Study Days at Hogwarts

  Chapter 316 Evaporation

  After the Easter break, Hogwarts students were stunned to discover that their Defense Against the Dark Arts professor had disappeared?

  The seventh-grade students in the Defense Against the Dark Arts class first discovered this problem. They were puzzled as to why Professor Smith didn't show up in class, so the student council president had to tell Professor McGonagall about it.

  However, what surprised them the most was that Professor McGonagall didn't know what was going on.

  Professor Smith's disappearance spread like a plague to the entire school.

  Everyone is talking about this matter, and they all want to know where Professor Smith is going, why doesn't he come to teach everyone?

  Most students think that Professor Smith may have resigned early?

   After all, last semester had Professor Broad's case ahead. But, why didn't Professor Smith inform everyone of this in advance?

  Professor McGonagall was also unable to contact the missing colleague, so he could only tell Dumbledore about it.

  Dumbledore, who was dealing with the Sorcerer's Stone, hurried back to school to understand the situation.

  Hogwarts Castle, Headmaster's Office on the eighth floor.

  Professor McGonagall is telling Dumbledore about the current situation.

"The owl I sent couldn't contact Rowena, and he didn't say where he was going before?" Professor McGonagall frowned deeply. Although she didn't want to admit it, Professor Defense Against the Dark Arts was indeed magic. It is also an indisputable fact that one of the most dangerous positions in the world has to be replaced every year.

   "Did he not tell anyone he was going there?" Dumbledore asked after listening to Professor McGonagall's report.

   "No." Professor McGonagall said: "Mr. Anderson and Sister McDougal have more contact with Rowena. I have asked the three of them, but none of them know where Smith is going."

   "When did he not show up at school?" Dumbledore asked again.

"Ten days ago." Professor McGonagall didn't pay attention to this, after all, professors also need to have a vacation, and it is impossible to ask to stay in school even during the vacation, "By the way, Rowena's family is also looking for him everywhere. whereabouts."

  Professor McGonagall puts the Daily Prophet in front of the Headmaster.

   Dumbledore folded his hands on the table and fell into a brief silence. In fact, Dumbledore has no good solution, mainly because Rowena has been missing for too long, and some tracking magic can't even take effect.

   "Let's try to see if we can find news about Rowena first. If there is really no result..." Dumbledore glanced at the missing person notice in the Daily Prophet, "I'll think of other ways!"

The professors at Hogwarts are all very busy, so they don’t have time to delve into this matter, let alone to find Rowena, and Dumbledore has too many things to do now, so he can’t spare time. leave.

   "What about Defense Against the Dark Arts?" Professor McGonagall asked.

   "You can ask Severus to help substitute the class, or..." Dumbledore suddenly paused, looking at the fireplace in the principal's office, where a green flame was rising, and a figure came out of the flame.

   "You came just in time, Bud!" Dumbledore greeted the visitor with a smile.

"I heard that Rowenar is missing. Our old buddy Gerber is running around looking for him. He asked me to come to Hogwarts to find out what happened. Gerber is not doing well, you I know that Rowena is almost his most promising junior." Professor Broad said helplessly, "I had a correspondence with Rowena half a month ago, why did I disappear without any reason?"

"I don't know, we have no good news here, and we are still at a loss." Professor McGonagall greeted his former colleagues, and said rather helplessly, "Rowena left Hoag during the Easter holiday. Watts, no one knows where he went."

  This matter is really sensitive. The position of Defense Against the Dark Arts professor is not very popular, and now another one is missing. Professor McGonagall is even a little worried about scaring away other applicants. What should I do if I can’t find a professor?

   "By the way, Bud, I want to ask you something!" Dumbledore said suddenly, "Can you come back and help..."

"No, the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor is too evil. I even wonder if Rowenar's disappearance is related to that damned curse." Professor Broad rejected Dumbledore's invitation very simply, and laughed at himself, " Fortunately, last year I ran more quickly, so I didn't have any bad luck."

  Professor McGonagall frowned, but she had to admit that this was the luckiest defense against the dark arts professor in recent decades.

"No, I just want you to come back to take the class. I have already found the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor for next semester." Dumbledore reminded kindly: "If you need to investigate the matter of Rowenar, maybe you can stay in the school What useful clues can be found."

  "Substitute...Okay!" Professor Broad stroked his beard and agreed: "Just these two months."

  The disappearance of Rowena Smith attracted the attention of the magic world. The Smith family offered a high reward and even used many methods, but still could not find his whereabouts, as if the whole world had evaporated.

   "The prophecy failed."

   Nicole Flamel looked at the crystal that had not changed at all, shook his head and said, "I think...the person you are looking for may be dead!"

   Without a doubt, this is the worst news Dumbledore has heard so far.

"died?"

"The dead have no future at all, and they don't need a future." Nicole Flamel explained, "Of course, it is also possible that someone used a strong magic on him and interfered with my prophecy, but this possibility should not be great. "

"Really bad!"

  Dumbledore is considering whether to tell that old friend about it!

  He didn't know that Gerber Smith had known about it a long time ago, and knew the truth of the matter better. All he did was just pretending to be himself.

  Of course, the death of Rowena was also a heavy blow to this old man who was almost over a century old.

   After Professor Broad took over Smith's position, he gradually erased the remaining clues.

  Mr. Mogg has turned Smith's bones into a stone and buried them forever in an unknown place deep in the Forbidden Forest. No one will ever know where Rowena Smith is, let alone find his body.

  The students at Hogwarts were all curious about what happened to Professor Smith, but they were relieved to hear that Professor Broad was acting as a substitute teacher. After all, this Professor Broad is also very reliable.

   New rumors appeared in the school at some point. The Defense Against the Dark Arts professor was really cursed, which is why Professor Smith disappeared inexplicably.

  (end of this chapter)