Ever since having dinner with Dumbledore and Professor McGonagall in the headmaster's office, Aisling had gone to Professor McGonagall's office in the tower every Saturday evening to attend her extracurricular tutoring.
In her office, Professor McGonagall taught Aisling Transfiguration techniques and theories she could never learn from textbooks. Some were the personal insights of a Transfiguration master, while others were the essence of Transfiguration she had learned from Dumbledore.
Professor McGonagall's lessons benefited Aisling immensely. Among the many branches of magic, Aisling had not originally placed much importance on Transfiguration. Compared with her other subjects, she had only studied Transfiguration up to the fifth-year level before enrolling.
However, after studying complex Transfiguration under Professor McGonagall, Aisling gradually came to appreciate the charm of this magic. Moreover, Professor McGonagall was the foremost authority on Transfiguration in Britain's Wizarding World, second only to Dumbledore. After only a few lessons, Aisling's Transfiguration had advanced by leaps and bounds, even reaching the graduation standard for students specializing in Transfiguration.
Of course, Aisling's dedication also had something to do with Professor McGonagall herself. Unlike Snape's subtle favoritism toward her, the warm care Professor McGonagall showed her was something Aisling had rarely experienced growing up. It made her determined not to disappoint such favor, and she practiced Transfiguration twice as hard in private.
By all rights, such rapid progress in Transfiguration should have left Aisling proud for a long time. Yet one matter continued to weigh on her mind, making her repeatedly doubt her own abilities. So for this lesson, she had deliberately brought the item along, hoping to seek an answer from Professor McGonagall.
Professor McGonagall was sitting in her office, drinking tea while flipping through the latest issue of the "Daily Transfiguration." When she saw Aisling knock and enter, she immediately set down her