Harry Potter : The White Wizard of Hogwarts

"No."

"Never heard of it."

The senior Slytherin was curious about Ivan's background. "At least for the last two or three hundred years, there hasn't been any powerful wizard named Ambrosius in the wizarding world."

The idea of pure-blood wizards does have some logic behind it. Even someone like Hermione, who is considered a Muggle-born, likely has ancestors who were wizards, which could explain her magical abilities. However, this is just speculation. Muggles are unaware of wizards, and wizards don't study this topic either.

According to common beliefs in the wizarding world, Ivan's remarkable magical talent strongly suggests that the wizard blood he inherited is indeed special.

"Then he isn't anything special," Malfoy scoffed. His father was the school's director, and the Malfoy family was wealthy and influential. Even the Dark Lord of his time considered his father a close ally. Ivan might have some magical talent, but at best, he would only be qualified to teach at Hogwarts in the future.

As for Dumbledore? Malfoy dismissed the idea with contempt. "If you're so capable, why don't you try to take Dumbledore down?" Malfoy thought to himself, 'If you, Ivan, ever become the headmaster of Hogwarts, then I'll be worried about you.'

But right now? "Haha!" Malfoy lost interest in Ivan and stood up, heading towards the Gryffindor table. He had no intention of dealing with Ivan; he was looking to pick a fight with Harry Potter.

Ivan noticed something odd happening behind him. He glanced over at Malfoy, who was moving closer to Harry, and guessed that a confrontation was about to happen. With a smile, he thought to himself that Malfoy truly was Harry's nemesis.

"Any other questions?" the professor asked.

"No more," Ivan replied. "Thank you, professor."

Flitwick told him not to be so formal; as a professor, it was his job to help students with their questions. During their conversation, Flitwick realized how talented Ivan was. Even though he was just a young wizard who had been exposed to magic for less than a month, the questions and ideas Ivan raised surprised even a master like Flitwick.

The professor felt no burden at all; instead, he advised Ivan to be careful and happily answered many of his inquiries.

"Leave the matter of your spells being published in the magazine to me, Ivan. You don't need to worry about it," Flitwick said, excited to see Ivan featured in the school magazine as a freshman at Hogwarts.

Hogwarts might not rank highly among the eleven wizarding schools worldwide, but the thought of discussing a brilliant student like Ivan at the annual academic exchange meeting thrilled Flitwick. He even found himself clenching his little fists in excitement.

"Then I'll leave it to you, professor," Ivan replied, amused by Flitwick's enthusiasm.

He looked forward to his Transfiguration class that afternoon. Ivan had been eager to learn from the older cat girl, Professor McGonagall, for quite some time. Before school started, he had studied Transfiguration on his own, but he found many parts too complicated.

Transfiguration was different from regular spells. It didn't have a fixed magical structure, which made it hard for Ivan to analyze it like he would with other spells.

How should he explain it? If the Illumination Spell was like a basic form of magic, Transfiguration was a spell with no limits—it could change from nothing to anything.

This spell required the mind, will, and thought, and through different combinations of these elements, it could create various effects. The underlying principle? It was all about idealism.

Yes, idealism. That's what Ivan concluded after reviewing all the Transfiguration textbooks at Hogwarts. The essence of Transfiguration is idealism. What do you want it to become? What qualities do you want it to have? Your subconscious understanding of it is key.

Then, the transformation occurs...

'Damn...'

Ivan had initially approached magic with a scientific mindset from his previous life, but he soon realized that it was naive to apply science in a magical world.

To master Transfiguration, one must first let go of materialistic views from the past.

'Transfiguration is the most powerful magic in this world.'

The more Ivan learned about Transfiguration, the more profound it seemed. It was fair to say that once you grasped its secrets, you could quickly make your wishes come true—whether that involved tangible plants or animals, or even inanimate objects like stones and metals.

Wizards could even manipulate elements like earth, water, air, and fire, along with physical laws such as temperature, air pressure, gravity, and even concepts like space and time—all through Transfiguration.

'Nothing escapes the idea of change, and Transfiguration is about altering everything in the world according to your desires.'

It wasn't an exaggeration to say that compared to the real masters of the wizarding world who taught Transfiguration, black magic seemed weak!

Now, the cat professor stood at her desk, watching the students in her classroom.

'Is this Animagus Transfiguration?' Ivan wondered as he sat in the front row next to Hermione, who was diligently flipping through her textbook.

Using his magical sight, Ivan noticed the differences between Animagus transformation and Metamorphosis. 'The advanced stage of Transfiguration that Dumbledore mentioned is indeed fundamentally different from temporary transformation,' he thought.

Ivan squinted slightly, recalling the flowers and trees in the world of wardrobes.

Interestingly, the magical traces on the cat that Professor McGonagall had transformed into resembled those of the plants and animals in that wardrobe world.

'Why is that?'

He began to speculate, 'Could it be that the world was created through the permanent transformations that Dumbledore spoke of?'

'Permanent transformation and Animagus...'

As he connected the dots, Ivan shut down his magical vision and stopped his thoughts.

'Sharp boy.'

Professor McGonagall noticed Ivan watching her, but she didn't find it strange at all. 'I wonder how talented Ivan is in Transfiguration,' she mused. Remembering how Professor Sprout and Flitwick had praised Ivan in front of her made her smile.

Looking back, she thought about the kinds of little wizards the Sorting Hat had placed in her house. Troublemakers, mischief-makers, and pranksters!

"I've dealt with the Weasley twins for too long!"

She sighed internally.

'Huh!'

Professor McGonagall felt proud, thinking, 'The Sorting Hat finally made a good choice!'

Ivan smiled and nodded in her direction, knowing she realized he understood her true identity.

However, McGonagall did not react to him; she waited quietly to see how the students would respond.

"Hurry!"

Just then, Harry and Ron rushed into the classroom, looking flustered.

"Made it just in time," Ron said, panting. "If we were late, McGonagall would have been scary."

Hearing this, Ivan glanced at the cat sitting at her desk and shook his head.

"Swish!"

The next moment, Professor McGonagall transformed back into her human form, startling many of the young wizards present.

Especially Harry and Ron, who looked completely shocked.

"That was amazing!" one of them exclaimed.

"Thank you for the compliment, Mr. Weasley," Professor McGonagall replied. "Maybe I should turn Mr. Potter and you into a pocket watch so at least one of you could keep track of time."

"We got lost, professor," Harry admitted, embarrassed. He was anxious about being late for his first Transfiguration class and worried about making a bad impression on McGonagall.

"Then turn yourselves into a map," she replied lightly. "Find your seats. You don't need a map for that, do you?"

After that, McGonagall walked back to her desk and began the official lesson.

"Everyone, open your textbooks."

She explained the basic principles of Transfiguration and highlighted some important points, such as following Gamp's basic laws of Transfiguration and the five main exceptions.

"Does anyone know what the five exceptions are?"

As soon as she asked, Hermione's hand shot up.

"Miss Granger, would you like to answer?"

"There are five exceptions to Gamp's basic law of transfiguration: the limit on food transfiguration, the inability to permanently change living or dead things, the inability to create magical items through transfiguration, the inability to change the quantity of objects, and the inability to create something from nothing," Hermione explained.

"Very good!" Professor McGonagall smiled and nodded. "Because of Miss Granger's excellent answer, Gryffindor will earn 5 points."

Hermione beamed with joy at the extra points. After sitting down, she couldn't help but look at Ivan, as if to say, 'See? I can earn points too!'

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