Professor McGonagall gave Hector a very detailed introduction regarding the Transfiguration Club. It had to be said that the threshold for entering Professor McGonagall's Transfiguration Club was quite high. First of all, all members needed to be proficient in the Disillusionment Charm—which Hector could do, since the Disillusionment Charm was a charm after all, and Hector had been able to skillfully use it on his school supply list before coming to Hogwarts, though he couldn't guarantee he could cast it smoothly right now. As for the second point, Professor McGonagall said that every academic year, members had to publish at least one paper on Transfiguration in an authoritative weekly like Today's Transfiguration, or they would be ruthlessly cleared out.
That was certainly very much in Professor McGonagall's style—quite strict. However, one thing was guaranteed: the club was definitely brimming with talent. Professor McGonagall mentioned that Percy was in the Transfiguration Club; not only Gryffindors, but practically all the high-end individuals in the field of Transfiguration from every house had been swept up by Professor McGonagall. Mentioning this, Professor McGonagall wore the complacent look of someone who had gathered all the heroes of the realm into her snare.
Right before her eyes was definitely an up-and-coming talent in the world of Transfiguration. Just by virtue of his surname being Dumbledore, Professor McGonagall felt it necessary to recruit Hector into the…
Chapter 40