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Chapter 198 Alchemy Course
The two of them came directly to the village of Hogsmeade next to Hogwarts College, looking for a place where there was no one to change their clothes.

"Boss, are we going to Hogwarts now?"

"Apparition can't get in. I asked Professor Dumbledore to come out to pick us up. After all, it's a new visiting professor. Let him greet us as the headmaster. It shouldn't be a problem to make an alibi by the way, right?"

Zhang Ziyu said it was easy, Lu Ping really looked like this, the boss is a professional in this line of work, and the alibi has been thought out, awesome!

With a movement of his fingertips, a naive panda patron saint appeared on his hand.

"Go and inform Professor Dumbledore."

The Panda Patronus nodded, then turned into a stream of light and ran towards Hogwarts from the sky.

"Let's go, first go to the Duke of Bee's shop and buy him some candy as a gift, and then wait for the professor to come over."

It took less than ten minutes for the Patronus to go out. Zhang Ziyu and the two had just bought candy, and Dumbledore and Professor McGonagall had already transformed into Hogsmeade Village, waiting for them at the entrance of the village.

"Here, professor, this is a gift for you."

Zhang Ziyu handed the bag of candy to Dumbledore. Dumbledore took it with a smile, looked at it curiously and said, "Thank you, it would be even better if there were piles of cockroaches."

Zhang Ziyu rolled his eyes and said, "Normal people eat candies that look like cockroaches, Professor McGonagall, do you eat them?"

Professor McGonagall shook his head with a smile and said, "I don't like sweets. It's the first time we meet. Hello, Mr. Zhang Ziyu."

"My dear Professor McGonagall, I didn't expect you to come here with Professor Dumbledore. I don't have any preparations. I give you this magic ring. I hope you don't mind."

"A spell ring?"

Professor McGonagall took the ring, showing a surprised look, and said, "Is it the magic creation that has become popular recently?"

"Yes, but it's not a white ring for casting a spell, but a spell ring that solidifies the armor spell. Without magic power, it can be cast once instantly. If it has magic power, it can be broken for a while and continue to activate."

After all, it is a defensive spell, so it cannot be triggered all the time. If the ring is not damaged after being broken, it will enter the charging and repairing stage, that is, the hardening stage.

"Sir, this gift is too precious."

The market price of the spell ring is about 300 Galleons, while the defensive spell ring Zhang Ziyu does not refine much, so the price is more expensive, around [-] Galleons.

Although Professor McGonagall, as the vice-principal, had little savings, he easily gave Harry Potter Nimbus 2000 flying broom.

Someone in the previous life estimated that the price of this broomstick Nimbus 2000 was between one thousand Galleons and two thousand. Zhang Ziyu even asked about the price when he was a street trickster in Diagon Alley.

The external price is 1100 Galleons, which is about the same as the estimated value, so Professor McGonagall is really rich.

However, if you have money, you have money, but three hundred Galleons is not a lot. At least a large part of the Auror's monthly salary is several hundred Galleons.

Therefore, it is no exaggeration to say that this is a precious gift.

Dumbledore's bag of sweets next door only cost five Sickles.

Dumbledore: ?
"It's okay, anyway, it's refined by myself, and the profit is very high."

Zhang Ziyu doesn't care too much, but Professor McGonagall is a bit out of control, it's actually made by you, and it's so straightforward, it's a business.

Originally, she was still wondering why Dumbledore would make a special trip for her to meet a new visiting professor. When she saw Zhang Ziyu, she even wondered if this young and handsome guy hadn't graduated from a magic school.

But now it seems that he is indeed a difficult genius, a powerful alchemy wizard.

"Minerva, take it, Mr. Zhang is a real rich man."

Dumbledore was half joking, and he also knew that these rings were nothing to Zhang Ziyu.

As for giving gifts, it was natural that Minerva got Zhang Ziyu's approval.

In other words, a professor who is as dedicated to teaching as Minerva, strict but also caring for students, should not attract too many people's boredom.

"Mr. Zhang, why don't we go to Hogwarts first and have a good talk?"

"Okay, professor, you can lead the way."

The four returned to Hogwarts from Hogsmeade and went directly to Dumbledore's headmaster's office.

The headmaster's office of Hogwarts is in the tallest attic of the whole college. It is not big or small, and there are many magic items, most of which are things that the old man Dumbledore got after he became the headmaster. Quite interesting.

In addition to his personal items, the most conspicuous ones are the magical portraits of Hogwarts principals hanging on the wall and the sorting hat on the bookcase.

The portraits are infused with part of the memories of past principals and their way of thinking. They all seem to be lifelike, some are dozing, and some are watching Zhang Ziyu and his party with curious expressions.

As for the portraits, Zhang Ziyu didn't recognize a few people, and he wasn't very interested.

After all, they are just alchemy creations, not real creatures, or else they can try to contain them. Do it secretly.

In addition to remembering the portrait, the greater role is to serve as the current headmaster's staff and eyeliner, checking the dynamics of the students in Hogwarts.

Although it is not monitored by video surveillance, the news transmission through each Hogwarts internal portrait is similar.

"Do you need some black tea, Mr. Zhang and Remus?"

"no need"

Zhang Ziyu shook his head and asked curiously, "Professor, where did Fox go?"

Dumbledore said calmly, "I don't know, I probably went out to play."

Professor McGonagall was a little puzzled, didn't he let Fox notify him just now, why is he not here?

Zhang Ziyu sneered secretly, the old man is very bad, you must have let him hide.

"Let's talk about business, professor, it's no problem for you to let me be a professor, but what kind of class do you want to teach, do you have any requirements?"

Dumbledore tentatively asked, "What do you think of the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor?"

Knowing from Zhang Ziyu that Quirrell has Voldemort's main soul in the back of his head, Dumbledore's hair is falling out in handfuls, but it is not easy to deal with Voldemort's main soul at this time.

Don't look at him looking down on black magic immortality like Horcruxes, it's really not that easy for him to deal with it. If Voldemort realizes that he transfers Horcruxes or depicts more Horcruxes by mistake, it will be even more difficult to deal with.

Zhang Ziyu's face was full of black lines, and he said, "Professor, do we have any enmity?"

Sometimes the most dangerous people at Hogwarts are not the students, but the professors of the Defense Against the Dark Arts class. These years, they either resigned early or were injured accidentally. After Harry Potter started school, the accident rate was even higher.

"cough cough"

Dumbledore was a little embarrassed, and said: "Tom's curse in the Defense Against the Dark Arts class is just a rumor, at most it is a curse, it is prone to accidents, but it should have no effect on you."

I don't know who made the rumor that Voldemort put a curse on the Defense Against the Dark Arts class, and whoever attends the class will be unlucky.

Dumbledore carefully screened it for this, and there was indeed no trace of black magic. It can only be said that it was really unlucky and quite mysterious.

And according to his observation, it seems that there are some ordinary accidents, so far few people are actually injured, and for a wizard, isn't it common to be injured?
The complaints are the ones, and Zhang Ziyu only knows that this thing is a power outside the box—that is, Aunt Rowling's fault.

After all, it’s a story that happened in school. Every year, a teacher changes to promote the plot.

However, the ghost knows what will evolve into the real world.

"Forget it, I'm afraid of trouble, how about alchemy? Anyway, you don't have this course, just fill in the vacancy."

Dumbledore thought for a while and said, "But alchemy requires extremely high magical attainments, I'm afraid it's not so easy for students to master."

"Just teach basic enchanting, don't you still want to teach advanced alchemy?"

Dumbledore laughed dumbfounded, and said, "I was thinking too much, so I will call you Professor Zhang from now on."

(End of this chapter)