Professor of Gemology at Hogwarts

These days, Claire has basically asked everyone, but to no avail. As Pelle from the Pig Head Bar said, no one is interested in five-legged monsters because they are not familiar with their characteristics and capturing them. Useless.

"Thank you for the tea." Claire took a sip of tea and put the cup back on Gray's desk. "About hunters... I really can't find out anything. In fact, these days I only ask about five-legged monsters. , still investigating the Philili grass."

"Phili grass?"

"Do you remember what Mr. Mason said? After Nico Flamel returned from seclusion, he found that the spar wand no longer existed." Claire said, "I went back and looked through the information about Philistia and found that it changed dramatically in 1433. Nicolas Flamel created the Philosopher's Stone in 1417 and slowly retired into seclusion in the following years... The crystal wand also disappeared after he retired."

"Felix and the crystal wand disappeared during this period of time," Gray thought for a moment, "You want to say that these two things were probably at the same time... No, this is too blind, from 1433 to 1993 , there was a gap of more than 500 years, and the span is too big."

"I just have this idea, but don't deny it in a hurry. Anything can happen. From the formula, we can also know that the Philly herb is originally related to the crystal wand."

"I'm not worried about that now," Gray leaned on the chair, "I'm always concerned about..."

Halfway through his words, he realized that he didn't even know what he cared about. These days, he was basically dealing with Sirius. Even the notes reporting the situation every day were sent by Claire Paglia.

Claire didn't speak immediately. She raised her head and saw a small piece of Spanish moss growing in the corner of the roof of the house. They hung on the wall, decorating the office with a little life.

"The mosses are doing well here. By the way, who sent the anonymous package last time?" Claire asked.

"I don't know."

The two were silent for a moment.

"If danger waits calmly around people for too long, people will become numb and deceive themselves." She glanced at the Spanish moss again. "When the moss grows wildly and spreads around them, it will be too late."

"Oh, I know..."

Gray rubbed his eyebrows. The French gang had never appeared since the last attack.From the beginning to the end, Claire has always been wary of those around her, but he cares less and less, and even feels that he will never be found in him.

"You brat—" a hoarse shout came from outside the office door.

"I'm sorry!" A crying voice said, "I'm sorry, sir!"

Gray opened the door, and the sound came from the corner of the corridor.

"It seems that your student got into trouble." Claire stood at the door frame and joked, "Then, I'll leave first so as not to disturb your educational career."

Gray looked over and saw Neville hunching his shoulders over a portrait.

"It was you last time! Arrogant and arrogant! You didn't say hello to me when you saw my senior, and you even disturbed my rest -" Emery Switch was shouting at the top of his lungs, "Call me Emery Switch." Mr. Wyche!"

"I'm sorry! Mr. Emery Switch..."

"A Gryffindor who doesn't respect the teachings of his predecessors, is self-righteous and only cares about rushing forward!"

"Wait, Mr. Emery Switch, what happened?"

Emery Switch glanced at Gray.

"Ask this kid! If he doesn't know what mistake he made now, he's really stupid!"

"Professor Morris..." Neville buried his head in his shoulders, "I...I didn't ask..."

In fact, Neville has become much more confident since the diary incident.Although he is not very active in class like Hermione and actively answers the teacher's questions, he will silently and conscientiously complete every crystal class assignment. With Gray's encouragement, he gradually regains some confidence. , my mental state is obviously much better than during the diary incident.

"I'll tell you directly, you brat! You didn't say hello to me! You disturbed my sleep! You woke me up and you didn't say hello to me! I'm a senior!" Emery Switch yelled and looked again Xiang Gray, "How did you teach him? Didn't the last education work? Or are you both arrogant? The secret room has caused enough trouble, and now you don't have a long memory-"

"I have to remind you that it was Voldemort who caused trouble last time, Mr. Emery Switch." Gray said, pulling Neville behind him.

"Oh, indeed, I asked Dexter Fusco, and it is true. But so what? Don't protect him." Emery Switch looked at Gray behind him with contempt. Neville, "Even if he didn't do it, I told him about etiquette in front of him last time! He didn't remember it, and he didn't listen! He only gets into trouble and harms others and himself!"

"He did not harm anyone or himself, nor did he cause trouble. He was not the one who caused trouble in the secret room. He himself was one of the victims." Gray suppressed his anger. "An underage wizard picked up a magic weapon with Voldemort's black magic. Diary, many wizards cannot resist this kind of inductive black magic, let alone a student who has just entered the second grade."

"He got into trouble. He opened the diary and the secret room. It's an obvious fact. He looks crying on the outside, but he is actually a naughty child who loves to get into trouble and harm others and himself—"

"Let me tell you this, if he had found out about the secret room a little later, he would have died. Who would know that they might die and still go out to get into trouble?"

"How naive, there are many such people! Those self-righteous guys throw away their lives like this!" Emery Switch wanted to jump out of the portrait, "Don't protect him, I want to He understands how to respect his elders, and he should listen to their words and not act recklessly! I want him to remember now - it will be too late when he really pays for his reckless behavior with his life! "

Emery Switch was trembling with rage, his nostrils flaring and flaring.

On the other side, Neville was almost crying.

"Come with me, Neville." Gray took a deep breath and swallowed his anger.

He didn't want to continue arguing. This scene was too ugly, so he motioned for Neville to follow.

"Professor...I'm sorry for causing you trouble again." Neville stammered.

"Neville, as a professor I should take care of this matter." Gray said calmly, "This is not a trouble."

"I was too... uh... too bad. I'm sorry."

"There is no such thing. I don't want to see my students being denied all the time. Everyone has their shining points, and so do you, Neville. Don't deny yourself completely just because of one person's words."

"Perhaps you are the only one who thinks so...Professor." Neville said with a sad face, "Only you can comfort me like this."

"I'm not comforting you, I'm telling you the facts." Gray thought for a moment and then said, "But if you have any troubles, you can come to me at any time."

"Then I...uh, now I can..."

"of course can."

When the two of them walked to the door of the office, Gray found that Claire was still there.

He saw Claire looking at him with a very appreciative look. Gray originally thought that he was going to be praised by her, but the words that followed the other party were completely inconsistent with the scene. This made Gray, who was originally prepared to receive the praise, be praised. Pour a basin of cold water on it.

"I almost missed another wonderful show." Claire said, but her expression was very relaxed.

"It's wonderful, isn't it?" Gray said with a straight face.

"That portrait seems to have a strong opinion against Gryffindor. I just heard it, saying that Gryffindor is self-righteous——"

"Claire," Gray said, "there are students here. You can't say the same thing as that portrait, can you? Or do you and your dean hold the same attitude?"

"No, I never said that. Professor Snape does not represent the thoughts of all Slytherins. If I had a strong opinion against Gryffindor, I would not have come to you." Claire looked at it Glancing at Neville who was cowering behind Gray, he said, "This kid needs some encouragement, Gray."

Neville frowned, tears welling up in his eyes.

"My name is Neville, right? Don't let it get to you." Claire smiled, "Professor Morris can now work part-time as a psychological counseling professor, but don't worry, he is the most responsible professor I have ever seen."

Neville always lowered his head. He glanced up at Claire and nodded slightly.

"Don't laugh at me." Gray opened the door and let Neville go in first. "If anything happens later, let's get in touch."

"I understand, you don't care about drinking tea with me. Now you have to be busy educating the students. Okay, I'll leave first."

"Goodbye, then," Gray said.

"Goodbye," she said with a smile, then slowly leaned closer to Gray's ear and whispered, "Goodbye...Professor Morris who cares about students..."

When Gray reacted, he found himself standing blankly at the door of the office, looking at Claire's back. She had walked to the corner not far away and was about to go down the stairs.