Hogwarts: From Luna's family to god

"First of all, the Animagus's spellcasting characteristics do not require spells and wands. Secondly, it is free and flexible throughout the transformation process."

"But I think these characteristics should be similar to wandless and silent spellcasting, which require frequent practice to achieve such an effect."

"Very good!" Professor McGonagall nodded in affirmation, "Anything else?"

"There are some other information I found." Vizet continued, "Animagus will retain special marks in the form of animals, and the Ministry of Magic will register them..."

"The process of mastering Animagus itself has various dangerous uncertainties; in addition to regular practice, a little luck is needed to complete the whole process..."

Professor McGonagall nodded repeatedly, with a slight smile on her lips, revealing a satisfied expression.

Vizets took it seriously and found many things related to Animagus.

It is not a simple matter to piece together the relevant content from the fragmentary knowledge in the book.

In addition to these sorted materials, Vizet also has some new insights, which come from the conjecture that Professor McGonagall will play with the ball of thread after turning into a tabby cat.

"Professor McGonagall, if you become an Animagus, will you have some animal instincts?"

"Of course!" Professor McGonagall nodded and said, "This is a wonderful state. You need to overcome this instinct and cannot...try not to act according to instinct."

"Animal instinct...that's really a magical angle!" Vizette habitually made associations, "Thinking about magic in the posture of an animal...will there be different insights?"

"If you can become a magical animal, such as a fire dragon...what is the difference between the dragon's breath and the fire spell cast by the wizard..."

Professor McGonagall's eyelids twitched. She was still surprised by Vizette's divergent thinking.

It's just that in the matter of mastering Animagus, she wants Vizette to realize how dangerous it is to have these ideas.

She knocked on the table lightly, looked at Vizette and said seriously: "Vizette, I must reiterate again that the risk of completing Animagus is quite large."

Professor McGonagall waved her wand and summoned a somewhat old parchment scroll.

The parchment roll was slowly spread out on the table, and what came into view was an extremely detailed hand-drawn picture, which depicted a monster with a thin body but a huge bull head.

"This is a wizard from the ancient Greek period. Perhaps you can know the name of this wizard through some Muggle stories - Minotaur."

"He lives on the island of Crete and is an Animagus. In a magic experiment, he wanted to further change himself and make himself stronger."

"The Minotaur set his target on the Reem bull, but unfortunately the magic experiment failed. He could no longer change back to his original state and could only maintain this half-man, half-bull posture until the end of his life."

Vizette combined the hand-drawn picture in front of him with the description in the information he was looking for, and came to a conclusion.

"Professor McGonagall, can I understand that the transformation of Animagus is limited to ordinary animals?"

"Yes! This is very important!" Professor McGonagall nodded heavily.

"Even if you are familiar with Animagus, if you want to further transform yourself into a magical creature, it will bring unpredictable consequences."

"Not only this Minotaur, but also the Sphinx, which is now defined as a magical creature. There is also a rumor that the Sphinx was transformed by a group of ancient Egyptian wizards."

"This group of wizards wanted to obtain the magical talent of the leopard, so they tried to transform into a leopard. Unfortunately, their magic transformation failed and they were forced to continue to reproduce in the form of half-man and half-lion."

Her expression was very serious, "You have a high talent in transformation magic; but you must be cautious about transformation magic, especially Animagus!"

"Wizards can study various magical creatures and study magic with similar talents, but there are always some differences between the two."

"It is difficult for wizards to peek into the essence of magical creatures, so these differences will be infinitely magnified by Animagus, resulting in irreversible consequences."

Peek into the essence?

Vizet's mind moved, thinking of the experience at noon.

Through "Ancient Magic: Soul Control Spell" and the Magic Eye, he looked into the magic circuit of the elf. I wonder if this can be regarded as... peeping into the essence of magical creatures?

Now is not the time to think about these things. Laying a solid foundation is the key.

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Weizet followed Professor McGonagall and officially entered the study of Animagus.

To master Animagus, the test you need to face is a long wait, various uncertainties and tedious steps.

The first step is to hold a mandrake leaf in your mouth. The wizard needs to start from the first full moon and continue until the next full moon, for a whole month;

It is worth noting that the wizard cannot swallow or spit out the leaf, otherwise he needs to repeat this step at the beginning of the next full moon.

While waiting for the second full moon to arrive, the wizard also needs to prepare various auxiliary materials, including a sufficiently transparent bottle, a teaspoon of dew and a ghost-faced hawk moth pupa;

This teaspoon of dew needs special attention, and only dew that has not been exposed to sunlight and living creatures within seven days can be selected.

After these preparations are completed, if the second full moon is cloudy or rainy, then you need to start the first step again.

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If everything goes well, you can proceed to the second step.

The wizard should take out the bottle to shine the moonlight, and stuff the mandrake leaves, pure dew, ghost moth pupa, and the wizard's own hair into it.

After completing this step, bury the bottle again, and make sure that the bottle will not be disturbed;

Once the bottle is dug out, or due to some changes, it is exposed to the light, then you need to start again.

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The third step is a long wait, during which you need to take out the magic wand and point it at your heart and chant "Amado, Animado, Animagus" during the sunrise and sunset time periods.

You will feel abnormal heartbeats during the journey, either strong or weak, which is normal;

The most important thing is that the wizard must restrain his curiosity. The bottle with hair will have a strong attraction, constantly tempting the wizard to check the situation inside the bottle.

This waiting process is extremely long, and choosing a suitable burial location is extremely important.

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When the storm comes and the first lightning appears in the sky, the wizard needs to immediately go to the place where the bottle is buried and proceed to the fourth step - dig out the bottle.

If all the steps go smoothly, all the materials in the bottle will disappear, leaving only a blood-like liquid, which is just the right dose to swallow in one gulp...

Chapter 98 To Explore the Inner Soul

It took Professor McGonagall a lot of time just to sort out the four steps of preparation.

Looking at the steps one after another on the notebook, as well as the additional key points and precautions, Vizet had to sigh that it was indeed not an easy task to master Animagus.

For ritual magic, Vizet thought he had a superficial understanding. He had mastered the method of casting the water-making spell by learning ritual magic.

So he was able to draw a conclusion based on these steps - this is a complete set of ritual magic.

Professor McGonagall cleared his throat and said, "Take a break!"

Unlike previous lectures, which required questioning and interaction, the preparation steps for Animagus required detailed explanation of details and key points.

Through such a set of cumbersome ritual magic, the difficulty of the learning process can be greatly reduced, and the safety of the final change steps can be improved.

After sorting out these preparatory steps in one breath, she also felt a little hoarse in her throat.

Looking at the densely packed contents in Vizette's notebook, she nodded gently.

Being able to finish all the content in one breath, and the listeners can still keep up with the rhythm and take enough notes, isn't this a kind of relaxation?

Professor McGonagall picked up the wand and tapped the table lightly.

A set of tea sets soon appeared, and the teacups were filled with black tea, emitting steaming hot steam.

She stood up and took out a round iron box from the drawer.

Opening the lid, there were all kinds of small biscuits inside, among which the most were small fish-shaped biscuits.

Black tea and biscuits, this is her favorite afternoon tea combination.

When she is free on weekends, she will find Sprout and enjoy the rare leisure time together.

"Vizet, relax a little." Professor McGonagall put the biscuit box next to the tea set and said kindly: "It's the weekend now, have some tea and some snacks!"

"Thank you." Vizet picked up the teacup, blew on it, took a sip, and focused on the notebook.

He had already briefly sorted out the preparation steps and listed out the materials needed separately.

"How is it? Are you confused about the materials used?" Professor McGonagall glanced at the notebook, "Pomona told me that you have dabbled in ritual magic."

"I think you should be able to see that, in fact, the whole set of Animagus steps is a complete set of ritual magic."

"Yes, Professor McGonagall. I have a superficial understanding of ritual magic." Vizet nodded, "I just think that these materials needed are very interesting."

"I have summarized the ritual magic I have come into contact with before. Those ritual magics are usually used externally, which is somewhat different from this ritual magic."

"Oh?" Professor McGonagall took a sip of black tea, "What do you think is different about this ritual magic?"

"First of all, this..." Vizet turned the notebook sideways for Professor McGonagall to check, "No contact with sunlight and dew from living creatures within seven days."

The books recommended by Ollivander before made him understand a lot of potion materials and what kind of intentions they would have when used in ritual magic.

He combined the knowledge he had already mastered and re-examined the materials needed in the preparation steps.

"Dew itself has the meaning of protection and purification, and seven is a magical number. In ritual magic, there are rarely such strict requirements that require such pure dew."

"Dew that has not been touched by living things represents its connection with nature, the purest connection; seven days is a complete natural week, which can further enhance this characteristic."

"Superimposing the two can achieve inner cleansing and rebirth, while also having the meaning of protection, so as to complete the transformation of body and soul..."

"Can you understand this far?" Professor McGonagall adjusted her glasses, with a bit of surprise in her tone.

She first mastered the Animagus, and then began to study this set of steps, and then deduced the significance of these steps.

And what Vizette said now is almost the same as what she deduced.