Chapter 354: Snape: I've been waiting for this day for a long time!
After watching the live video, Zhang Xu estimated that the Hogwarts train should arrive at Hogsmeade's station, so after talking about the privileges of Zhang Xu continuing to live in the previous professor's dormitory to recuperate and use the prefect's bathroom this year, Dumbledore let him leave.
After all, Zhang Xu has merit and hard work, and it is not surprising that the principal gave him a little privilege.
Zhang Xu left the principal's office and when he came to the foyer, he happened to meet the students who had just walked into the castle gate.
"You're here early, Zhang!" Anthony Goldstein, the head of the same grade as Zhang Xu, greeted Zhang Xu after seeing him coming down the stairs.
Zhang Xu walked into the middle of the students, and many students around him were greeting him.
After dealing with the students who were greeting him, Zhang Xu said to Anthony: "Because there are some things that need to be discussed with Professor Dumbledore in advance, I came early, and I just came out of the principal's office. ”
"Professor Dumbledore is really back?!" Anthony asked happily.
"That's right," Zhang Xu replied, "Professor Dumbledore is back at Hogwarts Castle. ”
At the end of last semester, Dumbledore was suspended. Later, after the news of Voldemort's return spread, the Daily Prophet reported in an obscure corner that the Ministry of Magic had reinstated Headmaster Dumbledore and repealed a large number of education orders. It's just that the location of this report is a bit off, and many students didn't notice the piece of tofu in the newspaper, and they still heard the news on the train.
Now that this news has been confirmed by Zhang Xu, it quickly spread among the students, and there were exclamations among the students from time to time.
At this time, Zhang Xu and his classmates had already walked into the cafeteria and sat down at the long table in their own college.
After sitting down, Zhang Xu poured a basin of cold water on Anthony and them.
"The High Hogwarts Inquisitors appointed by the Ministry of Magic are still not removed, they just aren't permanently stationed at Hogwarts." Zhang Xu said to the students around him.
Anthony and the others were stunned when they heard the news.
Zhang Xu was also taken aback at first, but it was only after he learned about the detailed policy that he realized that the power of the senior investigator had shrunk.
The role of the senior investigator is now to evaluate the professor every few years, and if the student is dissatisfied with the punishment imposed on the professor, he can appeal to the senior investigator, who will conduct the investigation.
At noon, while eating dumplings, Dumbledore told them about it.
Dumbledore had his own considerations in this matter, so he treated this as a compromise when negotiating with the Ministry of Magic, in exchange for other benefits.
"Who is the current Senior Investigator?" Anthony asked.
"Or Percy Weasley." Zhang Xu replied, "He is still holding this position. ”
"So what do we do next?" Anthony asked.
"There's nothing to do." Zhang Xu replied, "Those messy education orders have been abolished, and the remaining education orders are basically for professors, so everyone can do whatever they want." ”
"Aren't you still being restrained by those education orders?" Michael Corner, who was sitting next to Anthony, asked gloatingly.
"I've resigned as acting professor, and I can't be too tired for a long time." Zhang Xu pointed to his head and said, "I returned to Hogwarts early this time just to settle this matter for Professor Dumbledore." ”
Anthony and Michael, a few of their students, were relieved.
"Professor Bubaji is back, too," Zhang Xu said, gesturing to Professor Bubaji who was sitting in the professorship, "and she will be back to teach Muggle studies classes starting this year." ”
"Do you know who the new Defence Against the Dark Arts professor is?" A classmate sitting across from Zhang Xu asked.
"Guess." Zhang Xu replied with a smile.
It was at this time that this year's sorting ceremony began.
The Sorting Hat is the same as last year, and I hope everyone can unite to face the dangers that lie ahead.
The new students are then assigned by the Sorting Hat to their extended families for the next seven years.
After the sorting ceremony, everyone began to eat.
It's just that Zhang Xu knew that in the original plan, there should be another event before the meal, but he didn't know why it was temporarily canceled by Dumbledore.
It wasn't until after the meal was over that Harry Potter, whose face was covered in blood, walked into the cafeteria, which allowed Zhang Xu to figure out the reason.
During the dessert time after the meal, many students were talking about the professors in the professorship.
Today's professorship is full.
Many Year 7 students recognized Professor Khairedi Bubaji, and many had already guessed that Professor Zhang was going to step down for health reasons.
And short and fat Horace. Slughorn was known to very few people, and his name was only known to the students he invited to lunch on the train.
The most conspicuous in the professorship is Hagrid, who was expelled from the professorship last year, and today he sits in the professorship.
In contrast, the rare appearance of Professor Trelawney in the divination class in the professorship failed to attract the attention of the students.
When dessert time was over, Dumbledore stood up from his professorship.
The entire cafeteria shut its mouths.
After a casual exchange of pleasantries, Dumbledore began to introduce the professors.
"Professor Grapeland has resigned as a professor in the Conservation of Magical Beasts class for personal reasons, and I think we should all give Professor Hagrid a chance."
The students whispered below, and the cafeteria suddenly became like a beehive, and the "buzzing" sound was endless.
Dumbledore didn't see any of the students jumping out to object, so he assumed that the students acquiesced.
Dumbledore continued, "For reasons that everyone knows, Mr. Zhang, the acting professor of Muggle studies, was seriously injured not long ago, and he applied to resign from his position as acting professor in order to recuperate from his injuries. As a result, we have brought back Professor Keriddy Bubbaji to continue his position as Professor of Muggle Studies. ”
No sooner had Dumbledore finished speaking than a thunderous noise rang out in the cafeteria.
This sound is not to welcome Professor Kairedi Bubaji, let alone to bid farewell to Professor Zhang, but to pay tribute to Zhang's self-sacrifice some time ago.
After a long pause, the applause stopped, and Dumbledore introduced the third professor.
"I'm going to introduce you to our third professor of the year." Dumbledore said.
"Horace. Professor Slughorn agrees to return to Hogwarts and resume his position as Potions professor. ”
The students in the audience were once again in a state of confusion, and the exclamations kept ringing out somewhere.
And Horace. Unmoved by the exclamations, Slughorn stood up to greet the students.
Then Dumbledore announced in a high voice, "In the meantime, Professor Snape will be the professor of Defence Against the Dark Arts class. ”
Before the students could be confused, a loud shout rang out from the long table in the lion house.
"No!"
Harry Potter shouted loudly, so loudly that the entire cafeteria looked at him.
Then, however, another voice rang out beside Harry.
"Then we won't see Professor Snape next year!"