Homecoming from Hogwarts

Chapter 42 Many Expectations
As we all know, in Hogwarts, if a secret is known by more than one student or professor, depending on how explosive the news is, the news will spread to even Hagrid within one to three days. A dog named Yaya knows it all.

That evening, Harry, who hadn't gotten off his broomstick all day except for going to the toilet, even relied on a few beef pies brought by Ron for lunch, heard the surprising news.

"Mr. Blaine is going to be our Defense Against the Dark Arts professor, is it true, Ron!"

In the lounge of the mansion, almost everyone was discussing this matter. Harry limped and hurried past several cheering seniors, and went straight to the sofa where they often discussed issues. Besides En and Neville, even Seamus and Dean were here.

"Just an assistant professor, Harry."

Ron squeezed his way to Neville to make room for the exhausted Harry,
"This news first came from Hufflepuff, and I thought it was a joke at first, but on the way back from delivering your food, I heard Ravenclaw's Blocher in the hall. We are also discussing this matter with Dupin, and it is said that Malfoy has already checked with Snape."

Ron frowned in disbelief, "To be honest, I still don't understand how this happened!"

"But that's a good thing, isn't it?"

Neville carefully expressed his opinion, and when he found that everyone was looking at him, he immediately shrank his neck, his tone became hesitant,
"I mean, that's an investigator, and he should know better than Lockhart in dealing with black magic!"

Harry and Ron looked at each other and didn't answer. It's hard to say in terms of teaching level, because they haven't seen it before, but in terms of duel, judging from the level Lockhart showed in dueling class last year, Lockhart No matter how good Hart is at sycophancy, he may not be able to catch up with Mr. Blaine in the first grade.

At this time, the twin brothers who had just come in also high-fived each other happily after hearing the news, and warmly congratulated that their great adventure was about to set sail again.

Neville looked confused, but both Harry and Ron knew what that meant, and if Mr. Blaine became an assistant professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts, it meant he couldn't stare at his magical The monitoring, for Fred and George, can be regarded as the sky and the moon.

boom!
Hermione, who walked over suddenly, threw the tomes in her arms on the coffee table, almost crushing the coffee table. She unceremoniously squeezed to Harry's side, and Neville, who took up the most space, had to stand up. stand up.

"Where have you been, haven't seen you all day?" Ron asked, frowning, staring at Hermione, who seemed to be in a good mood.

"Where could it be, Ron, of course it's the library, I've missed classes for a whole month, and I have to race against time to get back." Hermione rolled her eyes, as if she thought Ron asked a stupid question,

"By the way, what were you talking about just now?"

"About Mr. Blaine's job as a professor assistant," Harry said cautiously, "we are discussing why this happened. Wasn't his purpose of entering Hogwarts to capture the heir of Slytherin? Why? Suddenly it will be related to this class."

"Perhaps, he has quietly dealt with that heir." Seamus speculated with wide-eyed eyes.

This kind of speculation is untenable. Anyone knows that if Mr. Investigator really ends the Chamber of Secrets incident, then the school will definitely publicize it with great fanfare.

"It's also possible that he has given up on this plan. Think about it, how can a young wizard who comes out of nowhere be able to solve things that even Headmaster Dumbledore can't solve. Perhaps, he wants to take advantage of the fact that he has not yet been accepted. Headmaster kicked out of school to find a chance to make some money. As far as I know, professors are still well paid."

This equally absurd guess comes from Dean. Dumbledore is not a guy to be fooled. If Amosta Bryan really has such a shameful plan, then Principal Dumbledore will definitely see through it. At least Harry is Think so.

"What do you think?"

Harry was very happy to see that at least in this circle, no one still regarded him as the heir of Slytherin. He rubbed his numb crotch and hesitated to guess, mainly because he was afraid that his opinion would anger Hermione.
"I have dealt with Mr. Blaine once. He is a powerful wizard. He chose to be the professor of this course. Is it possible?"

hiss.
Everyone except Hermione and Harry gasped, Ron stared at Harry in horror, and stammered,

"You mean Quirrell is his thing, oh, Harry, I remember the first time you heard that."

"You overestimated his strength, Harry!"

Dean was the first to express his objection. He said sharply, "I can't see that he has such ability!"

Except for some diehard fans, Gilderoy Lockhart is best at making up stories and flattering horses, which is almost the consensus among young wizards.

It's not easy to be the heir of Slytherin, like Lockhart, Ron, who has always hated him, can't convince himself that Lockhart has this ability.

"...I know, it's hard to believe,"

Harry wasn't too sure about himself, either.
"But if it's just a disguise, it's like Quirrell. He also deceived everyone at the beginning. Otherwise, I can't figure out why Mr. Blaine would take this hard work. He is also a student of Hogwarts. It makes no sense. Being a professor of this class mostly doesn't end well, I mean, he might have spotted something, but he didn't."

Harry couldn't continue because his voice was muffled by Hermione's heavy coughing.

Everyone looked at Hermione whose face changed from happy to ugly, and Ron asked in surprise,
"What do you think, Hermione?"

Hermione glared at Ron bitterly, then raised her chin haughtily,
"This morning, I went to Professor Lockhart's office"

"Are you going to Lockhart's office?"

Ron immediately interrupted Hermione, "Don't you already have one of his signatures, do you want another one?"

Harry immediately kicked Ron to remind him to shut up.

It doesn't matter whether Lockhart is suspected or not, and it doesn't matter why Hermione went to his office. The important thing is that in the next few years, he will have to rely on Hermione's help to complete the two courses of potions and history of magic. After homework, if Hermione is completely pissed off now, there will be no way for him to survive in the future!
In the middle of the night, Harry lying on the soft four-poster bed squinted his eyes, his mind was full of the murderous voice, his own Parseltongue, Dobby's warning, and Malfoy's news that the Chamber of Secrets had been opened 50 years ago. He is probably the person in this school who is obsessed with this matter the most. Unless the murderer is caught and the Chamber of Secrets incident is completely over, he will not be able to completely relax.

"—but how is that possible, Harry?"

Ron next to him turned over and said in a low voice,

"How could a wizard like Bryan be a fan of Lockhart? In order to get close to Lockhart, he became his assistant. Oh, Hermione's idea is so ridiculous, it's impossible, the things written in his book are true Oh, no, I don't believe that!"

"I don't know either, Ron."

Harry also squirmed and faced out the window. He stared at the brilliant galaxy, letting the hazy drowsiness erode his consciousness. Before he fell asleep completely, Mr. Blaine's excessively young face flashed in front of his eyes, recalling that handsome With an impressive gentle smile and lavender eyes on the face, he muttered,

"But at least we can look forward to this course"





　still have a fever
　　
　
(End of this chapter)