Hogwarts on the tip of the tongue

"What happened? You are not injured, are you?"

Professor McGonagall walked quickly to Elena, looking a little nervous.

"Elena's transformation exploded!"

Hermione said angrily, shaking her head slightly.

As the victim at the center of the "explosion", she still has some mild tinnitus.

The strong roar and air waves made her feel as if she had returned to the Hyperion flying base. A similar phenomenon seemed to have occurred when Elena manipulated the "Valkyria" armor to break the sound barrier, but the "explosion" distance at that time was comparable. It's much further now.

"Well, to be precise, it should be an explosion in the air - this is not an explosion."

Elena corrected her seriously, "This phenomenon may occur when the gas is rapidly squeezed inward or pushed outward."

"so--"

Professor McGonagall raised her eyebrows, and her serious expression reminded Harry, who was sitting in the second row of the classroom, of Aunt Petunia.

Although this comparison may be a little offensive to Professor McGonagall, at this moment, the Transfiguration Professor is obviously in the brewing stage of some kind of emotional explosion. Except for the eldest sister Elena, there may be no other little wizard who can resist it. Professor Zhu's falcon-like inspection.

"Can you explain a little bit more about why the transformation of a pebble into a music box involves... um, a blast?"

"Oh, this was a wonderful attempt at scoping, I settled on the blurry space around the cobblestones."

Elena said excitedly. She originally wanted to pick up her wand and make a rough gesture, but before she could raise her hand, Hermione had already put down her wand and turned to suppress the dangerous person next to her with both hands—— She still felt a ringing in her ears.

"We have always speculated before... The selection of the 'whole' target of the transformation spell depends on subjectivity... For example, when we cast the spell towards the scythe, the wizard can flexibly control whether the change range covers the metal part or the scythe... In other words, if the wizard can establish a corresponding overall 'collection' concept in his heart, he can extend it as far as possible."

"Theoretically, that's more or less the case. This content was originally supposed to be covered when you were in fifth grade."

Professor McGonagall said unmoved, her gaze continuing to stay on Elena, "The object of our spell today is a pebble. It is neither a complex combination tool nor a living thing that can run and jump. I really don't understand. What confusion do you have about cobblestones?"

"The purpose of the cobblestones is certainly very clear, but that doesn't mean they can't be incorporated into other collections."

Elena said seriously, "For example, I can clearly identify other pebbles, desks, and books besides the target object...and then put the remaining pebble and the 'blank' around it into a collection—— This is like when taking a photo, there will always be some background behind the characters, and I use the vague concept of counter-selection to include the cobblestones and the air around them..."

"Let's get to the point, Miss Kaslana -" Professor McGonagall began to sound impatient.

"Uh, I'm done. Transfiguration affects the laws of physics, that's the conclusion."

Elena spread her hands and said quite innocently, "Maybe when we turn a 25 cubic centimeter stone into a 40 cubic centimeter box, it won't bring much change to the surroundings, but when we turn 5-6 cubic centimeters Rice air and small stones together turn into a small music box..."

She raised her hand and shook it a few times towards the empty space in mid-air in the classroom, clenching and releasing her little fists.

"Due to the emergence of the vacuum zone, the surrounding air will rush in instantly - this is the first explosion. And when I remove the magic..."

"The air that you couldn't see just now will come back and squeeze out the filled air. In addition to making an explosion, is that how the hurricane that suddenly swept through the classroom came from?" Hermione continued thoughtfully. She said that she had made up a lot of lessons during this period.

After Professor McGonagall thought for half a second, a complicated expression appeared on her face.

As a professor of transfiguration, she certainly knew the importance of the success of Elena's "locked selection" just now.

Magic has always been a wonderful world based on results, especially in Elena's case. If she can achieve it once, then theoretically she has the means to reproduce it countless times - and this means that the transformation technique is There may be another big step forward in area of ​​effect casting.

However, Elena's "wonderful ideas" often come with worrying potential dangers.

"Fortunately, at least this time it's much better than before. It's nice to have some air on a hot summer day."

More than an hour later, when the professors were communicating at the dining table during lunch, Dumbledore gently smoothed things over.

"That's because she took control this time," Mag glared at the docile old wizard and retorted in an annoyed voice, "As her magic power continues to grow in the future, even if she suddenly I wouldn’t be surprised if you turn the water of the Black Lake into air!”

"However, if this casting process is within control, I believe Miss Kaslana knows the importance, right?"

Professor Dumbledore coughed slightly and continued to cut the boiled mutton in front of him.

"You know very well how Miss Kaslana understands 'seriousness'."

Mag raised his eyebrows and snorted indifferently, "Actually, I think you can't ignore some dangerous signs. Compared with so many terrible dark wizards that have been born in history, that lady is the most... What is worrying is that she can show lethality within the scope of legal compliance."

Before speaking, the Hogwarts vice-principal subconsciously raised his head and glanced at the door panel of the auditorium not far away.

On that hard magical wooden door, there is still a terrifying knife mark - that is the "mute" magic released by Elena last year.

"Okay, so Minerva, what do you think should be done? I believe that child is different."

Dumbledore shrugged helplessly, glanced at the bland boiled mutton and potatoes in front of him, and sighed softly.

"As we have communicated before, in this special period, we cannot, or at least should not, suppress those new voices, especially when they are foreseeable to open a new chapter for the magical world - you want to restrict Cass Is Miss Lanna making progress in learning magic?"

"It's not—"

Professor McGonagall shook her head, quickly ate up the food in front of her, and put a piece of bread into her arms.

"I just think that as Hogwarts teachers, we can't always passively catch up - whether it's 'magic terminals', 'cutting edge magic theories', 'Quidditch flying skills', 'Muggle natural sciences' ...After clearly seeing the gaps, we should take the initiative to fill in the absence of these contents. I am considering calling on all the professors in the school to spend some energy on further studies, so that they can at least understand and surpass the thoughts of 12-year-old girls."

"Uh-huh? Call... all professors in the school to further their studies?"

Dumbledore's eyes twitched, and an ominous premonition came to his mind.

"Minerva - this is not a pleasant suggestion, and it's not yet to the point where the professors can't keep up with their knowledge. It's best to think about this idea for a while, just to complete the daily teaching tasks, professors It’s very hard!”

"Yeah, but haven't we set up a 'teaching group' now? For now, time is more flexible..."

Professor McGonagall shrugged and glanced across the growing and bustling Hogwarts staff table.

Different from the past situation where there was only one professor teaching each course, today’s Hogwarts has greatly strengthened its teacher lineup:

Defense Against the Dark Arts and Transfiguration each have two professors, Potions even has three full professors, and Magical Zoology (formerly Care of Magical Creatures) now has one plus two and a half professors - and that's without taking into account the students. When the teaching assistant, Mr. Apokalis takes over the class.

As far as she knew, Professors Flitwick and Sprout had also lodged protests with Dumbledore and the school board.

Since witnessing the relaxed schedule of Potions, they hope to add one or two associate professors to Charms and Herbology.

"You said before that the purpose of expanding the faculty team is mainly to give professors time to improve themselves."

The vice-principal of Hogwarts paused, glanced at the old wizard next to him who fished all day long, and continued with a serious expression.

"If it is just a disguised vacation, it will make everyone slack - I don't want the professors at Hogwarts to be unable to keep up with the students in class one day in the future. That would be too shameful. I plan to start with Try it yourself and see how difficult and feasible it is in actual operation.”

"You should support me, right? Not to mention, Hogwarts will also provide certification of academic standards in the future."

Professor McGonagall glanced at Dumbledore, who was smiling and nodding, stood up and said, "Let's talk in detail tonight!" and left the table.

It must be said that the pressure hidden in the changes caused by Elena Kaslana is too great.

As a senior professor who has taught at Hogwarts for decades, Minerva McGonagall realized almost immediately the terrifying wave of learning that the "student terminal" could trigger - it was not just a course integration. The "magic book" represents the cross-generational changes in students' learning motivation, study time, and information acquisition. If they do not change with them, they will soon be "overtaken" by students.

Perhaps not in terms of pure magical strength and depth of knowledge, but in terms of the "breadth" of knowledge and the iteration of new knowledge, the professor may fall behind.

For example, in the Transfiguration class just now, almost the whole class understood Elena's "range casting".

Fuzzy target direction may make the casting results difficult to control, but it will ensure the integrity and integrity of the casting.

At least there won't be half-casts, like a rat retaining its tail when it transforms into a cup.

When Neville Longbottom's "strange music box" caused a slight airflow, even Professor McGonagall had to admit that compared to the young wizards who were more flexible and unconstrained by ancient thinking, if the older generation of wizards did not work hard, , you may face an embarrassing situation later.

Of course, when all the second grade Class A completed the "Music Box Transformation" task, they also received the second "Excellent" rating today.

However, the special achievement of "all-day excellence" may be difficult for them to achieve today.

After resting for a while, before the first class bell rang in the afternoon, Elena and Hermione walked towards the fourth floor of the castle and passed through the corridor of the armor display room. The outermost one was Defense Against the Dark Arts. Classroom, but everyone is not very interested.

Because before classes officially started today, the lower grade students heard a "bad news" from their respective deans.

Professor Umbridge's course review passed and she returned to the lower class class.

What's even more sad is that there will be no Professor Lupin in the second half of the class this time - Dolores Umbridge promised to add some spells content to the course. In view of the fact that this Ministry of Magic official In the past, most young wizards had a pessimistic attitude towards this.

"Don't be so pessimistic, Harry—"

She happened to meet Harry who was complaining in a low voice in the corridor, and Hermione comforted him with a relaxed look.

"At least we are using two textbooks now, "Magic Defense Theory" and "Dark Power: Self-Defense Guide". This means that the contents of both books will be covered in the class later. If she still lets us copy the books , Professor Dumbledore and Professor Lupin would not agree. Apart from those cumbersome and rigid rules, I am actually quite curious about the angle and method from which Ministry of Magic officials view Defense Against the Dark Arts..."

"Curious?" Dean Thomas curled his lips, "Didn't she say it before? Don't cast any spells. This is the best."

"But in the class later, there must be elements of 'magic' and 'magic' in her teaching content——"

Hermione said, blinking her eyes playfully, and said with some expectation, "Then Professor Umbridge will have to come up with some 'real things', such as counter-curses commonly used by the Ministry of Magic. Those should be Will it really be used in the outside world to deal with black magic and dark wizards?"

Hermione turned her head and said the last words to Elena. After all, this guy knew a lot of "inside information."

"Maybe, but even if there are magic spells and magic learning, it may not all be a good thing."

Elena shrugged noncommittally. She did not spend any energy to care about the content of the "Pink Toad" lesson plan.

However, she firmly believes in one thing——

A dog cannot stop eating shit, and a toad cannot spit out ivory.

Even if Umbridge really prepared some "curses" and "magic"-related Defense Against the Dark Arts content, based on her understanding of the Ministry of Magic and Umbridge, it probably wouldn't be very pleasant, so keep it up at any time. It's always good to be wary.

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