The Magical Principles of Natural Philosophy at Hogwarts

Erwin never denied a lonely pride within himself.

The fundamental source of this kind of pride is not family background, mind or appearance, but because of the existence of that memory, he may be the only awakened person in this world, the only person who has a concept above dimensions.

This makes him often have a condescending attitude when facing other people, but he conceals it very well and has never been noticed by anyone.

From the moment he came into contact with real magic, he was sure that he would eventually stand at the top of magic. In this wizarding society with a small population and slow development, there must be only a few truly outstanding figures, even if it is Voldemort, the majority The Dark Lord who dare not even mention his name, Erwin also felt that his idea of ​​pure blood was very unrealistic, the theoretical basis was shabby, and the means of execution were too rough and direct, so he would inevitably be fully resisted.

But the Dark Lord is the Dark Lord because he is strong enough.No matter how hard the Ministry of Magic tries to build a seemingly normal social framework, the essence of the relationship between wizards is still based on strength.Voldemort doesn't need any political acumen, he doesn't need to win people's hearts, and he doesn't need any mature theoretical system, just because he uses the Killing Curse as easily and quickly as Irwin uses kinetic energy to give, a large number of people will take the initiative to appeal to him. He surrendered and worshiped him like a god.

So if his own magic talent is not enough to support him to climb to the top of magic, Erwin has to think about it.He already had a preliminary understanding of the nature of magic power, and he was able to determine that at least the magic power of most creatures should be mainly stored in blood.

Norbeta can absorb the Fountain of Power without hindrance. If Erwin wants to do the same, then the way he can choose is...

Absorb biomass, extract genetic information, integrate gene sequences, fuse, and evolve.

Of course not, he is just a human being and not some high-level Zerg. Erwin spent 5 minutes to determine that the only direction that can be considered is Transfiguration.

In Erwin's view, Transfiguration is the most incredible existence in magic, involving changes and reorganization at the atomic level, and Hogwarts also sets it as a key course. It doesn't seem to have much effect in practical applications.

Because Professor McGonagall emphasized in the first class that Transfiguration cannot generate magic power out of thin air.

The effects that Transfiguration can produce can be replaced by special spells in many cases. For example, when you want to cut a piece of steak, it is obviously more convenient to use the cutting spell directly than to turn a fork into a knife and then cut it hard.

In short, it's academic, theoretical magic.

Therefore, Erwin has never paid much attention to this aspect, and has not studied it in depth.

But now he suddenly thought that there are some powerful wizards who can freely switch back and forth between certain animal and human forms. For example, Professor McGonagall likes to become a cat in class. This group is called Anima Gus.

Since you can become a cat, can you also become a dragon mother?

As soon as this idea appeared, it burned in Erwin's mind like a flame.

About how to become an Animagus, there is a description in "Intermediate Transformation Guide". head.

"Must hold a mandrake leaf in your mouth for a month? And then use your own saliva to prepare potions? And you must use moonlight to shine? All kinds of inexplicable conditions and requirements feel like witchcraft in primitive religions."

Erwin couldn't read many high-level magic books, and he was sure that the real magic knowledge should not be like this.

When Erwin, who hadn't seen anyone for half a month, broke into the office, Professor McGonagall couldn't help but jump in his heart.

"The "Intermediate Guide to Transfiguration" is indeed an outdated description. It is a method used by wizards hundreds of years ago." As a teacher, she dutifully told Erwin, "The study of magic is advancing with the times. .Now just prepare a vial of active polymorph potion."

"Then, professor, can you give me the formula for the active denaturing potion?" Erwin asked expectantly.

"No." Professor McGonagall looked at him sternly, "I remind you, don't think about studying this secretly, every Animagus has to register with the Ministry of Magic."

Erwin knew he was headed to the Restricted Section again.

The Hogwarts library is simply a treasure trove. Among the many transformation books, Erwin chose one with the weakest magic power fluctuations. With his magic level, he can remove the spell attached to it. This book is called "The Greatest Transformation Book in History". "Comprehensive Transformation Tutorial", the name is a little exaggerated, but it is a regular book, very new, published five years ago.

Erwin was not disappointed. This book contains a very detailed description of Animagus. To his surprise, this seemingly superb shape-shifting ability is actually not particularly difficult to learn, and the active denaturation potion is also Not a very cherished potion - in fact its effect is to make the drinker more susceptible to polymorphing and reduce the damage caused by polymorphing mistakes, it is very versatile, and it is not even a special potion for practicing Animagus.

As for why there are only seven registered Animagus in this century, it is because this ability has the common problem of Transfiguration—compared to the cost of learning, its functionality is really too weak.

It is easy to understand that a wizard has no ability to use magic after turning into an animal, because the body structure of animals is completely different from that of humans, and magic power cannot be released.The combat power of the deformed Animagus is equal to that of the animal he transformed into. This is obviously a great weakening. This is different from the transformation of the Druid in some legends. The main function is to deceive people.

However, the problem is that even if one becomes an Animagus, a wizard can only transform into a specific animal, which makes Animagus unqualified as an ability to hide himself. Knowing the animal form, then this ability basically has no effect, and it may even become a weakness - a wizard who transforms into an animal is too weak.

There is even a simpler and more crude way to prevent the transformed Animagus from peeping and eavesdropping, that is to use the locking spell to find all the non-human animals nearby, and then destroy them all. Erwin believes that Professor McGonagall is During the war against the Dark Lord there was no attempt to use the cat form to gain information.

In the end, the most important function of this ability might be to not attract the attention of Muggles, but the problem is that Erwin can now name no less than twenty spells that can shield Muggles.

All in all, limited functionality and too restrictive.

But that's a good thing for Erwin.

In principle, Animagus cannot turn into magical creatures such as dragons and giant monsters. There must have been many wizards in history who thought about this, but they all failed, because each magical creature has its own unique magic power , Transfiguration cannot produce magic power out of thin air.

But that rule doesn't apply to Erwin.

Because he has the fountain of power, the pure extract of dragon blood.

So with enough magic power, can you really turn into a dragon?

This is really a crazy idea. Erwin felt his heart beating wildly. He looked at Nobeta, and the whelp returned his ignorant eyes.

Calm down, Erwin told himself, it's better to think about it before implementing this crazy idea.

But the flame in my mind could no longer be suppressed.

Now he was trying to make the Transfiguration Potion. The materials needed were very common, and even Hagrid could find a lot in his inventory. As a gamekeeper, he would often pick some herbs in the Forbidden Forest, which happened to be cheap for Erwin.

The observation of Norbeta is even more detailed. Erwin drew many sketches and recorded a lot of data. Now he can see the lifelike three-dimensional image of the young dragon when he closes his eyes.

Transfiguration is the spell that most tests the will of a wizard. There should be no wizard in this world who can control it at the molecular level, so when transforming, you can only imagine what you are changing as much as possible. The more detailed the better.

There is still one problem that Erwin can't grasp, that is, when people transform into animals, the brain must also change, and any other animal does not have a brain as developed as humans, but after Professor McGonagall turned into a cat There is no sign of intellectual impairment, why is that?

This question troubled Erwin for two days, until he met a Nearly Headless Nick on the way to put the "The Most Comprehensive Transfiguration Tutorial in History" back in the library.

How could I not have thought of it, soul.

Ghosts, of course, can't have brains, but they still have thinking and memory abilities.

The soul of an Animagus remains unchanged when transforming, which is the biggest difference from conventional transfiguration.

Erwin now wants to add another item, magic power.

Two days later, the activated transformation potion was successfully brewed, and it seemed that he could immediately embark on a great adventure and complete an unprecedented feat.

But Erwin is obviously not that good at it. He tried it himself without any data support. This is simply a joke with his life.

There are ready-made experimental subjects here. Hagrid will bring three live chickens to Norbeta every day. These are bought in the nearby village of Hogsmeade. The chickens raised by Hagrid are not enough to consume two or three young dragons a day.

Chickens are supposed to be related to dragons in some way, and should be fine for experimenting with.

Erwin brought a homemade feeder to a hen, filled it with a Vibrant Transfiguration Potion and a few drops of the Fountain of Power, then pulled out his wand and cast the Animagus Transfiguration.

However, he was only halfway through the wand, and the poor bird before him began to burst into flames, and it spontaneously combusted rapidly, turning into a pile of charred coals in a few seconds.

It is normal to fail, and it is completely impossible to succeed once.

Norberta yelled aggrieved twice in the cage, that was her dinner.