"Therefore, I hope that young wizards will especially remember not to have any kind of conflict with the Dementors! They are very dangerous. ”

Dumbledore paused, and he glanced solemnly around the Great Hall, relieved to see that the students seemed to be listening to him.

The Dementor matter would be resolved by him and the student's parents later, it was not something for the student to consider, Dumbledore only hoped that the student would be careful and cautious during this time, and not give the Dementors a chance.

He didn't mention what happened on the train in front of the little wizards, and even deliberately avoided it.

This is because Dumbledore saw an invisible appeal - Roque's appeal, and this time many young wizards wanted to join Ravenclaw, which was the embodiment of the other party's appeal.

This is a good thing, but it is also a bad thing.

Roque's performance on the train has won the admiration of many young wizards, coupled with his own good popularity and excellent appearance, which can easily cause young wizards to imitate.

Dumbledore could foresee that this cult of Roque would most likely outweigh the fear of Dementors, and if some of the young wizards learned the Patronus Charm during the school year, they might collectively do something in the style of "Gryffindor".

Dumbledore glanced at Lupin, who proposed to teach the young wizards to learn the Patronus Charm as much as possible, but Dumbledore couldn't find a reason to refuse the student to learn advanced magic from Hogwarts, so he naturally agreed.

But he still hopes that after the students learn the Patronus Charm, it will be clear that not all wizards who can do magic can become the Dark Lord, and not all wizards who can do the Patronus Charm will be able to get in and out of the Dementor horde like Roque.

This was also for their safety, and Dumbledore didn't want any student to accidentally die because of his excessive arrogance. After all, it wasn't in Dumbledore's plan for the Dementors to be sent by Fudge.

After a moment of silence for the young wizards, Dumbledore softened his tone slightly, and a smile appeared on his face again: "At the same time, it is a pleasure to see that this year's Hogwarts has two new professors. ”

"The first is Professor Lupin, who generously filled the void in Defence Against the Dark Arts."

Dumbledore had a smile on his face, glad he had found a Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher.

But Snape in the teacher's box was decidedly unhappy, and he looked at Lupin with a look of hatred in his eyes, as if he had seen rat poop in a pot of potions.

Even the silver spoon slowly began to fold in half in his hand.

And after the audience burst into applause for Lupin, the spoon in Snape's hand was even more twisted and could not be wanted.

The students were very respectful, and their applause was much more enthusiastic than the professors had imagined, and Professor McGonagall even had a hint of surprise on her face.

Because Hogwarts has a new professor every year, most students are not so new to the arrival of a new professor, and it is rare for a moment to welcome a new professor so warmly.

Even Lupin was a little uncomfortable, he knew that the students would most likely applaud him for what happened on the train, but it was a novel experience in his life to be praised and recognized because of the "wolf" patron saint.

Snape's back molars were crushed by the big bat on one side, he had never been applauded so hard by the students in all his years at Hogwarts.

Snape thought about it for less than a second, and then decided that this was the reason why Defence Against the Dark Arts class was so popular with the students.

Lupin, a naturally evil werewolf, must have only been stained with the light of Defence Against the Dark Arts class.

Snape stared at Lupin, sure enough, he was the same kind of person as James Potter, Jaime and him grabbed Lily, and Lupin, even the position of Defence Against the Dark Arts professor, had to compete with him!

"Boom—" Snape grinded his teeth like he was chewing beans.

Dumbledore raised an eyebrow, the voice had reached his ears, so he hurriedly introduced the second professor to everyone: "Professor Kettleburn, our teacher for the Conservation of Magical Creatures class, retired at the end of last year to have more time with his remaining little naughty. ”

"So in the future, Ms. Wilmina Graplan will teach you the Conservation of Magical Beasts class."

Roque in the audience applauded with the little wizards, and he was not surprised by this teacher.

Because there were no moths in Hogwarts in the previous two years, and the professor of last year's Defence Against the Dark Arts class was not Lockhart's parallel import, but a reliable wizard found by Dumbledot's connections.

So Lockhart is still working as his best-selling author, Voldemort's diary is not at Hogwarts, and the basilisk in the Chamber of Secrets has not been awakened, so naturally it is still sleeping underground.

This also leads to the fact that Hagrid's charge of killing Myrtle fifty years ago has not been clarified, and he still has a criminal record, so he cannot be a professor at Hogwarts.

But it's not particularly bad, at least Hagrid isn't really a good fit to be a teacher.

He is a half-blood giant, with a strong physique, and the spells that some dark wizards who are not good enough to hit him will not even have any effect, but it is precisely because of this strength that his common sense is somewhat out of ordinary people.

Magical beasts that may not be harmful in his eyes may be fatal to young wizards.

In terms of strength and knowledge, he has no problem, he can only say that with his stored knowledge and insight, he is actually more suitable for teaching advanced classes, such as those students in the upper grades who already have a certain strength.

And Professor Graplan, who now replaces Hagrid's class, is also the professor who succeeded Hagrid in the original book, she is much more measured, and she takes students to observe the gentle unicorn during class.

Unicorns are classified by the magic section as level 4X - up to level 5X.

From the choice of unicorns, you can also see Professor Graplan's cautiousness, unicorns not only satisfy the little wizard's curiosity about powerful magical beasts, 4X level gimmicks are enough, the appearance is also passable, very popular, and most importantly, the temperament is also gentle, which can be called a template for introductory teaching.

At least better than Hagrid's Hippogriff, a Hippogriff with a winged beast, although the Hippogriff is only level 3X, one level less than a unicorn, but she has a more irritable temper and is a dangerous carnivore.

Seeing Hagrid on the stage staring enviously at Professor Graplan, Roque also began to wonder if it was time to find an opportunity to go to the Slytherin Chamber of Secrets to find the basilisk.

He just happened to have something to verify about the wizard's origins and bloodline magic, and by the way, he could help Hagrid clear his name.

"Well, I guess the important things are said and done." Dumbledore finally finished his speech, he rarely said a lot at dinner, and on weekdays he preferred to say a few words succinctly, "Let's start eating." ”

Lao Deng waved his wand lightly, and the next moment, the golden plate and goblet in front of the student were suddenly filled with food and drink.

The students immediately began to feast, and Lupin in the teacher's seat ate faster than any wizard, and it was hard to imagine how long he had been hungry, and after a sneer, the big bat on one side began to eat gracefully.

……

By the end of the dinner, the students had left the auditorium with a lively discussion.

After making a turn, Roque broke away from the group.

It's still early, and he can't sleep when he goes back, so it's better to roll up for a while and go find a magic manuscript to read.

Walk down the statue until you stop in front of a normal wall, behind which is a secret study.

Roque pushed open the invisible door and walked inside.

It's called Salazar Slytherin's Scripture Building, and it's a very well-preserved study, and few people in Hogwarts' thousand-year history can find it during their night walks.

Roque was able to know about this room because of the game Hogwarts Legacy.

There are many books on magic, some of them are out of print for thousands of years, and many of them are left behind by Slytherin himself.

Magical progress does not necessarily depend on archaeology, but mainly on who the object of archaeology is.

If it was Slytherin, then his research would be more advanced even in the modern wizarding world.

Among them, Roque was most interested in the manuscript written by Salazar Slytherin about the origin of the bloodline-

The main point is that wizards' power comes from blood.

This was also the mainstream view in the wizarding world at that time, so wizarding society gradually distinguished between "pure-blood" and "half-blood".

The pure-blooded Slytherins had an even more exaggerated idea, believing that wizards were the product of a super-friendly relationship between humans and magical beasts.

The talents that can be found by human wizards can be found in almost all magical beasts. For example, the fantastic beast cat and leopard are born with the ability to dementor minds, and some humans also have such abilities.

So Slytherin believes that the wizarding ancestors used some method to acquire the abilities of magical creatures.

Based on this point of view, Slytherin began the magic experiment of [Blood Fusion] - fused with the blood of magical beasts again, and then obtained the abilities of magical beasts, so he cultivated a basilisk in the secret room of Hogwarts, presumably with the intention of fusing the basilisk's abilities.

There was only so much to do with the manuscript, and the real practical part should have been put in the Chamber of Secrets by Slytherin.

The reason for this speculation is because Roque thinks that the young Voldemort may have been shocked by Slytherin after seeing the draft of the Chamber of Secrets, and began to engage in magic experiments as soon as he graduated, and finally made himself a ghost.

Roque took the manuscript and sighed with emotion: "It's a pity ......"

It wasn't that he was halfway up the manuscript, but that he was in conflict with Slytherin's views.

"Whoosh-"

Peeves suddenly appeared in front of Roque through the wall.

Peeves represents the mischievous will of the students, and his actions are often related to the students' collective subconscious, but since he was beaten by Roque in the first grade, he has become Roque's dogleg.

It may also be because since then, most of the students' subconscious has recognized Roque.

"Why are you here?"

"A ghost! A ghost named Snape roams Hogwarts Castle! "Peeves tip-off.

Then there was a knock in the door behind Roque.

Peeves swooped through the wall again and vanished.

Roque turned his head and looked at his Potions professor, "Oh, I thought it was the Dementors, it turned out to be Professor Snape. ”

Snape's clothes fluttered, more like a Dementor than a ghost.

Behind Snape stood Headmaster Dumbledore.

This study, though secretive, was really no secret to Dumbledore.

But Luo Ke was a little puzzled, what are these two people doing here, they are not afraid that he will learn badly, so they came to arrest him, right?

He still had the manuscript of a Slytherin magic experiment in his hand.

Dumbledore also raised his eyebrows, he didn't expect that Roque happened to be here, and there were not many little wizards who could find this study.

"Dementors?" Snape's face was gloomy, and he immediately began to attack: "I really didn't expect that, Mr. Anderson, it's just been a summer vacation, and your politeness has evaporated faster than potions?" ”

"Or—" Snape paused suddenly, then looked at Roque with disgust, "It's because you've been exposed to too many bad things that shouldn't be touched during the days of Tumbledown Alley, such as werewolves or something." ”

Snape and Roque had a good relationship before, and the two would often discuss potions making together, and some of the channels in Roque Tumbledown Alley were introduced by Snape.

Roque is never arrogant, even if he is a genius, he does not intend to underestimate others in other people's professional fields, such as Hagrid, even if the other party does not look smart, but his love for magical beasts is real, nearly fifty years of accumulation of knowledge, so that Hagrid is almost not inferior to any magical beast master in the world.

In addition to learning, knowledge also takes time to accumulate, and Snape's experience has helped Roque a lot in this regard, and some of Roque's inspiration from other worlds has also helped Snape, although there is an age gap, but the two are indeed teachers and friends.

It's just that the relationship between the two has not been very good recently.

Because Roque is very curious about the origin of the wizard's bloodline, and the werewolf is a well-known product of the bloodline experiment, Roque has been in constant contact with werewolves in the name of wolf poison potions in Tumbledown Alley, and even made a few werewolf friends as a potions master.

Snape, on the other hand, discriminates against all werewolves equally because of Lupin.

Snape, in particular, was a bit of a fan of "werewolf friends", as it always reminded him of James and Sirius.

In addition, he is Roque's teacher again, and he doesn't want to see Roque look a little like Jaime, so the two broke out into a skirmish.

"I remember, before you went to Tumbledown Alley, I specifically warned you that if you get close to a werewolf, wizards will become unlucky." Snape's black eyes remained motionless, staring at Roque like stone.

Roque nodded, "You're right, but on September 1, 1993, we at Hogwarts welcomed our first werewolf professor. ”

"I've become your colleague day and night."

Snape's expression froze, and he immediately turned his head to stare at Dumbledore.

"Ahem......" Dumbledore coughed twice.

Roque can't be allowed to continue, or Roque will burn the flames of war on him next.

Snape is afraid that he will have to quarrel with him for a long time because of the hiring of Lupin.

Yet Snape's mouth had already begun: "Oh! It's great that there's a master of wolf venom potions at school, Dumbledore, and you can entrust him with what you asked me to do. ”

"A troll came to Hogwarts, and there happened to be his favorite stick, and it was a match made in heaven, Merlin's guidance."

"Hmm...... Professor Snape scolded well, but it was a little less aggressive, and I thought it might be more in line with the Half-Blood Prince's unique style to scold the Mudbloods. ”

"But I'm curious, Professor Snape, why do you hate werewolves so much? Did werewolves beat you up as a kid? Or did you snatch the girl you like? Roque asked curiously.

Snape's eyes darkened.

He was silent for a long time, and finally noticed the Slytherin manuscript in Roque's hand: "Heh, look what I found. Isn't this the manuscript you're looking for? Dumbledore? ”

"It seems that our Mr. Anderson's views on magic overlap with the Dark Lord."

Snape shifted the track, and he decided to let Dumbledore take care of Roque.

(End of chapter)