!"

Colon put his hands on his hips and looked out the window.

"Wouldn't that be very sunny?"

"I don't think the British sun can make you any darker."

Uther rolled his eyes at Cologne when he heard that.

It seemed like the entire first grade was having flying lessons today. It was okay in the common room, as there were more honest little badgers, but when I got to the auditorium I could hear countless people bragging to their classmates about their experiences riding broomsticks.

For example, a classmate with platinum blonde hair shared his legendary experience of dodging a Muggle helicopter on a flying broomstick.

"At that distance he would be sucked into the propeller."