Chapter 59: The Difference
"A little personal matter--"
Sure enough, when Amosta said this, the three little guys in front of him immediately became nervous, Hermione desperately gave Harry a look, Ron stared at his toes uneasily, and the reaction of the two of them also made Harry hesitate to make up his mind to find out about it.
Interesting, what do these three little ones want to ask me about?
Amosta looked at the three of them with interest,
"You three, you seem curious about the purpose of my visit to Hagrid?"
"That's right, Professor Blaine--"
Harry carefully controlled the tone of his voice, trying not to appear so suspicious, "Hagrid is our three best friends..., and you're an inquisitor..."
Harry was on his toess and couldn't go on anymore.
Amosta nodded knowingly,
"You're worried that the Chamber of Secrets has something to do with Hagrid, so you're worried I'm going to investigate him?"
Harry's face turned a little pale, Ron's cheeks flushed, and Hermione, she was silent for a moment, and then, with a twinkle of her eyes, broke the awkward silence with a relaxed tone,
"I'm sorry, Professor Blaine, but I told him that this was just foolishness... Hagrid was Headmaster Dumbledore's most trusted hunting ground guard, and he couldn't have anything to do with Slytherin's Chamber of Secrets, could he? ”
Amosta lowered her eyes and smiled, Miss Granger, you want to play a trick in front of me, you still have more than thirty years of Taoism!
He pondered, neither said yes nor said no, just looked at the three of them with a smile and said lightly,
"Actually, pure theory and practice will not allow you to become proficient in dealing with the dangers that may come your way at any time, so, in keeping with the tradition of the Defence Against the Dark Arts course, I think it is necessary to expose you to some truly dangerous creatures..."
Seeing that Hermione and the three were listening carefully, Amosta paused, shrugged his shoulders and continued,
"The Forbidden Forest at Hogwarts is home to many interesting magical creatures, and Hagrid is the one who knows the most about the Forbidden Forest of all the people in the school, so I asked him to be my guide--"
Call!
After listening to his explanation, the three little ones exhaled heavily in unison, and their expressions suddenly became relaxed.
Harry, who was smiling sheepishly, twisted his body under Amosta's playful gaze, only to realize that his back was completely drenched in sweat in just a short period of time.
"I can ask you what you have in store for us?"
Ron's eyes lit up, "I know there are unicorns and centaurs living there, but Fred and George told me there's so much more to the woods than that!" ”
"Hah!"
Amosta leaned back in his chair and tilted his head, his voice sounding mysterious,
"This is a matter of secrecy, Mr. Weasley, and I don't intend to give you time to prepare in advance...
By the way, don't even think about going back to Hagrid, I've already told him that he won't reveal a word to anyone, anyway, you three, wait for the surprise! ”
Professor Blaine's words made the excitement and curiosity in their eyes almost overflow their eyes, and even Hermione couldn't help but ask if she could give a hint, but Amosta ruthlessly refused.
"I can only tell you that I have prepared three dark creatures with different levels of danger, one for each stage of the grade, and you don't want to inquire about the rest!"
The discussion on this interesting topic lasted for more than half an hour, and no matter how Harry and Ron asked about it, Amosta smiled and kept it to their guesses, and in the end, even Hermione ignored Lockhart's letters and joined in the heated discussion.
The pleasant atmosphere of conversation made Ron not even care about Amosta's professorship, he looked at Amosta and muttered a little complainingly,
"It's incredible, Professor, how could such an amazing wizard like you come from Slytherin..."
When he noticed the reminder from Hermione, Ron immediately changed his words,
"I—I mean, we've never seen such a friendly Slytherin as you, Professor, the little Slytherin wizards we've come into contact with, who always talk about pure-blood, glory, and all that, and look down on Muggle-born wizards... But you never mentioned any of that... To me, you're more of a Gryffindor! ”
Harry and Hermione both nodded in approval at once, it was clear that they had been confused about the issue for some time.
"Actually, sometimes, Slytherin and Gryffindor are very similar..."
Amosta's straightforward words made Harry look at each other, Slytherin and Gryffindor are very similar, what kind of novel theory is this?
In everyone's eyes, among the four Hogwarts houses, Slytherin and Gryffindor are the most incompatible, and this huge difference in philosophy has started since the Big Four created this school of witchcraft and wizardry a thousand years ago, and even the current incident in the secret room is also a source of trouble.
Do you want to give Dumbledore some trouble?
Looking at Harry, who was most resistant to what he said in his eyes, Amosta cleared his throat with a wicked smile on the corner of his mouth,
"According to Headmaster Dumbledore's philosophy, the most powerful and irresistible force in the world is love, because love gives people courage, and courage gives people the strength to face all misfortunes... The idea itself is very much in line with the ideas of Godric Gryffindor, the founder of Gryffindor House. ”
"Isn't that correct, Professor Bryan?"
When it came to Dumbledore, Harry immediately became sensitive, and Hermione was nervous, she looked at Amosta with a blank eye, for fear that Professor Bryne in front of her would say something like 'pure-blood is noble, half-blood is mean' in the next second.
"There are many things in this world, and the answer is not the only one, Potter--"
Amosta shook his head and chuckled,
"I can't say that Gryffindor or Dumbledore's ideas are problematic or even wrong, it's just that I personally have my own opinions..."
Before Harry could ask, Amosta explained to himself,
"My thought is that no amount of love or hatred can make an ordinary person lift a stone weighing five hundred pounds without borrowing magic.
Potter, I think power is power, it's a very simple thing, whether you love it or hate it, you can't have power by leaps and bounds... Of course, these two extremes can indeed make a person determined to chase power. ”
Glancing at the three little ones who were lost in thought, Amosta turned his head to look out the window, the starry fluorescence still embedded in the endless black curtain, the mysterious universe that countless wizards and Muggles had dreamed of conquering throughout the ages.
It took a long time for Amosta to retract his unfathomable gaze and chuckle,
"If I had to associate strength and courage with love, I would agree that strength can give people the infinite courage to chase love and freedom."
......
"Which one do you think is right, Ron?"
On the four-poster bed in the dormitory, Harry asked in a whisper, recalling the loneliness and longing that emanated from Professor Bryan's body as he gazed at the starry sky.
"I don't know, Harry," Ron muttered, rolling over,
"But I think I seem to lack more strength than love..."