A certain Hogwarts rune professor

Chapter 186 Dinner
"Harry! Harry! Are you all right?" Someone was slapping his face.

Harry opened his eyes.Everything returned to normal—the train continued to move, and the lights were on. He sat up from his seat, wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and stared blankly at the scene inside the car.

Ron and Hermione were closest to him, Neville was watching him worriedly, and Ginny was huddled in a corner.

Lupine took a bar of chocolates from his pocket, broke them and distributed them to everyone.

"It's yours, Harry. Also, a very good Disarming Charm."

Harry took a large bar of chocolate and asked suddenly, "Did I pass out? No, the woman...was she rescued?"

"Who?" Lupine asked casually.

"When that weird thing with a hood came out, there was a woman whose voice should be an adult, she..." Harry was suddenly at a loss for words, and there was only one adult woman on the train, and that was a witch pushing a food cart.

But what he heard was obviously not this voice.

Lupine's hands froze in place, and he muttered, "I'll talk to the driver, I'm sorry..." and left in a hurry.

The door closed with a bang.

"Harry?" Hermione looked at him worriedly.

He forced himself to calm down, sat back in his seat, and took a bite of the chocolate. A warm current spread all over his body, which made him feel happy again.

"Can someone tell me what just happened?" Harry asked.

"We felt the cold, as if we had fallen into a hole in the ice. Then saw your spell, the blinding red light... The cold subsided a little, and then you fell to the ground, Professor Lupine said to someone: here There was no hiding Sirius Black, he raised his wand, and there was a silvery white light, and then the cold wave subsided completely, and the train continued to move." Hermione described what she saw.

Harry chewed the chocolate silently. He didn't really care about it. He just wanted to get clues about the female voice from other people, but the result disappointed him.

Everyone's expressions were ugly, Ginny sobbed softly, and Neville murmured beside him, "It's terrible, I'm reminded of the worst memory."

"It's like all the fun is gone," Ron said, but he gave Harry a punch: "Your spell is awesome, Harry! We can teach Malfoy a lesson, and the thought of him hitting Get out, and I feel happy again."

"It's not my role..." Harry shook his head, pulling himself together. "What is that cloak monster?"

"I guess it's a dementor. I've seen something similar in comic books. It's like a piece of rag without bones." Ron described.

Harry looked at Hermione. Among the three, Ron was the most familiar with the wizarding world, but his knowledge was very shallow. Although Hermione's knowledge was mostly from books, she could provide more accurate information.

Hermione recalled the information she saw: "Dementors are the guards responsible for guarding Azkaban. They feed on positive human emotions—especially happy emotions. Conventional spells have no effect on them. Magic that is known to be useful Only the Patronus Charm."

"Patronus? That's Professor Happer's swift, and Professor McGonagall's cat?" Harry asked.

"Yes."

"Yes."

Hermione and Ron said separately that Hermione had seen a Swift Patronus, Ron had seen a Cat Patronus, and Harry was no stranger to either.

After that, no one spoke, and after more than ten minutes, the train stopped.

But they didn't wait until Professor Lupine said, "Let's go, he should get out of the car first."

hall.

Hagrid was dressed very formally, in a large suit, and his hair and beard were carefully groomed: "How do I look, Felix?"

"……Excellent."

With tears in Hagrid's eyes, he turned the umbrella to the left, took a dirty handkerchief from his pocket, and wiped the corners of his eyes. "That's great...I've been looking forward to this day."

Not only will he be appointed as the professor of the Protection of Magical Beasts today, but he will also wash away the stigma—Dumbledore submitted a complete chain of evidence, from the testimony of the monster in the Chamber of Secrets, the murderer, and Myrtle herself, the Ministry of Magic did not Any reason to block, had to revoke the ban 50 years ago.

Hagrid received two punishments for being "suspected to be the murderer of Myrtle" that year: he was expelled and his wand was broken. Some people even suggested that he be sent to Azkaban, because Dumbledore's mediation was spared.

And now that the ban was lifted, he could use the wand openly.

Felix looked at the big red umbrella in his hand, "Hiding your wand here? I've been meaning to say it for a long time. It's a great hidden idea."

Hagrid raised his hand, "Dumbledore fixed it for me. I've always been scruples, you know... Theoretically, my wand has been broken by the Ministry of Magic."

Felix looked at him with a strange expression, and said softly, "Dumbledore fixed your wand? The one that broke?"

"He's quite the all-rounder, isn't he?" said Hagrid cheerfully.

"Yeah, that's right," Felix agreed.

After a while, Hagrid walked out of the auditorium to welcome the new students, and the professors were also making final preparations.Professor McGonagall was talking to a house-elf in the kitchen about a dinner party.

"It's all ready, Professor."

"Very well, thank you for your hard work."

Not long after, little wizards from the second to seventh grades poured in. The auditorium was full of people, and Felix felt as if there were hundreds of baboons clamoring excitedly.

But his eyes fell on a wizard—

He wore a worn gown, the edges of which were patched to suggest the poverty of his master; he looked worn out, perhaps just out of a trouble; Already mixed with white hair...

Professor McGonagall walked up to the wizard, welcomed him warmly, and led him to the teachers' bench.

A look of intense hatred fell on the wizard, and out of the corner of his eye Felix saw the silver fork in Snape's hand bent in half.

Professor McGonagall introduced the wizard to the professors, but she deliberately avoided Snape.

Soon, she came to Felix.

"Felix, this is Remus Lupine. He used to be my student. He is a very friendly and gentle person. You will get along well." Professor McGonagall said.

Felix and Lupine looked at each other, and there was a glint of inquiry in both eyes.

Felix hooked the corner of his mouth, and he stretched out his hand: "Hello, Professor Lupine, I heard Professor McGonagall mention you before, you should be her best student?"

Lupine also stretched out his hand, "I'm just the most inconspicuous one. On the train, I heard many rumors about Professor Haipu along the way..."

"I hope it's not some weird remarks."

"No, how come? They praise you so much, it makes me a little jealous."

Their hands held together until Lupine let go of his own initiative.

Soon, Hagrid appeared with the first-year freshman who was like a drowned chicken. To Felix's surprise, it was not Professor McGonagall who presided over the sorting ceremony. He looked around, but he didn't see her.

Professor Flitwick is holding the Sorting Hat and a roll of parchment, with a small round stool floating behind him.

He passed by the new students one by one, and as he waved his wand, the new students found that their wet clothes had become dry and comfortable, as if they had been baked by the midday sun.

"Stand in a row and follow me."

One by one, the little wizards came forward in order of surnames, waiting for the sorting house, but the first thing that greeted them was the song carefully crafted by the Sorting Hat, and the young freshmen watched the Sorting Hat singing emotionally in dumbfounded.

This may be the deepest impression Hogwarts has left on them so far.

The sorting has begun.

"Newman Balck."

"Gryffindor!"

"Oliver Dana."

"Hufflepuffs!"

"Grantham Foley."

"Ravenclaw!"

"Astoria Greengrass."

"Slytherin!"

"Romeda Vane."

"Gryffindor!"

……

At the end of the Sorting ceremony, Felix noticed Harry and Hermione slipping from the corner to their Gryffindor seats, with Professor McGonagall appearing later.

Headmaster Dumbledore then rose to speak, and his welcome was as terse as ever.

After getting to the point, he seriously explained the existence of dementors, "They will be stationed at all entrances of the school to perform the official duties of the Ministry of Magic. During their stay, no one is allowed to leave the school without permission."

"Dementors don't accept tricks and deceptions of any kind - including invisibility cloaks, and they can't tell good reason from excuses, so don't give them any chance of harming you. Prefects and the two student council chairmen, make sure that any Students don't run afoul of dementors."

After the young wizards finished digesting this information, Dumbledore happily introduced the two new professors. In his words——

The former is "Professor Lupine who generously fills in the vacancy of the Defense Against the Dark Arts class", and the latter is "Rubus Hagrid who is also a professor of the Protection of Fantastic Beasts in addition to fulfilling his duties as a guard of the Forbidden Forest".

At the same time, Dumbledore expressed sympathy and apology for the injustice suffered by Hagrid, "For half a century, we have been ignoring this, and it is time to correct this mistake."

Hagrid stood up and waved excitedly, a series of red sparks flew from the tip of his umbrella, and the students responded enthusiastically, especially the applause from the Gryffindor seats.

"We should have known!" roared Ron, pounding on the table. "Who else would let us get a book that bites?"

After the dinner, the students filed out of the auditorium, accompanied by lively discussions.

(End of this chapter)