Raven's Claw at Hogwarts

Chapter 597 A Brand New Hogwarts

"Professor Flitwick?!"

Hermione cried out in surprise. She had always believed that Professor McGonagall was the best candidate to be the new headmaster, but she never thought that it was their Charms professor who really came out on top.

But she reacted quickly.

The relationship between Professor Flitwick and Mike is very clear to everyone here. It is actually normal for Mike to choose Professor Flitwick to be the principal.

After all, Professor Flitwick is someone Mike really trusts, and other people in Hogwarts also have a good impression of Professor Flitwick. It is much better to choose him than to choose someone who everyone does not know.

Having said that, Hermione still felt worthless for Professor McGonagall. In her opinion, Professor McGonagall was much better than Professor Flitwick.

For a while, she looked at the long table of faculty and staff and her eyes became a little downcast.

At this moment, the petite Professor Flitwick jumped off a special high chair next to the staff table with a roll of parchment, and walked slowly to the front of the podium.

The golden podium is still the special version for Dumbledore. This height is just right for Dumbledore who is over 1.8 meters tall, but it is not so friendly to Professor Flitwick.

He looked up at the countertop, and couldn't help frowning.

At this time, Filch, who had been hiding in the corner, suddenly ran up holding a wooden box.

This poor Squib looks pretty good now, but the clothes he is wearing are still tattered.

And the reason why he appeared here was entirely because Mike hired him back for Dumbledore's sake.

He respectfully placed the wooden box in front of Professor Flitwick, carefully straightened it, and stabilized it. After Professor Flitwick stood up and nodded his thanks, he ran off the stage excitedly.

Perhaps because he was too excited, Filch's running posture became a little weird and funny, which made everyone in the audience couldn't help laughing.

"Cough cough!"

A loud cough sounded from the podium, and the students immediately shut their mouths when they saw it, and focused on Professor Flitwick.

This is the painful lesson they have learned after many years of principals last year - don't make trouble when the principal is talking!
Seeing everyone looking at him again, Professor Flitwick nodded in satisfaction, placed the roll of parchment on the podium and spread it out.

The parchment was very long, and its hem rolled off the podium directly, and then rolled out a long way after falling to the ground.

This made the faces of the students in the audience darken.

They can already foresee that what will greet them next will inevitably be a long speech.

However, Flitwick gave them a surprise.

I saw Professor Flitwick frowning at the long parchment, and suddenly swung his arm, throwing out the speech that Benjamin specially prepared for him.

The audience was still silent, and everyone didn't understand what Professor Flitwick was doing. In this dull atmosphere, Professor Flitwick finally said:

"Students, I, Filius Flitwick, your new headmaster! Alright, let's eat."

As soon as Professor Flitwick finished speaking, all kinds of fragrant delicacies appeared on the long table in front of everyone.

But everyone seemed to be stunned, staring blankly at the short figure slowly walking back to their seats, and sat on the high chair with the help of Haigri Bian.

"Great!"

"Long live Professor Flitwick!"

"Time to change it! It's Headmaster Flitwick!"

"Oh yeah!"

……

The whoosh suddenly sounded on the long table of Ravenclaw College, and then the speed spread, and finally turned the entire auditorium into a sea of ​​joy!

The professors on the staff table were taken aback. Hagrid seemed to have bitten his own tongue in fright, and now he was holding his cheek and breathing heavily.

But soon, the astonishment on their faces was replaced by smiles.

Because since Dumbledore's death, this is the first time they have seen the students so happy.

Professor Flitwick was laughing too, though his smile was slightly bitter.

If he could, he really didn't want to be the headmaster.

He doesn't care about power at all, otherwise he wouldn't just sit here and be a little professor.

Mike also knew about this, but Mike still insisted on letting Flitwick become the principal.

This annoyed Flitwick very much.

Because of this, Flitwick didn't know how to face Professor McGonagall and other old friends.

In addition, due to the war, the number of high-end professors in Hogwarts has been greatly reduced, which directly leads to a sharp increase in the workload of other professors.

Especially Professor Flitwick, although he has become the principal, he still needs to be responsible for teaching related to the charm class and the work of the dean of Ravenclaw College.

This made Professor Flitwick even feel that the reason why Mike asked him to be the principal was just because he wanted to torment him.

Although Mike has promised to find other people as soon as possible to reduce Professor Flitwick's burden, Professor Flitwick will still not change his mind until Mike's promise is fulfilled.

Sighing deeply, looking at the jubilant students immersed in the delicious food as before, Flitwick finally stopped thinking about it and concentrated on eating his dinner.

The happy time is always short-lived. After everyone ate their bellies, Professor Flitwick finally ordered all the food to be removed.

This caused the students below to be clever, and they all turned their eyes to the podium.

They are well aware that tonight's ensuing closing remarks are coming.

Sure enough, Professor Flitwick stood on the podium again, this time still holding a long piece of parchment in his hand. The students in the audience all smiled when they saw this, and they all thought that Professor Flitwick The parchment will be thrown away as before.

But this time Flitwick let them down. He reached out and pushed the eye bridge on his nose, and recited the contents of the parchment forcefully under the disappointed eyes of the students.

The speech this time was very long, but it was not the colorful nonsense that the students had expected, but the school rules and the content of Hogwarts' policy change this time.

The changes in the school rules are actually not that big. In order to maintain an authentic Hogwarts, neither Mike nor Flitwick will allow anyone to make major changes to the school rules of Hogwarts. Except for the new regulations such as "Mud Clock" and "Prohibition of Blood Discrimination", Hogwarts' school regulations still maintain its original appearance.

Of course, although the rules haven't changed much, it's a new principal after all.

It is expected that the students will live in peace for a period of time in the next few months, and they will not return to their original lawless appearance until they have tested the limit of Professor Flitwick's tolerance.

That is to say, the following children will become more and more mischievous, which is predictable, after all, compared to Professor McGonagall, Flitwick is too kind.

As for the education reform part, it is worth talking about it.

Mike's improvement of Hogwarts this time is comprehensive. In the past, Hogwarts was funded by various school trustees, but it is different now.

Mike directly deprived others of the right to fund Hogwarts.The Ministry of Magic, or the Los Santos Corporation, became the sole source of funding for Hogwarts.

This change makes Hogwarts more pure, so that students can be affected by capital as little as possible on campus.

This kind of change is difficult for ordinary people to see. They only know that Hogwarts has canceled the special carriage for school directors on the express train, but they don't know that this means that the Ministry of Magic directly has the power of life and death over Hogwarts.

This is very important, and it is also conducive to the long-term development of Hogwarts.

At the same time, because Mike is far more generous than the previous school managers, some things in Hogwarts that could not be changed due to poverty have also changed.

The Floo fireplace that appeared at Station Nine and Three Quarters was just one inconspicuous change, and there were countless such changes in Hogwarts Castle.

For example, the toilet in the school bathroom was replaced with the latest model, the equipment in the school kitchen was also updated, and the dim oil lamps and candles in the student dormitories were also uniformly replaced with bright magic lamps... and so on.

Also, much to the excitement of the younger students, now Hogwarts' advanced courses are finally complete.

It turns out that students who want to study courses like Advanced Potion and Alchemy need not only excellent grades, but also a rich family background.

Because the materials provided by the school are far from enough to support you to carry out a large number of exercises.

And now Flitwick promised that all the material consumption of all high-level courses will be paid by the Ministry of Magic. This is a gift from Senior McTownley to his fellow students.

As soon as the news was announced, the little wizards in the lower grades immediately cheered, because being able to study more advanced courses meant that they could have a better job and a better future!
But what these little wizards don't know is that although Mike has given these people the opportunity to learn high-level knowledge, this opportunity is not as good as they imagined.

The first point is that the admission score for students of high-level courses will be greatly improved. If the score is not enough, then you can only hope for plums to quench your thirst.

Secondly, the materials that Mike prepared for the students are not free to waste. Mike, Benjamin and others discussed for a long time, and finally established a strict review system to judge whether students are wasting materials.

Every time students apply for a new material, they need to be reviewed by the professors using this review system. If the review shows that some students are wasting materials.

So sorry, expulsion is waiting for you.

In this way, this so-called free advanced course has essentially become something similar to a scholarship system.

This is what Mike wants to see, and the reason why it is not directly established as a scholarship system is for the sake of fame.

Free higher education sounds better than scholarships, right?

The former makes people feel that there is little hope when they hear it, but the latter makes people feel refreshed and thinks that they can try it too.

As for this set of mechanisms, all the professors are very much in favor of it, and they all feel that those who wantonly waste materials are not qualified to continue learning no matter how talented they are.

You know, the resources on the earth are almost exhausted now!Every resource is extremely valuable!

Finally, Professor Flitwick made an even more exciting announcement.

That is the job recommendation system for fresh graduates.

Upon hearing this term at first, the senior students actually didn't have much inner fluctuation.

After all, Hogwarts originally had this system, and the cooperative unit is still an excellent position like the Ministry of Magic.

But Hogwarts recommends too few places every year, which makes this system completely become a carnival for pure-blood nobles. Ordinary students can't enjoy these places no matter how talented you are.

After Professor Flitwick continued to explain, everyone realized that this recommendation system is completely different from the original one.

First of all, the number of units that cooperate with Hogwarts to open school recruitment has greatly increased, not only limited to public units such as the Ministry of Magic, but also many private companies, such as the Los Santos Group and Diagon Alley. new venture.

At the same time, the recommendation method is no longer the professor recommendation system of the past, but an open campus recruitment conference, and students can submit their transcripts to those units by themselves.

After being notified to pass the test, the students also need to go through the final review by the professors to prevent fraud and other behaviors.

This excellent system combined with the recent booming development of the Chinese wizarding world, it can be said that in the next few years, all graduates will not have to worry about employment.

Of course, this recommendation system is mainly for mixed-blood and Muggle-blood wizards. After all, most pure-blood wizards have better jobs to choose from.

In a short time, these pure-blood wizards will still be the masters of this world, and even Mike can't change this.

At this point, Flitwick's speech finally came to an end.

Standing on the podium, looking at the excited little faces in the audience, Professor Flitwick's mood became brighter.

Mike did a really good job.

From his behavior, Flitwick felt his sincerity, and also saw that he really wanted to do something for the students, and really wanted to run Hogwarts well.

This is why, although he was extremely reluctant, Professor Flitwick finally agreed to Mike's request and became the headmaster of Hogwarts.

Taking a deep breath, Professor Flitwick snapped his fingers.

This crisp sound attracted everyone's attention.

Only then did he say with a smile:

"This is the end of my speech. It's getting late, now! Everyone go back to sleep! Tomorrow morning! Classes on time!"

"Yes! Headmaster!" *n
The deafening chorus resounded throughout the auditorium, feeling the true feelings of the students, Professor Flitwick also smiled knowingly.

(End of this chapter)