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Chapter 283 Curse
"It's not over, Taylor."

After talking about how to deal with Professor Lockhart's matter, Dumbledore thought about it for a while and believed Professor McGonagall's judgment. "Another thing is, our Defense Against the Dark Arts professor..."

Dumbledore considered his words.

"You should remember our last professor, Quirinus Quirrell, right?"

This is what I ordered, but unfortunately I can’t tell you.

"I remember it very well, Professor Dumbledore."

"I have a special guess that after his death, the curse of this position will be weakened, but..."

Dumbledore hesitated.

"I don't know whether the curse is effective or not. Professor Lockhart's case is too special."

That's not just any special...

He had been taking drugs before entering school, and the aftereffects were so severe that he would make a fool of himself in front of his students - theoretically, something bad would happen sooner or later, and it was too outrageous to link this to a curse.

However, from the perspective of a curse, a long-lasting curse that does not take effect immediately will probably accumulate bad luck and explode when it expires.

This conflicts with the effect of the Felicity Potion, and it sounds like the curse caused by the Felicity Potion is temporarily suppressed.

Anyway, Andrew didn't think he could understand it.

“Do we really need to offer such a course?”

Dumbledore said with some hesitation - this didn't seem like him.

But Andrew could understand it. He knew the basis on which Dumbledore believed the curse had weakened, and he also knew why he couldn't make a decision if he couldn't wait.

Continuing to open the school is tantamount to gambling with other people's lives. This kind of thing is really hard to accept.

"Try changing the course name and office." He didn't know what to say, so he could only try to find a way according to his own understanding. "In theory, there are clear restrictions on the designation of curses. Changing these two will limit the effect of the curse anyway."

"What a joke!"

On the back wall, a former headmaster roared, "This is surrender, this is admitting defeat, this is subverting the tradition of fighting against dark wizards established since Hogwarts!"

Has this course been available since the school was founded?

It’s not surprising—and after Slytherin left, Hogwarts did not openly teach the Dark Arts…

"Then be more resolute and take the Anti-Dark Wizardry Class."

The old principal stared at Andrew and nodded, "Although it's a bit extreme, it's indeed possible."

?

Andrew almost couldn't keep his serious expression.

"We can try, but what about the new professor... How do we identify our new professor..."

Dumbledore sighed, "Although there is still a final semester and summer vacation, what about the new professor?"

Yes, what should the new professor do?

After the curse went wrong, how could the new professor believe that the danger was actually over and that what happened to Professor Lockhart was actually something that was bound to happen?
"ghost."

Andrew looked at Dumbledore, "Nick, yes, Nick."

"Nick?"

"Yes, Mr. Nick will be in charge. If he comes, there will be no problem with safety."

"You're kidding me, Tyler, Nick's magic."

Professor McGonagall shook her head and didn't elaborate.

But Andrew knew - a wizard who was caught by Muggles and had half of his head chopped off.

To be honest, it is too outrageous to let this ghost be the professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts.

It's impossible for a professor to be unable to beat even his students.

Defense Against the Dark Arts at Hogwarts is bad enough!

"I think I have a good candidate, but he may not accept it." Dumbledore thought thoughtfully, "What do you think of the Bloody Baron?"

The Bloody Baron?
Andrew was stunned - the Bloody Baron, the ghost of Slytherin.

The most terrifying ghost in the whole Hogwarts, even the naughty Peeves is afraid of him.

Moreover, Hogwarts has a precedent of employing ghost professors, and Professor Binns has always done a pretty good job... not too bad.

Have prestige, not afraid of curses, and have precedents.

But the question is, is the Bloody Baron really qualified to be a professor?
And even if it is suitable, is he willing to do it?

These are all questions.

"I tried to convince him, but it's hard - and if he's the professor, I'm afraid the course name can't be changed."

It doesn't matter whether it's changed or not - but if ghosts can get into trouble, then there's really nothing to say.

Hogwarts should just cancel classes. No wizard will come to the school to challenge the death curse.

Andrew glanced at Dumbledore and saw that Professor McGonagall was also worried.

"It's decided," Dumbledore clapped his hands in fear, "You know, Taylor, today's content..."

"Nothing will get out, Professor Dumbledore."

Andrew nodded. "Then, shall I go and announce to my classmates what happened to Professor Lockhart?"

"Go ahead... I hope our choice works."

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"what?"

When Andrew appeared in the classroom and announced what had happened to all the eagerly waiting students, everyone exclaimed in amazement.

"You're kidding me, Taylor!"

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"

"No, Professor!"

...

After all the confusing statements, everyone accepted this fact.

Andrew's words are still trustworthy - basically equivalent to the role of a notice board.

This means that their lovely professor, best-selling author Professor Lockhart, has left the school and will most likely never return.

When the bell rang, almost everyone ran out frantically, ready to share the news.

Those who remained in the classroom were those who had tried to endure for a long time but ultimately couldn’t hold back their tears.

Amid the crying, Andrew left silently.

The news had not spread widely enough, so he had to draft a notice immediately. If necessary, he could arrange for his classmates to fold paper cranes and send them over - but this was the limit.

"I have already left my posthumous reputation to that professor...but if his crimes are exposed in the future, that will be another matter."

'That's almost certain, but there's no evidence at the moment. But it doesn't matter, as long as it doesn't affect the learning atmosphere on campus these days.'

"It's just that it takes a lot of thought to find evidence and reasonably establish suspicions afterwards... It's really a headache."

He shook his head, walked out of the classroom, and prepared for the next step.

In less than an hour, the atmosphere in the whole school began to become sad, but Andrew had already discussed with the class leaders that in order to prevent excessive sadness, greeting cards and paper cranes would be sent.

At the same time, any donations and visits are prohibited, and only the core members of Professor Lockhart's previous fan club are allowed to go once while bringing some things with them - the reason is that it should not affect the most critical early treatment.

The chaos ended, the students vented their emotions on paper, and gradually returned to their previous learning atmosphere, and after the core members of the fan club visited, everything calmed down.

Hogwarts began to face the first important exams of this school year, OWLs.

(End of this chapter)