Alchemy professor at Hogwarts

Chapter 105 Remus John Lupine

Immediately afterwards, Hardy waved his wand to let the memory projector continue to work, projecting the remaining two dream loops of Neville.

In the 4th dream loop, Neville just woke up and jumped out of his seat.

His eyes were fixed on a scruffy man in a brown windbreaker in the No. [-] carriage.

The other party closed his eyes, leaning on the bench chair, drowsy.

After looking around briefly, Neville told Ellie to stay in the seat, and then quickly walked over to the sloppy man.

"Bang Dang", "Bang Dang", "Bang Dang"...

Underground in London, a train of subways is speeding through.

Standing passengers jostled shoulder to shoulder, swaying with the shaking of the carriage.

Neville quietly leaned against the sloppy man, taking deep breaths constantly.

"Neville, believe in yourself, this time you are the protagonist."

Accompanied by a violent shaking of the entire carriage, Neville and others squeezed hard onto the scruffy man.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Neville nervously thrust his right hand into the open neckline of the windbreaker, and quickly drew out a nine-inch wand.

"Wait!" Seeing this, Professor McGonagall suddenly stopped the screen.

She pursed her lips, and couldn't help asking: "Is there a wizard in carriage number seven? That sloppy man?"

"Yes, Professor McGonagall," Hardy nodded, "this is the information I provided to Longbottom."

"How did Professor Ollivander know?" Madam Pomfrey asked immediately, "This is too abrupt."

Holding his wand in both hands, Hardy replied, "Actually, that's easy to explain..."

In the next few minutes, Hardy quickly outlined the accident that happened on the London Underground in 1898.

"This dream cycle is not really just a fictional nightmare," Hardy said solemnly, "It happened in London, England in 1898, and it actually happened!"

"I got some information from the historical archives of the Auror Office, which mentioned some useful information."

Hardy waved his wand and pointed to the sloppy man in the picture, "He, Dan Stevens, a down-and-out wizard, has been hiding his identity and living in the Muggle world."

"Oh, the historical files in Auror's office..." Snape said indifferently, "It seems that Professor Ollivander is indeed very capable. Have you promised Fudge?"

Smiling and shaking his head, Hardy sidestepped the subject.

"After learning about the difficulty of Longbottom's last cycle, I suggested that he try to get Stevens' wand."

In the picture, after getting Dan Stevens' wand, Neville quickly came to the junction of the two carriages.

After the maintenance worker left, he drew out his wand and aimed at an iron lock on the chain, "Alahoo hole is open!"

With the help of the Unlocking Charm, this time, Neville opened the isolation door of the sixth carriage without any effort.

He came to the Bulgarian dragon egg with ease, intending to drag it out and throw it out of the subway.

However, when he was trying this, he discovered that the entire fire dragon egg had melted the bottom of the carriage and stuck tightly to it.

As Neville continued to intensify the force, with a "click", the surface of the dragon egg shattered impressively.

The young dragon came out breathing flames and set Neville on fire again, causing him to cry out in pain.

Neville dies again in the dream loop.

At this moment, someone knocked forcefully on the oak door of the focus group meeting room.

"Professor McGonagall, your guest has arrived."

It was Filch's voice.

"Oh, sorry, I have an appointment with an important guest today," Professor McGonagall quickly got up, "you can continue the discussion, don't wait for me."

After finishing speaking, the other party hurriedly walked out of the meeting room.

Somewhat surprised to see Professor McGonagall and Filch leave, Hardy looked at the other three, "Then let's continue."

Hardy said, "Now, Longbottom has encountered new troubles. He has to find a way to deal with the Bulgarian dragon eggs on the subway."

In a quick 5th loop, Neville stole Dan Stevens' wand in carriage seven.

At the same time, he forcibly took away the backpack of another wizard in the same compartment, and violently poured out the contents.

Then, he was pushed down to the ground by the other party, until the flames in the No. [-] carriage hit him, and he died again.

Hardy swung his wand and tapped the picture on the wall.

"Currently, Longbottom has learned that in the No. [-] carriage, there are wizards carrying calming potion, compound decoction, Felicia, white fresh and raw bone medicine."

He looked at Snape and the other three, "We have to find a way to let Longbottom use the five existing potions to get rid of the Bulgarian dragon eggs."

"This challenge is not small." Madam Pomfrey clenched her hands.

"But it's also easier than letting Longbottom learn a brand new spell." Snape said in a gentle voice.

Hardy smiled, "It's not impossible for Longbottom to learn the magic spell enough to deal with the dragon eggs, but it will take time, and this is not the best choice."

He clapped his hands, "Now, in the whole of Hogwarts, the three professors who are most proficient in potions are here."

"Perhaps, we can tell Longbottom the solution before he performs the sixth dream cycle."

In the panel meeting room, Snape and others had a full discussion.

After the oak door was opened, they all chose to return to the library or the lounge in unison to further read the materials they needed.

"I hope we can get results before tonight." Professor Sprout said worriedly.

After the three left, Hardy looked at the time and was about to go to the auditorium for dinner when he happened to see a man coming out of Professor McGonagall's office.

Although the other party is still very young, he has prematurely shown wrinkles, gray hair, and ragged clothes.

His tattered robes were patched all over, and the only suitcase he had was weather-beaten.

"Oh, I'm sorry, I almost bumped into you." After the other party walked out of Professor McGonagall's office, he raised his head and took a few steps back quickly.

"You must be Professor Ollivander?" The slightly pale and tired man smiled politely.

"You are the only professor in Hogwarts who is so young."

Hardy nodded. He waved his wand and said politely, "Hello, sir. Who are you?"

"Remus John Lupine," the man reported himself, "You can call me Remus. I'm here to apply for the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor."

"Application for Defense Against the Dark Arts professor?" Hardy was a little surprised.

Although the professor of this course is indeed of a yearly nature, there are still 5 months left in the school year.

Besides, Gilderoy Lockhart is still fine, why is there a new person applying for this position all of a sudden?
As if seeing Hardy's confusion, Lupine chuckled and said, "Principal Dumbledore wrote to contact me. He mentioned in the letter that recently, Professor Lockhart had submitted his resignation to him."

"Lockhart is leaving Hogwarts?" Hardy was surprised again.

Lupine nodded, "I don't know much about the specific situation, but Principal Dumbledore explained it in this way in his letter to me."

"Nice to meet you, Professor Ollivander." Lupine smiled weakly, "Professor McGonagall has passed my interview."

"From February, I will officially come to Hogwarts to teach Defense Against the Dark Arts."

"See you next time, Professor Ollivander."

After Lupine left, Hardy still had a surprised expression on his face.

He was very curious in his heart, what was the reason that Gilderoy Lockhart wanted to leave in such a hurry.

(End of this chapter)