Chapter 1492 Minerva's Shelter

In fact, not too long has passed since the start of the study tour program. But in the hearts of all the teachers and students at Hogwarts, the ups and downs of campus life seem to have been a long time ago.

Yes, including Harry, Hermione, Ron and others who are currently taking care of the survivors in Spiral Town, including students of all grades and accompanying professors who traveled around the world on the Revolution.

For example, Hagrid, who looks extremely rough on the outside, but extremely slender on the inside, has been secretly wiping his tears with a napkin while chewing fish bones during dinner time for several days in a row.

Naturally, Minerva McGonagall, who was deeply in love with Hogwarts, actually began to miss her time at school shortly after leaving England.

If it weren't for Maca's phrase "Hogwarts is where there are students", maybe McGonagall would not have accompanied the study tour plan, but chose to stay on the campus and silently guard the place that belongs to him and everyone. beautiful place.

However, Trelawney's sudden doomsday prophecy finally caused the worries in her heart to burst out.

In fact, although Minerva McGonagall is indeed a good teacher who loves students very much, but her feelings for Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Witchcraft...or in other words, for the place "Hogwarts Castle" are even more special. There is victory.

Because in Minerva McGonagall's mind, Hogwarts is not only her workplace, but also a "shelter" place she has found that suits her best.

At this moment, she had already returned to school and was standing at the gate of the castle, raising her head and staring blankly at the building she had been familiar with for decades.

In her mind, memories that had gradually faded but were still exceptionally clear flowed slowly.

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Minerva was born in an ordinary rural Muggle family in 1935. Her father, Robert McGonagall, was a pastor of a Muggle church.

As for her mother, she was a Muggle woman who locked her wand and concealed her witch status.

Before Minerva's magical runaway, her father didn't even know that his wife, who had lived peacefully with him for more than ten years, was actually a wizard who could use magic.

However, perhaps Minerva's mother is willing to give up her magical life for her lover, but little Minerva is full of longing and curiosity about the mysterious and unknown world.

At the age of eleven, Minerva, who received the admission notice, came into contact with Hogwarts for the first time, and immediately fell in love with this place where she could fully display her talents.

She quickly became the top student in her year, whether it was written magic theory or various practical subjects, and even the level of Quidditch was quite good.

In the end, during her seven-year student career, Minerva graduated from Hogwarts with the highest grades in all subjects, and received a letter of employment from the Law Enforcement Department of the then Ministry of Magic on the day of graduation.

However, during the few months when she returned to her hometown to spend her last summer vacation and then moved to London to work, the eighteen-year-old Minerva McGonagall met her only one in her life on the ridge of her hometown. Loved men met.

What's even more amazing is that she, who has always loved the wizarding world, fell in love with a Muggle man just like her mother.

After all, Minerva was very different from her mother. Due to the existence of the "Secrecy Act", when she had to face the two absolute options of "locking the wand" and "giving up love", she finally chose magic and ideals.

However, in the following two years of work and life, Minerva gradually realized the gap between ideal and reality.

To be honest, her boss at the time was actually a very good wizard, and during the long time of working together, she also faintly developed feelings for the beautiful Minerva.

It's a pity that a certain group of colleagues who strongly discriminate against Muggles, and the shadow of her first love still exists somewhere in Minerva's heart, made Minerva hate her life in London more and more.

Finally, late one night, Minerva, tossing and turning, unable to sleep, wrote a cover letter on impulse, and sent it to Hogwarts rather abruptly.

It must be said that Minerva was still excellent at the time, and was even close to being promoted in the Ministry of Magic. It can be said that her level of magic at that time was actually not enough to be a professor at Hogwarts.

What's more, Hogwarts actually doesn't have many precedents of actively seeking jobs. The professors in the past are basically selected and hired by the principal or four deans.

However, just a few hours later, the owl brought her an offer letter at dawn.

Perhaps Minerva’s impulsively written cover letter was full of moving and true feelings. Dumbledore, who was the dean of Gryffindor College and professor of Transfiguration at the time, accepted her job application and gave She holds a position as an assistant professor in the Department of Transfiguration.

It turns out that Hogwarts is a paradise compared to the dull, cramped, and intriguing working environment of the Ministry of Magic.

Under the shelter of Hogwarts and the support of Dumbledore, Minerva grew up rapidly.

In just half a year, Minerva, who devoted herself to studying the teaching work and continuously improved herself, was recognized by Dumbledore and the headmaster at the time, and officially became a teacher who could teach independently.

To be honest, she is grateful from the bottom of her heart to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry for educating herself, protecting herself, and providing her with a huge space to perform, and she is also grateful from the bottom of her heart to Dumbledore who was able to break through the rules and hire her.

It is worth mentioning that it was also during those six months that she inadvertently learned about the recent situation of the first love she missed at that time from a letter from her mother.

When she knew that the Muggle man whom she rejected the marriage contract had finally given up after waiting for her for nearly three years, and now married a farmer's daughter, Minerva burst into tears in an empty classroom.

At that time, it was Dumbledore who comforted her with his sad past that he never told anyone. Dumbledore's past made her understand that everything in the world is indeed impermanent, and only by continuing to look forward can she see the beauty of life.

There is no doubt that when she fell into the trough twice in a row in her life, it was Dumbledore who pulled herself up. In retrospect, Minerva often realizes how much she owed the school, and Dumbledore, a long time ago.

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Right now, Minerva, who naturally walked to the door of the former classroom while recalling, couldn't help but raised her wrist and gently wiped the slightly moist corners of her eyes.

She walked slowly into the empty classroom, caressing the desks with various old scratches in the front row, all the way to the side near the window.

She remembered very clearly that the seat where she, who was relatively petite, had been sitting here had always been here.

"Professor Dumbledore, it really hasn't changed at all!"