Chapter 896 School Director, Professor

When Kyle stepped into the school gate, he was greeted by an impatient Filch.

Previously, Filch's attitude towards Kyle was much better than others because of the cat named Mrs. Norris, but it changed later... probably after Umbridge came to school.

She trusted Filch very much and gave him great rights, including but not limited to confiscating items at will and looking through packages and letters.

Filch tasted power for the first time.

Until Umbridge left the school, Filch, who was knocked back to his original form, returned to his previous self, hating every student equally... and graduates.

"I don't know why the principal wants you to come back." Filch still had the same disgusting tone, "But I must remind you, don't think of doing anything bad, I will watch you..."

But before Filch could finish speaking, a huge figure knocked him away.

"Get out of the way, you old loser!"

Hagrid came up from behind and knocked Filch to the ground without even using much force.

"Welcome, Kyle." Hagrid was more enthusiastic, reaching out his big hand and patting Kyle's shoulder hard. "I really didn't expect to see you in school. Come with me. I will take you to see Dumbledore. He asked me to pick you up."

"Ah, okay." Kyle pulled his feet out of the wet and soft ground.

Doesn't Hagrid know how strong he is?

Good guy, those two blows just now almost took out his Iron Armor Curse.

Kyle looked back and saw that Chris had apparated away, so fast, as if he was completing a mission of little benefit...

As he said, he is only responsible for sending people to school, and he just needs to have an explanation.

OK.

Kyle followed Hagrid towards the castle without even looking at Filch.

"If that old loser makes things difficult for you again, you're going to beat him up." Hagrid said, "You're not a student now, so there's no need to be polite to him."

"Yeah." Kyle nodded.

"Everyone hates him, that old loser." Hagrid muttered again, "I dare say that when the mysterious man attacks Hogwarts, he will definitely be the first to rebel, just like that toad last time. Same as when I was there.

"I really don't know why Dumbledore would allow him to stay in school."

"Maybe the vice principal has his own considerations." Kyle said.

"The vice principal...oh, by the way, I almost forgot that Dumbledore has become the vice principal. To be honest, I don't feel any change at all."

"You really should have come earlier."

"What?"

"This year's Halloween dinner," Hagrid said, "Everyone thought there would be no show this year. Unexpectedly, Professor Slughorn used his connections to invite a zombie dance troupe, which was really good. "

"What a shame," Kyle said.

One incident after another lately, he didn't even know Halloween was over.

But he had never heard of the Zombie Dance Troupe, and he didn’t know what kind of zombies they were, or how they were different from the Skeleton Dance Troupe.

The two of them walked into the castle while talking.

Just like Hagrid said, the change of principal has not had any impact on Hogwarts. The students go to class as usual, chat, and play Quidditch... they are still the same as before.

"We will definitely win the championship this year!"

"Yes, victory will definitely belong to Gryffindor!"

…

Several students holding brooms walked past the two of them. They should all be new members, and Kyle didn't recognize any of them.

"Is the Quidditch match going to start?" he asked.

"Hufflepuff and Gryffindor." Hagrid said, "Gryffindor is very powerful this year. You should know the reason. After you graduate, Harry's Firebolt has no match."

As he spoke, he couldn't help laughing.

Harry and Kyle were both one of Hagrid's few student friends. Before Kyle graduated, he would always struggle with which side to cheer for every Quidditch match.

No need to worry now, just go to Gryffindor without thinking.

And Harry loved Quidditch, Hagrid could tell, but unfortunately, he never won a championship.

Harry is also in seventh grade, and Hagrid naturally hopes that he can get his own Quidditch Cup before graduation.

"Speaking of Quidditch." He turned to look at Kyle, "You should have received invitations from many professional teams."

"There are some," Kyle said.

When he went home last time, he saw a thick stack of envelopes, all of which were invitations from Quidditch teams in various positions, wanting to invite him to serve as a substitute Chaser.

Yes, substitute.

Official games and school games are two different things. Even if Kyle performs brilliantly, he cannot directly become an official player.

Unless he can be like Viktor Krum, sweeping the official players with a crushing attitude.

But Kyle wasn't interested either.

Quidditch, a game with seriously imbalanced rules, is fine as an entertainment project, but it's better not to devote yourself to it. Kyle doesn't want to fly on a broomstick for several days every time he plays a game.

So he didn't even open those letters, they just kept them intact on the table.

As for whether Harry can win the championship this year...it's hard to say.

Hagrid probably forgot that broomsticks have been unified in the school's Quidditch competition. In other words, although Harry has the fastest Firebolt, he can't use it.

…

The two came to the eighth floor, and Hagrid took Kyle to the principal's office.

"Starfish... This is the password."

The gargoyle jumped to the side.

It seems that after Professor McGonagall became the principal, even the scope of the password was changed.

When Dumbledore was the principal, the password was usually his favorite candy and sweets. As for Principal McGonagall...

Starfish... Starfish hanging upside down?

This is a classic trick of Quidditch goalkeepers. As a loyal fan of Quidditch, it is not surprising that Principal McGonagall would choose this password.

The two walked down the stairs into the principal's office.

But to Kyle's surprise, he saw not McGonagall, but Dumbledore, still sitting behind the table.

"You are here..." Dumbledore stood up happily.

"Oh, don't get me wrong." After noticing Kyle's strange look, he explained: "Minerva felt that it was too noisy here, and insisted on moving the principal's office to her original office."

Too noisy?

Before Kyle had time to ask, he heard a sharp collision.

In the portrait on the wall, Armando Dippet was holding a long-handled axe taller than him, fighting with Phineas.

The sound Kyle heard just now was made when the weapons collided.

Not far from the two of them, there was another person who was watching the fun happily... Dumbledore.

After he stepped down as the headmaster, there was an additional portrait of him here.

"It's really strange, why are there so many weapons in these portraits suddenly." Dumbledore muttered to himself, and glanced at Kyle intentionally or unintentionally.

"Do you know what happened?"

"Well... that..." Kyle's eyes dodged, "Maybe the headmasters found it somewhere else. There are many portraits in Hogwarts. Maybe there is an armory in the portrait of a knight."

"Really?" Dumbledore raised his eyebrows, "What about the paint in the storage cabinet? I remember there were a lot of them left, but when I was preparing my portrait, I only found a little."

"Maybe we remembered it wrong." Dumbledore in the portrait looked over and said with a smile: "Albus, we have been the headmaster for nearly 40 years. It is normal to remember some details wrong."

While speaking, he even blinked at Kyle, as if... leave it to me and you can rest assured.

"Maybe." Dumbledore said. "Thank you for your hard work, Hagrid, can you trouble me to find Minerva again? She should be finishing get out of class soon."

"Okay." Hagrid turned around and left.

Kyle looked Dumbledore up and down, "Let me remind you, Professor, you are only the vice-president now."

"Yes, that's right." Dumbledore said, "but some things must be discussed here. Minerva only changed her office location, and she will always come."

In such a short time, Armando Dippet had already cut a cross-shaped knife on Phineas's butt, causing him to scream in pain.

"I have to say, it is indeed much more lively now." Dumbledore in the portrait sighed, and Dumbledore outside the portrait also nodded, and quickly reached an agreement.

Kyle wanted to ask something else, but seeing that Dumbledore had no intention of continuing, he closed his mouth.

About ten minutes later, the door of the principal's office was pushed open.

Minerva McGonagall walked in from outside.

"Principal, you are here." Dumbledore stood up quickly.

Magg's eyes twitched visibly, as if she was not used to the current Dumbledore.

"Principal McGonagall." Kyle followed closely.

"You should continue to call me professor, just like we said before."

"Okay, Professor McGonagall." Kyle said, "My father told me that I can come to Hogwarts to work?"

"That's right." Professor McGonagall nodded, "I wonder if you are willing."

Everyone is an acquaintance, so there is no time to waste on politeness, and everyone goes straight to the point.

"Can I ask what professor it is?" Kyle asked carefully, "It won't be Defense Against the Dark Arts."

"As far as I know, Severus has no intention of sharing his work with others." Dumbledore said. "But if you have this idea, you can discuss it with him."

"Ah, no need, I don't want to be a Defense Against the Dark Arts professor at all." Kyle breathed a sigh of relief.

If it's not this, the others will be fine. He glanced at Professor McGonagall, "Is it the Transfiguration class?"

Professor McGonagall is the headmaster and is responsible for teaching classes. Is she too busy?

"I don't have any problem." Professor McGonagall said expressionlessly, "In my opinion, the current situation is no different from before."

Dumbledore turned his head away with a guilty conscience.

Because he had other things to do, he was not in Hogwarts for a long time, and all the school affairs were handled by Professor McGonagall.

In other words, since then, Professor McGonagall has been sharing the work of the headmaster, and even after becoming a full-time headmaster, she has become much more relaxed.

Because she no longer needs to consider Dumbledore's opinions, many things can be solved on the spot, which saves a lot of time.

"It's not the professor of Transfiguration..." Kyle couldn't figure it out now.

Apart from these two subjects, there seems to be no shortage of professors for other courses.

"It's the Alchemy class." Dumbledore said.

This answer made Kyle raise his head suddenly.

"Remember what you told me before? The trend of alchemical items becoming more and more popular in the wizarding world."

Dumbledore took out a stack of parchment from the drawer, "I thought about it seriously and went to other countries to check it out. I think what you said makes sense. Hogwarts needs to keep pace with the times."

He spread out the parchment. On it was a detailed process, including the location of the alchemy classroom, textbook selection, and even the course schedule.

"Wait." Kyle hadn't reacted yet.

When he told Dumbledore that, he really just said it casually, without any thought that it would succeed.

Why now...

"Does the school director agree?" Kyle couldn't help but ask: "Opening a new course requires a lot of galleons to support it. Have they agreed to pay for it?"

"Most of them disagree." Dumbledore shook his head. "They think that Hogwarts is already very good as it is, and there is no need to open a course that... well, can be solved with only Galleons.

"Compared to learning alchemy, they think it is more convenient and faster to buy the finished product directly."

"How many people disagree."

"Eleven."

"Then why are you talking about this?" Kyle spread his hands, "Alchemy class is the most expensive course, no one. If the school director doesn't support it, we can't let the students prepare their own materials."

"I haven't finished speaking yet." Dumbledore said with a smile: "Although the eleven school directors disagreed, one person was very interested and promised to spend a sum of money to support the plan to open new courses."

"What's the use of one person?" Kyle sighed, "The preparations, various instruments, materials, and subsequent investments all add up to at least tens of thousands of galleons. How can he come up with so much?"

"Of course, I still have a lot of savings."

…

"Wait a minute." Kyle looked at Dumbledore doubtfully, "You have savings...what does this mean."

"That school director is me." Dumbledore smiled even more happily.

"It just so happens that one of the school directors moved to Romania some time ago because he was afraid of Tom and the Death Eaters, and there happened to be a vacant seat."

"So you replaced him?"

"That's right." Dumbledore said, "The principal cannot serve as a school director, but the vice principal can. I just meet this condition."

"..." Kyle didn't know what to say for a moment.

From principal to school director... Dumbledore has been promoted. At least in name, the school director has more weight than the principal.

Kyle still felt a little dreamy. School director, if he agreed to be the alchemy professor, Dumbledore wouldn't put small shoes on him.

Can you take back those words you used to call Dumbledore 'Sir'?

"How about it, are you willing to be the first alchemy professor?"

Professor McGonagall's words brought Kyle back to his senses.

"When?" he asked, "certainly not now."

"You are right." Professor McGonagall nodded, "The course selection for the third grade has ended, and we cannot add a new course at the last minute."

"We just have this plan now." Dumbledore then added: "And under the current situation, it is better for Hogwarts to remain as it is."

"When we defeat Tom, I will go to Beauxbatons and ask Professor Victor for more specific details.

"In addition, the material conversion furnace necessary for alchemy class also takes time to make. This is a big project, and I can't guarantee that I can succeed in the first time."

Co-writing is just a plan.

After listening to what they said just now, Kyle thought that the alchemy class had already been put on the agenda. After all, it would have to wait until the threat of Voldemort was resolved.

Kyle smacked his lips, feeling a little full from eating the cake.

He also knew in his heart that this was necessary.

With Voldemort and Death Eaters watching eagerly outside, it was impossible for Dumbledore to abandon the students at Hogwarts and spend his time refining the transformation furnace.

"In that case, why did you ask me to come here now?" Kyle asked: "If you don't need to attend classes and hold a professor position for nothing, I have no problem with it."

There is no need to go to class, and there is still a salary, so only a fool would refuse... The salary of a Hogwarts professor is not low.

It's a pity that Professor McGonagall and Dumbledore are not fools, especially Dumbledore is still the school director and the one who pays.

"No, no, no, the school's funds are limited, and every Knut needs to be spent in useful ways."

Look, the stingy face is revealed right away.

"The reason why I let you come to Hogwarts is more to get you out of Tom's sight." Dumbledore explained: "You caused him a lot of trouble some time ago. I'm worried that he will become angry and desperate. Go find your trouble."

"In addition, it is not easy to be a professor well. You have to adapt in advance... At the same time, it is also an inspection by the school director."

"Okay, which class," Kyle asked.

"Ancient Runes."

Professor McGonagall said, "Bathcida plans to go on a long trip and has asked me for leave several times. However, Hogwarts cannot find a second professor who can take over the ancient runes, so I have been No consent."

"Ancient runes." Kyle thought.

He didn't expect this.

But this class is not bad, it can be said to be the easiest class in Hogwarts... There is one class per week, and students from the four houses take it together.

If the class schedule is more compact, a week's worth of classes can be completed in one day. There is no easier professor in Hogwarts than this class.

More importantly, ancient runes are also closely related to alchemy.

"I suggest you give it a try."

Seeing Kyle not speaking, Dumbledore said meaningfully: "The principals you know, including Minerva and I, have all been professors in schools.

"Whether it is salary, ability training, or improving one's reputation, this is a very good job.

"Even Tom has applied to become a professor for several years in a row."

"Okay, I agree." Kyle said: "Starting from when."

"Don't worry about this." Seeing Kyle nodded in agreement, Professor McGonagall immediately showed a relaxed smile.

"Great, I finally don't have to listen to Bathsilda coming to me again and again." She turned and walked out, "I'll prepare the relevant documents."

"Congratulations." Dumbledore also smiled and said, "Do you need me to prepare a dormitory for you? The school has teacher dormitories, which are usually next to the office."

"Ah, no." Kyle shook his head, "I plan to live next to the Forbidden Forest and be a neighbor of Hagrid, okay?"

"If you insist, of course there is no problem." Dumbledore said with a smile, "Hagrid will be very happy if he knows, he has always wanted to have a neighbor."

"That's great." Kyle said, he was also very happy.

Although living in the castle is convenient, it is restrictive, so it is better to live outside.

The Forbidden Forest is large enough and the environment is good. Except for the Care of Magical Creatures class, there are basically no students to disturb him.

Living anywhere is much freer than living in the castle.

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