Chapter 111: Allen's Letter
Is Lupin a good professor?
The answer is obviously yes, and aside from the fact that he is a werewolf, he is undoubtedly a rare Defence Against the Dark Arts professor.
As a werewolf, after the discovery of the full moon form and the possession of the wolf poison potion, the danger has been reduced to the lowest - it is obviously a good choice to let Lupin be re-elected compared to finding a professor at the level of a rice bucket.
That's what Alan thinks, and that's what he does.
Unfortunately, this is only his personal opinion, not Lupin's own.
Even though Dumbledore's side had joined forces with the Ministry of Magic to secure the professor, he had made the decision to resign, and, judging by his gentle and determined smile, the decision was irreversible.
When Alan and Sirius ran to the office one after the other, he looked at the two of them with such a smile, and calmly folded a cardigan and put it in the box.
"Good morning—" He looked at his friend, then at Allen, as if they had met and chatted on an after-dinner walk, and had no intention of leaving, but the large, tattered box had clearly betrayed his itinerary.
"You're resigning, Moonface?" Sirius asked, then in an exasperated tone.
His tone was like discovering that his roommate was about to strayed into the financial management app Steam, trying to use rude language to free him from this trap.
"Well, bigfoot," Lupin said in a relaxed tone, as if the discussion was not about resignation but about what to eat for lunch: "Dumbledore has approved my resignation, and the car I have set for me is estimated to have arrived at the door today." ”
He turned to look at Allen: "Okay, to be honest, it's a pity that I didn't stay with you as long as I expected, but Alan, your strength is really beyond my expectations, and it is estimated that there will be absolutely no problem with your level exam today." ”
"It's a bit of a shame that you'll have to learn your Defence Against the Dark Arts class on your own - but you shouldn't be stressed. He took the last thing out of the drawer, put it in the box, and crushed the box to death.
"Man, did that Snape bastard do it? he's still as sneaky as he was back then—" Sirius apparently didn't accept this fact, his sleeves rolled up, and it was clear that if the rest of the situation didn't satisfy him, maybe the students would be able to see the attack power of the legendary First Death Eater.
"There's nothing about Severus, actually, Dumbledore and the Ministry of Magic are under pressure from their parents to get things done-" Lupin said as he adjusted the box, his expression very exaggerated, "You didn't see the owls in the sky, Dumbledore's office was almost flooded with letters, and there were even a few howling letters, but they were disposed of by Dumbledore before they exploded." ”
He said it jokingly, as if it had nothing to do with him.
"But Dumbledore kept things down, didn't he?" Sirius looked puzzled.
"Oh man, yes, the Headmaster and the Ministry of Magic even made joint promises, and in the end the parents were convinced - even if they were a little skeptical, but the credibility of Dumbledore and magic still worked. Lupin adjusted the suitcase one last time to make sure the luggage was completely in order.
At this time, with three soft sounds, there was a knock on the office door, and Sirius, who was close to the door, casually opened the door.
Harry stood anxiously at the door, even panting for breath, and beside him, Zhang Qiu was also out of breath.
When Harry realized that it was not the professor he imagined but Sirius who opened the door, he couldn't help but pause, and then his face turned red all of a sudden, and he remembered to say hello for a long time.
"Oh, I'm sorry, Sirius, I didn't know you were there, Professor Lupin was there?"
"Of course he's here, that idiot!" Sirius, who was visibly in a bad mood, muttered a curse before realizing that something wasn't right, letting Harry and Cho in - judging by the way they were dressed, Alan expected them to go on a date.
"Professor, you're resigning?"
"I'm afraid that's right. "Lupin is pleasant.
"But didn't the Ministry of Magic and the school jointly issue a notice yesterday?" Harry's eyes were full of confusion.
"After thinking about it for a long time, I realized that some of the arguments were not unreasonable, and I was indeed not suitable for this job. (Think about it!, you elm head!), Sirius muttered quietly, in a voice Harry couldn't hear. )
"But you're the best Defence Against the Dark Arts professor we've ever met!" Harry was full of anticipation, "Don't go!"
"I'm sorry, kid—" Lupin stepped forward and gave Harry a hug, then a strong hug to Sirius, then walked up to Alan and bowed.
Alan gave him a warm hug and a grinning smile on his face.
"Alright, it's time for me to go. He lifted the box and glanced at the office.
"No, I think we'll see each other soon—especially you, Bigfoot, you can't stay in the school hospital every day, can you?" Lupin cleared his throat and glanced at Sirius as he prepared to open the door—apparently he wanted to go it alone at this point.
However, Allen's voice suddenly rang out at this moment.
"Professor, you didn't plan to teach forever, did you?"
The room was stunned all at once - at the time of farewell, Alan suddenly said such words that were completely out of step with the current scene, which was extremely surprising.
"If I'm not mistaken, the last lesson of all textbooks is werewolf identification, and you're going to reveal your identity yourself in the last lesson, right?"
Lupin's face stiffened for a moment, and then returned to its original state.
"Well—I wasn't going to say it, but I underestimated you, I did have that idea when I first agreed to Dumbledore's invitation, but apparently it wasn't needed anymore. ”
Sure enough, I guessed correctly, Alan shook his head, took a quill and parchment from the bag, and quickly wrote on it.
Five minutes later, he finished the job and handed the parchment to Lupin.
"Alright, Professor, if you don't have any plans, I'd suggest you take a walk around here for the rest of the day, I think it's going to be a very helpful trip—" Alan pointed to the address on the first piece of paper, "and when you get there, just say you know Allen, and give them the letter at the end, and their leaders will know, after all, I have a pretty good relationship with them." ”
Allen had a smile on his face, as if he had seen everything through.
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