Hogwarts: Harry's Path to Witches

Chapter 178 Black Dog and Werewolf

Professor Dumbledore looked around the auditorium before continuing:

“During this semester, our school welcomed the dementors of Azkaban, who are employees of the Ministry of Magic sent by the Ministry of Magic to perform official duties.

Earlier on the train, they had also searched the Hogwarts Express due to orders from the Ministry of Magic, but unfortunately there was some unpleasantness in the process.

Although Miss Potter successfully expelled the Dementors with the Patronus Charm, I must remind you that the Patronus Charm is an extremely difficult magic that most adult wizards cannot successfully cast.

For young wizards who have not mastered the Patronus Charm, Dementors are extremely dangerous.

No spells, potions or magic props you have can deceive them..."

Professor Dumbledore delivered a long speech, repeatedly emphasizing safety issues.

After all, Harry had defeated the Dementors before, so Professor Dumbledore was very afraid that some young wizards would be so confident that they wanted to challenge the Dementors.

Especially those Gryffindors who can't take any time off, they are definitely the focus of Professor Dumbledore's attention.

After talking about the Dementors, Professor Dumbledore's expression became less serious.

He looked around the auditorium again and cleared his throat.

"Let's change the topic to something lighter and more pleasant. Now I want to introduce two new professors to you."

"First up is this year's Defense Against the Dark Arts professor, Professor Remus Lupin!"

Professor Lupine with a haggard face stood up and responded to Professor Dumbledore's introduction.

There was sparse applause in the auditorium, but most of the students were indifferent.

After all, this Professor Lupin was ragged and covered in patches.

As for a stronger wizard, even if he didn't know the magic of repairing clothes, he wouldn't be able to live like that.

After experiencing many weird professors in the past, students at Hogwarts already have very low requirements for Defense Against the Dark Arts professors.

"He is a human being", "has a teaching plan", and "is barely passable". As long as these three points are met, the little wizards will think he is a good professor.

But judging from Professor Lupin's first impression, he can only be "human".

Professor Lupin secretly smiled bitterly. Just as he was about to sit down, he heard the applause from the Gryffindor table getting louder and louder, and then the applause spread throughout the entire auditorium.

When the little wizards discovered that Harry was taking the lead in applauding, the Gryffindor students were the first to respond, and students from other houses subconsciously joined in the applause.

Professor Snape looked at Harry taking the lead in applauding, then turned his head and glanced at Professor Lupin fiercely, with murderous intent in his eyes.

After the applause subsided, Professor Dumbledore continued with a smile:

"As for our second professor, I regret to inform you that our Care of Magical Creatures teacher, Professor Keitel Byrne, retired at the end of last term..."

"Of course it's to protect his only remaining arm and leg." Fred explained to the freshmen with a smile.

"...so I'm delighted to announce that Rubeus Hagrid will be the new Care of Magical Creatures professor."

"He agreed to accept this teaching position in addition to his duties as guardian of the Forbidden Forest."

This time the applause came much faster than before. Except for Slytherin, students from other houses still had good senses about Hagrid.

When the applause died down again, Professor Dumbledore cleared his throat and pulled out his wand.

"As for the most important news, I think everyone already knows it through newspapers."

"Congratulations to Miss Harry Potter for winning back the Magic School Potions Championship for Hogwarts and winning the Golden Crucible;"

"At the same time, we would also like to congratulate Miss Harry Potter for receiving the Order of Merlin, First Class!"

Streamers erupted from Professor Dumbledore's wand, and the originally cloudy ceiling became clear.

Models of the Golden Cauldron and the Order of Merlin, First Class appeared in mid-air and floated to the Gryffindor Lion's flag hanging behind the teacher's chair.

There was thunderous applause in the auditorium. Most of the Gryffindor students and some students from other houses stood up and applauded. At the same time, they looked at Harry with a smile on their face.

George and Fred once again wanted to take out props to celebrate, but were stopped by Professor McGonagall's death gaze.

Amid cheers, Professor Dumbledore announced the start of the banquet.

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After the banquet, the students all returned to their dormitories in the college, and Professor Lupine returned to the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor's office.

On the way, he also went to the kitchen and asked the house elf to give him a sumptuous supper right now.

When he returned to the office, there were two large plates of delicious food on Professor Lupine's desk, including pumpkin juice.

But Professor Lupine didn't even look at it. Instead, he knocked on his box that was leaning on the table.

The box was opened.

Professor Lupine waved his magic wand, and a large black dog that was tied up and unconscious flew out.

Professor Lupine looked at the big black dog in silence.

After a long time, he pointed at the head of the big black dog.

As various lights flashed and the rope disappeared, the big black dog slowly opened its eyes and began to transform back into a human form bit by bit.

It was a tall, dark-haired, middle-aged man.

Although his face looks very old, it can be vaguely seen that he was also a handsome man back then.

Professor Lupine frowned slightly as he stared at Sirius's smooth, slightly shiny hair, which was laced with many silver strands.

Then he quickly waved his wand and put layer after layer of restraints on Sirius before he fully came to his senses.

Sirius was imprisoned at the other end of the office, and Professor Lupine was also close to the door of the office.

At the same time, Sirius's hands were tied with chains and tied tightly to the wall.

His legs were also shackled with iron balls hanging from them.

Various lights flashed on the walls of the office to ensure that the conversation between the two would not be leaked, and to prevent Sirius from using any special magic to destroy Hogwarts.

At this time, Sirius also completely woke up.

He watched Professor Lupine's movements quietly without trying to struggle, and at the same time he didn't say a word.

After Professor Lupin finished everything, Sirius chuckled twice and said in his hoarse and magnetic voice:

"Remus, you are still as cautious as ever."

"Of course." Professor Lupine held the wand tightly in his hand and pointed it at Sirius.

"Thank me for being cautious! If it were James or Peter standing here, you would be left with only a corpse now!"

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(Thanks to Jiuwei Yanhu for the tip!)