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

Chapter 7 Letter of Appointment for Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor

Sherlock was completely taken aback by Professor McGonagall's words.

He never thought that the position of professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts would really fall on his head.

Let's not talk about whether there is a confirmed candidate for this year's professor position.

Even if it's really not confirmed, with the original owner's personality like that of a problem child, it's impossible to choose him!
He himself is full of faults, so he can teach good students like this?

The shock shown by Sherlock did not make Professor McGonagall notice the abnormality.

Instead, she thought Sherlock should have such an expression.

After all, he has been applying for this position for three years, and Dumbledore has never agreed to him.

Even if he went to Hogwarts again three months ago, he didn't get a satisfactory result.

And this time I suddenly brought him a letter of appointment, if he wasn't surprised, that would be a strange thing.

"I know you are very incredible about this." Professor McGonagall explained to him, "Three months ago, when you heard that Quirrell had an accident this year, you went to Dumbledore to apply for a position. At that time Dumbledore already has a candidate for the new defense professor, and the other party has already agreed."

Sherlock stared at Professor McGonagall without blinking, and asked tentatively.

"So it's an accident with the defense professor who has been confirmed in the new semester this year?"

Professor McGonagall nodded and explained.

"That's right, the original defense professor is Gilderoy Lockhart."

"A month ago, he was proved to be a liar. He used the Oblivion Curse to steal the experiences of other wizard adventurers, lied about his own stories, and wrote them as biographies for profit, and thus became a star in the wizarding world." writer."

"But not long ago, a victim broke through his disguise. He is now under the control of Aurors from the Ministry of Magic. In two days, the Wizengamot, the wizarding court, will hold a trial meeting against him."

"Although the official results have not yet come out, all the evidence is enough to prove that his future career will be spent in Azkaban."

"There are less than two months before the start of the new semester. Under such circumstances, Dumbledore believes that only you are qualified for the current position."

Even though Professor McGonagall said it very euphemistically, the current Sherlock is not the same problem child as before.

Of course, he could hear from this euphemistic statement that Dumbledore's decision to let himself be the professor of the defense class in the new semester was completely helpless.

Because it's almost the beginning of the school year, and the professor who was confirmed before was arrested, so I have to miss that class, right?

So he had no choice but to choose Sherlock, who had long been interested in this position, among the few short ones.

After all, although the original owner had flaws in his character, he had a solid knowledge of magic.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have been easily accepted by the Auror Command, the department with the strictest recruitment requirements in the Ministry of Magic.

But this made Sherlock, who had just crossed over, bewildered.

Not to mention that he doesn't even know half magic, it is basically impossible to teach students in his current situation.

The position of professor of defense against the dark arts alone has a big problem.

Is that a professorship that normal people dare to take up?
Even Xiaobai, Sherlock, who has never read the original book or movie, knows that seven defense professors have been replaced in the seven books, and the one who resigned is either dead or disabled, or ruined.

But if you refuse, what reason should you use?

The original owner's eagerness to return to Hogwarts to teach, and his performance of harassing Dumbledore every year, have completely blocked his way out.

Now Sherlock really can't find an excuse to refuse this offer of employment.

Professor McGonagall didn't think about Sherlock's intention to refuse this position, she handed the letter of appointment and a bus ticket directly to him, and then urged.

"You have to decide on the textbooks you will use for class as soon as possible, and you must send me the textbook list by owl before August. If you plan to take the Hogwarts Express to school, you can use this ticket to get on the bus on the first day of school .”

After finishing these words, Professor McGonagall got up and drew out his wand at the same time.

Before leaving, she said to Sherlock with a smile on her face.

"May Sally bless you, Sherlock, goodbye Hogwarts."

As soon as the words fell, she disappeared into the living room.

After she left, Sherlock silently stared at the letter of appointment in his hand, on which the words "Professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts" were so conspicuous.

After a long time, three words slowly popped out of his mouth.

"Wang Defa!"

Hogwarts, during the summer vacation, the students have already left this ancient castle, making the usually noisy corridors seem deserted.

Professor McGonagall, who had just returned to school, went straight into Dumbledore's principal's office.

Dumbledore, with a gray beard and dark blue pajamas, was crouching at the table, dealing with official documents.

After seeing Professor McGonagall coming in, he raised his body and took off his crescent-shaped glasses tiredly.

"Forrest already got the offer?"

"I handed it to him personally." Speaking of this, Professor McGonagall hesitated, as if he wanted to say something.

Dumbledore saw what she was thinking and said with a smile.

"Don't worry about Minerva, if you have any good suggestions, you can definitely ask me."

"Do you really think Sherlock is suitable for the position of professor?" Professor McGonagall frowned slightly.

Because she has some relationship with Sherlock's mother, she is really happy that he can fulfill his dream and come to Hogwarts as a professor.

But to be honest, with Sherlock's problematic personality, coming to a school like Hogwarts as a professor is irresponsible to the students.

Dumbledore said calmly.

"He always has to realize that he is no longer the unaccompanied, lonely child he once was. The recognition he needs never comes from me, but from himself."

"Using my own knowledge to teach students, seeing the students' efforts, and gaining the students' gratitude will make him understand this faster."

"Besides, his defensive magic level is indeed stronger than many wizards, isn't it?"

He stood up from the chair, and walked to the wall full of portraits of previous principals with his hands behind his back.

Dumbledore said softly, not knowing whether he was addressing the principals who were humming softly, or Professor McGonagall.

"His talent is excellent, just like his mother. The flaws in character should not hinder his future, we need reliable friends, so this teaching experience at Hogwarts, I hope he can mature as soon as possible stand up."

(End of this chapter)