[HP Sirius] Sweet Potions

Not long after this incident, Ersha suddenly received an invitation from the principal Dumbledore.

This is the first time she has come to the principal's office.

The aroma of black tea permeated the circular office.Dumbledore was sitting behind the table, busy pouring black tea into bone china mugs with gold rims.

On the golden perch behind him, a beautiful phoenix was looking at Ersha curiously with its head tilted.On the round table next to it was a limp, battered wizard's hat.

Dumbledore pushed the black tea in front of Ersa, "Sugar? Milk?"

"Oh, no. Thanks," Erza muttered.

"Actually, I know your father." Dumbledore continued, resting his fingertips on his chin, "I still remember when he was a student at Hogwarts. He was a very good student, especially in the Magic School. Very talented in medicine and transfiguration. Horace liked him very much and recommended him to be a Slytherin prefect, but your father refused."

Ursa hesitated, "He said he didn't like school."

"Yeah." Dumbledore said with a sigh, "I guess Hogwarts left him with a lot of unpleasant memories. Anyway, after I heard that he refused to send his daughter to Hogwarts I wasn't terribly surprised when I was in school."

Ursa turned to the Sorting Hat.

"He said he hated Slytherin," she said.

"Oh." Dumbledore sighed softly. "I guess it has something to do with how he was treated in that house. I heard that some students deliberately excluded him. You know, sometimes children are very cruel."

Erza was silent.She never heard of it because her father never told her about school.

"Actually, I came to you today for another matter." Dumbledore said suddenly.

He took out a letter from the drawer, "This morning, I received a notification letter from the Ministry of Magic. They said they would send a reviewer to Hogwarts because they received a joint letter from some parents. "

Ursa suddenly had a premonition of what Dumbledore would say next.

Dumbledore put down the letter and continued: "The parents said that they suspected that the newly appointed substitute teacher was not qualified to teach. They asked to change the substitute teacher, or directly hire a new professor."

Ursa looked at Dumbledore in surprise.Although she had already been mentally prepared, Ersha was still shocked when she heard Dumbledore's words.

"Mr. Dumbledore, I..."

Dumbledore cut her off with a sudden hand.A small smile appeared on his face. "Don't worry. I have enough confidence in my employees. You are an excellent teacher, Miss Green - there is no doubt about it. I am sure the Ministry of Magic inspectors will agree with me." A little, so you just have to go to class normally."

After coming out of the principal's office, Ersha felt that her footsteps became much heavier.

——Why is there a joint letter from parents?

She believed that all this must have something to do with the Blacks.But she never expected that so many parents would collectively express their dissatisfaction with her to the Ministry of Magic.

She began to doubt herself involuntarily.She's just a young girl who hasn't had her twentieth birthday yet, and maybe she really isn't qualified enough.

The thought depresses her terribly.On the way back, she accidentally bumped into a boy's shoulder, but she didn't say sorry to him.

"That's Miss Green? What's wrong with her?" Remus said, rubbing his sore shoulder.

Sirius, who was walking beside him, watched Ersa's back in silence.

"I don't know," he said softly, and turned to keep up with Remus.

The next day, word spread among the students that the Ministry of Magic would send inspectors.

To Ersha's great relief, many students expressed that they would stand by her side.

"Miss Green, we all enjoy your class." A Ravenclaw girl said, "I used to hate Potions class the most, but your thesis comments encouraged me."

"Don't worry, Miss Green, we won't let them drive you away." A Hufflepuff boy blushed and said to her after class once.

Someone else made a shiny red and gold slogan and stuck it on the wall of the Potions dungeon.

"Everybody loves Miss Green and her Potions lessons. Go. Shit, Examiner," read the sign.

But the last sentence was quickly erased by Casey.

"Sorry," Kathy whispered to Erza, "Lisa made the sign, I tried to stop her but..."

"It's okay." Ursa replied calmly, "...Thank you."

But Ersha's heart was not peaceful at all, and she could hardly describe her feelings at the moment.

Every time she finishes writing on the blackboard and looks back at the slogans on the classroom wall, a wonderful emotion fills her entire chest, almost making her float.

— She felt that she had never been so moved before.

Sirius also heard about Ersa's upcoming censorship.

He suddenly remembered the letter from his cousin Narcissa that he had just received a few days ago.

He hadn't heard from his family for many years, so he was very surprised.But before he opened the letter, he already guessed that there would be no good words in it.

"Don't bother Uncle Orion and the others, they have already broken their hearts because of your affairs." Narcissa wrote, "Also, don't go around complaining about your family affairs to others like a girl .Since you have chosen to run away from home, you must know how to bear all the consequences like a man."

Sirius only glanced at the letter before throwing it into the fireplace in disgust and burning it.But what he said in the letter has always puzzled him—when did he complain about his family affairs to others?

Since he ran away from home last summer vacation, he has never talked about his own family with others, and even rarely mentioned it to his three friends.

He didn't want James and the others to know too much about the Black family—the Black family hid too many dark and ugly truths, and he was afraid that they would look down on him because of it.

Sirius always felt that Narcissa's letter had something to do with Ersa's censorship, but he couldn't tell what kind of connection there was.

After class was over once, he followed Ersha out of the classroom and called her after her.

"Miss Green?"

Ursa stopped and cast him a puzzled look.

"I just want to say," Sirius thought to himself for the right words, "I will always stand by you, no matter what happens."

There was a moment of surprise on Ursa's face, and then she suddenly raised the corners of her mouth happily, showing what could be called a bright smile.

"Thank you," she said.

Looking at her defenseless smiling face, Sirius suddenly felt his heart beat half a beat faster.He suddenly realized that what he just said was a bit ambiguous, but he couldn't take it back.

"So...about the censorship thing," he said, choosing his words, "is there anything you want to tell me?"

"No." Ursa replied immediately.She raised her wrist and looked at her watch. "It's getting late. Don't miss dinner, Mr. Black."

...she answered too quickly.

Sirius began to suspect that the incident might really have something to do with him.

Maybe she wrote to the Black family and accidentally pissed off Mrs. Black.He secretly guessed.

His mother was an irritable woman, and Sirius knew her all too well.It's entirely possible that she's holding a grudge against the person who wrote it just because of a letter.

A few days later, the Ministry of Magic inspector finally arrived.She is a dark-haired woman who is stylishly dressed and smells of expensive perfume.Maybe she'd look better if she didn't always have a sullen, horrible look on her face--but only if she lost another fifty pounds.

She walked up to Ersha, looked at Ersha with a haughty expression, and then stretched out her hand reluctantly and squeezed Ersha's hand lightly.

"Hello, I am a temporary inspector of the Ministry of Magic, Mona Faris of the Department of Prohibition of Misuse of Magic." She said coldly, "You must be Ms. Erza Green?"

"Damn it." Sirius cursed suddenly to himself.He was standing not far away with his friends, watching the movement here.

"What's wrong?" James asked.

"I know that woman." Sirius whispered hoarsely, "Mona Bird... I guess she must have changed her surname after she got married."

"Who?" Remus looked at him a little confused.

"She was my mother's best friend when she was young." Sirius murmured in disgust, staring at the woman.