The huge Hogwarts Great Hall was silent.

Normally, when a new professor comes along, everyone applauds.

But now almost any student or professor applauded except Dumbledore.

Albus Dumbledore slapped his hands a few times, and found that the applause was lonely echoing in the silent Great Hall, so he put down his hand with great amusement, and sighed helplessly—he could feel the resistance in the air of the Great Hall.

The students all stared at Dumbledore with their mouths wide open and silently, as if they were speechless in astonishment.

Adding two never-before-heard classes out of thin air is definitely not a cause for joy for most young wizards, especially when the names of these two courses still sound a little ominous.

On the other hand, most of the professors in the faculty seats are also cold-hearted.

There seems to be an invisible dividing line between the old and new professors, clearly divided into two worlds.

As full professors, they had learned from Dumbledore about Hogwarts' reforms this year long before the start of the school year, but that didn't mean they had no problem with the Headmaster's decision - in fact, the opposition was almost half over.

"As I just said......"

As if noticing the cold reaction of the teachers and students, Dumbledore cleared his throat and continued with a smile.

"In the coming semester, all grades at Hogwarts will have a new Mathematics and Science course, which will focus on exploring and learning all the most basic natural philosophical knowledge, with Mr. Alexey from Russia as the main teacher. ”

"Alexey? from Russia?"

At the Ravenclaw table, Luna Lovegood turned her head and looked with some curiosity at the foreign student who was sitting not far from her, "Danilova, this new professor can't be some elder in your family, right?"

"That's my dad!" Danilova replied proudly.

"But, if I'm not mistaken......"

On the other side of the long table, Hoffa Bach frowned slightly, and carefully looked at the middle-aged man standing at the end of the long table in the faculty seat, unlike most professors, Alexei did not wear a wizard's robe, but a shirt and jacket.

"According to your introduction, your father must be a Muggle, right? How did he become a professor at Hogwarts?"

"I don't know. Danilova replied in a whisper, glancing at her father, her cheeks bulging.

"Anyway—anyway, my dad is super good...... Maybe my dad can do magic!"

Danilova also found out about her father's appointment as a professor at Hogwarts this evening.

At this time, like all young wizards, she was full of curiosity, and she longed for the dinner to end immediately, and then rushed to her father to ask for clarification—after the discussion of her classmates, she even wondered if her father was a wizard who had hidden his identity.

In her little head, a whole lot of love stories between father and mother were imagined almost instantly.

......

And at the same time, the faculty seats.

Noticing the curiosity and excitement in his precious daughter's eyes, Alexei couldn't help but have a headache.

In fact, according to the original arrangement, Mr. Vinogradov from the Skelov Institute of Mathematics of the Academy of Sciences of the former USSR should have taught the course - but since Vinogradov learned that most of the students were a group of children with no basic knowledge of mathematics, he has been lobbying among the institutes to find a replacement.

As one of the last Soviet experts to arrive at Hogwarts, deputy director of the Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, and a student of Vinogradov, Alexei naturally became the best "stand-in emissary" in Vinogradov's eyes.

Not to mention, the matter about Danilova's enrollment has long been spread by some big mouths in the circle of scholars.

Stacked on top of each other, Alexey was the only natural Hogwarts teacher—the first math teacher and the first Muggle clerk in Hogwarts history—and that's why the other professors were so cold.

If it weren't for Dumbledore's persuasive explanation, most of the professors' faces would have been even more ugly.

Of course, there is another reason for this, which is that, unlike other Hogwarts professors, Alexey is not an official professor at Hogwarts, and is technically closer to being a temporary worker or support staff.

Alexey does not have any additional teaching rights other than being allowed to take classes at school.

Even the most basic points can only be recorded in a small book, and then submitted to the corresponding deans of the corresponding colleges after class, and after Professor McGonagall and others make a judgment, the decision to add and deduct points can be exercised on behalf of the students.

As for what professors' dormitories, what salaries, and official titles, of course, these are even more non-existent......

This is the bottom line that the British Ministry of Magic and the Hogwarts Board of Directors can accept - and in exchange, Dumbledore promised not to pursue Peter Pettigrew's confession, and to vouch for the innocence of the various magical families in his own honor.

After experiencing the seizure of the Lestrange family's vault, a subtle influence gradually spreads.

As time went on, concerns arose among many of the long-established pure-blood wizarding families - for the first time, the authority of the Ministry of Magic was substantially threatened, and there was a subtle gap between the once-close British Ministry of Magic and the pure-blood wizarding family, and in this case, the attitude of Dumbledore and Hogwarts was even more important.

In addition, another reason for the Ministry of Magic and pure-blood families to make concessions came from the collapse of the former Soviet Union and the aftermath of the turmoil of the Hogwarts mortgage and the Dark Forces' financial scam.

As a wizard, it would be too bad to rely on elves to calculate even the most basic exchange rate conversions, and to be unable to spot even the simplest and most shady financial scams - with such a unified understanding, it is obviously very reasonable and necessary to add a little bit of math to the daily curriculum of Hogwarts.

Even if a few Muggle scholars had to be hired temporarily for this purpose......

In the eyes of pure-blood wizards such as Cornelius Fudge and Lucius Malfoy, according to the seven-year school system of Hogwarts, it will take no more than seven years at most for the wizarding world to produce young wizards who have fully mastered Muggle mathematics.

At that point, Hogwarts will naturally revert to being full of wizards once again.

How complex can these education reforms be that they are just short-term stopgap – just a numbers game?

......

"As for the other new course that is being offered this year, language and literature. ”

Located on the podium in the middle of the school auditorium, Dumbledore didn't explain much about the math and science lessons.

After waiting for the sparse applause in the auditorium to subside, Dumbledore cleared his throat, looked at the students with a smile, glanced meaningfully at Lockhart, who was standing in the faculty seat, and continued with a smile.

"This is a study by the school professors, the Ministry of Magic, and the school board, and a special course is set up for everyone's basic writing ability, so as to improve your reading comprehension, writing, expression, and literary appreciation. It is my pleasure to announce that Mr. Gilderoy Lockhart will be the professor of this course for the next period of time. ”

"As for the textbooks, you don't have to worry at all, in the first class, Professor Lockhart will give you a batch of carefully selected basic textbooks for everyone to read and study for free, as well as diaries and appreciation-"

"Uh-huh. ”

Gilderoy Lockhart cleared his throat and glanced at Dumbledore expectantly.

After a slight pause, a hint of helplessness flashed across Dumbledore's face as he continued.

"By the way, Professor Lockhart has decided to give you a whole set of his for free, as a welcome gift - well, right under your stools, and when today's dinner is over, you can take it back to the dormitory for collection. ”

At Dumbledore's voice, the students bent down and groped under their chairs.

Under everyone's seat, there were seven new copies of the Lockhart collection, each slightly wrapped in gift paper, simply tied together with a sky-blue ribbon and tied with a delicate bow on the cover.

Of course, it would be even better if there was no "after-reading task card" attached to it.

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Chapter 1!