Once it was confirmed that Lin Yue's Animagus form was fine, Professor McGonagall allowed Cho Chang and the others to step out from behind her.

"Merlin... Lin Yue, the feathers on you."

Looking up at Lin Yue, who was a bit taller than her, Marietta exclaimed with sparkling eyes.

At that moment, Lin Yue was covered in a layer of shiny black feathers, the same color as the wizarding robe she wore before transforming. A long tail trailed behind her, adorned with some tail feathers, and raindrops continuously dripped from above. On either side of her front paws, there were also feathers that formed a wing-like appearance.

However, what was most astonishing was not just these features, but the way Lin Yue breathed. The shiny black feathers on her body reflected the moonlight from the outside, creating a subtle blend of red mixed with black. An air of elegance and nobility was faintly highlighted.

But... Penelope looked at Professor McGonagall with some confusion, "Professor, shouldn't the appearance of an Animagus be related to the animal it transforms into and the clothes it was wearing the first time it transformed?"

"Lin Yue didn't wear red clothes today, so why do her feathers..." change to red in the light?

Penelope's question was not finished, but Professor McGonagall completely understood her meaning.

Professor McGonagall looked at Lin Yue with a cheerful expression, feeling an overwhelming sense of pride and satisfaction in her heart.

Her student had become the youngest Animagus master, and while she felt joy for Lin Yue, she was also proud that such a young Animagus master had learned transformation from her.

As for Penelope's question, Professor McGonagall looked at Lin Yue with a somewhat teasing gaze.

Then her attention shifted back to Penelope and the other two Ravenclaw seniors. "The magic of us wizards has a subtle relationship with our own state of mind and emotions, and Animagus is no exception."

"So I personally lean towards," Professor McGonagall's smile widened a bit more, "Miss Lin Yue's feathers reflecting red under the light is because of her inner self."

Because of her inner self...

The three Ravenclaw seniors present, aside from Lin Yue herself, understood what Professor McGonagall meant.

Hmm, who else could it be? It could only possibly be related to Hermione, right? There was no one else around Lin Yue that had anything to do with the color red.

It couldn't possibly be Harry or Ron, could it...?

Cho Chang turned around and, standing on tiptoe and stretching her arms, barely managed to reach Lin Yue's big head.

"You... you are really deeply in love with her."

As she spoke, she gently shook Lin Yue's head, clearly reluctant to use any force.

Although Lin Yue didn't fully understand what Professor McGonagall had just said, seeing Cho Chang struggling to reach her, she cooperatively bent down, bringing her feather-covered head closer to Cho Chang.

Cho Chang cleared her throat, stood up straight again, and wrapped her hands around Lin Yue's feather-covered head.

"Not bad... at least you know to let your senior pat your head."

The feathers felt cool and smooth to touch, and Cho Chang instantly liked it. Marietta and Penelope watched her happily patting Lin Yue and couldn't help but step forward to join in, "rubbing" Lin Yue as well. Lin Yue just kept her head down, allowing the three seniors to do as they pleased.

The dangerous dinosaur lowered her head and let the three girls pet her; such a scene would be shocking no matter where it was placed.

After the four kids had "played" for a while, Professor McGonagall finally spoke to Lin Yue.

"Now, try to transform back, Miss Lin Yue. If you don't succeed the first time, that's okay; just try a few more times, no need to panic."

As soon as she finished speaking, Lin Yue instantly transformed back into her human form, and even her wizard robe looked perfectly neat.

However, her hair was a bit messy, and Professor McGonagall raised an eyebrow at Lin Yue's successful transformation.

"Great talent, Miss Lin Yue."

"Thank you, Professor McGonagall," Lin Yue politely nodded in appreciation of the compliment.

"I just did what I was supposed to do."

"You've already surpassed many, good child," Professor McGonagall said, reaching out to tidy Lin Yue's hair. "Be proud of yourself."

"I'm proud of you too."

Hearing Professor McGonagall's praise for Lin Yue, Cho Chang and the other two exchanged glances and made playful faces at each other.

Cho Chang stepped forward and hugged Lin Yue's arm, "Come on, come on, be proud of yourself! It's not often that Professor McGonagall praises someone so openly."

Penelope and Marietta nodded in agreement from the side.

"That's right, that's right! From the first year until now, there have been hardly any students who have received such praise from Professor McGonagall!"

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Professor McGonagall felt a slight warmth on her face, "Ahem..."

She cleared her throat a couple of times, her expression returning to seriousness as she looked at the three girls who were holding onto Lin Yue's arms and shoulders.

"I'm just worried that you might become complacent because of the praise," she paused for two seconds, slightly raising her head, "But I must say, as long as you are students of Hogwarts..."

"As long as you are students who will walk the right path in the future, you are all my pride."

Professor McGonagall finished speaking and turned around, striding towards the entrance of the castle.

This left Cho Chang and the others, who were still processing her earlier words, as well as Lin Yue, who was completely unable to move because she was being hugged by three people at the same time.

“Professor McGonagall... is this feeling embarrassed?” Penelope murmured softly.

“She must be shy,” Cho Chang affirmed quietly.

“She shouldn’t be able to hear what we’re saying, right?” Marietta also lowered her voice to join in.

“Miss Penelope, Miss Cho Chang, Miss Marietta, be careful of catching a cold if you stay outside too long.”

Professor McGonagall turned back to glance at the four girls at the castle door, and only then did the three women react, quickly pulling Lin Yue back into the castle.

Once inside, Lin Yue pulled her wand out from her wizarding robe; she had hidden it in her feathers when she transformed into an Animagus. Now that she was back in her original form, it was conveniently in her pocket.

“Scourgify.”

She cast a cleaning charm on her shoes and on Cho Chang and the others' shoes, always remembering the Hogwarts motto about not damaging the corridors and keeping them clean.

Professor McGonagall cast a drying charm and a warming charm on each of the four girls, then turned her attention to Lin Yue.

“Miss Lin Yue, I will take you to the Ministry of Magic tomorrow to register your Animagus form.”

“Okay.” Lin Yue nodded calmly, showing no sign of pride about becoming the youngest registered Animagus in the Britain and even the world.

“Additionally,” Professor McGonagall softened her tone as much as possible, “I have already informed Miss Granger’s parents about her situation.”

“They hope to come and spend Christmas with her, and we have agreed, so they will be coming over in a few days for the holiday.”

Aunt and Uncle are coming over, and Lin Yue quickly reacted to this in her mind.

Then she instinctively began to think; she hadn't been able to eliminate the threat of the snake monster in time, so Hermione was petrified...

What would Aunt and Uncle say? Lin Yue had no doubts, just instinctively continuing to push her thoughts forward.

They would probably scold her, tell her she is useless, or maybe even beat her up or use other methods to punish her.

But this was what she deserved, Lin Yue thought firmly, her eyes as devoid of expression as ever.

"In addition, they are also very concerned about how you are doing at Hogwarts, and they said that when they see you at Christmas, they want to thank you in person."

Lin Yue automatically skipped the first half of the sentence after extracting the key points, while the second half was "marked" in her mind.

"Thank me in person, why?"

Lin Yue's voice showed no change, still as deep and calm as the tranquil underground cave. Professor McGonagall pressed her lips together and looked at Lin Yue seriously, saying, "Because you pointed out in advance that the monster in the secret room was a basilisk, Miss Granger was able to think of using a mirror to look around the corner."

"Because of that, she was only petrified and did not lose her life. I think for this alone, you truly deserve to be thanked."

Lin Yue fell silent for a moment, saying nothing. Was it really that simple to meet her expectations? She held herself to high standards and strict requirements.

As Lin Yue continued to ponder silently, Professor McGonagall smiled and bid farewell to the four students. "Alright, everyone, go back and rest well. Miss Lin Yue, I will come to pick you up tomorrow morning."

"Okay, thank you, Professor McGonagall. You've worked hard, Professor."

Lin Yue responded mechanically with polite agreement. After Cho Chang and the others said goodbye to Professor McGonagall, they all returned to the Ravenclaw tower together.

Upon returning to the Ravenclaw tower, almost all the Ravenclaws had gathered in the common room. As soon as they saw Lin Yue and the others come back, their eyes lit up, and they rushed over in a swarm.

"Lin Yue, how was it? What animal did you turn into?"

"It must be very elegant!"

"It must look great!"

The Ravenclaws chattered excitedly, as they had long known that Lin Yue was practicing becoming an Animagus. After all, it was obvious to see her walking around with a piece of mandrake leaf in her mouth.

Moreover, they all assumed that Lin Yue would succeed. Come on, this is Lin Yue we're talking about. She is recognized as the most Ravenclaw of all Ravenclaws among the students. Her excellence is known throughout the school, so in the eyes of the little eagles, Lin Yue failing or making a mistake? Impossible.

"I turned into a Velociraptor."

Lin Yue answered calmly, "Elegant and beautiful are two adjectives that perhaps shouldn't be used to describe me."

These two adjectives had always been unrelated to her; foolish and clumsy were the ones she was familiar with, the adjectives she would use to describe herself. As for elegant and beautiful... she believed she did not fit the clear definitions of these two words in the dictionary. Or rather, others had clearly told her that she did not fit.

A long time ago, when she first started losing her baby teeth, little Lin Yue stood in front of the mirror, looking at the empty space where one of her teeth had been. When her mother saw this scene, she casually raised the TV remote control in her hand and slapped it against Lin Yue's head with a "smack."

She scolded, "What are you looking at? What's so interesting about losing a tooth? Truly a foolish child."

"You'd be better off spending this time studying a bit more. You've loved looking in the mirror since you were little; when you grow up, won't you just be vain?"

"Don't you see you don't have the looks for it? Not pretty at all, no grace whatsoever. Go back to your room and study."

Little Lin Yue rubbed her eyes with her chubby little hands, covering her head, and slowly made her way into her room along the wall.

As she passed by her mother, her mother had just finished applying a facial mask and was happily putting on another one with a different effect...

Casting aside the emerging memories, Lin Yue continued to answer her classmates' curious questions.

All of them were from Ravenclaw, and after the initial gossip faded, their thirst for knowledge took over.

The Ravenclaws, skilled in Transfiguration, eagerly asked Lin Yue about the details of her Animagus transformation, the precautions during the transformation, and various sensations, among other things.

Lin Yue answered all of them in detail, with not a single question she couldn't respond to. Thanks to her memory, she remembered every detail from the beginning of her Animagus practice to her success today.

Once everyone's curiosity was satisfied, the little eagles went off to do their own things.

Some of the little eagles approached Qiu and Zhang, wanting them to tell the detailed story of Lin Yue's transformation that evening.

Seeing that Lin Yue had no intention of stopping them, Cho Chang and Zhang complied with the little eagles' curiosity and began to tell them the "story."

Not surrounded by the little eagles, Lin Yue blinked and turned back to her dormitory.

"Senior Lin Yue."

A distant, ethereal voice called out from behind her. Lin Yue turned around and saw Luna standing behind her, smiling faintly.

"Luna, good evening." Lin Yue nodded and greeted her in a flat tone.

"The thing you're dragging behind you... has gotten much smaller."

Luna, in a daze, reached out her hand and pointed behind Lin Yue.

Lin Yue turned around and shook her head, just like she did at the beginning of the school year. "I'm not dragging anything."

With her big hazy eyes looking at Lin Yue, Luna chuckled softly, "Thank you."

"Why are you thanking me?"

Luna didn't feel that she had anything to thank Lin Yue for; she had indeed asked her some questions about her studies in the past. However, she had already expressed her gratitude at that time, so there was no need to do so again.

"A Thestral should have been excluded among the unicorns, but now it isn't, so I want to thank Senior Lin Yue," Luna said, still using words that were not easy to understand. However, Lin Yue was able to infer from the context that she was using a metaphor. The unicorns referred to the members of Ravenclaw or Hogwarts, while the Thestral referred to Luna herself, which is the most reasonable and likely explanation.

Lin Yue quickly reached a conclusion, but a Thestral was comfortably at ease among the unicorns... She couldn't find an answer to why she should thank herself.

Luna gently smiled and stepped forward to give her a hug. "Maybe Senior Lin Yue can try to let go of the burdens she's carrying. Senior Granger, Senior Cho Chang, everyone in Ravenclaw, including me, would be willing to help you."

"I really hope you can get rid of them soon."

Releasing Lin Yue, Luna wandered off in a daze, just as she had come.

Lin Yue looked at her retreating figure with a blank expression, and her mind once again concluded that she was not carrying anything at all.