Professor of Gemology at Hogwarts

Gray looked at the letter. Professor Dumbledore wanted to talk to him, and such a respected old man actually wanted to visit in person.

The owl next to him stood obediently on the window sill after eating, tilting his head and pecking at himself and preening his feathers. It was waiting for Gray's reply.

Of course Gray accepted Dumbledore's invitation to meet him.

"Oh! God! I think I need to go to the outpatient clinic to work overtime." Sante was a little embarrassed, "I don't want to disturb your chat. I think I should avoid it..."

"Actually, you don't have to...Dad." Gray looked at his father worriedly.

From Gray's point of view, Sant used to like magic very much. His glasses never fogged up. In fact, it was Franti who put the magic spell on the glasses.

Since Franty's death, he has begun to avoid magic and is unwilling to come into contact with wizards and anything related to wizards, except his son.

Maybe Sant thinks that as a Muggle, he needs to live more like an "ordinary person" in order to avoid being saddened by the death of his lover.

The next day, Gray placed two cups of ice cream on the coffee table. This was ice cream sold by an old lady in Park Plaza in front of his home.

Then he poured two cups of hot tea, one of which had ten spoons of sugar.

After receiving the Hogwarts letter, Dumbledore visited his home, and Gray treated him with ice cream. Unexpectedly, Dumbledore liked the taste very much.

When Dumbledore first came to visit, he gave two pieces of information:

The first is what Gray needs to pay attention to when enrolling in Hogwarts.

The second is that Franty actually died in a car accident while performing a mission, and he admitted frankly that he was also responsible for Franty's sacrifice.

The latter led Gray to speculate that his mother Frandi should be one of the original Order of the Phoenix members.

In the afternoon, Dumbledore arrived as promised.

"Good afternoon! Dumbledore, please come in!"

"Good afternoon, Gray. Forgive me for my sudden visit. After all, the Ministry of Magic rarely has a vacation. How are you doing?" Dumbledore smiled and calmly walked to the living room and sat on the sofa.

"Very good, Professor." Gray followed and sat on the sofa next to him.

"Isn't your father, Sant, at home?" Dumbledore looked around.

"My dad has gone to work." Gray said while pouring tea. "Christmas is coming, but the doctor is still very busy."

"Yeah..." Dumbledore suddenly glanced at the bookshelf in the living room with a strange look. He didn't seem to hear what Gray just said clearly, and just responded casually.

"Professor Dumbledore, do you need me to do anything this time?" Gray said straight to the point.

"Come on, Gray, can't I miss the ice cream? Especially when Christmas is so happy." Dumbledore looked at the ice cream on the coffee table.

"..." Gray didn't believe it.

"I have seen the article you published in the newspaper calling for attention to the mental and physical health of wizards before entering school. Yes, Obscurus is closely related to childhood conditions. I have also talked about this with Fudge." Dumbledore smiled at Gray Laughing, "But it seems that Mr. Fudge doesn't pay much attention to this."

"After all, the Ministry of Magic has more important things to do."

"Oh, right! But Hogwarts thinks this is very important." Dumbledore picked up the cup of hot tea on the table, blew on it, and took a sip.

"Ok?"

"The tea tastes very good! It's very delicious. Ahem... Actually, I came here to invite you to be a professor at Hogwarts. I think you will be very concerned about the students, and this job should be suitable for you. "

"I'm sorry...I didn't understand. Who? Me? Professor?"

Gray was extremely surprised. Dumbledore invited him to be a professor?And it’s only December, and Quirrell is not dead. Which course is he going to teach?And why did Dumbledore fall in love with him for the professorship?

"Don't be so nervous, Gray. Of course I won't tell anyone about this today, let alone the Ministry of Magic. You are welcome at Hogwarts, and it's all up to your own choice."

"As far as I know, there are no vacancies for professors at Hogwarts, right? Professor Dumbledore, I don't quite understand what you mean."

"Oh, this -" Dumbledore took a sip of tea, "Actually, the Defense Against the Dark Arts course is in great need of teaching..."

"There is already Professor Quirrell, right? And I think I would prefer a longer and more stable job."

Gray didn't dare risk his own life to compete with Curse to see who was tougher.

"Really? What a pity, it seems that you have also heard the rumors about the curse of that position. But don't worry, I did want to invite you to take that position, but just now, I changed my mind..."

Dumbledore looked at him deeply: "I think the school could start a new course."

"new course?"

"Yes, you and your mother have studied crystal stones. I remember that when you were in school, you would take books on crystal stones when you had nothing to do." Dumbledore said calmly, "In fact, students can also learn Got some extra knowledge, what do you think, Gray?"

"Ah? Crystal stone?" Gray looked at Dumbledore in surprise.

The magical world is really magical and can never be explored completely. Gray discovered that there are many magics not mentioned in the original work, such as crystals, magic circles, etc.

After receiving the letter from Hogwarts, he learned that his mother had previously been engaged in crystal research.

So he dug out several books and crystal stones. During his school days, he studied them by himself when he had nothing to do and learned a lot about crystal stones.

Regarding the magic of crystal stones, few people have thought about it. Compared with spells, potions and herbs, few wizards are willing to delve into the motionless stones.

Moreover, finding the best crystal stones made the research more difficult, and the results were not significant. The difficulty in finding stones made learning crystal stones an unpopular magic.

The question is, this unpopular subject should be included in the Hogwarts curriculum?

"After all, crystals are also a type of magic." Dumbledore smiled, "In fact, things about stones are very interesting, don't you think?"

Dumbledore, who looked at Gray in surprise, didn't know how to respond to him.

"I can't find a more suitable person than you, Gray. No one knows crystals better than you." Dumbledore took a sip of tea, "And something happened recently, which made me feel that stones are becoming more and more interesting. , it seems that some people are interested in crystals again, and maybe crystals will make another wave in the near future, so it is still necessary for students to know this thing early."

Gray thought for a while, maybe it was the Philosopher's Stone.

"Spars and alchemy are also inseparable. I think when you come to Hogwarts, you can communicate with Ballard Mason, the professor of alchemy. Of course, he has not taught any courses since your mother's graduation. Because there were very few students taking Alchemy. In the end, he even removed his course from the electives and announced that anyone who was interested could go to him and not offer additional courses." Dumbledore laughed a few times. "But I'm still paying his salary."

"Mason?" Gray had only heard Franti mention the word occasionally in conversations with Sant, and he once thought it referred to a certain "mason."

"I promised him and invited you to sit with him. Ballard seems to be very interested in your research on crystal stones."

He is in chaos now. Since there is this little episode, if he refuses now, will the plot in the future be the same as before?

Who is this Professor Mason?He has no impression at all?

"Don't be nervous, Gray. It all depends on your own choice." Dumbledore saw that Gray was hesitant. "However, in order to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings with the Ministry of Magic, I think there should be a first-come, first-served basis when looking for a job."

Gray thought for a few seconds, and the entire living room fell into silence.Dumbledore's personal invitation to visit did surprise him.

He had not made any noise in the past 20 years. Even so, Dumbledore came to invite him to be a professor and added a new course.

Does it mean that the world has secretly changed a long time ago, and it is no longer the development trajectory of the original plot?

Now that the professorship was offered to him, it was better to accept the invitation than to take it for granted. He would slowly re-plan the next step, step by step.

"I understand, Professor," Gray said. "I will resign first."

"You are more decisive than I thought... Hogwarts welcomes you, Gray." Dumbledore smiled and stood up, "Well, let's stop talking here. I have to attend a storytelling session tonight."

He tilted his head slightly and said in a joking tone: "It's a story about a child and a mirror. I think I can't miss it and need to prepare early. I will write you an invitation letter later. .”

"Okay, goodbye!" Gray opened the door for Dumbledore. "Thank you for your sincere invitation, Professor Dumbledore."

A child and a mirror?Gray knew that Dumbledore was talking about Harry and the Mirror of Erised.

Gray thought to himself that fortunately he knew Occlumency so that he would not be exposed under Dumbledore's nose.

Some things are enough if they are left in their original place, but people cannot safely stay out of things. This is the case with Gray. When he gets the professorship, he has to seize the opportunity to do something.