HP: Let professors walk towards the light

"So, why is this guy always hanging around my place?"

Sirius Black sat on the sofa and expressed his opinions with a dissatisfied look on his face.

"Of course, I don't want to stay in this house full of dog smell, but instead of sitting around watching my movements all day, you might as well think about the content of your substitute class during the full moon. As a senior professor, I suggest that you tell a good story about werewolves."

"Why, are some people jealous that I became a substitute professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts?"

"Why do you think Dumbledore would rather have Lupin be a professor and you be just an assistant?"

Blake was actually so proud of himself for getting a small assistant teaching position. How stupid.

August is almost over, and if I hadn't been unable to find Hermalena, I wouldn't be squatting in a place like this.

I came back empty-handed when I went to Tallos Manor that time. It was as if Hermalena had disappeared from the face of the earth. No one had ever seen her. I even thought that she had gone to the Muggle world, but that was like looking for a needle in a haystack.

Really, what on earth is she doing? I told you to stay away from the chaos, but I didn't tell you to disappear, did I? I feel like Hermalena is preparing something dangerous.

"Severus, don't be nervous. I'm sure that outstanding child will not miss school without reason."

Dumbledore said lightly, I have tried to reduce my purpose of coming to Black to "wait and see", and I know that I can't hide it from him, but so what? I am also a master of brain occlusion after all.

The last letter Hermalena wrote before she "disappeared" was sent to Potter. According to the information I overheard, Hermalena has successfully mixed in with Potter and his gang. I absolutely don't believe that there is no plan or purpose.

I told Dumbledore the whereabouts of the Horcruxes in the Gaunt mansion. This information was enough for him to make some preparations before Voldemort was resurrected. There were two reasons why he didn't let me destroy them myself: either he wanted to do something behind my back, or he wanted to do something behind my back.

He had already noticed that I was hiding something, so naturally he would be reserved from me. That's okay. I just had to make my attitude clear to him. No one would reveal everything when working together.

Before was before and now is now.

We are all smart people, and I have my own considerations.

However, he was right. Regardless of whether she dropped out or took a leave of absence, she had to write a formal letter and submit it to me, unless she was really stupid enough to skip school without any scruples and expose herself completely.

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Look what I see, an old acquaintance I haven't seen for a long time.

"Good night, Professor."

"...Good night."

Although she didn't go to the point of ignoring me directly, she just didn't ignore me.

"Perhaps I could find out where you went during this long vacation?"

She looked up at me and said:

"Have you been to my house?"

I nodded slightly.

"I'm sorry that I couldn't treat you well and made you come here in vain." Hermalena didn't answer my question directly, and correspondingly, I wasn't in a good mood either.

"so what?"

"So this is my personal problem. Maybe it's traveling abroad, maybe it's discussing cooperation, or maybe it's something else. In short, I think even the headmaster of Hogwarts doesn't need to know so much about where every student is going during the holidays."

Tsk, are you determined to act alone? You won't even talk to me?

"Hemalena, you know what I mean, but you still want to keep it from me at this time? As your only insider, I need to understand you."

"You already know me well, don't you? I am nothing but arrogant and rude. You are right, but you should focus more on Potter. I have sent the Gaunt ring to Dumbledore anonymously. You can relax a little. Dumbledore will hold the chips in his hand tightly. It is a foolproof plan..."

"I apologize to you for what I said."

——At that time, I didn’t pay much attention to what Hermalena said. It was a long time later that I realized something strange was going on.

Hermalena seemed so surprised by what I said that she didn't react for a moment.

Although it was the start-of-term dinner, it was inevitable that some students would occasionally wander around outside, so I simply pulled Hermalena over and took her to the cellar office.

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"Allow me to repeat myself. What I meant is that I'm sorry for the rude judgment I made towards you before the holiday. It was a bit cruel of me to put such pressure on you knowing your situation."

Yes, I am the immature one.

She didn't answer me, and of course I didn't demand a response, but at least I said sorry. It's up to her whether to accept it or not. I just hope that she can have me in her future actions. Maybe that's enough.

"I won't ask you what you did during your vacation. It's just a few things. But protecting yourself is the most important thing. Just follow Merlin's arrangements for the rest."

What the ending is...it doesn't matter, Hermalena, you've done very well. There's no need to force yourself to change anything. Nothing is absolutely perfect.

"understood."

The person in front of me nodded, and I knew that there was a good chance that she would get involved.

After that night, I no longer used the excuse of confinement to ask Hermalena to come to my office at night or other rest time to "monitor" her. After Lupin started working, I needed to keep an eye on his condition at all times during the full moon. At the beginning of the month, I had to start preparing and brewing the extremely difficult wolfsbane potion and force him to take it a week in advance, and then lock him up in the Shrieking Shack during the full moon.

Making sure he didn't forget to take his medicine or transform into a wolf and wander around campus definitely added to my workload.

However, when I was not in the office, someone would occasionally take over the wolfsbane potion I was working on, which undoubtedly made my job a little easier. At least I didn't have to stay up late every day because of time constraints.

I refused anyone to visit Lupin in his werewolf state, but there were always a few ignorant little guys, and that dog. A mere assistant teacher actually shouted at me, trying to protect his beloved godson, right?

Then let us congratulate Mr. Potter and add another month of detention, whether it's going to the Forbidden Forest or cleaning the washroom. Since you like night walks so much, I will be merciful and satisfy you. The black dog is so protective of you, so why not just stay with you every night? Filch has plenty of work to do.

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You asked why he stopped updating? Ah Bei, with a righteous and dignified manner, held his head high and chest puffed out... knelt down and said: No! But I still gave him a shot of prevention...

The experiment has been restarted, and I haven’t reviewed for the Level 12 exam in December yet, and I’m busy thinking about the subject matter of my next book.

It's good to be busy, everyone is busy...

But, see you tomorrow!