Dumbledore looked all around, seeing everyone's expressions in his eyes. He looked tired, but he still smiled and said, "Alastor, the Ministry of Magic has two Aurors here. I need to know something, I brought them."

A tall man flashed. After entering, Felix glanced at Kingsley with a serious face. Tonks followed him. She changed her short red hair today, which was stubbornly erected, which looked quite conspicuous. When Felix looked over, she waved enthusiastically.

From Tonks's open pockets, half of the blue slender glass tube was exposed. It should be the new super bubble water from the'Future World'...

Moody turned towards him The two unexpected guests grinned and laughed wickedly, "Scrimgeour sent you?"

"Mrs. Bones asked me to say hello to you, Alastor, we all care about you, yes, I have become an official Auror!" Tonks said cheerfully.

Sirius' eyes rolled, Moody said dumbly, "I hope they didn't put water on the stealth and tracking course."

Tonks gently snorted, "It's you It’s too strict."

At this time, the dark-skinned Kingsley opened the briefcase, wand gave a light wave, and a parchment flew out of it. The writing on it was densely packed, and the bottom column already contains Several handwritten signatures.

"Let’s talk about the old days, Alastor." Kingsley said in his characteristic low, slow voice: "We have tasks. The high level officials in the ministry are busy. On behalf of the Chief Ministry of Magic, the Magic Department of Magical Law Enforcement, Wizengamot, and the Auror office, I have asked questions about your experience in the past few months. They have prepared some questions...Headmaster Dumbledore?"

Kingsley is cautious Glancing at Dumbledore.

"Ah, let's go out first. Kingsley and Alastor are old acquaintances, and they won't have a conflict." Dumbledore smiled and said to everyone, and then stopped the first Snape who was about to leave. "Please wait a minute, Severus, I have a few small questions about the analysis report you gave me." Hug with Moody on the bed, "peng!" The door closed tightly.

Sirius whispered: "Headmaster Dumbledore, my substitute..."

"Sirius," Dumbledore said in a serious tone, "I won't refuse your application, but Obviously, you are not ready to become a professor yet—"

"But my grades are very good!" Sirius said angrily. He stared at Snape with a mocking expression, wishing that A fist hit him in the face.

"I'm not referring to grades, you should know that," Dumbledore said.

Sirius had a lonely expression on his face again. Harry wanted to say something for godfather, but Professor Haip on the opposite side shook his head slightly, and he had to hold back the kind words.

"Albus, Professor Moody should only be hired for one year?" Felix said softly.

Dumbledore gave a knowing smile, "Yes, Alastor has retired, I didn’t work hard for him too much, this year’s situation is special enough... I think that I will write a new job advertisement in half a year. It's really a headache."

Dumbledore and Snape walked upstairs in the outer corridor of the school hospital. It seemed that their destination was the headmaster office. Felix estimated that the analysis report mentioned by Dumbledore should be aimed at the residual potion they found in Chamber of Secrets. It is most likely that Voldemort used it to keep the body from collapsing.

But it’s hard to ask at the moment. He turned around, looked at Sirius, Harry, Ron, Hermione and Neville entire group, and asked them: "I'm going to Hagrid, you guys..."

"So are we." Harry said immediately. Ron and Hermione were nodded like a chicken pecking at rice. Neville looked around and touched his head.

"Let’s go together, maybe you can help." Felix said happily. Seeing Harry’s puzzled expression, he explained, "Hagrid’s Blast-Ended Skrewt grows too fast. The terrifying thing is that they don’t need hibernation and they are energetic. Hagrid asked me to build a few chains to prevent these aggressive creatures from not surviving the first winter..."

For Blast-Ended The young wizards, who Skrewt is no stranger to, turned pale.

They walked out of the castle and walked deep and shallow in the snow. The piercing wind pierced their thick clothes. The young wizards trembled with the cold. Although Sirius' face was deathly pale, it was more It looks much better just now.

Felix waved the wand, "Warming spell-one of the most practical magic in winter, if you don’t buy a thermostat locket."

They immediately warmed up and stepped down. Slowly, stepping on the snow has also become a winter enjoyment. Harry clicking one's tongue in wonder, Hermione asked in amazement: "Professor, what is this magic incantation?"

"Warm your body like a furnace."

"Is it easy to learn? If Have you learned whether you can achieve the effect of a constant temperature locket?" Ron asked.

"Your two big brothers asked me the same way," Felix said with a smile, "But unfortunately, it only works in winter."

Ron pouted "Now I finally understand why they are invincible in the snowball fight."

"Professor, who is Mrs. Bones?" Harry thought of the name Tonks mentioned, which was familiar.

"Amelia Bones, the current Head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, has a pretty good reputation." Felix said simply.

"Susan Bones' aunt." Hermione whispered, and Harry suddenly realized.

"Sirius, do you know her?" Harry asked his godfather. He felt that Sirius should know her from the performance just now.

Sirius thought for a while, smacked his lips and said, "I have an impression... She was four years older than me when she was in school. She was a very smart and serious witch," he muttered softly, "I seem to have She made her cry."

"What's the matter?" Hermione asked enthusiastically.

"Oh, it's been a long time..." He saw Harry looking at himself with interest, and said helplessly: "You should know that magic is not allowed in the school corridor..."

Harry they are nodded.

"When I first entered school, I showed off the magic spell in the hallway. Of course, I made some improvements... Amelia happened to see it, so she seized the opportunity to give me deduct points. She was a Prefect... "

"I don't think that Prefect should have the power of deduct points." Ron whispered, he thought of being Percy deduct points when he was in Second Year.

Sirius laughed understandingly: "Remus is also Prefect. I happen to know some inside stories. Prefect can't casually deduct points. They must write instructions for every deduct points behavior of themselves, and there are other restrictions. ...For example, Amelia only deducted two points."

"It doesn't sound like much." Harry said.

"Yes," Sirius said emotionally, "but I was not convinced at the time, and ran under her eyelids and continued to use the fluorescent curse, multi-colored rays of light flashed on her lenses... She was naturally very upset and gave me deduct points. I continued to chant. We were in a stalemate for a long time. In the end, we deducted about two hundred points?"

Harry and they stared wide-eyed.

Sirius cunningly smiled: "Actually, it was not long after school started, and the scores of each house were not high. I remember that there are only a few rubies in the Gryffindor hourglass?"

"You just escaped like this?" Harry asked incredulously.

"It's not that simple. I was locked up for a week," Sirius said nonchalantly. "But Amelia is not comfortable. I heard that she cried and finished the reports."

Harry thinks it's better not to tell Susan Bones, she admires her aunt, and Ron thinks the opposite.

"Should we hold a duel self-study group activity, Harry? The last activity was a long time ago." Ron be eager to have a try said, "We can ask Sirius to be us Guidance."

Sirius was a little moved, but still refused, "I can't enter Hogwarts casually, this time Hagrid helped me."

They came to the Hagrid cabin. Earlier, Hagrid was busy working in the pumpkin field behind the house. There were only a dozen Blast-Ended Skrewts left, but they were a lot longer, and they were still energetic even in the snow in winter.

"Are you here?" Hagrid gasping for breath said, he loudly roared, and threw forward a Blast-Ended Skrewt that broke free, and after a while he got up from the snow, everyone saw The Blast-Ended Skrewt under his body was already motionless.

"It's dead?" Felix asked.

"Not yet," Hagrid said gruffly. "Maybe fainted." He turned the Blast-Ended Skrewt over, picked up a thick rope next to it, and tied it in the middle of its body. Felix guesses it should be the waist of Blast-Ended Skrewt? If this creature has this body structure.

He approached, and lightly poked the thick shell of Blast-Ended Skrewt with a wand. Its legs stomped weakly twice, proving that it was still alive.

Felix quickly cast a spell on those chains, he said to Hagrid: "I left some gaps, but if they continue to grow, they may need to be expanded in the future."

"I see," Hagrid said gruffly. "That's good."

As they sat on the blankets in Hagrid’s hut, Hagrid was still feeling like a creature like Blast-Ended Skrewt It's a pity: "Their characters are very docile and don't hurt people very much... But they like infighting. I don't know which side is the influence. It may be Manticore. They always live alone."

Harry held it in his hands. The warm tea I was drinking is not fragrant anymore.

Felix said: "It's best not to release them first. Severus is studying the medicinal value of this creature—"

"cough cough cough!"

Neville coughed violently. "Oh, sorry..." he said in horror.

"What's wrong with him?" Hagrid asked puzzledly, reaching for patted Neville, and Neville fell to the ground all of a sudden.

Ron said very understandingly: "He might have thought of dealing with Blast-Ended Skrewt materials in the future..." With that said, Harry suddenly felt uncomfortable, and Snape always punished students for handling disgusting potion materials. It’s a habit, especially for materials that are not very precious and can be manufactured in batches.

Whether it is the slimy, soft larvae of Blast-Ended Skrewt, or the slime on their bodies, if Snape finds any wonderful use, it will definitely become a nightmare for future students.

And Harry can guarantee that these people will definitely be the first students to be victimized.

Hagrid handed over a towel, Neville took it, and the towel immediately moved on its own, and wiped it on his face, chin, and clothes, "Oh, sorry, that’s automatic cleaning. Yes!" Hagrid snatched it apologetically.

"It's okay, it doesn't matter." Neville looked pale and said.

Hagrid looked at him hesitantly and brought a plate of hard biscuits from the back room. "You can try this." Neville politely picked up one and saw Harry, Ron, and Hermione shaking their heads firmly and slowly , He put it down immediately.

Fortunately, Hagrid didn’t notice this. He was talking to Felix: “Blast-Ended Skrewt has shed some shells. I don’t know if it’s useful for you. I will leave some for you.”

Felix nodded, "This is a new material that no one has seen before, but I think it should have the characteristics of both Manticore and Fire Crab, but it’s hard to say that it’s more preferred. If it’s the former, Its value is very great."

"Mr. Scamander doesn’t tell me much. We are just discussing some tips on cultivating magical creatures," Hagrid said gruffly, "Our direction is not Too consistent...but some of his suggestions are very useful."

Harry knew that Hagrid was talking about the person in classroom 7. He suddenly thought of something and asked, "I heard that many ghosts Like it there?"

"Yes, I did see a lot." Hagrid said, "I heard that they were planning to ask Headmaster Dumbledore to find a cook. The memory is not reliable... But, They are much more active than the previous several decades."

"Do they have a who option?" Ron asked, and he was usually interested in these weird things.

"There is one," Hagrid murmured, "Horace Slughorn, the fat cultivator was very impressed by him, saying that he would slip into the kitchen for supper every night when he was in school, and never lost his meal. "

Harry knows the fat cultivator, which is the ghost of the Hufflepuff house, but he doesn't know who Slughorn is.

"Is that the potions grandmaster?" Hermione said in surprise.

"Do you know him?" Hagrid glanced at her: "Very interesting person. He was there when I was in school. It was Slytherin Head of House. Sirius must know him."

They looked towards Sirius, Sirius was sitting on the sofa holding Fang, scratching Fang's chin, and it was so comfortable that it groaned. He said slowly: "Of course I know that an old man who likes to enjoy, he formed the famous Slug Club, which brought together a lot of Death Eaters——"

"What?" Harry cried out in surprise. .

"Oh, don't worry, he has nothing to do with Death Eater." Sirius said. He saw Harry and their expressions were still very stiff, and explained, "He is an old man who loves to enjoy. I like mead, candied pineapple, three-layered upholstered sofa..." He glanced at Felix, "I bet he must be eyeing your company. I saw a chair when I went to Remus. It was his My favorite."

When talking about the chair, Hagrid's expression became abnormal, and his eyes drifted to a toolbox in the corner. A red umbrella stood beside the toolbox.

"...He has a common problem with Slytherin, he likes to get involved everywhere, he admires vanity, and he doesn't show much interest to people with no potential. Of course, it's much better than the current head."

Felix glanced at him reproachfully.

Sirius spreads out his hand, "I’m telling the truth, okay, let’s ignore some unpleasant bat spirit," he continued, "In addition to enjoying material pleasure, he also He has a magical ability to always pay attention to potential students. He has built a platform for these people to communicate with them, and he looks forward to a reward in the future. He likes this feeling."

"The Death Eater--" Harry asked.

"I said, in addition to ability, he also values ​​birth, and Slytherin is mostly who you should know." Sirius said, "There are not many who really get in by ability, but Harry, your mother counts. The best one ever."

"My mother?" Harry was shocked again. He didn't know why he was anxious to refute, but he did it anyway, "But, but she is Gryffindor. !"

"She entered by her ability." Sirius said, "Lily's potion is very talented. In the war years, her potion saved many people, especially when he was chased and killed by Voldemort. At the time, at the time, we people could only hide in the safe house, and only she was still playing a role."

His tone fell, "If she and James can survive, Lily will definitely become the most dazzling Potions grandmaster. What Snape..."

Sirius hummed twice, exhibiting one's feelings in one's speech.

"What about you guys?" Harry asked, he was eager to know more, not the Professor Slughorn, but Sirius and his parents.

"Me and James?"

"And Professor Lupin." Harry said, "I mean, Remus."

Sirius laughed: "I was, uh... more rebellious," he blinked at Harry. "I can't understand his style, especially after Regulus joined the club. I don't want to be involved in James' situation. Similar to me, but he is more because there are too many Slytherins there, and he is very hostile to Slytherin..."

"As for Remus, he is good at character and academics, but you know, His identity is a big problem."

"But I heard that his identity is confidential. During school, few people found out that he was a werewolf." Harry asked puzzledly.

"I can explain this," Felix said. "You can't expect to hide from a wizard with powerful magic power, especially when he has the identity of a potions grandmaster."

……

The next week passed very quickly. After the holidays for employees from the "Future World" company, Felix moved to Diagon Alley and spent the last few days on new products. In terms of improvement, unconsciously, Hogwarts' new semester has begun.

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