"Yaya, get up!"

Early in the morning, Hagrid got up from his bed and gently kicked the hound's ass along the way.

"Today is the first day of the new semester, and my class is in the second class in the morning, so we have to prepare in advance! Hurry up, you little lazy dog......"

After waking up the sleeping Masaki's teeth, he picked up a few large tin buckets from the side, and hurriedly left the hunting ground hut with the still somewhat dazed teeth.

The weather is not bad today, and the temperature is not as cold as it was some time ago. When a breeze blows on its side, although it will still make people shrink their necks slightly, it is more about the expectation of the upcoming warm spring.

The snow that had piled up in the vestibule began to melt.

"Yaya, where are you going? It's over here—"

As soon as he got out, Hagrid noticed that the stupid dog had turned around and ran towards the garden, apparently in a real sleep. As a last resort, Hagrid could only kick it in the ass again, calling back the sleepwalking teeth.

However, after calling Yaya, he did not immediately turn back again, but glanced in the direction of the school gate from a distance.

From here, you can see that there are six uniformly dressed witches and wizards standing over there. They stood in two rows on either side of the gate, silently scanning and guarding everything outside the door.

According to Professor McGonagall, it was the current head of the French Blois Castle, who had befriended Maca, and had sent the wizards of the family to assist in guarding Hogwarts.

And there are many guard wizards like them inside and outside Hogwarts now, and I even heard that there are even two people in Hogsmeade Village, which is not far from the school.

Secretly lamenting the wide range of Maca's travels, Hagrid turned around and walked in the direction of the Forbidden Forest with the bucket.

The vats containing the things didn't shake much in his hands, and it was clear that they were definitely not light. But in Helbo's hands, it was as if there was no weight at all.

In a few moments, Hagrid made another turn around his house, and soon he was able to see his destination—in fact, at some point, there was a small new house in the clearing.

Honestly, it looks really small.

At best, it's the size of two Hagrids, and even makes people worry about whether they can fit Hagrid's massive body.

But Hagrid did not hesitate, and he stepped on the slightly slippery snow, and in an instant he walked to the door of the hut, and placed a few large buckets at his feet.

"Click."

As he twisted the doorknob and pulled the door open, the inside was immediately unfolded before his eyes.

Apparently, this door was the one that Maca had made specifically to protect the Christmas activities of the Magical Creatures class. During the Christmas holidays, Hagrid built a small room specifically for the door that had been enchanted with the Traceless Stretching Charm.

As far as Hagrid envisioned, this would be a classroom for the future Conservation of Magical Creatures, allowing young wizards to have a more unique experience.

As for the many magical creatures that were "invited" to the event, except for some dangerous individuals such as fire dragons who really couldn't get permission to breed, the others had already been managed by Hagrid to stay.

After about an hour and a half, Hagrid, who had finished feeding the animals breakfast, finally came out again, and by this time the sky was already bright.

"Now that the cuties are full, it's time for me to go to the auditorium to fill my stomach."

Muttering this, Hagrid returned to the hut with the same well-fed tooth, and by the way folded the cleaned iron bucket and put it away, which was the end of the day's work.

Not to mention, it would take a lot of time, but Hagrid still thought it would be a good day.

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

Even though Hagrid is no longer the rookie professor he was a few years ago, and the content of the class he prepared has been affirmed by some students, the discussion with Maca has long become his habit.

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

A moment later, as he walked leisurely through the vestibule, Hagrid quickly heard the humming of the auditorium—it seemed that there were already quite a few people in it having breakfast.

"Good morning, Professor Hagrid!"

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

While greeting a few students at the door, he also stepped into the huge auditorium.

Well, hasn't Maca come here yet? Is it delayed by some research?

Hagrid first looked at the faculty chair in the deepest part of the room, and then he noticed that the professors' seats, which were often late, were empty, including Maca, who was always unpunctual for meals.

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

Perhaps everyone had similar thoughts to Hagrid, so most of them didn't care where Maca was.

Saying good morning to the young wizards, Hagrid went to his seat and carefully pulled out his chair and sat down.

It can't be helped, his round waist has been rubbed against the long table several times, and almost every time everyone's cup is shaken over, it is inevitable that he will pay more attention to it.

"Morning! Professor Flitwick...... Today seems to be warmer than yesterday, and in the morning I went to the backyard with only pants and a tank top, and I didn't feel cold at all! ”

"That's because you're more frost-resistant."

Flitwick replied habitually, but Hagrid found that he still seemed to be a little ...... Absent-minded?

"What's wrong?" Hagrid picked up the cutlery in front of him and asked, "You don't seem to be very happy, did you sleep with your neck crooked at night?" ”

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

"You'll find out in a moment."

Hagrid then bowed his head in confusion and ate his breakfast, waiting for Maca's arrival.

However, more than ten minutes had passed, and the vast majority of the people in the auditorium had already arrived, and the young wizards had already filled the four academy long tables, but Maca had not yet appeared.

Suddenly, Professor McGonagall, who could barely speak in the morning, stood up and walked around the table to the pulpit not far away.

"Dear students, and professors...... If you disturb everyone's meal, please let me apologize in advance. However, please pay attention-"

Although most of them had almost finished eating, she apologized first. Then she continued:

"This morning, I have to announce one thing to all of you - Mr. Marca McLean, as a specially assigned professor of ancient magic at Hogwarts, is leaving his post from today."

"What!"

"How so?"

"Hey, that's not true, is it?"

"McLean taught him...... Wait, what is a 'special assignment'? ”

McGonagall had barely finished speaking, and before she could even reach the floor, a chaotic whisper rang out in the auditorium. Not only that, but in those chaotic words of you and me, there are also a lot of exclamations that can't control the volume.

Not only the young wizards, but even professors like Hagrid, who were not yet aware, couldn't help but feel the urge to ask McGonagall if it was true or not.

"Be quiet, please be quiet!"

As a well-qualified current Vice-Chancellor, Professor McGonagall's majesty is quite effective. When she raised her voice and shouted, the garbled voice finally subsided.

Then everyone looked at her again, wanting to hear her say a specific reason.

"I know it can be a little hard for people to accept – McLean is a very good professor and under his influence, I can say 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, he is also a wizard who cares about the safety of the wizarding world!"

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

In fact, 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 temporarily leave Hogwarts and cooperate with the British Ministry of Magic and the International Confederation of Wizards......"

After that, Professor McGonagall said a lot of rare things, and those words were the ones she had always wanted to say.

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

And this, she finally took this opportunity to speak out and tell the children below.

“…… In addition, the Ancient Demon Script class was suspended for one day today. Starting tomorrow, Professor Bussida Babling will return to teach the course, and the textbook will remain the same as The Mysteries of the Ancient Scriptures. ”

With that, Professor McGonagall did not return to the faculty chair, but left through the side door of the auditorium.

At the long table in Gryffindor House below, Hermione and the others were all looking at each other, their eyes a little complicated.

They thought they should be more excited now, after all, it was the big news of Maka's departure! Unexpectedly, at the moment, the few people who have the best relationship with Maca are just silently exchanging glances.

To be honest, the big guys actually have some premonitions.

Because the birth of Helbo is really not a trivial matter, especially the events they experienced during the previous Christmas holidays, it really made everyone who participated deeply aware of the horror of the ancient dark wizard.

“…… Maca. ”

Harry lifted his palm and shook it in front of his eyes.