The three-member team finally entered the classroom before class.
"I bet! Those stairs are definitely targeting us on purpose, trying to make us late." Ron rubbed his still red nose, was the first to step into the classroom, took a look at the empty podium, and finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"It seems that we are not too late. The professor hasn't arrived yet." Harry looked at Ivan with some relief at this time. Fortunately, he got up early today, otherwise he would definitely be late.
"No, I think the professor is here..." Ivan ignored the two people's words, but glanced at the tabby cat on the podium, and then quickly returned to his seat.
Harry and Ron were confused, but after they sat down, they saw the tabby cat on the podium suddenly jump off the stage, its body twisted and deformed, and when it landed it had turned into a middle-aged witch, Professor McGonagall!
She was wearing a typical Scottish plaid dress, with a white shirt at the neckline tightly wrapped around her plump upper body. The skirt outlined her slender and exquisite curves, and her serious and dignified appearance concealed a charming charm.
Harry and Ron were stunned for a moment, and then they understood what Ivan meant. But they didn't understand how Ivan knew that this cat was transformed by Professor McGonagall?
Professor McGonagall was also surprised. She took the form of animagus, firstly to observe the situation of this class of young wizards, and secondly to use the animagus transformation as the beginning of this Transfiguration class. However, she did not expect to be recognized by a student.
Nodding slightly approvingly at Ivan, Professor McGonagall began teaching the first Transfiguration class.
[Ding, the host has obtained secret information, and the task is being generated...
Mission objective: Explore Professor McGonagall's secret
Current progress: 0/100
Mission introduction: The curiosity to explore the unknown is something every little wizard should have. As the professor of Transfiguration, Professor McGonagall naturally has secrets that ordinary people don't know. Please explore and understand them. When the exploration progress reaches a certain level, a certain degree of reward will be given according to performance. ]
But Ivan was completely shocked by the task in front of him. What was this? Was it the reward for Professor McGonagall's Animagus Transfiguration Secret Book?
Ivan, who had no idea what was going on, was soon drawn to Professor McGonagall's voice.
Since you don't understand, just leave it alone for now.
"Before we start the class, I want to remind you that Transfiguration is one of the most complicated and dangerous spells you will learn at Hogwarts. Anyone who wants to act naughty in my class will get out immediately and never come back!"
Professor McGonagall waved her staff and turned the podium in front of her into a pig, then turned the podium back to normal amid the exclamations of many little wizards.
Ivan sat in the front seat, and Professor McGonagall's plump breasts did not attract his attention at all. He saw the entire transformation process clearly.
Accurate, fast, and flawless...
Being able to transform a wooden podium into a conscious creature is equivalent to directly changing the structure of matter, and even briefly endowing dead objects with intelligence. The mystery and power of magic are fully revealed at this moment.
The magic of the wizarding world may be slightly inferior in destructive power, but in other aspects it is unique, comprehensive and complete!
Professor McGonagall's demonstration immediately aroused the interest of the young wizards. After explaining the methods and techniques of casting the Transfiguration spell, she gave a match to all the students. The goal was to turn the match into a silver needle.
When Professor McGonagall began to explain the Transfiguration spell, a reminder echoed in Ivan's mind.
[Ding, you listened carefully to the professor's explanation and found the content a little difficult to understand. Your proficiency in the Transfiguration Spell improved slightly...]
Ivan called up the information bar and took a look. Sure enough, there was an extra line of information in the magic bar.
[Transfiguration spell level 0 (6/100)]
Seeing that the content was just as he expected, Ivan was suddenly delighted. This meant that no matter what kind of magic it was, he could learn it quickly by just practicing repeatedly to increase his proficiency.
However, after Ivan repeated the practice for half a class, he found that it was not as simple as he had imagined.
…
"Ivan Hals!"
"Mr. Hals!"
The stern and loud voice echoed in the closed classroom, attracting the attention of the little wizards in the front and back rows.
It was not until Professor McGonagall, who had just spoken, turned her head abruptly that the little wizards turned back in dismay, waving their wands over and over again at the matches in front of them, either distressed or entangled, trying to make them change even the slightest bit...
Professor McGonagall looked around and saw that the matches on the table of a little witch with messy hair had changed significantly and had taken on the shape of needles. She relaxed her tightly pursed lips and revealed a look of satisfaction.
After using her eyes to warn the little wizards who were still slacking off, Professor McGonagall turned her gaze to the boy in front of her who looked a little dazed, and spoke sternly.
"Mr. Hals, I think I should have reminded you before that casting a spell is very dangerous. You should stay focused before casting a spell!"
"Also, repeating mechanical exercises won't provide much help. I think you should be more careful, focused, and imagine the appearance of the silver needle..."
"Yes, Professor McGonagall, I will pay attention to that..." Ivan Hals nodded politely, concentrating his mind under the witch's gaze, and waving the nearly twelve-inch wand in his hand in the air at a wonderful frequency.
On the dark grey wooden table, a matchstick seemed to be driven by some force out of thin air, twisting and deforming, slowly changing its shape under the effect of magic...
However, just as the match was slowly deforming, it seemed to be disturbed by something and returned to its original shape in an instant.
This situation did not seem to be beyond Professor McGonagall's expectations. After seeing this situation, she just nodded, said something about practicing more, and turned away. After all, most of the young wizards who had just entered school were at this level.
Ivan Hals couldn't help but look at Professor McGonagall's straight buttocks and long legs, which were covered by her robe and only slightly revealed when she walked. He sighed softly while muttering to himself.
"It seems that accumulating proficiency is not that easy..."
[Ding, Mission Objective: Explore Professor McGonagall's Secret
Current progress: 1/100]
??? Why does this task increase its completion rate? ???
After trying for most of the class, Ivan no longer had the excitement he had before.
Because the growth rate of proficiency has slowed down after the initial surge, and proficiency cannot be increased every time.
After a period of exploration, Ivan felt that this was not so much about practicing to increase proficiency in skills, but rather about presenting one's own level in the form of proficiency.
After most of the class, Ivan couldn't even perform the Transfiguration spell stably for a long time, but now the progress of the new task made Ivan excited.
As long as it is a task, it must be completed, but what is the triggering condition? Is it Professor McGonagall's praise? No, no matter how I think about it, it should be a severe criticism.
Just as Ivan Hals was daydreaming during the Transfiguration class, he was suddenly poked with a finger.
Ivan turned his head and found that it was Harry with an excited look on his face who was pointing at an unknown object with pointed ends and faint luster on the table in front of him and shouting loudly.
"Hey, Ivan... Look, I did it, I did it!"
"Well, yes... Harry, you are very good and talented!" Ivan glanced at the unknown object on the table and nodded. In the first Transfiguration class at the beginning of the school year, being able to make matches undergo obvious changes and keep their shape fixed for a long time was already an upper-level level among young wizards. At the very least, he was much better than him.
"Really? I didn't expect that. You know, my uncle and his family are all Muggles. Before I entered school, I always doubted whether I could cast magic..."
After getting Ivan's affirmation, Harry talked endlessly about all his previous concerns and worries.
Before entering the wizarding world, Harry was just an ordinary eleven-year-old boy. Suddenly, he became the savior in everyone's eyes. Although he received unimaginable attention and glory, he also bore unimaginable pressure.
Harry even thought about the embarrassing situation that he couldn't learn magic, but fortunately the situation didn't turn out so bad.
Ivan was not surprised that Harry learned magic so quickly. After all, the Sorting Hat had already made it clear when assigning the colleges: brave, kind, and extremely talented!
The Sorting Hat even suggested that Harry enter Slytherin House. In his third year, he used the Expecto Patronus, which he had just learned, to kill or drive away hundreds of Dementors.
If it weren't for the overly happy free education at Hogwarts, this extremely talented savior would at least have the ability of a professor before graduation.
In response, Ivan said he was not envious... not at all...
After all, talented young wizards are only a minority.
Ivan glanced around and found that most of the young wizards were at the same level as himself. He felt a little relieved, but unexpectedly, he heard Professor McGonagall's high-pitched voice again.
"Very good, Miss Granger! Everyone can see that Miss Granger successfully transformed the match into a silver needle. Five points for Gryffindor!"
In the aisle a few steps away from Ivan's seat, Professor McGonagall was holding up a silver needle and signaling to the little wizards around her.
Her breasts were vaguely visible under her clothes, swaying gently with her movements, which made people imagine endlessly. The exposed snow-white neck was straight and long, as if inviting people to taste it.
Miss Granger was sitting upright, her fluffy brown hair scattered disorderly on her shoulders. She raised her head proudly, accepting the surprised or unexpected looks from the little wizards around her.
Ivan stared blankly at the silver needle, and his mentality, which had just been adjusted, exploded again in an instant...
Is there any chance for ordinary wizards like them to survive?
Also, why did this damn Professor McGonagall's exploration progress increase again?
"Damn it, I was just that close! If I had practiced a little longer, Professor McGonagall would have praised me by now..." Ron poked the table with his wand and glared at Hermione in frustration, as if he was angry about the honor that was taken away from him.
Ivan took a look at the unknown object on Ron's desk that had lost its magic and turned back into a match, and felt that even if Ron had a few more classes, he would never be able to reach Hermione's current level.
Although he wasn't much better, in fact, he was even worse...
Ivan sighed helplessly. What happened to the talent report after the time travel? What happened to the soul fusion that would lead to a significant increase in mental power?
The common routines in various novels were not reflected in Ivan at all. Only then did Ivan understand how pertinent the Sorting Hat's evaluation of his talent was.
Of course, Transfiguration has never been stable. Ivan guessed that in addition to talent, another part was due to the soul replacement, which caused a significant decrease in the compatibility of the wand.
If magic is equal to electricity, and the magic wand is equivalent to the plug and wiring, then the magic spells are various electrical appliances.
Now the wires have short circuit problems from time to time, so naturally the lights sometimes don't work.
However, Ivan could not solve the problem of the wand in a short period of time, and he might have to use this wand for a whole semester.
After battling wits and courage with the matchstick for a while, the first transfiguration class finally came to an end. Until the end, Ivan failed to stabilize the transformed form of the matchstick.
Instead, he discovered a little trick that was of little use, which was to condense and release the magic power in a disorderly manner through the magic wand, and then form a thin magic beam, the only function of which was to restore the unstable Transfiguration to its original form.
This was discovered accidentally by Ivan when he almost blew up the match after failing to cast the Transfiguration Charm for the Nth time. It has no other use except to play a prank on Ron in the Transfiguration class.
Just as Professor McGonagall announced the end of get out of class on the stage, another voice rang out in Ivange.
[Ding, after the host's unremitting efforts, the Transfiguration class has ended. Please keep up the good work, host.
Overall evaluation of this class: Medium
Reviewer: Minerva McGonagall
Reward: Academic performance points × 5
Explore Professor McGonagall's secrets and improve your mission progress
Reward: Application Points × 10
...]
Looking at the information that suddenly appeared in his mind, Ivan had never thought of it before.
Can I get rewards for taking classes? Why are there two purchasing systems?
Ivan was a little surprised, especially when he saw the three words "GPA". He complained a lot, wondering why it was the same as when he was in college.
Apparently, the evaluation is still done by professors of each subject.
Could it be that there is a final exam or something like that, with corresponding rewards and punishments for good or bad performance?
Of course, despite all the complaints, Ivan was still very happy to discover a function of the system again. He just didn't know what these academic points could be used for?
Ivan had noticed the concept of academic points long before he triggered the system panel, but he had never seen the option of applying points.
Perhaps because he had never obtained it before, the related function had never been enabled. After this time, it didn't take Ivan long to find the new redemption option in the panel.
What disappointed Ivan a little was that there was only one lonely academic experience card in the entire exchange column. The exchange required 100 academic points, and the effect was to greatly improve the learning efficiency within an hour.
None of the powerful magic, forbidden spells, or anything like that Ivan had imagined could be exchanged for.
Is this the pace to continue learning?
Ivan looked at the five academic points he had earned for studying for one class, and suddenly felt a little desperate. There were only three to five classes a day at Hogwarts.
Based on five GPA points for each class, wouldn't it take five full days of accumulation to redeem a one-hour academic experience card?
Isn't this too bad?
What can you learn in an hour?
But things have come to this point, and Ivan has no other choice. Apart from this exchange, Ivan has no other way to improve this inefficient learning efficiency.
What else can I do?
Study hard...
As for the redemption of application points, there was only one card, which was unexpected.
Redemption requires one hundred application points, and the effect is to automatically trigger unexpected events.
Isn't this even more of a scam? The Academic Master Experience Card at least has specific effects and can improve learning efficiency. The effect of this card is uncertain and may be automatically triggered. I hope Professor McGonagall can teach me Animagus.
Forget it, let's put it aside for now, or study hard first...
After the Transfiguration class, the next class was the boring History of Magic. The teacher, Professor Binns, was a rigid and conservative ghost. He spent the entire class talking to himself and paying no attention to the little wizards in the class.
This made Ivan feel uncomfortable, because the academic performance points he obtained were obviously related to the professor's evaluation of him in class, and the teaching method of the History of Magic class did not even give Ivan a chance to improve his evaluation.
As for the exploration task of the application point, it was not triggered at all.
After the entire class, Ivan once again received a medium evaluation and five academic points.
But soon, Ivan understood the benefits of the History of Magic class.
Because in the next spell class, they would learn how to apply magic power steadily to objects and affect them, which was the basis for learning the levitation spell. Due to the interference of the magic wand, Ivan took a whole class to succeed, and during this time he blew up the props used for casting spells three times!
His grades were only slightly better than Neville's.
Miss Granger, who was the fastest, succeeded after only three releases...
For this reason, Ivan received a bad review in the class evaluation without exception, and his GPA was only two points...
The only good news is that after a few days of wandering around, the progress of the [Explore Hogwarts] task in the task tree has reached 30%. On average, every additional percentage point is rewarded with two academic points, for a total of 60 academic points, which is much faster than the rewards from daily classes.
This finally gave Ivan hope of collecting 100 GPA points and exchanging them for a top student experience card.
As for the application point, the quantity is completely stuck there.