Chapter 128: A Course That Never Appeared Before
Hogwarts is a castle building consisting of a main castle with four towers at four corners. The castle is full of a classical style peculiar to medieval Europe, and is more of an art than a school.
Hogwarts Castle has nine floors including the basement, one basement and seven above ground. The auditorium is located on the ground floor and is usually used for the entrance banquet for new students on the night before the start of school.
When Qin Shao and the others arrived at Hogwarts on the express train, it was already evening. However, under the illumination of lighting magic, it is not dark.
Because an adult was mixed in with the express train for students, Qin Shao, the person concerned, was naturally left behind by the teacher specially sent by Hogwarts to check whether the students were carrying prohibited items.
Now that he has come to Dumbledore's territory, Qin Shao has to sell his old friend a face no matter what he says, and respect the Hogwarts school rules he set.
So, after waving goodbye to Luna and Hermione, whom he met on the train, Qin Shao cooperated with the caretaker of Hogwarts and the only staff member who could not do magic, Filch, into Hogwarts through another passage.
"Your Excellency, Headmaster Dumbledore is in the Great Hall, waiting for the upcoming freshman division, and I am afraid he will not be able to come. As for what you said, regarding the agreement with Headmaster Dumbledore, I can't make my own decisions and let you walk around Hogwarts as you like without a letter to prove it, or a certificate from the school teacher, I hope you can understand! ”
Although Filch's appearance is not good, his professional ethics and attitude towards others are commendable. While showing great respect for Qin Shao, he also followed the rules of Hogwarts and never went one step further.
In normal times, in line with the principle of "people respect me one foot, I also respect others", Qin Shao would quietly wait for Dumbledore to come after the freshman entrance banquet.
But today is different!
For Xiao Luna, who only met in the morning, Qin Shao had a good impression in his heart. And for little Luna's sorting ceremony, he didn't want to miss it!
The Sorting Ceremony is once in a lifetime for everyone!
"Mr. Filch, I will commend you for your work when I meet Dumbledore. And I'll explain to you what happened next in front of Dumbledore. Today, you and I are just strangers, and tomorrow, maybe tomorrow, we will be colleagues. So, don't take this matter to heart! ”
Maybe Qin Shao's words were too penetrating, or maybe he was frightened by the malicious smile on Qin Shao's face, Filch said with some uneasiness: "Pavilion...... What do you want to do?! ”
"Smack!"
After a soft sound, Qin Shao pulled away his long hair that was a little messy and walked out from behind Filch: "Hogwarts is so big, I want to go and see it!" ”
"Plop!"
Filch rolled his eyes and fell straight to the ground in a face-down position.
"Tut, I can't ask for my face anymore anyway, after such a fall, will it be as tender as a baby after a 'restore magic'?"
Broken phase + broken phase + restored as usual = facelift?
How can it be!
Filch is estimated to be a bachelor for the rest of his life! Oh no, he's got Mrs. Norris!
Qin Shao glanced at Filch, who landed on the ground first, and said to himself unapologetically: "This can be regarded as your punishment for acting for the tiger behind the back of that old woman with a baby voice in Umbridge, although you are just insisting on your professional ethics, but who made that dead baby voice so annoying!" ”
What he thought could be done with one sentence finally developed to the point of doing it, Qin Shao felt a little unhappy in his heart.
But when he looked up and saw the classic car flying in the air, the unhappiness in his heart instantly disappeared - compared to these two goods in the sky, what is his depression!?
Sure enough, everyone's happiness is based on the pain of others!
While making up the picture of Harry and Ron being brutally abused by Beater Willow, he walked towards the main castle of Hogwarts. In just ten minutes, Qin Shao came to the auditorium on the first floor.
The Great Hall of Hogwarts is brightly lit, and four long tables represent each of the four houses.
Above, on a podium about thirty centimeters above the ground, a small and horizontal long table was placed, and a worn hat was placed on a bench.
Under the podium, a group of first-year freshmen lined up in an unneat queue, still whispering to each other.
In front of the queue, facing the students, stood a woman in her fifties with a roll call in her hand. It's not Professor McGonagall, who Qin Shao had a relationship with ten years ago, but the head of Hufflepuff, the professor of herbology, Pomona Sprout!
A short ...... Woman in her fifties!
A scene in the field shows that at this moment, the sorting ceremony has not yet begun.
Dumbledore was talking about the annual reminder, and it would be strange if the sorting ceremony began!
Every school has a headmaster, and every headmaster is a master of hypnosis when he gives a speech, and Dumbledore is no exception!
In the original book, when Harry's freshmen entered the school, it seemed that Dumbledore only said a few words. But that was just a selective cropping that had to be made in order to squeeze out time for the more than 100-minute movie to unfold other plots.
The actual situation recorded in the Harry Potter World "Daily Prophet" is that Harry and the others stood in front of the lectern and slept for more than an hour, and Dumbledore's unfinished speech was declared to be over, and the sorting ceremony began!
Qin Shao, who didn't know the truth, thought that the sorting ceremony would start soon, so he hurriedly knocked over Filch and rushed over. And the moment he pushed the door in, the real situation he saw was:
Dumbledore's saliva splashed on the podium, and Pomona held the roll call in her hand, blocking Dumbledore's saliva. A group of first-year freshmen below, including Luna, were standing staggeringly. The students of the four major academies chewed their fingers in pain, hoping that someone could kill them with a sword and end their boundless suffering!
With a "bang", Qin Shao pushed the door in, and the noise was not very loud, but it was the eyes of all students, including the faculty and staff, in an instant, and there was a light called "hope" shining on Qin Shao.
At this moment, everyone in the Great Hall except Dumbledore suddenly had an expectation in their hearts: let this man put an end to all the nonsense!
Suddenly stared at by more than a thousand pairs of eyes, Rao was a little hairy in his heart with the mentality that Qin Shaotai collapsed in front of him and did not change his color.
From the two thousand glances, he seemed to feel a hint of déjà vu. It's like when he was in middle school, during the opening ceremony on the first day, his classmates looked at the blue sky!
Qin Shao was a little puzzled: "Strange, why did I suddenly feel this way?!" ”
Dumbledore looked at the figure that suddenly appeared, first puzzled, and then surprised: "Are you ......?" It's you! Eleven years, you're finally here! ”
Even though he hadn't seen him for more than ten years, the scene of Dumbledore abducting his treasured tea seemed like just a few days ago. Qin Shao liked this feeling of familiarity at first sight, and for the surprise in Dumbledore's words, he said as if he were an old friend who had known him for many years:
"Hogwarts is a good place, why shouldn't I come? Besides, I have never forgotten that promise made eleven years ago. Yesterday, after I could leave the Muggle world, I packed my bags and boarded today's Hogwarts Express to make a promise from years ago. ”
The joy on Dumbledore's face was clearly visible, he stepped down from the podium, walked quickly to Qin Shao, who was still standing outside the door, took Qin Shao's hand and said, "Welcome to Hogwarts, Mr. Qin!" ”
"The Defence Against the Dark Arts position is like smelling your breath and kicking one of its predecessors off. Now it's empty on top and waiting for the moment when you put your name on it! ”
Dumbledore felt the huge magic hidden in Qin Shao's body, and knew that one day in the future, Qin Shao would definitely be able to replace him and become the strongest person in the wizarding world, and his power would overshadow Voldemort, and no one could match!
Therefore, he once solicited Qin Shao warmly, and did not hesitate to scatter his family wealth to help Qin Shao cure the "terminal illness" of being unable to communicate with the magic elements of heaven and earth. Although the final thing was a little unexpected, it also gained Qin Shao's approval.
The seeds sown in the past were about to bear fruit, and Dumbledore's breathing was a little short.
Without him, Voldemort's curse on the Defence Against the Dark Arts course has caused every wizard to teach in this position for no more than a year.
This also makes the replacement efficiency of Hogwarts teachers always ranked first in the world!
Now, he desperately needs a wizard strong enough to be immune to Voldemort's curse to be the teacher of the Defence Against the Dark Arts course!
Otherwise, if he continues to change endlessly like this, I'm afraid he will have to copy the knife himself!
Qin Shao's arrival undoubtedly gave Dumbledore the hope of breaking Voldemort's curse, and Gilderoy Lockhart's upcoming career as a Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher was cut down by him before it officially began!
"As for Lockhart, who fell from his Defence Against the Dark Arts position, let him help Filch manage the castle of Hogwarts together!" Dumbledore thought to himself.
It can be seen that no matter how amiable people in high positions look like, none of them have a dark heart!
Hearing that Dumbledore asked him to teach Defence Against the Dark Arts, Qin Shaoke was not calm. He knew that none of the wizards who had taught Defence Against the Dark Arts would end well!
Stammering Quirrell taught for a year and died!
Warless Lockhart taught for a year and went crazy!
Werewolf Lupin taught for a year, and finally died in the Battle of Hogwarts!
As for Mad-Eye Moody, Umbridge, Snape, and more, none of them got a good next time!
The position of the Defence Against the Dark Arts class is a pit, and whoever jumps whose head is caught by a meter-thick high-strength alloy door!
Qin Shao thinks that his strength is not weak, but in terms of magic, he is a real novice. In order to avoid capsizing in the gutter, this glorious and arduous job should be left to Lockhart!
As a result, Qin Shao politely rejected Dumbledore on the grounds that he did not know magic and that this position was obtained by Lockhart.
However, in order to take care of his old friend's face, Qin Shao finally taught a course, a course that Hogwarts had never had before-Eastern traditional martial arts and strengthening wizards' physical fitness!
Abbreviation - Intensive Course!