Hogwarts and the Atypical Wizard

Chapter 148: Vanishing Spell?

Sainz was in no mood to comfort the young soul in a huge body. He left Hagrid half-dead and fed Yaya the pork elbow he brought with him before leaving.

In the following days, he regained his composure.

"Professor McGonagall, do you have a minute?"

"Come on, Autumn, have you made any new discoveries?" Professor McGonagall looked up from the "Transfiguration of the Day" in her hand.

"Professor, I want to ask you something about the vanishing spell, Ivansog."

"Oh, Autumn, that's the hardest part of the Ordinary Wizarding Level Examination."

It is undeniable that Professor McGonagall is a master of Transfiguration, but it must be admitted that she can sometimes be a bit dogmatic and stubborn.

This can be seen from the original trajectory. Harry Potter had several important things to report to her, but she either ignored them in a very arbitrary manner, or thought that Harry and others, as children, could not handle it, and asked them to return to their own dormitories.

The savior later kept a lot of things to himself, which might have been influenced by the adults' unwillingness to listen.

In this regard, old Dumbledore did a very good job. I don't know about other people, but he was able to calm down and listen to Harry carefully.

This is a respect for children that many other adults - especially capable adults - do not have, which may be one of the reasons why Harry eventually became a "firm Dumbledore supporter."

If it were in the past, after hearing what Sainz said, Professor McGonagall would most likely tell him not to be anxious and that it would not be too late to study these things in his senior years.

But he had already proven himself, and Professor McGonagall's tolerance threshold had obviously increased a lot.

"Professor, where do the items that disappeared under the Vanishing Spell go?"

“Autumn, this shouldn’t be your question.

Those struck by the Vanishing Spell vanish into nothingness."

"Professor, am I right in understanding what you mean? Objects hit by the Vanishing Spell will turn into nothingness and can never be found again?"

"I think so, Autumn. Unless you use your hourglass to go back to the previous moment to find it, I have never heard of any spell that can bring it back."

"Then, Professor, suppose I put myself and an apple in a sealed glass cover, and then I use the Vanishing Charm on the apple, will it disappear forever? And will it never come back?"

"I guess it makes no difference, Autumn. Objects hit by the Vanishing Spell don't come back."

"Professor, you may have misunderstood me. What I meant was that after the apple was hit, it turned into nothingness. So, is the nothingness it turned into inside the glass cover or outside the glass cover?"

"...I think its nothingness is inside the glass case, but I'm not sure."

Seeing that she was interested, Sainz struck while the iron was hot, "Professor, are you interested in doing an experiment?"

Professor McGonagall naturally had no reason to object to such a true academic exchange. "How do you want to do... this experiment?"

"Professor, use the method you just mentioned to put me and an apple in a sealed glass cabinet. I would like you to make the cover for me."

Only experiments in which you personally participate will be more convincing.

Professor McGonagall did as she was told and conjured up a fully enclosed glass cabinet that covered an area of ​​one square meter and was two meters high, and also summoned out several apples.

"Professor, we need a huge scale that can hold this glass cabinet."

Professor McGonagall conjured up a large scale and placed the glass cabinet on one end of it.

Sainz picked up an apple and walked to the glass cabinet. Professor McGonagall opened a door on the cabinet and sealed it again after he went in.

"Professor, please balance the scales."

After the balance was restored to balance, Sainz said, "Professor, I will cast the Vanishing Charm on the apple next."

Professor McGonagall nodded at him with a serious look on her face.

Sainz didn't waste any words and chanted a spell towards the apple under his feet, "Yivinsgou (vanish without a trace)", and the apple disappeared instantly.

The balance pointer, which the two were most concerned about, did not change at all.

Professor McGonagall smiled.

Sainz was not satisfied. "Professor, an apple is too light compared to my weight. Maybe we can't draw a conclusion so quickly."

In fact, in order to avoid people noticing anything unusual, he would use a levitation spell every day to make his weight appear within the range of an ordinary person.

Mag agreed with his point of view.

"Professor, please cast another solidification spell on the glass cabinet later."

This time he moved a ten-kilogram weight into it, and the result was the same as before. After being cast the vanishing spell, the pointer of the balance still remained firmly in the middle and did not deviate.

Sainz could feel the sudden increase in air pressure in the glass cabinet!

This experiment shows that objects struck by the Vanishing Spell do not become "true nothingness" that does not exist.

Professor McGonagall said happily: "Autumn, your method proves my previous point that the objects hit by the vanishing spell seem to have turned into nothingness, but in fact they have turned into everything.

I have never been able to find a convincing proof of my point, and you have proved it, son."

Sainz didn't do this to convince anyone. Wizards generally view the world with sensory cognition. If such an experiment is carried out, it may not necessarily convince anyone.

Fortunately, Professor McGonagall was a serious person and her rational thinking occupied a large part of her soul. She immediately discovered some of the contents revealed in the experiment.

"Professor, I have an interesting idea that I haven't finished yet. Please let me continue."

"Okay, Autumn, go ahead."

It has been proven that objects hit by the Vanishing Spell do not completely turn into a vacuum, so the apple can be used for the remaining experiments.

This time, Sainz asked the professor to turn the glass cabinet completely black so that it was impossible to see inside from the outside.

He said in it: "Professor, now do you think the apple in my hand has disappeared, or is it still there?"

He didn't hear any response from outside.

Professor McGonagall paused.

"Professor, you see, if you want to know whether the apple is still there, you have to open the box and take a look. Professor, before you open the box, it may exist or it may have disappeared."

Mag had obviously never thought about this problem before. She looked at Sainz who came out and murmured to herself: "It exists and disappears at the same time?"

"Professor, what I want to say today is that since the objects hit by the Vanishing Spell do not turn into true nothingness, they still exist in the air.

You see, in the glass cabinet, there are only me, the apple, and the air.

When the apple disappeared, only I and the air were left.

And I didn't feel an apple entering my body, so it must have been mixed with the air.

And it is not difficult to verify this.”

It is indeed not difficult to verify this. You only need to cast a spell in a soft sealed container like a balloon. The sudden increase in gas will definitely expand the volume of the balloon.

In fact, Sainz had no doubt about this. What he had in mind was why a metal element like an iron weight would eventually turn into air?

This, this, this is too magical!