Chapter 992 The First Day Maca Was Away, I Missed Him

"Yaya, get up!"

Early in the morning, Hagrid got up from the bed and lightly kicked Fang the Hound on the buttocks along the way.

"Today is the first day of the new semester, and I have my class in the second class in the morning, so we have to make preparations in advance! Get up, you lazy dog..."

After waking up Zhengxiang's Yaya who was sleeping, he picked up a few big tin buckets from the side, and hurriedly left the hunting ground hut with Yaya who was still a little dazed.

Today's weather is not bad, and the temperature is not as cold as it was some time ago. When a gust of breeze blows by itself, although it still makes people shrink their necks a little, it is more of the expectation for the coming warm spring.

The snow that had accumulated in the vestibule began to melt.

"Where are you going, Yaya? This way—"

As soon as he went out, Hagrid noticed that the stupid dog turned around and ran towards the garden. It seemed that he was really sleepy. As a last resort, Hagrid could only give it a little kick on the buttocks, and called Fangya back, who was still sleepwalking.

But after calling Yaya, he didn't turn his head back immediately, but glanced in the direction of the school gate from afar.

From here, you can see that there are six male and female wizards in uniforms standing there. They stood in two rows on both sides of the gate, silently scanning and guarding everything outside the gate.

According to Professor McGonagall, it was the current family wizard of the French Castle of Blois, who had a good relationship with Maca, and was sent here to help guard Hogwarts.

And there are still many guardian wizards like them inside and outside Hogwarts. It is even heard that Hogsmeade Village not far from the school has arranged for two of them.

After secretly expressing his feelings about Maca's wide range of friends, Hagrid turned around again and walked towards the Forbidden Forest with the bucket in his hand.

Those large barrels filled with things didn't shake much in his hands, and it could be seen that their weight was definitely not light. But in Haierbo's hands, it seemed that there was no weight at all.

Not long after, Hagrid turned around his house again, and soon he was able to see his destination—in fact, since sometime, there was an extra building on the open space. Little new house.

Honestly, it looks really small.

Roughly visual inspection, at best, it is the size of two Hagrids, and it even makes people worry about whether they can fit Hagrid's huge body.

But Hagrid didn't hesitate, he stepped on the slightly slippery snow, walked to the door of the hut in a blink of an eye, and put a few large buckets at his feet.

"Crack."

As he twisted the doorknob and opened the door, the scene inside was immediately displayed in front of his eyes.

Apparently, this door is actually the one Maca made specially for the protection of magical creatures class Christmas activities. And during this Christmas holiday, Hagrid built a small room specially for the door that had been cast with the No Trace Stretching Charm.

According to Hagrid's idea, this place will become the classroom for the protection of magical creatures class in the future, so that little wizards can have a more unique class experience.

As for the many magical creatures who were "invited" during the event, except for some dangerous individuals such as fire dragons who really couldn't get a breeding permit, Hagrid managed to keep them.

About an hour and a half later, Hagrid, who had finished feeding the animals breakfast, finally came out again, and by this time, the sky outside was brightly lit.

"The cuties are full now, so it's time for me to go to the auditorium to fill my belly."

Muttering like this, Hagrid sent Fang back to the hut, who also had a full meal, and stacked up the iron buckets that had been cleaned by the way. This was the end of the work at the beginning of the day.

Not to mention, although it took a lot of time, Hagrid still felt that such a day was pretty good.

"Let's take advantage of breakfast time to discuss this spring's course schedule with Maca!"

Even if the current Hagrid is no longer the rookie professor he was a few years ago,

The class content he prepared by himself has also been affirmed by some students, but the discussion with Maca has already become his habit.

And at the beginning of this semester, naturally there will be no exception.

After a while, Hagrid, who was walking leisurely through the vestibule, soon heard the buzzing sound in the auditorium - it seemed that there were already quite a few people having breakfast inside.

"Good morning, Professor Hagrid!"

"Oh, good morning...did you sleep well last night?"

While greeting several students at the door, he followed into the huge auditorium.

Well, isn't Maca here yet? Was it delayed by some research again?

Hagrid first looked at the teaching chairs located in the deepest part, and then he found that the chairs of the professors who were often late were still empty, and among them were meals that were not always on time. Maca.

It's okay, now that guy probably cares about the importance of being a teacher, so he won't be absent from time to time like before, he will come sooner or later.

Maybe everyone had the same idea as Hagrid, so most of them didn't care where Maca was.

After exchanging good mornings with the little wizards all the way, Hagrid went to his seat, carefully pulled out the armchair and sat down.

There is no way, his chubby waist has already had a record of rubbing against the long table several times, almost every time everyone's cups will be knocked over, so it is inevitable that he will pay more attention to this.

"Morning! Professor Flitwick... It seems to be warmer today than yesterday. In the morning, I went for a walk in the backyard wearing only my shorts and a vest. I didn't feel cold at all!"

"That's because you are more resistant to freezing."

Flitwick replied habitually, but Hagrid noticed that he still seemed a little...absent?

"What's the matter?" Hagrid picked up the tableware in front of him, and asked, "You don't look very happy, did you sleep with your neck crooked at night?"

This time, Flitwick didn't immediately complain as usual, but shook his head accordingly.

"You'll find out soon."

So, Hagrid had no choice but to lower his head and eat his breakfast in a daze, waiting for Maca's arrival by the way.

However, more than ten minutes later, most of the people in the auditorium had arrived, and the little wizards had already filled the long tables of the Sitiao Academy, but Maca still hadn't appeared.

Suddenly, Professor McGonagall, who hardly spoke in the morning, stood up abruptly, walked around the dining table and walked to the podium not far away.

"Students, and professors... please allow me to apologize if I interrupt your meal. However, please pay attention to—"

Although most of the people had almost finished eating, she still expressed her apology first. Then, she continued:

"This morning, I have to announce one thing to everyone——Mr. Maca McLean, as the professor of Ancient Runes specially dispatched to our Hogwarts, will temporarily leave his post starting today."

"what!"

"how so?"

"Hey, isn't this true?"

"McLean taught him... wait, what is a 'Special Dispatch'?"

McGonagall had just finished saying this sentence, before even the words fell to the ground, there was a chaotic whisper in the auditorium. Not only that, but among those chaotic words and phrases, there were also many exclamations that could no longer control the volume.

Not only the young wizards, but even professors like Hagrid, who didn't know about it, couldn't help but want to ask McGonagall whether it was true or not.

"Quiet, everyone, please be quiet!"

As the current headmaster with sufficient qualifications, Professor McGonagall's majesty is quite effective. When she raised her voice and shouted, the messy voice finally gradually subsided.

Then everyone looked at her one after another, wanting to hear a specific reason from her.

"I know that this may be difficult for everyone to accept-McLean is a very good professor. Under his influence, it can be said that we have all grown and improved a lot, including myself."

"However, I believe everyone must understand that our Professor McLean is not only an excellent teacher, but also a wizard who cares about the safety of the magic world!"

At this point, McGonagall paused for a while before continuing:

"Actually, this temporary resignation was requested by himself. In order to prevent the ancient dark wizard from causing harm to the wizarding world, he decided to leave Hogwarts temporarily and cooperate with the British Ministry of Magic and the International Federation of Wizards action……"

After that, Professor McGonagall said a lot of things that were extremely rare, and those words were what she always wanted to say in her heart.

Maca has paid a lot for Hogwarts, and even before leaving, he brought Hogwarts a free assistance from a top wizarding family in France.

And these, she finally took this opportunity to say it, and told the children below.

"...In addition, the ancient runes class will be suspended for one day today. From tomorrow, Professor Bathhida Babling will come back to teach the class on her behalf, and the textbook will remain unchanged from "Mysteries of Ancient Runes."

After all, Professor McGonagall did not return to the teaching staff, but left directly through the side door of the auditorium.

Among the long tables in Gryffindor College below, Hermione and the others were all looking at each other with complicated eyes.

They thought they should be more excited now, after all, it was the big news of Maca's resignation! But I never thought that the few of them who have the best relationship with Maca are just exchanging eyes in silence.

To be honest, everyone has already had a premonition.

Because Haierbo's birth was really no small matter, especially the events they experienced during the previous Christmas holidays, which really made everyone involved deeply aware of the horror of that ancient black wizard.

"... Maca."

Harry suddenly raised his hand and shook it in front of his eyes.