harry potter book of crimes

In fact, not too much time has passed since the study tour program began. However, in the minds of all the teachers and students at Hogwarts, the ups and downs of campus life seem to have been a long time ago.

Yes, including Harry, Hermione, Ron and others who are currently taking care of the survivors in Spiral Town, as well as students of all grades and accompanying professors who traveled around the world on the Change.

For example, Hagrid, who looks extremely rough on the outside but is extremely delicate on the inside, has been chewing fish bones and secretly wiping tears with a napkin during dinner time for several days in a row.

Naturally, Minerva McGonagall, who loved Hogwarts deeply, actually began to miss her school days soon after leaving England.

If it weren't for Maka's words "Hogwarts is where there are students", maybe McGonagall wouldn't have gone with the study tour plan, but chose to stay on campus and silently protect the place that belongs to herself and everyone else.

of beautiful places.

However, Trelawney's sudden doomsday prophecy finally caused the worries in her heart to burst out.

In fact, although Minerva McGonagall is indeed a good teacher who loves her students very much, her feelings for Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry...or, in other words, for "Hogwarts Castle" are particularly negative.

Win it.

Because in Minerva McGonagall's heart, Hogwarts is not only her workplace, but also the "sanctuary" place she has found that is most suitable for her.

At this moment, she had returned to school and stood at the gate of the castle, raising her head and staring blankly at this building that she had been very familiar with for decades.

In her mind, those memories that had gradually faded, but were still very clear, slowly flowed.

…

In 1935, Minerva was born into an ordinary rural Muggle family. Her father, Robert McGonagall, was the pastor of a Muggle church.

As for her mother, she was a Muggle woman who locked her wand and concealed her identity as a witch.

Before Minerva went berserk with magic, her father didn't even know that his wife, with whom he had lived peacefully and harmoniously for more than ten years, was actually a wizard who could use magic.

However, perhaps Minerva's mother was willing to give up her magical life for her lover, but little Minerva was full of longing and curiosity about the mysterious and unknown world.

When she was eleven years old, Minerva received her admission notice and came into contact with Hogwarts for the first time, and she immediately fell in love with this place where she could fully display her talents.

She quickly became the best student in her grade, whether it was written magic theory or various practical subjects, and even her Quidditch level was quite good.

In the end, after seven years of student life, Minerva graduated from Hogwarts with the highest grades in all subjects and received a letter of employment from the Department of Legal Enforcement of the Ministry of Magic on the day of graduation.

However, during the few months when she returned to her hometown to spend her last summer vacation and then move to London to work, the eighteen-year-old Minerva McGonagall met her only love in her life on the field in her hometown.

I met a man who passed by.

What makes people even more amazed is that she, who has always loved the magical world, fell in love with a Muggle man just like her mother.

But in the final analysis, Minerva and her mother are still very different. Due to the existence of the "Secretary Law", when she has to face the only choice between "locking up the wand" and "giving up love"

When given the absolute choice, she finally chose magic and ideals.

However, in the following two years of work and life, Minerva gradually realized the gap between ideal and reality.

To be honest, her boss at the time was actually a very good male wizard, and during the long period of working together, he also had a vague affection for the beautiful Minerva.

Unfortunately, a certain group of colleagues who had strong discrimination against Muggles, as well as the trace of first love that still existed somewhere in Minerva's heart, made Minerva hate her life in London more and more.

Finally, late one night, Minerva, who was tossing and turning and unable to fall asleep, impulsively wrote a job application letter and sent it to Hogwarts rather abruptly.

It must be said that although Minerva was still excellent at that time, she was even on the verge of promotion at the Ministry of Magic. However, her level of magic at that time was actually not enough to serve as a professor at Hogwarts.

What's more, Hogwarts actually doesn't have many precedents for active job hunting. Professors in the past were basically selected and hired by the principal or the four deans.

However, just a few hours later, when the sky was just getting dark, the owl brought her an invitation letter.

Perhaps it was because Minerva's impulsively written application letter was full of touching true feelings that Dumbledore, then Head of Gryffindor House and Professor of Transfiguration, accepted her application and gave her

She holds the position of Assistant Professor in the Department of Transfiguration.

And it turns out that Hogwarts is like a paradise compared to the boring, cramped, and infighting working environment of the Ministry of Magic.

Under the protection of Hogwarts and the guidance of Dumbledore, Minerva grew up rapidly.

In just half a year, Minerva, who concentrated on studying teaching and constantly improving herself at the same time, was recognized by Dumbledore and the principal at the time, and officially became a teacher who could teach independently.

To be honest, from the bottom of her heart, she was grateful to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry for educating her, protecting herself, and providing her with a huge space to perform. She was also grateful from the bottom of her heart to Dumbledore, who was able to break the rules and hire her.

It is worth mentioning that it was during that six months that she accidentally learned about the current status of the first love she missed at the time from a letter from her mother.

When she learned that the Muggle man whom she had rejected had silently waited for her for nearly three years before finally giving up and was now married to a farmer's daughter, Minerva burst into tears in an empty classroom.

At that time, it was Dumbledore who comforted her with his sad past that he had never told anyone else. Dumbledore's past made her understand that things in the world are indeed impermanent, and that only by continuing to look forward can we hope for the future.

See the beauty of life.

There is no doubt that when she fell into two consecutive low points in her life, it was Dumbledore who pulled her up. Looking back afterwards, Minerva would often realize that she had already owed this school and Dumbledore.

Too much too much.

…

Now, while reminiscing, Minerva walked naturally to the door of the former classroom, and couldn't help but raise her wrist to gently wipe the slightly moist corners of her eyes.

She walked slowly into the empty classroom, caressing the desks with various old scratches in the front, and walked all the way to the side near the window.

She remembered very clearly that the place where she was sitting when she was relatively petite back then was always right here.

"Professor Dumbledore, you really haven't changed at all!"