Because of the "trial of Peter Pettigrew", whether it is the teachers and students in the school, or the officials of the Ministry of Magic, they are no strangers to this wizarding hero who finally rehabilitated Zhaoxue and restored his reputation.

And it's no secret that Sirius Black has joined the Hogwarts faculty and staff.

As early as the opening party of Hogwarts a few days ago, Professor Dumbledore introduced Professor Black to the whole school.

In the Transfiguration class that followed, Sirius Black also appeared in the classroom with Professor McGonagall, and as a teaching assistant, he assisted everyone in mastering the complex Transfiguration magic - and even in some of the course content, Sirius Black stood directly on the podium and gave a trial lecture on the Transfiguration class under the watchful eye of Professor McGonagall.

Frankly, at the beginning, Minerva McGonagall was a little worried.

After all, he has been a notoriously problematic student in the school since he was in school, and compared to Sirius Black and James Potter, the two bastards of a century, the Weasley twin brothers are simply good children.

However, with the end of several trial lectures, Professor McGonagall's perception of Blake quickly reversed.

Even with Professor McGonagall's critical gaze, he had to admit that the former problem student did have a pretty good talent for Transfiguration - the previous nearly ten years in Azkaban's prison life had smoothed out his rebelliousness, and Sirius Black's steady and serious attitude in the classroom was now fully qualified as a qualified professor.

Therefore, when Hogwarts started this round of job expansion, Sirius Black naturally took advantage of the trend and turned straight to the regular.

Merely...... Sirius Black, Hogwarts Castle Keeper?

Hearing this, Minerva McGonagall, who was sitting in the faculty seat, was stunned, and her hands, which were about to applaud, stopped, and turned her head to look at Sirius, who was sitting on the other side of the table, with a strange expression that seemed to be smiling rather than smiling.

If she remembered correctly, Sirius Black was still the Hogwarts record holder for the number of infractions.

Compared to James Potter, who was a little restrained after falling in love, this member of the Black family has been the number one demon king hated and headache by the castle keepers since he appeared at Hogwarts Castle.

"Well, yes, I must emphasize that the infractions at Hogwarts have been quite serious in the past year. ”

Dumbledore cleared his throat and glared sternly at the students in the Great Hall.

"Madam Pomfrey and Mr. Argus have already told me about this on more than one occasion, and I don't want to continue to see people turn their wands at their classmates in the coming year – so we have brought in Professor Black to make sure we reach as much of the school as possible, in addition to the original castle keepers. ”

Mixed college splitting is not without its drawbacks, and in a short period of time, it may even further provoke conflicts.

It's just that from a long-term perspective, the original house barriers at Hogwarts will gradually be broken, and as the students of the four houses communicate more and more frequently, with the current size of wizarding students, the advantages definitely outweigh the disadvantages.

As for the possible strife during the transition period, Dumbledore chose to accept Elena's suggestion to make the dragon a brave man.

Gellert Grindelwald, Sirius Black, and the white-haired dumplings hiding behind the scenes, if nothing else, this year's Hogwarts may have the hope of becoming the best school spirit and discipline ever.

Of course, at this moment, the vast majority of students are not yet aware of what this means.

At the Gryffindor House long table, the Weasley twins exchanged glances with each other, smiling unabashedly.

"Hey, man, do you hear that? Filch II is about to appear, and the good days after that are coming to an end are over. ”

"Perhaps, then we'll have to be especially careful lately with kindness, lest we hand in a piece of parchment as a transfiguration homework...... But if Professor Black gets lost in the castle, do you think we're going to show him the way?"

"That might be a little difficult, after all I haven't seen Mr. Filch at night for nearly two years. ”

"Me too, it's a shame that I pass by every time......"

Fred whispered and sang and harmonized with George, and both of them laughed silently.

Not long after the start of last semester, the Weasley twins discovered a special little secret.

In the beginning, Professor Otto Apocalis would often wander the castle as if he were the most conscientious castle keeper, wandering carefully and carefully from one area to the outer corridor of the Gryffindor common room, which became the most terrible of the worst areas.

So much so that for a long time, the Weasley twins were nervous, and at one point thought that the newly appointed "part-time commissar of the Discipline Commission" was going to take Gryffindor - which was not a strange thing, and almost every castle keeper liked to take the Gryffindor flag first, which had almost become a Hogwarts tradition.

However, as time went on, George Weasley and Fred Weasley took the initiative to contact each other, and on the other hand, combined with the descriptions of some of the classmates who met the professor in the corridor, they quickly judged from Professor Otto Apokalis's confident words and contradictory movements......

This old wizard from a foreign country seems, probably, and most likely is a road idiot?

"Fred, George, you've been a little more restrained lately......"

At this moment, Bill Weasley frowned slightly, looked thoughtfully at Professor Black, who was sitting at the end of the faculty long desk, looking a little haggard, and reminded with some uneasiness.

"That Professor Black may not be as simple as you think, he is not the same as Mr. Filch. ”

"Don't worry, Bill - we have a secret weapon!"

Fred Weasley squeezed his eyes and said mysteriously.

Seeing that Bill seemed to want to continue to tell him, George Weasley patted him on the shoulder nonchalantly.

"We can't be caught! In this castle nowadays, we may not be as powerful as Miss Caslana in terms of destructive power, but when it comes to skipping classes and night trips, you can't find a second one more powerful than us!"

"I hope so......"

Bill Weasley shrugged his shoulders noncommittally.

Although he doesn't know where Fred and George's confidence is, from what he knows about his younger brothers, most of them have some strange dependence - there are not many problem students in Hogwarts, but over the years, people like George and Fred who are mischievous on the one hand and have never missed a beat on the other hand are too rare.

It's a pity......

Compared to the cleverness and luck of his younger brothers, Bill trusted the fairy queen's eyes more.

As a B-Class member of the SCP Foundation, he's seen so many incredible things in this time.

Crucially, Bill Weasley was well aware of what a desirable place Hogwarts would become, and the pressures that someone qualified to take on the role of castle caretaker might face during this extraordinary time.

Thinking of this, Bill glanced meaningfully at his two younger brothers.

Since he and Charlie graduated, Fred and George have indeed had some lawlessness over the years.

Contempt for authority doesn't mean you don't have to follow the rules, and it would be a good thing to have Fred and George experience some setbacks at school, or at least to avoid a heavier price to pay.

......

Along with Dumbledore's introduction, there were several cold, sparse applause in the auditorium.

As a young professor, Sirius Black received even less applause than Umbridge.

Except for Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy, two young wizards who had a good relationship with Sirius, clapped their hands more vigorously, most of the students clapped politely, and even sat in their seats without moving.

Of course, part of the reason for this may come from the subtraction of the "Discipline Discipline Commissioner".

Like the Weasley twins, many young wizards were instantly less enthusiastic when they heard that Sirius Black would be the castle keeper and would patrol the castle with Argus Filch for disciplinary violations.

"Hey, Harry, don't be stupid and applaud. ”

Hermione, who had returned to the Gryffindor table, gently poked the boy next to her and whispered.

"Look at Professor Snape, I reckon you're in trouble later, and you'd better think about who to help if the two of them get into a fight. ”

Snape was the head of Slytherin House, and everyone knew that he didn't like Gryffindor, except that Harry Potter was an exception - perhaps because of Harry's seriousness and talent in Potions class, or for other reasons, in short, even Snape, who had always hated Gryffindor, had occasional eccentricity when facing Harry.

Hermione had sworn by her wand, and on more than one occasion she had seen Snape sneak in Harry as he patrolled the classroom.

Needless to say, like Elena in Professor Apocalis' class, Harry Potter was definitely Severus Snape's most admired student in the Potions classroom, even if Harry was the one who was scolded the most.

"Hmm, what's wrong with Professor Snape?"

Harry said with some confusion, looking at Hermione's prompt in a daze.

At this moment, Snape was staring at the end of the faculty table, his thin yellow face almost contorted to the point of twitching, and where the wizard's gaze fell, Sirius was whispering and laughing with Professor Lupin of Defence Against the Dark Arts.

At Hogwarts, Snape was the official professor Harry knew best.

Although Professor Snape would be angry at some stupid question or some potentially dangerous operational mistake on a regular basis, he had never seen such a terrible look on Snape's face.

The expression was more appropriate than anger.

Harry remembered that even after Christmas in the second semester of last year, when he was so busy with Quidditch training that he accidentally forgot his homework assigned by Professor Snape, and was rudely interrupted by Professor Snape in an attempt to argue, was not as good as the current tenth of the emotion written on the face of the Potions professor.

"As for our third and fourth professors......"

Dumbledore and the others who welcomed Sirius Black calmed down and continued.

"I am pleased to announce that Hogwarts has welcomed two more experienced and accomplished professors in their respective fields, Professor Horace Slughorn, who has been at Hogwarts for many years and has a wealth of experience, and Professor Damocles Bebier, who invented and selflessly contributed the wolf poison potion – both of whom will be joining Professor Snape in Potions for the next year. ”

With Dumbledore's introduction, Slughorn quickly stood up and waved gently to the students.

Slughorn's bare head glistened in the candlelight, his waistcoat's big belly cast a large shadow on the table, and beside him was a somewhat gloomy Damocles Bebile, with a hawkbeak nose.

Slughorn Bebier?

In the guest of honor in the auditorium, officials from the Ministry of Magic looked at each other in surprise.

This was not on the list they knew before, and they originally thought that these two old gentlemen were also today's guests.

The students in the castle may be unfamiliar with these two names, but as students who have graduated from Hogwarts in recent decades, whether it is the former Slytherin headmaster, Slughorn who is a professor in Potions class, or Bebiel, who has greatly alleviated the werewolf problem, they are all too familiar.

Different from the previous cold scenes, enthusiastic applause first rang out from the faculty seats.

Immediately afterward, Slytherin House also quickly erupted in warm applause.

If you add Professor Umbridge from the Ministry of Magic, three of the new professors who have appeared at Hogwarts so far have all graduated from Slytherin, not to mention that one of them is still their old headmaster.

With such an overwhelming advantage, Slytherin's success rate in the Academy Cup this year has increased at least several times.

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