Professor of Gemology at Hogwarts

Christmas is coming, most of the little wizards have gone home, and Hogwarts suddenly becomes empty.Gray was nestled in the office. He looked at the condensed magic source stone that was getting bigger and bigger. His strength now was much improved compared to half a year ago.

He wrote a letter to send to his father, Saint, saying that he would not go back this Christmas.The Owlery is located on the topmost floor of the west tower.From the base of the eight-story west tower, a narrow spiral staircase leads to the Owlery at the top.

To make it easier for the owls to come in and out, the windows of the shed are not equipped with glass, so the shed is very cold.The floor was strewn with straw, owl droppings, and rat bones regurgitated by the owl.There are hundreds of owls on the topmost perches.

Gray called his owl Lulu, but two owls flew straight towards him at the same time.One was Lulu, the other... He looked at the color, um... Tonks's?What's your name? It seems to be Visser?

Lu Lu took a quick step first and landed on the wooden platform in front of Gray. Before it could stand still, it was knocked away by Visser who arrived later. Visser proudly raised his paws and let Gray take the letter.

Lulu cooed angrily, flew over Gray's head and then rushed towards Visser and started to fight back. The two owls kept fighting for the position of the wooden platform.

Gray was used to it.

When he was in school, he and Tonks' owls would often peck each other. In the fifth grade, they even caused a sensation in the entire owl loft, triggering an owl fight.

He tied the letter to Lulu's leg and touched its head. It jumped twice happily and flew out of the shack.

Visser looked at Gray with resentful eyes throughout the whole process. When Gray took the letter away, Visser didn't forget to peck him.

"Dear Gray:

Congratulations, you have become a professor at Hogwarts!

Forgive me for writing to you now!You should know that Auror training is sometimes closed.Does it feel good to go back to school life? Do you feel that you are still young?It's a pity that you are an old professor instead of a child - I don't really mean to say you are old, after all, you are only in your early twenties!

do you know?Claire is coming back, this girl is finally coming to the end of her long journey!Do you want me to arrange a time for you to meet?Old friends catching up?If you don't want to, just think I'm kidding.

By the way, what's wrong with Arnold?I think he has become like a resentful woman (even though he was like this before). He seems to dislike a certain colleague, right?I have to say that his colleagues are pitiful. Every day they have to deal with someone who talks non-stop like an old mother.

Okay, Professor Gray!My blessings have been delivered!No need to reply!The Aurors will start training again soon!

your good friend

Tonks

And: There is no way. Aurors have too much training. Can we get together again if there is a chance in the future? (Anyway, I’m half a year late for writing the letter. It doesn’t matter how late the dinner party is, right?)”

Gray folded the letter silently. Based on Tonks's level of procrastination, it would probably take until Gray retired.

However, Weisman is coming back?Claire Weisman is a student in the same class as Gray, and her ancestor is Phyllida Spohr, the author of the textbook "A Thousand Miraculous Herbs and Fungi".

Like her ancestors, she was also committed to discovering new herbal medicines and exploring new uses for them. After graduation, she traveled to various places in search of various herbal medicines.

They had known each other since they were in school, but after graduation, because Weisman traveled around, there was not much contact between the two.

Tonks also had a good relationship with her, and she hoped that the three of them could get together once, so that she could pay for the treat only once.

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The Three Broomsticks Pub in Hogsmeade:

"She's so rigid!" Arnold placed the wine glass on the wooden table with a thud.

"Can you please lower your voice?" Gray was a little dissatisfied. "It's been almost a year. If you can't get along, ask your supervisor to change you. Don't nag like a resentful woman. You've written me a few letters. , look at all those words, I’m even glad that wizards don’t use mobile phones.”

"Mobile phone? That's for Muggles, wizards don't use it!"

"Look, you are also a bit rigid, aren't you? Why can't it be used? Who stipulates it? It's just that there are no signal towers, and there is no electricity in some places."

"Signal? What?" Arnold asked curiously.

"Mobile phone information dissemination form carrier..."

"It sounds complicated. I think Arthur might be interested in this Muggle thing."

"That's not the point! I mean, you can get along, right?" Gray sighed.

"Some people can get along with each other, and some people can't get along with each other at all, Gray." Arnold frowned, as if he had been greatly wronged.

"But have you ever thought that Enolyn Hill's rigidity may simply be about following the rules? She acts according to the rules and regulations, but she is just afraid of taking responsibility for making mistakes."

Arnold hesitated. He felt it made sense, but he didn't want to admit it.

"Either move yourself away or adapt to your partner! Don't complain all the time! I don't want to hear you talk anymore, Ani, my ears are going to feel calloused."

"Okay - okay - you don't understand how hard it was for me to erase the memories of sixty people that afternoon... A wizard tampered with the seats in the cinema, and when the movie reached its climax, all the chairs Bouncing up, the audience will be thrown away." Arnold took a sip of wine, "I just want to eliminate their unpleasant memories and change it to a situation where the cinema screen breaks down and everyone leaves their seats and leaves, but Hill doesn't agree."

He still started talking.

"I asked her - why? Guess what she said?" Arnold poked his head over.

"what did she say?"

"She said that it cannot be treated as a screening incident, because the staff will find that there is no problem with the screening equipment, and Muggles will find abnormalities. This is not in compliance with the International Federation of Wizards' Statute of Secrecy, and we will be punished for this."

"I said to her, ha! You really have a reason! You should go to the Department of Magical Law Enforcement instead of dealing with accidents with me! Muggles don't know about magic, they don't care about it at all, at most they feel that the equipment is inexplicably convulsing! You For such a rigorous person, why don't you come up with a feasible solution? Guess what she said?"

"Oh...what did she say?"

"She said that in order to be logical, the film should be shown as usual. But those Muggles need to sit back in their seats, and then modify their memories one by one, including the content of the movie they saw, otherwise the Muggles will find errors when they review the movie. Nonsense! I Modify their memory of watching movies, including the movies they saw on the big screen? I don’t know what the movie is about, do I have to watch the movie again before starting to deal with the accident?" Arnold looked incredulous, " I said to her - please let me beg you, Miss Hill! It’s too late if we don’t do it! Some people are ready to get up and leave!”

……

Gray finally listened to what he said, and it was difficult to stop him.

"Do you know Weisman?" Gray asked.

"Huh? Weisman? Which Weisman?" Arnold asked curiously.

"Claire Weisman."

"Why did you ask about her? I met her in the lobby of the Ministry of Magic a few days ago, and she hurried past me with a bag in her hand." Arnold said, "If you or Nymphadora were here , she would stop and say hello or something! After all, Weisman and I don’t know each other - do you want to ask why I still know that the person walking by is her? "

"Okay...why?" Gray reluctantly cooperated with him for the third time.

"Oh! You are really ill-informed! She became the editor of "Herbology Today" last month! It's that kind of academic magazine, like "Transfiguration Today", it will publish recent research on related disciplines every once in a while. Results! I heard that she has been going to the Ministry of Magic a lot recently because of magazine copyright issues. It’s surprising that she became an editor at such a young age - I am a few years older than her but I am still worried about the rigid Miss Hill."

"No surprise." Gray calmly took a sip of beer.

"No surprise? Are you saying I'm not capable enough?!"

“I mean it’s no surprise that Weisman became the editor of Herbology Today!”

"why?"

"This magazine was founded by her family. Weisman has been exposed to various herbal medicines since she was a child. She already showed her talent for herbal medicine when she was in school. Sprout would praise her in every class -"

"..." Arnold was stunned for a moment, "Okay... It seems that I am indeed not as good as others, and my grades in herbal medicine are not very good... But I think the main reason is that the magazine is her own..."

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