Please Complete the Assignment Independently

In Lily's opinion, Animagus still has some value.

Although Manus mentioned that Transfiguration School magic allows for greater freedom of transformation Animagus, the difficulty of learning the two is different.

Animagus requires luck and is unpredictable, but it has lower requirements for Transfiguration, at least much lower than the Fourth-Ring Transfiguration.

Lily doesn't specialize in Transfiguration School magic. Even with plenty of sparring partners and combat experience, she's only comfortable using the first-level Stone Fist spell. Spells like Greased Feet and Wall-Running, which she only uses to grab people, aren't very proficient with.

Once she learns the Fourth-Ring Transfiguration... unless Britain doesn't have two consecutive cloudless full moon nights for several years or even a decade, Lily feels that the probability of her learning Animagus first is still very high.

After a Transfiguration, Lily approached Manus to ask about Animagus. Professor McGonagall had already taken Potter away, so there was no need to worry about her overhearing.

Manus frowned slightly, but admitted that Lily was right; Animagus was indeed more favorable for Spellcaster didn't plan to spend too much time on Transfiguration School for the time being.

"It's impossible to completely avoid failure. This is Ritual Magic, and many factors influence it, including the Spellcaster's subjective factors."

Manus thought about it carefully:

"However, it is still feasible to increase security by modifying the ritual. The original ritual was too simple and direct, and there are many areas for improvement. Theoretically, it is even possible to try to modify the Animagus form through the ritual... Specifically, it is unlikely, but a general direction can be chosen."

Animagus, as a Transfiguration, has no reason to be limited to taking the same form as the Patronus.

According to Manus, this was most likely due to the overly rudimentary ritual that focused solely on Transfiguration, resulting in each Wizard naturally being matched with the most suitable animal species.

However, this kind of integration will not play a role in the actual application of Animagus; at most, it will increase the probability of successful Transfiguration, so it can be adjusted as needed.

"I'll give you a few magic books on advanced Ritual Studies in a bit. You can study them on your own. How well you can modify the Animagus depends on your abilities."

Hearing Manus's words, Lily's lips twitched. In the end, she still had to learn it herself...

All right.

Animagus has a low barrier to entry but relies heavily on luck. Bad weather is a minor issue; failing to complete the training is a major problem.

Transfiguration, but the skill level required is too high.

Now, by improving Animagus through self-study, we have found a middle ground between the threshold and security.

Thinking of this, Lily's eyes suddenly lit up:

"Huh? Does this mean I can complete Potter's request myself?"

She hasn't tried taking on any commissions from other people yet, mainly because the commissions posted by others are generally quite abstract. Even the slightly more reliable ones don't have the clear requirements and details that Manus's commissions do.

"If you want to, you can."

"Well, that depends on Potter being able to pass the test, but his chances of passing are pretty high."

Lily recalled that Potter's grades weren't too bad. Although he was a bit mischievous and his Ancient Runes were terrible, he at least did quite well in the required subjects.

Even if he doesn't pass, you can still make a private deal with him. If I remember correctly, the Potter family is quite wealthy, and you can earn some extra money through this—that's the added value of knowledge, enjoy it.

Lily found this somewhat intriguing; could she finally monetize her knowledge?

So making money isn't just about inventing things?

Well, it's probably too early to think about all that now. She hasn't even started learning yet, let alone modifying Animagus...

Looking at Lily like this, Manus thought that this might be a good goal to motivate Lily to study.

As a young Wizard from an ordinary family, it's never a bad thing to save up some Galleon beforehand if he wants to live and thrive in the Wizarding World... Perhaps it's time to start thinking about Petunia too?

For example, Manus might hire Petunia as his assistant for a period of time to help Petunia accumulate the initial capital needed to establish herself in the Wizarding World.

Manus shrugged. These are things for later; Petunia isn't capable of being a good assistant right now.

As for Manus now, he's heading back to the Ravenclaw Common Room. It's already February... and the Inter-School Wizard's Chess Championship in March is less than two weeks away, with Ignis waiting for him.

I lost again.

Ignis conceded defeat, but his expression didn't show much frustration; it wasn't that he had become numb to losing...

Well, that might be a factor, but more importantly, Ignis can feel his own progress.

It's been two years. Can anyone understand how he's managed these past two years?

In the realm of Wizard's Chess, Manus is still the Manus as two years ago, but Ignis is no longer the Ignis of two years ago!

Ignis is now confident that he can crush his two-year-old self with only three pieces lost!

Do you think I have a chance to win the championship this year?

As Ignis waved his wand to gather the Wand pieces, he confidently asked Manus.

"Your skill level has undoubtedly surpassed that of Pante who competed two years ago, but whether you can win... to be honest, I can't give you a definite answer."

Manus thought for a moment and said:

"All I can say is that after Pante came back, I reviewed the game with him, and given the skill level his opponent displayed at the time, you would have a better chance of winning if you played against him."

However, in Wizard's Chess, when the skill levels of both players are not too different, many factors influence the outcome, making it impossible to predict the result.

More importantly, Ignis is unlikely to be facing the same opponent that Koldovstoretz sent in the previous tournament.

Ignis is stronger than Panté, but who knows if this year's opponents will be even stronger than the players from Cordosdorez two years ago?

"That one sentence from you is enough."

Ignis took a deep breath, a satisfied smile spreading across his face. Then, his expression suddenly turned serious, and he closed his eyes, saying:

"I hope Kim will bless me and help me win the championship..."

Manus:...?

Seeing you suddenly so serious, I thought you were going to say something.

"Aren't you good at Divination? I think you must have some influence when it comes to matters of fate."

When Ignis opened his eyes, he saw Manus's indescribable expression and couldn't help but laugh.