Everyone glanced over and found that in addition to Principal Dumbledore and Professor "Lockhart" who taught Defense Against the Dark Arts, Professor Sylvanus Kettleburn from the Care of Magical Creatures class was also missing from the staff bench.
Everyone also guessed that the old professor had retired.
The little wizards were not surprised at all. On the contrary, they were surprised: why did he retire now?
Kettleburn is a Hufflepuff, but his reckless character often makes people think that the Sorting Hat made a mistake and did not sort him into Gryffindor. Due to his character problems, he and the above
The relationship with the first principal, Armando Dippet, had always been tense. He went through sixty-two probationary periods during his tenure at the school! He was basically teaching in the gap between dismissals. When the old professor retired, he only had
He lost an arm and half a leg - this may be the price of being reckless and hasty. But despite this, he will still go to the Fire Dragon Sanctuary in his free time...
This fierce man finally retired this summer. Since teaching positions at Hogwarts are tenure-track, the young wizards thought that this professor would teach until his death! But strangely, two professors left
, but there was only one new face on the faculty bench.
Professor McGonagall stretched out her hand to Lupin's position, "The first one is Professor Lupin. He agreed to fill the vacancy in the Defense Against the Dark Arts class."
Professor Luping stood up and waved to everyone. However, due to his shabby clothes and his unreliable seniors, the applause in the auditorium was scattered.
Lupine sighed in his heart, becoming even more pessimistic about the prospects of this job. In fact, if Dumbledore hadn't promised to provide him with Wolfsbane potion every month, he would not have come to teach at Hogwarts. Lupine
He had never been involved in the education industry before, and he had no idea how to teach. He could only try to remember what his teachers taught him when he was in school, and then copy the lessons.
This really inspired him, and he decided to go to the castle after the opening ceremony to look for a magical animal that was suitable for the first lesson of school.
But after a few seconds, the applause on the Gryffindor table suddenly became louder, because Snape showed an expression of anger and hatred, and his thin, yellow face was almost twisted.
The reactions of the little lions of Gryffindor also made Lupine feel better.
Professor McGonagall seemed not to have seen Snape's reaction, and continued after the applause for Professor Lupin disappeared: "I regret to inform everyone that our Care of Magical Creatures teacher, Professor Kettleburn, last semester
Retired at the end of the term - in order to have more time to enjoy his old arms and legs, the person who filled his vacancy was none other than our gamekeeper Rubeus Hagrid, who will also take up the teaching post."
Warm applause erupted in the auditorium. Hagrid's big face turned red, with a big smile hidden behind his big black beard.
"Okay, all the announcements are over, let's have a banquet!" Professor McGonagall said. The next moment, the plates in front of them were filled with food, and the goblets were filled with drinks. When the last piece of pie was
After disappearing with Pudding, Professor McGonagall announced that everyone could go back to their dormitories to sleep.
Tom and Hermione lined up to walk out of the auditorium, but Professor McGonagall suddenly appeared behind them.
"Yordel, Granger. You guys go to the office with me first."
Hermione was startled. She subconsciously thought that Professor McGonagall was going to interfere in the matter between her and Tom. However, when they arrived at the office, she realized that what Professor McGonagall was going to say was somewhat different from what she thought.
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After Professor McGonagall walked into the office, before Hermione could say anything, she waved and brought over two pieces of parchment.
"I received your course registration form. It seems that you have selected all the courses? Why do you do this? In my opinion, there are some courses that are not necessary to choose, such as Muggle Studies - you two should know Muggles very well.
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Hermione calmed down and explained: "Professor, it is precisely because I am a Muggle that I want to take a Muggle studies course because I want to know what Muggles are like from a wizard's perspective. I also heard
Said, these courses will affect our employment in the future, so I think each course should be treated with caution - at least take one semester to know its content! What's more, since the school does not ban all elective courses, then I will take all
Of course it’s okay if you’ve signed up for all the classes.”
Professor McGonagall's eyes flashed with appreciation, and she looked at Tom.
Tom: "Me too."
Professor McGonagall:......
She felt a little speechless, but she had no choice: Hogwarts did not stipulate a maximum number of elective courses for students to take in one academic year, and Tom and Hermione's grades were very good, so they really took advantage of the loophole.
She adjusted her glasses and took out an envelope from the desk drawer.
"Indeed, Hogwarts will not refuse your request." She opened the envelope and pulled out a slender golden chain, with a sparkling small hourglass hanging on it. There was also a line of small words on the surface of the hourglass.
:【I mark every inch of time, but never surpass the sun. My value to you is measured by your purpose.】
"The Time Turner," Professor McGonagall said seriously, "is an alchemical creation used for time travel. The number of times you turn the hourglass represents the number of hours you can go back in time, but remember, the time you can go back cannot exceed five hours, otherwise
It will cause unpredictable harm to it and the user."
"You must not tell anyone of its existence. I dare say I had to write a hundred letters to the Ministry of Magic to apply for this time-turner - just so that you can have several classes at the same time!
"Professor McGonagall put the time turner in Hermione's hand, "Miss Granger, you promise me that you will not abuse it and never use the time turner for anything other than academic work. Mr. Yoder, you also
Same!"
Hermione looked at the time turner in her hand. She didn't feel it was magical or special at all. She had also experienced time travel. The Ministry of Magic could only go back five hours, but she directly saw the Pharaoh from five thousand years ago!
She also has a time turner refined by the pharaoh.
Seeing Miss Granger's indifferent expression, Professor McGonagall pursed her lips and said, "This is something that can be traced back in time. The Ministry of Magic has formulated hundreds of laws for it..."
Hermione: Yeah, okay, you're right, I swear I won't abuse it.
Professor McGonagall sighed, "You should take care of yourself. Time turners are extremely dangerous. In the past..."
She told several stories about wizards who had paid a heavy price for abusing converters. Finally, she sent Tom and Hermione out of the office. She stared into their eyes and said: "Respect time, and never let others look at you."