I’m Really An Alchemist

He sat in the main seat, Minerva on the left and Snape on the right.

The professors also found their seats and took their seats, restrained their smiles, and looked at the acting principal seriously.

The acting principal knocked on the table, and the lights flickered, and delicate food and wine appeared on the professor's table. Zhou Qi took the lead in holding the wine glass to welcome the professors back to school.

The atmosphere is lively.

The professors also raised their glasses, congratulating him seriously or jokingly.

Zhou Qi drank it all and put down his glass.

"The Acting Principal was ordered in a critical situation. I don't even know why Dumbledore chose me. Is it because I'm good-looking?" Zhou Qi shook his head and sighed, making a joke.

The professors clapped and laughed, pretending to boo.

Seeing that Zhou Qi was not complacent because he became the acting principal, but was still a character they were familiar with, the professors finally found a sense of authenticity.

Does it matter who the acting principal is?

As long as Professor Ivan is still Professor Ivan.

Isn't that enough?

Amidst the laughter of the crowd, only Snape cut the lamb chops silently, and Minerva pursed her lips and said nothing.

"Okay." Zhou Qi stretched out his hand with a smile, suppressing the laughter: "Since Professor Dumbledore has chosen me as the acting principal, I always have to do a little bit of my duty, lest he scold me when he comes back."

"I asked you to return to school in advance, and I want you to prepare in advance for the arrival of the new school year." Zhou Qi still smiled, but the meaning of his words changed a little.

Except for a few professors who heard the subtlety and restrained their laughter, the other professors hadn't noticed and were still happy.

"First of all, it's the professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts. It's really not easy to find a suitable professor." Zhou Qi clapped his hands and looked out the door. The other professors followed his gaze.

The hall door opened, and a handsome black-haired boy walked in.

Wearing a gray wizard's robe, he smiled and nodded in response to the sight.

The laughter in the auditorium slowly subsided and disappeared.

The professors looked at the familiar face and opened their mouths in horror and disbelief.

"This is the new professor of dark magic, Tom Riddle."

Zhou Qi tapped the dinner plate with the silver spoon. The crisp and loud voice was particularly clear in the silent auditorium, as if it was beating on everyone's heart.

"I don't need an introduction, you all know each other."

Tom Riddle walked ahead, turned, and bowed to the shocked professors.

"I used to be a student at Hogwarts, and I have some experience with black magic. I hope to cooperate and help each other in the future." He smiled and sat next to Snape.

Silence.

Long silence.

The auditorium exploded.

"Voldemort!" someone screamed in horror.

For a while, chaos fermented and brewed, and the professors stood up one after another, pulled out their wands, and distanced themselves.

Zhou Qi lowered his eyes, picked up the silver fork and tapped the plate hard.

Clang!

The high voice suddenly spread.

The professor who was directly impacted by the sound wave only felt that every inch of his body was softening, and he couldn't hold the wand in his hand.

"This is the dark magic professor I invited - Tom Riddle, he is not Voldemort. There is no Voldemort in this world!" Zhou Qi looked at the professors with a helpless expression.

In the hall at this moment, only Minerva, Snape and Tom Riddle were sitting beside him.

Minerva wanted to say something many times, but didn't know how to say it.

The professors got up from the ground in a panic. Someone recognized Tom Riddle. On the day of the Hogwarts defense, he appeared to protect the students and helped Hogwarts resist the Death Eaters.

But after that day, he left without a trace.

With this episode, the professors finally lost a little bit of fear, but they still distanced themselves and were vigilant.

"Look at how interesting they are."

Tom Riddle's voice was so soft that only Snape could hear it.

"I don't know anything, I'm ignorant, I live like a worm." Tom Riddle seemed to be talking to himself, as if talking to Snape: "But we are different, we are the same traveler."

Snape didn't answer.

He could feel the life fluctuations in Tom Riddle's body. It was a violent, majestic and crazy life force like a volcano, which overwhelmed all the fluctuations he could feel.

"Do you really want him to be a professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts?"

"Even if he wasn't Voldemort, I wouldn't want to work with him!" said the Muggle Studies professor horrified.

Zhou Qi nodded clearly.

Just when the professor of Muggle studies was full of joy and thought that the gentle Professor Ivan would be on his side, Zhou Qi wiped the corner of his mouth with a napkin and said calmly.

"Ms. Boubaji, due to the mistakes and conservatism of the Muggle studies course, students cannot correctly understand the Muggle society - Hogwarts will cancel the Muggle studies course and terminate the employment contract with you."

The professor of Muggle Studies froze in place and raised his head in disbelief.

Fear rose in her eyes and poured into her bones.

"No..." She pleaded with tears in her eyes.

"Principal Ivan!"

Minerva finally couldn't bear it anymore, she turned sideways, and said almost bluntly: "Why don't you discuss it with me, Professor Bubagi has been serving at Hogwarts longer than you, she is a lover. Muggle, Muggle-respecting wizard, I don't think she's going to be kicked out of Hogwarts by you!"

The other professors also looked pleadingly at the Vice-Chancellor.

Zhou Qi: "You misunderstood, Professor McGonagall. I'm not trying to expel Ms. Boubaji from Hogwarts, but I think the Muggle studies class is full of errors and omissions, and the wizards who write the textbook are full of Muggle biases. See."

He looked mildly at the former Muggle Studies professor.

"Ms. Boubaji, you should have also discovered the mistake of the textbook. The textbook is still misleading the students. Muggles are a ferocious creature, right?"

Bubaji wiped his tears, unable to refute.

"Although Hogwarts has cancelled this course, I will hire you in my personal capacity." Zhou Qi said, "I will hire you as a Muggle investigator with a weekly salary of 50 Galleons. Please come in in person. Muggle world, learn about Muggle culture, history, technology, and justify the name of Muggle studies class, then I will personally invite you back to Hogwarts!"

This time, Bubaji didn't cry anymore. She suddenly got up and was very excited.

Writing a book and creating a biography that has been passed down through the ages is also a way for wizards to pursue fame.

Keridi Boubaji is a gentle wizard who respects Muggles, but she is also distressed by the prejudice of wizards against Muggles, and can only subtly change it in teaching, but now Zhou Qi has given a second way .

Step into the Muggle world and reveal the real Muggle world to wizards.

So as to change wizards' prejudice against Muggles.

But when Zhou Qi mentioned this condition, she was almost dizzy with happiness, and she left all the Hogwarts professorships aside. I want to become the first wizard in the wizarding world to justify the name of Muggles!

This time, the other professors felt embarrassed.

I thought that Professor Ivan really used power to oppress people, but the style of painting changed. Professor Ivan is still the professor who thinks about others, but his own villainy heart.

They just felt ashamed.

Even Zhou Qi was embarrassed to reject Tom Riddle as a professor of dark magic, and they all agreed.

Minerva McGonagall was stunned and sat down without saying a word, thinking that you are so easily bribed, then I will not care about the next thing!

What Zhou Qi announced next was the return of the half-giant Hagrid.

Because of the extinction of the Forbidden Forest horses, the Forbidden Forest animals dare not resist Hogwarts, and they no longer need protection magic, and the Fantastic Creatures Protection class can also be restarted.

It's just that Hagrid was in a complicated mood.

If the reconciliation between wizards and magical animals is due to the extinction of centaurs, then this is not reconciliation, but the surrender and fear of lower creatures to higher creatures—this is the most painful thing in the eyes of Hagrid, who loves magical animals.

Other professors are not as sentimental as him.

I am very satisfied with the cancellation of the protection magic. The students finally don't have to be trapped in the castle and can resume their previous lives.

But soon.

Zhou Qi announced the third and last change, like a heavy hammer, smashing them into a daze, unable to slow down.

Hogwarts will be divided into colleges and majors.

In the words of the acting headmaster, Hakata is not as good as specialization. Hogwarts has 16 elective and compulsory courses, not including Ravenclaw's Muggle subject of mathematics, physics and chemistry.

Last year, he reformed the educational system of Ravenclaw, and the effect was obvious.

When students enter Hogwarts, they are divided into four major colleges, but if the four major colleges still learn the same knowledge, why is this kind of division necessary?

The four academies should have different specialties.

Rather than being eloquent and not being precise.

"It's impossible!" Flitwick said loudly: "Potion, herbs, flying, and spells are skills that every wizard should learn. Professor Ivan, please don't give random instructions. If a wizard can't fly with Curse, can he be considered a wizard?"

"Why not?"

Zhou Qi looked at him.

Not to be outdone, Flitwick said, "Professor Sprout, if Hufflepuff students don't learn magic spells, but only herbs and potions, how should Hufflepuff students deal with the enemy?"

He sarcastically said, "Could it be possible to use herbs to fight enemies and perform magical magic?"

Pomona also thinks it makes sense. If you only specialize in herbs and potions and don't learn other magic, can you still be considered a wizard?

Zhou Qi laughed.

"Professor Flitwick, you underestimate nature, the power of plants is much stronger than magic!"

He led the crowd outside the castle, borrowed a seed from Pomona, and threw it on the ground.

The seed fell into the earth, grew rapidly under the urging of magic power, and split itself. After only a few dozen minutes, everyone felt the ground agitate, and then climbed toward the sky.

"This is...."

Flitwick regained his senses and opened his eyes in shock.

He stood on a huge and strong leaf, and this leaf was just a node on a green vine, each professor stood on a leaf, and the vine rose toward the sky like a jack seed.

Zhou Qi stood at the top of the vine.

"The power of plants is far more than a simple potion." He said loudly: "Attack, flight, defense, plants can also do it!"

A gust of wind rose, and the leaves under the professors fell off, carrying them around the giant vines with the wind.

Zhou Qi stretched out his hand towards a point in the Forbidden Forest. The underground was like a giant beast moving and spreading to the Forbidden Forest. With a bang, dozens of giant trees rose from the ground, and the vines were whipped on the ground like giant whips, causing the birds and beasts to flee frantically.

This terrifying and peculiar power made the professors present speechless.

Rao is Flitwick, and he doesn't dare to say that he can stand up to this magic that manipulates plants and nature.

"Professor Trout, that's why I want the branch to specialize." Zhou Qi said to the shocked Pomona: "Only by specialization can we innovate and expand it according to the nature of magic. potential."

Zhou Qi landed lightly.

The other professors also fell to the ground in a daze. The leaves under their feet quickly dissolved and fell into the ground. They watched as the vines behind Zhou Qi melted like liquid, seeping into the ground, and combining the cracked ground.

The grass grows, spreads, and flowers bloom.

From the earth, it feeds back to the earth.

Pomona looked at the vibrant earth and suddenly came up with this idea.

py: "I, Chie Fujiwara, I am a wolf! 》

"Second miss, it has been three hours since he was taught a lesson by you."

"Is he willing to admit he was wrong?" The girl raised her thin lips and sneered.

"He said that he really made a mistake and recognized the eldest lady as you... He also told you to remember to call him brother-in-law."

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