Chapter 806 Welcome to Hogwarts 2.0 (Part 2)
Due to the "Public Trial of Peter Pettigrew", both the teachers and students in the school and the officials of the Ministry of Magic were no strangers to this wizard hero who had finally vindicated his innocence and restored his reputation.
And it is no secret that Sirius Black has joined the Hogwarts staff group.
As early as the Hogwarts opening banquet a few days ago, Professor Dumbledore introduced Professor Black to the entire school.
In the subsequent Transfiguration class, Sirius Black also appeared in the classroom with Professor McGonagall, and as a teaching assistant, assisted everyone in mastering the complex transformation magic - even in some courses, Sirius Black Black stood directly on the podium and gave a trial lecture on the Transfiguration class while Professor McGonagall watched.
Frankly speaking, at the beginning, Minerva McGonagall was still a little worried.
After all, he has been a well-known problem student in the school since he was in school. Compared to Sirius Black and James Potter, two once-in-a-century demon kings, the Weasley twins can be considered good children. .
However, after several trial lectures, Professor McGonagall's perception of Black quickly changed.
Even with Professor McGonagall's critical eye, one has to admit that this former problem student does have a pretty good talent for transfiguration - the nearly ten years in Azkaban prison had smoothed his talent. Unruly, the steady and serious attitude that Sirius Black now displays in class has fully qualified him to be a qualified professor.
Therefore, when Hogwarts started this round of job expansion, Sirius Black naturally took advantage of the situation and became a full-time employee.
Just...Sirius Black, the caretaker of Hogwarts Castle?
Hearing this, Minerva McGonagall, who was sitting on the faculty seat, was suddenly startled. Her hands that were about to applaud stopped, and she turned her head to look at Sirius, who was sitting on the other side of the table, showing a half-smile. Weird look.
If she remembered correctly, Sirius Black still held the record for most disciplinary offenses at Hogwarts.
Compared with James Potter, who restrained himself slightly after falling in love, this member of the Black family has been the most hated and troubled number one demon king in Hogwarts Castle since he appeared in Hogwarts Castle.
"Well, yes, I must stress that the disciplinary infractions at Hogwarts over the past year have been quite serious."
Dumbledore cleared his throat and glanced sternly at the students in the auditorium.
"Madam Pomfrey and Mr. Argus have reported this issue to me more than once. I don't want to continue to see someone pointing a wand at my classmates in the next year - therefore, in the original On the basis of the Castle Administrator, we specially invited Professor Black to ensure that we can cover every corner of the school as much as possible.”
Mixed college classes are not without drawbacks. In a short period of time, this may even cause further conflicts.
It's just that from a long-term perspective, Hogwarts' original house barriers will gradually be broken down. As the exchanges between students in the four houses become more frequent, based on the current volume of wizard students, it will definitely be Something that does more good than harm.
As for possible disputes during the transition period, Dumbledore chose to accept Elena's suggestion - let the dragon become a hero.
With Gellert Grindelwald, Sirius Black, and the white-haired dumpling hiding behind the scenes, if nothing else happens, this Hogwarts may have the best school spirit and discipline in history. One session.
Of course, at this moment, most students are not aware of what this means.
At the Gryffindor House table, the Weasley twins exchanged glances with each other, showing undisguised smirks.
"Hey, man, you hear that? Filch II is about to show up, and our good times are over."
"Perhaps, then we have to be particularly careful about kindness recently to avoid handing in a certain piece of parchment as a transfiguration homework... But if Professor Black gets lost in the castle, do you think we should go and give him directions?"
"That might be a little difficult, since I haven't seen Mr. Filch at night for nearly two years."
"Me too, I always pass by each other. It's such a shame..."
Fred sang along with George in a low voice, and both of them chuckled silently.
Not long after the beginning of last semester, the Weasley twins discovered a special little secret.
In the beginning, Professor Otto Apokalis often wandered around the castle, as if he were the most dedicated castle administrator, wandering carefully and repeatedly in a certain area, especially from the principal's office to the castle. This area in the corridor outside the Lanffindor common room has become the most terrible disaster area.
So for a long time, the Weasley twins were nervous and thought that the newly appointed "part-time disciplinary committee" was going to attack Gryffindor - this was not a strange thing. Almost every castle administrator likes to take the Gryffindor flag first, which has almost become a Hogwarts tradition.
However, as time went by, George Weasley and Fred Weasley took the initiative to contact them on the one hand, and on the other hand, based on the descriptions of some classmates who met the professor in the corridor, they soon learned from Austria Judging from the confident words and contradictory actions of Professor Thomas Apocalis...
It seems that this old wizard from foreign countries is probably a road fool?
"Fred, George, you guys have been a little more restrained recently..."
At this moment, Bill Weasley frowned slightly, looked thoughtfully at the haggard-looking Professor Black sitting at the end of the faculty table, and reminded him uneasily.
"That Professor Black may not be as simple as you think. He is different from Mr. Filch."
"Don't worry, Bill - we have a secret weapon!"
Fred Weasley winked and said mysteriously.
Seeing that Bill seemed to want to continue telling him something, George Weasley patted him on the shoulder nonchalantly.
"It's impossible for us to be caught! In today's castle, we may not be as powerful as Miss Kaslana in terms of destructive power, but when it comes to skipping classes and night outings, you can't find anyone more powerful than Miss Kaslana. We are awesome!"
"I hope so..."
Bill Weasley shrugged noncommittally.
Although he didn't know where Fred and George's confidence lay, based on his understanding of his brothers, they probably had some strange support - there were many problem students in Hogwarts, but so Over the years, it's been a rarity for people like George and Fred to be mischievous and yet never miss a beat.
Unfortunately……
Compared to his brothers' cleverness and luck, Bill believed more in the vision of the Fairy Queen.
As a Class B member of the SCP Foundation, he has seen too many incredible things during this time.
The most important thing is that Bill Weasley knows very well what a desirable place Hogwarts will become in the future, and what people who are qualified to take on the responsibilities of the castle administrator during this special period may face. Those pressures.
Thinking of this, Bill glanced meaningfully at his two younger brothers.
Fred and George had definitely had a tendency to be a little more lawless over the years, since he and Charlie had graduated.
Defying authority doesn't mean that you don't have to abide by the rules. It would not be a bad thing if Fred and George could take this opportunity to experience some setbacks in school. At least it would prevent them from paying a heavier price later.
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Following Dumbledore's introduction, there were several cold and sparse applause in the auditorium.
As a young professor, Sirius Black received even less applause than Umbridge.
Except for Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy, two young wizards who had a good relationship with Sirius, who clapped their hands more enthusiastically, most of the students clapped their hands politely or even just sat in their seats. There was no movement.
Of course, part of the reason for this may be the deduction of points from the "Discipline Committee".
Just like the Weasley twins, many young wizards' enthusiasm suddenly dropped a lot when they heard that Sirius Black would also serve as the castle administrator and patrol the castle with Argus Filch to investigate and deal with disciplinary violations.
"Hey Harry, stop clapping like crazy."
Hermione, who returned to the Gryffindor table, gently poked the boy next to her and whispered.
"Look at Professor Snape, I think you will be in trouble later. You'd better think about who to help if the two of them fight."
Snape is the Head of Slytherin House, and everyone knows that he doesn't like Gryffindor, except for Harry Potter - perhaps because of Harry's seriousness and talent in Potions class , or for other reasons. In short, even Snape, who always hated Gryffindor, would show partiality from time to time when facing Harry.
Hermione could have sworn with her wand that she had seen Snape secretly reminding Harry more than once when he was patrolling the classroom.
There is no doubt that, just like Elena in Professor Apocalypse's class, in the Potions classroom, Harry Potter is definitely the most valued student by Severus Snape - even if Harry is also He is also the one who gets scolded the most.
"Huh? What happened to Professor Snape?"
Harry said with some confusion, and followed Hermione's prompts blankly.
At this moment, Snape was staring intently at the end of the staff table, his thin, yellow face almost twisted to the point of twitching, and where the wizard's gaze fell, Sirius was whispering and joking with Professor Lupine of Defense Against the Dark Arts. With.
In Hogwarts, Snape is almost the formal professor Harry knows best.
Although there were times when Professor Snape would get furious because of some of his stupid questions or some potentially dangerous operational mistakes, he had never seen such a terrifying expression on Snape's face.
The expression was more appropriately one of hatred than anger.
In Harry's mind, even after Christmas in the second semester of last year, he was busy participating in Quidditch training and accidentally forgot the homework assigned by Professor Snape. He tried to argue and was rudely beaten by Professor Snape. The interruption was not even one-tenth of the emotion written on the Potions Professor's face now.
"As for our third and fourth professors..."
Dumbledore waited for the sparse applause that greeted Sirius Black to subside before continuing.
"I am very happy to announce to everyone that Hogwarts has welcomed two very experienced professors with profound knowledge in the corresponding fields. Horace has served at Hogwarts for many years and has rich experience. Professor Slughorn, and Professor Damocles Babier, who invented Wolfsbane Potion and contributed it selflessly - in the next year, the two of them will serve as co-workers together with Professor Snape. Potions Master."
Following Dumbledore's introduction, Slughorn quickly stood up and waved gently to the students.
Slughorn's bald head shone in the candlelight, and his belly in a vest cast a large shadow on the table. Next to him was Damocles, who had a somewhat gloomy expression and a nose like a beak. Babir.
Slughorn? Babir?
At the guest of honor seat in the auditorium, officials from the Ministry of Magic looked at each other in surprise.
This was not on the list they knew before. They originally thought that these two old gentlemen were also today's guests.
Perhaps the students in the castle are a little unfamiliar with these two names, but as a student who has graduated from Hogwarts in recent decades - whether it is Slug, the former Dean of Slytherin and the Potions Professor, They were all too familiar with Horn, or Bebier, who had alleviated the werewolf problem to a great extent.
Unlike the previous silences, enthusiastic applause first rang out from the faculty seats.
Immediately afterwards, Slytherin House also quickly burst into warm applause.
If you include Professor Umbridge from the Ministry of Magic, a total of three new professors who have appeared at Hogwarts so far have graduated from Slytherin, not to mention one of them is their old teacher. Dean.
With such an overwhelming advantage, Slytherin's success rate in the Academy Cup this year has at least doubled.
Among all this, the happiest person is undoubtedly the seventh-year Slytherin student who has just been appointed as the president of the Hogwarts Student Union. With the help of the professors, Hufflepuff does not seem to be so happy. Invincible.
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