Hogwarts: I Am Such a Model Wizard

Chapter 985 Dumbledore’s Gift

After the opening banquet, Minerva McGonagall, as the principal, invited several professors to go to the principal's office on the eighth floor.

The first is Professor Sasia, and then there are the remaining three deans.

Although Slughorn did not receive a definite invitation, he was so thick-skinned that it was impossible for others to drive him away.

"That's right." McGonagall walked to the door, suddenly turned her head and said to Kyle and Kangna: "You guys should come together too. As a new professor, you always have to familiarize yourself with the specific work."

"Principal, I am no longer a new professor." Kyle said.

Although there are not many ancient rune courses, only one per week, it still counts.

"But this is your first time teaching alchemy class."

"Okay, that makes sense." Kyle immediately turned around and followed.

After the start of the school year, the style of the principal's office also changed. Most of the silverware with unknown functions was missing, and even the cabinets were missing, but there was an extra large bookshelf.

In addition to books, there are also a lot of parchments seven or eight feet thick, most of which are professional newspapers and magazines like "Transfiguration Today"...

Overall, this place has become more like a real principal's office.

The only thing that hasn't changed is the principals pretending to sleep.

After Sasia came in, she immediately found the portrait of Delis Derwent and greeted her familiarly.

"Believe me, working at Hogwarts will be very good after retirement. Anyway, I am very glad that I made this decision." Devonte said with a smile.

She was also a therapist at St. Mungo's, and later joined Hogwarts as the headmaster. Their experiences were almost identical.

"I hope so. Now I just hope those students won't be too naughty." Sasia said softly.

St. Mungo's also has a portrait of Derwent, who is familiar to them, as well as Phineas Black, Armando Dippet and Dumbledore.

Although their portraits are not in St. Mungo's, they are all familiar with Sasia, and this time they can be regarded as meeting old friends... Well, at least to Armando and Dumbledore, they are Sasia's old friends. friend.

"Seriously, why couldn't you accept my invitation when I was the principal." Dumbledore sighed, "I have invited you countless times before."

"Because I can see that you don't really want me to be the Potions Professor. Maybe in your opinion, Slughorn is more suitable than me." Sasia said. Then he waved his hand again,

"Just kidding, I just happen to have done most of the work, and besides, I can't just walk away in a crisis and leave those young therapists to face Voldemort and his Death Eaters.

"Someone has to stand in front of St. Mungo's, and I'm willing to be the first."

There was a moment of silence in the principal's office.

Slughorn opened his mouth and hesitated, and Professor Flitwick couldn't help but wipe the corners of his eyes.

Few people know that St. Mungo's has always been one of the targets of Voldemort and the Death Eaters. The reason why there is peace there is that in addition to Dumbledore's secret help, the original Dean Sasia also did a lot of things.

"Why do you all look like this?" Sasia didn't seem to care about these things at all, and took the initiative to drop the topic, "Minerva, why did you ask us to come here?"

"Well, I'd like you to be Head of Gryffindor House...if you don't mind."

Since she became headmaster, there has been a vacancy for Head of Gryffindor House, which she had previously held part-time, but it also took up a lot of her time.

The name of the dean sounds nice, and there are countless things to do every day. These things may not be important, but they must be very complicated.

For example, someone violates school rules and breaks into forbidden areas of the castle at night, walks in the corridors without sleeping in the early hours of the morning, or someone in the first grade rushes to challenge a troll due to their high self-confidence...

These are the responsibilities of the dean, and the principal will be notified next. In other words, as long as a student violates school rules, the dean of the corresponding college will need to deal with it.

As for Gryffindor...for reasons everyone knows, Professor McGonagall has become the busiest dean.

In contrast, Professor Sprout is the most leisurely one. Like other professors, he spends a lot of time in the greenhouse every day taking care of the soft and fragile plants.

This year, everything in Hogwarts has returned to normal, and McGonagall is still a little unable to fulfill her role as Head of Gryffindor.

In fact, she wanted to give out the position of dean last school year, but she never found a suitable candidate.

Originally she thought Slughorn was a good fit, but he refused because he was not a Gryffindor graduate.

She looked at Sasia and asked, "I remember you seemed to be a Gryffindor graduate, right?"

"That's right." Sasia nodded, "I do study in Gryffindor."

"Then it's perfect for you to serve as the dean."

"Yeah yeah…"

"The principal is right."

Sasia was still hesitating, and other professors nearby began to persuade her to agree.

In addition to some reasons for not wanting to say more, there is also the fact that Sasia is indeed qualified to hold the position of dean.

"But I don't know what to do." Sasia said.

Although what she said was true, everyone else didn't take it seriously... Will the former dean of St. Mungo's be troubled by a dean?

It's obviously impossible.

"It's okay. I think your teaching assistants, including our new alchemy class professor, will be happy to help."

Kyle and Kangna, who were outside the crowd, subconsciously raised their heads, as if they didn't expect that they were involved in this.

Kangna was the first to come to her senses and nodded.

Although she didn't know what a dean should do, since Principal McGonagall said so, she might as well agree to it first.

She nodded, and Kyle naturally wouldn't refuse.

I didn't care about them after that.

Principal McGonagall's visit this time was more like organizing a meeting, allowing the new Head of Gryffindor to meet everyone.

Then there is the formulation of a new course schedule.

This is also an annual process. Last year, because Dumbledore suddenly returned to a hundred years ago, this process was completed in Professor McGonagall's office at that time, so Kyle did not know about it.

When the new class schedule came out, Kyle took a look at it and wondered if it was intentional, but his alchemy class was scheduled to be the last day.

But this also made him feel a little relieved.

If the class really started tomorrow, he might not be able to prepare for it, but now it was just right. He had enough time to prepare for the first class.

Principal McGonagall said some more things that needed attention, and the professors were about to leave.

Connor is still with Sasia.

Their relationship is very much like that of Kyle and Newt, a teacher and a student in a sense.

After the two left, Snape also walked toward the door, but when he passed Kyle, he suddenly stopped.

"I wish you good luck, Professor Alchemy. I hope you won't be too disappointed when you see a classroom with few people."

His voice was drawn out, with a hint of sarcasm.

"You must feel honored that you have surpassed Professor Babling."

Kyle curled his lips and said nothing. Of course he knew what Snape meant. Because it was a new course, there were very few students choosing to take Alchemy class this year. There were only fifteen students in all grades combined, and Ancient Runes had sixteen students.

In other words, the Alchemy class directly broke the monopoly held by ancient runes for many years, and had the honor of becoming the class with the smallest number of students at Hogwarts.

But Kyle didn't find it strange. As a new course, students above the fourth grade would definitely not sign up, so those fifteen people must all be third-year students.

But Ancient Runes has five grades, so it’s normal for the number of people to be larger than the Alchemy class.

Seeing that Kyle didn't answer, Snape, who felt a bit like asking for trouble, stopped continuing, shook his head vigorously, and strode towards the door.

Kyle still didn't move.

It wasn't until all the professors left that he looked up at Principal McGonagall.

"I know what you want to ask." Principal McGonagall smiled, "This is Dumbledore's intention. He seems to want to give you a surprise."

"This is not a surprise, it's more like a shock." Kyle complained, "Fortunately, I guessed it from Hagrid in advance, otherwise I would not have been able to react when I was in the auditorium."

"Maybe this is the effect he wanted." Armando Dippet's portrait said faintly.

No principal retorted, including Dumbledore's own portrait, who pretended not to hear anything and stared at the stones on the ground in a daze.

"Perhaps...that's the case." Principal McGonagall said hesitantly, "But as a school director and the main funder of the alchemy classroom, I have no way of rejecting this small decision of his.

"But I have arranged your classes as late as possible. In addition, since there is only one grade, you only need to attend one class a week. I believe you can solve this little trouble."

"No problem, Principal." Kyle nodded.

He also read about the alchemy class just now. The textbook is "Basic Alchemy: From Magic Texts to Symbols" written by Professor Victor.

They are all the most basic content. Kyle can talk about it without looking at the textbook. He is worried about another thing.

"Headmaster, Professor Dumbledore is back?"

"How is that possible?" Mag waved his hand and took out a letter from the drawer. "That's all what he wrote in the letter in advance."

"Has the letter... been kept in the principal's office?"

"No." McGonagall shook her head, "To be honest, I only received this letter a week ago, and it was sent to Hogwarts together with a huge brass furnace.

"Tell me what kind of rotary furnace it is."

"Material transformation furnace." Kyle stood up.

This was what he was worried about just now. The textbook is easy to explain and the content that needs to be taught is simple. The only thing that needs to be paid attention to in the alchemy class is the material transformation furnace.

Especially for young wizards who have almost zero mastery of magic texts, this kind of thing is essential.

He had hesitated many times. There were very few students in Hogwarts who chose ancient runes. Would they really choose the alchemy class?

After all, the magic texts required for alchemy are more complicated and complex.

But now Dumbledore has made the choice for him, and even sent the conversion furnace.

"Yes, that's the name." Mag said: "Sorry, I don't know much about alchemy, and I have never heard that a brass furnace is needed to make magic items."

"Most people have never heard of it." Kyle smiled, "This thing can replace the magic text and greatly reduce the difficulty for beginners."

"Sorry principal, can I ask where it is?" Kyle asked impatiently.

"The third floor, the corridor near the stairs...forget it, I'll take you there."

The two left the principal's office and came to an empty classroom on the third floor.

This was the place where Lockhart used to hold Defense Against the Dark Arts classes, and now it has become an alchemy class together with the classroom next door.

After the middle wall was demolished, it became the largest classroom in Hogwarts.

The brass stove is placed on the left side of the classroom.

Kyle opened the door and walked in.

"How does it feel?"

"Exactly the same."

"What?"

"Oh, it's exactly the same as the one I saw in Beauxbatons."

"In fact, this was sent from Beauxbatons."

Principal McGonagall couldn't help but think about the scene when she received this thing.

Five huge rune horses fell from the sky, and when they fell, they even made a huge pit in the field.

Only Beauxbatons' unique rune horse could deliver such a heavy thing.

"Beauxbatons..." Kyle was stunned for a moment.

He had always thought that Dumbledore had made this material conversion furnace himself, but now it seemed that he had found someone to customize it.

"Headmaster, did Professor Dumbledore's letter say anything else?"

"Not really." Mag took out the parchment from his pocket and opened it.

There was very little content on it, just a request to keep it secret and give Kyle a surprise.

Kyle looked at the envelope again. There was only an address on it, and he couldn't tell whether it was written recently.

"Any questions?"

"No." Kyle shook his head when he came back to his senses.

In any case, Dumbledore has helped him solve the most troublesome problem. With this material conversion furnace, it will be much more convenient for him to attend class.

Kyle hung around the stove for a while longer, touching and looking here and there, until he left just after curfew.

Principal McGonagall had left at some point, and Kyle was the only one in the dark corridor.

As he walked outside the castle, he was thinking about how to take this alchemy class in the future.

The stove sent by Dumbledore can help solve the problem of runes, but students in the alchemy class cannot use the stove all the time. The study of runes is indispensable.

The same is true in Beauxbatons, where only lower-grade students can use the stove, which is considered a transitional period for them to learn magic texts.

But at Hogwarts... there are notoriously few students who choose to study ancient runes.

Kyle walked along the field towards his cabin, looking at the castle under the moonlight, he suddenly thought of the Hogwarts map he had made.

Maybe he could go to Hogsmeade and ask Fred and George for help.

The biggest difference between alchemy and ancient runes is that those alchemical items are really valuable.

Compared with the scores on the exam sheet and the dispensable certificate, the golden Galleons seem to be more attractive and provide more motivation for the little wizard to learn.

(End of chapter)