Chapter 290 Course Selection

There was silence in the Great Hall, and many young wizards were frightened by Dumbledore's serious expression. The white-bearded principal would only show this expression when the situation was urgent.

Perhaps noticing that his tone was a bit harsh, Dumbledore's brows widened, he vaguely smiled and continued to speak.

"Okay, that's all I have to remind you. Let's change the topic to a more pleasant topic. Two new professors will join our lineup this school year!"

"First of all, it's Professor Lupin, who readily agreed to fill the vacancy in the Defense Against the Dark Arts class." Dumbledore stepped aside, motioned for everyone to look towards the teacher's chair, and took the lead in applauding.

Lupine nodded to everyone. He actually wanted to say that he was not as happy as Dumbledore said he was taking on this "dangerous" position.

There were bursts of sparse applause in the auditorium, and the little wizards in the audience looked at Lupin with scrutiny.

After all, Lupine's shabby appearance was in sharp contrast to the other well-dressed professors, making it difficult for people to believe that he was a capable person.

Dumbledore waited for the young wizards to accept the last news before continuing.

"As for our second new professor, it's Rubeus Hagrid!"

Hagrid stood up in a flash, his huge body causing the long table in front of him to move several centimeters.

Noticing that everyone was looking over, Hagrid's cheeks turned red. He put his big rough hands on the table and then lifted them up. He always felt that it was inappropriate wherever he put them.

Dumbledore then added.

"As your original Care of Magical Creatures teacher, Professor Kettleburn, retired at the end of last term, I hired Rubeus Hagrid to take over the position. He agreed to take on the role of gamekeeper in addition to his duties as gamekeeper. This teaching job!”

Many young wizards looked at Hagrid in the teacher's chair in surprise, feeling a little unbelievable. Even Harry and Ron were surprised, but this did not prevent them from expressing their excitement with warm applause.

Ivan was also applauding. He knew very well that the attack in the secret room last semester cleared Hagrid of suspicion, and that was why Hagrid had the opportunity to be a professor.

It's a bit of a coincidence that Professor Kettleburn retired at the end of the semester, which made Ivan wonder if Dumbledore was operating behind the scenes.

After listening to Dumbledore's rambling words, it was finally time to enjoy dinner.

The white-bearded old principal waved his magic wand and tapped it. The next moment, gold plates filled with delicacies were placed on the long tables of the four major colleges, and the empty goblet was filled with various drinks.

The young wizards who had been waiting for a long time started to feast, talking in groups about the two newly appointed professors and the purpose of the dementors coming to Hogwarts.

After dinner was over, the prefects led the freshmen to their respective lounges, while the third-year wizards stayed behind. Professor McGonagall took a list and gave it to everyone.

After Ivan took it, he found that it was a third grade class schedule.

In addition to the main courses of the previous school year, there are also several more courses that you can choose whether to study, such as Divination, Ancient Runes, Muggle Studies, etc.

Before Professor McGonagall left, she asked everyone to think carefully tonight. They only have one night to make a decision, because she will collect all the class schedules tomorrow morning!

"It looks like we're going to be busy again this school year." Ron stared at the class schedule and couldn't help complaining.

For Ron, whose grades were not up to par, adding a few more classes meant more torture at the end of the semester.

Harry also agreed, and then the two of them began to think about which courses would be relatively easy.

First of all, Hagrid's Care of Magical Creatures class was a must, and given their relationship with Hagrid, getting high marks in this class was out of the question.

The remaining courses were more difficult to choose. Harry was more inclined to take a Muggle Studies course because he grew up in the Muggle world, while Ron wanted to take a Divination course.

The two discussed for a while, and then turned around to ask Ivan for his opinion, but to their surprise, Ivan had already started ticking boxes on the class schedule.

"Ivan, have you made your choice so quickly?" Ron asked in surprise.

"Choose? Can't you just check them all? Professor McGonagall didn't say you can't choose them all." Ivan shook his head and said casually.

Harry and Ron looked at Ivan's class schedule and hesitated to speak.

Professor McGonagall only suggested that everyone choose two to three courses, and did not say that they cannot choose all of them, but normally no one would do this, right?

The two of them immediately looked at Ivan with strange eyes, feeling that Ivan was probably the only one in the whole grade who would do this.

Just as they were thinking this, Hermione's voice sounded behind them.

"Ivan is right! It never hurts to take an extra class!"

Harry and Ron turned to look over. Hermione was checking off the class schedule. It seemed that she was planning to choose all the courses just like Ivan.

The two of them were speechless. They even felt ashamed and thought about whether they should also choose a few more courses. However, this idea only appeared in their minds for a while and was forgotten by the two of them.

Campus life is so beautiful, how can we only think about studying?

This is so disgraceful!

"By the way, you have chosen so many classes, but some of them conflict with each other, right? What will you do then?" Harry asked strangely.

Hermione was stunned for a moment and realized the problem. She pondered for a while and was about to speak when she heard Ivan say.

"I think the professors will have a solution!"

"Yes! Otherwise Professor McGonagall would have reminded us just now!" Hermione nodded, glanced at Ivan quietly, and was a little happy that Ivan thought the same as her.

Harry and Ron looked at the two of them helplessly, then looked down at the class schedule. In the end, although they did not check all the boxes like Ivan did, they still gritted their teeth and chose three elective courses.

After finishing the difficult course selection, Ivan and others, who were already exhausted from the journey, returned to the dormitory together. After washing in a hurry, they felt heavy as soon as they touched the bed and never wanted to get up again.

Ivan was lying on the bed, thinking about the time turner he was about to get.

In the original time and space, it seemed that Professor McGonagall took the initiative to help Hermione apply. I don’t know if Professor McGonagall would also apply for herself.

If not, he could only ask Lu Ping to vouch for him.

Thanks to the book friend Zidu for the 200 starting coins reward.