Chapter 63 Molly Weasley's Letter

Rita Skeeter's choice of parents of sophomores as her starting point is a very smart one.

Because, it can be said that most of the books on the list of first-year students at Hogwarts will be used in the second year, or even the seventh year. In fact, the only book that second-year students need is "Standard Spells (Level 2)".

It can be said that the second year is the time when parents of Hogwarts students don't need to worry about book expenses.

Like Bathilda Bagshot's "History of Magic", a book purchased in the first school year, no one would have thought that it would be used as a textbook in the history of magic class for seven years.

The same is true for Adelbe Wafflin's "Theory of Magic", which is useful in all classes except those that do not require the use of wands.

The same is true for Phyllidas Ball's "One Thousand Magical Herbs and Fungi", the only difference is that an additional "Carnivorous Tree Encyclopedia" will be added as a textbook for the Herbology class in the sixth school year.

Newt Scamander's "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" is also to be used until graduation. It is actually only officially used in the third grade, but the reason for buying it in advance is that it is more or less mentioned in other classes.

For example, the potion class requires the organs of magical creatures as potion materials.

Quentin Trimble's "Dark Powers: A Guide to Self-Defense" is also used in the defense against the dark arts class.

The potion class is undoubtedly the class with the most books used. In addition to Arseni Giger's "Magic Pharmacy and Potion", which will be used until the fifth grade, "A Thousand Magical Herbs and Fungi" is also an indispensable textbook.

For the Transfiguration class, Emery Switch's "Beginner's Guide to Transfiguration" will be used in the first and second grades.

So why Ryan sighed that Rita Skeeter's insertion point was accurate. As a new professor, especially if he himself is not famous, adding a new book as a teaching material will undoubtedly be rushed by parents.

In the original timeline, even a top-tier person like Gilderoy Lockhart, requiring all students to buy his seven books, caused some bad reactions.

For example, the Weasley family even went to Gringotts to withdraw money because of the sudden expenses.

You know, although they spend money lavishly, they never leave any spare money.

With five children in the family still attending Hogwarts, they need to buy an additional 35 books by Gilderoy Lockhart.

You know, these books are not cheap.

Even Molly Weasley, a die-hard Gilderoy Lockhart fan, couldn't help but complain.

In fact, new professors, such as the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor who changes every year, generally add additional books as teaching materials.

This is why even though this course has a curse, it was still popular before Quirrell's death.

Making money, a little risk is nothing.

Quirrell didn't do this because he was too honest and didn't go for the money.

Lockhart actually did the same thing as the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor a long time ago, except that he was too greedy.

Lupin didn't do this, and thought of him in a bad way, probably because he was a werewolf and couldn't find a bookseller to cooperate with.

Thinking of it in a better way, it was because he was poor and wanted to save money for the students.

Mad-Eye Moody and Crouch Jr. thought that textbooks were useless, so they naturally didn't buy new books.

Dolores Jane Umbridge, the most unpopular Defense Against the Dark Arts professor, chose the book "Magical Defense Theory" as the new textbook.

First, you can make money, and second, you can tame the unruly people in the eyes of the Ministry of Magic. The author of this book, Wilbert Slinka, is a pacifist. He advocates the use of passive methods to deal with conflicts and opposes the use of offensive spells, even for defensive purposes.

His book is closer to the non-resistance policy of a famous figure in the Muggle world.

And Snape, when he was the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor, chose the book "Encounter with the Faceless Monster". He didn't do it to make money, he just thought that students needed to see what was really dangerous.

Amycus, the Death Eater, was the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor in the seventh grade of the original world line.

His class became a place to punish students and teach dangerous dark magic.

There was no need for any new books.

Looking at all the Defense Against the Dark Arts professors in the past, except for abnormal professors, they actually chose new books as their teaching materials.

Therefore, Ryan was not surprised by Voldemort's choice of new books.

It is logical to choose a book that is more in line with his teaching philosophy as a textbook.

However, Ryan learned about Voldemort's ignorance of Muggle knowledge from the conversation between the youth version of Voldemort and Dumbledore not long ago.

But now, in less than a month, a book "Magic in the Muggle World" was born, and it is also a textbook for Defense Against the Dark Arts.

If it is just about the content of the Muggle world, Hogwarts also has a corresponding Muggle Studies class.

That means that the content must be very complicated. You know, the Department of Mysteries of the Ministry of Magic has also issued a notice for this.

Although they quickly cowered under Voldemort's iron fist, it didn't mean that they didn't value the content of Voldemort's new book.

That book must contain something that subverts the existing wizard worldview. It must contain content about space, rockets, and moon landing.

What exactly is in that book? Wait! Can't think. Keep it fresh! Thinking of this, Ryan didn't want to wait any longer. He pulled Penelope and Kate and walked quickly to the final stop of today, Flourish and Blotts.

Ryan, who is the unknown student's parent? Kate, who was not interested in the book written by Voldemort himself, asked about the gossip.

She knew that Ryan's news was always inexplicably wide, and Ryan would know it no matter what.

Even if he was asked what Dumbledore had eaten yesterday, Ryan would know it.

Not to mention this unknown person.

Molly Weasley. Ryan had a strange smile on his face. When Kate asked this question, he just thought about the answer.

But?

Molly Weasley is on Dumbledore's side?

And it's just one book, even if there are five people in their family, they just buy five more books. Kate's puzzled face.

Gilderoy Lockhart.

Even though he was in prison, Molly Weasley, a fan, still subconsciously had a little hostility towards this unknown professor who, in her eyes, occupied her idol position.

In fact, she would not write a letter, because the unknown professor seemed to have a good relationship with Dumbledore.

But Sirius brought her a piece of news that angered her. The so-called new teaching materials were rushed out within a month.

This is the reason. Ryan didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

After all, Molly Weasley is a traditional parent in the magic society who expects her children to work in the Ministry of Magic.

Education is Molly Weasley's Achilles' heel.