The days of hanging out at Hogwarts

"As you can see, she was very angry because Ron suddenly broke up with her that night. She wanted to throw dozens of explosive spells at Ron's face and burn that disgusting face...

"At the same time, she was also grateful because many girls in the school were in the same situation as her. The boys they liked didn't like them, and they didn't even say a few words before they got together. She knew very well that those boys were with girls for other reasons.

"So she was grateful to you. You respected her and didn't fool her for entertainment, showing off or killing time. This gratitude made her like you more."

Hermione sighed when she talked about the silly roommate.

"..."

Ron was stunned and looked blank: "How can a person have so many emotions at the same time? His brain will be broken."

"You are so good at guessing other people's thoughts. You should know that not everyone is like you, with only a teaspoon of emotions." Harry said with a complicated expression and a very emotional tone.

He had truly felt those entanglements. When he was attracted to Qiu Zhang, he could be distracted by catching the Golden Snitch in the Quidditch match and think about other things. When Qiu Zhang smiled at him, he even thought of the name of their child, but in the blink of an eye, he saw Qiu Zhang and Cedric hugging each other...

Harry suddenly felt refreshed and shook his head to get rid of these messy memories: "Two people don't have to be together, why not try to start as friends?"

Ron didn't say anything, staring at the candy wrapper on the table in silence.

...

Friday afternoon in late December.

Hermione sat on the right side of the second row in the classroom, and Loren beside her was looking out the window boredly. This was the last day before the holiday, the last Transfiguration class.

The Transfiguration Advanced Course mainly involves cross-species transformation, human body transformation, and permanent transformation. Professor McGonagall did not mechanically copy the definitions in the textbooks, but integrated her understanding of Transfiguration into her decades of teaching experience, guiding students to think and understand the true meaning of Transfiguration, and even encouraging students to explore the essence of the changes of things, just as the title of the paper she is preparing is "Thinking about Transfiguration from a Cognitive Perspective: Redefining and Transforming Things".

If the previous learning focus is on the application skills and practice of magic, and the understanding of the principles of transformation is superficial, the advanced course is to thoroughly delve into the underlying principles, at the cost of the course difficulty rising by several levels.

Professor Flitwick's Charms is similar to Transfiguration, and even more profound. Students exclaimed that they were deceived, and privately complained that the professors were deceiving children. Last year, they clearly said that it would be easy after passing O.W.L.s.

Fortunately, most of the students who were promoted to the advanced Transfiguration class had attended the Animagus training class before. Some basic concepts were mentioned at that time, which laid a good foundation for the profound content later, so the students could basically keep up with the course, but everyone absorbed and understood it to different degrees.

Professor McGonagall did not require everyone to master these profound knowledge, and many of the expanded content was not the syllabus of the N.W.E.T Ultimate Wizard Level Examination. She was just laying a research foundation for the students.

If there are students who still want to study and explore Transfiguration after graduating from school, even if there are only a few or two, even if they do not work in related fields, they can find the way forward from this knowledge without having to work hard on their own.

Transfiguration is really a magical magic. With just a light touch of the wand, the stiff dead objects can move, move their legs, flap their wings, and shake their tail fins. With the same light touch, those clever animals will also lose their vitality...

If rational and clear humans become animals, the instinctive wildness of the creatures will occupy the brain and even infect the soul. What if it is reversed?

Some students have already felt the wonder of Transfiguration, which involves the essence of life and points to the mystery of the soul.

Unfortunately, there is a foggy chaos ahead. If everything goes well, perhaps someone will go deep into it many years later, or perhaps there will be no progress in thousands of years.

"From tomorrow, we will be on vacation."

Professor McGonagall on the podium knocked on the table with her middle finger knuckles, trying to call back the attention of a distracted student, "I have seen the list of people who will stay in school. Most of you still have to go home. I must emphasize some precautions here."

The classroom gradually became quiet, and the students all understood that this is a special period.

"Enjoy your vacation while being careful to protect yourself. Do not disclose your home address in public, do not disclose your own and your family's itinerary information, and try to reduce going out...

"Remind parents to be vigilant, confirm the identity information of visiting guests, and set up warning magic around the house...

"Although the Ministry of Magic is temporarily unable to perform its supervisory functions normally and will not send warning letters for casting spells outside the school, the Death Eaters may determine your location through the Tracking Thread. People under the age of 17 should try not to cast spells outside the school."

The expressions of some young wizards from mixed-race and Muggle families in the audience gradually became serious. Some even took out paper and pen to record these safety measures. There was more rustling sound of pen tips scratching on paper in the classroom.

Professor McGonagall glanced at the students below, her expression softened a little, and said: "But don't be too nervous, the situation is not that bad, the Aurors of the Ministry of Magic will not take a holiday for Christmas, and they will definitely maintain basic order. During the holidays, you can preview some knowledge about Apparition in advance. After returning to school, the school will offer Apparition classes. When you pass the exam, you will be more confident when encountering danger, and you can run away even if you can't fight."

The little wizards in the seats became excited: "Can I sign up if I'm not yet 17 years old?"

"After New Year's Day is next year, and it won't be long before I'm 17. The Aurors won't care about those months."

"Are there any academic requirements? Can I sign up if I fail in spells?"

"You can sign up, but I don't recommend you waste the registration fee."

"Haha..."

The atmosphere in the classroom was a little more relaxed. After six years at Hogwarts, there were not many magics that could make them excited, and Apparition was one of them.

Professor McGonagall smiled unconsciously as she listened to their quarrels. She estimated that the time was almost up, closed the textbook and tapped it on the desk: "This semester ends here. You will board the train to go home tomorrow. I wish you all a Merry Christmas in advance."

There was another round of cheers from the audience.

As the bell rang, Professor McGonagall left the classroom with the textbook in her hands. The remaining students packed up their desks and left together, talking excitedly. It was a mess.

"Learning Apparition in advance can save at least dozens of Galleons in registration fees. Tsk!"

Loren was in a proud mood. He put the textbook in front of him, which was as clean as new, into the pendant and glanced at Hermione's textbook. The blank space was filled with notes, which were so dense that it was scary to look at.

Hermione was silent for a moment, and actually felt that what he said made sense.