Just a Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor

Life as a professor at Hogwarts is very busy.

Seventh grade classes and homework took up almost all of Sherlock's time, and she was busy from 7 am to 11 pm without necessarily taking a break.

At the same time, he must also take part of the time every day to study and enrich himself, and try to make himself reach the original master's original magic level as soon as possible.

After all, only the improvement of one's own strength can make people feel the most at ease.

Saturday of the first week of school.

It was rare for Sherlock to have no homework to correct in the morning. He also got away from the complicated knowledge of magic and had a moment of leisure in his office.

Just as he was holding a book of fables and stories that was well-known in the magic world, "The Story of Bedouin the Poet", which he had borrowed from the library, he had just read the "Wizard's Hairy Heart (Note)" that was very interesting. When it comes to educational stories.

Suddenly there was a soft knock on the door outside the office.

Sherlock closed the book of fables and put it in the drawer of the desk before speaking.

"Please come in."

The person who pushed in the door was not the student Sherlock had guessed to ask the question, but the head of Gryffindor, Professor McGonagall.

"Do you have time, Sherlock? Every Saturday, a few of our teachers who are free will go to Hogsmeade for a drink together."

Sherlock subconsciously wanted to refuse, but Professor McGonagall hadn't finished speaking.

"With us today is Slughorn. You haven't seen each other since your mother's funeral."

Hearing the name Slughorn, Sherlock was taken aback for a moment.

This name is very unfamiliar to him, but he vaguely feels that this person seems to have appeared in the original work.

Professor McGonagall saw Sherlock's expression and then explained.

"You may have forgotten him, but when Slughorn was head of Slytherin at Hogwarts, your mother Sally was his favorite protégé."

"When you were born, Sally and your father even planned to ask him to take you as a godson, and he was very happy, but then for some other reasons. But Sally and him had a good relationship until Sally died, He attended her funeral when you were three years old."

"He went into seclusion after that. No one knows where he lives. Not long ago, I heard that you came to Hogwarts as a professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts. Today he made a special trip to Hogsmeade to see you."

Professor McGonagall's expression was serious.

"I think you should meet him Sherlock. He seems to have something very important to tell you about your parents."

Sherlock hesitated.

He didn't want to participate in this teachers' assembly at first, not because he was afraid of revealing himself, and he had already understood it clearly during the week at Hogwarts.

There were actually only three and a half professors in this castle who knew Sherlock.

Not to mention Professor McGonagall and Dumbledore, there is also Professor Flitwick, the dean of the original owner's student days, and the other half is Snape.

The reason why Snape is said to be half is because Sherlock didn't know exactly what Snape's attitude towards him was.

According to the original book, Snape was also eager for the position of Defense Against the Dark Arts professor, so logically he was hostile to every defense professor.

But when Sherlock met him in the castle, he didn't show that obvious disgust and hostility.

On the contrary... Sherlock even read a trace of guilt from the complicated look in his eyes!

That kind of feeling is too strange, sometimes Sherlock wonders if his brain is broken, how could he see guilt in the eyes of someone like Snape.

Because he couldn't figure it out, Snape could only count as half.

Even in the castle with the three and a half professors he knew,

Basically, the original owner's true thoughts are not clear.

The original owner of the school days was like a vigilant hedgehog, protecting himself with the thorns of indifference. Except for his adoration for Dumbledore, no one knew what he was thinking.

So if it is exposed, unless Sherlock kills himself, there can be no problem.

His main reason is that he really rarely rests for a long time today, and he doesn't want to spend more energy on socializing.

It's just that after Professor McGonagall mentioned Slughorn and said that he wanted to see that he was related to the original owner's mother, Sherlock felt that he should go.

The original owner's biggest secret came from his mother. Even if it was the inexplicable crescent-shaped birthmark on his left arm, Sherlock had a hunch that it had something to do with the crazy mother.

If he wants to find out about these things, he has to deal with these people.

So after having an idea in his mind, Sherlock nodded to Professor McGonagall.

"I'll be there."

Hearing his agreement, Professor McGonagall showed a relieved expression on his face.

"At ten o'clock in the morning, at the Three Broomsticks in Hogsmeade, I, Filius and Hagrid will be there too, we'll see you later."

Professor McGonagall left the office after speaking. Sherlock checked the time. It was already 9 o'clock in the morning, and there was only an hour left before the professors' appointment.

He took out a few books that had been borrowed from the castle library from the drawer, and planned to use this one hour to return the books.

Due to Sherlock's test-oriented education plan for the upper grades this semester, the library was already full before the end of the semester.

And the students who came here for self-study are almost all studying the entrance examination papers of the Defense Against the Dark Arts class.

Since last year's defense class professor was Quirrell, basically everyone's grades on the entrance exam were not satisfactory, and Sherlock deliberately made the questions a little deeper.

This caused some frustration among all the seniors taking the test.

Students who place more importance on grades may even wish to rot the test paper in the library and understand all the questions above.

Seeing that the learning atmosphere at Hogwarts has improved significantly, Sherlock was very pleased after returning the book.

He left Hogwarts Castle and wandered around the Black Lake before going to Hogsmeade. He heard that there was a giant squid in this lake, and he wanted to try his luck to see if he could meet it.

As a result, Sherlock came to take advantage of it, but the squid did not give face.

Just as he was about to leave Hogwarts and head to Hogsmeade in disappointment, a sudden commotion from the Quidditch pitch caught his attention.

Gryffindor's team and Slytherin's team got together, like there was an argument over something.