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

Chapter 68
Even if the search of the students is fruitless, the daily teaching at Hogwarts must continue.

But Dumbledore was not defenseless.

After Colin was attacked and all Hagrid's chickens were strangled to death, Dumbledore specially asked Hagrid to buy a group of healthy roosters from outside and raise them separately.

These seemingly inconspicuous animals are actually the best weapons against basilisks.

But the atmosphere among the students has obviously changed compared to before.

This time the sense of unease did not disappear for a while, but spread among the student body.

Sherlock is especially aware of this phenomenon.

He could feel it clearly after taking Defense Against the Dark Arts in his second year.The performance of the students after class is not as active as before.

He tapped the podium lightly with his book, drawing the little wizard's attention to him.

"In the next class, we will start to talk about snake-like black magic creatures. Students who are interested can prepare in advance and collect materials to prepare for next week's class."

As soon as he finished speaking, a Ravenclaw student raised his hand below and asked strangely.

"But professor, there is no content about snake-like black magic creatures in our textbook this year?"

The other students also had doubts on their faces.

The purpose of explaining snake-like black magic creatures is naturally to let these children know some related weaknesses and knowledge about basilisks in advance, so as to prevent the next attack from happening again, these students at least know how to save their lives.

This was not just Sherlock's own idea, he also asked Dumbledore for instructions, and the other party agreed to his approach.

Facing the students' questions, he found an excuse to deal with it.

"You guys have been a little too nervous recently, let's leave the books for a while and find some interesting knowledge to learn about."

The students looked at each other, they didn't think snakes were interesting magical knowledge.

But how to teach in class, Hogwarts has no clear rules.

The class of Defense Against the Dark Arts belongs to Sherlock. Even if he wants to teach students to study nuclear fission in the class, the students can only listen carefully.

Just as Sherlock was packing up his things and preparing to leave, the three of Harry suddenly and quietly touched him again.

Sherlock stopped, glanced at them and said.

"I heard that you yelled in the auditorium yesterday that you wanted to see me? Is there anything else? Don't you still suspect that I am actually the murderer?"

Harry smiled awkwardly and rubbed his hands together.

"Without the professor, how could we suspect that you are the murderer? We just want to ask you for a favor, a very small favor."

Hermione hurriedly handed a piece of parchment in her hand to Sherlock, and then, together with Ron Harry and the others, looked at him expectantly.

Sherlock took a suspicious look at their strange behavior before looking at the parchment.

There is only one line written on it:

'Harry won't be picking up copper Knuts at Hogwarts today. '

After reading the above line, Sherlock looked at them even more strangely.

"How do I know if Harry can find money at Hogwarts today? What are you doing? A magic spell that uses language as a medium? You want to curse me?"

It's your old man who cursed us and it's almost the same!
The complaints in Harry's heart certainly didn't dare to say it in front of Sherlock, and they had no reason for Sherlock to read this sentence, so they could only keep pestering him and begging.

"Professor, we are only 13 years old! How can we curse you! I really just want to ask you for a favor, just read this sentence, just read it!"

"Please Professor! This is really important to us! Please!"

"I don't have credit for you, but I have worked hard for you, professor. Think about the hard work I have done for you to collect your homework, help you borrow books from the library, and help you pass on messages to other professors. Please help me!"

Sherlock looked at the three students who seemed to be out of their minds, and was very suspicious of how they defeated Voldemort in the end.

There was nothing he could do about being annoyed, and he deducted the points of these three brats because of this matter, so he said something perfunctory.

"Harry won't be picking up copper Knuts at Hogwarts today, will that be all right? Leave me alone, let's go."

The faces of the three of Harry suddenly revealed joyful expressions.

But none of them left immediately, but asked cautiously.

"Professor, do you think Harry can really find money in the castle?"

Sherlock was a little tired from being tormented by them.

"How do I know if he can find money in the castle? If I knew this, I would tell you?"

Hearing what he said, Harry and the others cheered even more. They all bowed their heads to thank him, and then ran away in two steps.

Sherlock went back to his office to prepare relevant materials about snake-like black magic creatures. He definitely couldn't just talk about basilisks, as that would be too obvious, so he had a lot of work to do.

After Harry, Hermione, and Ron obtained the Crow's Mouth prophecy from Sherlock, they spent the rest of the time wandering around the castle.

They kept their eyes on the ground as they walked, hoping that Harry would pick up a brass Knut.

At lunch time, Ginny stared at Ron curiously and asked them.

"Why do you keep staring under the table? I thought you dropped the food?"

There was nothing to gain all morning, which made Ron feel a little irritable. He waved Ginny away.

"It's none of your business."

Ginny pouted and snorted, the mood to share with them what she had experienced in the principal's office yesterday was gone.

In the afternoon, Harry and the others still had a charm class to attend, so they couldn't keep wandering around the castle.

However, after the curse was over, they continued to make money.

If Harry can really pick up a copper Knut in the castle today, it means that Sherlock's crow's mouth is a miracle, even if it is against his will, it can be activated successfully.

Then Hogwarts will be saved!
But they didn't see anything resembling a coin for a day until they had finished their supper, not to mention copper knuts.

It wasn't until the curfew time was about to start that Harry and the three of them returned to the Gryffindor lounge in great disappointment.

"It seems that if the professor's crow's mouth is to be successfully activated, he must speak his truth."

Ron said disappointedly.

Although Hermione also expressed disappointment, she had expected such a result.

"If the professor can activate this ability no matter what he says with a utilitarian mentality, then he will be more powerful than all the wizards in the world."

(End of this chapter)