Chapter 44: Professors
At noon, Professor McGonagall came to the teacher's cafeteria. They don't eat with the students, mainly to keep the dignity of their teachers and make the students eat more freely.
After all, most students actually have a hard time letting go of themselves in front of their teachers.
She pushed open the door and approached the cafeteria, where she heard someone calling for herself.
"Hey! Minerva! Over here! ”
Professor McGonagall followed the sound and saw that Professor Flitwick was teaching at her, with a bottle of wine on the table that she knew was good.
Across from him sat Professor Snape and Professor Sprout. With the addition of himself, this is the small meeting of the four deans.
Looking at Snape's gloomy and depressed face, although she didn't know what was happening, Professor McGonagall still felt inexplicably refreshed.
After all, because of the contradictions between the two houses, it was not a day or two that she and Snape did not like each other on some things.
"Is there anything good about smiling so happily? Have you been invited to speak for the Wizarding Duel Contest again, Filius? ”
Professor McGonagall smiled happily.
"How is it possible, Minerva, the Wizard Duel Tournament is after Christmas. It's not that you don't know. ”
It wasn't until Professor Flitwick had said this that he realized what Professor McGonagall meant, and shook his head slightly.
Snape, however, did not look even more ugly as Professor McGonagall expected, but sneered: "Of course it's a good thing, Minerva, listen to it, I think you will be very happy." ”
Professor McGonagall frowned instantly. Then I noticed that Professor Sprout's face under the big hat was not particularly good-looking.
"What's going on?"
Professor McGonagall stepped forward and sat down next to Professor Flitwick, across from Professor Sprout, and asked.
The moment she sat down, there was delicate food on the plate in front of her, but now she didn't have the heart to eat.
"This class of students, it's really interesting, Minerva."
Professor Flitwick took a sip of the wine in his glass, then smiled and said to Professor McGonagall, "When I was teaching Slytherin and Gryffindor first-year students today, I actually saw a lion cub and a snake sitting together, and even a group. ”
"If this situation continues, then I guess we won't have to worry about Slytherin students and Gryffindor students having trouble in the future."
"Actually," Snape said in a long procrastinating voice, in a voice that made one can't help but be irritated when he listened, "the two houses have been at loggerheads, and the conflict between the students has never been broken. ”
As he spoke, he looked at Professor McGonagall, who seemed to understand something, "Luke Gaunt is really a very capable child. He tied almost all of the new Slytherin students together so quickly, and then they even influenced some of the older students. ”
"The conflict between Slytherin and Gryffindor has been eased a lot!"
Professor Sprout frowned and said, "That's a good thing, but ...... It's just a little too fast. This shows that Luke's leadership is quite amazing. ”
Professor Flitwick smiled and said, "That little guy is still giving a lecture in class today!" I have to say that this kid's speech skills are not bad. ”
"Aren't you worried? Filius? Professor Sprout reluctantly said, "This kid reminds me of people I shouldn't think of. ”
Professor Flitwick took another sip of his wine, waved his hand, and said, "There's nothing to worry about, I don't see any harm in this child's philosophy." ”
Professor McGonagall didn't have a very good look on her face.
But Snape didn't mean to gloat either. Although Luke and Professor McGonagall have a good relationship, as good as their own juniors. But at the end of the day, Luke was a student at Slytherin House, and he, Snape, was the Dean of Slytherin House. If he really wants to talk about it, if something really happens, he himself will be to blame.
After a full glass of wine, Professor Flitwick noticed that the three people at the table in front of him, except himself, seemed to be in some strange tangle.
"What are you thinking?" He smiled and said, "We are all teachers, since we have found a problem, the first thing to do is to help students solve problems, not solve students with problems." ”
"And do you think Dumbledore would not know about it? This kind of thing, just look at his judgment. ”
Snape couldn't help but sneer when he heard this, then breathed a sigh of relief, shook his head, and began to eat.
Professor Sprout's face softened slightly, and when he thought about it, this was indeed the case, but since he was worried that the child would go astray, the teacher's task was to help him recognize the path ahead when he had not really embarked on the point of no return.
Professor McGonagall's face was no longer ugly, but the worry on her face did not disappear.
So, among the four people and the four emotions, they ended this informal and not pleasant meeting. Started a normal, but cold lunch.
"It's a transfiguration class in the afternoon, Ron, isn't it going to be difficult for Professor McGonagall's class?"
Harry asked hesitantly as he looked at the class schedule posted on the wall of the common room.
"It shouldn't be as difficult as Snape. At least that's what Fred and George said. Ron said as he shoved the mints he had brought back from the cafeteria into his mouth, "But the two of them are doing pretty well, so I don't know what it's like for the two of us." ”
In the afternoon, the Transfiguration class classroom.
The moment the bell rang, Harry and Ron stepped into the classroom together, panting.
Ron looked up and was pleasantly surprised to see that Professor McGonagall wasn't in the classroom. There was only one tabby cat on the podium.
All the students in the classroom were already looking at the two of them, and Malfoy looked at the two of them in embarrassment, and the surprised look on Ron's face, and subconsciously showed a mocking expression.
But he suddenly thought of his current position, so he silently withdrew his mocking expression, and looked at the two of them with a look of almost pity.
"Great, Harry, Professor McGonagall hasn't ...... yet"
Ron just spoke. Harry saw Luke, who was winking at the two of them. Then he saw Neville waving to the two of them, and Hermione pointed to the cat above.
So he immediately covered Ron's mouth. Then dragged Ron to the front seat.
After the two of them were seated, the cat at the top spoke in Ron's horrified eyes, "Please don't be late next time, Mr. Potter and Mr. Weasley." Otherwise, I'm going to turn one of the two of you into an alarm clock, so at least one of you can be on time. ”