Chapter 70: Trait: Instantaneous Transformation Without Delay!
"Actually, what I did can't be considered absolute wandless magic, after all, I can't do that with other spells."
"It's just that I'm more familiar with summoning charms, having practiced them no less than a thousand times."
He casually offered an explanation, not particularly caring whether Hermione and the others believed him or not.
After all, who could really verify whether he had practiced a spell thousands of times to achieve wandless casting for just one specific charm?
If he said he had, then he had!
"A thousand times?" Hermione blinked, silently noting this down in her mind.
She would also go back and try practicing one spell repeatedly thousands of times!
Maybe she could also achieve wandless casting directly like Dylan!
That was wandless casting!
Many adult wizards couldn't even do that!
"But Neville, you really should be a bit braver and stand up to Malfoy," Ron said, looking at Neville.
"Yeah, if Dylan hadn't happened to pass by today, you would have been teased by him again!" Seamus nodded in agreement.
Harry looked at the two of them, then at Neville, blinking twice. "They're right."
Neville puffed out his cheeks. "Humph, I've almost finished growing my Fire荊棘 (Jīngjí - brambles), and when the time comes, I'll return it to Professor Sprout and try to get a Mandrake seedling!"
Hermione raised an eyebrow, her mouth slightly open. "What do you want to do? Neville, even if you're a young wizard, the Ministry of Magic will punish you for murder!"
Neville glanced at Hermione. "I won't let the Mandrake mature completely. When it just sprouts and its toxicity isn't strong, I'll cut off a piece of its stem and leaves and put it in Malfoy's bread!"
"He'll be throwing up all day!"
Harry, Ron, and the others around them were startled by Neville's words.
How had Neville become so fierce now?
Dylan's eyelids twitched. "Neville, if the professors find out about this, you'll also be punished, so you should really think it over..."
Neville seemed to listen to Dylan a lot.
He nodded. "Alright, Dylan, I'll listen to you, but if Malfoy ever troubles me again, like trying to steal the Remembrall my grandma sent me—I'll make him regret it!"
Dylan nodded slightly, not saying anything more.
Neville had done a lot of research on Herbology during this period of study.
And under Dylan's subtle influence, he had grown a lot. Dylan believed that Neville would know his limits.
After dinner,
Dylan didn't go to the library again.
Instead, he went straight back to the dormitory.
Neville continued to tend to his Fire Brambles, Seamus went to hang out with Dean, and Harry and Ron went to the Quidditch pitch.
Even though it wasn't too late, Dylan stayed in the dormitory alone.
But that was exactly the effect he wanted to see.
Taking off his wizard robes and casting a Scourgify on himself, Dylan sat on the bed, and Coal Ball immediately bounded over.
"Moo~"
Dylan stroked its little head and rubbed Coal Ball's chin, making it moo comfortably.
Having slept with Dylan for so long, it had long lost its initial aloofness and had become quite clingy.
"You've grown a lot," Dylan said, holding Coal Ball in his arms. Although the dormitory was warm, he still felt a bit chilly after taking off his robes.
"Looks like I need to buy a few more robes, even though the beautification effect on wizard robes can't be permanently fixed."
"But wouldn't it be better if I just transformed all these wizard robes into the clothes I want to wear separately? That way, I wouldn't need to transform them back into robes again."
When he wanted to wear them, he could just take them out and put them on. When he didn't want to wear them, he could put them back into the inventory of the system panel.
"Not a bad idea, why didn't I think of that earlier?"
Noting this down as well, Dylan looked up at the system panel. After all this trouble, he finally had time to check whether the refinement task for the Transfiguration Charm had been completed.
[Message]: You have completed the refinement task for the Transfiguration Charm!
[Message]: You have unlocked the new trait for the Transfiguration Charm - Instantaneous Transformation Without Delay!
Seeing the system prompt, Dylan's eyes lit up instantly.
He quickly checked the specific ability of this newly added trait for the Transfiguration Charm.
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[Instantaneous Transformation Without Delay]: When you use the Transfiguration Charm, you can complete the transformation instantly, without any time delay. The moment you have the thought to cast the spell, the target will complete the form change you set! [Note]: Whether the transformation can be successfully completed is related to your spell proficiency and the target's magical resistance.
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"果然 (Guǒrán - As expected)! Quite a powerful trait!"
After seeing the description of this trait on the system panel, a look of joy appeared on Dylan's face.
In fact, even reaching the level of a max-level Transfiguration Charm, it would probably be impossible to achieve this kind of instant transformation effect upon thought, right?
Moreover, being able to achieve the transformation effect by directly casting the spell in his mind was equivalent to another form of wandless casting!
Dylan couldn't wait to experiment with the effect of this Instantaneous Transformation Without Delay trait.
It was noisy outside the dormitory, but the room was very quiet.
Dylan didn't raise his wand, but looked at an ink bottle on the table.
Taking a deep breath, a clear image of a majestic eagle sculpture instantly appeared in his mind as if a slideshow was playing.
Along with his thought,
Dylan could clearly feel the magic within his body being mobilized. As he chanted the spell in his mind,
almost at the same time, a dazzling light erupted from the ink bottle!
When the light flashed, the ink bottle had disappeared, replaced by a lifelike eagle sculpture, standing proudly with its wings slightly spread, as if it would flap them and fly high in the next second.
"Hmm! Exactly the same as the eagle I bumped into in the corridor when I first came here!"
Dylan looked at the eagle sculpture, his eyes narrowed, and used the Transfiguration Charm again.
However, this time, he also incorporated the magical traits he had mastered.
In an instant, ten objects rapidly formed in Dylan's mind.
"Swish!"
Magic instantly acted on the eagle sculpture.
A dazzling light erupted around the sculpture.
In the blink of an eye, the eagle turned into a nimble and leaping wild rabbit.
But this was just the beginning. Before the rabbit could hop twice, a second beam of light erupted again.
The rabbit transformed into a thick and ancient magical tome, its pages automatically flipping rapidly.
Then the third, fourth, fifth...
Until the last beam of light shone on what had already transformed into a rose.
The bright red rose turned into a white dove, flapping its wings and flying onto the table.
With a thought from Dylan,
the white dove transformed back into an ink bottle in its original spot.
"Not bad! Just with my current level seven Transfiguration Charm, I can already fight against many adult wizards!"
(End of chapter)