Harry, Ron, and their friends, having finished their Transfiguration class, also walked up to the moving staircase.
They looked ahead and saw the Weasley twins with their arms around each other, and Vizette sandwiched in between.
"How long has it been since they did this…" Ron gestured for a moment, his tone somewhat indignant, "They put their arm around my shoulder. Who's their real brother here?"
"Of course it's you!" Harry, Ron's best friend, immediately chimed in. "You're the younger brother, that's for sure!"
"Thanks… Harry!" Ron scratched his head. "Even though you're trying to comfort me, why… Do I feel so awkward?"
Fred and George ran off, and Vizette continued down the stairs.
Hermione rushed over and called out to Vizette, "Vizette, what did Professor McGonagall say to you during Transfiguration class?"
Vizette stopped, recalling Professor McGonagall's instructions. "I asked her about Transfiguration magic. What's wrong?"
"Oh... I see." Hermione opened her mouth, wanting to ask more questions, but ultimately gave up on the idea.
"During class, I heard Justin and the others say... you shared Transfiguration techniques with them this morning, could you tell me about that too?"
"Of course!" Vizette nodded. "I just mentioned it briefly. It's nothing special, just a little tip."
He recalled what he had said that morning, and combined it with the new ideas from the Transfiguration class, and briefly mentioned it to Hermione.
Hermione already had a good foundation in Transfiguration magic, and after listening to Vizette's sharing, she nodded repeatedly like a chicken pecking at rice.
Many ideas flooded her mind, and things she couldn't understand before now seemed to make sense.
"No wonder your transformation magic is always faster than mine... I used to just follow my imagination and change things little by little, but it turns out you can also go with the flow..."
As she spoke, she realized that there was still a gap between herself and Vizette, and she made up her mind that she must work harder.
Harry and Ron stood beside the two, initially thinking it was a conversation they couldn't understand, but they were surprised to find they learned quite a bit.
Vizette waved his hand. "Actually, Professor McGonagall offered many ideas, and the one you mentioned is one of them."
"According to the content of 'A Beginner's Guide to Transfiguration,' the approach you are using is actually the correct approach in the book."
"Professor McGonagall told us from the beginning... caution and patience... and imagination last, right?"
Hermione nodded repeatedly, her loose hair becoming disheveled. "Of course that's right, I've always remembered all of this!"
"Vizette…" Harry interjected, "but I feel… your method is easier."
"I guess you could call it a little trick to be lazy?" Vizette smiled slightly. "They always tell me to balance work and rest, so I'm just secretly taking a break."
"No matter what, it's still very necessary to lay a solid foundation. Only by casting transformation magic meticulously can you avoid having to make corrections."
Hermione agreed, "That's also from 'A Beginner's Guide to Transfiguration'! It says, 'Incomplete transfigurations are hard to correct, but you still have to try.'"
"That's right!" Vizette put the notebook in his pocket, waved to Harry and the others, and said, "Let's go!"
Watching Vizette's departing figure, Harry's mouth dropped open. Recalling Vizette's time in the library last year, he weakly muttered, "He said it was a work-life balance? That's too surreal!"
"Wake up! We are wizards, we use magic!" Ron reached out and shook Harry's eyes. "And he's not wrong."
"'Labor' refers to studying a subject, while 'leisure' can represent switching to a different subject. Isn't that a balance between labor and leisure?"
Harry's eyes widened. "This kind of work-life balance? Are you sure?"
After hearing Ron's words, Hermione murmured, "Ron, you're absolutely right!"
This time it was Ron's turn to open his mouth wide, cough twice, and ask, "Are you sure? You believe me?"
Hermione didn't speak, but nodded very seriously.
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After finishing half a day of classes and returning to the Great Hall from the cold basement, Luna felt her face was warm.
She paused for a moment at the Ravenclaw table before being pulled by Amica to find a seat.
Luna braced herself on the bench with both hands, gently swaying her legs, her eyes darting around as if observing something.
Amica followed Luna's gaze and saw a group of fifth-year Ravenclaw students with slightly furrowed brows, their attention focused on their textbooks filled with notes.
"Luna, are you watching them study?"
"I'm watching Wrackspurts," Luna shook her head and said in a soft, dreamy voice, "They're annoying people, they're bad guys."
"They might need to use the Sneakoscope, which can scare away the sirens and create an undisturbed area for them, so they shouldn't be making those annoyed faces."
"Wrackspurts... Wrackspurt?" Amica asked, somewhat confused, before changing the subject, "Luna, what are those earrings you're wearing made of? They look like... tiny carrots?"
Luna blinked, as if she had stepped out of her own little world, and ran her fingers along her earlobe to lift the earring. "This is Dirigible Plum, which can enhance the ability to perceive unusual things. Want to try it?"
"Flying… Dirigible Plum?" Amica hesitated for a moment. "It doesn't seem to be crystal… it's some kind of fruit?"
"Yes!" Luna nodded, trying to take off one of her earrings. "Dad wants to replicate that crown; this will be very useful."
"You don't need to take them off… I'm not used to wearing earrings." Amica quickly stopped Luna from doing so. "What is this 'crown' you're talking about?"
Luna explained, "The crown that Rowena Ravenclaw lost… the statue in the common room, you remember? The one with the crown on its head."
"Replicate it with this little carrot?" Amica's eyes widened. "That's the Ravenclaw diadem, which can increase the wearer's wisdom!"
"That's why we need the Dirigible Plum; it's extremely useful." Luna nodded, speaking with utmost seriousness, "We also need to add other things, like…"
"Um...I understand..." Amica looked around nervously before changing the subject.
"Luna, is that... a cork around your neck? You mean the kind of cork you use for beer?"
"Yes." Luna pulled the necklace up a little higher. "It helps me keep my mind clear."
"It has that kind of effect? Haha!" Amica chuckled twice. "That's really... um... quite amazing..."
"Yes, corks are usually made of oak." Vizette appeared in front of Luna. "Besides being used to make bottle stoppers, oak is also a magical wood that can be used to make wand cores."
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