Just a Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor

Sherlock was completely taken aback by Professor McGonagall's words.

He never thought that the position of professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts would really fall on his head.

Let's not talk about whether there is a confirmed candidate for this year's professor position.

Even if it is really not determined, with the character of the original owner as a problem child, it is impossible to choose him!

He is full of problems all over himself, so he can teach a good student like this?

The shock shown by Sherlock did not let Professor McGonagall find anything unusual.

Instead, she thought Sherlock was supposed to look like this.

After all, he has applied for this position for three years, and Dumbledore has never agreed to him.

Even if he went to Hogwarts again three months ago, he didn't get a satisfactory result.

And this time, he suddenly brought him a letter of appointment, if he wasn't surprised, it would be a strange thing.

"I know you're very surprised by this," Professor McGonagall explained to him. "Three months ago, when you heard that Quirrell had an accident this year and went to Dumbledore to apply for a job, at that time Dumbledore does have a new Defense Professor candidate, and the other party has agreed."

Sherlock stared at Professor McGonagall without blinking and asked tentatively.

"So there is an accident with the defense class professor who has been confirmed for the new semester this year?"

Professor McGonagall nodded and explained.

"That's right, it turned out that the professor of defense class was Gilderoy Lockhart."

"A month ago he was proven to be a liar, using the oblivion spell to steal the experiences of other wizarding adventurers, falsely claiming his own stories, and writing them into biographies for profit, and because of this he became a star in the wizarding world. writer."

"But not long ago, a victim pierced his disguise. He has now been controlled by the Aurors of the Ministry of Magic. In two days, the wizarding court Wizengamore will hold a trial against him."

"Although the official results have not yet come out, all the evidence has been enough to prove that his future career will be spent in Azkaban."

"There are still less than two months before the new semester starts. Under such circumstances, Dumbledore believes that only you can be qualified for this current position."

Even if Professor McGonagall said it euphemistically, Sherlock was not the problem child of the past.

Of course, he could hear from this euphemism that Dumbledore's decision to make himself a defense professor for the new semester was completely helpless.

Because it is now approaching the start of the semester, and the professor who has been identified before has been arrested, so the class must not be missed, right?

So he could only choose among a small number of people, the taller among the dwarfs, and chose Sherlock, who had long admired this position.

After all, although the original owner was flawed in character, his magical knowledge was indeed solid.

Otherwise, it would not have been easy to be admitted by the Auror Command, the Ministry of Magic's most stringent recruiting department.

But this made Sherlock, who had just crossed over, bewildered.

Not to mention that he doesn't even know half of magic, it's basically impossible to teach students in his current situation.

The position of professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts alone is problematic.

Is that a professorship that a normal person would dare to take a post on?

Even Sherlock, a novice who had never read the original book or the movie at all, knew that seven defense professors had been replaced in the seven books.

But if it is rejected, what is the reason?

The original owner's eagerness to return to teach at Hogwarts, and the performance of running to harass Dumbledore every year, had completely blocked his way back.

Now Sherlock really can't find an excuse to reject this offer.

Professor McGonagall never thought that Sherlock had any intention of rejecting this position.

She directly handed the letter of appointment and a ticket to him, and then warned.

"You have to decide now as soon as possible the textbooks you will use for your class, and be sure to send me the list of books by Owl before August. If you plan to take the Hogwarts Express to school, you can use this ticket to board the bus on the first day of school. ."

After saying these words, Professor McGonagall got up and drew his wand at the same time.

Before leaving, she said to Sherlock with a smile on her face.

"May Sally bless you, Sherlock, and goodbye at Hogwarts."

As soon as she finished speaking, she disappeared into the living room.

After she left, Sherlock stared silently at the letter of appointment in his hand, the words of the professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts on it were so conspicuous.

After a long time, three words slowly popped out of his mouth.

"Wang Defa!"

......

At Hogwarts, during the summer vacation, the students had already left this ancient castle, leaving the usually noisy corridors deserted.

Professor McGonagall, who had just returned to school, walked straight into Dumbledore's headmaster's office.

Dumbledore, with a grey beard and dark blue pajamas, was crouching at the table, handling documents.

After seeing Professor McGonagall come in, he raised his body and took off his crescent-shaped glasses a little wearily.

"Forrest has already got the appointment letter?"

"I personally handed it into his hands." Speaking of which, Professor McGonagall hesitated, as if he had something to say.

Dumbledore saw what she was thinking and said with a smile.

"Don't worry about Minerva, if you have any good proposals, you can put them to me."

"Do you really think Sherlock is suitable for the position of professor?" Professor McGonagall frowned slightly.

Because she has some relationship with Sherlock's mother, she is really happy that he can fulfill his dream and come to Hogwarts as a professor.

But to be honest, with Sherlock's problematic character, to be a professor at a school like Hogwarts would be irresponsible to the students.

Dumbledore said calmly.

"He always has to realize that he is no longer the unaccompanied, lonely child he once was. The recognition he needs has never come from me, but himself."

"Teaching students with their own knowledge, seeing students' efforts, and harvesting students' gratitude will make him realize this faster."

"Besides, his defensive magic level is indeed stronger than that of many wizards, isn't he?"

He got up from his chair and walked over to the wall covered with portraits of the former principal with his hands behind his back.

Whether it was to the headmasters who were humming softly, or to Professor McGonagall, Dumbledore said softly.

"His talent is very good, just like his mother. His character flaws should not be a hindrance to his future. We need reliable friends, so this experience of teaching at Hogwarts, I hope that he will mature as soon as possible. stand up."