Hogwarts: Don’t panic, Old Deng, I won’t be the Dark Lord

The course on transfiguration was over, and the little wizards walked out in order.

Just when Sisley was about to leave, Professor McGonagall suddenly said: "Mr. Thorne, would you mind staying for a while?"

Sisley looked at Hermione who looked confused, squeezed her hand and said, "Wait for me outside."

Hermione nodded and walked out with Harrow.

"What's wrong with Professor McGonagall?" Sisley said one thing, but was thinking another.

"Maybe Professor McGonagall wants to give me my quill back? That would be great."

But Sisley soon became disappointed. Professor McGonagall was not interested in talking about the quill at all, but asked: "Mr. Thorne, how did you turn the match into a steel needle before I explained the spell in depth?" What about?"

Sisley understood in his heart, and then said: "The magic power in my body is much more powerful than that of an ordinary little wizard, and after getting the wand, I can further control the magic power."

"For example, I can manifest my magic into a whip. Of course, other things can also be used. I also translated this magic into runes and gave it to Hermione and the others."

"What does this have to do with today's Transfiguration?" Professor McGonagall asked again.

"Don't worry, Professor. Yesterday I took Professor Flitwick's Charms class. It said that with my talent of powerful magic, I should be better at transfiguration, but I still need more practice in emotional magic."

"At that time, I had a preconception that transfiguration only required chanting the right spell and magic power, and no other things were needed. But when I failed the first time, I started to think about it."

"In the end I figured out that the base material didn't change, it just changed the shape."

"That's when I felt that this situation was very similar to when I turned my magic power into a whip. Then I remembered that when I manifested magic, I needed to think of a shadow in my mind, and I wondered if it was also the case when I transformed. I had to think of the material and shape of the deformation result, but I got it wrong by mistake." Sisley said a little embarrassed.

"This is not an accident. This is a real progress for transfiguration, because the aspect you mentioned has not been summarized by previous people in the field of transfiguration."

"In this way, you can write a paper when you go back. It doesn't need to be long, but it should be meaningful. I will help you publish it in a cutting-edge transfiguration journal." Mag said.

"Ah? I'm only in the first grade. Is this okay?" Sisley asked.

"Magic is very about talent. Talented people, like you, like Dumbledore, the earliest cutting-edge academic journal published by Dumbledore was also about Transfiguration. He was only nine years old at the time. He summarized it from the Transfiguration textbook at home. A rule that no one before has thought of.”

"As for a person without talent, even if he lives to be three hundred years old, his talent cannot be compared with that of a talented young wizard who has just entered school, so you don't have to worry about journals thinking you are committing academic fraud," Professor McGonagall explained. road.

"Ah? Am I worried so obviously?" Sisley said with some embarrassment.

Professor McGonagall nodded and said: "Obviously, you still have to write your own papers. You asked Miss Granger to help you write your Charms paper and History of Magic paper. No one will hold you accountable because you are talented and learn quickly. , but you must write the papers in cutting-edge academic journals yourself.”

"Ah, how do you know this?" Sisley asked in surprise.

"Although Miss Granger worked diligently to write two completely different papers, the handwriting is different." Professor McGonagall said with a smile.

"Okay, Professor McGonagall, I will write this paper myself." Sisley nodded.

"Well, when you are in sixth grade, I hope you will sign up for my Transfiguration Improvement Class." Professor McGonagall pointed to the classroom door.

Sisley said goodbye to Professor McGonagall and was about to leave. When he reached the door, Sisley suddenly turned around and asked, "Professor McGonagall?"

"Ok?"

"My quill."

"Um..."

"Okay, I'll go out right now." Sisley opened the door quickly and walked out, then closed the door again.

"How's it going? Why did Professor McGonagall leave you here?" Hermione asked quickly when she saw Sisley coming out.

"Nothing, it's just that Professor McGonagall said that the way I just understood Transfiguration was very unique, and asked me to go back and write a paper, and she would help me publish it in a cutting-edge Transfiguration journal."

"Wow, cutting-edge transfiguration journal? Really? Did Old Mag really say that?" Ron also said in surprise.

"Well, is this journal very powerful?" Harry asked.

"It's very powerful. There is only one daily prophet in the wizarding world, which is the authority on news and current affairs. Today's series, such as today's spells and today's transformations, are mostly some spell-casting tips posted by famous wizards."

"The last one is the cutting-edge academic journal. This is the authority of the academic world. Usually we replace the word academic with an academic name. For example, Transfiguration is the cutting-edge Transfiguration Journal." Ron explained.

"Oh, it seems that this journal is of high value." Sisley raised his eyebrows and said.

"Of course! Many powerful and talented wizards have published papers on it. For example, Dumbledore started publishing when he was nine years old, Professor McGonagall started publishing when he was fourteen, and the Head of Slytherin started publishing when he was twelve. ”

"Now they have become the authority, and Sisley, you published it only later than Dumbledore. Your future is limitless." Ron said sincerely for Sisley.

At this time, suddenly a deep, old, but very clear voice sounded.

"This is different. The reason why I published a paper at the age of nine is because I was born in a wizarding family and was exposed to magic knowledge much earlier than Sisley. Sisley was only exposed to magic for more than a month and had just attended two classes. In the Transfiguration class, I summarized the undiscovered rules of Transfiguration, which shows that Sisley’s talent is much stronger than mine.”

"Professor Dumbledore? When did you come here?" Sisley looked at the sudden appearance of Dumbledore and asked subconsciously.

"Ah, I came to Minerva for something. I happened to hear that Sisley was going to publish a paper in a cutting-edge academic journal, so I eavesdropped for a while. I hope you won't be angry." Dumbledore said and winked mischievously. said.

"Of course not," Sisley said, shaking his head.

Just before Dumbledore was about to knock on the classroom door, he suddenly turned back to Sisley and said, "Sisley, you may ask Miss Granger to help you with your homework, but you still have to do the paper yourself." There was a knock on the door, and soon it opened and Dumbledore walked in.

"It seems I can take it easy today." Hermione said in a good mood after hearing what Dumbledore said.