Chapter 569 Principal Dumbledore

The staff room of Hogwarts is different from other offices. There is a large wardrobe at the door. In the closet are the robes and hats that professors need to change into during class. Occasionally, there are a few Boggarts. etc., it can be regarded as something new.

Professors after class, when they have no intention of returning to their offices to deal with some personal matters, often gather here, either to play two games of wizard chess, or to play Thunderbolts or something, during Quidditch. During the league, they can also gather together to discuss the current status of the team they support. After chatting happily, they disperse to their respective offices to deal with the next homework or marking assignments.

If something new happens in the school, it will be even more interesting here - in recent years, there have been a lot more topics than before, but it is probably inseparable from the Gryffindor Weasley brothers, and the pranks between the two are close. It is the top level of Hogwarts in the past ten years, and interesting things are naturally indispensable.

But most of the people talking here are ordinary professors, and dean-level professors are generally unwilling to get involved in campus gossip discussions, but this does not mean that they do not know - the oil paintings everywhere in Hogwarts Everyone is well-informed, and from time to time they go to their dean's office to tell them what the students have been up to today.

After William entered Hogwarts, he integrated quite well here. Although the position of self-defense professor was regarded as expendable by many professors, he still made friends. A year later, now that he had successfully survived the curse, he had naturally become a member of the occasional gossip in the staff room.

Although some professors at the dean level still find him unhappy, fortunately he does a good job in this position. Although the fifth-year courses are a bit boring, the results are real, which makes this kind of Boring classes became the norm.

But not all dean-level professors are so boring. Dumbledore is the only person who comes to listen to interesting things in the school without having the slightest dean's demeanor.

He is tall, his beard and hair are all white, and the nose on his face seems to have been broken and rejoined. Although he is the principal, he does not do any work on a daily basis, as if the principal is someone else, or even Often missing. He always smiles when talking to people, and even the twins can occasionally make some modest pranks.

Because he had never seen him use black magic and was so powerful that everyone admired him, everyone respectfully called him the strongest white wizard.

But it happened that this most powerful white wizard had been in trouble recently.

Now as soon as he shows up, there are many professors holding application forms and smiling at him, "Principal, it's time for my application to be approved!"

He took the form with a look of embarrassment, and then took out the approved form, "This is what was approved yesterday. Just handle it accordingly."

Another group of professors came over and said, "Principal, there are not enough teaching tools over there!"

The first white wizard's eyes widened, "Didn't I just buy a batch of parchment yesterday?"

"It was used by Professor William, and he organized another joint examination!"

Dumbledore pressed his forehead, "Of course you need paper for the exam. I'll write another letter and get a batch. What else, ink? Herbal medicine?"

His face was full of helplessness, which made the professors feel a little ashamed, but more professors rushed over with application reports. Suddenly, the entire desk was filled with documents that needed to be reviewed.

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"Albus was very organized when he was a professor. Unfortunately, before he became the headmaster, Professor McGonagall came to the Transfiguration Office at Hogwarts. That's okay. Grindelwald was making a lot of noise. At that time, Dumbledore was busy dealing with Grindelwald all day long, and later he was busy cleaning up the mess, leaving all office work to Professor McGonagall..."

Moody was spreading knowledge with William and others in the self-defense office.

"With Dumbledore taking over as the principal, it was originally a good opportunity for training, but Voldemort has risen again. He can only disappear in the school from time to time to organize clubs to deal with Voldemort. I was also in that organization before - busy all day long. He's very arrogant and disappears from time to time."

"At the beginning, Professor McGonagall was not very willing to get involved in this, but as time went by, Dumbledore was often away from school, so he had to bite the bullet and do all the work."

Moody said as he opened a chocolate frog, "Speaking of which, Albus is a real headmaster. He has been working hard and fighting to protect Hogwarts, but he really hasn't done many things as a headmaster. .”

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"Albus, are you really the Headmaster of Hogwarts?"

In the principal's office, when Dumbledore was worried about the papers piled on the table, Phineas Nigellus Black on the wall looked at the helpless Dumbledore and laughed a little sharply.

"Do you have any doubts about this matter, Phoenix?"

Dumbledore raised his head, even though the current situation was not very good, he was still calm.

"Of course, a little bit - how come you haven't even learned the basic skills of a principal in handling documents?"

Real injury is the most real injury - Dumbledore has always been calm, but at this moment his mentality is a bit broken.

"Let me help you deal with it..."

However, to his surprise, Oil Painting actually volunteered, "You just need to do me a small favor, once again urge my great-great-grandson to get married quickly and fulfill the obligations of a Blake..."

This logically wasn't a mean deal by any means, but it stuck on Dumbledore's side.

Clearly, Dumbledore was hesitating - which was worse, learning to handle this stuff from scratch, or letting Phoenix handle the files?

This is a bit insulting to say, but it is an ironclad fact. Phoenix is ​​the worst headmaster in the history of Hogwarts - although Dumbledore wants to take advantage of it, this is too much to shirk responsibility...

During Dumbledore's hesitation, Phoenix immediately thought of this. He cursed, then returned to his oil painting frame, and began to shut himself in...

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"Professor William, can I trust you?"

When William took the list of supplies from the self-defense office to declare (mainly the magical creatures Lupine wanted to use), Dumbledore looked at the declaration and then put it down. Instead, he stared at William with a serious look on his face. .

?

what happened?

William was startled by Dumbledore's posture. What's going on? Is this Voldemort coming? Or is Dumbledore planning to form a secret society? Or, what secret did Dumbledore decide to reveal? Or even - is there any news about the last Horcrux?

"Of course, Professor."

He responded decisively, although Dumbledore was a bit careless in handling school affairs these days, no one could deny the fact that Dumbledore was the first white wizard. To be precise, if it hadn't been for Professor McGonagall's responsibility this time It was too fast, and Dumbledore wouldn't be in such a hurry.

"That's great. Will you protect this school seriously?"

"Of course, Professor."

"Then, will you protect the students and think about them as much as possible, Professor William?"

"always like this."

The Dark Lord is about to show up, can we find a way to kill him?

William couldn't even hold back his excitement. He really wanted to kill the Dark Lord.

"Great, come and help me handle these documents, Professor William!"

? ? ?

William's eyes widened, he looked at Dumbledore, and counted the days - confirming that it wasn't April Fool's Day yet.

"Yes, you can, Professor, but I'm not good at it."

"It's okay, just for the time being. Minerva is only on vacation for a month. Professor William, you don't want the students to go hungry, right? Yesterday, you didn't think about Peeves' prank and the kitchen didn't prepare enough food..."

'I think the twins are involved, but there are so many Gryffindors in detention that I can't confirm...'

William thought silently, but looking at Dumbledore, he decided not to cause trouble.

The twins would graduate in a month or two, and since the prank wasn't too much, he decided to turn a blind eye - Professor McGonagall came back to report together.

It's not that he thinks of Dumbledore, it's that Dumbledore who took over hastily is too far behind Professor McGonagall...

"I think you are right, Principal."

William nodded, and then added the most crooked word in the world, "But..."

"But Professor McGonagall is not just taking a vacation. Do you think that if she finds out that you have shared the principal's work with others, will Professor McGonagall give herself another month of vacation..."

Dumbledore glanced at the pile of documents and sighed again, with a look of regret in his eyes, but he did not bring up the topic again.

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"Transfiguration class..."

When Dumbledore appeared in the fifth-grade classroom, all the students, even Harry, a student who had received small-group training from the principal, seemed extremely eager.

Professor McGonagall threw away all the fifth-year students' homework there in a fit of anger, but this would not be considered irresponsible at all - there was nothing that could be done, the substitute professor was too powerful.

The students looked at Dumbledore eagerly. They had seen enough magical transformations in the last class, but they greedily wanted more...

However, under the expectant gazes of all the students, their principal, their substitute professor, and the temporary head of Gryffindor, Dumbledore, with a kind face, revealed something that made everyone fear from the bottom of their hearts.

It was the same style of paper bag as Professor William, and he took out the same style of paper from it.

The students were panicked, but Dumbledore shook his head, "I haven't studied fifth grade education issues for a long time, but I have roughly read them. These papers are still very good for training."

After one class, amid the screams of many fifth-year students, Dumbledore left with his papers.

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In the days when Professor McGonagall was away, Gryffindor's time was wonderful and sufficient.

Temporary Dean Dumbledore was dealing with problems in the school all day long and was very busy. Even the matter of Gryffindor's confinement basically fell into Filch's hands - but that punishment and the absence of Professor McGonagall Compared with the joy of , it is really far behind.

As the Easter holiday approaches, the students who have gradually become accustomed to Dumbledore's slightly slower work efficiency finally talk about the reason why Professor McGonagall takes a sudden leave during their chat.

Logically speaking, the fact that the person concerned should have left should have been exposed as soon as possible, but Professor McGonagall was too powerful, and it was delayed until now - and this was instigated by the boldest Gryffindor.

"Why did Professor McGonagall suddenly think of taking a vacation?"

"Hey, isn't it true that Professor Dumbledore has piled up too many documents that he hasn't been able to deal with?"

"Um?"

"I heard that it was witnessed by the professors in the Self-Defense Office. There seemed to be some kind of meeting over there that required the principal's participation. Professor McGonagall got angry when he couldn't find the principal. It's an international meeting, that can be postponed. ?”

"Just drag it, that's Dumbledore..."

"It's true, but it is said that Professor McGonagall wanted to contact him for an international competition or something - otherwise the professor from the Self-Defense Office wouldn't have gone..."

"What about that?"

"Get angry, then quarrel, take a vacation directly after the quarrel, and leave the matter to Dumbledore..."

"Then when do you think the professor will come back?"

"Huh? Isn't it good now? Isn't life better during this period than when Professor McGonagall was here?"

Gryffindor, who had provoked the topic, asked back.

"It's not that it's impossible, I just feel like...something's missing..."

"What's wrong, Mr. David?"

A familiar voice suddenly sounded, and the boy named David even found it a little difficult to breathe.

Although it is almost Easter, the wind outside is so cold, as if winter has not passed yet!

"Professor McGonagall."

He tried his best to say hello with a good-natured expression.

"Well, you too."

Professor McGonagall nodded and walked towards the castle.

"Didn't you say that Professor McGonagall is on leave for a month? There are still five days left!"

"Merlin's beard, God knows!"

"It's over. Go call the twins, someone will die!"

"Quickly, go to Filch and fulfill the confinement first!"

The Gryffindors were in a mess - they used their excellent intelligence to find out that Professor McGonagall would not return to school for a few days, but now the intelligence was wrong!

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"Dun, dun, dun."

There was a knock on Dumbledore's office.

"Please come in and put the documents on the table. We will respond within a week - of course, I suggest you contact Minerva. She is about to finish her vacation."

Professor McGonagall, who could not help but nodded when he saw Dumbledore's busy state of handling documents, suddenly put away the smile on his face.

"Ah, Minerva!"

Dumbledore smiled sincerely, as if what he just said was not his.

"It's been hard work, Albus. I'm back from my business trip. I'm relieved that everything is fine at school. I'm going to visit places like Diagon Alley in the next five days."

Professor McGonagall smiled and nodded.