It's just a Defense Against the Dark Arts professor.

Chapter 24 Defense Magic
The early morning sun slowly rose along the outer wall of Hogwarts Castle.

Sherlock got out of bed on time at six o'clock, ready to check the teaching plan that had been simulated countless times for the last time before today's class started.

From the time he met Professor McGonagall, he experienced a meeting with the Weasleys, and finally arrived at Hogwarts to officially meet Dumbledore.

Sherlock didn't reveal any telltale or weird places from beginning to end.

But these are appetizers before the real test.

After entering Hogwarts, his Defense Against the Dark Arts class is the most attractive place.

At the opening dinner last night, Dumbledore stated very bluntly that although Sherlock was recruited into Hogwarts, he still did not have much confidence in his teaching ability.

The so-called probationary period means that Sherlock will definitely pay more attention to him in the coming time.

Sherlock didn't care about his poor performance in class, and was expelled from Hogwarts by Dumbledore angrily.

That was exactly what he wanted.

But poor class performance does not mean that Sherlock will show his obvious ignorance of magic, or the defensive magic he has studied for a long time, in class.

A person who studied at Hogwarts for seven years and graduated with excellent grades, and then worked as an Auror for more than a year, devoted himself to researching defensive magic for two years and wrote a book, if he returned to school, he would be in the end. In the field of expertise, the performance is a mess.

Unless he got Alzheimer's, it's impossible for Dumbledore not to suspect this.

So during the two months at home, apart from concentrating on getting familiar with the basic spells, Sherlock spent most of the rest of the time repeatedly reading the two books on defensive magic written by the original owner, and designated according to the research directions in the books. related teaching plans.

And today is the time to test his results.

After preparing all the materials that will be used in the first grade class, Sherlock went to the auditorium to finish his breakfast, and then walked into the classroom with books and a tied cloth bag.

Several students had arrived in the classroom at this time, among them was Ginny who had just entered school this year and was assigned to Gryffindor.

Yesterday, she was reminded by Percy, the only older brother in the school who seemed to be reliable, to come to the classroom earlier to prevent those stairs in the castle from playing tricks on the freshmen, causing them to be late for the first class.

After seeing Sherlock come to the classroom, the little girl was obviously a little excited.

With a flushed face, she walked to the podium and bowed respectfully to Sherlock.

"Thank you for the new textbook you gave me, Professor Forrest. You left before I had time to thank you last time. My mother said that I must say thank you to you when I see you at school."

Sherlock raised his eyebrows slightly.

Weasley's tutor is actually quite good, but for some reason, two troublemakers, George and Fred, came out.

But even the Weasley twins aren't bad in their nature.

"Based on my relationship with your parents, there is no need to thank you for this." Sherlock said lightly.

After the incident in Diagon Alley, Ginny also knew Sherlock's seemingly indifferent character. She made a serious promise to study hard in the future, and then trotted back to her seat.

There were more and more students in the classroom, until the class bell rang, Sherlock tapped the podium lightly with the end of his wand, signaling the chattering freshmen below to quiet down, then he picked up the roster and began to roll their names.

This is the first class for Ravenclaw and Gryffindor first-years this year.

Most of the students still don't know the magic of Hogwarts Castle. Even if they rushed to the classroom as early as possible, three students were late.

"Having a correct concept of time has nothing to do with whether you can become a successful wizard in the future, but it has something to do with whether you will be a reliable person."

"Before the class starts, I want to emphasize that I hate students who have a bad sense of time. Since this class is your first class after entering Hogwarts, I will not punish those who are late , but I don't want a next time."

Accompanied by Sherlock's warning, the three Gryffindor freshmen who were put into the classroom, who were late because they were playing in the castle, did not dare to take a breath, and carefully found them under the gaze of other students from the two colleges. Take an empty seat and sit down.

After all the students have arrived, the class will officially begin.

Sherlock didn't let them open the textbook, but looked at all the little wizards below who were looking at him, and said the opening remarks of his first class.

"Defense Against the Dark Arts, just like the name of the course, this class mainly teaches you Defense Against the Dark Arts."

"The so-called Defense Against the Dark Arts or defensive magic is actually a very general concept. As long as it has an effective protection against black magic or evil magical creatures, it can be called defensive magic."

"So defensive magic, this does not refer to a general term for a certain type of magic. Even if the famous household cleaning spell "cleaning" is used at the right time, it can also be called a type of defensive magic."

Of course, this broad definition of defensive magic was not proposed by Sherlock, who just arrived, but in the original owner's book on defensive magic, he clearly expressed his support for this point of view.

The proponent of this view was a wizard who had passed away for more than 300 years, and it has now become the mainstream view on the definition of defensive magic in the magic world.

"The Defense Against the Dark Arts course is useless in most cases in your future life, but as long as it needs to play a role, it will save your life."

"It is precisely because of this that it can become one of the main courses at Hogwarts, and it is also the subject that involves the most theoretical knowledge, spells, and actual combat."

"Perhaps the professors of each course have different opinions, but I think Defense Against the Dark Arts will be the hardest and most interesting course you will learn at Hogwarts in the future."

"In this class, in addition to learning the enemy and defensive spells besides the spell class, you also have to memorize the complicated knowledge about black magic creatures, and skillfully use every spell you have mastered."

"Because you have only officially started your magic studies at Hogwarts today, so you can't make some actual combat attempts yet. First of all, we have to start with the theory about understanding black magic creatures."

Speaking of this, Sherlock opened the bag he brought, took out a model-sized object from it, and placed it on the podium.

"Red Hat, the dark magic creature we're going to study in our first class."

(End of this chapter)