Hogwarts Advanced Guide

Chapter 343
How can students not charge tuition fees for supplementary lessons outside of school?

Knowledge is priceless, let alone having an 'elite' wizard (Hera) instructing them in casting spells, and charging two silvers an hour is not too much, is it?
There are almost 850 students in Hogwarts, excluding the first and second year wizards who are not allowed to come to Hogsmeade, that is to say, there are almost 32 students.Practice for two hours a day, one person is four silver Sickles; two days on weekends, it is eight silver Sickles; there are four weeks in a month, that is [-] silver Sickles;
这个数字再乘以六百，就是19200个银西可，也就是1129个金加隆又7个银西可。（此处按照JK罗琳的金加隆和英镑的1:5的汇率计算，一小时的补课费大概才相当于2.65元。这是个很便宜的价格了。）
"Sure enough, extra money is the most profitable." Hera said in his heart. After spending about five seconds roughly calculating his approximate monthly income, he was very annoyed.

"How did I come up with such a method? How many Golden Galleons did I miss before!?" Hera couldn't help but wanted to beat his chest, but considering that there were other professors beside him, he held back.

"Hera, what's the matter?" Professor Flitwick noticed Hera's expression, and thought Hera was worried about something, otherwise why would his expression be so painful?
Hera took a deep breath and squeezed out a forced smile, "It's nothing, I just suddenly realized that my previous self was a bit stupid, and I didn't even think of such a simple method."

"I don't think it's your fault," said Professor McGonagall very seriously, "after all, there has never been a precedent before."

"I don't think this is a problem for you, is it?" Professor Sprout looked at Hera with a smile, "You have always been able to exceed everyone's expectations."

Hera took a deep breath and said, "I will do my best," but soon he added, "Although I can't guarantee that everything will go as smoothly as we planned."

"But it was a brave attempt, wasn't it?" said Professor Flitwick.

"That's right." The four said in unison, looked at each other and smiled at the same time, the wine glasses collided, and the Hogwarts extracurricular cram school was established.

In the following week, Professor Flitwick and others promoted Hera's cram school a lot in Hogwarts. Not only did they post notices on the notice board in the foyer, they even specially notified the students before class started.

What surprised everyone was that Professor Snape, who hadn't figured out the situation at all on Monday morning, reminded everyone softly that they could go to Hogsmeade in their free time on weekends when they were teaching fifth graders in the afternoon.

This has become a spontaneous tutoring movement in Hogwarts, and the students' desires are surprisingly high, and they even discuss the tutoring class whenever they have time.

But this put a lot of pressure on Hera. He had to go to the villa on the outskirts of Hogsmeade every evening after dinner—Professor McGonagall had lent him a teaching venue. Hera had to plan and arrange the place reasonably to prevent the students from messing up the villa. For this reason, Professor Flitwick and others would come to help Hera when they were not so busy.

Even Professor Trelawney, who had lived in the North Tower for a long time, came over to take a look—she could only do so much, and Hera didn't have any hope for her at all.

On Friday evening, after checking the protective magic patterns around them for the last time, Flitwick and Hera sat down on the first floor and drank coffee. It was a cloudy day, and they only hoped that the weather would be better tomorrow, at least not so gloomy.

"Hera, do you know the origin of this villa?" Professor Flitwick sat on the sofa, he didn't even look as big as a pillow, "I mean, how did it get into Minerva's hands."

"Didn't she buy this?" Hera said indifferently. As a professor at Hogwarts, isn't it normal to have a house of your own in Hogsmeade?
After all, not every professor is willing to stay in the castle all year round. There will always be times when they want to relax, and they must have a home after all. They can't all keep their homes in the castle's office like Professor Trelawney did.

"Well, I think you should know about this." Professor Flitwick put down his coffee cup and looked into Hera's eyes seriously. "You can't tell Minerva that I told you that she doesn't want to talk about her with others. You have to promise me that."

"Okay, Filius, I promise you." Hera looked at Flitwick's serious attitude, and he had to take it seriously. He sat up straight on the sofa.

"Do you know what Minerva's job was before returning to the castle to teach?" Flitwick's eyes fluttered, with a look of reminiscence.

Hera shook her head. He had never heard of this matter—in fact, no one had ever thought about it.In everyone's impression, Professor McGonagall seems to have been teaching at Hogwarts all her life, and she has never been seen anywhere else.

"She worked in the Ministry of Magic before, and she was a very capable detective." Professor Flitwick said in a serious tone.

Hera nodded, "I think it's a good job, so why did she return to Hogwarts to teach?"

"She loves someone very much, but she knows that's unrealistic. She is very unhappy in London." Professor Flitwick said, "So I suggested that she write to Dumbledore to see if she could get a job. You know, she has always been good at Transfiguration."

"I'm afraid there is no wizard who is better at transfiguration than Minerva - if there is, I think it can only be Dumbledore." Hera said with a smile.

Flitwick shook his head, "This is not the same. Minerva's talent in transfiguration is stronger than Dumbledore's, but Dumbledore's expertise is more comprehensive. In fact, Dumbledore is almost the most dazzling genius in any field."

Hera nodded approvingly. Dumbledore's strength is obvious to all. His amazing talent has allowed him to reach the top of the pyramid in almost any field.

"Ahem, back to the point. After Minerva returned to teach at Hogwarts, there was a guy who was pursuing her. Elphinstone Urquhart, her former boss at the Ministry of Magic. We all thought Elphinstone was a good guy, but Minerva never forgot her former lover." Speaking of this, Flitwick sighed, and without waiting for Hera's reaction, he continued: "Almost 15 or 6 years ago, Elphinstone was still so persistent and determined, maybe she thought this It's true love, and Minerva finally said yes, much to the relief of all of us who cared about her."

"Nothing can rejuvenate a woman more than the nourishment of love, even if it comes later." Hera's expression became extremely serious, and he said hesitantly: "I think something must have happened, otherwise. Minerva will definitely show me Elphinstone."

"Yes," Professor Flitwick nodded heavily, and at the same time sighed deeply, "Originally, all of us thought this would be a very happy ending," his brows frowned, "but an accident made us lose Elphinstone forever."

"This is so sad." Hera said with her head lowered. He had never known that Professor McGonagall had such an experience. From the usual communication, she could only see that she was a rigorous and serious witch.Who would have thought that she had experienced such a thing.

"This is a huge blow to all of us." Flitwick raised his head and looked around the living room. "They lived in this villa before. I still remember that guy Elphinstone. He always sits where you are now, holding his pipe, and Minerva would always slap it away in disgust."

"Hey," Hera sighed, "Maybe I should tell Minerva that I can't use this place as a practice ground. This is her fond memory."

"Actually, Pomona and I were taken aback when she proposed to lend you this villa." Professor Flitwick said with a smile, he stood up from the sofa with difficulty, and patted Hera on the shoulder. "But I think that she is willing to lend you this villa, which also represents her relief."

"I'm afraid I can't do this, it would be too cruel for Minerva." Hera frowned, even though the place is almost furnished, it is still easy to find open space in Hogsmeade.

Flitwick shook his head, and squeezed Hera's shoulder tightly, as if he was going to bleed him, "As long as you can protect this place, that's enough. I think Elphinstone will be very satisfied to see a bunch of little wizards."

"Then I won't allow little wizards to enter the villa, they can only be in the open space in front." Hera said after thinking about it.

"This is your freedom. Although Minerva didn't explain it, I feel the need to tell you about it." Flitwick sighed, "We all hope that Minerva can get out of that shadow, but we don't want to see this place damaged. This is not just her beautiful memories."

"Thank you very much for telling me about this, Felius. I will definitely take good care of this place." Hera said firmly. As a professor, he has the confidence to manage those little wizards well and not let them cause any trouble here.

"That couldn't be better."

By the time Professor Flitwick left, night had completely enveloped Hogsmeade, and Hera was preparing to welcome the little wizard who would come here early tomorrow morning, so he did not accompany Flitwick back to the castle.

"It's really stressful." Hera sighed, blew out the candles in the living room, and walked up the stairs to the second floor.

The next day, when it was daylight, Hera got up from the bed. Today's weather didn't improve, and it was still gloomy, making people worried that it might rain.

"Today is the first day of the Defense Association, come on, Hera!" Standing in front of the mirror, Hera cheered herself.In fact, such a low name was thought of by Hera when she was brushing her teeth. A fancy name is obviously of no use. Hera would rather focus on teaching the little wizard more self-defense skills.

Almost quickly, Hera put a big savings box in front of the gate - a large garden was surrounded by a fence, but it had become a wasteland due to neglect, and Hera planned to let the students practice here.

After writing a few lines on the wooden board with her magic wand, Hera went back to the living room and waited for the little wizard to arrive.

Almost as soon as the big clock in the town struck eight times, Hera was surprised to find that a little wizard had already come to the gate.

"Hey, kids, you guys are here really early, don't you sleep in on weekends?" Hera stood up with a smile, and he put on another robe before going out. It was a bit windy today.

"We all want to learn self-defense magic from you." The little wizard said, she wrapped her cloak tightly around her body, but the cool wind still made her shiver.She pointed to the writing on the board with a trembling finger and asked, "Sorry, Professor, what do you mean by this?"

"Oh, this, probably literally means tuition fee." Hera said with a smile. He thought about it before going to bed last night, and reduced the tuition fee per hour to one silver Sickle, which may be an acceptable price for young wizards who are still studying.

After all, he is here to teach, not to make black-hearted money.

"Is this amount too much?" Hera couldn't help but feel a little worried, because the little wizard in front of her didn't look very rich, and she was so thin that she seemed to be blown away by the wind.

"Of course not, this is an excessively reasonable price." The girl's pale face turned red, and she put her hand into her pocket, "Then I'll pay a Galleon first, okay? I think it's probably enough for me to practice for a weekend."

The corner of Hera's mouth twitched, and his guess just now was all wrong - she is quite rich.

"Son, do you want to practice for seventeen hours? If you only have one weekend, your body may not be able to bear it."

"Can I pre-store?"

"Of course, kid." This scene reminded Hera of a very embarrassing thing he had done, which he had mentioned several times: when he was still doing smuggling business in Greece, he took away the 'membership fees' of those regular customers, which was one of the reasons why Hera didn't dare to return to Greece these few years.

In fact, Hera was even terrified of hearing the word Greek, lest someone who cared about money would come to her.

With the arrival of this child, Hera also officially started his first class—because he was hardly made to wait long, and twenty or thirty little wizards came later.

"Well, well, children, you must be quiet, or how can you hear what I say?"

(End of this chapter)