"In fact, life, death and sleep are just terms specially chosen to make it easier for the general public to understand. Everyone who has come here must have done considerable research on magic. I wonder if any of you know anything about it. A very special statement..."
Witch Kern said this, looking back and forth between Harry in front of her and Hermione and Luna not far away, and then said in a slightly heavier tone:
"When a wizard was studying the mysteries of our own human bodies, he accidentally discovered a very interesting fact, that is... our body and spirit are actually changing all the time! Even if it is just a tiny moment, In the meantime, some part of our body will actually die and be replaced by another new part.”
"And similarly," she pointed to her head gently, "our spirit is undoubtedly constantly changing with our daily experiences, environmental changes, and interactions. What we see every day, What we hear, touch, and think about... will all become elements that affect our will and cognition."
"Because of this, we can grow, mature, and become beings that we ourselves could never have imagined."
Having said this, Kern smiled slightly, and that clean and beautiful smile was really amazing. But in this environment, it is difficult for people to appreciate it.
She stood up slightly, raised her chin slightly and looked at the unique magic ceiling of Hogwarts Hall above her head. She paused and then suddenly turned around and said:
"Of course, whether it is physical or mental, the changes in a short period of time are usually not big. It is almost impossible to notice if we don't observe and compare carefully... But you think, when we are in this normal state Sexual changes accumulate as time goes by. When the difference between us in the old days and us now is getting bigger and bigger, can the 'us' at the last moment still be said to be us now? What about the one from the previous day? The previous one Where’s the new year…”
"do not talk!"
Suddenly, Harry interrupted her with a loud roar.
"Stop using such alarmist words to confuse people here!" Harry suddenly turned around, stared at her and said loudly, "What's the 'new part replacing the old part'? What's the 'we were the last moment'" Not who we are at this moment'? Do you think that just by living a few more years, you can make us believe it by fabricating this so-called 'research result' that no one has heard of? Don't think..."
"Harry, wait-"
Suddenly, Hermione shouted at the door, temporarily stopping him from bursting out again.
"Harry," Hermione lowered her head and thought for a moment, as if to confirm again, before speaking again, "If it's just about physical changes, what she said may be true..."
"Hermione!"
Harry turned his head abruptly and looked at Hermione who said this, with an expression that seemed a little unbelievable.
"Yes, I read it in a book... Because it is a book that needs to be borrowed from the restricted book area, you need to go to Professor McGonagall to apply for a signed note, which is very troublesome, so I shouldn't remember it wrong." Hermione said He paused for a moment, then looked at Harry and said, "You seem to have read that book too - it's called "The Book of Jazz". I wonder if you still remember it?"
"Jerzy...ah!" Harry was stunned for a moment, "You mean, Merlin's magic research notebook?"
"That's it." Hermione nodded, "That's what Merlin wrote down when he was studying the blood fusion and physical changes of humans and magical animals... that is, the topic of 'how wizards actively carry out Animagus transformation' A series of magical notes of experiments and research. I remember that in one of the passages about the adaptive transformation of the human body, a few similar discoveries were briefly mentioned - Merlin described the process of the transformation of the old and new bodies into It’s called ‘replacing the old with the new’.”
"That's really amazing! I didn't expect that after our time, someone would also observe this." Witch Kern nodded happily and praised, "This level of microscopic detection is not easily achieved... This young lady , can you let me read the notebook you mentioned? I am also very interested in research on man-made Dru Yin, which dares to break out of the stereotype. "
Artificially created Drew Yin
Although the word "Druids" was on the cover, as a thoroughly modern witch, Hermione only subconsciously thought of the Animagus for the research content in that book.
However, after Kern mentioned it, and thinking of some recent changes, she inevitably thought of the awakening of Willy's bloodline.
Shaking her head slightly, Hermione put the matter aside for the time being.
"Ms. Kern," she sorted out her thoughts, and then suddenly looked at the witch Kern again, "I know what you just said, what is the ultimate purpose - you want us to understand that humans and living corpses... "
"It's the 'New Human'." Kern corrected him softly.
"Okay! 'New Humanity'." Hermione said nothing more about this, just nodded and skipped this section and continued, "So what you actually just want to say is that 'that' change is actually the same as ours. There is not much difference in essence between the 'replacement of old and new' and the changes of thoughts that we are constantly experiencing every day, right?"
"If I have to say it, the 'difference' is actually quite big." Witch Kern smiled softly again and said, "I just want you to realize that such changes are actually completely acceptable to us. Don’t you think so?”
After he finished speaking, the auditorium became a little quiet, because at this time, Hermione suddenly stopped talking.
She seemed to be thinking about something and lowered her head slightly. The ends of her bangs gently covered her eyes, making it difficult to easily tell what she was thinking at this time.
Harry looked a little restless when he saw this.
He undoubtedly trusts Hermione as a partner, and he also believes that the other party has always been the smartest one among their Gryffindor trio.
But this time, Harry suddenly felt that it would be better if Hermione wasn't so smart, because... the woman named "Kern" in front of him was so evil! His intuition told him that it was almost impossible to defeat this woman with wisdom.
"Hermione—"
"No!"
Just when Harry was about to say something, Hermione, who was focused on thinking, suddenly raised her head, and her tone of voice became significantly firmer.
It seemed that she had figured something out.
"Ms. Kern," Hermione said loudly, "As expected, I still can't fully agree with your views - humans and living corpses are different!"