Being a bastard at Hogwarts is not safe.

Regardless of what Lucius and Voldemort had planned for Hogwarts this year, Lockhart hadn't done anything out of the ordinary this week, save for his announcement in class that he was starting a dueling club.

Anyway, the Dueling Club will only become a one-man show between Harry Potter and Malfoy in the end, and if Lockhart wants to use this to show off, he will naturally expose more lies.At that time it will be possible to determine whether he really knows how to use black magic.

For this reason, Brian even began to admire Lockhart's courage, and he would not die if he did not die.If he learns black magic by himself, he will definitely be safe, lest others think he has any connection with Voldemort, instead of showing off like Lockhart.

As for the strange diary he got in the restricted area, Brian still had a lot of doubts in his heart.First of all, he couldn't be sure if this was one of Voldemort's Horcruxes. After all, judging from the feel of the cover and the content of the communication, it was extremely inconsistent with the description in the original book, let alone how to explain the cry for help he heard last year.

Secondly, Brian couldn't figure out what kind of soul was hidden in the book. Is he really Tom Riddle's remnant soul, and why did this remnant soul call for help?

Finally, as the headmaster of Hogwarts, Dumbledore has been in charge of the school for so many years, there is no reason for him not to know about this, and why did he not do anything?

Unable to understand, Brian simply stopped thinking about it.After all, he has sealed the book, and he still needs to learn Animagus from Professor McGonagall today.Brian sorted out the materials and items to bring, and then walked towards the appointed office.

After Brian entered Professor McGonagall's office, he saw Professor McGonagall in a dark green robe with square glasses sorting out a lot of materials on the table.Looking around, the only thing Brian was familiar with was the mandrake leaves that he had just studied in Professor Sprout's class.

"Professor McGonagall, please excuse me." Brian closed the door and bowed slightly in respect.

Professor McGonagall adjusted his glasses, a smile flashed in his eyes.Bryan was indeed the most gifted student of Transfiguration she'd seen at her age, which is why she made an exception to teach Bryan about dangerous transfigurations like the Animagus.

What puzzled Professor McGonagall was that Brian possessed a transfiguration level higher than that of senior students, but just passed the pass line in other subjects. How could someone deviate from subjects to such an extent.

She gently put aside these distracting thoughts in her head, and asked solemnly: "Then Mr. Brian, we are just starting to learn about Animagus. Before we start, please tell us about your understanding of Animagus." His cognition."

Brian didn't answer immediately, but stood there quietly, counting the relevant content about Animagus that he had sorted out from the books, and said in a slow voice after a few ponderings.

"Animagus was continuously improved by wizards in ancient times through transfiguration, and finally invented an advanced transfiguration technique that transforms itself into a certain animal while retaining its own magical power.

There are roughly three types of Animagus known so far.

1. Born Animagus, this type of person is born with the ability to change. There is not much information about this, but generally they can only change their own appearance, etc.

2. Acquired Animagus, which is exactly the type I want to learn from Professor McGonagall.Advanced Animagus can transform themselves into some kind of animal in an instant, which can be used to detect information and avoid risks, and facilitate entry and exit from the Muggle world.

3. Werewolf, strictly speaking, this does not belong to the category of Animagus, but some wizards also classify it into it.

Animagus' transformation is usually limited to ordinary creatures, and transformation into magical creatures can have unpredictable consequences.What usually unfolds is a monstrous creature that becomes half-human, half-animal and cannot be undone.

Finally, Animagus needs to refine the corresponding potion and bury it in a specific scene to improve the success rate of transformation.

That's about all I know, please correct me. "

Brian stood in front of Professor McGonagall and talked eloquently. Since collecting relevant information, he has no expectation of becoming a fire dragon.

After all, he exposed part of his abilities in exchange for the qualification to learn Animagus, just to save his life.Then the risk of becoming a magical creature becomes meaningless, and nothing is as important as your own safety.

Although there are still certain risks when transforming, didn't you get a one-hour experience card for the Transformation Master during the assessment task last semester?

While Bryan was speaking, Professor McGonagall looked up at Bryan a few times, with a bit of thought in her brows. She felt a little emotional in her heart, and she had to say that Brian must have consulted a lot of Animagus materials. data.Except for the registration with the Ministry of Magic, almost all aspects are explained in detail.

This made the expression on her face even more satisfied, and she deliberately added lightly: "That's very good, but you still missed one thing. After the transfiguration technique is practiced, it needs to be reported to the Ministry of Magic. Since the 20th century, Only seven people have successfully practiced Animagus and registered with the Ministry of Magic. So learning Animagus is not as easy as you think!"

Speaking of this, Professor McGonagall seemed to be stiff for a moment, but immediately returned to normal. He glanced at Brian calmly and said, "This is why I stopped you from learning Animagus last semester. Transformation The level of skill will determine the degree of danger in the final transformation."

"I understand the professor, but how exactly do I need to practice as an Animagus!"

Brian nodded, cleverly avoiding the topic of reporting to the Ministry of Magic.The so-called trump card is naturally the less people know the better. Reporting such a thing to the Ministry of Magic, which normal person would be stupid enough to do this kind of behavior?

As for the risk of deformation that Professor McGonagall mentioned, Brian wasn't too worried.After all, there is still a transformation master one-hour experience card in the system storage space.The Philosopher's Stone created by that experience card was able to fool a person with such superb magic as Voldemort, so one can imagine how buggy it was.

According to Professor McGonagall's introduction, the cultivation process of Animagus is extremely cumbersome.From the full moon of this month to the full moon of the next month, a single leaf of the mandrake must be held in the mouth continuously.

And at no time can the leaves be swallowed or taken out of the mouth, once the mandrake leaves leave the mouth, the whole process has to start all over again.

The leaves are removed a month later at the full moon, and a crystal phial is filled with saliva, in which the leaves are soaked to make a cumbersome potion.

The more Brian listened, the weirder his expression became.

Is it really that disgusting?Who invented the ghost method?