Hogwarts: A Chinese-Style Professor

Chapter 128 Remus Lupin

“I’ll take care of the location for you—it’s deep in the streets of Diagon Alley.”

I've gathered information on some wizards for you regarding assistants; they're all kind and capable—see if any of them appeal to you.

If you want to handle this yourself, that's certainly possible.

Dumbledore placed a list in front of Livy.

“I’m not really interested in these things, so it would be great if you could help.”

However, although making those props is not very difficult, it would be difficult if the supply and demand were large.

"Either they pay to use the equipment in batches for training, or I'll have to find some wizards to do the work for me."

"I think—in either case, they would accept it, but..."

“Many Squibs have been out of wizarding society for too long. I worry that some of them might not feel comfortable returning to an unfamiliar environment.”

Li Wei understood Dumbledore's meaning—although those people needed his help, they were also worried about their children being mistreated, so they naturally hoped to have the alchemical tools brought directly to their homes.

Making one or two batches is fine, but to meet the demand for hundreds or thousands of duds, Li Wei would have to make tens of thousands of alchemical pistols—that's impossible.

Li Wei picked up the list Dumbledore had given him and quickly flipped through it—finally stopping at one person's information.

Remus John Lupin

"It's him? How did he end up like this?"

Dumbledore rose slightly and saw the name that Livy was looking at.

"He's a werewolf—because of this identity, he's never been accepted in the wizarding world."

"I know--"

Li Wei took out Lu Ping's information sheet and placed it on the table.

“Let him be the one. From now on, Lu Ping will be my agent and be in charge of all these matters. I will teach him how to make the treatment device, and he will make it for me.”

“I must remind you—if Lupin is hired, in addition to the fixed salary, he has one small personal request—he hopes his employer can provide him with a certain amount of wolfsbane medicine every month.”

“I know, that’s not a problem—by the way, could you handle this and let Snape do it?”

"I will negotiate with him."

Li Wei continued to flip through the list, and when he saw that there were no people he knew or cared about on it, he casually put it aside.

"Since I'm going to employ people, I naturally need to make money too—what do you think is a suitable price for all treatments?"

"Hmm—that is indeed a very debatable issue—"

Dumbledore also began to hesitate—as far as he knew, some of his friends were not so well-off.

"How about this—those with money, fleece the big dog-buying tycoons; those without money, provide them with dogs for free—you can put in a good job of selecting these people for me."

Livy had little interest in earning Galleons and didn't want to waste his time and energy on it.

Dumbledore didn't really want to get involved—he was even less interested in making money.

However, considering his old friends who were strapped for cash, and some arrogant pure-blood families...
"Alright, I'll handle this for you—when can you make the first batch of alchemical tools?"

In fact, he was amazed by Li Wei's magnanimity—having created such an item, he could undoubtedly have made a fortune while gaining fame if he wanted to.

"Sigh—I'm also having a bit of a headache about this—I'm worried about not having enough time."

"Let's wait until exam week starts, then we'll have more time—what about Lupin? When will he be able to take up his post? Why don't you just bring him to Hogwarts? That way, my production plan can start sooner."

Dumbledore was somewhat 'frightened' by his suggestion.

"You seem to trust him a lot?" "He's my classmate—it seems you don't know that."

"No—of course I know that, it's just... you seemed to be..."

Dumbledore practically said out loud that you don't have many friends.

"Yes, I haven't had much contact with him, but I trust him, it's that simple—to be honest, seeing my former classmate in such a sorry state makes me feel bad."

The real reason was that Li Wei still remembered Lu Ping and knew that he was a genuinely kind person—someone he had nothing to worry about.

"Lupin has his own pride—so he would refuse help that falls into his lap. But I think he probably wouldn't refuse this job."

Dumbledore also had his own selfish motives—Lupin's information was something he had added on his own initiative.

As a werewolf, he has no chance of being selected for such a job.

This wasn't Dumbledore's prejudice against him, but rather something the wizarding world had instilled in him.

"So, you agree?"

“With you watching him, I believe he won’t pose any threat to the school.”

"That would require Snape to have a sufficient supply of wolfsbane potion."

As Li Wei and Dumbledore exchanged terms, Li Wei's mind was already conjuring up another person from Lupin's werewolf identity.

Fenrir Greyback, the Death Eater, was also the leader and progenitor of the werewolves.

Lupin became a werewolf because he was bitten by Greyback when he was a child.

This magical phenomenon is quite interesting—perhaps it's really worth studying.

In Li Wei's view, this should be a curse that is still incomprehensible to humans, just like the petrification of the basilisk.

Thinking about this, he was actually looking forward to Lupin's arrival.

"By the way, Li Wei, I am formally inviting you to join the Alchemy Association on behalf of the Honorary Chairman of the Association—by the way, your position is the same as mine."

"What use is this to me?"

“I know you’re not interested in these things—so it’s just an honorary title, you don’t need to do anything, just let people know you’ve joined.”

"In addition, you can request a rare alchemical material from the association in your own name every three months."

The association's library will be open to you, containing our collection of alchemy books and manuscripts by renowned figures, including some alchemy insights from Nico and myself.

"It sounds like I have no reason to refuse."

Dumbledore smiled and continued:

"Perhaps this is nothing to you, but being the honorary president of the Alchemy Association is actually a very important thing in the eyes of outsiders."

We will invite you to the Alchemist's Guild headquarters to receive your medal in a while—in addition, Nico himself would like to meet you.”

“Great! I’ve long admired Maestro Lemaître for a long time.”

"You'll be quite busy during this time—as far as I know, the Ministry of Magic is also discussing with the Council of Wizengamo whether to award you the Order of Merlin, Third Class or Second Class."

"I'm just glad that I wasn't exposed to the magical world before."

Otherwise, these things will only slow down his learning progress.

However, it's time for Li Wei to adapt to the times and take his own steps.

(End of this chapter)