A Professor of Magic at Hogwarts Chapter 184: Dinner

"Harry! Harry! Are you all right?" Someone was slapping him in the face.

Harry opened his eyes. Everything returned to normal—the train continued to move, and the lights were on. He sat up from his seat, wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and stared blankly at the scene inside the car.

Ron and Hermione were closest to him, Neville was watching him worriedly, and Ginny was curled up in a corner.

Lupine took a bar of chocolates from his pocket, broke them and distributed them to everyone.

"This is yours, Harry. Also, a very good disarming spell."

Harry took a large piece of chocolate, he suddenly asked: "Did I pass out... no, the woman - was she rescued?"

"Who?" Lupine asked casually.

"When that weird thing wearing a hood came out, there was a woman, her voice should be an adult, she..." Harry was suddenly speechless, and there was only one adult woman on the train, who was pushing a food trolley witch.

But it wasn't the voice he heard.

Lupine's hands froze in place, he muttered and left: "I'll go to the driver and say something, I'm sorry..." Then he left in a hurry.

The door slammed shut.

"Harry?" Hermione looked at him worriedly.

Forcing himself to calm down, he sat back in his seat and took a bite of chocolate. A warm current spread all over his body, which made him feel happy again.

"Can anyone tell me what just happened?" Harry asked.

"We felt the cold, as if we fell into a hole in the ice. Then we saw your spell, the blinding red light... The cold subsided a little, and then you fell to the ground, Professor Lupine to whom Said: There is no hiding Sirius Black here, he raised his wand, and there was a silvery white light, and then the cold snap subsided completely, and the train continued to move." Hermione described what she saw.

Harry chewed the chocolate in silence, he didn't really care about these things, he just wanted to get clues about the female voice from other people, but the result disappointed him.

Everyone's expression was ugly, Ginny sobbed softly, Neville murmured beside him: "It's terrible, I'm reminded of the worst memory."

"It's like all the happiness is gone from you," Ron continued, but he gave Harry a punch: "Your spell is awesome, Harry! We can teach Malfoy a lesson, thinking He rolled and flew out, and I felt happy again."

"It's not my role..." Harry shook his head, pulling himself together. "What is that cloak monster?"

"I guess it's a dementor. I've seen something similar in comic books. It's like a piece of rag without bones." Ron described it.

Harry looked at Hermione. Among the three, Ron was the most familiar with the wizarding world, but his knowledge was very shallow, while Hermione's knowledge was mostly from books, but she could provide more accurate information. Information.

Hermione said: "Dementors are the guards responsible for guarding Azkaban. They feed on positive human emotions—especially happy emotions. Conventional spells are ineffective against them. The only known useful magic is Patronus spell."

"Patronus? Is it Professor Hap's swift, and Professor McGonagall's cat?" Harry asked.

"Exactly."

"Exactly."

Hermione and Ron said respectively that Hermione had seen the Patronus of Swifts, Ron had seen the Patronus of Cats, and Harry was no stranger to either.

After that, no one spoke. After ten minutes, the train stopped.

But they didn't wait until Professor Lupine said, "Let's go, he will remember to take the luggage."

Auditorium.

Hagrid was dressed formally, with a big suit, hair and beard carefully groomed: "How do I look, Felix?"

"...awesome."

Tears welled up in Hagrid's eyes. He shifted the umbrella in his hand to the left, took out a dirty handkerchief from his pocket, and wiped the corners of his eyes. "That's great...I've been looking forward to such a day."

Not only will he be appointed as the professor of the Protection of Fantastic Beasts today, but he will also wash away his stigma—Dumbledore submitted a complete chain of evidence, from the testimony of the monster in the Chamber of Secrets, the murderer, and Myrtle herself, The Ministry of Magic had no reason to stop it, and had to revoke the ban fifty years ago.

Hagrid received two punishments for being "suspected to be the murderer of Myrtle": he was expelled and his wand was broken. was spared.

And now that the ban is lifted, he can use the wand openly.

Felix looked at the big red umbrella in his hand, "Hiding your magic wand here? I've wanted to say it for a long time, it's a great hidden idea."

Hagrid raised his hand, "Dumbledore fixed it for me. I've always been scruples, you know... Theoretically speaking, my wand has been broken by the Ministry of Magic."

Felix looked at him with a strange expression, and he said softly, "Dumbledore fixed your wand? The broken one?"

"He's quite the all-rounder, isn't he?" said Hagrid cheerfully.

"Yeah, that's right." Felix agreed.

After a while, Hagrid walked out of the auditorium to welcome the new students, and the professors were also making final preparations. Professor McGonagall was talking to a house-elf in the kitchen about a dinner party.

"It's all ready, Professor."

"Very well, thank you for your hard work."

Not long after, little wizards from the second to seventh grades poured in. The auditorium was full of voices, and Felix felt as if there were hundreds of baboons clamoring excitedly.

But his eyes fell on a wizard—

He wears a well-worn robe, patched at the edges and corners, suggesting the poverty of his master; he looks tired and may have just escaped a trouble; his face is young, but brown His hair is already mixed with white hair...

Professor McGonagall walked up to the wizard, welcomed him warmly, and led him to the teachers' bench.

A strong hatred fell on the wizard, Felix saw the silver fork in Snape's hand bent in half out of the corner of his eye.

Professor McGonagall introduced the wizard to the professors, but she deliberately avoided Snape.

Soon, she came to Felix.

"Felix, this is Remus Lupine, he used to be my student, he is a very friendly and gentle person, you will get along well with each other," said Professor McGonagall.

Felix and Lupine looked at each other, a look of inquiry flickering in both eyes.

Felix hooked the corner of his mouth, and he stretched out his hand: "Hello, Professor Lupine, I heard Professor McGonagall mention you before, you should be her best student?"

Lupine also reached out his hand, "I'm just the most inconspicuous one. On the train, I heard many rumors about Professor Haipu..."

"I hope it's not some weird remarks."

"No, why? I'm a little jealous of their compliments on you."

The two held hands together until Lupine let go of his own initiative.

Soon, Hagrid arrived with the drowned first-year freshman. To Felix's surprise, it was not Professor McGonagall who presided over the sorting ceremony. He looked around and didn't see her.

Professor Flitwick is holding the Sorting Hat and a roll of parchment, with a small round stool floating behind him.

He passed by the freshmen one by one. As he waved his wand, the freshmen found that their wet clothes had become dry and comfortable, as if they had been baked by the midday sun.

"Stand in a row and follow me."

One by one, the little wizards came forward in order of surnames, waiting for the sorting, but the first thing that greeted them was the song carefully crafted by the Sorting Hat~IndoMTL.com~ The young freshmen watched the Sorting Hat singing emotionally in dumbfounded.

This may be the deepest impression Hogwarts has left on them so far.

The division has begun——

"Newman Balck."

"Gryffindor!"

"Oliver Dana."

"Hufflepuff!"

"Grantham Foley."

"Ravenclaw!"

"Astoria Greengrass."

"Slytherin!"

"Dennis Creevey."

"Gryffindor!"

…

At the end of the Sorting ceremony, Felix noticed Harry and Hermione slipping from the corner to their Gryffindor seats, and Professor McGonagall appeared a little later.

Headmaster Dumbledore then got up to give a speech, and his welcome speech was as concise as ever.

After getting to the point, he seriously explained the existence of dementors, "They will be stationed at all entrances of the school to perform the official duties of the Ministry of Magic. During their stay, no one is allowed to leave without permission School."

"Dementors do not accept tricks and deceptions of any kind - including invisibility cloaks, and they cannot discern justification from excuses, so don't give them a chance to hurt you. Prefects and the two student council presidents, you must Make sure any students don't run afoul of the dementors."

After the little wizards digested this information, Dumbledore happily introduced the two new professors, in his words——

Hagrid stood up and waved excitedly, a series of red sparks flew out from his red umbrella, the students responded enthusiastically, especially the applause from the Gryffindor seats.

"We should have known!" roared Ron, pounding on the table vigorously, "who else will let us get a book that bites?"

After the dinner, the students filed out of the auditorium, accompanied by lively discussions.