Chapter 119: The Future Aspirations of the Explosion Prodigy! The Serious Catgirl!

"Then show me one more time how you cast the Levitation Charm!"

Professor Flitwick didn't believe it and moved another spare feather onto the table in front of Seamus.

Dudley was sitting on Harry's left, with Harry between him and Seamus. Seeing that the explosion prodigy Seamus was going to try casting a spell again, he quickly nudged Harry with his elbow.

Harry instantly understood and quickly cast another Shield Charm on himself. Just now, he had been a bit slow to react, and there was still a smear of black ash on his side ear. Fortunately, he wasn't hurt.

Seeing this, Professor Flitwick quickly waved his wand to move the table in front of Seamus away and asked Seamus to come to the open space in the middle to demonstrate.

Seamus pouted, picked up the feather and his wand, and came to the middle looking wronged.

He put the new feather on the ground, prepared for a moment, then waved his wand and began to chant the incantation: "Wingardium Leviosa!"

"Boom—"

The familiar flash and the familiar thunderclap even made Professor Flitwick's ears ring.

As expected, Seamus was covered in ash again.

"This shouldn't be!"

Professor Flitwick, who had come to his senses, was very puzzled. "The incantation was pronounced correctly, the wand movement was right, and with the guidance of subjective consciousness, why did it still explode? This is the Levitation Charm, not an explosion incantation!"

"Professor Flitwick, Seamus should be one of those wizards with extraordinary inborn endowments, and it's an extraordinary inborn endowment in a specific area!"

Dudley couldn't help but speak up. "Seamus' magic power is too violent. Without training, he might turn any spell into an explosion incantation."

"Ah?"

Before Professor Flitwick could respond, Seamus, his face covered in black ash, couldn't contain himself anymore. "Am I gonna be stuck using explosion incantations from now on?!"

"Not necessarily. If you're lucky, after a few more explosions, you might be able to successfully cast the original effect of the spell."

Dudley said very seriously. He remembered what Dumbledore had once told him, so he kindly complimented Seamus, "Seamus, this is a good thing! Your inborn endowment for explosion incantations is so strong, which proves you must have had an ancestor who was an explosion master!"

Seamus was stunned.

An ancestor? An explosion master?

Explosion masters have to live too! He can't just keep exploding all the time, right?

Although it might be kind of cool.

"Is there any way to solve this problem?" Seamus asked with a mournful face.

Professor Flitwick thought for a while and replied, "Seamus Finnigan, you need to strengthen your will and use your mental power to control your violent magic power. It's difficult and will take a long time to practice, but it might be the best way."

"Alright!"

Seamus replied with difficulty. He found it hard to accept this result. This was his first spell - casting class. He had been looking forward to it for a long time, but now he was told that his inborn endowment was in the wrong direction. He couldn't use so many spells and could only keep causing explosions.

How sad is that?!

But sad as he was, he was a qualified Gryffindor and had the courage to overcome difficulties. He secretly made up his mind to practice more on his own and definitely conquer his magic power.

"Actually, there's also a bit of a tricky way, though it's not really that tricky!"

But I think it might be a bit tougher for Seamus to pull this method off."

Seeing Seamus looking so down, Dudley couldn't bear it. Considering they shared the same dormitory, he was going to share the idea he had just come up with.

Hearing this, Seamus looked at Dudley hopefully, and Professor Flitwick was also waiting to hear Dudley's solution with bated breath.

Dudley paused for a moment and said, "Since Seamus has a special inborn endowment when it comes to explosions, he could make good use of this talent and use the power of explosion incantations to mimic the effects of some other incantations.

For example, if he can't manage the Levitation Charm, he can control the power of the explosion and use the explosion incantations to create tiny, continuous blasts. Without harming the feather, he can blast the feather into the air in a controlled way."

As Dudley spoke, he pointed his finger at the feather that he hadn't used all along.

The next second, a series of soft pops rang out. Extremely tiny chain - blasts occurred around the feather, and rather clumsily, the feather was blasted into the air.

"What a delicate control of magic power!" Professor Flitwick couldn't help but exclaim.

Seeing this, Seamus's eyes also lit up. He had a hunch that it was much easier to control the force of an explosion than to forcibly tame his violent magic power to do other things.

"Although this method can't mimic the effects of many incantations, it's still a pretty good transitional approach for Seamus before he tames his magic power."

Dudley demonstrated a new way of thinking to Seamus, and this spell - casting class full of episodes was coming to an end.

Strictly speaking, this was the first time Dudley had officially fulfilled his duties as a teaching assistant from the bottom of his heart.

In the previous Defense Against the Dark Arts class, when Dudley stepped forward to demonstrate how to fend off the red cap, he had a sneaky motive and was mostly trying to test Eris.

After the spell - casting class, Professor Flitwick voluntarily took on the task of sending the bison's body to the kitchen on the first basement floor of the Castle. He was going to the kitchen anyway to ask the house - elves to cook a meal for him alone.

He had missed breakfast because he went to find Snape to prepare the Befuddlement - Revelling Draught in the morning. It was really a struggle for him to teach the first class on an empty stomach.

Dudley, Harry, and other first - years from Gryffindor were going to the transfiguration classroom on the first floor of the Castle to learn transfiguration from Professor McGonagall.

Thanks to Dudley leading the way, the moving stairs in the Castle were extremely obedient, and there was no risk of getting lost.

The Gryffindor students quickly arrived at the transfiguration classroom and saw a gray - spotted cat sitting on the lectern.

The markings on this cat were very peculiar. The markings around its eyes were like a pair of glasses, which obviously indicated that it was special.

"Cousin, is that also an Animagus? Is it Professor McGonagall in disguise? I saw the wand on the lectern."

Different from Harry in the original story, Harry, who had taken revenge on Peter Pettigrew himself, had some knowledge about Animagus and wouldn't mistake the cat - lady for an ordinary cat anymore.

"Yes, Harry. When a wizard transforms into an animal form through Animagus transformation, they can transform their clothes and some accessories along with their bodies, but they can't carry their wand.

The markings around the cat's eyes are exactly the same as the outline of the glasses Professor McGonagall usually wears. It's definitely Professor McGonagall."

Dudley was quite certain. His confidence stemmed from both his knowledge of the original story's plot and his understanding of Animagus knowledge.

"Keen observation and rich knowledge reserve! In view of Harry Potter's performance, I'll award five points to Gryffindor!"

The tabby cat on the lectern jumped up and instantly transformed back into Professor McGonagall. As she walked over to Dudley and Harry, she said seriously.

This upright head of Gryffindor always awarded points fairly. For such esoteric knowledge as the details of Animagus transformation, which even senior students might not be familiar with, she only gave five points.

Dudley showed no reaction. He was about to find a nearby seat and sit down beside Harry.

Unexpectedly, Professor McGonagall directly extended an invitation to him:

"Teaching Assistant Dursley, your transfiguration skills are great. I'm sure everyone has seen that. So, for this transfiguration class, I hope you can take on the role of a teaching assistant and help me teach."