Chapter 275 Hufflepuff’s new job

She thought for a while and decided to show her hand to the current principal.

Not far away, Les looked on with cold eyes.

He found it funny when Hufflepuff said that he was omnipotent: alchemy, defense against the dark arts, and cooking were all. How dare you say that you are qualified to protect magical animals? Which of their four founders doesn’t have a lot of blood debt from magical animals? Do you really think that the Forbidden Forest at Hogwarts was given as a gift when the castle was built?

Why are these magical animals reduced to the point of being protected? Helga, don’t you have any idea?

"I won't demonstrate food magic. I'll briefly demonstrate alchemy."

Dumbledore nodded. He had long recognized the other party's accomplishments in food magic.

Hufflepuff took out his wand and pointed at the ground. A floor tile was overturned by the raised soil below, and two little clay figures emerged from the ground.

Each little clay figurine is only one foot tall. To save trouble, Hufflepuff did not give them facial features, but they were each equipped with a mini wand.

The two villains jumped on the table in front of them, and then started a duel. The fight was very lively, and from time to time, they would apply deformation spells to the desserts on the plate to aid the fight.

Looking at the little clay figurines fighting fiercely in front of him, Dumbledore raised his eyebrows: White could even teach transfiguration.

Eventually, one little clay figurine blows another little clay figurine to pieces. Mud splashed, and if Dumbledore hadn't reacted quickly, the plates of desserts in front of him would have been inedible.

"Take a look at this again." During the clay figurine battle, Helga was not idle and made a simple alchemy tool using a small spoon given by the dessert shop.

"What is this?" After taking the spoon, Dumbledore narrowed his eyes and roughly guessed its function.

"There is a very weak freezing spell attached to it, which can speed up the cooling of the food and keep the ice cream solid." Hufflepuff pointed to the bowl of ice cream in front of Dumbledore.

Because it was purely dairy-based and the weather was hot, most of the bowl of ice cream had melted by now, turning into a sticky bowl of solid-liquid mixture that would make you lose your appetite just by looking at it.

Dumbledore stirred the spoon Helga handed him into the bowl of ice cream. A trace of white steam emerged from the edge of the bowl, and then the ice cream in the bowl was frozen again.

After two "simple" spell demonstrations, Dumbledore no longer had any doubts about the level of the lady in front of him. She was qualified for several positions: Professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts, Professor of Alchemy, Professor of Transfiguration, and Professor of Cookery. .

Then what she wants to teach depends on her personal wishes.

Dumbledore told Helga about the positions currently available in the school and their situation, and said that you can choose these positions at will, and he will coordinate them after you choose them.

After thinking carefully for a while, Helga asked a question.

"Mr. Dumbledore, I heard - just rumors - that the position of Defense Against the Dark Arts professor is cursed, and teachers in this position can only teach for a maximum of one year?"

After hearing Ms. White's words, Dumbledore glanced at Rice subconsciously: Your boy must have leaked it! Otherwise, where would a person who traveled back hundreds of years hear this news?

Dumbledore hesitated for a rare moment. In recent years, it has become increasingly difficult to recruit Defense Against the Dark Arts professors in the school. The reason is that the rumor that the teaching position is cursed has spread.

Look at who the school has recruited in the past few years since Harry entered the school: Quirrell, who switched from Muggle studies with ulterior motives, Lockhart, who only wanted to teach for a year to gild himself, and the poor Ding Dong Lupine. With this lineup, one can definitely say: Who would be a serious person teaching Defense Against the Dark Arts at Hogwarts!

Every summer, Dumbledore would worry about who would be the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor for the next school year.

Teaching positions at Hogwarts are extremely attractive, except for Defense Against the Dark Arts. Most people still cherish their physical and mental health.

The reason why Dumbledore was so anxious to schedule an interview today was because Ms. White said in her cover letter that she was "qualified for the position of Professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts."

However, it seems wrong to hide it from others...

Dumbledore could only bite the bullet and tell Helga that the professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts in the school did change every year for various reasons.

"Why don't professors teach this class?"

Dumbledore told the truth and directly silenced Hufflepuff.

The reasons are really varied: some were possessed by the Dark Lord and died, some were arrested, but there are also some who ended up well and took the initiative to transfer.

Hufflepuff gave it some thought and decided to become the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor at Hogwarts. The reason is also very simple. She wants to challenge herself and try to experience the legendary "curse".

She had never encountered this type of curse before. Now that she had the opportunity, how could she not try to experience it? She didn't think this curse could do anything to her.

"It's time for this so-called curse to end with me." Helga said confidently.

Dumbledore: ...

He had heard similar words many times.

"In addition to my role of Defense Against the Dark Arts, I also want to teach some alchemy to children. No classes are needed. Just give me a classroom and I will give lectures every once in a while." Hufflepuff proposed his own Require. She thinks it's a shame that alchemy is not taught in the modern wizarding world.

Even if children don’t study in depth, it’s great to just understand it!

"You can open an alchemy club and find a time every week for students to get together. Professor Lupine and his friends have opened a dueling club before, and the response has been very good." Dumbledore thought for a moment and put forward his own suggestion.

Dumbledore was very happy to see that Ms. White was willing to become a professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts. However, considering that the burden on her shoulders was too heavy, he politely rejected her proposal to concurrently serve as an alchemy professor. He only suggested that she open an alchemy course. Arts club.

"Okay." Hufflepuff and Dumbledore reached a consensus. Then, as if by magic, Dumbledore pulled out two copies of the contract, which contained a one-year appointment as Professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts.

Hufflepuff took the contract, scanned it and signed his name - the treatment was quite generous, including food and accommodation, a monthly salary of one hundred galleons, and fifty galleons of teaching expenses. If it is not enough, you can continue to apply. At the end, it was specifically stated that all medical expenses would be borne by Hogwarts.

After Helga signed his name, Dumbledore felt a sense of relief: It's great, this year's Dark Arts Defense Professor has found his name again.

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