Professor of Gemology at Hogwarts

"Barron...Gavin and Felipe," Emery Switch said softly.

"What?" Gray leaned closer, trying to hear him clearly.

"Barron, Gavin and Felipe are my good brothers. No matter what we do at Hogwarts, we are together." Emery Switch said, "When we first enrolled, we The four of us met on the train and had a little conflict. We didn't like each other. To be honest, who didn't have the arrogance in their youth? But the four of us were assigned to the same college - Ge. Lanffindor, maybe because we have been together for a long time, the four of us have become friends, and the tacit understanding is getting higher and higher. The four of us are inseparable, like magnets. We go to class together, go on adventures together, go to Hogsmeade together, and work together for the common good. Fight for the faith."

"Isn't that great?" Gray thought about it, but he had no impression of these three names.

"Yes, very good, extremely good." There was no smile on Emory Switch's face. He raised his right hand, and a book in his hand turned into a wine glass, but everything happened in the portrait. , "Transformation is a very magical thing. Its secret lies in constant combination and innovation. When everything is changeable, there are countless ways and methods to solve problems. Use existing things to transform It is a very interesting thing to transform into another thing to achieve a purpose, and the four of us were immersed in it, and even received praise from the professors for our use of transformation."

"But I would rather not have those compliments," Emery Switch said immediately. "There are more and more compliments from professors and classmates. Others call the four of us geniuses. We are a little arrogant. From the beginning We use transformation to carry some small things or play with some small mechanisms, to deal with gophers, hairy crabs, capture ball escapers, and even start to deal with swamp diggers... Success after success makes us feel invincible, 'transformation is supreme' is the slogan we shout, 'brave Gryffindor, brave transfiguration' is the sentence shouted most by Gryffindors. We have defeated many difficult creatures with transfiguration. For fifth grade students , is already very remarkable, and for Gryffindors who advocate bravery, they are pushed to the highest level by everyone. Our deeds are publicized by Gryffindors everywhere. For a time, Gryffindor took all the limelight. We He is the bravest person.”

Gray stood silently, feeling that the climax of Emery Switch's story was about to reach its climax.

"But the werewolf!" Emory Switch gasped, "The werewolf killed my brother, the werewolf killed us, but in fact it was us... we destroyed ourselves..."

Emery Switch controlled his emotions, but he still couldn't help shaking twice, and the wine glass slipped from his hand.

"One day we heard that there were werewolves in a nearby village, and we all wanted to make a splash. Our classmates encouraged the four of us to defeat the werewolves, but we were so overconfident that we thought it was possible, so we planned to turn some rocks into beasts. Come to defeat the werewolves, and have even begun to imagine everyone's triumphant appearance, after all...'Gryffindor is the bravest'."

Emery Switch's voice became more and more trembling, and Gray held his breath. He felt that if he took a little breath, the emotions of the person in front of him would explode like a bomb.

"I will never forget that night... The werewolf slapped us back into the beasts we had turned into. I hid behind the stone. I heard the painful screams of the three of them, the sound of skin and flesh tearing, and the sound of bones. The sound of being broken..." Emery Switch said intermittently, "The second before we transformed into beasts and rushed out to fight, I became timid... I am not a so-called 'brave' person, but I survived..."

"Later, I synthesized the knowledge of transfiguration that the four of us studied together into a book, "Elementary Transfiguration Guide," which was later listed as a textbook. It is the book you are studying now." Emery Swee Qi's lips were still trembling, "For you, it is just a necessary textbook for new students, but I don't know what this book means to me... is it our research results or our memories? A memorial, or...a reminder of our death..."

Gray was a little stunned when he heard that. What happened to Emery Switch just seemed to happen in front of his eyes. The plot of the werewolf tearing him apart made his scalp numb... And an ordinary textbook may have hidden secrets behind it. Tells many stories.

"The werewolf killed us, but we destroyed ourselves... We pushed ourselves under its sharp teeth with our own hands. In the process, our classmates, professors, and Gryffindors were all accomplices. This has been stated and implied all the time. The philosophy of advocating brave qualities and encouraging students in their own colleges to be courageous makes students lose themselves, feel that they are omnipotent, and are arrogant! I don’t want to see future generations die because of this mentality! Ignorant people are fearless and stupid. Behavior! People need criticism and face up to their own abilities. It is foolish to blindly pursue the 'bravery' they admire in order to be recognized by Gryffindor and to be accepted among classmates!"

"So, why do you hate Gryffindor?"

"That's right! Look at that Harry Potter! He went out of his way to save the Philosopher's Stone, and faced a mysterious man in the first grade. The fact that he didn't die can only mean he was lucky! And yet everyone still calls him a hero and a savior! This is There is no savior in the world. Those so-called heroes and saviors are nothing more than guys who overestimate their capabilities and challenge life. They are lucky enough not to die in the end! And that old man Dumbledore actually encourages extra points! It’s unreasonable... Then we’ll see When encountering danger, everyone rushes forward without knowing their strength, and ends up losing their lives in vain!" Emery Switch said, "The same is true for the little fat guy just now! Fortunately, I think he can still be saved, and fortunately this time he was saved. You discovered him and prevented him from losing his life... After my education, he should not dare to take unknown things anymore! So, don't think that you are a Gryffindor, it's the same for you. , Gryffindor is very arrogant, I have to remind you all the time to prevent you from becoming like your group of students——"

Emery Switch began to preach again, but Gray didn't listen anymore, his mind was no longer here.

"I don't like the word brave. Brave is just the best synonym for stupidity." Emery Switch said to him seriously, "You are a young man who can listen to what you say, and you are also a good professor. I As someone who has experienced it, I would like to give you a piece of advice: when you encounter something you are not sure about, do not overestimate your capabilities and take risks. Being brave is just a joke with your life..."