In fact, it has not been too long since the start of the study tour program. But in the hearts of all the teachers and students at Hogwarts, the ups and downs of campus life seem to have been a long time ago.

Yes, including Harry, Hermione, Ron, and others who are currently caring for survivors in Spiral Town, as well as students of all grades and accompanying professors who travel the world aboard the Change.

For example, Hagrid, who looks unusually rough on the outside but is extremely slender on the inside, has been chewing fish bones and secretly wiping tears with a napkin at dinner time for several days in a row.

Naturally, Minerva McGonagall, who was already in love with Hogwarts, actually began to miss her school days shortly after leaving the UK.

If it weren't for Maca's phrase "Hogwarts is where there are students", maybe McGonagall would not have accompanied the study tour plan, but chose to stay on campus and silently protect the beautiful place that belongs to her and everyone.

However, Trelawney's sudden doomsday prophecy finally caused her anxiety to burst out.

In fact, Minerva McGonagall, while indeed a good teacher who loves her students, is still very interested in Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry...... In other words, the affection for the place "Hogwarts Castle" is especially good.

Because in Minerva McGonagall's mind, Hogwarts was not just her workplace, but a "shelter" that she had found that best suited her.

At this moment, she was back at the gate of the castle, looking up at the building that had been so familiar for decades.

In her mind, the memories that had faded but were still exceptionally clear were slowly flowing.

……

Minerva was born into a modest rural Muggle family in 1935, and her father, Robert McGonagall, was a Muggle priest.

Her mother, on the other hand, was a Muggle woman who had locked her wand and concealed her identity as a witch.

Ever since Minerva had gone on a magical rampage, her father didn't even know that his wife, who had lived peacefully with him for more than ten years, was actually a wizard who could use magic.

However, perhaps Minerva's mother is willing to give up her magical life for the sake of her lover, but the little Minerva is full of longing and curiosity about the mysterious and unknown world.

At the age of eleven, Minerva was introduced to Hogwarts for the first time after receiving her acceptance letter, and immediately fell in love with the place where she could use her talents to the fullest.

She quickly became the best student in her grade, both in written magical theory and in various practical subjects, and even Quidditch was quite good.

Eventually, after seven years as a student, Minerva graduated from Hogwarts with the highest grades in all her subjects, and received an offer letter from the Law Enforcement Department of the Ministry of Magic on the day of her graduation.

However, in the months when she returned to her hometown to spend her last summer and then moved to London to work, Minerva McGonagall, who was eighteen years old, met the only man she had ever loved in her life on the ridge of her hometown.

And what is even more amazing is the coincidence that she has always loved the wizarding world, but she fell in love with a Muggle man like her mother.

But at the end of the day, Minerva and her mother are very different. Due to the existence of the "Secrecy Law", when she had to face the two absolute options of "locking up the wand" and "giving up love", she finally chose magic and ideals.

However, in the following two years of work and life, Minerva gradually realized the gap between ideals and reality.

To be honest, her boss at the time was actually a good male wizard, and after a long time of working together, she also faintly developed feelings for the beautiful Minerva.

Unfortunately, the fact that some of her colleagues who were strongly discriminatory against Muggles, and the figure of her first love that still existed somewhere in Minerva's heart, made Minerva hate her life in London more and more.

Finally, late one night, Minerva, who was tossing and turning and couldn't sleep, wrote a cover letter on impulse and sent it to Hogwarts rather abruptly.

It must be said that at that time, although Minerva was still excellent, she was even close to being promoted in the Ministry of Magic. However, her level of magic at that time was not enough to be a professor at Hogwarts.

What's more, there are not many precedents for active job hunting at Hogwarts, and professors have basically been selected and hired by the Headmaster or the four Deans.

However, only a few hours later, the owl brought her a letter of offer just as it was getting dark.

Perhaps it was Minerva's impulsive cover letter that filled with emotion and sincerity that Dumbledore, then head of Gryffindor House and professor of Transfiguration, accepted her application and offered her a position as assistant professor in the Department of Transfiguration.

And Hogwarts proved to be a paradise compared to the dreary, cramped, and intriguing environment of the Ministry of Magic.

Under the patronage of Hogwarts and Dumbledore's support, Minerva grew up rapidly.

In just half a year, Minerva, who had devoted herself to studying teaching and constantly improving herself, was recognized by Dumbledore and the headmaster at the time, and officially became a teacher who could teach independently.

To be honest, she was grateful from the bottom of her heart to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, which had educated her, protected her, and provided her with a huge space to perform, and she was also grateful to Dumbledore who was able to hire her beyond the norm at that time.

It is worth mentioning that it was during that half a year that she accidentally learned about the recent situation of the first love she missed at that time from a letter from her mother.

When she learned that the Muggle man she had rejected the engagement had finally given up after waiting for her for almost three years to marry the daughter of a farmer, Minerva wept silently in an empty classroom.

At that time, it was Dumbledore who comforted her with a sad past that he had never told anyone about. Dumbledore's past made her understand that everything in the world is indeed impermanent, and only by continuing to look forward can she see the beauty of life.

There is no doubt that when she fell into a low point twice in a row in her life, it was Dumbledore who pulled herself up. In retrospect, Minerva often realizes that she owes the school and Dumbledore too much.

……

Right now, while reminiscing, she naturally walked to the door of the former classroom, and couldn't help but raise her wrist and gently wipe the slightly moist corners of her eyes.

She walked slowly into the empty classroom, caressing the desks with various old scratches in the front of her, and walked all the way to the side near the window.

She remembers very well that the position where she sat when she was relatively petite has always been here.

"Professor Dumbledore, nothing has changed!"