A New Direction: Unwitting, Willing, Forced

Night had fallen, but Andy lay in bed without the slightest drowsiness, replaying the conversation from the office earlier that day.

It had to be said that Professor McGonagall and Professor Slughorn were truly capable. Not only had they cleared up Andy's doubts about Magical Transformation, they had also given him a new line of thought.

"A dormant Second Mind..."

Calling it dormant was not entirely accurate.

Take Animagus Transformation, for example. When Andy transformed for the first time, he had indeed sensed a second heartbeat, along with the thoughts and emotions of a beast.

But after that, he had never felt it again.

Because of this, Andy felt that rather than saying the Second Mind had fallen into permanent dormancy, it was more accurate to say that it had completely dissipated, extinguished beneath the human mind.

Hmm... It could also be called digestion.

After all, happiness faded, and anger faded too.

Humans would not remain in the same emotional state for long. Even the most unforgettable memories would gradually be forgotten with time.

That was humanity's capacity for self-digestion.

Food could be digested, and emotions could be digested as well.

Digestion was a basic ability of the body.

If the Second Mind produced by Magical Transformation truly hid within the body, then it would inevitably be digested by the body's functions.

That was why, after giving it careful thought, Andy had rejected the method of "fusing with the Second Mind."

Instead, the "Body Magic Transformation" mentioned by Slughorn had given Andy some inspiration.

Although the Yang Spirit could exist independently from the body, and in some ways was no different from immortality—

That was not Andy's ultimate goal.

Once his body died or was destroyed, Andy did not dare guarantee that his Yang Spirit would not become a ghost.