"Finding traces of you..." Luna could not help laughing. "It sounds just like when we went looking for the Crumple-Horned Snorkack."
Vizet smiled knowingly and roughly understood what Hermione meant. "Hermione, by 'finding traces,' do you mean the Confundus Charm?"
Harry reacted very quickly. "Vizet, have you already switched to another spell? You're not using the Confundus Charm anymore?"
Vizet nodded. "When we came to Diagon Alley before, we already ran into similar trouble."
"It just so happened that I'd gained some new insights into magic, so I changed the way I hid myself and stopped using the Confundus Charm."
Hermione's voice was full of eager curiosity. "Vizet, then what magic are you using now?"
There was still a while before the gathering time, so Vizet thought for a moment and tried to explain in a way Hermione and the others could understand. "In a certain sense, you can think of it as Transfiguration."
Ron opened his mouth. "Transfiguration?"
"It feels..." Harry looked Vizet up and down. "Like nothing's changed..."
Hermione did not understand what Vizet meant either, so she simply did not offer an opinion and took out her notebook, waiting for an explanation.
"Transfiguration can be directed not only outward, but inward as well," Vizet said. "Outward, of course, means transforming all kinds of objects. For example, the simplest Match to Needle."
"A little harder would be Teapot to Tortoise, then Hedgehog to Pincushion, Guineafowl to Guinea Pig... Notice it? This is a step-by-step process. From inanimate object to inanimate object, then from inanimate object to living creature."
"After that comes living creature to inanimate object... and as for transforming one living creature into another living creature, that's something we'll learn next school year. If we take it one step further, what changes do you think Transfiguration can