Chapter 122 Gamp's Basic Law of Transformation

On Wednesday, the morning of the day started with the Daily Prophet.

Harry Potter himself did not like this fabricated newspaper, but due to previous reports, he could only develop the habit of reading the Daily Prophet every day after washing up.

This also made Harry understand and deepen the magical world.

Of course, he naturally did not subscribe to it. Even if Harry was rich, he would not subscribe to the reports that slandered him.

For some reason, Anthony was a little bit wrong recently. Maybe it was because Tina Goldstein, who had the same surname as him, was not as famous as him?

Harry actually noticed that Anthony was also a bit vain, just like his friends Michael and Terry, but Michael was the most flamboyant, Terry was second, and he was the most introverted.

This gave Harry a headache. He didn't know whose newspaper to borrow to read. Anthony's was definitely not okay.

"Huh?" Harry rubbed his eyes. There was a freshly baked Daily Prophet on his bedside, but it was obviously not Anthony's - there was a copy on his bedside. He was the only one in his dormitory who subscribed to the Daily Prophet.

"Harry, it's mine." Ryan nodded.

"Okay, let me see." Harry said.

Then a scream came out of Harry's mouth. Ron finished washing and came over worriedly, and then screamed.

Now, Neville had to come over. Logically, wherever Ron was, he should be at least two meters away from him.

Neville also stood there, and like the previous two, he screamed in fear, but Neville's scream was more persistent, first surprised, then desperate.

This time, Anthony's trio also came over with concern. At the critical moment, they all forgot about that little emotion.

Harry, Ron, and Neville were all angry, and their expressions could not be described in words. The next second, they all spit out swear words, and kept reciting the most vicious words they could imagine in their lives.

"Damn it! I was mentioned before, but this time even my name was wrong!" Ron was surprisingly outrageous. He was most angry about this.

Harry and Neville were also surprised by Ron's concern, and they didn't even have time to get angry.

This incident almost made them forget that they had classes in the morning, and they wasted a lot of unnecessary time getting angry.

Other first-year students who were originally going to go to class with Harry, the Peeves Repeller, had already left for class.

Fortunately, Ron and his friends maintained a good habit of work and rest, always getting up early, and at the last second before the bell rang, they rushed into the Transfiguration classroom on the first floor.

"Don't worry, I can understand your lateness today." Professor McGonagall said unexpectedly. It seems that since the last report, even Professor McGonagall has started to stare at the Daily Prophet every day and noticed the report above.

Harry, Ron and others panted, tried their best to say thank you, and sat in the last row, and Ryan was naturally ignored. He sat slowly next to Hermione.

After Professor McGonagall finished speaking, she saw that the other little wizards who didn't know the truth were confused, and their minds were probably not on the class. The other little wizards who knew something also had an unfathomable expression on their faces.

"Well, if I don't finish this topic, I guess you won't be able to attend the class."

"As far as I know, Rita Skeeter published a report about Harry today."

"I can only say that as Ravenclaws, you should know better what to believe. The report is full of absurd and groundless speculations."

"I hope that after you read it after class, you will not be suspicious of your classmates!"

"Okay, class!" Professor McGonagall pursed her lips.

"If you can't devote yourself to the Transfiguration Spell, it will undoubtedly be dangerous when you use it."

"Then, today we will recognize the basic rules of Transfiguration. These rules are discovered and summarized by pioneers from countless failed cases over the past thousands of years." Professor McGonagall said.

"Professor McGonagall, is there no practical part in today's class?" Lisa Dupin raised her hand and asked.

"Yes, no."

"And have you practiced it on weekdays? Besides Ms. Granger, who else has mastered the skill of turning matches into needles now?" Professor McGonagall said when she saw that the audience was in mourning after hearing only theories.

"Okay, let's get started. If you have prepared for the class, you can guess what I'm going to talk about today based on the keywords I just mentioned."

"That's the five exceptions to Gamp's basic law of transfiguration."

"First, it's the limit of food transfiguration. Wizards can't create delicacies out of thin air, nor can they turn other things into food. Even if you eat it, you can't absorb the nutrients. Instead, you will have indigestion and even put your life in danger!" Professor McGonagall paused briefly, looked around, and saw that everyone had taken notes, so she continued, "But if you already have some food, you can transfigure it and make it bigger. Moreover, the food on the plates in Hogwarts is not transfigured, but after the food is cooked in the kitchen, it is transferred to the containers on the table through the 'Relocation Spell'."

"Second, it is the limit of deformation of living things. There is no permanent transformation between living and dead things. We can turn a button into a beetle, but it cannot move forever. As long as the attached magic power dissipates, it will still return to a button. . In addition, even if the transformed beetle looks the same as a living one, it is still a button. If you feed it to a bird, it will not fill its stomach, but will choke to death." Professor McGonagall gave an example and once again emphasized that inedible things cannot be turned into food.

"Third, it is the limit of alchemical transformation. Transfiguration cannot produce magic items. It can only be achieved through complex alchemy. For example, automatic quills, automatic stirring crucibles, etc., even gold Galleons, the currency circulated among our wizards It has been cast by fairies, it will not oxidize, it will not be easily destroyed, and it also has the ability to automatically identify and count.”

"Fourth, it is the limit of quantitative deformation. Deformation cannot change the quantity. That is, you cannot turn a table into two cats, or turn three quills into a fork, but there is an exception. The connected objects are like To become a 'whole', you can use the Transfiguration spell to change it, and even if you turn it back, it will not affect the arrangement and attachment of the original thing." Professor McGonagall cleared her throat.

"In other words, if I turn Mr. Ronnie Weasley, who is wearing clothes, into an eagle, and then change him back again, his clothes will still not stick to his body like feathers." Professor McGonagall started. He made a joke that only those who read the Daily Prophet today would understand.

"Fifth, last, and most important, transform the boundaries of nothingness, that is, transfiguration cannot create something out of nothing. Perhaps you have seen upperclassmen use magic wands to conjure a flock of birds or a bouquet of flowers, etc., but these are by no means using transfiguration. Those things conjured by magic may just be limited-time entity projections summoned by magic spells, or they may be changed in form and hidden in the palm of the hand. "

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Finally, at 11 o'clock, get out of class finally ended. After assigning homework, Professor McGonagall had not yet left. Everyone eagerly gathered in front of Harry and asked him about everything in the report.