A Professor of Magic at Hogwarts Chapter 352: Be vigilant at all times
Chapter 354 Stay vigilant at all times
"The principals of the four magic schools and carefully selected competitors will arrive one after another in October, and the ceremony to select the warriors will be held on Halloween."
"In addition to winning honors for the school, the winner can also receive a bonus of 1,000 Galleons."
"But——students over the age of seventeen are allowed to sign up, because the competition is still very difficult and dangerous. No matter how many precautions we take, it is impossible for students under the sixth and seventh grades to handle it. "
“The delegation will spend most of this school year with us. I hope you will be warm and friendly. For this reason, we have specially prepared some communication activities…”
Dumbledore ended the dinner amidst a lot of controversy, and the students were full of complaints about the unknown age limit.
"Should we just watch?" Ron stepped on the steps hard and walked towards the common room.
Hermione said seriously: "This is to protect us from being in danger because of recklessness. You must know that the reason why the Tournament was suspended in the past was because many people died—"
Ron didn't listen carefully at all, and murmured, "That's a thousand Galleons." He looked at Fred and George, who were walking ahead of them, discussing whether the aging drug would work.
"I think a drop or two is enough, we're only a few months away from adulthood, George..." Fred pondered.
Ron said sourly: "It's still half a year, but I hope they can succeed." He turned to Harry and asked, "What do you think? If Fred and George do it, I mean , I don’t know if we have learned enough knowledge..."
Harry shook his head, and shook off all the brilliant images in his mind. He couldn't help but fantasize that he had cheated the principal's age limit and won the championship. Amid the cheers and screams of the crowd, Raised the trophy...
"Yeah, I almost thought that too." Ron misunderstood Harry's shaking his head and thought he was answering his own question. He snapped his fingers: "Although we have dueling classes, self-study groups and rune clubs, but..."
He said with some frustration: "Unless Professor Haipu teaches us a powerful ancient magic in private, we still won't be able to compete with those students in the sixth and seventh grades. You can't expect to blind your opponent's eyes with lighting."
In this discussion about the hegemony competition, although Ron talked the most, he was more like venting his emotions when he couldn't get what he wanted. Harry and Hermione fell silent.
Harry thought of the scene of Professor Haip performing continuous apparation in front of him twice, one time was in the Forbidden Forest in the second grade. They suspected that the new Professor Haip had something to do with the Chamber of Secrets, so they tracked and found the professor practicing Magical scene. It had been a shock, but Harry had almost forgotten it for so long; the other was at the Quidditch World Cup, just recently, and it was a real fight. Professor Hep has tricked hundreds of troublemaker wizards with a sequence of apparitions whose eyes can't keep up with his movements!
‘What if I could do the same thing? I'm not bad at all, no one in the school can surpass me in terms of disarming spells alone, plus continuous Apparition...' Harry's heart became hot.
And Hermione thought of the ancient magic that the professor taught her during the summer vacation, the golden flames jumped at her fingertips, and it turned into a sea of flames in a blink of an eye...Of course, that was the effect the professor demonstrated to her. Haven't learned yet.
Hermione patted her head, what was she thinking, she would not try to break the age limit.
On the other side, in the auditorium, the professors stayed behind.
Dumbledore and Moody were talking, and Moody replied gruffly, with a loud voice: "That's right, Arthur and the others came in time, woke up early, and scared away the sneak attackers! "
Professor McGonagall looked at him in surprise: "You were attacked this morning?" She suddenly thought that Moody had been in trouble since he retired, and he was often suspected of being assassinated by a dark wizard. Even if someone walked by him for a while, he would suddenly draw his wand against the other person and ask loudly why he was following him.
This kind of thing happened not once or twice, so Moody had to live alone, in a remote place, as if it was still a Muggle community.
Now McGonagall wonders if he is being too sensitive.
"How could there be a fake!" Moody roared, "A group of despicable villains want to attack me while I am sleeping soundly, but who am I? I have to guard against it early, but those scumbags are indeed not weak. I was stuck at home, and as a last resort, I blew up two trash cans to attract attention."
He said in a hoarse voice, the artificial eyes rolled around in the eye sockets, making his teeth sore, and few of the professors looked at him.
"Do you see who it is, Alastor?" Dumbledore asked softly.
"No, I'm old, Albus." Moody patted his artificial leg, and said unwillingly: "If only a few years in the morning..."
Finally, his two eyes came together, looked at Felix, and calmed down: "Now I can only offer suggestions and use past experience to decorate the facade."
Felix looked back calmly, while appeasing the somewhat irritable Nixiu. He saw Moody for the first time today, and he had only heard of this famous and well-known name before.
It can be said that Alastor Moody has fulfilled more than half of Barty Crouch's reputation. He was once Crouch's sharpest sword and the most outstanding in the history of the Ministry of Magic, specializing in arresting dark wizards The master of Azkaban, half of the cells in Azkaban are filled by him.
As much as he has left a psychological shadow on many Dark wizards, he also left a strong personal mark on the Auror offices of the Ministry of Magic.
It's just that after experiencing a lot of dangers, he became a little paranoid, even excessively delusional, but this still does not prevent him from becoming an idol in the hearts of all Aurors in the Ministry of Magic-if an analogy is made, his status is equivalent to that of the Holy Spirit. Mungo's former dean, Dorothea Boeham.
Of course, with his rude, irritable and incapable of turning a corner, he did offend many people, making it difficult for him to stay in the Ministry of Magic and take up a management position.
Tough, brave, tried and tested, now sensitive and paranoid, and a little neurotic...
This is the image of "Mad-Eye" Moody that Felix perceived after a short contact. It is said that he also has a mantra——
"Stay alert at all times!" Moody suddenly yelled, startling the others. He himself walked up and down the auditorium like nothing happened.
Felix looked at Dumbledore: "Principal, you just said that you have prepared some exchange activities?"
"Ah, that's right." Dumbledore had been listening quietly, c seemed to have finally come to his senses at this moment, and his happy eyes swept over everyone: "This is also the reason why I kept you."
He nodded slightly, thought for a while and said: "It's the first time for Ilvermorny and Waggadu to participate in the competition, which makes...they look like young people, and they are more passionate. They are not satisfied with For nearly a year, just for the competition, the principal of Ilvermorny hoped that students from different schools could have closer contact."
"Exchange student?"
"It's very close, Felix." Dumbledore nodded, "But this time it's one-sided, they hope to attend Hogwarts classes, other than that—" He smiled Said: "I think they still have plans to compete with Hogwarts students."
Professors looked at each other, which means that their classes are open to students from other schools?
As the vice-principal, Professor McGonagall thought more, she pursed her lips, frowned tightly, and said seriously: "Dumbledore, if you compare your words, it won't be—— It's a provocation!"
Dumbledore shook his head slightly, his silver-white beard trembled, "There are many places to compare, not just force, that is the worst option." He smiled and said, "I welcome it." , Let the students see the outside world and increase their knowledge."
"I remember that seven or eight years ago, we had contact with the Castelobushe School of Magic. At that time, many students on both sides established a deep friendship. Felix, you should have some impression?" He smiled asked.
Felix pouted, "I don't have a pen pal in Brazil."
……
After the professors dispersed, Felix and Snape walked out of the auditorium. Snape's face was gloomy, "You have to be careful with that guy, don't be targeted by him."
"You mean Professor Moody?" Felix asked curiously: "He looks quite decent——"
"That's a lunatic~IndoMTL.com~ He can curse you at any time because of unreasonable doubts." Snape said coldly, "He never came out! Up to now Come one day as a war!"
"I don't understand why Dumbledore brought him, even if there is another Lockhart, he is better than him."
Snape waved his sleeves and strode away.
Felix watched Snape's back. Farther away, Moody was limping forward. Snape was going faster, but they didn't meet. In the hall, Snape Turned underground, while Moody staggered upstairs.
When he raised his arm, in addition to the curved wine bottle at his waist, Felix also keenly noticed half of his wand protruding from his sleeve, which was tied to his arm.
"Stay vigilant at all times? It's really practical."
……
The next day.
The storm has finally subsided, and the rain has passed. Hogwarts ushered in a new school year.
(end of this chapter)