Primordial Warlock of Hogwarts

"Yes, Professor," DeWitt didn't look like a vicious person. At least he looked honest and answered, "I heard you wanted to see me."

"Of course I want to see you," Professor McGonagall adjusted her glasses, pursed her lips tighter than the hair tied back, and said sternly: "I never thought that one day a Gryffindor student would skip class. , and it’s not even a period yet. Let’s talk about it. I hope you have any unavoidable reasons for leaving school on the first day of class.”

"My mother needs me," DeWitt said, looking at Professor McGonagall with sincere eyes, "She is in pain."

"This is not a proper reason." Professor McGonagall did not think this argument was convincing. She shook her head and said regretfully: "Even if what you said is true, there is a better choice. You can come here." I, I am happy to help you, there are other professors without me, every professor will be willing to help you, and I don’t think any mother needs help from her son on the first day after separation, especially... …She’s still an adult wizard.”

"That's because my father died," DeWitt's lips trembled with sadness, and he whispered: "Just the day before school started, there was a fire at home. He was sleeping. My mother was just a housewife. She has been disconnected from the wizarding community for too long, and my family environment is not very good. Just the necessities before entering school are almost emptying out the rest of the family. My mother doesn’t know what to do now. She just sold the house. She doesn’t have a stable place to live yet...Sorry, Professor, I’m not making excuses, but I’m really worried about her, if the situation doesn’t get better..."

There is no doubt that although Professor McGonagall is strict, she is definitely a kind person.DeWitt's situation made her eyes red.

"Alas," she sighed, and Professor McGonagall stopped blaming her. She lowered her tone and asked, "What are you going to do if the situation doesn't get better?"

Taking advantage of a good man's kindness to obtain benefits made DeWitt feel guilty, but he couldn't tell everything he had done, so he had to continue under this last resort.On the contrary, this made him abandon his guilt, appreciate his inner uneasiness, and further intensify his inner sorrow. The more awkward he felt, the more he could pretend to be sad, saying: "I don't want my mother to suffer, so I plan to drop out of school to help her."

DeWitt loudly condemned himself in his heart, cursed himself with vicious words, and watched Professor McGonagall lost in thought. His expression became heavier and heavier, and the emotional waves in his heart rose rapidly.

"The school will help you." Professor McGonagall stood up from behind the desk, came to DeWitt, touched his head and said, "There is no need to drop out of school, kid, Hogwarts can provide you with a job. , you will get paid, at least it will be enough to buy the necessities for school. Regarding your family, I will find time to talk to your mother."

"Thank you, Professor." DeWitt bowed heartily and said gratefully.

"But you made a mistake." Professor McGonagall frowned, thinking about how to deal with it.Out of sympathy, she really didn't want to punish this poor, sensible child, but if she didn't punish him, she would have to explain the deducted college points. Making the child's family background public was definitely not a good choice, and it would undermine the fairness of the school rules. To be fair, some measures must be taken.

"I'm sorry, Professor."

"Sorry is useless, I hope you can understand," Professor McGonagall didn't say much in the end, letting all the tangled thoughts just become thoughts. As for whether DeWitt would understand her, she couldn't interfere, she only said Decision: "You will go to the edge of the Forbidden Forest, to the hut of gamekeeper Hagrid, to assist him in maintaining the castle. The time will start from...tomorrow and will last until I say stop. Is there any problem?"

"No."

"Then go, kid, have a good sleep. At the same time, I also hope that you can find an opportunity to make up for the classes you missed today. I will inform the other professors. If you have any questions, you can ask the professors," Professor McGonagall Adding: "I will let you know when there is news about your work."

After thanking Professor McGonagall again, DeWitt left full of guilt.

After just one night, DeWitt's guilt disappeared.Because suddenly, he became famous for taking unprecedented points deductions.I couldn't hide it from anyone.People in other colleges watched it for fun, but people in his own college ostracized him, and several people in the same dormitory with him didn't talk to him. This made him still don't know the names of his roommates, and of course he wouldn't talk to these kids. Knowledge, because DeWitt has long known that people have sufficient associations with other people's bad things, but people are also numb and forgetful, and hatred related to the honor of the body will be forgotten sooner or later, so he is not anxious at all.

Some people were hostile to DeWitt because of this, even if they had communicated with him before, such as Ron Weasley. He took Harry Potter with him and deliberately forgot about the fate on the train, and also forgot to show DeWitt the way. He also didn’t want to become DeWitt’s accomplice in skipping classes, so he was determined to draw a clear line between him and DeWitt.

But Ron's twin brother's reaction was completely different. They may have noticed the secret behind Dewitt's skipping classes. They came to inquire more than once, but Dewitt dealt with it. But the more times, Dewitt also Not sure if the twins still have suspicions.

Just because the Daily Prophet reported on the explosion in Knockturn Alley the next day, despite the official investigation by the Ministry of Magic, the reason was that the dark magic items in the "Borkin and Burkes" store were out of control and the store owner's improper management, two The cause resulted in the loss of two lives.But in Hogwarts alone, there are many people who hold objections.As if they were participating in some secret plan, the students used their own knowledge and experience to speculate on the dark results. They might have opinions about each other's guesses, but they could only agree that the Ministry of Magic's investigation was definitely unreliable. Reach a consensus.

In any case, the possibility of linking a child who skipped school to take care of his mother with the murderer of an attack is really low, but DeWitt is at the center of all this. No matter how good his psychological quality is, he will not be able to control himself. Thinking, is there anything that can be done better?It was precisely because of this important matter that was weighing heavily on his mind that he was not in the mood to care about the specific punishment issued by Professor McGonagall. He simply went to class and after class, he still continued as usual the day after being called to the office by Professor McGonagall. Hermione received the notification.

At about the same time of the day, he came to Professor McGonagall's office again, where he received a note with the punishment results, and he had to take the note with the professor's signature to be punished.

DeWitt will go on patrol with Hagrid, the guard of the Forbidden Forest, at the end of each day's classes. The punishment will last for a week. After that, he can continue to assist Hagrid in doing some work within his ability, and at the same time, he can receive appropriate compensation for it.

According to Professor McGonagall, this was specially approved by Principal Dumbledore.