Hogwarts: Wizards of Eternity.

Chapter 4: The Magic Professor
As the greatest wizard in Britain this century, Dumbledore not only holds several positions besides being the headmaster of Hogwarts, but his daily work is very busy.

Even though he is over a hundred years old, he is still full of energy and can always handle complicated things properly... This is the case in most cases.

But there are some things that are difficult to solve even with his strength and wisdom, and he cannot give a perfect answer.

For example, how to educate children.

Even after being a principal for so many years, there are always some students who give him headaches.

Harry Potter who will be attending school this year?

Of course not. This child seems to have left the wizarding world, but he has actually been living under the watchful eye of Dumbledore. Dumbledore knows this child very well. He just needs to guide him slowly and everything will be on the right track.

What really troubled him was another child.

"Roger Virgil..."

Roger Virgil seemed delighted after Dumbledore confirmed that he was the wizard.

But what Roger did afterwards really made him worried.

After the trial, the first thing Roger did was to prepare the funeral for the original body's parents.

Since Dumbledore knew about this kind of thing, he would naturally not watch an 11-year-old child do it himself.

He asked someone he trusted to help Roger, which was both a help and an observation.

Profile Roger's inner world through his actions.

The result.

"Alas." Dumbledore sighed.

At the funeral, friends and relatives of Roger's parents all came to pay their respects, but Roger did not seem to have much contact with either his father's friends or his mother's family.

This was normal in Roger's eyes.

Firstly, the two sides had not seen each other for several years and were already a little estranged. Secondly, Roger was a resurrected soul, and it would be difficult for him to treat the relatives of the original owner of the body as his own.

In Roger's opinion, it is a good thing to forget about the world after a long journey... Although his trial is over, he still has a lot of troubles that are far from over.

No matter what he had provoked in the past or what he would provoke in the future, it was far beyond the ability of some Muggles with only a little money to bear. He owed some karma for resurrecting a dead body, so he should stop causing trouble for the relatives of his original body.

But in Dumbledore's view, he was rejecting the reunion with his relatives. The impact of the war on the child did not disappear when he regained his freedom after the trial.

Looking at the wool socks in the corner, Dumbledore felt a little depressed.

When people get old, they become a little sentimental and can't stop reminiscing about the past.

Being hurt by Muggles, attacking Muggles who hurt others in order to protect them, prophets, children with outstanding talents and unique thinking...

Sister, father, best friend, misguided student... Dumbledore saw too many familiar shadows in Roger.

There were too many memories and regrets that he couldn't bear to think about.

He really didn't want to see the tragedy that had happened before happen again in another form before his eyes.

Dumbledore hopes that Roger will take the right path and have a happy life.

But as someone who stood at the top of the wizarding world, even if Dumbledore wanted to pay attention to Roger, he was too busy to have the energy. He couldn't do it himself, so he could only entrust Roger's affairs to another trustworthy person, just like he entrusted Harry Potter's affairs to his confidant Hagrid.

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"The reason why Transfiguration is taught as a separate subject from most spells and has an independent course is because the basic nature of Transfiguration is very different from ordinary spells?" Roger looked up and asked, looking at the list of course books he wanted to buy.

On the way to the Leaky Cauldron, Roger asked questions like an ordinary child who was curious about the magical world.

"Not only the basic properties, but even the way of casting spells is different." Professor McGonagall answered Roger's question casually. Many young wizards she had met liked to ask this and that.

And the vast majority of them, after experiencing the hardship of learning magic in Hogwarts, will gradually lose their curiosity and interest in magic and become learning machines to cope with exams.

Only a very small number of people will continue to maintain this desire for knowledge and will take the initiative to spend a lot of energy to study magic knowledge that will not be tested outside of the curriculum.

"Most spells are cast to add a magical property to the object being cast, such as 'swelling' for minor curses, 'death' for curses, and 'high temperature' and 'levitation' for ordinary spells."

"A Transfiguration spell changes the physical properties of an object, such as size, structure, density, or even its existence."

"The difference in the way of casting spells is that the general spell is to make the target 'become XX', while Transfiguration is to 'change into XX'. They seem similar, but when you reach a certain depth in your study of magic, you will understand how huge the difference is." Because she was explaining the doubts of young wizards who had not yet entered school, Professor McGonagall did not go into too much depth and just gave a general explanation in simple language.

Looking at Roger's thoughtful and young face, Professor McGonagall felt helpless.

The two sides had had many contacts when planning the funeral for this child. In Professor McGonagall's opinion, Roger did not look like an 11-year-old child at all.

A thinker who is always in doubt, this is the image of Roger in Professor McGonagall's mind.

Only when he comes into contact with magic will he behave like a normal 11-year-old wizard, full of expectations, like a child who has obtained a new toy.

Before entering Hogwarts, students need to buy textbooks for the current grade, new-sized school uniforms, and if they are new students, they also need to buy cauldrons for Potions classes, wands for casting spells, pets, etc.

If one of the parents is a wizard, the parent will lead the child to buy these things.

If both parents are ordinary people, commonly known as Muggles, the job of familiarizing their children with the magical world will be taken over by the teachers at Hogwarts.

For example, the person who guided Harry Potter when he first entered the wizarding world was the half-giant Hagrid from Hogwarts.

There is no one in Roger's family who has anything to do with wizards, they are all Muggles.

So he had to go to Diagon Alley to buy many items needed for school, and he also needed a teacher to lead the way... Diagon Alley was hidden, and it was impossible to get in without a wizard who could perform magic to lead the way.

Roger's guide was one of Dumbledore's most trusted people, Professor Minerva McGonagall, the head of the Gryffindor house at Hogwarts and professor of Transfiguration.

Looking at the Leaky Cauldron, which was already in sight and only three to five minutes away, Professor McGonagall turned to Roger and said, "Roger, what are you going to do after you graduate from Hogwarts? Join the Ministry of Magic, return to Muggle society, or..."

If you ask other young wizards who are just about to enter school this question, most of them will not be able to give a definite answer.

But Professor McGonagall had been with Roger for so long that she thought the child should have already thought of the answer.

And the facts were exactly as Minerva McGonagall had expected.

Roger gave a very clear answer.

(End of this chapter)