"I guess it's better to make this clear before you get confused by this meal."

Dumbledore cleared his throat and continued.

"After they searched the Hogwarts Express...... As you all know, our school is currently hosting a number of Dementors from Azkaban, who are here to carry out official duties for the Ministry of Magic. ”

Dumbledore was unhappy about the Dementors guarding the school, but that was what the Ministry of Magic meant, and as the headmaster of Hogwarts, he knew that the Ministry of Magic stood for rules and constraints.

With Dumbledore's influence in the wizarding world, he must set a good example for other wizards to follow the rules, which is beneficial to the stability and development of the wizarding world.

"They are stationed at all entrances to the school's grounds," Dumbledore continued, "and I must make it clear during their stay here: no one is allowed to leave the school without permission. Dementors should not be tricked into playing tricks or disguises, not even the Cloak of Invisibility. He added this sentence without expression.

"Dementors are inherently unaware of requests or excuses. Therefore I warn each and every one of you: do not leave them any excuse to harm you. I hope that the prefects, and our new boys and girls presidents, will make sure that no student will clash with the Dementors. ”

Percy sat only a few seats away from Harry, and he puffed out his chest and looked around impressively.

Yes, that's right, Percy became the prefect of Gryffindor House, and looking at his appearance, he was obviously showing off!

"It's a pleasure," Dumbledore continued, "this year, I'm delighted to welcome two new teachers to our team. ”

"The first is Professor Lupin, who readily agrees to fill the void in the Defence Against the Dark Arts course."

There was some sporadic and less enthusiastic applause in the auditorium. Only the students who had been in the same carriage as him on the train applauded, and Maca was among them.

To be honest, Maca still has a good impression of this werewolf professor...... Well, of course, maybe it's just because he's curious about creatures like werewolves?

Lupin sat in the midst of all the well-dressed teachers, looking particularly shabby.

Snape, who sat on the other side of the faculty chair, stared at Professor Lupin along the faculty table.

At Hogwarts, everyone knew that Snape had always wanted to be the Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher, and it was natural to be angry about it.

To everyone's surprise, the look on Snape's face was more than annoyance, it was hatred. It was the same feeling as every time Snape looked at Harry's face.

"As for the second teacher we appointed......"

After the not-so-enthusiastic applause given to Professor Lupin had subsided, Dumbledore continued.

"Hmm...... I'm sorry to tell you that Professor Keitel Byrne, our teacher in the Conservation of Magical Creatures class, retired late last year to have more time with his remaining naughty ones. However, I am happy to say that it was none other than Rubeus Hagrid to fill his vacancy. Hagrid had agreed to serve as a teacher in addition to his role as a hunting ground guard. ”

As soon as Dumbledore finished speaking, Maca was the first to applaud - he knew that Hagrid had to be given some encouragement lest he forget what he should and should not do as a teacher.

"I don't think it's going to be useful...... "Maca thought as she slapped hard and dryly.

He could hear the applause at the Gryffindor table, the group of lions cubs who had always had a good sense of Hagrid.

Harry, in particular, leaned over to look at Hagrid with a happy smile on his face.

Hagrid's face flushed with excitement, he glared at his big hands, his smile hidden in his messy black beard.

Gradually, the applause subsided, and when Professor Dumbledore began to speak again, everyone saw Hagrid wiping his eyes with a tablecloth.

"Well, I think the important business is said and done," said Dumbledore, "and let's start eating!" ”

……

The new semester has begun, and everyone is once again engaged in intense learning.

From the third grade, there are elective courses.

One is ancient magic, the other is Muggle studies, and two are divination-related subjects - divination and arithmetic divination. Of course, don't forget, there's also Hagrid's Conservation of Magical Creatures class.

Speaking of which, Maca is not good at divination, just like he is not good at astronomy, but he chose both divination and arithmetic divination classes.

In addition, the Ancient Magic Script class seemed to be a good match for Maca, but he was not even interested in taking a look.

As for Hagrid's Conservation of Magical Creatures class, Maca thought about it and chose it. Anyway, his relationship with Hagrid is not bad, and this little face still needs to be given.

It's just that he only plans to try a few lessons for the two divination courses, and the specific situation will have to be calculated separately.

But even so, this semester's Maca, in terms of busyness, is obviously better than before.

Oh yes! There is one more thing that has to be mentioned.

During this semester, something big happened to Hufflepuff House - the house's Quidditch team suddenly went into a semi-paralyzed state. There is only one reason for its paralysis, that is, all the original members of the hospital team have withdrawn from the team!

The first to retire were captain Darren Chris and chaser Charles Brown, who graduated honorably this year; The next two Year 7 players were forced to quit the team and concentrate on preparing for the NEWTs exam due to the pressure exerted on them at home.

In this way, Charlotte, a Seeker who is also in the seventh grade, also quit.

There was only one sixth-grader left, Mark Baker, who had nothing to do about the miserable situation and eventually quit.

In this way, the Hufflepuff House team turned out to be completely empty in drama.

At this point, Cedric Diggory must be mentioned. He started last year with the position of Hufflepuff Prefect. Since he took office, not to mention, the popularity is really good.

Just ask, who wouldn't like a boy who is full of reason, handsome, and elegant?

During a semester of Maca's low-key life, Cedric's popularity at Hufflepuff House skyrocketed, and the badgers often compared him to Maca.

And it was such a fast-rising handsome prefect who was obligated to take the matter upon himself when such a serious problem arose in the Hufflepuff team.

He personally served as the captain, re-recruited the team members, and soon returned the completely stagnant academy team to normal training.

He even came to Maca several times in the hope that he would be able to rejoin the team. Although Maca did not agree, he always maintained a humble and elegant tone, and did not become impatient or even resentful because of Maca's repeated excuses.

It's just that Maca really doesn't have the time to fly around on a broomstick, he has so many things to do that he can't keep busy.

No, he had just finished the divination class, and he had to rush to the arithmetic and divination class.

To be honest, Professor Trelawney's previous divination class was a bit confusing to him, and this was on the premise that he had already figured out the content of divination.

"Why does the appearance of tea pomace predict the future? How does it work? Maca couldn't figure it out.

What's worse is that none of the books on divination explain the principle, as if it were an entirely empirical discipline, which makes one suspicious.

Comparatively speaking, arithmetic divination is much easier to understand.

Whether it is the magical properties of numbers or the magical analysis of graphics, it is a subject that can be traced, which makes Makache really interested.

It's just that arithmetic divination usually requires a lot of complex calculus, and a lot of formulas and formulas, which makes Maca feel like she is in an advanced math class that has strayed academically.

But in any case, arithmetic divination classes are clearly more appealing to maca than divination classes.

But just as Maca was about to give up the divination class, he overheard a quote from Professor Trelawney's beginning of the class.

"You've chosen the divination class, it's the hardest of all magical arts. I must warn you at the outset: if you do not have the 'Vision', then there is very little I can teach you, and books can only take you so far in this regard......"

Yes, divination is undoubtedly a discipline that attaches great importance to talent, and this "talent" comes from the extension of bloodline.

But this has nothing to do with the pure-blooded theory of the wizarding family, and the "vision" of divination begins with an awakening similar to the atavistic phenomenon, which has nothing to do with the purity of blood.

It was this speculation that made Maca decide to continue with the course that he "couldn't understand", and tried to find some clues from Professor Trelawney.

On top of that, Hagrid's Conservation of Magical Creatures class followed.

Just yesterday, Malfoy was injured in Hagrid's class, and the incident quickly spread through Slytherin House. Malfoy and his two idiot henchmen worked hard to spread the word, trying to make Hagrid's name stink.

"Hagrid, are you alright?"

At Hagrid's hut, Hufflepuff and some of the Ravenclaw students gathered in the clearing, waiting for the others who hadn't arrived yet.

Maca approached Hagrid and accosted him.

"Oh, I think so, it's fine."

Hagrid looked visibly frustrated, after all, the first class went wrong, which was not a good thing.

"Don't worry! It's not a big deal...... "but seriously, Hippogriffs are classified as 3X levels, and I don't think they're meant to be used as part of the curriculum in the first class of third year, are they?" ”

"Yes...... But they're funny," Hagrid argued weakly, "and they're beautiful, don't you think?" ”