HP: Let professors walk towards the light

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"Professor, welcome to Tallos Manor."

Hermalena was waiting ten miles away from the manor.

"You call this place Tallos Manor?" I looked around. There was nothing much except sparse trees and one or two small houses occasionally...

"Why are you always here?" I asked her.

The end point of the last Apparition seemed to have been forcibly changed to this area. The ability to change the coordinates of an outsider's Apparition was a level of magic comparable to that of Hogwarts, and a full-coverage Confusion Spell was also set up around it.

"This is what my grandfather left behind to protect Tallos Manor." She led me towards the manor, explaining as we walked.

"I heard from Pius that how long did it take you to remove the Confusion Curse near the manor?"

I remembered the experience of struggling to move forward under the scorching sun that day while removing the curse...

"Two hours—"

"You are quite fast. Some people have tried it before and it took them five hours. So, the first magic I learned in my life was the Confusion Spell and its solution. This range magic will shift its position every once in a while, which means it will change. But there is a regular formula to solve it. But what I want to tell you today is another simpler shortcut."

She suddenly stopped and stood on a raised stone.

"This is the first one. Every few meters there will be an ordinary-looking object as a checkpoint. Find it and cast a spell on it—"

"Sharp ears and sharp eyes." The wand used by Hermalena seemed to be a second-hand wand.

"This way, the Confusion Spell two miles behind will be ineffective for five minutes." She made the sign of five with her hand.

"Two miles in five minutes?"

"It's a bit far, but you can use Apparition to reach the next checkpoint, provided you know where it is," she said.

“Is there no direct way?”

Since this is such a hassle, the Gringotts branch should be opened in your house.

"Of course there are. Let the house elves teleport directly. However, they cannot leave without the permission of their master."

"You almost starved to death at home during the holidays because of this?" Are you so cruel that you don't even leave yourself any way out?

"Well... this has never happened before, but I told them that if something happens to the only living person in the family at the manor, they are allowed to seek help from other trustworthy places and bring the person to the manor."

She scratched her head in embarrassment.

"Then we-"

"How about I take you to see the five checkpoints first." She seemed a little expectant?

"This defensive magic is the key your grandfather used to protect you, Tallos Manor, and future generations. You are not allowed to tell others casually. Has your vigilance been eaten by the foxy woman?"

"But I believe you. I told you because it's you."

"No matter how much you trust him, you can't tell him everything. The part you keep back is for yourself. Of course, you can't give everything for him. The most important thing is to take care of yourself first."

You've suffered so many setbacks, why don't you learn your lesson?

"Listen, Hermalena, as your professor, I think I need to teach you a lesson. After all, this is about accumulating social experience. When someone saves you, you can be grateful to him and want to repay him, but you can't just wear the great mask of a savior and obey him blindly just because he saved you. What's more, people's hearts and circumstances will change, and the balance of interests will always be tilted. The person who saved your life in the last second may also take your life in the next second. You must keep a hand in everything, just like these five checkpoints left by your grandfather and your emergency instructions to the house elves.

"Because I trust you, I tell you" will eventually become "I trust you so much, you actually do this." As a Slytherin, never let someone you can't trust know your full strength, and likewise, never let anyone know all your cards. Because you can never guarantee that your trust is a double-edged sword.

I won't look at the stuck point, you should just let the house elf take over."

I have come to the point, and there is no point in saying more. The rest can only be understood by you. Hermalena, even if I am your teacher, even if you have been with me for more than a year, even if I have saved your life, you should not trust me so much. Those officials in the Ministry of Magic all graduated from Hogwarts, and some of them were even promoted by Dumbledore, but I am sure that there are definitely more than one or two people who want Dumbledore to fall.

She didn't answer me, she just looked at me in a trance.

Am I being too harsh? It seems like I was the one who saved her one second and wanted to kill her the next. Should I be more tactful in this situation?

No, this is my experience. It's her blessing that I can answer her questions. Why think so much? Euphemism? That's not my style at all, okay?

Hermalena snapped her fingers without a word, and then I felt something pulling my hand, and the next second, I was directly inside the Tallos Manor.

Forget it, just let her think about it herself, she will understand eventually.

"Junior will take you to your room. If you need anything, please find her. The study in the basement is fine. I think I didn't sleep well last night, so I want to go to rest first. Please feel free to do as you please. If you need anything, just ask the house elf to call me."

Hermalena went straight upstairs, as if she was... angry.

We have all been through it once, and I hope she can figure it out. I say this for her own good. Her rebirth shows that she still has a long way to go, and she should make full use of this condition to create the greatest value, which may be the key to turning the situation around.

(If it's that fellow Potter, I don't care who he is good to or bad to, it has nothing to do with me, I can just leave it to the old bee to worry about.)

There is still a long vacation, and if possible, I can teach her how to make some advanced potions that are not included in the Hogwarts curriculum, and teach her more spells. Such practical things are like learning in vain without actual combat. I can't imagine if a war really broke out in Hogwarts, how would those trolls who can explode when making a potion survive under the hands of Voldemort and the Death Eaters.

When the time comes, if there is a sneak attack in the middle of the night, just surrender.

Suddenly I wonder if Hogwarts should learn from Durmstrang's military teaching methods?

I'll propose this to Old Bee some other day, otherwise these guys won't know what a tornado looks like after staying in the greenhouse for so long.

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