bacchusnovels Chapter 105 A teacher will debate with me.
Chapter 105 A teacher will debate with me.
"Professor, what happened?" Fred asked curiously, noticing Sean's gradually relaxing brow.
Sean waved the envelope in his hand. "I will no longer be the professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts next semester."
"what?"
"what!"
"No!"
The young wizards present gasped in surprise, exchanging bewildered glances with expressions of disbelief on their faces.
George opened his mouth wide, as if he could swallow an egg, his eyes wide with astonishment.
"Professor, are you kidding me?" Fred took a while to find his voice, looking at Sean with a hint of expectation.
Sean gently shook his head, his voice calm and firm. "No, Fred, I'm not joking. This is a decision that Dumbledore and I have made after careful consideration."
"But...but..." Ron couldn't help but say, his eyes reddening as he thought about his time with Professor Sean this semester.
Although Professor Sean usually assigns a lot of homework, although Professor Sean can be very strict at times, although Professor Sean...
"Is it Lockhart?" George, snapping out of his reverie, recalled the news published in the Daily Prophet recently. He suddenly interrupted, his tone clearly displeased, "That narcissist..."
George wanted to say something, but noticing his mother's gaze, he swallowed his words.
Sean pressed his hands down slightly and said gently, "If all goes as expected, Professor Lockhart will be teaching you about Defense Against the Dark Arts, but I..."
He paused, then continued, "But I will not leave Hogwarts."
"What do you mean?" Fred asked, puzzled.
"I will be a professor of Muggle Studies next semester."
"Muggle studies?" Fred repeated, sounding somewhat surprised.
"Yes," Sean nodded. "I've always been curious about the Muggle world and hope to learn more about their culture and technology."
"I believe that as wizards, we not only need to master magic, but also need to understand the Muggle world so that we can better integrate into society and better protect ourselves."
Although the answer surprised the young wizards, they were still relieved. As long as Professor Sean hadn't left Hogwarts, they would still have a chance to meet—as long as they attended Professor Sean's elective classes.
Fred scratched his head. "Although I don't quite understand why you, Professor, are interested in Muggles, I'm confident you can teach this course well."
"Thank you for your trust, Fred," Sean smiled. "Actually, there's a lot we can learn from the Muggle world. Their technology, culture, and ideas offer us a completely new perspective. By studying Muggle studies, we can not only broaden our horizons but also better understand the relationship between Muggles and wizards, which is something I've been pondering."
“That sounds interesting,” Ron said. “I’ve always been curious about what life is like for Muggles.”
"That's great," Sean encouraged. "I'm sure you'll learn a lot from this course. I'll also do my best to give you a deeper understanding of the Muggle world."
Hearing Sean's words, Arthur wiped his mouth with a napkin and affirmed, "Muggle technology is developing rapidly, and there are many things we can learn from it, for example..."
"That car?" Molly joined the discussion with an unfriendly tone.
She gets angry whenever the car is mentioned; it almost cost Arthur his job!
Their entire family now depends on Arthur's meager income. If Arthur loses his job, she can't even imagine how they will survive.
However, she was perfectly at ease with either Lockhart or Phillips as the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor.
No one is better suited to teach children how to protect themselves than these two experienced adventurers...
After lunch, Sean returned to his bedroom and began replying to Dumbledore's letter.
He racked his brains but still couldn't figure out what books the young wizards should buy for his course.
"100,000 Whys"?
Perhaps it's a good choice.
However, this book is difficult for some people living in the wizarding world to access, so he decided to pay out of his own pocket to order a batch from the bookstore to take to school.
After doing all this, he continued to study the goblins in the garden and the books on "alchemy" and "ancient runes" that Arthur had given him.
(The 5000-word learning process and the 500-word introduction to ancient magic script, which readers may not be interested in, are omitted here.)
Time quickly passed to the morning of three days later.
As the family was enjoying their usual delicious breakfast, several owls flew in.
As they were dropping off the letters, one fell next to Ginny. While picking it up, Ginny glanced at Sean and accidentally knocked over her bowl of porridge, making a loud noise.
It seems like every time Sean comes into the house, Ginny always manages to knock something over.
She crawled under the table to pick up the bowl, and when she came out, her face was as red as the sunset.
These letters also came from Dumbledore, one for each of the five young wizards—each containing a list of the start date of school and the books needed for each subject in the new semester.
Sean noticed that although the young wizards were in different grades, they all used remarkably similar textbooks for their Defense Against the Dark Arts class:
"Breaking Up with the Ghost" by Gilderoy Lockhart
"Wandering with Ghouls" by Gilderoy Lockhart
"A Vacation with a Mother Demon" by Gilderoy Lockhart
"Walking with Trolls" by Gilderoy Lockhart
"Sailing with Vampires" by Gilderoy Lockhart
"Wandering with Werewolves" by Gilderoy Lockhart
A Year with the Tibetan Yeti, by Gilderoy Lockhart
The moment Sean saw the book list, he immediately thought of Whitshard Books' financial statements for this quarter—if such a thing existed, their numbers for this year would look fantastic.
Fred finished reading his own list and then peeked at Harry's.
"As expected, everyone's the same; they all want to buy Gilderoy Lockhart's books," Fred said.
“Those books aren’t cheap,” George said, glancing quickly at his parents. “Giddro Lockhart’s books are really expensive…”
"Oh, we'll figure something out," Molly said, looking a little worried. "I think Ginny can buy a lot of her things secondhand."
"No need," the two brothers said in unison, then quickly glanced at Sean and said to Molly, "We'll take care of our sister's school supplies. As for our brother..."
The two of them didn't finish their sentence, yet it seemed as if they had.
With Sean present, they didn't even have to explain the source of the money to Molly—the professor handled the explanation for them.
Sean knew that the money came from the GG fees on their wizard cards.
He just hadn't expected the two brothers to use the money in this way.
Under the watchful eyes of several people, Sean, who hadn't done this in a long time, pulled out a small notebook from his jacket pocket (he always carried it with him, no matter the occasion) and quickly took notes:
Lockhart.
Because of their own selfish interests, some wizarding families who were already struggling financially have faced even greater hardship.
It even nearly destroyed the two young wizards' right to pursue their dreams.