The Pacifist Necromancer of Hogwarts

While Anthony and Hagrid were discussing over rock biscuits and brandy what might harm the unicorn, there was another knock on the cabin door.

Hagrid, we're here! Harry Potter's voice came through the wooden door. Anthony turned to look at Hagrid.

Hagrid looked annoyed and stood up to open the door: Oh, damn, I forgot! We agreed to drink tea together... Anthony quickly poured out all the wine in the cup, screwed the cap on the bottle, and hid it. Go to Hagrid's locker——

Before he could push the bottle behind the large copper kettle, Harry, Ron and Hermione all walked in. Anthony quickly closed the cabinet door and saw three students looking at him in surprise.

Hagrid followed them behind him and closed the door. He warmly invited them to sit wherever they wanted, and invited Anthony to drink tea with him. He walked around, boiling water and looking for tea leaves, completely unaware that the situation in front of him was awkward.

Uh... Professor Anthony, Harry finally said, your robes are very nice.

Anthony dusted off the robe that was lifted to his knees for convenience and coolness: Thank you, Potter. He glanced at the three of them and saw that Ron's pockets were bulging and moving around, and he laughed, That's your mouse, isn't it, Weasley?

Ron's face turned red, and as if he felt a little embarrassed, he reached out and held down the mouse. Anthony quickly said: I also have a mouse, and it also likes to hide in my pocket.

Hermione said: But, Professor Anthony, don't you have a cat?

Anthony joked: I guess that explains why rats like to hide in pockets.

The three students were stunned for a moment and then laughed. Ron hesitated and took the initiative to take out the mouse in his pocket and show it to Anthony: It's called Scabbers.

Banban turned over in his hand and continued to sleep. Compared to the hands of a first-year Gryffindor, this gray mouse is surprisingly fat.

Anthony patted his empty pocket and said, I didn't bring my mouse out. I'll show it to you when I get a chance.

At this moment, there was a sudden loud noise behind his head, as if someone had knocked a gong hard in his ear. Everyone was shocked, and Anthony immediately turned around——

Sorry, sorry. Hagrid muttered, holding up a huge iron box in the cabinet. He is still looking for tea.

Anthony excused himself, stood up and came to Hagrid's side: I remember last time, you put tea leaves in Professor McGonagall's Christmas gift for you...

As he left, the three Gryffindor friends immediately gathered together to talk quietly.

Why is there a professor in Hagrid's room too! Ron whispered with a horrified expression.

Hermione said dissatisfiedly: Ron! Professor Anthony is Hagrid's friend! You make it sound like the professor is something that should be avoided.

They are...and, I heard that this Anthony writes a letter to Dad every week! Ron said painfully, I don't know how much Dad told him about our family. For example, you know , this is a pet that Percy no longer wants.

Harry comforted him: This means that maybe Professor Anthony will like you just like Snape likes Malfoy...well, and your five brothers. He quickly added, a little unsure.

Come on, Ron, he keeps a rat himself. Hermione said, He must think it's nice to have a pet rat.

Ron stared at Scabbers in his hand for a while, then looked at Anthony who was helping Hagrid take out the small tin can from the big tin box, and suddenly said: Ah, I remembered... Neville said that Anthony has A mouse, that mouse is still transparent!”

Transparent? Hermione asked with interest, How can a mouse be transparent?

Ron said: I don't know, but a transparent mouse and a fat mouse that has lost its hair are definitely not the same thing. He looked at Scabbers who was napping melancholy, flicked its tail, and put it back in his pocket. .

At this time, Hagrid finally found the tea he wanted. It was a Christmas gift given to him by Professor Sprout, and he had kept it to share with Harry and the others, so in order to distinguish it from other tea leaves, he ingeniously stuffed the tea leaves into another broken teapot.

…

Drinking tea with three students was a very novel experience for Anthony.

Generally speaking, his afternoon tea would be accompanied by novel and delicious refreshments, joking conversations between professors, or discussion of a certain magic. It was quite another to hear Hagrid loudly ask Filch if that idiot had ever made things difficult for students over a rock pie.

Well, it's okay... Harry said while involuntarily glancing in the direction of the professor, I mean, just like usual, yelling and threatening to hang us or expel us...

Ron added: During lockdown it was all about scrubbing and scrubbing. I mean, my mum could have done that with a spell...

Harry quickly nudged his friend with his elbow. While they were in confinement at Anthony's, they also did some scrubbing work.

But Anthony was focused on something else: Wait, why are you in detention again?

He recalled it secretly, but he didn't remember hearing about any earth-shattering things that Potter had done recently during the professors' afternoon tea.

Since this semester, he has gradually discovered that professors are usually more inclined to deduct points than confine themselves. There is a simple truth behind this: when the number of people increases, any physical labor will turn into exercise and tea parties. So professors will intentionally or unintentionally save reserved spots for students who really piss them off.

Hearing his question, both Harry and Ron looked a little aggrieved.

It's Snape. Harry said angrily, He asked me what the effect of armor protection is, and I haven't even heard of this spell! Then he started his long talk about how I must feel that Professor Quirrell has been raped by me. Fascinated by fame and so on...

Then I said if he wanted to know the effect of a spell, why not try it. Harry said. Snape became more unreasonable and started to say something polite and respectful. As a result, I was punished for contradicting him. Punished with confinement.”

From the moment he heard Snape's name, Anthony knew that this confinement involving two Gryffindors must have nothing to do with fairness. He shook his head sympathetically and turned his gaze to Ron, still confused as to how he was involved in this story.

Harry said for Ron: Snape said that I obviously didn't prepare well, and then Ron told Snape that his question was unreasonable. We are here for first-year Defense Against the Dark Arts, not Auror training. class.

Ron's ears turned red and he explained: My brothers told me it was a difficult spell.

Then what? Anthony asked.

Then Snape spent a while and found the word in the title of the cited document in the footnote of the textbook reference. Ron said unconvinced, I mean, who would really read that!

Hermione, who had been silent all this time, proudly picked up the tea cup and took a sip: I told you, you should pay attention to the preview before class.

Going home, finally! ! ! Depending on the wifi signal on the plane, the next update will be released from time to time... But no matter how long it takes, it will either be released today, or it will be released through the airport network during the transfer. The amount will remain the same.

I'm on the plane today and tomorrow, so it's hard to guarantee the update time. Orz can only say that if it's missing on the day, it will be made up in the future.

I will start to get jet-lagged when I get home, so the update time will probably change again. Um.