Archaeologists at Hogwarts

Chapter 253 Teacher Recognition Ceremony

In the Gryffindor common room, students gather around the house magazine.

Ron stepped on his feet and read: "The new teacher recognition ceremony will start next week - it's just around the corner from Christmas, and the school plans to give out Christmas gifts everywhere?"

The note that said "Merry Christmas" left a deep impression on Ron. He was just a freshman at the time and thought the gift was very thoughtful.

But if we do it again, it will seem a bit old-fashioned.

"Probably not." Hermione analyzed calmly: "If the result is still the same, then there should be no need for the school to hold this event again - I am more concerned about whether it will affect the celebration, as the time is somewhat close.

, I finally convinced my parents that there was no need to go home."

"I won't go back either." Ron said: "It is said that the minister will come to the school to attend the dinner. As a result, Percy also didn't go home. The twins also said that they need someone to accompany him - who doesn't know these two people

I think about making money all day long, and I guess I don’t want to go back because it’s inconvenient for my mother to see.”

His tone was a bit sour, there was nothing he could do, no one would like a sweater that was only used to teach people a lesson, otherwise he would have had a chance to make a fortune.

"Harry is back." Hermione turned to look at the entrance: "Hey, Harry!"

"What happened?" Harry hurriedly came over and asked, curious about the crowd that had gathered.

"Don't ask this right now." Hermione stared at him and said, "Where did you run just now? Why was there no one in the blink of an eye?"

"I just went to see Professor Lupin." Harry said strangely in his heart: "I want to ask some other things. You should know."

"I understand so well, man." Ron nodded pretendingly: "What will happen next? You suddenly fall in love with studying, and then you may get angry with us anytime and anywhere?"

Hermione glanced at Harry suspiciously, thinking that the time turner was with Harry.

"Teacher Recognition Ceremony." Harry finally saw the announcement in the college magazine: "No wonder Professor Heimer went to see Professor Lupin. It turned out to be because of this matter - by the way, I have one more thing to tell you."

He found a deserted corner and told the two of them the news he had just heard.

Especially about the mortal enemy.

After hearing this, Ron laughed dryly: "Professor Heimer must be joking, right? You must have discovered a long time ago that Professor Heimer's behavior is often exaggerated."

"It's different this time." Harry said seriously: "I can feel that Professor Highmore really doesn't like——" He quickly lowered his voice: "I really don't like Sirius——it was the devil who made me feel it.

, can’t be wrong.”

"The devil?" Hermione's eyes widened: "How much has it affected you? Don't you still understand, Harry, that is not your devil, but -" She also lowered her voice and said: "

——The Devil of You-Know-Who, you should not have anything to do with that snake anymore, it’s very dangerous.”

"It's okay, just treat it as if you have practiced in advance." Harry's attitude was a little careless. Before Hermione could continue to ask, he immediately changed the subject and said: "By the way, will there be an interview at this teacher recognition meeting?

I don’t know if Professor Highmore will continue to explain his scars. And Professor Lupin, I don’t know what he will say.”

"Then I will definitely not apply again." Ron said timidly: "It scared me a lot last time, but -"

He glanced at the twins who were muttering something in a low voice, and Percy, who looked excited, muttered: "There must be someone willing to do this - don't forget, Slytherin also has a minister."

——

Slytherin dungeon.

"Minister, it must be you doing the interview this time, right? The Black Devil -"

Malfoy turned his head to look at the other person, his tone sounded cold: "Don't use this title in front of me, remember it in the future."

Then he turned around and returned to the dormitory with Crabbe and Goyle, who were clenching their fists.

As soon as they entered the door, they praised crudely:

"Boss, you were so powerful just now, you scared that kid."

"When are we going to subdue more of our subordinates, let Gore and I also lead a few younger brothers--"

"Close the door." Draco said without looking back, his tone still unkind.

After Goyle closed the door, Draco finally couldn't help but got angry. He clenched his fists tightly and yelled at the two of them: "You two idiots, don't you understand now? If you don't understand at the end of the term,

If we find a way to produce more influential works, then the position of minister will be taken away by Ravenclaw! There will also be nothing left of the house points that should have been awarded to us!"

This was a rule Toby had set from the beginning.

The position of the leader of the Black Devil Club will not remain unchanged, but will be determined based on the magic circle items submitted by students.

But who can compare to Luna's anti-monster glasses now?

It hasn't been officially sold in the UK yet. As a result, the pre-order price alone has increased several times. I don't know how Veatch came up with this clever idea.

Crabbe and Goyle were both dizzy after being scolded. They looked at Draco at a loss. Draco's face became very ugly, and he ignored these two people and paced around the dormitory as if no one else was around.

Talking to oneself.

"No, I have to think clearly why Professor Heimer wants to hold a teacher recognition ceremony. This has obviously been held once before, and it will definitely not be the same as last time - is it because he wants to prove his popularity? Or does he want to be with you?

How about the shabby guy who teaches Defense Against the Dark Arts? This may be because of him. Among all the positions, only this subject has changed. But compared to Lockhart, Professor Highmore obviously pays more attention to Lupin.

Something—I got it!”

He stopped and said: "As long as you help Professor Heimer win this competition - the bite box, the key is the voting bite box! You two go and keep an eye on it!"

Draco suddenly ordered to the two of them: "Keep an eye on when the bite box will appear in the common room. You must find a way to solve this trouble and make it spit back all the votes that do not have Professor Hemmer's name on it."

!”

Even if Crabbe and Goyle put their brains together, they couldn't figure out how Draco made such a decision.

"But there are three other colleges." Crabbe said blankly.

"We'll talk about it then!" Draco frowned and said, "Either let my dad find a way to buy an invisibility cloak, or we have to use other means. Maybe we can get away with it and secretly steal the bite boxes from other colleges.

Changed—magic potion.”

He looked at the two of them and said, "Do you think Dean Snape would be willing to do this for me?"

"It's not feasible." Gower muttered: "The dean will not be willing to help the underworld - Professor Heimer won the selection, and their relationship does not look good."

Crabbe laughed out loud: "Not very good? Just not very good? They had a fight when we were in the first grade - sorry, boss."

After seeing the cold expression on Draco's face, he immediately shut his mouth.

"Then find a way to hide it from the dean!" Draco said with determination: "Only by hook or by crook can I have a chance to get the power I want! I will never give up the position of minister, whether it is to pull

Winclaw or Gryffindor!"

Well, Hufflepuff was ignored again.

Ron thought that Draco would vigorously fight for the position of reporter, but no one expected that Draco would actually think of attacking the bite box.

On the other hand, Cedric Diggory, not long after he learned the news that the Teachers' Commendation Ceremony was being held again, he was surprised to receive an invitation from Professor Hemmer, asking him to visit the Ancient Magic Office.

This is really rare!

Has the professor finally figured out how to solve the problem of the self-casting wand?

Speaking carefully, Cedric's life has been really bad recently.

The last time, that is, after his encounter with Professor Lupine and Professor Highmore in the corridor (including the first time he knew about the upcoming celebration, and they later went to see Professor Trelawney together).

It was during that encounter that Cedric learned an extremely disappointing fact from Professor Hemmer - that is, the idea of ​​a self-casting wand was completely unrealistic.

A second magic circle cannot be successfully engraved on a wand.

Professor Heimer also gave an example of the Patron Saint Spell - a wizard can only summon a Patron Saint through happy emotions, which is universal. Therefore, each wand can also be regarded as a unique Patron Saint. The magic circle may

It can be seen as an emotion - only emotions similar to "happiness" can take effect.

In other words, apart from that, there are no other emotions that can summon the patron saint, and there is no way to imprint a second automatic magic circle on the wand.

This question troubled Cedric for a long time.

Moreover, he never dared to reveal it to anyone else, including his best friends and members of the Quidditch team.

Qiu Zhang asked him this question more than once. Whenever he took the opportunity, he would ask him whether he had successfully made more spells and magic circles.

But Cedric couldn't answer. He didn't want to disappoint his classmates, nor did he want Hufflepuff House to lose this rare honor.

Fortunately, things seem to be turning around.

Finally, after many days, Professor Heimer took the initiative to call him to the office - Cedric knew very well that this could not be because of unqualified homework. He would check the assignments given to Professor Heimer three times every time.

You won't go wrong if you try it all over again.

He suppressed his excitement and came to the door of the Ancient Magic Office and knocked on the door.

"Professor? I'm Cedric Diggory—" he said, standing in the doorway.

Before he could finish speaking, the door opened by itself.

The situation in the room was a bit strange - the sofa was moved to the wall of the office, and Toby and Al were sitting on it with serious faces. Standing opposite them was - well, first it was a mouse, with flashing eyes.

He has a clever spirit, but he is also quite annoying.

The mouse meowed several times in front of a cat with big fur, like a tiger cub. Crookshanks lay motionless on the carpet, only slightly raising his eyelids, which made the mouse ecstatic.

Then, Diandian walked around on the blanket, found Mrs. Norris with a sinister expression, and leaned over to whisper a few words. Cedric noticed that Mrs. Norris's pupils suddenly shrank, revealing a hint of

It smelled of danger. It stared at Diandian closely for a long time, and Cedric thought it was about to eat Diandian. The atmosphere was depressing and scary.

"very good!"

Toby suddenly stood up and clapped his hands vigorously and said: "This look is very good. You must keep it until the official performance. Mr. Filch, you must take good care of Mrs. Norris and don't let it show any signs before the performance."

Question - don’t cry, calm down, everyone will suddenly become famous one day, you will have a better time in the future."

Filch, who was so excited that he cried, picked up Mrs. Norris and kept saying some incomprehensible words. Al gathered more animals and announced something seriously, and then

Some are like lecturing.

"Okay, that's it for today's rehearsal." Toby waved his hand and said: "Please send them all back to their respective owners. Dobby, Dobby, where are you? Go and help, but don't let them go."

My actors are missing."

Dobby emerged from the air with a bang. He bowed deeply to Toby, holding Crookshanks, Hedwig, Dot, and a snake - covered with animals, following Fei.

Erqi left the office behind him.

"Come in." Toby said to Cedric who was waiting at the door: "Oh, by the way, I forgot to thank you for what happened last time - it was about letting you spread the news of the celebration everywhere. You did a good job.

.”

"This is all the work of George and Fred." Cedric said a little embarrassed; "It was after I told them about the celebration that the news really spread."

Toby nodded, and while waving his wand to clean up the traces of animals in the office, he asked Cedric: "How are you doing with your wand practice?"

Speaking of which, Cedric's wand is the most special among the students - because it is his wand, but it has a magic circle engraved on it.

Moreover, the amazing thing is that Cedric found a way to control the scepter in advance without waiting for the full moon lesson. This is a very special example - there are not so many weird ways, as long as he can successfully cast the disarming spell

A silent spell will do.

This is very rare. Silent Curse is a course that only sixth grade students can learn, but Cedric is only in fourth grade now.

Of course, only he himself knows how much effort it took to achieve this.

"I'm getting more and more proficient." Cedric asked hopefully: "Excuse me - Professor - is there anything wrong with the method of making a self-casting wand?"

"I'm still waiting for you to tell me." Toby said with a smile.

Cedric laughed dryly.

But he soon realized that Professor Heimer was not joking at all.

"Are you serious?" He said in shock: "But how can I - I don't know how."

"About this." Toby said slowly: "Mr. Cedric, do you think the last teacher recognition meeting was a little too ordinary?"

"Is there any?" Cedric asked puzzledly: "I think it's quite good - especially after the voting results, I have never received such a gift."

He felt as if he had got the answer right, because Professor Heimer's tone became much more enthusiastic.

Only a few people know that the last teacher recognition party was also held by Toby, and Cedric was not included.

"That's good." Toby said in a kind tone: "I came to you today because of the teacher recognition meeting - the interview method is a bit outdated and has nothing new, so - I haven't had time to inform you yet.

This year, the method has been changed to let students impart professorial knowledge, and the identities have been changed."

"so--"

He looked at the stunned Cedric and said, "Let's start today's lesson, Professor Diggory."

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Meanwhile, in the potions office.

Marcus Flint was so frightened that he could hardly stand and did not dare to look into Snape's eyes.

Did he hear it correctly?

He actually asked him to teach Dean Snape something?

What to study?

Quidditch? Or how to wash your hair?

Oops, why is Dean Snape's eyes getting more and more scary?!