Hogwarts: Becoming a god from reselling fresh food

The Hogwarts teaching hearing was held as scheduled at the Wizengamot.

Three representatives of the school board of directors, as well as Principal Dumbledore and Vice Principal McGonagall, were invited to attend the hearing and made a report on the teaching quality issues at Hogwarts.

The three school directors pointed out at the meeting that there are still certain problems with the teaching methods and teaching standards of Hogwarts. For this reason, the school board decided to send a school director, Murphy Darkholm, as a permanent resident. Director, as the "Hogwarts Teaching Investigator", he is deeply involved in school affairs, understanding, supervising, and guiding the educational work of Hogwarts, with a view to improving the teaching level of Hogwarts.

Murphy also spoke at the hearing, promising to do his best to improve the quality of school teaching, identify and solve problems, and proposed that in order to improve the "practical abilities" that Hogwarts students lack, he would serve as a "practical course" professor , directly participate in school teaching work.

The Ministry of Magic agreed with the school board's decision and announced that it would reconvene a hearing one year later to accept the improvements.

In this way, four years after graduation, Murphy Darkholm became an official Hogwarts professor.

…

"Dumbledore," the door to the principal's office was pushed open, and Professor McGonagall walked in. She looked a little unhappy, "Although I know you must have your own ideas, why? You want to allow an outsider to Our professor is pointing fingers? Is there something in this matter that I don’t know yet?”

"Minerva," Dumbledore took a pack of things on the table, "Would you like to try this popping candy? Murphy gave it to me. It will crackle and explode when you eat it. It's very interesting..."

"No, thank you," Minerva glanced at the fancy packaging, "Is this a Muggle candy? Murphy gave it to you? I'm even a little worried about whether it might be poisoned."

"Oh, that's a funny quip," said Dumbledore, "but forgive me, I didn't catch the punchline?"

"That's not a wisecrack! Murphy Darkholm has a bad reputation now, Dumbledore. You know what he did to the Aurors."

"No, the strange thing is, I don't particularly know, Minerva." Dumbledore ruffled Fawkes' feathers on the birdstand nearby. "Of course, I got some letters, Scrimgeour, Kingsley, and There were some other friends who expressed concerns about some things.”

"But, I'm far away at Hogwarts, and I don't really understand what happens in the Ministry of Magic, or as they say, in the Muggle world."

"Did Murphy really do something? Or, how did he do it? Why did he do it? What was his purpose? No one really knows, and after I went through several relays, the information I got was even more distorted. many."

"At my age, Minerva, even if you don't want to, you will always have a certain suspicion of what others say."

"I'm not convinced I know what kind of person Murphy Duckholm is."

At this point, he asked, "What kind of student do you think he was when he was still studying here, Minerva? Do you remember him?"

Professor McGonagall thought for a while, "Of course, of course I remember that he was a very hard-working child and very smart. His hard work and perseverance were impressive. But he had some strange prejudices against magic. Perhaps it was these prejudices , which limits his ability, otherwise, he should perform better."

"bias?"

"He has been trying to 'understand' magic. He once came to me very confused and said that he felt that magic was full of contradictions and that he could not understand it. I told him that he should understand more with his heart, but it seemed difficult for him to do so. arrive."

"Have you ever met a child like this before?"

Professor McGonagall shook her head, "Some Muggle-born children will also ask some strange questions when they first enter school, but most of them can adapt quickly. And Murphy... he seems to be talking to himself all the time. Something in my heart is like fighting..."

Dumbledore began to ponder, looking at a set of automatically rotating astronomy teaching aids on the cabinet, wondering what he was thinking.

After a while, "Professor?"

Professor McGonagall had to interrupt his thoughts.

"Oh, I'm sorry, Minerva, I seem to have been distracted." Dumbledore handed over the popping candy in his hand, "Are you really not going to try it?"

"By accepting Murphy's supervision suggestion, do you want him to come to the school so that you can observe what kind of person he is?" Professor McGonagall thought of a possibility.

"Oh, we can indeed do this." Dumbledore said, "However, I think what he and the school board said is not unreasonable. Maybe I am too arbitrary in the management of the school. You have always been too accommodating to me. Not being willing to go against my decision would make me use my power too unscrupulously."

"That's not a good thing."

"Phillips is right when he says that Hogwarts is a school, and I should be more responsible for the students, not the professors. I think it would be beneficial for us to receive some proper supervision."

"Of course, if you can see Murphy clearly through this, it will be an additional bonus."

While the two were talking, an owl flew in outside the window and delivered a letter to Mag.

The latter opened the letter with some confusion and said, "The Department of Magical Accidents and Disasters discovered a little Muggle-born wizard who was an orphan when handling accidental incidents. They want us to send a The professor will pick him up, help him buy some things, and complete his enrollment."

"Oh?" Dumbledore was slightly confused. Such things were not common in the past. Most children with magical talents were usually discovered by Hogwarts first. "Is his name in the Book of Admission?"

"I saw it more than two months ago, but there was no such child." Mag raised his head, "I'm going to check it out right now."

In a locked tower, Professor McGonagall hurried over with a letter in her hand.

There is a stone platform in the center of the circular room, with a thick book spread out on it, and an emerald green quill floating on the side of the book.

This is the book of admission and the pen of acceptance.

The magical creature that determines admission to Hogwarts.

Every year during the admission season, Professor McGonagall will come here to check the list in the Book of Admission to see if any new little wizards have entered the list to ensure that each of them is given a letter of admission.

It had never happened before that the Ministry of Magic had discovered a young wizard of suitable age, but she had not yet noticed.

However, soon, Professor McGonagall saw a new line of text at the bottom of the page.

They do seem to have been written very recently.

"Lucas Tom Bleitson. Born April 1, 1980."

This line of writing seems much blurrier and darker than other writings, but it can still be identified.

Perhaps it's because this little wizard's magical talent showed up too late that the Book of Access doesn't want his name to be written on it?

But, now that the name has been written and the age is correct, the child should indeed join the school.

She returned to the principal's office and handed the letter to Dumbledore. "His name appeared on the admission book. It wasn't there when I sent the notice. It should have been written recently."

Dumbledore glanced at the name on the letter.

"Lucas Tom Bleitson."

Tom.

He was stunned for a moment, and then looked at the name of the orphanage, "Reed Children's Welfare Home."

He breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that he had thought too much. As he got older, he would always be burdened by memories, as if there was nothing new around him and everything seemed familiar.

"School will start soon. The professors have their own arrangements. I will go there in person..."

Before Dumbledore could finish speaking, another owl flew in.

He took the letter and read it, "Oh, the Ministry of Magic hopes that I can go there again in the next two days to confirm the content of the hearing..."

"But, school will start soon..." Professor McGonagall said.

"Is any other professor available?" Dumbledore asked.

"Filius hasn't come back from visiting relatives yet, and Severus is making protective arrangements for the Philosopher's Stone... The other professors are either busy revising the syllabus, or they all have their own tasks. Oh, by the way, Quirrell The professor said he was not feeling well, so I'm afraid I have to find someone else to pick up Miss Granger..."

The little girl is a Muggle. Although I told her where to take the bus when I took her to Diagon Alley before, if you haven’t been there, platform nine and three-quarters is really not that easy to find. In order to ensure that the students If everyone can get on the bus, the school needs to send a professor to provide guarantee.

However, this is not a tradition, but because during a recent teaching review, a Muggle-born school director expressed his opinion that Hogwarts lacked attention to the various difficulties faced by Muggle-born students, and was ordered to make corrections. Arrangements will be made later.

"Oh!" As he said that, Professor McGonagall seemed to have remembered something, "Murphy. Isn't he also a professor?"

"Murphy?" Dumbledore hesitated.

He hasn't even taken office yet, so he's just arranging work for him?

Isn't it a bit too serious about someone else's status as a school director?

But then I thought about it, he also applied for the professor position himself, so the different treatment seemed deliberate.

Professor McGonagall said: "Let me write him a letter and ask for his opinion."

"Okay, let's ask him first."

…

In the last two days of August, Murphy received a letter from Professor McGonagall.

He agreed immediately - Murphy wasn't sure whether Dumbledore could tell anything about Tom's current state, so it would be better to go alone.

But, why don't you stop by to pick up Hermione Granger?

It's not impossible. Anyway, it's just a matter of sending me to the station.

Murphy didn't plan to run any longer. Considering that the Hogwarts Express didn't leave until 11 o'clock, it was too late to go to Diagon Alley to finish shopping before catching the train, so he decided to pick up people on the morning of September 1st.

…

Reed Children's Home.

Lucas Tom Bleitson was reading a book. Suddenly he felt something in his heart and opened the black notebook that he had never left behind in recent days.

I saw a line of words slowly emerging above it.

"September 1st, nine o'clock in the morning. I met the person who changed my destiny."