Hogwarts: From Luna's House to Godhood Through Intense Competition

“It really is the Levitation Charm…” Babajid Akimbad exclaimed, glancing instinctively at Professor McGonagall, only to find that Professor McGonagall was not so calm either.

“Ms. McGonagall, I remember you were the one who guided Vizette to master Animagus, enabling him to cast spells in Animagus form… Didn’t you know that?”

“His Animagus training process is very special… I know about his spellcasting…” Professor McGonagall adjusted her glasses, “but there’s a difference between the two things…”

“Laying a solid foundation before building a skyscraper is a different concept from building a skyscraper on top of a wooden house…” Akimbad pondered. “Can I understand it that way?”

“Yes!” Professor McGonagall nodded. “Vizet is an extremely talented child… his method is difficult to replicate…”

She recalled the idea that Wizette had proposed and then described it simply based on her own understanding.

The concepts involved were actually mentioned in the paper, but only to clarify the concepts and facilitate readers' understanding, without going into in-depth discussion.

The reason for doing this is simple: it's difficult to implement, and we're worried that some readers might try it and cause unnecessary accidents.

Vizette's method requires a preliminary exploration of the soul and a certain understanding of mental magic when preparing for Animagus practice;

One even needs to know how to create magical items in order to combine the three elements and inscribe the magic into the Animagus...

After listening to Professor McGonagall's description, Akimbard said with unwavering agreement, "Ms. McGonagall, you are absolutely right. It requires knowledge of the soul, and it's a method that's difficult to replicate!"

He suddenly realized something, “which means… that the ideas that Vizet is proposing now are… just ideas that have only come to us now?”

"These ideas were all developed based on Lorenzo Flores's suggestions... How long has it been?"

“This isn’t… anything particularly rare.” Professor McGonagall coughed lightly, recalling when she was teaching Vizette Animagus.

Vizet didn't spend too much time figuring out the entire Animagus process, and by using his knowledge, he deduced that the potion recipe could help wizards explore the soul.

Judging from Professor McGonagall's wistful expression, Akimbard could roughly guess how Vizet had performed while studying at Hogwarts.

……

“It will take some time.” Vizette looked up at the sky. “Let me explain my understanding first… In my opinion, mastering Animagus is like getting a piece of clothing.”

"This is a garment prepared for the soul. When the soul puts on this garment, the soul influences the body... and the body will follow the changes of the soul and then transform into the appearance of an animal."

“A very interesting description, very vivid…” As Vizet finished speaking, most of the wizards nodded in agreement with this viewpoint.

Vizette continued, "I'm sure you all know the training process for Animagus by heart, so I won't go into details."

“My training method is very special, with many modifications that are only suitable for myself… allowing me to have the ability to cast spells in Animagus form.”

He patted his pocket and said, "If I had to describe it, being able to cast spells in Animagus form is like adding a pocket to your pants, which is equivalent to adding the function of 'carrying things'."

"Now, after I got the 'clothes,' I already have 'pockets,' which have the function of 'carrying things'..."

“My idea now is… based on the inspiration Mr. Lorenzo Flores gave me, to sew such a pocket for you Animagus…”

After hearing Wiesett's analogy, Magnus Gustafsson and the others exchanged bewildered glances. "It sounds simple...it seems to just supplement this function...but it also feels very complicated..."

“Mr. Lovegood knows Animagus very well…” Lorenzo Flores sighed, “otherwise he wouldn’t have come up with such a vivid metaphor.”

"The reason it seems simple is because he simplified the concepts, making them easy to understand... but if you think about it deeply, you'll find that it's all very difficult."

"It's like you're giving a toad swan wings, and you also have to make it have the ability to fly continuously like a swan after the wings are attached."

"Actually, when this idea came up, a problem had already arisen... How do we obtain 'wings'? We need to solve this problem before we can start thinking about how to 'fly'."

"To give a toad... the ability to fly?" Magnus Gustafsson stammered. "Now I think I understand just how difficult it is."

……

Vizette raised his hand, and the pebbles and sand on the grass flew into the air. With a light wave of his wand, the pebbles and sand changed, transforming into the shapes of various materials.

Each of these transformed materials was as big as a football, large enough for everyone present to see clearly.

“The most crucial material is the pupa of the Ghostface Moth!” Vizette explained one by one, “Based on the magical property of ‘inclusion’ proposed by Mr. Lorenzo Flores, there is a book that contains a similar record.”

"In his book 'The Spells of Defense and Deterrence,' Catullus Spanger, when discussing how to cast the Guardian Spell on page 131, mentioned an interesting point..."

If you are unable to cast the Guardian Angel Spell, you can think of yourself as a moth pupa, transforming, purifying, digesting, and embracing the unpleasant experiences you've had, turning them into a driving force for yourself.

Once we've processed these unpleasant memories, and then look back at the happy ones, you'll find that everything seems simpler! You can wave your wand again and chant the Patronus Charm!

"Mr. Lovegood!" Lorenzo Flores exclaimed excitedly after hearing what Vizette had said. "Are you sure it's this book?"

"I vaguely remembered reading some book somewhere... that mentioned a similar concept, which is why I started my research!"

“I’m certainly sure,” Wiese nodded. “However, the copy of ‘The Spell of Defense and Deterrence’ that I saw was the 1865 edition.”

"A terrifying memory!" The people present exclaimed subconsciously. "To be able to remember the exact page number, such a memory is simply unimaginable."

Akimbad tilted his head slightly, looked at Professor McGonagall who was pursing her lips, and asked in a low voice, "Has his memory always been so good?"

“How should I put it? Vizette has always had a good memory…” Professor McGonagall coughed lightly, a slight smile still appearing at the corner of her mouth, “It’s not… anything particularly rare.”

Luna no longer needed to be so tense. Looking at the composed Vizette in front of her, she smiled brightly...

Chapter 114 How to mend a pocket for an Animagus?

Vizette was getting into the swing of things. “Albertus Magnus has a book called ‘Ruin and Landscape in the Trees,’ which also contains a lot of interesting stories about moths and pupae.”

"However, the content is rather fragmented and is reflected in different pages of the book... To make it easier to understand, I have put it together and summarized it as the 'self-renewal' of the moth pupa."

"It is similar to, yet slightly different from, the characteristics of 'rebirth' magic; 'self-renewal' requires 'inclusivity,' the acceptance and integration of one's own power in order to achieve 'renewal'."

“Mr. Lovegood!” an elderly African shaman raised his hand. “Can I understand it this way?”

"You mentioned that the magical property of 'self-renewal' is the key to enabling Animagus to cast spells?"

Vizette also remembered this wizard, who shared his pronunciation technique for the spell "Amado, Animo, Animado, Animagus".

“Mr. Njorog, this characteristic is indeed crucial!” Vezet nodded. “Only after ‘self-renewal’ can a fixed Animagus be altered.”

After briefly answering the question, he quickly steered the conversation back on track, "Thanks to Lorenzo Flores's reminder... I was able to re-examine the hawk moth pupa and make further discoveries!"

Claudius Elianus, the author of "The Spiritual Journey: Unlocking Potential from Change," also mentions some thoughts on moth pupae at the end of page 426 of his book.

Some caterpillars possess extraordinary abilities; even when harmed by magic, they will choose to pupate and tap into their potential, absorbing the magic. By the time they emerge from the pupa, this magic has become their own power.

“Through the Ghostface Moth pupa, we can perform ‘self-renewal,’ absorbing the acquired magic and ‘potential tapping’…”

"By utilizing these fascinating magical properties, we can cast spells even in Animagus form!"

……

Wizards who can master Animagus are generally quite skilled in magic.

With Wizette's clear and easy-to-understand explanation, they naturally understood its feasibility, which sparked their thinking and also raised more questions.

"Mr. Lovegood, what are the specific steps?"

“Mr. Lovegood, if you’re saying this is just mending a pocket, it can’t be that simple, can it?”

"Mr. Lovegood, do we need to cast a spell on the hawk moth pupa and then swallow it?"

……

“Tracing back to the source…” Waiting patiently for the people in front of him to finish expressing their questions, Vizet said unhurriedly, “This is a sentence that Headmaster Dumbledore reminded me of!”

“Let’s go back to the materials the Animagus used… back to the formula that allowed us to change…” He waved his wand gently, displaying a mandrake leaf.

“We need to make adjustments and use mature mandrake leaves… As everyone knows, whether the mandrake is mature or not will affect the effect of the leaves.”

“When performing Animagus training, we use young mandrake leaves, which have the magical property of ‘absorption’ to allow them to absorb their own memories to establish an anchor point.”

"Mature mandrake leaves, on the other hand, have strong hallucinogenic properties. Some wizards are intoxicated by these hallucinogenic properties and believe that drinking tea made from the leaves will make them omnipotent."

“We need to discuss ‘hallucinogenicity’ separately. After drinking the leaf tea, the wizard will have the illusion that he is omnipotent. What does this mean?”

……

"What does it mean?"

The wizards present pondered the matter, but felt they lacked some clues.

"Does that mean they're fooling themselves?" a North American wizard said half-jokingly. "A lot of Muggles do that."

"After becoming addicted to drugs and experiencing hallucinations, they feel invincible and might even climb to the top of a tall building and jump off..."

The wizards around laughed, and so did Vizet.

“It’s all about deceiving yourself!” he said with a smile. “That’s the purpose of mature mandrake leaves!”

"We need to deceive the Animagus 'clothing' so that it thinks it's omnipotent and can cast spells!"

“Animagus can transform into an ordinary animal. Only by deceiving the Animagus, making it subvert itself and deceive itself, can one cast a spell!”

Several long-bearded wizards realized what was happening. "In your paper, you mentioned that mandrake is both an anchor and a needle... Is this what you meant by 'mending pockets'?"

“That’s right!” Vizette nodded. “Using the deception of Animagus as the ‘needle,’ combined with the various magical properties of the Spectral Moth pupa, the spellcasting ability is ‘stitched’ on!”

Many wizards exclaimed in amazement, "It's like having an idea that comes from drinking mandrake leaf tea!"

This is just their reflection, because it is a feasible approach, an approach that overturns their previous views.

……

A Greek wizard raised his hand and said, "Mr. Lovegood, if I'm not mistaken... you're planning to recreate the Animagus potion, aren't you?"

Vezel nodded and said, "Yes, Mr. Constantinedis."

Constantinedis continued, "Mr. Lovegood, I have actually conducted similar research on the second Animagus form before."

"I tried to go through the Animagus training again to see if I could obtain the second form... but I failed!"