Hogwarts: I graduated before the system came

That night, the common rooms of the four colleges were brightly lit...

Under the persuasion of other prefects and Defense Against the Dark Arts class representatives, Hermione and Percy had to step forward and give everyone guidance on how to do their homework.

The Weasley twins, who had already finished their homework under Percy's coercion, retreated to their dormitory early, holding all the Defense Against the Dark Arts exam papers from last year (Gryffindor edition only) that they had exchanged with their classmates.

The two of them got inspiration from "Seven Years of T.Five Years of O.L." and planned to compile a set of answers based on these test papers and then sell them to their classmates.

After all, in order to ease the relationship with Peeves, they spent a lot of their pocket money, so of course they had to find a way to earn it back.

Chapter 181 Morning Run

After the banquet, Douglas went to the principal's office.

Dumbledore then looked at Douglas carefully and asked curiously:

"Do you feel any discomfort?"

Douglas blinked and said with a smile:

"I feel great and full of energy."

Dumbledore broke the two sticky popsicles apart, handed one to Douglas and said:

"Well, I'm glad to see you in the second year. This will save me a lot of trouble in the future. You know, there are so many rumors out there right now, and it's hard to find a new professor.

By the way, Professor Lupin wrote to me a while ago saying that a Patronus token you gave Harry captured a Dementor... You always have a lot of strange ideas and thoughts."

Douglas took a bite of the old ice cream and frowned slightly. It was a bit too sweet. Then he explained to Dumbledore:

"That's one of my ideas. Since it's a talisman, it can't just resist some simple black magic. But I can't make a spell that can directly resist the Killing Curse yet, so I thought of a way.

Capture a living being into the space I created in the amulet. At the critical moment, that living being can help Harry resist the Avada Kedavra curse.

Originally, I hadn't decided what kind of living thing to keep in the amulet. After all, keeping a living thing alive is not an easy task.

But because of this accident, I suddenly feel that Dementors are a very suitable choice...

Professor, the Ministry of Magic wouldn't want this Dementor back, would it?"

Dumbledore ate the ice cream with great satisfaction and said indifferently:

"Oh, of course not, unless they can find the Dementor themselves..."

It is obvious that Dumbledore has no good feelings towards Dementors.

Early the next morning.

When Douglas arrived at the open space in front of the castle, he found that Professor Lupin was already there.

Douglas noticed that the other person's eyes were always looking in the direction of the Whomping Willow.

"Good morning, Professor Lupin."

Lupin turned around and said with a smile:

"Good morning, Professor Holmes."

Although he was wearing a tattered robe and looked a little weak, his confidence and politeness always made people ignore his poverty.

At this time, a dozen students came out of the castle, each looking very tired.

Some of them participated in the morning run last semester, and some are new.

Douglas took a quick look and found that most of the people there were couples. Most of them hadn't seen each other for a whole summer and were flirting with each other.

When they saw Douglas, they greeted him:

"Good morning, Professor Holmes."

Only a few people greeted Lupin.

Lupin also responded with a smile, not caring about the students' reactions.

Douglas frowned slightly and said:

"Although Professor Dumbledore has already introduced it last night, I still want to emphasize again that Professor Lupin will be responsible for your morning jogging and exercise from now on.

Of course, if I have nothing to do, I will also participate, but everything still revolves around Professor Lupin.

Although this course is not mandatory and does not count towards class hours, I still hope that you can promote it more on campus and actively participate in this course.

I believe you all noticed what happened on the train yesterday. Apart from the students who drove away the Dementors, none of the other students who participated in last year's morning run fainted or pretended to be dead..."

Douglas talked for nearly five minutes, and in a word, "Morning jogging is good, morning jogging is wonderful, and morning jogging does not fear Dementors."

The students also agreed with a smile that they would actively promote the benefits of morning jogging in school.

Douglas smiled and said nothing, then looked at Lupin.

Douglas had already told Lupin the basic process of morning jogging, so he naturally knew what to do.

Lupin skillfully took out the form he had prepared long ago and said confidently:

"Hello everyone, my name is Remus Lupin, and I am your tutor. Apart from morning jogging, if you encounter any learning problems in your spare time, you can come to me for help. I will do my best to help you.

Next, please introduce yourselves. I will register here..."

Douglas looked at this scene and couldn't help but sigh, who said Lupin was just a simple good guy.

None of the people who could become influential figures in Hogwarts and fight against Voldemort's forces in that era were simple people.

With this operation, the students who appeared here today automatically became the first group of students to sign up for the morning run.

Douglas looked around the Hogwarts territory. Every few distance, there was a Dementor wandering there, staring greedily at the Hogwarts Castle, as if there were some extraordinary delicacies there.

Then Lupin began to take his students for a morning run around Black Lake.

Because it had just rained last night, the humidity was still very high near the Black Lake. I was almost soaked after walking all the way here.

After seeing the students' reactions, Lupin raised his right hand, and suddenly a flame ignited in his hand.

Lupin threw the flame in his hand forward like a bowling ball, and the flame immediately turned into a huge fireball.

It flew slowly forward along the open space beside the Black Lake. Where the fireball passed, there was no trace of burning on the ground, but the grass covered with morning dew suddenly became dry.

After flying far away, the fireball suddenly disappeared in the air.

The students were immediately shocked by Lupin's move, not only because of his strong control over magic, but also because of his extremely beautiful wandless spellcasting.

Although it seems that he is not as good as Sherlock Holmes who can cast various spells with just a snap of his fingers, Lupin is not something that ordinary people can do.

Suddenly, there was warm applause from the crowd. This was the first time they looked the new tutor in the eye.

Seeing this scene, Lupin couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and a smile appeared on his pale face.

He had performed the same wandless spell on the train yesterday, but hadn't seen such an effect. He had thought that students nowadays were ignorant.

But then I remembered that the passengers in the carriage yesterday were either almost third graders or almost second graders, so it was understandable that they had no idea about casting spells without a wand.

What he didn't know was that the people who sat in the same cubicle with him yesterday were basically numb to Douglas's wandless spells, so they didn't react for a while.

The morning run began, with Douglas and Lupin leading the way side by side.

To the students' surprise, the frail-looking Professor Lupin was able to keep up with Professor Holmes' pace, and seemed to do so with ease.

When the sun was about to rise, Douglas stopped.

The students also stopped.

Lupin had heard Douglas mention before that this ritual took place during the morning run, using the charm of the rising sun to induce positive emotions in the students.

As soon as the rising sun left the distant mountain, it quickly leaped up. In an instant, the gorgeous clouds became golden. The sunny side of the forbidden forest immediately flashed a dazzling golden color, and on the shady side, a layer of strange golden green gradually emerged from the gray shadow.

Golden ripples appeared on the surface of the black lake, until the morning sun covered the castle with a vibrant golden hue...

Lu Ping looked at the scene in front of him quietly, and couldn't help feeling an inexplicable warmth rising from the bottom of his heart.

I have been hiding from place to place and suffering from people's contempt for so many years. It has been a long time since I last appreciated the beauty of the rising sun.

I still remember the four teenagers who sat exhausted on the floor of the Shrieking Shack. When the morning sun shone through the cracks in the wall and hit their faces, they looked at each other and burst into laughter...

Chapter 182: So pitiful that Percy couldn't bear to complain

After the morning run.

Douglas invited Lupin to have breakfast in his office, but he declined.

Douglas smiled, without forcing it.

When he returned to the office, he saw that Dobby had already prepared breakfast, and Sirius had turned into a dog, lying on the window looking outside.

After seeing Douglas come in, Sirius changed back to human form, sat at the tea table, forced a smile, and asked in a low voice:

"Just now... Remus... are you okay?"

Douglas grabbed the bun and said:

“I invited him to breakfast, but he declined.

But judging by his previous reactions, he has too much on his mind.”

Sirius looked out the window and said nothing for a long time.

Douglas ignored him and said to Dobby with a smile:

"Dobby, go to the Daily Prophet later and bring back our gold Galleons..."

Hearing Jin Galleon's name, Wangcai, who was still sleeping in the treasure bowl, quickly jumped out, stood on Douglas's shoulder, and looked around.

Dobby happily took out a gold Galleon and handed it to Wangcai.

"Good morning, Wangcai."

Wangcai grabbed the gold galleon and shook hands with Dobby very friendly.

It learned this set of moves from Harry.

When Harry, Ron and Hermione walked into the Great Hall for breakfast, they immediately saw a gloomy-looking Draco Malfoy.

He and Ron deliberately walked past the Slytherin table and said loudly in a pretentious voice:

"What, what do you think he is?"

Ron cooperated very well, showing a look of horror and running away screaming.

This scene left the other students around puzzled.

But Draco's expression became even uglier.

He stood up, glanced at the staff, and when he saw that Douglas was not there, he said angrily:

"Po Te, if you have the ability, don't rely on Professor Holmes. Do you dare to compete with me alone? Between wizards..."

Before he finished speaking, Ron took over and said disdainfully:

"Malfoy, you wouldn't have forgotten what happened two years ago, would you? Oh, it seems you really have forgotten, otherwise you wouldn't have said the same thing twice.

Draco Malfoy, you are running away from the battle and you are not brave enough to duel..."

Not to mention students from other colleges, even Slytherin students looked at Draco Malfoy with contempt.

Draco was also confused for a moment. When the first grader had played a midnight duel with Harry, he was complacent at first and thought that the other party was a fool.

But when the senior students of Slytherin found out, they taught him a lesson. In the eyes of the proud pure-bloods, since the duel notice has been issued, they should go all out. Even the shrewd Slytherins would not allow anyone to insult the sacred wizard duel.

Just when Draco didn't know what to do.

Pansy Parkinson, a Slytherin girl, stood up, pulled Draco back to the Slytherin chair, and said in a somewhat sharp voice:

"Draco, don't pay attention to what he says. An orphan who suddenly finds a powerful relative will inevitably become insane with joy..."

George and Fred suddenly rushed over, one put his arm around Harry's neck, the other around Ron's neck, and said to Draco:

"Oh, you have to learn to sympathize with those timid classmates."

"When the Dementors came on the bus yesterday, Mr. Malfoy rushed into our compartment."

“I almost peed my pants…”

Fred gave Draco, who was shaking with anger, a disdainful look at him.

Harry let out a long "oh":

"Oh~ I finally understand why he didn't come to the midnight duel. He was timid and afraid of the dark..."