Professor McGonagall's words completely shocked Sherlock.
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 not decided, with the character of the original owner as a problem child, it was 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 that Sherlock should look like this.
After all, he has already 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, then Dumbledore did have a new Defense Professor candidate, and the other party had agreed."
Sherlock stared at Professor McGonagall without blinking and asked tentatively.
"So there was an accident with the defence professor who has been confirmed for the new semester this year?"
Professor McGonagall nodded and explained.
"That's right, it turned out that the appointed professor of defence class was Gilderoy Lockhart."
"A month ago he was proven to be a liar, using the memory charm to steal the experiences of other wizards, falsely claiming the as his own stories, and writing them into biographies to make a profit, and because of this, he became a star in the wizarding world."
"But not long ago, a victim broke his disguise. He has now been detained by the Aurors of the Ministry of Magic. In two days, the Wizengamot will hold a trial against him in the wizarding court."
"Although the official result has 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 the current position."
Even if Professor McGonagall said it very euphemistically, the current Sherlock is not the problem child of the past.
Of course, he could hear from this euphemism that Dumbledore's decision to make himself a defence professor for the new semester was completely helpless.
Because the school semester is approaching now, and the professor who had been identified before has been arrested, so the class must not be cancelled, right?
So he had no choice but to choose among a small number of candidates, and he chose Sherlock, who had long since desired this position.
After all, although the original owner has personality flaws, his knowledge of magic is indeed vast.
Otherwise, it would not have been easy to be accepted by Auror Command, the department with the most stringent recruitment requirements in the Ministry of Magic.
But this made Sherlock, who had just transmigrated, bewildered.
Not to mention that he doesn't even know half of the magic, it's basically impossible to teach students in his current situation.
There is a big problem with the position of professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts.
Is that the defence against the dark arts professor position was cursed how would normal people dare to take up this post?
Even Sherlock, a novice who has never read the original book or the movie at all, knows that seven defence professors have been replaced in the seven books.
But if you refuse, what reason should you use?
The original owner's eagerness to return to teach at Hogwarts, and the performance of running to harass Dumbledore at the start of 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 the position. She directly handed the letter of appointment and a ticket to him and then warned him.
"You have to decide 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 train on the first day of school. ."
After saying these words, Professor McGonagall got up and drew out his wand at the same time.
Before leaving, she said to Sherlock with a smile.
"May Sally bless you, Sherlock, goodbye at Hogwarts."
As soon as she finished speaking, she disappeared into the living room.
After she left, Sherlock silently stared at the letter of appointment in his hand, with the words "Professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts" so conspicuous.
After a long time, three words slowly popped out of his mouth.
"Damn it all!!!"
...
Hogwarts, during the summer vacation, the students have already left this ancient castle, making the usually noisy corridors become 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 pyjamas, was crouching at the table, handling official documents.
After seeing Professor McGonagall come in, he raised his body and took off his crescent-shaped glasses a little tired.
"Forrest has already received the letter of appointment?"
"I handed it over to him." Speaking of which, Professor McGonagall hesitated as if she 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 ideal and come to Hogwarts as a professor.
But to be honest, with Sherlock's problematic character, coming to a school like Hogwarts as a professor would be irresponsible to the students.
Dumbledore said calmly.
"He always wants us to realize that he is no longer the unaccompanied, lonely child he used to be. The recognition he needs can't be from me, but himself."
"Teaching students with his knowledge, seeing students' efforts, and receiving students's gratitude will make him realize this sooner."
"Besides, his defensive magic level is indeed stronger than that of many wizards, isn't he?"
He got up from his chair and walked to the wall covered with portraits of former principals with his hands behind his back.
I don't know if 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."