Ever since the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor at Hogwarts had frequent accidents, no wizard could persist in this position for more than a year, and it became a consensus among young wizards to abdicate safely. At the beginning of the school year, it has almost become a repertoire at the beginning of the school year to determine how good the newly appointed Defense Against the Dark Arts professor is.
As usual, the popularity of this topic will generally last until the end of the first month of school, and then gradually a conclusion that everyone agrees with will emerge.
But this year's situation is different from the past. Professor Lupine, who showed his skills on the Hogwarts Express before the class started, received widespread praise within a week after the class started...
Of course, the most unpopular Slytherin house still adheres to the past style. They can't find anything wrong with Professor Lupine's Defense Against the Dark Arts class, so they simply make an issue out of Lupine's simple dress. However, they I can only entertain myself, and not many people will have any objections to Professor Lu Ping because of this.
Now, the most popular topic among the little wizards is, Professor Remus Lupin or Professor Amosta Braine, who is the most 'professional' professor in the past ten years.
This is not something that can be explained in one or two sentences. Even within Gryffindor, there is great controversy on this topic.
"I can't say that I'm professional--"
Fred, one of the Weasley brothers who had a rare night's rest, leaned against the extinguished fireplace and said, "But obviously we appreciate it more -"
"Professor Amosta Brain!" the twins said in unison.
Fred and George were so proud of their understanding that they jumped up and bumped each other's elbows in mid-air, grinning.
Neither Harry nor Ron, who was sitting on the sofa, nor Hermione, who was lying on the wooden table and studying several subjects at the same time, were surprised. They all knew why Fred and George liked Professor Blaine more. Speaking of which, the Boggart is obviously not as interesting as the Eight-Eyed Spider. Reading Pavilion
"Neville and Dean prefer Professor Lupin--"
Ron was carefully feeding the sluggish Bansara with the strengthening potion, but Bansara seemed to dislike this very much. He twisted around in Ron's hand, trying desperately to escape, and in the end most of the potion in the small bottle was gone. Sprinkled on his wizard robes.
"At least they were able to deal with the Boggart in the closet, and Professor Brain..."
Ron suddenly shivered and said with lingering fear,
"During the summer vacation, my parents took us to the pyramid to visit the mummies. I had a nightmare that night...I thought of the inferi that Professor Blaine got. I will probably never forget this in my life!"
Hermione, who was busy writing at her desk, suddenly pursed her lips and smiled. She lifted her hair and looked at Ron.
"Seriously, Ron, I thought that when you came on stage, the boggart would turn into an inferi or a basilisk, but it turns out that the thing you fear most is a spider?"
The in-depth discussion on this issue lasted for about ten minutes. In the end, both Harry and Hermione figured out why Ron was afraid of spiders. Amidst a burst of cheerful laughter, the unhappy Ron mistakenly took the bottle of strengthening potion. The mouth was inserted into Scabbers's nose. As a result, after letting out a series of painful screams, Scabbers gave Ron a hard mouth. This also made Ron even more depressed. He looked at Harry with a slumped face. ,
"Time to tell you what you think, Harry!"
"Well--"
Harry hesitated and said nothing, but it was all pretend.
Hermione admired Professor Lupine more, who taught step by step according to formal textbooks, while Ron liked Professor Blaine more... This is not surprising, Professor Blaine saved almost half of Ron's brothers and sisters, and once gave him a Very beautiful commemorative coin.
How should I put it, when facing Professor Lupin, Harry would feel a strange sense of intimacy in his heart.
He didn't know what the cause of this feeling was... maybe it was Professor Lupine who saved his life on the Hogwarts train, maybe it was Professor Lupine's gentle temperament that was favored by others, but Even so, if he had to choose a winner between Professor Brain and Professor Lupin, he would undoubtedly choose Professor Brain.
The reason for making such a decision was not only because Professor Blaine helped them with the Chamber of Secrets incident last semester, but also because during the summer vacation, he accidentally learned about Professor Blaine's life experience, which made Harry feel that he and Blaine Professor En feels a little connected with fate.
However, this reason cannot be said out loud. He cannot reveal Professor Blaine's most important privacy without permission, even to Ron and Hermione.
...
Early the next morning, all the little wizards who entered the auditorium to dine felt an unspeakable sense of oppression. Soon, the little wizards realized that this sense of depression came from the professor's chair at the front of the auditorium. of.
Except for Principal Dumbledore and Professor Lupin who were not at the professor's chair, almost every professor who came down for breakfast had a newspaper in their hands. They turned a blind eye to the various breakfasts stacked in front of them and only focused on spreading them out. of the Daily Prophet.
"Is there anything new we don't know about?"
Harry and Ron, who had arrived late, quickly realized something was wrong. They quickly ran in from the hall with their heads lowered, and went directly to the empty seats next to Hermione.
The atmosphere in the auditorium was too weird. Everyone had a heavy expression on their face. The young wizards were discussing in groups of two and a half with suppressed voices. The professors were also expressing their opinions in a low voice. Only the 'respected' potion The professor had no expression on his face and calmly dealt with the white porridge on the table.
"The Ministry has found Black."
Hermione said seriously, but when she saw the dumbfounded and stiff expressions of the two young wizards, she quickly added, "But he ran away again... Seamus told us yesterday, oh, it was him who read it from the Daily Prophet Arrived, a Muggle saw Black nearby-"
Hermione shook her hands and held today's latest edition of the Daily Prophet.
"Today's newspaper said that based on the Muggle's reporting phone number, the Ministry of Magic's crackdowns were mobilized to find clues. Last night, the crackdowns blocked him in front of the Black family's old house and had a fight with him. A fierce battle!”
Harry hurriedly took the newspaper handed over by Hermione and started reading it with Ron.
...Black was seriously injured and fled in embarrassment....Duluth of the Auror Office of the Ministry of Magic was heroically wounded in a duel with Sirius Black...Currently, Aurors and Dementors are still hunting... , please keep calm...
"oh!"
'Second Generation Official' Ron turned his face away with disgust.
"The Daily Prophet is still the same as always, always being vague when it comes to major issues!"
"That's not the problem, Ron...look at this again!"
Hermione carefully took out another copy of The Times and thrust it from under the table to Harry, who looked a little uncomfortable.
"I'm afraid no one in school subscribes to the Muggle newspaper except me," Hermione said, pointing to the horrifying map on the front page.
"The Daily Prophet did not publish the details of last night's arrest, but Muggle newspapers recorded the scene. Muggle governments publicized that a gas explosion had occurred... This excuse is not new, but look at it-"
The huge searchlight made the dark night brighter. Shocking cracks opened in the ground of the deserted small square. The edges of the cracks showed a melted crystalline state, and faint smoke could be seen. In the alley in the distance. , a large section of the road was blown away, and next to the laneway was a house with its roof blown off.
"This...is all caused by Black?!" Ron stared at the Muggle newspaper, his eyes almost bulging out of his sockets in shock, "But the Daily Prophet said that not a single Muggle died!"
"That's what the Muggle newspapers say too."
Hermione pointed to a line of text under the picture and said, then she looked at Harry who said nothing and said solemnly,
"With one person's power against most of the Ministry of Magic's elites, and causing so much damage, now we finally know why the Ministry of Magic is terrified of Sirius Black's escape!"
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