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Chapter 164 A Busy Day

"Beans, beans..."

Without having time to ask Percy for it, Andrew directly got a large bucket of beans and an abandoned tin can from the kitchen - a can of beans for breakfast whose taste was hard to describe.

"I can't find an empty classroom this time. It's okay if there's no light, but it's too dangerous..."

Yes, there are no lights.

The entire Hogwarts has no electricity and no modern electrical appliances - because of generations of magical protection problems, when trying to connect to the electricity, it was discovered that Hogwarts completely shielded electricity and electronic products.

Don't ask Andrew how he knew this - he has seen no less than thirty relevant documents.

Since Hogwarts, a crucial educational location, has no electricity, the progress of cracking electrical products in the entire wizarding world is actually very slow - the magic used by wizards will also interfere with Muggle products, and the more sophisticated the better.

Apart from the simplest electrical product, the electric light, the most widely cracked and promoted non-alchemical (after all, once it is mixed with alchemy, the cost is frighteningly high) electronic product is the radio, which has been widely used in wizard families.

The phone was successfully cracked two years ago and is now in use in some pure-blood families. The Ministry of Magic has also installed it - unfortunately, those Ravenclaws had just graduated before Andrew enrolled, so they didn't know each other. (Note)
But unfortunately, these two complex electrical inventions could not break through Hogwarts' indestructible defense system - even the laboratories they used were built in Hogsmeade's off-campus laboratories.

He had only a general understanding of the place before, but after working alone and taking inventory during the summer vacation, he knew all about these things.

"Magic light sources are only available in the lab, not to mention the crucial protection. Anyway, it's the first day of school, so it probably hasn't been distributed yet. I'll try my luck with the professor."

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"Laboratory?" After Andrew briefly explained his purpose, Professor McGonagall hesitated for a moment and said, "Tell me what you think, Taylor."

"Double Transfiguration, for these canned beans, means deforming the metal outer wall and restricting the inside. Another Transfiguration is used inside to cause the beans to deform. I can't put too many restrictions on one Transfiguration, so I add another Transfiguration."

Andrew's own thoughts were not yet in order, and he spoke haltingly.

"So, using Transfiguration as a container to forcibly transfer part of the power of Transfiguration to another Transfiguration?"

"That's right, Professor."

Andrew nodded repeatedly.

"Great idea. Here is the key to the lab. I'll give it to you for safekeeping. The lab is on the fourth floor, next to the escalator on the right. You've been there before."

"what?"

He was just planning to use it temporarily, and he didn't have any projects, so why was he so extravagant? This was the highest-end resource that only sixth- and seventh-year students could apply for!
"The share that belonged to Hufflepuff in previous years, the other houses were given an extra room, so there happened to be one extra room, which was originally intended to be used as a backup. It's just right for you to practice - Hufflepuff has a new greenhouse, which is more suitable for experiments than the castle."

"Go practice, and be safe."

"Yes, Professor!"

Andrew’s tone was very firm, and he turned and left.

After the office door was closed, Professor McGonagall shook her head slightly.

If she remembered correctly, she wanted Taylor to study area casting, but why did her thoughts now run to the more complicated superposition of Transfiguration?

But it does sound feasible...

Moreover, the effect should be similar, or even better...

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"The Hufflepuff-share lab... If there weren't a greenhouse, who would dare to think about this this semester..."

He carefully opened the door of the laboratory, then closed it, turned on the light source, put on a large protective suit, and carefully operated the test bench.

The idea was that if this thing failed, it would be no different from simply heating the can - or even produce a more violent explosion.

"First, let me test the explosion resistance of the container... I hope I won't repair it to be more solid."

Andrew put a bean in it, then used Transfiguration to control the seal of the jar and began to cast a spell on the bean in the jar - it began to expand wildly and squeezed the jar.

……

"It's stronger than I thought..." Next...

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"Andrew?"

"Ah."

"You just came back from astronomy class, where were you?"

"I'm trying to find a new magic, but it's much more difficult than I thought..."

Andrew sighed - he finally understood why the professor gave him the laboratory directly. It turned out that the professor saw at the beginning that this experiment could not be completed in a day or two.

"But the general direction is correct, otherwise the professor would not have given me the laboratory..."
"Be content, at least you have hope. Bell is the one suffering..."

"Shut up, Hal." Bell, who was playing chess, rolled his eyes. "Who would have thought that last semester's Chasers would work hard for a whole summer and then change positions to achieve much better results than expected? They actually stopped recruiting goalkeepers!"

This is so tragic…

"Why don't you try Chaser?"

He asked tentatively.

"No, there's no point in playing Quidditch without being a Keeper!"

"Forget it, it's not that he doesn't want to, but he can't shoot accurately..."

Hal leaned back in his chair. "It feels so bad. There's nothing I can do..."

"I'm going to fight you!~"

"But, it's not impossible. Gryffindor is said to be recruiting a replacement today, and it seems we have to study too."

Bell, who was rushing towards him, suddenly braked.

"What does a substitute do?"

"Well, one more training spot, and they can participate in training. Their main role is similar to those of the senior students. Of course, they also need to know some other positions to prevent too many people from graduating at once and causing too much loss to the team's strength. They are quite capable..."

"Who will train with me tomorrow?"

Bell was so enthusiastic that he ended up taking Hughes out...

Andrew also had to promise that on the day of the trials, he would be there to cheer - even though neither the substitute nor the selection was a possibility.

What happened next was very routine.

Exchange experiences during the summer vacation while completing homework, preparing books for tomorrow, and gossiping about this year's freshmen.

"Go to sleep, everyone."

Andrew finally reviewed today's attempts and said hello to several roommates.

Sleepiness suddenly came over us, and everyone in the dormitory quickly fell asleep.

"Come to think of it, today is the first day of school..."

Andrew changed his sleeping position and closed his eyes. "I always feel like I forgot something, but it doesn't seem to matter."

"Forget it, go to sleep. There are still many things to do tomorrow. No one would work without sleeping, right?"

With this thought in mind, Andrew fell asleep.

(End of this chapter)