08. Professor
The wizards were justified in believing that Hogwarts was no longer safe, and that the Death Eaters were arrogant enough to blatantly stop the train before the Hogwarts Express even reached Hogwarts.
The students were terrified, and the daring Death Eaters weren't crazy enough to kill all the students in the car, but they were all wizards, and if they did, the Death Eaters would have to pay a little price.
"Get out of this carriage, they're all purebloods here!"
Three of the tall Death Eaters broke into the Slytherin carriage, but were struck back by a tough girl as soon as they entered.
Sarina looked at this group of Death Eaters angrily, they were so bold that they showed up, and they were still on the Hogwarts Express, did they really think that Voldemort had taken control of the entire wizarding world, you must know that it is Mephisto who is now the Minister of Magic.
"Damn stinky girl! Even if you are pure-blooded, in my eyes......" The tall wizard at the front directly drew his wand, and the little snakes in Slytherin became nervous for a moment, and Malfoy pulled Sarina to protect her behind him, after all, pure-blood wizards basically knew the fact that Salina was Sherlock's cousin.
The Death Eater tried to do something to Sarina, but was stopped by two other Death Eaters, "Stop! You still don't want to provoke her, if it's the master, we're helpless, but do you really want to be the head of the Mephisto family's hunt? ”
Obviously, the Death Eaters are in a very awkward position, except for those Voldemort's diehards, the vast majority of Death Eaters are still unwilling to directly offend the Mephisto family to death, but now that all Death Eaters are wanted, there is no way to do it.
"Do you think the Mephisto family is glorious right now? Look, when the master actually kills the Sherlock you rely on, the bullshit Mephisto will be wiped out in an instant, and the pure-blood families you believe in Mephisto can protect you, and Sherlock can protect you, will also walk and see. ”
The Death Eater uttered a harsh remark before leaving, and finally left in a rage.
They went to check one by one on the carriage, trying to find out if Harry Potter was on this train, especially when the Gryffindor carriage was found, the Death Eaters almost went to war with the lion cubs.
Neville became brave and stood up and replied forcefully that the Death Eaters were not here, and insinuated that the Death Eaters were just cowards.
"It's time to go! The Aurors are coming here, and Hogwarts is about to be stopped by us, but someone has sent a message to the Ministry of Magic. ”
"Okay, he's not here anyway, so let's leave."
The Death Eaters eventually left in droves, which forced many students to conclude that Hogwarts was indeed no longer safe, to see if the Death Eaters would break into Hogwarts in the future.
When it came to the final point of the Hogwarts Express, Hagrid's reappearance to greet the students was a little reassuring to the young wizards, as if this time the big man gave people a sense of security, and the students wanted to return to the usual life at Hogwarts school.
It's just that Dumbledore is no longer there......
"Freshmen, come with me......" Hagrid led the freshmen on a different path, with the rest of the year going through the bridge above, and Xinsheng following Hagrid to the castle on the boat below.
As they entered the castle, Hagrid muttered that this year's voice was only half of what it had been in previous years, and that there were so few people.
In fact, in addition to freshmen, this is also the case in other grades.
Professor McGonagall appeared at the corner of the stairs, but in the eyes of the freshmen, the serious elderly woman had a somewhat gloomy face, and some of them knew that she was Professor McGonagall, the head of Gryffindor.
But they didn't know that Professor McGonagall was as serious as she was now.
Some of them whispered timidly that Professor McGonagall was doing this because she didn't become headmaster.
Behind Professor McGonagall was a black pomegranate door, which opened with a 'creak' as if it were a temple of ancient age to welcome his visitors.
The large hall and the surrounding stone walls were hung with torches, white candles floated overhead, the candlelight illuminated the whole hall, and the ceiling was enchanted to look like the sky.
The long tables around it were empty and empty, not even cutlery, and the various colleges could welcome new partners before the meal could be officially opened.
In the past, the hall was full of students on the first day of school, but this time only half of the seats were occupied, and the other half was empty.
At the top of the cafeteria is a long table with the teachers' seats.
The headmaster's position was no longer a gray-haired, gray-bearded old man, but a young man with a gloomy expression.
Severus Snape.
Professor McGonagall brought the first-year students over there and had them line up in front of all the seniors.
The candlelight flickered, and hundreds of faces staring at them were like pale lanterns.
The ghosts also mingled among the students, shimmering with a hazy silver light.
The Sorting Hat went about his work, and this year the Sorting Hat sang a bit like funeral music, and Snape's face jumped, and when all the new students were assigned, the Sorting Hat muttered that this year was the easiest it had ever been.
After removing the Sorting Hat, Snape, as Headmaster, naturally had to say a few words, but his opening was not as meaningful as Dumbledore's.
"Study hard, become a good wizard, abide by the school rules, and it is strictly forbidden to fall in love while in school!" Snape then made an opening remark, which was very meaningless, and he received only sparse applause.
Even the little snake in Slytherin House applauded not very hard, after all, after Snape became the headmaster, Horace became the head of Slytherin House, in fact, Horace also served as the head of the house before, and now he is returning to his old job.
"In addition, I would like to introduce you to the new Defence Against the Dark Arts professors, Amycus Caro and Alecto Caro, both of whom will become Defence Against the Dark Arts professors." Snape said.
This immediately led to a chatter among the students, and there were two new professors teaching the same course at the same time.
Snape's interpretation of this was that "the more the merrier, the prepared." ”
Amicus Kahlo and Alecto Carlo, they are brother and sister, but in the eyes of the students, the appearance of this brother and sister is very gloomy, and they don't seem to be good people, and they can't understand why the other party became a professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts.
In fact, this year, Hogwarts really couldn't find anyone willing to be a professor of Defence Against the Dark Arts, not even a single one willing to apply, and now everyone in the wizarding world is adamant that the position of Defence Against the Dark Arts professor must have been cursed by Voldemort.
Not to mention that now that Voldemort has returned, the curse will definitely become more and more terrifying.
Even the Ministry of Magic couldn't find the right person, but this course couldn't be scrapped.
At this time, the Caro siblings suddenly came to the door and said that they were willing to become professors of this course together, and even receive a salary together, which made Fumond very moved, and almost immediately called Snape over and told him that there was finally a new professor of Defence Against the Dark Arts at Hogwarts, and it was two people.
In this regard, Snape immediately brought back the Caro brothers and sisters, because this is also the task assigned by Voldemort to Snape, the Caro brothers and sisters are Death Eaters, Voldemort thinks that Snape, as a Death Eater, has become the headmaster of Hogwarts, and he can slowly control Hogwarts by sending two helpers over.
"Then this year, I am sure that you will ...... under the teachings of Professor Caro," Snape had not finished speaking, when suddenly the door of the auditorium opened directly from the outside, and two blazing fireballs flew in.
The candles in the auditorium were all on fire, as if there was a pillar of fire on top of the candle, and even the torches on the walls on both sides had expanded several times, as if someone had poured a handful of fire oil on them.
The two fireballs flew around the ceiling of the auditorium a few times, as all the students and most of the professors looked at the two fireballs.
The fireball slammed directly into the Caro siblings, and the flames burned on the two men, but instead of killing them, they were seriously injured, and then the flames automatically detached from the two men who had lost their resistance.
Then the flames recondensed and Prometheus appeared.
Sherlock strode in from the outside, "The Caro brothers and sisters are both Death Eaters, and you plan to make them Defence Against the Dark Arts professors, this is a very serious mistake, of course, the Ministry of Magic has not thoroughly investigated to the end, but no matter what, this time the two of them can no longer stay at Hogwarts, Azkaban is the best place for them." ”
Sherlock's sudden appearance really surprised the others, and almost all the freshmen were staring at him closely.
"Is that him?"
"Prince of Spells."
"Young Master of the Mephisto Family."
"I thought he graduated...... But it's just that I graduated, why did I suddenly come back today? ”
"Maybe he's become an Auror, and he's here to capture the Caro siblings, and you just heard that those two are Death Eaters."
Ignoring everyone's speculation, Sherlock took out his wand and pointed at the Caro brothers and sisters on the ground, and then the unconscious Caro brothers and sisters on the ground disappeared to the ground as if they were apparitions.
"Retrospective! Another spell I developed was a metamorphosis that allowed the caster to get someone or something to where they wanted to go without touching them. Sherlock said.
"Well, although they are Death Eaters, it looks like the position of Defence Against the Dark Arts professor is going to be vacant this year, if not, I, the headmaster, will have to take the position of Defence Against the Dark Arts professor at the same time."
Snape said.
"That's not necessary, you're the Headmaster of Hogwarts after all, and I want to make it easy for you when I come back this time." Sherlock pulled an open letter from his bosom.
And it was delivered to Snape.
"If you don't mind, this is a will left to me by the former Headmaster of Hogwarts, who hired me to be the Defence Against the Dark Arts professor at Hogwarts, if I agree, but you're now the new Headmaster, so I'll have to come over and ask what you think."
Snape's heart was pounding, and he asked him as inquiringly as he could, "So you're really going to come over and be a Defense Against the Dark Arts professor?" ”
"Of course, it's a good job, and I've graduated, my parents won't continue to support me, and it's really hard to find a proper job in the wizarding world these days, I've often struggled for a job that can make a living, and now that I'm finally able to become a Defence Against the Dark Arts professor at Hogwarts, honestly, what job could be more decent."
Sherlock said this almost without blushing and his heart beating, and all the young wizards felt that he was telling a good truth.
After all, a while ago, Fu Mund had planned to place the other party in the position of the top head of the Ministry of Magic's Executive Department, but Sherlock disagreed.
"Well, after all, it was the previous headmaster who made you an offer, and if you accept it, you are already a Defense Against the Dark Arts professor now, and I can't just fire you."
Snape began to applaud, "It looks really good, we have a suitable Defence Against the Dark Arts professor, welcome Professor Sherlock Mephisto." ”
Thunderous applause erupted in the auditorium, and all the little wizards slapped their hands in a particularly cheerful way.
Their parents were still hesitant and uneasy about sending their children to Hogwarts, but now everyone can rest assured that Hogwarts will be the safest place in the entire wizarding world from tonight onwards.
"It's nice that you were my student a few months ago, and now you're our colleague." Sherlock sat down next to Professor Flitwick and said kindly.
In the past, Sherlock had a private dormitory in school, which was actually located next to the Defence Against the Dark Arts professor's office, but now he can move directly to the Defence Against the Dark Arts professor's office.
The next day, the Daily Prophet printed and typeset a news newspaper with explosive news.
Sherlock Mephisto, the famous Prince of Charms, actually became the professor of Defence Against the Dark Arts at Hogwarts last night.
And he accepted Dumbledore's will.
In other words, Hogwarts has regained Sherlock after losing Dumbledore, and although the other party was only a student before, it is undeniable that this ancient school has become the safest place in the wizarding world.
Even a large number of adult wizards sent their children to Hogwarts, which forced Hogwarts Express to start operating again the next day.