Just a Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor

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 really not decided, with the character of the original owner as a problem child, it is 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 does have a new Defense Professor candidate, and the other party has agreed."

Sherlock stared at Professor McGonagall without blinking and asked tentatively.

"So there is an accident with the defense 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 defense class was Gilderoy Lockhart."

"A month ago he was proven to be a liar, using the oblivion spell to steal the experiences of other wizarding adventurers, falsely claiming his own stories, and writing them into biographies to make a profit, and because of this, he became a star in the wizarding world. writer."

"But not long ago, a victim broke his disguise. He has now been controlled 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 defense professor for the new semester was completely helpless.

Because the school is approaching now, and the professor who has been identified before has been arrested, so the class must not be missed, right?

So he had no choice but to choose among a small number of shorties, and he chose Sherlock, who had long admired this position.

After all, although the original owner has flaws in personality, his knowledge of magic is indeed solid.

Otherwise, it would not have been easy to be accepted by the Auror Command, the department with the most stringent recruitment requirements in the Ministry of Magic.

But this made Sherlock, who had just crossed over, bewildered.

Not to mention that he doesn't even know half of 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 a professor position that normal people would dare to take up a post?

Even Sherlock, a novice who has never read the original book or the movie at all, knows that seven defense 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 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.

"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.

"Wang Defa!"

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Hogwarts, during the summer vacation, the students have already left this ancient castle, making the usually noisy corridors seem 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 pajamas, 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 personally handed it over to him." Speaking of which, Professor McGonagall hesitated, as if he 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 to realize that he is no longer the unaccompanied, lonely child he used to be. The recognition he needs has never come from me, but himself."

"Teaching students with their own knowledge, seeing students' efforts, and harvesting students' gratitude will make him realize this faster."

"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."

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