The Witch's Bodyguard [Comprehensive Anglo-American]

Sirius wasn't as unkempt as he appeared in the wanted photos, his hair was clearly combed, although they had lost their luster, as dull as eyes set in dark, deep-set sockets.The sallow skin against the skeletal surface of his cheeks made him look very unhealthy.Blake's tall figure looked very thin, and the dark green robe was brand new, and the style should have been made by Ma Linglong.

Although the current Sirius is not as good as before, Lupine still has an uncontrollable emotion about to burst out, and he knows that it is definitely not a precursor to transforming into a werewolf: "Why are you here?" When he asked this sentence He already thought everything through when he spoke, so he turned to Ma Linglong, "You hid him here, why, what's going on?"

Sirius did not answer Lupine's confusion, but said hoarsely: "Harry is in danger now." His voice sounded like he hadn't spoken for a long time, "Fortunately, with you, I can feel a little more at ease. "

"That danger comes from you." Lupine still held his wand, but he was not sure if he should point the tip at his friend, "Linglong, have you been threatened by Black, I don't understand?"

"You call me Blake?" Sirius' voice sounded pained, and he bared his yellow teeth with a bitter smile, "Well, yes, I understand what you're trying to say, that's not the truth, Le James."

"You killed James and Lily." Lupine's voice was blank. He didn't actually believe that Sirius would do it, but everyone said so, and at that time, it was only him, "You still killed him?" Dead Pettigrew."

"I don't deny that their deaths are related to me." Sirius trembling shoulders, he glanced at Ma Linglong with deep apology, "I'm sorry." He said, "I should listen to you, If I had listened to you at that time, maybe the result would not have been so bad."

"I want to know the truth, Blake." Lupine put away his wand. "The whole truth, about 12 years ago."

Ma Linglong has never believed in Peter Pettigrew. Since he joined them, the reason why Ma Linglong does not believe in Peter Pettigrew is not because he has shown his ambition at that time, but because he never seems to be truly ambitious. Into James Potter's team.Ma Linglong couldn't treat him as a friend, so naturally there was no trust, although James never expelled him.Peter Pettigrew is so out of place, whether it's his chubby appearance or his clumsy behavior.

It is undeniable that he is actually an excellent wizard. Peter Pettigrew's grades are not the best, but they are excellent, but his personality can only serve as James' follower, and he is called around by him.Although everyone thought Peter Pettigrew was James' friend, in fact, from Ma Linglong's point of view, he was more like a follower.

But he insisted on following James, although this was certainly not the original intention of Lupine to introduce Peter Pettigrew to James, Lupine probably just thought he was a loyal and good guy at the time.Maybe Peter Pettigrew thought that if he followed James, he would be as popular as him. In fact, Peter Pettigrew did taste some sweetness.At least he could talk to Ma Linglong more than other boys, which gave him more talking points to show off among wizards of the same grade.

Of course, Ma Linglong didn't dislike Peter Pettigrew, after all, most of the time, he curled up among the four of them as a weakling.Ma Linglong had disputes with James many times over his attitude towards Peter Pettigrew, probably James thought Ma Linglong fell in love with the ugly little dwarf.

Since when did Ma Linglong become suspicious of Pettigrew Peter? It was when a black group appeared around him for no reason.At that time, they had all graduated, except for Ma Linglong, who was not yet old enough to graduate, even though her grades were enough to graduate a hundred times.Ma Linglong didn't know why Peter Pettigrew killed people. He was so timid and cowardly that he didn't even dare to dissect the worms in Potions class. 【Note 1】

But she knew that the facts represented by the black group could never be wrong, and she planned to tell others about her findings.

James and Lily are preparing for the wedding, and Sirius invited Ma Linglong to be Lily's bridesmaid. If it weren't for Ma Linglong's thoughts on Peter Pettigrew, she might not be unresponsive to Sirius' hint of dullness.

"I should have chosen to believe you," said Sirius, "but at the time, I was so self-righteous that I thought you kept bringing up Peter Pettigrew because you had some kind of affection for him."

Everyone was too young back then, and no one wanted to calm down and think about it.

"It's not your fault." Ma Linglong said, "I should have let you know from the beginning that I can see things that others cannot."

No one knew that Ma Linglong could see those black blobs, so when she told Sirius what she saw, the handsome boy just laughed.It can't be his fault, who would believe that Peter Pettigrew would kill someone.

"But," Lupine said, "Peter Pettigrew is dead, and you killed him?"

"I really want to kill him," said Sirius, "because he's the real Keeper!"【Note 2】

In fact, Ma Linglong might have guessed the reason why Hermione Granger (Hermione Granger) was not liked by most of her classmates, even though this was her first lesson for this clever little witch.It must have had nothing to do with Hermione's very shaggy hair making her head look a little out of place, and it had nothing to do with her two front teeth.Although Ma Linglong felt that the real reason should not be viewed as a shortcoming, even she thought that Hermione's behavior in class was indeed sometimes enviable, even a bit annoying. 【Note 3】

"Miss Granger." Ma Linglong stopped the slideshow, "I hope you will give someone else the chance to answer the question."

"But no one raised their hands." It was a domineering voice. Hermione was famous among teachers and students for actively raising her hands to answer questions in every class and never tired of doing it. She didn't care about the mocking eyes of others.As if she could answer all the questions, which meant that no one else could do it better than her, Hermione responded loudly to those people's taunts with absolute excellence, and she always appeared arrogant On the one hand, it is embarrassing for them to ask sharp questions to the teachers from time to time.

"No one raises their hands, it doesn't mean that no one knows the answer." Ma Linglong looked at the students below the podium, all of them were in the third grade, except for the part of Gryffindor, and Slytherin accounted for the majority, among them there was Laura. Winclaw and Hufflepuff.

There are 35 people in total, and the classroom is very spacious, enough to accommodate 100 people, giving Ma Linglong room to play freely. 【Note 4】

"I don't think they can answer," Hermione said boldly.

Ma Linglong noticed that the Slytherin students made a sound like vomiting.

"Okay." Ma Linglong said, she took a few steps forward, "Let's play another game while there is still a little time."

Hermione looked eager to try, her arms were still held high, and Ron reminded her to put them down.

Ma Linglong spun her magic wand in the air, and a piece of paper with a question appeared in front of each student's desk: "Don't whisper." Ma Linglong waved his magic wand and violently shook the two whispering students. Isolation, and then, the seats of the rest of the students were also separated, just like when facing an exam, "I will give 20 extra points to whichever college answers the most correctly."

It was a fair competition, Hermione had nothing to say, and quickly picked up the quill to write the answer.

"I'll give you 30 seconds." Ma Linglong added.

There was a sad voice from the audience, and every student was answering the questions seriously, trying to get extra points for their college.

The students quickly discovered an interesting phenomenon. When they wrote down the answer they thought was correct, the options of "Confirm" and "Return" appeared immediately on the slip of paper.Ma Linglong said, if you are sure of your answer, use a quill to poke "confirm". If you are not sure or want to rewrite, click "return", and the place where you just wrote the answer will automatically become blank.

This method made many students from Muggle families or mixed-race families feel very cordial, and reminded them of when they played with computers.

Hermione raised her arms again, and she confirmed, confidently.

"Eat candies." Ma Linglong pushed her chin forward.

Ma Linglong didn't need to recycle the pieces of paper, checking which ones were wrong and which ones were right one by one.As long as the answer is correct, the piece of paper will automatically turn into a chocolate candy ball with a beautiful packaging shell. If it is wrong, the piece of paper will make a sound of "little idiot, you got the wrong answer!".

Hermione stuffed the chocolate into her mouth happily, proud of herself that she was still No.1.

At the same time, Ma Linglong heard "little idiot" several times.

Since her resignation, "History of Magic" has actually been taught by another teacher, and the classroom response has plummeted.This is a very boring course, and it is even more boring to follow the book. Many students can understand the meaning of the book by themselves, and they don't need the teacher to read it again from the book.

Ma Linglong never brought textbooks to class, and students were not required to bring them. Even if they did, she didn't need to open them. She had her own teaching method.Ma Linglong usually likes to add magic to the pictures provided in the textbook to make them vivid and colorful, and then create a 3D effect to run around the classroom.The boring content suddenly became alive. She made the pictures interact with the students, and conveyed the key points of knowledge during the game time through the explanation of the pictures themselves.

She learned the trick at MIT, where young professors are often multi-talented, and they can make a sleepy class on the theoretical basis of engineering look like a disco.

Although at Hogwarts, those old-school teachers complained about this, because Ma Linglong's class is always the most noisy, she allows students to step down, run around, make loud noises, and even leave the classroom when necessary .Ma Linglong's cold humor can always make the whole class laugh. The free learning environment makes them fall in love with the class and the teacher. More importantly, she is fair to everyone. , without deliberate favoritism or discrimination.

No matter how unruly the teaching atmosphere is, at least the students will eat it, and Dumbledore doesn't care about the teacher's way of teaching, he only cares about the result, and the result is that the students are scrambling to sign up.

Ma Linglong not only entertained the students, she also assigned homework, she gave each of them homework exercises, and sometimes added a paper or summarized chapter difficulties and so on.But few students complain that there are too many homework or too difficult. As long as they are a little more serious, they can complete it smoothly even if their brains are not bright.

In fact, the elective class wants to get more students and make its status in Hogwarts not so weak. It depends entirely on whether the course itself is interesting to the students and has little to do with the teacher.At least everyone thought so before Ma Linglong became the teacher of "History of Magic".

Ma Linglong knew very well that whether a class could attract students or not depended on the lecturer, as if she had always lacked interest in engineering theory classes, but it didn't affect her choice to sit in the class to feel the pleasant classroom atmosphere.

This theory applies to any school.

It's not that other teachers can't imitate Ma Linglong's teaching style, but most teachers don't advocate "chaos", they prefer to follow the rules.

The transformation of "History of Magic" from irrelevant to important is seen by everyone. Obviously, Ma Linglong's teaching method has been fiercely criticized by some teachers who are not popular with students, but Ma Linglong How can you care what other people think.Just like the Hermione Granger in front of her who has answered ten questions correctly, she simply ignored the disgusted gazes cast by the Slytherin students.

She held her neck confidently, like a queen who only dances.

Ma Linglong undid the magic in the classroom, she put the tables and chairs back, and then announced the result: "Ravenclaw wins, 20 points."

Undoubtedly, Ravenclaw always theoretically wins the jackpot.Hermione was a little unconvinced, but she didn't make a sound, which at least proved that she was not the only one who knew the answer to the question just now, but not many, she just raised her hand the most enthusiastically.

"Gryffindor plus 10 points." Then, Ma Linglong said again.

While the Gryffindor students were cheering, a student with light blond hair and a pale oval face stood up: "It's not fair!" They still have the same conduct, "You didn't say that No.2 got 10 points at all just now."

Draco didn't show his manners, although he had an air of exceptional elegance, which he must have learned from his father.

"Actually, No.2 is Hufflepuff." Ma Linglong said in a flat tone.

Such an answer made Draco feel even more insulted, but he didn't know whether it was more annoying that even Hufflepuff was above them, or whether Ma Linglong's answer made him more angry.

"Which one of you is faster than Hermione Granger to answer questions and come back to discuss fairness with me every time." Ma Linglong waved her hand, "After class, remember to take homework requirements away." It still appeared inexplicably A piece of paper is placed on each student's desk.

This time, Draco might be the student who disliked Ma Linglong the most in this classroom. Of course, Ma Linglong didn't feel sorry for it at all. She guessed that Draco chose "History of Magic" entirely because of his father's request.But Ma Linglong won Hermione's favor, and Hermione even forgot her indifference when she turned a blind eye to her raised hand before.

Ma Linglong returned to the office. Apart from working, it was also her bedroom.There are exactly three rooms in the room, each of which can be used by her for different purposes. She can rest, prepare lessons, refine potions, etc. in her own private area.The houses do not interfere with each other, they are all independent spaces, mainly to prevent the teacher's sleeping place from being destroyed in case of an explosion during the experiment.

Continue to walk in, go up a step, and then push open the wooden door to enter the bedroom. The room can be large or small, and Dumbledore has pre-set the stretching spell according to the user's preferences.Hogwarts is very particular about teachers' dormitories, and Dumbledore is willing to provide each teacher with the most comfortable living environment and working conditions.

Ma Linglong jumped onto the desk casually, and she dialed Stark's phone number: "How do you feel?"

"What kind of feeling?" Stark said with a hippie smile, "Let me guess, do you mean the new secretary, oh, she's great."

"Bye."

"Hey, hey!" Stark said quickly, "I'm in the office most of the time, and I don't even know what the new secretary does during the day." Ma Linglong's company and attention, on the one hand, he didn't want Ma Linglong to find out the truth.In fact, Stark is even more thankful that his girl will not come back in another dimension for a short time, and he can hide it for a longer time.

Maybe he should ask the wizarding world if there are any strange elements available, but he couldn't think of an excuse that would be enough to fool Ma Linglong, provided that he could find such an element.Ma Linglong has no reason to stand by and watch Stark handle things by himself. After all, Stark doesn't think he can handle things in the wizarding world, but if he doesn't, it's meaningless for him to ask, except to make people around him worry about him. outside.

"You should rest more." Ma Linglong said, "for the sake of your body." She wanted to hint something, but she didn't want Stark to hear that she already knew the truth.

Ma Linglong had already asked Dumbledore, but unfortunately, with the knowledge of a wise man, Stark's question could not be answered for the time being.

After all, it is not the category of magic. Even if Dumbledore's wisdom is infinite, it is impossible to give a solution in such a short time.As for Ma Linglong, she had read a lot of books, and there was not a single spell or potion that could have anything to do with Palladium.For this reason, she almost spent herself in Snape's office when she was not in class. Ma Linglong had tried all the potions in his room.

This directly led to Snape not wanting to see that guy named Tony Stark even more, he thought it was Stark who ruined his peaceful life.

"I'm fine," Stark said. "When will you be back?"

"Next Friday." Ma Linglong didn't think that Stark's health was really as good as he said.

"So you're going to miss my birthday party?" Stark said, with a sense of loss.

"I know your birthday is next Thursday, and I have prepared a gift for you." But next Thursday happened to be a full moon, and the night when Lupine turned into a werewolf, Ma Linglong couldn't get away.

"I just want you," Stark said.

Ma Linglong smiled and said, "I've been yours for a long time, haven't I?"

Someone knocked lightly on the door, Ma Linglong glanced at the crystal ball placed in the bedroom, it was an ornament to show the appearance of visitors at the door, a familiar face appeared on the surface of the ball: "See you next Friday. "Ma Linglong hung up the phone.

She walked from the bedroom to the office area, Ma Linglong snapped her fingers, and then the door opened.

"Hope I didn't bother you," said Lupine, still in his worn robes, with a smile.

"If there is still need for politeness between us, then you'd better get out." Ma Linglong replied rudely.

Lupine didn't leave, not only did he not leave, but he also entered the house: "We haven't seen each other for 12 years, you have to give me time to adapt."

Ma Linglong looked him up and down: "Why don't you wear the wizard robe I gave you? Do you think the color is ugly or the style is too trendy?"

"No, they are very good, each one is impeccable." Lupine said quickly, and he used the word "they" to indicate that the high-spirited girl opposite gave him more than just a robe, "but I'm used to it, and I think it's fine."

"Not good." Ma Linglong said quickly, "The students look down on you, and I don't want to see or hear even a negative comment from them."

"Thank you," said Lupine gratefully. "You haven't changed at all, you're still the same..."

Ma Linglong stared at him, wanting to see what kind of adjectives the former Gryffindor prefect could spit out.

"Kind."

"Kindness, me?" Ma Linglong let out a smile from his nostrils: "Come on, just tell me, why did you come to me."

Lu Ping didn't care about Ma Linglong's tone at all because he knew her well. She didn't need his thanks for giving him clothes. Ma Linglong liked to buy him clothes and shoes before.Of course, back then Lupine was not as broke as he is now. He had parents, and they would buy him decent robes.But his family was not rich. In order to conceal Lupine's identity as a werewolf, they always moved. His father couldn't find a stable job with a good salary.

According to Ma Linglong, the clothes that Lu Ping used to own were too old-fashioned and did not meet the identity of a teenage boy. She always used various mean reasons to ask Lu Ping to wear the ones she gave her. They were beautiful. Expensive, and actually Lupine himself liked it: "You know that the full moon will be in a few days, and I'm not very relieved, even though Severus invented a medicine to restrain werewolves from losing their minds."

"I will accompany you, as before." Ma Linglong said, "Sirius will also accompany you."

Lupine's expression changed from sad to bright: "I don't want you to accompany me, I just want you to convey my apology to Anthony for me."

"What?" Ma Linglong was a little surprised, she couldn't imagine what this matter had to do with Stark.

"He invited me to his birthday party next Thursday," Lupine said. "I said yes."

"Didn't you say that you don't want to set foot in the Muggle world?" Ma Linglong was once again surprised that Stark would actually invite Lupine.

"Yes, but Anthony's invitation is really hard to refuse." Lupine stroked the hair drooping in front of his eyes. "He is so warm and friendly."

I don't know if Stark will be delighted by Lupine's evaluation of him. Few people will label him as "friendly" after dealing with him for the first time.

"You don't have to feel guilty." Ma Linglong said, she guessed that it might be under Stark's strong request, Lupine nodded before he could react, Stark always has a way to bring others into his fast rhythm, "Because I can't go on Thursday either."

The author has something to say: Little angels, if you have any nutrient solution that you can’t get rid of, just throw it to me!

This chapter is mainly to explain the reason why Linglong is popular with students, and to draw out your brother Yan. Friends who are not familiar with HP can read it while Baidu character relationship~

[Note 1]: Pettigrew once assisted Lao Fu in collecting information about the Potters for a year, so during this period, he may have accidentally killed a Muggle or something.

[Note 2]: For specific events, you can go directly to Baidu, and the author will not rewrite the content of the original work in the article. The position of Peter Pettigrew was secretly given to Peter Pettigrew. Everyone didn't know about it, and it ended up hurting both sides.Personally, I don't think anyone can be blamed. Sirius has his own considerations, but he didn't expect Peter Pettigrew to betray him long ago.

[Note 3]: Hermione had a pair of front teeth in the original book, which were not good-looking, and were removed later.

[Note 4]: Regarding the annual freshmen at Hogwarts, I have read some analysis. In general, there are about 40-50 new students every year.