Wind and Eagle Wings at Hogwarts

Chapter 279 279. Black's Teaching Experience
Scott found Helena in the college library, greeted her, and chatted with her.

I haven't seen her for a while, and Helena's change has become more thorough.

She is no longer a cold look of being unapproachable to strangers, even when she treats other people, her attitude is much more cordial.

Since it was already Thursday, Scott and she made an appointment to see Ravenclaw's portrait together on Saturday.

The Room of Requirement has a special structure, and Helena, as a ghost, cannot enter alone.

Of course, she could ask other students for help, but Helena might not be so willing to share her former study.

After saying goodbye to Helena, Scott left the Ravenclaw tower and came to the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom ahead of schedule.

Pushing open the door, he found Black standing alone on the edge of the podium.

"Professor Black." Scott greeted.

"Hello, you are Scott Trollope!"

Black laughed immediately after seeing Scott, and took the initiative to walk up to Scott and stretched out his hand.

"At the dinner yesterday, I asked Professor McGonagall which one was you."

Scott shook his hand.

"I've always wanted to thank you personally. You found out what's wrong with that mouse, didn't you?"

When he mentioned Pettigrew, he couldn't help but look terribly disgusted on his face.

"What a pity! Everyone was looking at me, and they all prevented me from killing that mouse!" His emotions lost control for a moment.

Scott looked at him intentionally in astonishment, and Blake quickly came back to his senses.

"Oh, sorry." He took a few deep breaths, "I'm so excited."

"It doesn't matter, after all, that man did something unforgivable, didn't he?" Scott said in an understanding tone, "I was there when Professor Snape gave him Veritaserum."

Black's face changed again when he heard Snape's name, but he quickly laughed again, "I know."

He patted Scott on the shoulder.

He said, "Anyway, thank you, you're an amazing student. Harry appreciates you too, he says you're a genius."

Scott also smiled, "You're welcome, it's just a coincidence, I just have some talent in magic perception and transfiguration."

"Better than when I was younger," said Black. "You remind me of James, oh, and James is Harry's father, and he's good at Transfiguration, too."

He couldn't help showing a nostalgic expression.

Seeing this, Scott immediately changed the subject and chatted with him about Defense Against the Dark Arts.

Speaking of the course, Blake was confident and eager to try.

At this time, the students began to enter the classroom one after another, Scott also ended his conversation with Black, and turned to the student seats.

At the same time, he was also thinking that the 12 years of prison life, surviving under the threat of dementors all the time, had brought a profound impact on Blake after all.

Although he seemed normal, after talking with him for a while, Scott could feel that his mood was still a little unstable, and he was more prone to fluctuations than ordinary people.

Such people are probably more likely to lose control of their emotions than ordinary people.

But then again, such a Defense Against the Dark Arts professor is much better than Voldemort's possessed object and a liar who can only forget the curse.

Given the particularity of this position, I can't ask for too much.

When class time came, the students all stared at Black curiously, wondering if the new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor was really better than the previous ones.

Especially Ravenclaw students, they no longer dare to expect too much from the professor of this course.

"Everyone, how are you?" Black greeted the students with a smile, "I'm Sirius Black, your Defense Against the Dark Arts professor. I think everyone knows me, don't you?"

He was very enthusiastic, and even felt a little too hard.

"I have learned about the teaching quality of this course in the past few years. To be honest, because of some well-known reasons, you all seem to have not learned well?"

He paused and looked at the students' reactions again.

Seeing that everyone was listening to him seriously, he relaxed a little.

"As far as I know, starting from the end of the last school year, the Wizarding Examinations Administration of the Department of Education of the Ministry of Magic has reformed the teaching of Defense Against the Dark Arts, adding practical parts."

He shrugged his shoulders.

"I personally think that this is probably the most wise decision made by the Ministry of Magic since its establishment."

Many students laughed.

Black also laughed, and immediately said seriously after laughing: "Unfortunately, especially you, the fifth graders this year, you will face your OWLs at the end of the school year, so our task is a bit heavy."

The Defense Against the Dark Arts class went on smoothly, and Black's teaching career seemed to be off to a good start.

After the reform, this course was changed to two sessions at a time.

One section of theory, one section of actual combat.

Scott felt that Blake's theoretical part was also quite good.

Although he is often agitated and occasionally confused, at least he has rich practical experience in dealing with black magic, which is much better than teaching according to the script.

During the break in class, he also seriously asked the students for their feedback on his teaching.

All the students present gave him good comments, which made him very happy.

"Professor Black should be thankful that we, Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff, are the students of his first class."

Roger to Scott.

"If the students in the first class were Gryffindors and Slytherins, he must not have had such an easy time."

"Maybe Snape will come to listen?" Scott said with a smile, "for the sake of the Slytherin students, to confirm whether the professor has a reassuring teaching level."

Roger raised his eyebrows, "Oh...Snape, if he wants it, he can do it."

The break is over, and the actual combat class begins.

Black waved his wand, and a door appeared behind the podium.

"Come with me." He pushed open the door and walked in. "This will be your matching practical classroom!"

Scott and the others walked in curiously, and found that the interior space of this suddenly appeared classroom was surprisingly large.

"How about it, isn't it great here!" Black said with a smile, "This is the classroom that Dumbledore helped transform, using the Untraceable Stretching Curse!"

Roger looked around, "I think we can apply to Professor Black to move the Dueling Club here."

Milton nodded in agreement, "Professor Black is very experienced in actual combat. After all, he has fought many Death Eaters. Maybe he will be willing to become the instructor of the dueling club."

Scott thought their idea was pretty good, "Professor Flitwick doesn't have much time, Professor Black is a good choice, and Harry is in the dueling club, I think he will agree."

(End of this chapter)