In recent years, among the unsolved mysteries at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, rumors about the curse on the professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts have been very popular. Although Dumbledore always kept silent in front of others, It is believed that there is indeed something moral about this course.
One very miraculous thing is that no matter who the professor of this course is or how he or she retires sadly, they can always stay in this position until the end of the school year. Of course, Remus Lupin ended up There are factors of human intervention in the ending, which cannot be used as a criterion for judgment.
Outsiders are talking about this. They think that there is a time limit for the curse of the professor in this course, and it will break out after one year. However, Amosta, who has personally experienced this curse, has his own view.
Amosta believes that this curse is more like a chronic toxin. After you actually accept the employment, this toxin will exist in your body. It will not break out immediately, but it will be like a felicitous elixir. Your fortune is changing quietly, toxins are slowly accumulating, and things that are not good for you are also happening quietly in places you can't see, until they explode after a certain level.
Judging from this curse, we can see that Voldemort himself is indeed worthy of the title of a master of black magic. At least in the past few years that Amosta has been involved in the European magic world, he has never seen a curse with an effect that is close to the law of cause and effect.
Having said that, unless you have a method like Amosta, it is very difficult to avoid the misfortune caused by the curse, but it is not impossible to control the harm caused by the curse to a certain extent - pay attention to control The time you spend in the professor's seat is one.
For someone like Sirius, who only planned to help Dumbledore for two or three months, although he could not escape the cause and effect, he could at least control the harm within an acceptable range.
Therefore, this is why Amosta did not explicitly object to Sirius accepting Dumbledore's employment.
If Dumbledore had the ability to find three or four "big enemies" a year, then this course wouldn't have such a bad reputation.
In short, with Professor Blaine's explanation and Sirius's assurance, Harry finally no longer worried that his godfather would suddenly die suddenly one day.
In the next two days, there were only two hot topics in Hogwarts. The first was the actual teaching level of Sirius who took over the Defense Against the Dark Arts class. What was the teaching level of Gryffindor in the third grade during these two days? There was no such course, so Harry had to ask around about Sirius's performance in class, for fear of hearing any unfavorable comments about Sirius, but according to Fred and George, Sirius' teaching level was quite interesting. At least, not inferior to Professor Lupin.
Another topic was that a conflict seemed to have broken out within Slytherin. This conflict occurred in the Slytherin common room after dinner on Monday. It was said to be so intense that it even reached the head of Slytherin House. To the extent that it would only stop after personal intervention.
However, because the Slytherins were very strict about their own traditions, the other three houses did not get any detailed information.
It was only after that conflict that Malfoy and his two followers became arrogant again on campus, while Theodore Nott and Blaise Sabine, who were in the same grade as him, appeared on campus next. They always have a gloomy face when they are in the house, and the bruises on their faces tell everyone that they are the losers in this conflict.
Wednesday
Today's weather was as bright as Harry's mood during this period. When the golden sunshine poured into the dormitory through the carved window grilles, Harry jumped up from his four-poster bed, put on his school uniform in two or two, He took a few steps to Ron's bedside and patted the edge of Ron's bed vigorously.
"Get up, Ron, we can't miss today's class!"
"Well--"
Ron sat up dazedly, yawned, rubbed his sleepy eyes, and looked at the wind rushing into the bathroom to clean up. Harry blinked in confusion, but then he realized The reason why Harry looked so excited.
Neville, Seamus and Dean climbed out of bed one by one.
"what happened?"
The fuming Simon asked in confusion,
"I've never seen Harry look so excited about class?"
"Sirius's class," Ron shrugged, "he's looking forward to it-"
There was more than one person who was looking forward to Professor Black's class. At least, while having breakfast in the auditorium, Hermione heard her two roommates, Lavender and Parvati, pointing at Professor Black at the staff table, and from time to time talking. Let out a snicker.
It is undeniable that Sirius is one of the better-looking people among the professors. He has handsome features, perhaps because he has been persecuted. When he is not talking, there is always a faint melancholy in his eyebrows, and This melancholy temperament is very fatal to this group of underage witches who long for love.
In terms of teaching quality, Sirius may not be as good as Professor Blaine, who has a strong personal style, but at least in terms of appearance, his supporters among the young wizards are almost the same as Amosta.
When they entered the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom, Sirius, who was dressed in a sky-blue wizard robe and had completed his preparations for class, was leaning on the podium, waiting for students to enter the classroom.
This is a course that is combined with Slytherin, and in that house, Sirius's popularity is obviously not as popular as in Gryffindor. After all the Gryffindor students arrived, Sirius The Lytlin students slowly walked into the classroom with a cold look on their faces. Only a second before the bell rang, Malfoy appeared at the door of the classroom with Crabbe and Goyle.
Harry immediately cast an angry look at Malfoy. He knew that the reason why Malfoy came so late was not because he was tied up by something, but because he wanted to give Sirius a blow.
When it came to discussing his dislike of Slytherin, Sirius was no less than Harry and the others, but for Amosta's sake, he didn't want to be like a snot-nosed guy.
"Now we have class--"
After Sirius took out the roster and counted the names, he returned to the podium with a smile.
"I learned about the teaching of this course from Professor Remus Lupin, and I have to say that I am very satisfied with the progress of your course."
Malfoy tilted his head scornfully, looked at Professor Black sideways, and let out a contemptuous but clear snort that the entire class could hear.
"If you dare to cause trouble, Malfoy,"
Harry turned his head with a pale face, glared at him fiercely and said, "I will let the traces of Shabini and Nott's expressions appear on your face-"
"I bet Potter—"
Malfoy continued to smile disdainfully, "You must be super touched, right? You have such a godfather who is experienced in prison?"
Before Harry stood up and pulled out the wand, Sirius, who appeared next to him at some point, had already held down his shoulders. He stared at Malfoy coldly,
"Twenty points deducted from Slytherin - do you need me to explain to you the reason for the deduction, Malfoy?"
Confronting a professor head-on was not something a third-year wizard could do. Even if he felt disdain for Sirius Black, Malfoy did not have the guts to talk back under Professor Black's cold gaze.
"This is the picture I have been dreaming of!"
Under Hermione's dissatisfied gaze, Ron covered his mouth and chuckled secretly,
"The fun has just begun. I really wish Malfoy could show a little more backbone!"
Sirius returned to his podium again. He looked around the class with a smile on his face again.
"According to the course progress, we should learn more about werewolves, but, thanks to Professor Torbrain, there is a rare opportunity for us to understand how to respond to an attack by another creature-"
(End of chapter)
