Hogwarts: I am the White Demon King

Hogwarts Station.

After sending Harry off on the train, Sebastian looked towards the Headmaster's office and sighed deeply.

Alas...

Dumbledore still destroyed the Philosopher's Stone, doing so the day after dealing with Quirrell.

Sebastian had not expected Dumbledore to be so decisive; by the time he heard the news, the Philosopher's Stone had already been reduced to rubble.

Thinking of this, he muttered to himself.

That old codger Dumbledore, couldn't he have at least made some gold out of it? He has no sense of responsibility as a headmaster!

The school needs money everywhere, you know.

For example, after Fred and George started learning alchemy from him, many young wizards in the school came to him, expressing their desire to learn as well.

But it's not that simple!

Alchemy is different from traditional subjects; it's not just a matter of having a professor to teach.

It has one major drawback: it's expensive!

The most expensive subject at Hogwarts now is Potions, but it pales in comparison to Alchemy.

Learning alchemy isn't just about waving a wand.

Students must engage in a great deal of manual practice to learn real skills.

Alchemy requires the use of various rare and expensive magical materials, which may even include phoenix feathers, dragon blood, and unicorn horns, and so on.

These materials are difficult to obtain, expensive, and many may be consumed during experiments.

Hogwarts doesn't have enough funds to open such a course separately.

According to Sebastian, among the three European magical high schools, only Beauxbatons Academy of Magic has an alchemy course.

That's entirely because Nicolas Flamel donated many properties to Beauxbatons.

Beauxbatons has ample funds and can naturally offer whatever courses it wants.

However, Sebastian isn't planning to be as generous as Nicolas Flamel and fund an alchemy course at Hogwarts out of his own pocket.

After all, firstly, he's not a governor of Hogwarts and has no obligation to donate money indefinitely.

Secondly, opening an alchemy course isn't a one-time deal, but a bottomless pit.

The most Sebastian can do is start an alchemy club and then select some talented students to train.

Moreover, as the saying goes, it's better to teach a man to fish than to give him fish.

What Hogwarts needs most isn't to find a few more foolish governors to donate, but to carry out financial reforms and achieve self-sufficiency.

Sebastian glanced at the Forbidden Forest.

The dense forest looked particularly tranquil under the sunlight, as if all living things were holding their breath in that mysterious forest.

That's Hogwarts' greatest treasure!

That forest is home to a large number of magical creatures.

Acromantulas;

White horses with horns;

Bowtruckles, and so on.

Each magical creature can produce very valuable materials.

In addition, there are a large number of wild herbs in the Forbidden Forest, which is also a huge source of wealth.

How can they not know how to develop it when they're guarding a treasure?

Sebastian sighed, then hummed a song and slowly walked towards Hogwarts Castle.

"Money, Money, Money......"

He first found Professor McGonagall, and then went with her to the Headmaster's office.

Hmph!

With two deputy headmasters going together, let's see if old Dumbledore agrees to develop the Forbidden Forest.

Inside the Headmaster's office, Professor Dumbledore sat in his high-backed chair, gently rocking.

His robes were loosely draped over him, and his silver-white beard trembled slightly, looking particularly kind and peaceful.

Vacation life is so easy and pleasant...

Seeing the two people coming together, Dumbledore was a little surprised: "Minerva, is there something you need me for?"

Hearing Dumbledore's question, Professor McGonagall looked at Sebastian and said with a smile.

"Sebastian says he has something very important to show us."

Oh?

Something very important?

Dumbledore sat up straight and looked at Sebastian with a questioning expression.

"Headmaster, I have a memory I'd like to share with you."

Sebastian calmly took out a Pensieve and placed it on Dumbledore's desk.

Then, he pointed his wand at his temple, extracted a memory, and put it into the Pensieve.

Seeing this, Dumbledore became interested.

He remembered that when Sebastian first joined the staff, he had shown him a memory, displaying the scene in Knockturn Alley.

What will it be this time?

In a daze, Dumbledore arrived in a spacious and bright office, where a teacher and student were talking.

This is?

Sebastian's office?

"Percy?" As soon as she arrived here, Professor McGonagall recognized the young wizard who was talking.

Dumbledore looked and also recognized the Gryffindor prefect.

He didn't ask anything and began to listen carefully to the conversation between the two in this memory.

"Professor Swan, are my brothers learning alchemy from you?"

"That's right, what's the matter, Percy?"

"I just wanted to ask, why don't you just offer an alchemy course? That way, more students can learn from you."

"This was a conversation I had with Percy after the start of school last year," Sebastian's voice slowly sounded.

"Because of the Marauder's Map, Percy knew that the twins were learning alchemy from me."

"He was very interested, so he came to me and asked this question."

Sebastian's voice was somewhat regretful: "I didn't directly answer his question, but instead brushed him off with the excuse that he had 12 subjects."

"However, I underestimated the attractiveness of alchemy to students; more and more little guys came to me, expressing their desire to learn alchemy."

The memory in the Pensieve kept changing, and one young wizard after another appeared, asking the same question.

"Professor Swan, as an alchemy master, why don't you teach an alchemy course?"

"Professor, do you have any plans to offer an alchemy course?"

"Professor, can I learn alchemy from you too?"

"Professor, we also want to make cool things like the Marauder's Map like the Weasley twins, can you teach us?"

......

Until the last memory was played, Sebastian and the two returned to the Headmaster's office again.

Professor McGonagall looked heavy; she had not expected so many students to want to learn alchemy.

Looking at the children's eager eyes in the memory, she felt extremely sad.

However, as the person in charge of the school's finances, Professor McGonagall knew very well that Hogwarts simply did not have enough Galleons to offer such a course.

"Headmaster, Professor McGonagall," Sebastian said seriously.

"I have rejected too many young wizards."

"But today, I want to ask you, can the school give them a clear answer?"

"Can we open an alchemy course for the students and let them learn more survival skills?"