Chapter 386 Appointment
After a meal, it is more than nine o'clock in the evening, because of the summer vacation, the children do not have to go to bed too early.
Hermione took Ginny and Ron back to her room to whisper.
Wang Xu and Mrs. Mo Li sat on the sofa, one reading the newspaper and the other knitting a sweater, chatting without a word.
After another ten minutes, a bright light suddenly flashed outside the Burrow.
Wang Xu's hand flipping through the newspaper paused, and he looked up at the window, only to see Arthur holding a glowing wand walking from the vegetable garden.
"I'm back!" Arthur shouted outside the door before pushing it open.
Mrs. Molly put down the sweater in her hand and asked dissatisfiedly, "Why have you been gone for so long?" ”
"Don't mention it, there was a wizard who drove drunk and crashed into a Muggle house on a broomstick, and I was asked to deal with it." Arthur didn't come back empty-handed, he was still carrying a box in his hand, and a faint smell of herbs came to his face.
After a few words with Madame Molly, Arthur put the box on the table and said, "I've got the herbs ready, it's just that your curse is troublesome, I'm not sure if I can do it, it's best if you wait, Professor Dumbledore will come over in person." ”
"Dumbledore?" Wang Xu's eyes lit up slightly, if Arthur's level was compared to the attending physician, Dumbledore was an expert professor.
With Dumbledore coming out in person, the chances of breaking the curse are even greater.
"When is he coming?"
"Soon, maybe in the next second!"
Sou!!!
With this second word, a white light flashed outside the Burrow again, and an old mage in a gray-white robe appeared with a young man.
Seeing the white-robed old mage, Arthur shrugged his shoulders and said, "Be surprised, he's so punctual." ”
"Arthur, your cucumber seedlings seem to have aphids, they look terrible." Dumbledore didn't enter, but stood in Wes's garden, looking through the cucumber stand.
Arthur smiled and walked to the window and said in a loud voice, "Professor, don't worry about cucumbers, I'll introduce you to a new friend." ”
Click...
The door opened, and Dumbledore, wearing a red hat, appeared in everyone's sight.
Seeing Dumbledore coming, Wang Xu took the initiative to stand up and said, "Hello, Professor Dumbledore, I'm Wang Xu." ”
"It's an honor to meet you, guest from afar." Dumbledore looked at Wang Xu with scrutiny in his eyes.
"Professor?"
It just so happened that Ginny came down from the stairs and opened her mouth in surprise when she saw Dumbledore.
In the next second, finding that Harry Potter was also there, Ginny's surprise turned into surprise, and she said happily: "Harry! ”
"Hi, Ginny." Harry smiled and waved his hand as he stepped out of Dumbledore's side.
"Harry is here?" Hearing Ginny's exclamation, Ron and Hermione ran out as well.
Seeing that it was really Harry, Ron and Hermione pounced, and the three of them hugged each other tightly.
Wang Xu and a few people stood aside, looking at the very affectionate little guys, with a knowing smile on their faces.
Dumbledore waved his hand and said to Harry, "Go up and play, you don't have to accompany me, old fellow." ”
"Goodbye Professor." Harry waved his hand happily, and the trio took Ginny and ran up the stairs like crazy.
"Harry, how was the summer vacation?"
The four friends returned to the room, and Ron was the first to ask.
Harry took off his coat with bitterness on his face and shook his head, "It's not good, my aunt's family doesn't like me, and summer vacation is a torment for me." ”
"Where did the professor just take you?" Hermione asked a second question, and several people gathered around Harry.
Harry enjoyed being surrounded by friends, answering everyone's questions, explaining, "The professor took me to Buderton, where I visited a very powerful wizard, and I heard from the professor that this man named Slughorn would be taking up the position of Potions professor in the new semester. ”
"What about Snape? He's a big annoying bat, has he been fired? Ron asked happily, if there was any professor in the school who was the most annoying, I am afraid there was no second except Snape.
Especially for the Gryffindor students, Snape, who came from Steteling, was their nemesis, and no one could ever be praised from him.
"Professor Snape will be a Defence Against the Dark Arts professor in the new semester, and the previous Defence Against the Dark Arts professor Umbridge has been suspended from the Ministry of Magic for being involved with Minister of Magic Fudge." Harry said this, his eyes lit up with hatred.
Last semester, Harry Potter in the fifth grade was not cleaned up by Umbridge.
That old witch pretended to be the Minister of Magic, the liaison officer sent to Hogwarts, and even Dumbledore's face was not sold, and she knew how to make trouble all day long.
In a way, Harry's hatred for Umbridge was no less than Snape's, if not greater.
"The change of professors has little impact on us, although Professor Snape is stricter, but his mastery of dark arts is recognized, some people say that he is the strongest professor in the house, and his strength is above Professor McGonagall, and he is in the middle of Professor Flitwick. It's just that I don't know much about Professor Slughorn, how is his potion level, no worse than Snape, right? ”
Hermione was a top student, and she was sensitive to changes in her professorship, and there was concern in her tone.
Harry scratched his head and said with some uncertainty: "Professor Slughorn, who used to be the Potions Instructor of the Mysteries, his level should not be worse than Professor Snape, even if it is not too bad, don't worry." ”
"Professor Slughorn, I know, he taught my father." Ron picked up the conversation and spoke, "My father said he was the premier potions master today, especially good at making elixirs, which we often call potions of luck. Seventy percent of the elixirs on the market are made by him, and the manufacture of the elixir is recognized as a master-level difficulty. ”
The three of them spoke in a whisper, commenting on the mentors.
After a while, Ginny, who had not spoken, suddenly interrupted the conversation with a wave of her hand and whispered, "Listen! ”
"Listen to what?" Ron asked subconsciously, and looked around again.
Ginny made a silent gesture and crept to the door, covering her hand over to her ear.
Harry and the others were a little puzzled, and sat together looking at Ginny.
After a few minutes, Ginny lowered her hand and said, "I heard the professor discussing something with that man, as if some curse was involved, and then the professor invited him to take up a position at Hogwarts. ”
"No, he's going to be our professor?" Ron got up from his bed, trotted to the door, and looked down.
In front of him, Professor Dumbledore was holding a bottle of potion and pouring it into Wang Xu's hand, bursts of black smoke constantly detaching from his fingers.
"The curse on your hand is very strong, it is difficult to get rid of it at one time, I recommend dividing the treatment into ten sessions, once a week, which can maximize the effectiveness of the medicine and eliminate the possibility of recurrence."
Dumbledore poured the potion and cast his magic to break the curse.
Wang Xu looked at his hand, the dream demon mark was fading, and the power of the curse was also decreasing.
Moving his fingers, Wang Xu showed a slight smile on his face, and said, "This curse has tormented me for several months, as long as it can be cleared, it doesn't matter how many treatments there are." ”
"What did you think of my proposal?" Dumbledore put the medicine bottle beside Wang Xu and asked meaningfully.
Wang Xu frowned slightly, and hesitated: "It's a little difficult, my power system is different from yours, and I don't have anything to teach at Hogwarts." ”
"You can teach whatever you want, I just want you to come and teach at Hogwarts, and now that Voldemort is back, I'm worried about Hogwarts' defenses." Dumbledore didn't care about what Wang Xu taught, he just wanted to pull his powerful combat force to the carriage of Hogwarts.
Wang Xu also understood what Dumbledore meant, nodded lightly, and said, "For your sake of helping me break the curse, I should agree to this request, and I am also interested in Hogwarts." However, I have two requirements, the first is not to interfere with my teaching content, and the second is that I want to have access to the library, and I want to see if the wizarding system is complementary to mine. ”
"As you wish, my professor..."
Dumbledore smiled and raised his head slightly as he said this, winking mischievously at the few people who were lying at the top of the stairs eavesdropping on Harry.