Professor The Vampire Earl of Hogwarts

Harry quietly slipped out of Borgin Burke Antiques Store, pressed his cracked spectacles to his nose, and looked around.

In front of him was a dirty alley lined with black magic shops.Borgin Burke seemed to be the largest, with shrunken heads grimly displayed in the windows of the opposite one.Across the two doors, a large cage was covered with huge black spiders.

In a dark doorway, two ragged wizards were watching him and whispering, and some non-humanoid creatures licked their lips at him.

Harry felt creepy and wanted to leave this weird place as soon as possible.

He trotted all the way, helping the broken glasses from time to time.

...However, 2 minutes later, he was still sad to find that he had lost his previous direction.

"You're not lost, are you, dear?"

Suddenly, an old, ugly voice sounded in Harry's ear, startling him.

An old hag stood in front of him, holding a plate of what looked like a whole piece of dead man's fingernail.She looked at him grimly, showing mossy teeth.

Harry shuddered and backed away hastily.

"I'm fine, thank you." He said tremblingly, "I just..."

At this moment, Harry suddenly felt something grab his shoulders and fly up.

The old witch below stretched out her sharp nails, trying to pull Harry down from the sky, but his body rose too fast, and the hunched old witch couldn't reach him at all.

Harry's feet were off the ground at this time, and he flapped his legs in a panic, trying to break free from the air, but he was afraid that he would become the prey of the old hag again if he fell.

So Harry bravely turned his head and took a look, only wishing that the thing grabbing him was something he had learned in Defense Against the Dark Arts class... As the No. solution!

Turning his head, Harry saw a huge bat clutching his back, flapping its wings.

This bat seems somewhat familiar...

Just like...

Like the one that caught him on the Quidditch pitch!

Harry's hanging heart immediately relaxed, and he was even in the mood to start admiring the scenery from a high place.

He saw the unwilling expression of the ugly old witch, saw many unscrupulous wizards on the narrow street looking at him in the air in surprise, and saw a window so luxurious that it was out of place with the entire alley...

A silver-haired man was sitting in that window, elegantly holding a crystal glass to taste wine.

The flapping speed of the bat's wings slowed down, and it hovered beside the window.Immediately, he suddenly accelerated, throwing Harry's thin body towards the wall next to the window.

"Ah..." Harry looked at the wall that was getting closer and closer, and cried out in horror.

The moment Harry was about to collide with the marble wall, the silver-haired man in the window glanced sideways at him.

The next moment, the marble wall seemed to turn into a liquid, with waves of spiral ripples.

Harry went straight through the thick wall and fell hard on the soft sofa.

"Mr. Potter, I think you need to explain to me, why did you appear in such a dangerous place as Knockturn Alley?" Dracula's faint voice came from beside Harry, "I'm curious about this place, secretly slipped in?"

"Professor Dracula!" Hearing this voice, the stone in Harry's heart was completely relieved, and he shouted hoarsely, "I'm lost... I used Floo powder for the first time today, and I sucked soot into my throat Li... so maybe I mispronounced the word..."

"The words Diagon and Kno don't seem very similar. How much soot did you inhale?" Dracula laughed playfully.

Immediately, he found that Harry was indeed covered with soot, and the soot even stained the luxurious sofa cushions in the cubicle.

Dracula frowned.

"Well, it can be seen that you have indeed been sucking soot."

As he spoke, he snapped his fingers.The soot in the compartment disappeared in an instant, and even Harry's glasses were repaired to look brand new.

"Thank you, Professor..." Harry said weakly, "This Knockturn Alley doesn't feel like a place where serious people would come... Ah, no, Professor, I didn't mean you were not serious."

Dracula's face immediately turned black.

"Do you know who the old witch who stopped you just now is?" He sneered, and asked maliciously, "This is what I will teach after the second grade begins. As long as you do a good job of previewing at home, this question shouldn't be a problem. Difficult to answer."

"Huh?" Harry was stunned. "Isn't she an old witch with a strange appearance and personality?"

"It seems that you haven't previewed the following content at all." Dracula showed a happy smile, "If you observe carefully, you will find that there are many warts on the face and neck of the old witch, similar to Fungal or solid blisters on the skin."

"If you look more closely, you may also find that the front of her feet is much narrower than ordinary people, because this creature only has four toes."

"That is to say... that old witch just now wasn't a wizard?!" Harry asked in shock.

"That's right, she's a hag." Dracula chuckled. "Hares like raw livers the most, especially children's livers. If I didn't happen to find you nearby, you are very It may have been gouged out by that hag, and the whole body will not be left behind!"

Harry broke out in a cold sweat and was frightened for a while.He swore that he would never come to this ghostly place called Knockturn Alley again!

"Well, since you didn't prepare well at home, after returning to Hogwarts, you will have twice as much homework as others in the first two weeks." Dracula glanced at Harry, whose face turned green with fright. , said casually.

"Professor, there is a reason why I didn't preview!" Harry quickly explained, "After returning to the Muggle community, my uncle and aunt hid all my magic-related things, and I had no chance to preview my homework at all. ah!"

"What a poor kid," Dracula said.

A gleam of joy appeared on Harry's face when he heard this, thinking that he didn't have to double his homework.

"But what does that have to do with me?" Dracula's next words broke Harry's glee, "and how would I know if that was your excuse?"

"Let me assume that what you said is true, but since you came to Knockturn Alley with Floo powder, it means that you must have left the Muggle family and lived in a wizard family for a while, um , I guess it's Wes coming over."

"So during Wes's stay at home, didn't you just focus on having fun and completely forget about your homework?"

Harry stared blankly at the long-winded Professor Dracula, and finally understood——

It doesn't matter whether you have previewed your homework or not, this narrow-minded professor simply wants to get revenge for the word "improper" he just casually uttered!He stood up filled with righteous indignation, stared straight at Dracula, and said loudly:

"Professor, I am willing to accept the double assignment!"

Seeing Professor Dracula's half-smile expression in front of him, Harry resolutely chose to give in.

You can't resist, so why not agree quickly to prevent the homework from tripling, anyway, Professor Dracula doesn't assign much homework at all... Well, the premise is to stop Hermione from reminding him!

"Professor, you are right. I am indeed staying at Wesley's house now." Harry said, "I mispronounced the word and came to Knockturn Alley. Now I got separated from them. They must be very anxious. So... Could you please take me to Diagon Alley?"

Dracula glanced at him, and casually placed the crystal cup in his hand on the table.

"Then let's go, I'm about to leave just now." He stood up, walked to the window of the cubicle, and lifted the closed window.

In fact, when this compartment was just built, in order to ensure the privacy of the compartment, this luxurious window could not be opened.

However, Dracula thought that the process of bypassing the middle hall, passing through many booths, and then walking down the stairs from the entrance of the Bai Feilong Bar on the second floor to the entrance of the Black Wizard tattoo shop on the first floor was too cumbersome. It's better to jump out of the window and come faster.

Therefore, in order to cater for Dracula's preferences, the proprietress of Bai Feilong Bar specially ordered someone to transform the window into a form that can be opened and closed.

At this moment, Dracula lifted the window with ease and jumped from upstairs.

Because Harry had previous experience in Defense Against the Dark Arts class, he just gritted his teeth and jumped out of the window following Dracula.

Sure enough, just a moment before landing, a bat flew lightly to the bottom of Harry's feet, providing enough cushion for his landing, allowing him to land smoothly in this dark and narrow alley.

After the two left, the luxurious window of Bai Feilong Bar also closed automatically, and returned to the previous tight-fitting state, not giving those curious people a chance to spy.

With his arms folded, Dracula leisurely led Harry through the winding and narrow alleys, heading towards Diagon Alley.

Harry noticed that the evil eyes in the alley that were looking at him with ulterior motives had changed.

After seeing Dracula beside Harry, their eyes showed expressions of fear and awe, and they didn't even dare to stay on the two of them, and quickly looked away after a short glance.

"Professor, the people in this alley seem to be very afraid of you?" Harry asked curiously, "Did you find a chance to deal with these people before?"

Dracula casually glanced at the various dark wizards and dark creatures on both sides of the street, and sneered disdainfully, "Just them? I don't even bother to clean up these people."

For Professor Dracula's extremely confident words, Harry could only silently give a thumbs up beside him, because he couldn't refute at all...

The real reason is actually not complicated.

In Knockturn Alley, an alley full of black magic, a source of darkness like Dracula, even a little bit of darkness, can have a great impact on the dark wizards and dark creatures here.

The people or animals who can survive here are not fools, at least their senses are much more sensitive than ordinary people, so even if they have never met Dracula, they can still deeply understand that this silver-haired man... is not easy to mess with!

After walking for about five or six minutes, the light in front of Knockturn Alley became brighter and brighter, gradually dispelling the haze and darkness in the alley.

The two finally walked into the bright sunlight outside, and Harry saw a familiar white marble building in the distance: Gringotts Bank.

"You don't need me to take you the rest of the way?" Dracula stopped and asked.

He glanced at the sunlight shining into the alley with disgust, took a step to the side, and stood in the shadow under the eaves of a shop.

"Yeah!" Harry nodded emphatically, "Thank you for your help today, Professor Dracula!"

As he spoke, he ran in the direction of Gringotts Bank, because he had seen Hermione standing on the white steps of Gringotts, waving happily at him.

Dracula watched Harry's leaving back, and caught a glimpse of the Wesley family hurrying from a distance, smiled lightly and shook his head.

The next moment, his figure disappeared into the shadows under the eaves.

……

In the Hogwarts auditorium, the faculty and staff were almost all present.

There is a very strange phenomenon in this magic school-that is, many Hogwarts professors live in the school.

For example, Dumbledore, Professor McGonagall, Professor Flitwick, etc., can all be regarded as older single wizards. None of them have the burden of their families, and they don't need to go back to spend time with their families after work.

In other words, Hogwarts students are their family.

Therefore, these professors basically stayed at Hogwarts for the whole summer vacation when they had no other academic research to go out for exchanges.

At this time, Snape was lying in Dumbledore's ear and secretly talking to him, Professor McGonagall was busy sorting out the list of new students and the process of the opening banquet, and Professor Flitwick was happily chatting with Professor Sprout. chatting...

Suddenly, the light in the auditorium seemed to dim.

"Huh, is it going to rain?" Professor Flitwick looked curiously at the enchanted ceiling of the auditorium, "There don't seem to be any clouds in the sky?"

"It's also possible that Professor Dracula is here." Professor McGonagall said to Professor Flitwick while writing on the parchment with a calm face, "As long as the students are not around, he will often do this. sort of thing."

Sure enough, Dracula appeared on the professor's seat the next moment, and sat gracefully on his chair.

Dracula had always disliked the enchanted ceiling of the auditorium because it allowed him to feel the sunlight even inside.

So he used the Hogwarts title deed to figure out a good way - that is to change the degree of light transmission of the ceiling by controlling the magic supply of the magic node of the castle to the ceiling of the auditorium.

In short, it is to adjust the brightness of the ceiling!

However, in the case of too many students, it is not very appropriate to do so.On the one hand, it will affect the mood of the little wizards when eating in the auditorium, and on the other hand, it will easily expose Dracula's identity as a vampire who does not like the sun.

Of course, Dracula himself didn't care about revealing his identity at all, it was just Dumbledore who was paying attention for him...

So under these various reasons, it also caused the phenomenon that the sky suddenly darkened.

Seeing Dracula take his seat, Dumbledore sent Snape beside him to his own seat, and then took the lead in applauding.

"Let's congratulate Professor Dracula! He has become the first Defense Against the Dark Arts professor at Hogwarts for decades to be re-elected for the second year!"

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