Hogwarts: A little lion in the skin of the Eagle School

"Hello, are you John Merrick?"

Just as John was turning the pages of the book, someone suddenly came looking for him.

Looking back, he saw their Eagle School seniors, but John didn't recognize them.

"Yes, senior, is there anything I can help you with?" John asked curiously.

"My name is Roger Davis, and I'm the Ravenclaw Quidditch captain. Professor Hodge approached me this afternoon and said that a very promising young player has joined our school, so I wanted to come and meet you."

Roger extended his right hand and gave a warm self-introduction.

"I see, hello."

When John saw Roger extend his hand, he stood up, shook Roger's hand in return, and greeted him.

"I heard from Professor Hodge that you don't want to join Quidditch just yet, is that right?"

"Yes, senior, I'm sorry, I..."

John nodded, and was about to give a reason for refusing when Roger interrupted him.

"It's okay, whether you join or not is your own choice. I just wanted to tell you that if you ever become interested in Quidditch, you're welcome to come and watch us practice anytime. If you want to join, you can also let me know."

Roger smiled, not caring why John didn't want to join Quidditch.

That's how they are in Ravenclaw; they have their own ideas and goals. Who says that just because someone is talented in something, they have to pursue it?

Even if it's something that's very prestigious at school.

Only Harry Potter could be recruited into the Quidditch team in his first year.

John could be the second if he wanted to.

After exchanging a few brief pleasantries, Roger bid farewell to John.

After Roger left, Titus, Ryan, and Ethan finally couldn't hold back any longer and jumped over the table to grab John.

"John! Why are you refusing?!"

"Yeah, joining a Quidditch team is a dream for many. If you do well, you might even join a professional team in the future!"

The three of them kept shouting in John's ear, one after another.

"Do you know how many girls will scream for you?!"

"Do you know how many boys are jealous of you?!"

"Do you even know the answer?!"

"John, ahhhhh!"

John covered his face as the three of them clung to him like monkeys, squeaking and yelling. Titus, in particular, was pressing down on him so much that he couldn't straighten his back.

This noisy scene made everyone in the hall look at them as if they were idiots.

......

"Veravitto".

In Ravenclaw's dormitory, John waved his wand, practicing Transfiguration on the pebbles in front of him.

As John finished his incantation, the pebble, no bigger than a bottle cap, suddenly transformed into a silver fruit knife.

John picked up the fruit knife; it felt a little lighter, just like the previous pebble.

However, the sharpness is quite good; it was worth all the effort I put into focusing on its sharpness.

With a casual wave of his hand, John cut the starry curtains off his bed.

Its durability, however, needs improvement.

This has nothing to do with the medium of transformation; it's simply due to insufficient power.

The powerful transformation ability can even turn a stone into a large table, with no loss of mass, which completely violates the law of conservation of energy.

But in reality, this table was created using powerful magic.

Therefore, in theory, as long as the Transfiguration spell is powerful enough, one can even conjure up a temporary divine weapon or some kind of magical item by hand.

This greatly appealed to John.

However, these skills require diligent practice.

As he pondered this, John waved his wand and shouted, "Restore to its original state!"

The severed starry curtain was automatically repaired, leaving no visible flaws.

Then he used a restoration spell to turn the silver fruit knife in his hand back into the shape of a pebble.

Professor McGonagall had only mentioned the Restoration Charm briefly, but hadn't actually taught it yet. However, John learned it from Professor McGonagall's diary. The principle was actually quite simple: it was to undo the effects of a Polymorph spell.

John put the pebbles back into the box, which was full of pebbles he had picked up in the garden that day for practice.

He is now very fond of Transfiguration.

The feeling of being able to conjure weapons at will, just like the characters in anime, is incredibly cool!

......

The next day.

After having breakfast with his friends, John went to the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom.

However, at this time all the desks and chairs in the classroom had been moved to the two sides of the classroom.

In the center of the empty classroom, there was a large wardrobe with a mirror, placed in front of everyone.

Professor Lupin, whom they had met on the train, stood next to the wardrobe, smiling as he watched the group of young wizards.

Professor Lu Ping looks much better today. The first time I saw him on the train, he looked haggard and like he was about to die.

She looks much healthier now; it seems the food at Hogwarts is quite good.

Today's class was still a joint session between Slytherin and Ravenclaw.

"Good morning, students. Today is your first Defense Against the Dark Arts class. Anyone want to guess what's in the wardrobe?"

Professor Lu Ping stood beside the wardrobe, pointing at the constantly shaking wardrobe, as if a ferocious beast was trapped inside and struggling incessantly.

Ryan raised his hand and asked, "Is it Boggart?"

"That's right, Mr. Gray."

"Do you know what Boggart looks like?" Professor Lupin continued to ask.

This time, nobody knew, and everyone shook their heads.

"Then let me tell you..."

"If you don't know how to deal with a Boggart, then it is the most dangerous creature imaginable."

"It will terrify you to the point of being unable to resist, unable to look directly at it; it will be the most terrifying nightmare in the depths of your soul..."

Listening to Professor Lupin's earnest introduction, the young wizards all swallowed hard.

Just then, the wardrobe that was closed for Boggart suddenly made a loud bang, startling everyone who thought Boggart was about to rush out, and they all backed away.

Seeing that he had scared the young wizards enough, Professor Lupin stopped and smiled at everyone.

"Alright, let's get back to the main topic."

"Boggarts are dark magic creatures that are not listed in the Fantastic Beasts catalog and have no danger rating."

"Because it is not actually an animal at all, but a product of human emotions."

"When it comes to humans, it becomes something that humans fear most in their hearts, and this varies from person to person."

After listening to Professor Lu Ping's explanation, everyone stopped fantasizing about the unknown.

"There just happens to be a simple spell that can deal with Boggarts, which even novice wizards can master."

"Everyone repeat after me, it's hilarious!"

Everyone followed Professor Lu Ping's pronunciation and repeated it several times.

"Very good, but this is only the first step. The key is to imagine Boggart as something funny when you're dealing with him."

"Because Boggart is the embodiment of our emotions and is also influenced by our emotions."

"You can only defeat it when you are completely unafraid of it."

Professor Lupin stood in front of the wardrobe, slowly turned around to face it, and took out his wand.

"Now watch my demonstration."

As soon as he finished speaking, Professor Lupin waved his wand, and the locked wardrobe door clicked open slowly.

The little wizard subconsciously took a few steps back, but couldn't resist peeking out curiously to see what had come out of the wardrobe.