Chapter 89: Repeated Defeats, Repeated Defeats (Edited)

Huh? No!

Fish, who had been distressed that he was going to be confined to writing and reading at night, suddenly remembered that he could now make fake animal friends to help in the fight, and that he had nothing to fear from Minerva.

"I don't want to be confined-I hate writing, meow!" ?(●ΦДΦ●)?

Fish stood on top of a chair, fists balled up, cat ears flattened on his head and tail hair bristling behind him.

"Is that so?"

Professor McGonagall, who had been informed by Dumbledore of Fish's mastery of transfiguration, squinted slowly, guessing that the little bastard would find a way to resist again.

So, instead of showing surprise, Professor McGonagall held her wand in her hand with a calm expression.

Not to be outdone, Fish also pulled out his own spiral-shaped vine wand.

Of course, Fish, who had long regarded Professor McGonagall as her mother, wasn't about to attack, so he just pulled out his wand and stood with a tense face in his chair, waiting for his mother to teach her a lesson.

Professor McGonagall had already heard Dumbledore mention it, but she wanted to see for herself how well Fish had mastered the art of Transfiguration, so she didn't think to take the initiative.

The result was that the two inexplicably clashed in front of the Common Room fireplace.

The young lions, returning from the Quidditch pitch to the Common Room, found what appeared to be a very tense, but actually somewhat comical scene in the Common Room.

The lions, who had been noisily celebrating the victory, immediately calmed down at this scene, watching intently as mother and son faced each other, fearing that they might accidentally fan the flames.

The Weasley twins, in particular, unconsciously hid behind the others.

Professor McGonagall heard the young lions enter and glanced over her shoulder, giving them a weak look and saying, "Relax, it'll all be over soon."

The confidence and command in her tone made the Gryffindors, who were already silent, dare not say a word.

If he had been in trouble in the past, Fish probably would have turned into a cat and run away while Professor McGonagall was distracted, but this time he was trying to prove himself to Minerva, so instead of running, he shouted.

"That's it, meow! Soon I'll defeat Minerva! No one will dare confine me anymore, meow!" ?(●ΦДΦΦ●)?

Fish said, and gave a confident thumbs-up to George and Fred... After all, they were mates who had been confined together.

But George and Fred had a death wish. didn't Professor McGonagall's eyes turn terrifying as she looked at them?!

Y...

Fish, your confinement and our confinement, can they be the same?

George and Fred looked around with a bitter smile, even their best friend Lee Jordan had a "They deserve it" look on his face, and they didn't know who to tell their complaints to.

Professor McGonagall withdrew her gaze from the twins and laughed angrily, "You seem very sure of yourself, Fish, but don't forget that every time you've been this sure of yourself before, it's always ended badly!".

Remembering the punishment he had received for not beating Minerva in the past, Fish unconsciously shrank back and his bristling tail pulled back a little, but he soon regained his composure.

"It's different this time, Meow! I can transform partners to help fight too! Minerva's tricks don't work anymore, Meow!" (●ΦДΦ●).

As if to prove his point, Fish waved his wand and turned some of the nearby chairs into lynxes, one of the big cats Fish had seen on TV, far more powerful than Minerva's transformed fake animals.

The lynxes, under Fish's control, surrounded him, looking imposing.

"Ha...!" (●｀Д′●)

Fish still did not take the initiative to attack, but along with his transformed companions, he smiled at Professor McGonagall and threatened....

It would have been nice if he had been able to dissuade Minerva right away.

So thought Fish, surrounded by lynxes.

Then he said, "Give up! Minerva! You can't beat me without numbers."

With these "friends" around him, Fish's confidence had never been greater, and he began to think that Professor McGonagall would give up without a fight.

Professor McGonagall was glad to see that Fish's transfiguration skills had improved, but when she heard the arrogant kitten tell her that he should give up, the corner of her mouth, which had curved slightly, immediately dropped back down.

"Is that so...?"

Professor McGonagall scoffed lightly, and with a flick of her wand, the lynxes surrounding Fish rioted in the blink of an eye, turning their heads and leaping towards Fish in the chair.

"Meow!"

The agile Fish leapt out of the chair in a backward somersault, dodging the lynx's attack.

"What did Professor McGonagall do?!"

There was a murmur among the onlookers, many of whom had not understood what Professor McGonagall had just done.

"Look at the color of the lynx," Percy explained in a whisper to the others, "Professor McGonagall has also done transfiguration, she has managed to take over Fish's transfiguration simply by changing the color of her fur, a very clever technique!"

On the other hand, Fish waved his wand again after landing and another group of lynxes transformed to fight with the previous ones, while he himself transformed into a cat and pounced on Professor McGonagall.

Fish already knew from his confrontation with the evil old man that his own little friends would be no match for Minerva, but he just had to hold them off for a while.

[Stride]

Fish, who turned back into a cat, turned into a gray shadow, shot out of the group of lynxes and arrived in front of Professor McGonagall in the blink of an eye.

Professor McGonagall's wand pointed forward, "Avis!"

A flock of birds flew out of the head of her wand and crashed into Fish, not quite making a dent, but forcing him to stop.

"Meow!"

Fish raised both forelegs and waved them around his head, trying to shoo away the pesky birds and the feathers they dropped.

At the same time, the floor tiles under Fish's feet became a rope and wrapped around Fish's body, which had been forced to stop by the birds.

Knowing that Fish could change size freely in his catlike form, Professor McGonagall had set about creating bungee cords to tie him up.

Knowing that she would use a rope that he couldn't get loose from, one of Fish's paws turned into a small human hand before the bungee cord bound him, and in that small hand was Fish's wand, giving it a rather odd appearance.

But that didn't stop Fish from using his transfiguration magic to turn the bungee cord around his body into loose toilet paper, from which he easily freed himself.

Professor McGonagall raised an eyebrow, evidently not expecting such a huge change in Fish's cat-man form.

He was surprised, but his hands didn't stop, as the lynxes behind him all fell into Professor McGonagall's hands at the same time Fish freed himself from the toilet paper.

"Meow!"

Fish turned around and began to wrestle with the lynxes.

Just as Fish looked for an opportunity to turn the lynx to stone, Professor McGonagall raised her wand again, "Petrificus Totalus!"

A flash of white light shot through the gap between the lynxes and landed precisely on Fish, who collapsed like a statue on the ground.

In the past, when Professor McGonagall had given Fish a lesson, her spells and Transfiguration were used separately, because normally, once she had used her Transfiguration spell, Fish was immobilized and didn't need to do anything else.

In addition, Professor McGonagall was well aware of the young girl's combat prowess, and each spell she used was usually effective only once or twice before Fish would find a solution quickly, so Professor McGonagall used as few new tactics as possible when she gave Fish a lesson.

"Meow...!" (Minerva, you are wicked!).

Fish yelled in dissatisfaction as Professor McGonagall lifted the petrification spell and took Fish in her hands.

She actually attacked when he was fighting with other fake cats!

But Professor McGonagall obviously didn't care about Fish's accusations, she put the cat on the table, patted it on the head and said, "This is your seventy-third failure, come to my office at 9 p.m. for confinement."

"Meow..." (I know...)

At the thought of his confident appearance, Fish, feeling a bit humiliated, plopped down on the table, grabbed his head with his two front paws and reluctantly responded.

Although he doesn't so much approve of Minerva's methods, Fish is still very honest in this regard, and he has to be obedient if he loses a fight....

But he'll win next time!

One day, he'll defeat Minerva and get the right to speak in the McGonagall family!