It's just a Defense Against the Dark Arts professor.

Chapter 20 The Donkey at Hogwarts
Filch took Sherlock to an office on the third floor and handed him the key.

"This office was lived in by the previous defense professor, Quirrell, but during the summer vacation, I cleared all his things, and the elves in the castle have also cleaned it thoroughly, you can rest assured Live in."

Sherlock took the key from him, and Filch smiled flatteringly like a chrysanthemum blooming on his old face.

"You first decorate your room, Professor Forrest, I'll go back and prepare some things, and when I'm patrolling the castle, I'll come find you on the third floor."

After speaking, he turned and left here.

After watching his back disappear around the corner of the stairs, Sherlock inserted the key into the door and walked into his future residence in Hogwarts.

The office outside is very spacious, with a bookshelf occupying half of the wall beside the wall, a clothes hanger behind the door, and a large desk in the room facing the door.

Here too, as Filch said, it was swept clean, not even a speck of dust on the bookshelves and table tops.

Sherlock's suitcase was neatly placed on the side of the desk.

He took out all the books and notes inside, arranged them on the bookshelf, and then took the changed robes in the suitcase to the bedroom behind the office.

The bed has already been made by the elf for him, and the washing and daily necessities are also well prepared, and it is completely ready to move in with a bag.

The students living in Hogwarts are really happy. Now Sherlock even doubts whether the elves in the castle will even help wash the clothes they usually change.

Let these students live a much happier life in the castle than at home.

After tidying up his office and bedroom, he sat down at his desk and picked up the defense class schedule given by Professor McGonagall at the end of the dinner.

To be honest, being a professor at Hogwarts is not an easy job.

Especially major subjects like Charms, Transfiguration, Potions, Herbs, History of Magic, Astronomy and Defense Against the Dark Arts.

There are seven grades of students in the castle, and the main course of each age has at least one major class a week (about an hour and a half, except for astronomy class), which means that these seven professors basically work from Monday to Friday. Can't be idle.

Does it sound like it’s okay and not too hard?
But don't forget that Hogwarts is divided into four houses.

In each class, students from the four colleges of the same grade will not be taught together. Generally, students from the two colleges will take one class together, which means that the professor of the same grade needs to attend the class twice, and the workload will be higher. double!
If you use the analogy of a normal Muggle school.

It's like a seven-year elementary school with two classes in each grade, but the whole school has only one math teacher, and this teacher is responsible for the math lessons and homework for all students in the [-] classes in the whole school!
There are [-] classes a week, and each class is not only a big class of more than one hour, but also corrects and checks the homework of all students in the school after class.

The study life of Hogwarts students is not necessarily hard, but the professors of these seven main courses are really more tiring than the donkeys of the production team.

And starting today, Sherlock will also join the production team of Hogwarts, becoming a donkey who dare not rest.

He looked at tomorrow's class, the first class in the morning was for first-year Ravenclaw and Gryffindor, and there was Gryffindor for the afternoon class, but this time it was for the second year, that is, Harry them.

The arrangement on the class schedule was just in line with his intentions. He would try his hand with the two lower-grade classes first to see how the students reacted before he could make changes to the higher-grade classes.

After preparing the content needed for tomorrow's class, there was a sudden knock on the office door, and at the same time Filch's complimenting voice sounded outside.

"Professor Forrest, we can go."

Sherlock looked at the time. It was just after eight o'clock. According to the original owner's diary, the curfew should start at nine o'clock.

He straightened his robe, his expression turned indifferent again, and he opened the door.

"Is there a curfew patrol before nine o'clock?"

Filch explained to him.

"It is not necessary to check the curfew when patrolling the castle. It is precisely because the curfew time is not here. There may be students who use magic spells in the corridors. According to school regulations, this is not allowed. The students in your previous classes were very Follow the rules, but the students who have been admitted in recent years have become more and more reckless, especially Gryffindor students."

He said, and then, as if recalling some bad memories, his face became gloomy.

"If you ask me, Professor Dumbledore is still too kind. Now it's time to restore the previous castle management system and treat those disobedient students with handcuffs and whips! This will make them dare not make mistakes again!"

Good guy, I didn't expect you to be an old man.

Sherlock complained silently in his heart, but he didn't respond to what he said on the surface. Instead, he turned around and closed the door of the office, and started the night patrol tour of Hogwarts with him.

"Where do we go first?" Sherlock asked.

Filch said without hesitation: "Go to the Gryffindor lounge first. On the first night of every semester, I will catch students using magic around there, especially those two little bastards. After enrolling!"

He gritted his teeth subconsciously for the last sentence, and Sherlock could guess it even if he didn't have to think about it.

There were no Gryffindor students who could hold Filch's grudges so much, except for the Weasley twins.

Where Filch wanted to patrol, Sherlock didn't really care.

He asked to come out with him this time, just to take the opportunity to familiarize himself with the entire Hogwarts castle.

It is not necessary to know every place clearly, as long as you roughly know where the lounges of the four colleges are, where the teachers' offices of each subject are, and which classrooms are commonly used is enough.

This will not make him blind in the castle tomorrow, like a freshman who just started school, not even knowing where the gate of Hogwarts opens.

They walked on the stairs leading to the tower where the Gryffindor lounge was located. As soon as they reached the fifth floor, they heard two people talking from the corner.

"Fortunately, Professor Dumbledore didn't fire us."

"But even that's embarrassing enough, I don't even dare to think what people will think of us when we go back to the Gryffindor common room dressed up."

"Hey! What are you afraid of? These bandages on our bodies are medals only for heroes!"

"Yes, in the car during the day, we are indeed seen as heroes by everyone. Now people will only call us bears. And Professor Forrest, I waved to him in the car. I don't know Is there any class for him tomorrow, I think we should go to Madam Pomfrey and write a note, otherwise I really don’t have the face to attend his class like this.”

Harry, with his head bandaged, chatted with Ron, who was in a plaster cast, as they walked around the corner of the stairs.

Then they saw that Professor Forrest and Filch whom they had just mentioned were standing there together, looking at them strangely.

(End of this chapter)