Hogwarts and the Holy Grail War

"Mom? Why is it you?"

"Why is it me? You had so much fun with your friends last night that you even forgot how you crawled back home, right?"

The beautiful woman with a slender figure picked him up, stuffed a formal suit into his arms, and scolded him with her hands on her waist:

"I've told you so many times to adjust your schedule, but you won't listen. Hurry up and get up, wash up, and change your clothes! Today is your first day at work. If you don't get up now, you'll be late and let those students laugh at you, right?"

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OK, the book is over. It’s a dream ending. Spread the flowers~ (happy)

Okay, okay, I’ll stop being naughty. To know what happens next, please stay tuned for tonight’s update.

By the way, here is Xiao Mo's maid outfit~

Chapter 230: Dream encounter...

"What's wrong with me?"

Ethan stared blankly at his face in the mirror, drops of water on his face dripping down his chin into the sink.

It was not what he looked like in his previous life, nor was it exactly what he looked like as a teenager after traveling through time. It was as if he had naturally grown up to adulthood after traveling through time. And because of the hangover, his face looked extremely haggard.

No, I... where did my past life come from? I am just an ordinary person, growing up in an ordinary way and living a stable life. Isn't it always like this?

Time travel and stuff like that... I'm not young anymore, and now I've passed the civil service exam. My life is gradually getting on track, and it's time to throw away those immature, second-year fantasies.

He picked up the razor and skillfully shaved off the stubble on his chin, changed into a formal suit, walked out of the house, and followed the navigation on his mobile phone on his electric scooter to his workplace.

"Hogwarts Experimental School, Municipal School?"

Ethan looked at the school gate in front of him with large gold-plated characters, then looked at the address on his phone and rubbed his temple with a strange look on his face.

I always feel like something is wrong.

"Welcome Teacher Ethan to join our big family. Our school is in need of energetic young talents like you!"

In the conference room, the foreign principal Mirabell Garrick welcomed the students in fluent Chinese and led the applause. The arms raised the waves on the mountain above the waist and below the neck.

The other teachers also clapped their hands in agreement.

Ethan stared at Principal Garrick. He felt that the face in front of him was very familiar and inexplicably intimate.

How should I put it? It just makes me want to ask her for New Year's money. (crossed out)

No, it’s just the first time we meet, it would be really rude to keep staring at others like that.

Ethan silently withdrew his gaze.

"What's wrong, Teacher Yi? Are you nervous?" After the meeting, Principal Garrick slowed down and followed Ethan, smiling and asked, "There are no classes scheduled for you this morning. You can go and listen to other teachers' classes first."

"Thanks for the reminder, Principal Garrick." Ethan smiled politely, "I'd better go to my workstation and pack up my things first."

"We are all members of the school now, so we don't have to be so reserved in private. Although we are a bilingual school, the teaching staff are almost all from the UK, and they know very little about the teaching situation in China. Having a local like you join us really solves our urgent needs. Maybe we will often consult you about this matter in the future."

Principal Garrick winked playfully:

"Also, from now on, just call me by my first name, Mirabelle. I'm not treating you specially, everyone else in the school calls me that, and I'll ignore you if you continue to call me by my last name."

"But Principal Garrick, this doesn't seem to suit our side..." Ethan watched Principal Garrick turn around and walk away, and hurriedly shouted, "Principal Garrick? Principal?"

Ethan hesitated for a moment, then tried to shout again: "Principal Mirabell?"

"Well, what's the matter?" Principal Mirabell turned around immediately and asked with a smile, "Is there anything else you want to ask, Teacher Yi?"

"For real..." Ethan rubbed his temple helplessly.

"This will be your workstation from now on. If you need anything, just go to the logistics department and get it."

Cassandra Worley, the head of the teaching and research group, pointed to a table near the door and said in a slightly cold tone: "Although you are a newcomer, it does not mean that I will relax my requirements on you. The assessment standards for all teachers in our group are the same."

"Also, there are one or two troublemakers in your class who might give you trouble. Don't keep anything to yourself if it happens. Just tell me directly. I and other teachers will help you."

"Thank you, Mr. Wally. I'll trouble you to bear with me when the time comes." Ethan replied politely.

"...You're welcome. As your team leader, this is what I should do." Cassandra coughed lightly, then turned around and fled.

Ethan watched Cassandra leave the office, frowned, and was stunned for a while before sitting down at his workstation.

"Why, are you obsessed with Cassandra?" The teacher at the next workstation leaned back in her chair and looked at him, smiling, "But don't even think about it. There are so many people lining up to pursue her, how could it be your turn?"

“That’s right…” Ethan laughed, not knowing whether it was self-deprecating or relieved. He turned to look at this acquaintance he had known for half a year.

"I didn't expect to meet you here again, Alanna. Oh no, I should call you Teacher Shannans."

Half a year ago, when I was walking at night, I saw a few thugs harassing such a weak woman at the entrance of an alley. The words they used and their frivolous attitude were simply outrageous.

I didn't know what was going on at the time. I, who had always been timid about this kind of thing, believed that less trouble is better. Suddenly, I became very brave. I picked up a brick from the roadside and rushed forward, fighting six thugs alone and driving all of them away. However, I ended up with a bruised face in the chaos.

As expected, the two of them became familiar with each other and their feelings quickly heated up. At her suggestion, I resigned from the tutoring institution and concentrated on taking the formal teacher recruitment exam, and then naturally I was admitted to this school.

"Just call me Teacher Xia. I have a Chinese name here." Teacher Xia tucked the short hair on her cheeks behind her ears, then pushed her glasses and smiled softly, "Xia Jingyue, how about it? It's a good name, right?"

"It's a good name. I like it very much." Ethan nodded. "As expected of someone who can teach Chinese, you have a high level of cultural literacy."

"Virtue!" Teacher Xiao Xia gave him a glare, then asked with a smile, "Then to celebrate your official start of work here, how about going out for lunch together at noon?"

Ethan agreed without thinking: "Okay, then I'll treat you."

After coming back from lunch, Ethan declined Teacher Xiaoxia's invitation to sit in her dormitory for a while. He returned to his workstation, turned on his computer, and typed the word "Hogwarts" into the search box of the browser.

The doubts in my mind will soon be answered.

Nearing the time of his first class, he finally found all the answers he was looking for.

"Sure enough."

Ethan closed the tab with his mouse, pinched the bridge of his nose, leaned back in his chair and took a long breath, looking tired.

Then the next step will be easy, I just need to...

"Ding dong~"

A long string of messages popped up on the phone, sent by his mother.

[Master, come home early for dinner tonight. Your father has returned from the East China Sea (grin) (grin)]

[Don't just come back by yourself, remember to bring Xiao Xia back with you. We've known each other for so long, at least let us meet formally. Your dad has been thinking about this for a long time (rose)]

[On your first day at work, you must be humble. If you don’t understand something, ask other teachers for help. Don’t let go of your arrogance (grin)]

[If you still find teaching difficult, I will arrange for you to have dinner with your Aunt Haiyan when I come back. She is an old teacher at the No. 1 Middle School in the city, so she can teach you a little bit.]

Ethan's hand holding the phone trembled slightly, his Adam's apple moved slightly, and he replied briefly, "I know," then grabbed the textbook and went to class.

"Okay, that's it for this class. Harry, Ron, Seamus, you guys have to write an extra 500-word essay about the eraser you put on the door frame, and hand it in tomorrow morning. get out of class dismissed."

After finishing a day's classes, Ethan ignored the wailing and gloating noises coming from behind him, and returned to his workstation to pack up his things.

"You look good, Teacher Yi?" Teacher Xiao Xia looked at him with a smile, "I thought you would have a hard time dealing with those kids."

"It's okay. After all, we've all been that age, so it's easy to understand what they're thinking. And I feel like I can get along pretty well with them." Ethan shrugged and turned to look at Teacher Xiao Xia. "By the way, you tonight..."

"I didn't expect you to be so capable, Mr. Yi." Cassandra came to his workstation at some point, crossed her arms over her chest, and looked at him with interest. "You can actually handle those naughty kids. I'm impressed."

"I just can't bear to trouble Mr. Wally, so no matter how difficult it is, I have to bite the bullet and deal with it myself." A look of helplessness at being interrupted flashed across Ethan's face, and he answered neither humbly nor arrogantly.

"...You are quite capable." Cassandra snorted coldly, then blushed and asked in a low voice:

"By the way, I wonder if you are free tonight? I want to talk to you about some work matters in private, and have dinner together..."

"Hey, Teacher Yi, are you free tonight?" Principal Mirabell pushed the door open and said, "I'd like to invite you to dinner and ask you about the academic situation in China..."

"I'm sorry, Teacher Yi has been invited by me first. Could you please tell us who comes first, Aunt Mirabelle?" Cassandra turned around and sneered, with a hint of sarcasm in her words.

"Kashan, I'm doing this for the future development of our school. You have to understand the overall situation." Principal Mirabell's head had several blue veins popping out and he forced a smile. "Also, how many times have I told you, don't call me auntie. I'm only a few years older than you."

"But you are indeed my aunt, Aunt Mirabell." Cassandra said innocently, "You can only blame your father for being so close to my grandfather."

"You little girl are looking for trouble, aren't you?"

"Oh, Aunt Mirabelle's Chinese has improved a lot recently. She can even speak this kind of localized spoken language fluently."

Ethan ignored the two quarreling enemies and muttered to Teacher Xiao Xia beside him with his head down:

"Are you free tonight? My mom wants to invite you to our house for dinner. And I also think it's time to take you to formally meet my parents. After all, we have known each other for such a long time."

"...Okay, I'll go." Teacher Xiao Xia nodded and agreed with a red face.

"Okay, then let's leave quietly and don't make any noise."

The two of them crouched down and walked around the office one after the other, avoiding the two people who were arguing and went out through another door.

"Oh, Xiaoxia is such a pretty girl. Sanmu, look at you, you got such a bargain." At the dinner table, Yi's mother gently held Teacher Xiaoxia's hand and could never get tired of looking at the girl in front of her.

"Mom, I've told you so many times, don't call me by my nickname now that I'm this old." Ethan said with a frown, "And you make it sound like Alanna is some kind of promotional item. Doesn't that make me uncomfortable?"

"That's right, Lao Lu, if you don't know how to talk, just say less." Yi's father took another sip of wine and laughed heartily, "Xiao Xia, you see, we've already met, when are you going to decide on the marriage?"

"Go away, you still have the nerve to criticize me!" Yi's mother looked down on her husband mercilessly, then turned around and put on a smile to Teacher Xiao Xia, "Xiao Xia, don't take it to heart, my husband is just like that, he doesn't know what to say. You young people should take your time, we are not in a hurry."

After three rounds of drinks, the floor clock at home chimed nine times, and Teacher Xiao Xia stood up and said goodbye:

"Uncle and aunt, I'm glad to have such a pleasant chat with you. But it's getting late, so I'll take my leave today. I'll definitely come and bother you again when I'm free in the future."

"Oh, okay, okay. Take care, Xiaoxia. You can come over anytime you have time. Uncle and auntie always welcome you." The old couple smiled brightly, turned around and said to Ethan with disdain:

"Sanmu, go see Xiaoxia off. Don't just collapse after dinner, go out for a walk more often."

Ethan, who was washing dishes in the kitchen: ???

Do you two want to listen to what you are saying?

"Your parents are quite interesting."

The two of them walked slowly on the sidewalk, fingers intertwined.

"I'm glad I didn't scare you," Ethan smiled. "They've been waiting for me to bring someone home. I can introduce you to them today, which puts one of my worries to rest."

"Hate, what are you talking about?"

"Nothing, I just thought it would be nice to introduce you to them." Ethan looked up at the crescent moon surrounded by bright stars in the sky, with a nostalgic look on his face, "I haven't had dinner with them for a long time, today really makes me feel satisfied."

"The moonlight is so beautiful tonight..."

The school was not far from his home, and Ethan quickly sent Teacher Xiao Xia back to the school dormitory. Seeing the light on in her window, he breathed a sigh of relief, turned around and slowly walked back home.

When passing by a jewelry store that was still open, Ethan stopped and went in to buy a hairpin.

At home, Yi's mother took over Ethan's job and was washing dishes in the kitchen.

Ethan poked his head out of the kitchen door: "Mom?"

"What's wrong? If you have to fart, do it now!" Yi's mother asked casually without turning her head.

"I saw a pretty hairpin on the street, so I bought it for you." Ethan showed the hairpin he had been holding in his hand, "I'll put it on you."

"Why not use this money to buy Xiao Xia two pieces of jewelry? Why are you wasting money on an old woman like me?"

Ethan helped her put on the hairpin and said with a smile, "My mother is naturally beautiful. In my eyes, she will always be 24 years old."

"You just talk nonsense!" Yi's mother said with a smile, looking at the hairpin on the back of her head in the reflection of the kitchen range hood. "It's really pretty. Please take a picture for me and I'll post it on WeChat Moments to show your aunt Haiyan and the others."

"Okay." Ethan nodded in agreement, took his phone and took a photo carefully, "It's just that I don't have money now, so I can't buy you anything nice. I'll buy you something better when I get paid next month."

"Goodbye. If you have more money, go get in touch with Xiao Xia. Don't neglect such a good girl and let her run away. Your father and I are already satisfied that you have a stable job."

Yi's mother took the phone and started to nag again: "Although we just said that there is no rush, it is better to settle your affairs quickly, while your father and I are still young and can walk and let you take care of the child. Oh, you don't know, those confinement nannies hired outside don't care about their own children, and they can do anything conscienceless..."

"mom……"

Yi's mother seemed to be in a good mood: "What's wrong?"

"Thank you for raising me. Thank you and dad for everything you have done for me over the years." Ethan suppressed his sore nose and bowed deeply to her solemnly.

"Why are you so jealous? You're already such a grown-up, and you don't even feel sick of it." Yi's mother scolded with a smile, pointing to the garbage can piled up at the kitchen door, "If you have nothing to do, go and throw away the garbage. Your dad got drunk today because he was so happy, and now he's lying in bed and can't even move."

"Okay mom, I'll go now and be back soon."

Ethan carried the garbage bag out of the door and gently closed the security door. The scene in front of him instantly shattered like a mirror.

It's time to wake up.

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