"Hermione?"
Harry whispered Hermione's name, and she looked a little... crazy.
I don't know if it was caused by her incredible class schedule or the OWLs exam that just ended.
Seeing that she didn't respond, Harry couldn't help shouting again.
"ah…"
Hermione raised her head in confusion and looked at Harry, "What...what's wrong?"
"Well, do you want to go back and take a rest?"
Harry asked cautiously - Hermione's condition turned out to be getting worse, which was something he could not even imagine before.
"No need...but...that..."
Hermione hesitated in a daze for a long time, but in the end she couldn't tell the biggest secret in her heart.
Their professor, Professor Lupine, who is extremely good in every aspect, is actually a werewolf!
She, who had a chaotic schedule, became even more depressed after swallowing this secret - the accusations brought about by this incident were too serious, and she even illegally used a time turner to observe the professor, but no matter what No matter how you look at it, no matter how you think about it, that professor is a werewolf...
'Should I tell Harry and the others this secret? '
'Should I report it to the dean? '
'Who should I discuss this with, and who can ensure that after knowing about this matter, I won't spread it casually and let it have a bad impact? '
Countless thoughts were tangled up, bringing her to the edge of collapse.
Sensing that Harry seemed to have discovered something, Hermione found an excuse to leave, almost taking away the homework she had promised them both, and wandered around the corridors of the castle in a panic.
"Sorry, Miss Granger," a voice suddenly came from the wall, startling Hermione.
She finally calmed down and realized that the sudden voice came from a ghost—to be precise, their Gryffindor ghost, Nearly Headless Nick.
Because Hermione has always brought a lot of bonus points to the academy, the academy ghost has always been very friendly to her.
"Hello, Jazz."
"You seem to be looking for something, Miss Granger - is there something missing?"
Hermione originally wanted to find an excuse to deceive this enthusiastic ghost, but in the end she hesitated and gave up.
There might be some room in the castle that could solve the mystery - after all, there's already a mysterious Room of Requirement, right?
"I have some small questions...I don't know who to discuss with..."
She considered not revealing the most important information in order to protect her professor Lupine from being harmed by this incident - as a so-called 'Mudblood' who was humiliated by Slytherin, she could understand Lupine's concealment better than others. identity reasons.
"That is a secret that is not suitable for a fellow professor to tell, because it has particularly bad effects..."
"You can't tell the professor..."
Nick hesitated - "Such a place doesn't even exist in Hogwarts, but if you are willing to listen to the advice of a person who strictly guards secrets, I suggest you go to Professor William."
"Professor William?"
"Yes, he is willing to answer questions for each deceased person, and he never reveals those secrets to anyone. He is trustworthy."
He said with certainty.
After thinking about it, he added, "And he is good at dealing with various problems. The principals trust him, and he is strong enough to face the problems in the castle!"
"Professor William?"
"Yes, that's right," Nearly Headless Nick confirmed seriously.
——
"Professor William, in this case, how difficult is it?"
Lupine sat opposite William and pushed a paper over.
The desk they were sitting on was piled with various original OWLs questions, and the ground around them was some reference papers that William had made himself.
After a brief and important conversation with Dumbledore, his original intention to stay became more determined. Therefore, he began to actively participate in the editing of the final paper, and even took the initiative Learn how to guess the minds of those who ask questions.
"For the fourth grade, I remember that many of them got zero points for being too aggressive. The scores based on the ratio you got are a bit too low. I suggest lowering the difficulty a little bit."
William quickly calculated the scores of the fourth grade and made his own suggestions.
He is very happy to share some tips on how to prepare papers with other professors, no matter who they are.
There is no need to be precious about your broom. It is a good thing that the students' grades have improved - although Hogwarts has no rivals in the UK, there is competition among so many magic schools around the world. Will there not be a Triwizard Tournament next year?
"Dong dong dong."
Just when William was giving his opinion on the questions that would be significantly less difficult if modified, there was a careful knock on the office door.
"Please come in."
Just when William pulled out his wand and was about to take some defensive measures, Lupine's voice rang out.
Just when William looked at Lupine curiously, Lupine finally discovered something was wrong - this didn't seem to be his office?
But the door had been opened, and Hermione carefully poked her head in, with heavy dark circles and doubts on her face.
Then, she quickly withdrew her head as if being burned by flames, leaving William stunned for a moment - What's going on, if you do this, my Feng Ping will be harmed!
After carefully examining his clothes to make sure there was nothing inappropriate about his clothes, William saw the paper on the ground.
'Well...it's a little scary. '
William shook his head and clapped his hands, and then the papers began to fly up and were neatly stacked on another table.
"Professor William, I will never believe that you are a young professor unless I see your face -"
Lu Ping shook his head, "To be honest, this hand can only be seen on old professors."
"You will get familiar with it after taking a few tests, Professor Luping."
William responded jokingly and shouted out the door, "Come in, Miss Granger, I have packed the test papers."
However, unlike what he thought, Hermione timidly walked in and took out the book list, "Sorry, Professor Lupin, I went to your office and found that you were not there..."
She opened a page in the book, which was a particularly remote curse.
This explanation made sense. Lupine sat on the other side of the desk and laughed.
Even a good old guy like Lu Ping would feel a little uncomfortable if his students asked other professors questions and they didn't get an explanation.
"Then let me answer it,"
William said happily, "By the way, let's see what kind of questions can stump the number one in our third grade."
"Hmm, very interesting... To be honest, Miss Granger, I now doubt that you can pass the OWLs test. This curse is something that many fifth-year students will not be involved in."
William scratched his fingers on the table, and a piece of parchment automatically floated over and landed next to his fingers.
"This is actually a variant spell, somewhat similar to the one in Transfiguration——"
William pointed his finger on the parchment, and the flying ink balls quickly formed letters on the parchment, recording what William said.
…
"That's about it."
William briefly explained a few difficult points and nodded to Hermione, "Do you understand?"
"I understand, thank you Professor."
"It's okay. It's very interesting. If you have any questions, you can come back."
William replied with a smile.
"Professor William, that is my student."
Lupine pretended to be dissatisfied and complained, and by the way, he lowered the difficulty of a question.
"Oh, sorry."
William looked at Lupine without sincerity, and also lowered his voice a little jokingly, "You can come back if you have any questions."
——
"Now...what should we do?"
Hermione walked in the corridor with a hesitant look on her face - she finally made up her mind to come over and prepare to report to Professor William that Professor Lupine was a werewolf, but Lupine was actually there!
It was like a nightmare...Who should she talk to to discuss this?
By the way, there is one more important thing!
She suddenly remembered the big flaw in her words, and quickly found a remote corner, and then pulled out the time turner in despair - she needed to go back in time and visit Professor Lupine's office in order to get the oil painting there. To prove that he really went to Lupin's office, instead of just making up a lie.
During the switch, she couldn't help but scream... she had to use it again! ! !
Braving the discomfort, she calculated her time and ran to Lupin's office, and then found an empty classroom to sit down and read a book. In the following time, she would hesitate to travel through half the castle to Professor William's office...
"Merlin's socks...Professor William really..."
She lay on the table, feeling exhausted, but her thoughts began to wander involuntarily.
Does Professor William really not know that Professor Lupine is a werewolf?
Every time there was a full moon class, Professor William came with papers to take the monthly exams - the third-year students complained for a while, but finally accepted this fact.
After all, Professor William is senior and his grades are there. Professor Lu Ping will definitely not be able to stop him if he takes a day away to take the monthly exam.
It was because of this that she stopped doubting Lu Ping at first, but the situation was getting worse and worse...
They even wrote out papers together in the same office! Does Professor William really not know the truth?
——
"Granger-san, Granger-san!"
Early in the morning, a confused Hermione was woken up by her roommate in her sleep.
This is quite a rare thing - although her character is not very popular among girls, her character as a top student often adds points to the college so that she will not be directly bullied in the dormitory.
Although this does not rule out the reason why the top students at Hogwarts are all good at fighting, she does not have the experience of being woken up by others in her sleep - this is also an important reason why she can persist even though she is near a mental breakdown.
Before Hermione could ask what happened, a newspaper suddenly appeared.
"Look at this, look at this!"
[To our great hero-'Strikeman' Lupin! ]
"As mentioned above, Professor Lupine is a werewolf!"
The magic sound reached her ears, and Hermione took the newspaper without even caring about her sleeping state, and started reading along the paragraph pointed by her roommate's finger.
"...Yes, how could I not remember Lupine? He was never afraid of hardship and was always at the forefront of fighting crime. He even anonymously sought work many times in places that might be illegal, and then looked for the evidence we needed. "
"...Before heading to Hogwarts, he had been hesitating. He was worried about hurting those children. Fortunately, we had Wolfsbane potion, but as he jokingly said, it was like boiling a pot and mixing a lot of it. Flavored beans.'"
…
"While working at Hogwarts, our beater Lupine did his duty and was unanimously loved by the professors. Our famous magical self-defense professor Lee William said that he very much recognized Lupin as a new colleague and said In terms of students' practical combat training, Professor Lu Ping's education is even better."
"'Professor Lu Ping is an extremely excellent professor with rich practical experience. He is very conscientious and conscientious. Sometimes when I go to the kitchen to find some food after doing something evil, I can see that the lights in Professor Lu Ping's office are not extinguished - —I think this is probably the reason why he can quickly adapt to the position of professor and achieve results. Last time we conducted a joint test, there were many students under his charge who received full marks in the practical test.'"
"Professor William spoke highly of Professor Lupine and said, 'To be honest, if Professor Lupine can continue to teach, I'm afraid it will be difficult for those Beauxbatons guys to continue to compete with us in the international field on self-defense magic...' "
…
"Well, Professor Lupin is a werewolf."
Hermione nodded, then looked at her roommate, lay down with a calm expression, and pulled up the blanket, "I understand, I'm going to sleep."
If she continues to worry about this, she will fail the exam! She just wants to have a good sleep now!
——
"William, there will be the Triwizard Tournament next year!"
Adams was holding a newspaper on the dining table and joking happily, "You should stay away from France recently. I'm afraid you will have to duel all the way back."
The newspaper used the speech records of Dumbledore, Fudge, William, some former strikers, etc. to express Professor Lupine's reliability and controllability on various levels - the Wolfsbane potion was mentioned several times in the report. Professor Knapp reluctantly made the news.
But among all the remarks, William's words were the most offensive - most of the students recruited by Beauxbatons are from France. Although the Muggle world and the wizarding world are not so closely connected, the two sides are indeed the same as the Muggle world. There's a feud…
The most famous humiliating move in the world, the middle finger, was made by the British and French.
"Anyway, I didn't go to France for our last exchange..."
William took the newspaper and joked, "If we don't say something that shocks the whole audience, they will probably forget about our opponent."
With this banner, it became necessary to keep Lupin - anyone could lose, but the wizard of Beauxbatons?
How is it possible? If you say you want to suppress them, you will suppress them!
How can it compare to proving that it is harmless?
Dumbledore and Fudge definitely couldn't say this, but he, an ordinary professor, said it. What's wrong with professors comparing the grades of the students they teach?