The Magical Journey to Hogwarts

Chapter 37 The Animagus potion is so disgusting, can anyone actually drink it?

Bell looked at Hermione strangely, completely unable to understand why the little witch was so angry. How he does it and when he will complete the transformation should be his own business, right? Does it have anything to do with Hermione?

"Hermione, everyone has their own preferences. I don't like to attract attention. In contrast, I prefer to be able to read quietly by myself. That's why I didn't complete the transformation immediately." Bell He explained calmly, "Honestly, I don't think there's anything wrong with my behavior, so why are you so angry?"

Hermione was speechless after hearing Bell's unexpected answer.

Now that she calmed down and thought about it carefully, she didn't understand what she was thinking before.

‘Why am I angry? ’

The little witch who suffered temporary amnesia was confused. Bell is free to do whatever he wants, and it seems that it really has nothing to do with him.

Ever since arriving at Hogwarts, Hermione had felt weird. Maybe it’s because it’s the first time you go to school so far away from home? Maybe it’s because it’s the first time you feel like you’re losing to others in studying? Maybe it was her experience after returning to the dormitory last night that made her realize the huge gap between reality and imagination? Anyway, after getting up in the morning, Hermione didn't even recognize herself.

Hermione took a deep breath and apologized to Bell: "I'm sorry, Bell. I...I don't know what to say, I..."

"Okay, I get it, Hermione."

Seeing the little witch at a loss, Bell interrupted Hermione.

"I don't mean to blame you."

"It's normal to have some emotional turmoil when you suddenly leave home and come to such a far away place."

Bell, in turn, comforted Hermione. He could very well understand how the little witch was feeling (thought he thought he was).

"Actually, don't look at me like this. In fact, my current mood is much more confusing than yours."

"Thank you, Belle."

Hermione gave Bell a complicated look.

"You're welcome." Bell waved his hand and said, "Do you have any plans for the future? Do you want to go to the auditorium for lunch together? Although we won't eat at the same table."

Hermione, who had originally planned to go to dinner, nodded and agreed, and walked towards the auditorium with Bell.

On the way to the auditorium, Hermione asked about the doubts she had in the Transfiguration class.

"Bell, do you know what magic Professor McGonagall used before class? The one that turned herself into a cat."

"That's an Animagus."

"Animagus?"

Hermione recalled the books she had read and confirmed that she had never seen this word before.

"Yes, Animagus is a relatively difficult transformation magic. It can transform oneself into an animal. However, it can only transform into a fixed animal form. After the first transformation, subsequent transformations are not allowed. It will be the same as the first time. This can be regarded as the shortcoming of Animagus. Of course, it also has its own advantages. Animagus can maintain its transformation for a long time, and there is no trace of spell casting at all, so it is difficult to detect. "

"Well, Bell, can you also transform into animagus?"

"No, I won't, and I don't plan to learn this kind of magic, at least not for the time being."

"Why?"

Hermione looked curious.

"First of all, the role of Animagus is limited. In most cases, if we need to transform into an animal to do something, we just need to use human transformation. Although human transformation has high consumption and obvious traces of spell casting, and other shortcomings, but it can transform into different animals as needed, which is generally not worse than Animagus. Another reason is that to complete the transformation of Animagus, you need to drink a unique magic potion, then Planting magic potions is really disgusting!" Bell said with a disgusted look on his face.

He really couldn't figure out how that magic potion was invented. Its inventor was really too powerful, in every sense of the word.

"What kind of potion is so disgusting? Aren't potions all disgusting?"

Hermione was puzzled.

"..."

Bell was speechless. Thinking carefully about the ingredients of those potions, most of them were indeed quite disgusting. No, I must eat more delicious food later to calm down my shock.

"First, you need to hold a mandrake leaf in your mouth. You must hold it in your mouth for a whole month, whether you are eating, sleeping, or doing anything else. Then, at the full moon, take the leaf Take it out, put it into a small bottle, and fill the bottle with your saliva. I won’t go into details about the next steps. In short, you need to ferment your own saliva for a few weeks or months before drinking it. go back."

Bell felt queasy just thinking about it and rubbed the goosebumps on his arms.

"To be honest, I'd rather drink Flobber caterpillar slime than my own fermented saliva."

Hermione imagined it in her mind for a moment, then immediately interrupted her thoughts. It's time to have lunch soon, and if I think about it anymore, I might not even have dinner.

"Of course, these are not the main reasons." Bell continued to explain, "The current magical community generally believes that Animagus can only transform into ordinary animals, but I don't think so. If you have read the relevant aspects If you read the book, you will find that the description of the Animagus in the book is, 'If you want to transform into a magical animal, there will be unpredictable consequences.'"

"In other words, it's not that you will fail, but that you don't know what will happen. It could be that 'wizards can't transform into magical animals', or it could be that 'those wizards who tried failed to transform into magical animals.' After all, learning There are too few people who practice this kind of magic, and even fewer people conduct in-depth research, so there is not enough information to make a judgment."

"Since there are two possibilities, why do you think it's 'those wizards failed' instead of 'cannot transform'?"

Hermione looked at Bell in confusion.

"Because of the Patronus Charm."

Looking at Hermione who looked puzzled, Bell continued: "You can ignore what the Patronus Charm is for now. You will know this later. All you need to know now is that wizards generally believe that the guardian summoned by the Patronus Charm Gods can only be ordinary animals. And because of its high difficulty and limited effects, very few wizards can master the Patronus Charm. How about it, does it sound almost exactly the same as the Animagus?"

"However, there is an exception among the patron saints. The greatest white wizard in the modern wizarding world, our Professor Dumbledore, his patron saint is a phoenix, a magical animal and the only one currently known. A patron saint of magical animals.”

When Bell mentioned his magic research, his whole spirit changed, and his eyes seemed to gleam with light. This was the first time he talked about his research with someone other than Shanna.