It rained all night, but the next day it didn't stop.

The cloudy sky and the whistling autumn breeze make students who have nothing to do after school take refuge in warm places such as cafeterias, libraries, and common rooms.

Even if people want to go out, most of them are tightly wrapped and in a hurry.

The twins are the unlucky ones among them.

They had just been notified that Filch had asked them to complete the closure and clean the toilets throughout the castle today.

In this regard, they can only scold and do it.

Instead of going to the library, Carl sat in the common room and thought about what had happened today.

Professor Carlo does have a lot of differences from other professors.

Probably because he was teaching Defense Against the Dark Arts class, he emphasized more than once in class that he should take the initiative to improve himself, grow faster, and not waste his talents.

"You never know the danger and who will come first tomorrow."

According to Hastings, his words are actually interfering with the students' pursuit of power. So if Carl goes to contact him, then there is a high probability that he can gain something.

However, after today's class, Carl's unsolicited inquiry was also rejected.

Similar reasons to Professor Flitwick.

He thought Carl was in too much of a hurry and that what he wanted to learn was too early for him. What Carl needs to do now is enjoy his campus life.

"Even Albus isn't as diligent as you are in your grade." "You have a great future ahead of you, and you should learn from Albus." ”

After he finished speaking, he smiled and patted Carl on the shoulder.

Like Flitwick, Carl felt that Professor Caro had something to say.

"Whose cat?!"

Hearing a scream coming from the door of the common room, Carl looked up.

The wet black cat Hatins burrowed into the common room with a light step, leaving a line of damp footprints on the clean floor.

"Looks like Carl's?" Angelina looked at Carl.

Karl embarrassedly walked over and carried Hattings into the dormitory.

"Where have you been? Is there a leak in the castle? He grumbled as he washed the dirt off Hattings.

"It's raining too hard outside." Hattings squinted at Carl's service and said nonchalantly, "I'm going to keep an eye on Professor Carlo." After meeting you, he went to meet your headmaster. ”

Carl stopped: "Professor Caro? To meet the principal? Why? ”

Hattings opened his eyes dissatisfied, and motioned for Carl to continue: "It's not an easy thing to do, especially since the headmaster's office where your professor is going is still on the eighth floor. ”

"I can only find a way to lurk outside." Hattings scratched his belly with his paws, "Thank you for this heavy rain, it saved me a lot of trouble." ”

A warm current welled up in Karl's heart, and he scrubbed Hatins more diligently.

When everything was done, he asked, "Is there anything to gain?" ”

Hattings sat on his bed.

"Professor Carlo and your headmaster have a fight." Hattings pricked up his ears, listened to the movement outside the door, and whispered.

"He wants to take you as a student, but your principal firmly disagrees."

Headmaster Dumbledore disagrees? Carl couldn't help but be stunned.

How could this matter involve Headmaster Dumbledore?

"To put it simply, this was done by a student named Tom." "He was a true genius who went on to become a powerful wizard. And he was different from other students from the moment he entered the school. ”

"He craves power and chases power, which is completely different from the freshmen around him who are no different from children, who only know how to play and play all day long."

"Tremendous talent, superior intelligence, a pleasant face, and an enterprising spirit that no one else can match—these are the words of Professor Carlo, and he is loved by his professors, all of whom are happy to teach him, both in the teaching process and in the dangerous knowledge beyond that."

Carl blinked, and he felt that he had no resemblance to this Tom at all, except for the first item.

If it weren't for Polo and Hattings, he would be playing around like Fred and George by now!

"So ······" Karl asked, "What about the end of this Tom?" ”

"Dead." "He seems to have caused a lot of tragedy and made him a big problem in the wizarding world." ”

"So, they're afraid I'm going to be the next Tom?" Carl was amused.

"It's not just you, Carl, you're not as important as you think." Hastings unceremoniously pointed out Carl's mistake, "It's that your headmaster has reflected on his own education, and believes that students must first have the correct three views before they can come into contact with magic." ”

"Learn to be a person first, and then learn to do things?" This sentence popped into Carl's mind.

"Not bad." Hattings looked at Carl in surprise.

Karl pondered for a moment.

"So, Professor Carlo wants to be able to take me as a student." Karl muttered, "It's just that Professor Dumbledore doesn't want to. So what to do now? ”

He looked at Hattings expectantly.

Hattings tilted his head and scratched his face, "Please, don't look at me, I'm not as shrewd as Polo in this regard." It recalls for a moment and says, "Polo once said that if a person is willing to follow the rules, it must be because the benefits of the rules are much greater than if he does not obey them." ”

"Uh, what?" Carl didn't understand at all.

"Well, to be specific, it's not that Professor Carlo doesn't want to accept you, but he can't accept you. So what you need to do is to get around the 'can't' obstacle. ”

The problem is back to square one.

What to do?

Thinking of the pomp and circumstance he had seen in Diagon Alley, Carl shook his head: "No one would break Headmaster Dumbledore's rules. ”

"Really?" "Polo once said that there are no rules in this world that cannot be violated, only willingness. It's illegal to steal things, but when people starve to death, the law is a paper tiger. ”

Karl opened his mouth, and the conscience in his heart subconsciously wanted to refute Hattings's rebellious and dangerous statement, but he still kept his mouth shut at the thought that the person in front of him was an accomplice of the devil.

"But now isn't the time to starve?" Karl smiled wryly.

There was nothing Hastings could do about it.

"I'll keep an eye on Professor Caro, you'd better find a way to find out about this professor's past - judging by his conversation with your headmaster, he seems to have a request for your headmaster." Hattings instructed.

"It's a pity Polo isn't here, otherwise he must have found a way to make Professor Caro starve to death."

Carl agrees.