The two chatted as they ate.
"Gerald, you're the most talented student I've ever seen. I reckon in another year or two, I won't have anything left to teach you. By then, you'll probably have to go to Dumbledore or Professor Flitwick for private lessons."
Lupin lifted his beer glass and took a sip, his voice carrying satisfaction and the faintest trace of loneliness.
"Professor, I still have plenty to learn. When I was practicing combat with Professor Black last month, his Transfiguration caught me completely off guard. Not only could he turn the objects around him into weapons, he even turned into a big dog in the middle of the fight and circled behind me for a sneak attack. I didn't react at all," Gerald said, feigning astonishment.
He had actually wanted to learn to become an Animagus for a long time, but that was different from ordinary Transfiguration.
This form of Transfiguration ranked extremely high on the Ministry of Magic's register of dangerous magic. The training process was extraordinarily complicated and dangerous, and any tiny mistake could cause permanent physical deformation.
To learn it, he would have to approach Sirius or Professor McGonagall. But given McGonagall's deeply ingrained caution toward teaching, she would most likely never let a second-year student touch magic of this level.
Besides that, Gerald also wanted to learn to become a Metamorphmagus. Unfortunately, Metamorphmagi were born, not made through study.
Still, he was not discouraged. After all, the cultivation system also had spells for changing one's appearance. Once his cultivation reached a higher level, he would naturally be able to unlock them.
"That's an extremely advanced application of Transfiguration, called becoming an Animagus. It's quite difficult magic, and the training process is exceptionally dangerous. Ordinary wizards find it very difficult to master. There are