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Making whatever the magic wand points at disappear instantly, isn't that the same as cleaning up?
Just like the Transfiguration Charm cannot conjure up food, the Cleansing Charm is also ineffective against any object that contains life. Not to mention Moody, even if it were any wizard with a little common sense, they would know that this was made up.
Otherwise, the Killing Curse should have been ranked second on the list long ago. After all, in terms of convenience, it is far behind.
(End of this chapter)
Chapter 479 The True Invisibility Spell
During lunch, Cedric eagerly asked about Professor Moody's teaching level.
"Very exciting!" Mikkel said impatiently, "I have a feeling that this year's Defense Against the Dark Arts class will be much better than in previous years. Even Lupin... Of course, I'm not saying that Professor Lupin is bad, but compared to the means of dealing with spells, those dark magic animals are indeed a bit boring."
"Oh... I really want to go and see it right away..."
Listening to his description, Cedric just felt itchy in his heart, but no, they had to wait until Friday to have the Defense Against the Dark Arts class, and now he had to go to the Herbology class outdoors.
Cedric hurried downstairs and left, and Kyle also walked into the classroom and began to organize the textbooks he would use next.
When the class started, Professor McGonagall hurried in.
Instead of starting the class directly, she spent nearly fifteen minutes emphasizing the importance of the OWL exam to the whole class.
"You must remember that this exam may affect your future for many years to come!" Professor McGonagall stood on the podium and said seriously, "But I think that as long as they invest time and energy, there is no reason why all students in this class cannot obtain the OWL certificate for Transfiguration..."
First emphasize the importance of the test, then affirm the students' abilities... well, this is very Professor McGonagall.
After fifteen minutes, she finally stopped and picked up her textbook.
"Today's class is very important. I hope that each of you can pay full attention, because we are going to learn the most difficult magic in the OWL exam, the Vanishing Spell..."
Then she demonstrated it and successfully made a snail disappear on the podium.
"Aha..."
Before Professor McGonagall could say anything, Mickle suddenly let out a strange laugh as if he had taken the wrong potion.
"Mr. Drake!"
Professor McGonagall said sternly, "If you find what I said ridiculous..."
"Sorry, Professor McGonagall, I'm sorry..." Mickle said quickly, but there was still a smug look on his face.
"It was in the last class. Professor Moody asked us to list the Dark Arts, and I mentioned the Vanishing Charm, but he told me that there was no such magic... Obviously he was wrong, right?"
It was the first time that Mikel surpassed a professor, a very famous professor at that, in some aspects. He was so excited that he couldn't express it in words.
Professor McGonagall was a little confused, so she walked over to Kyle, who was closest to her, and asked him what happened in the last class.
A few minutes later, she stood up again, looked at Mikel and said:
"I'm sorry, Mr. Drake, I think Alastor is right, the Vanishing Charm is indeed not considered a dark magic."
"What?" Mikel said subconsciously: "But the snail just now..."
Before he could ask, Professor McGonagall waved her wand again, and the snail that had disappeared before magically reappeared on the podium.
"First you have to understand why the Vanishing Spell belongs to Transfiguration..."
Professor McGonagall explained: "It is not like the cleansing spell that makes the object disappear directly, but it changes it into a state of nothingness. You can also understand it as an invisible ghost, or air.
But in essence, the object itself still exists, and as long as the corresponding counter-spell is cast, such as the Restoration Spell or the Recovery Spell, it can be rendered ineffective."
"Ah?" Mikel stood there blankly with his mouth open.
"Okay, sit down." Professor McGonagall waved her hand, "I won't deduct points this time, but next time I hope you can be more rigorous and understand the definition of dark magic.
Of course, you need to do this work in your free time, and don't ask me. Don't forget that it's Transfiguration time now."
Afterwards, Professor McGonagall gave each person a snail as a practice prop.
Kyle looked at the snails on the table and fell into thought.
To be honest, his attention had been focused on cross-species transformation and multiple transformations recently, and with so many things happening during the holidays, he hadn't even remembered that there was a vanishing spell in the Transfiguration spell.
Everyone started trying, and Kyle also picked up his wand and pointed it at the snail, just like Professor McGonagall had done before.
However, the snail did not disappear immediately, but changed from its original gray-brown color to gray-white. It was not until Kyle waved his wand again that he successfully made the snail disappear.
After two consecutive successes, Kyle felt that the difficulty of the Vanishing Spell was almost the same as after five transformations.
Professor McGonagall, who had been standing nearby since the students began practicing, couldn't help but nod after seeing this scene.
"Great, someone has already done it!"
She said loudly, getting everyone's attention.
"As a reward, ten points for Hufflepuff!"
There was no sound of surprise in the classroom. When everyone heard that it was Hufflepuff and saw Kyle next to her, they all lowered their heads again as if they were used to it.
Having been classmates with Kyle for five years, they have long been accustomed to this situation.
Professor McGonagall didn't say anything else. After adding the points, she prepared to go see other people.
"Professor McGonagall, I have a question!" Kyle suddenly called her.
"What?" Professor McGonagall turned around.
Kyle thought for a moment and asked, "Can the Vanishing Spell be used on oneself?"
He had been thinking about this question ever since Professor McGonagall explained the principle of the Vanishing Spell.
Turning an object into nothingness but not completely disappearing, this is the real invisibility spell.
In other words, if he used the vanishing spell on himself, he could come and go freely anywhere.
Unless the opponent uses a large-scale All Curses, the Killing Curse, the Fierce Fire Curse... or Dementors, fire dragons, will not have any effect on him.
More importantly, this spell has no time limit, you can stay as long as you want.
This is simply another form of invincibility. Kyle really can't help but be moved.
"Oh?" Professor McGonagall glanced at him, her eyes twinkling.
"When I first came into contact with the Vanishing Charm, I had the same idea as you." She said, "In theory... yes, but it's difficult and far beyond your imagination. Even I can't do it now."
"You can't do it either?" Kyle frowned and asked, "Is it so difficult?"
"Because depending on the complexity of the object, the Vanishing Spell will become increasingly difficult."
Professor McGonagall said softly, "Snails and caterpillars are the easiest, but even so, most people take a long time to learn, waiting until after Christmas or even the Easter holidays before moving on to mice.
By the time you are in seventh grade, you can easily get a NEWT certificate in Transfiguration if you can make an iguana disappear.
In addition, the wizard's magic power will also have a great impact on the Vanishing Spell, especially when used on oneself. The stronger the magic power, the greater the impact.
Because our bodies will subconsciously reject this deformation, which is uncontrollable."
"So, we can't use the Vanishing Charm on ourselves anyway?" Kyle frowned.
Humans are much more complicated than iguanas. As you can imagine, to cast the vanishing spell on oneself one must have sufficient magical power as a basis.
But correspondingly, these magic powers will affect the vanishing spell, which then requires more magic power... The two seem to form an unsolvable cycle.
"No, it's still possible, I just didn't succeed." Professor McGonagall smiled, "But I really hope you can do it."
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(End of this chapter)
Chapter 480 A novel experience
Many people heard what Kyle and Professor McGonagall said, but for them who couldn't even deal with a snail, they were obviously not qualified to participate in such high-end topics.
What’s more important is that I don’t understand it, so I might as well continue to compete with the snail on the table.
The two classes passed quickly, and by the end, only Kyle and Connor had completed Professor McGonagall's requirements.
As a reward, Professor McGonagall not only gave them both ten extra points, but also exempted them from their homework.
They were the only two who didn't have to do homework; everyone else had to practice the spell overnight and write a five-foot-long paper that was due the next afternoon.
In an instant, almost everyone in the classroom couldn't help but complain, thinking that there was too much homework. It was also at this time that most people realized how terrible fifth grade was.
Last year's homework was three feet long, but now it has become five feet long, which can almost be said to be doubled.
They used to hear that fifth grade was the most terrible year, and now they finally saw it.
Mikel and Ryan, in particular, were almost crying.
There’s nothing wrong with having too much homework, but the problem is that Kyle doesn’t have to do it... What’s the difference between this and directly taking away their reference answers?
There were two consecutive Charms classes in the afternoon, and like Professor McGonagall, Professor Flitwick also emphasized the importance of the fifth-year exams to them before class, and said that in order for everyone to perform at their best, they all had to work harder than before.
Then when the get out of class was over, everyone looked at him nervously, and Professor Flitwick did not disappoint everyone and assigned a lot of homework.
Perhaps the next Charms class is tomorrow morning, and the time is too short, and Professor Flitwick's homework only requires writing to fill three feet.
But judging from the students’ expressions, they didn’t seem happy at all.
When it was time for dinner in the evening, almost all the fifth-grade students became unusually quiet. Even Mikel, who loved the hustle and bustle, did not speak. He took a few mouthfuls of rice without saying a word and immediately ran to the library.
A total of eight feet of work over the course of a day meant they didn't have any time to waste.
Cedric watched all this with a very calm expression... As a person who had been through this, he had experienced all this.
But more often than not, he was one of the few people like Kyle who were exempted from homework.
And this is only the first day.
In the following days, the fifth-year students finally understood clearly what the OWL year was. The average ten feet of homework per day was just the most basic operations, and there were also a large number of spells that needed to be practiced.
Even the most relaxed divination class has become more arduous. Professor Trelawney requires everyone to record their dreams and make a complete prediction by comparing them with the "Dream Interpretation Guide"... at least three times a week.
The time they spent in the library increased every day, and their favorite wizard chess and crackling exploding cards were forgotten in the corner.
Once, when Kyle was in the common room, he heard a chess piece swearing in the corner, saying that there was a lot of dust on it and no one came to clean it.
Because of this, almost half of the students' divination homework is highly similar... They even dream about doing homework in the library.
In this case, it seems that Kyle is a bit lazy. Because he was exempted from most of the homework, his time to go to the library did not increase, but actually decreased a lot... Oh, and the same goes for Kangna.
In the huge common room, they were the only two fifth graders who could leisurely play the game of Exploding Cards for a while, and many people were so envious that their eyes turned red.