Hogwarts: What are the four great masters doing?

He gave Ryan a thumbs up and then said goodbye to everyone.

He took the large iron cage containing Norbeta, which was cast with a silencing spell and a disillusionment spell, and left Hogwarts on his broomstick with other staff members of the Dragon Sanctuary under the cover of night.

After Norbeta was sent away, Hagrid was depressed for many days.

Harry wanted to organize a night tour to comfort the half-blood giant, but Ryan obviously didn't have time to participate.

He was busy with classes, various clubs, studying soul-related potions with Snape, and even had to go to St. Mungo's Hospital every other month to try to treat the Longbottoms.

The only consolation for him was that at least he didn't have to worry about the magical plants in the nursery in the Forbidden Forest.

Because not long ago, he brought Professor Sprout into the nursery as promised.

The Hufflepuff headmaster, who loved herbology, collapsed in happiness upon seeing the countless ancient magical plants in the nursery.

And when she came to, Ryan didn't even need to speak.

She took the initiative to ask: "Ryan, maybe you would like me to take care of these plants? I promise to take good care of them... Okay? Oh my God!"

After seeing Ryan nod in agreement with a subtle look on his face, she fainted again from excitement.

After Professor Sprout volunteered to work for free, Ryan had some free time.

But a few days later, he realized another thing - the paper in the "Magic Special Issue".

Professor Flitwick told him after a Charms class that he had less than three months left to submit his paper.

"Your reputation is quite impressive now... We haven't even sent out our recommendation letters yet, and the Wizengamot Council has already taken the initiative to mention this matter."

"They also mentioned meditation, but it was more about some ancient spells left by Hufflepuff... You certainly don't need to fully expound on their mysteries in your paper, but you can briefly mention them. This will earn you greater fame."

After Professor Flitwick mentioned this, Ryan finally couldn't help but ask.

"Professor, maybe you can tell me now—regarding this paper...what exactly are your plans?"

He was a little puzzled.

To this day, he actually didn't quite understand why the professors and Dumbledore wanted him to publish his paper in the "Magic Special Issue".

The professors had only told him that this matter was related to Hogwarts' teaching of ancient magic to young wizards, but they did not mention the specific details.

"Oh...yes, I can tell you now."

After hearing Ryan's question, Professor Flitwick seemed to realize this.

He smiled and said, "That was Dumbledore's idea... I told him about our discussion about ancient spells, so he said..."

"Since Ryan has an extraordinary knowledge of ancient spells, why not let him teach the young wizards?"

As soon as these words came out.

Even Ryan was stunned on the spot.

"I?"

He said in disbelief: "Professor...I am a student, and a first-year student at that!"

An 11-year-old Hogwarts professor?

Ryan knew immediately that this must be another explosive news - at least the newspapers in the entire wizarding world would make a lot of money from it!

"Oh, no, of course not a professor - the process of hiring a new professor is very complicated and needs to be approved by the Ministry of Magic..."

Professor Flitwick said softly.

"But... there is a way around it."

When he said this, Ryan's mind suddenly reacted.

"club!?"

he said thoughtfully.

"Yes, the club—it's not really a course, it's just a gathering of people interested in something..."

Professor Flitwick gave him an appreciative look.

So, Ryan finally understood what the professors were thinking.

As they said - when ancient magic had been abandoned for so long, it would surely be very difficult to reopen a formal course.

It needs to go through layers of procedures and approval from the Ministry of Magic, which is extremely cumbersome and complicated, and may even require the overturning of some past laws.

Based on Ryan's recent observations and understanding of the Ministry of Magic, he felt that the current Minister of Magic certainly did not have such courage.

Especially considering the relationship between the pure-blood families and Ryan and their influence in the Ministry of Magic - they will definitely make an effort to stop it.

Therefore, the plan of the professors and Dumbledore is very simple.

They don't need to create a new course, they just need to establish a club.

As for the club - that was entirely an internal matter of the school and did not require permission from the Ministry of Magic at all.

"We will all be instructors for the club, even Dumbledore will join."

"And you will be the club's minister."

When Professor Flitwick said this, Ryan understood why the professors asked him to publish his paper in the "Magic Special Issue".

It's still for fame!

Once he publishes his knowledge of ancient magic in the "Magic Special Issue", he will become an authority in this field.

In this way, even if the club is not considered a real course, it will not affect credits and ultimate graduation.

But a large number of young wizards and their parents will definitely let them join the club just for Ryan's reputation.

As Flitwick and Ryan had discussed before - what they wanted to do was not to let everyone learn ancient magic, because its dangers were indeed beyond dispute.

All they need to do is give the young wizards and their elders a chance to choose.

"Your reputation is already very good. Even if you open this club now, there should be many young wizards joining... But we think it is more appropriate to publish a sufficiently outstanding paper in the "Magic Special Issue"..."

When Flitwick said this, Ryan naturally had no objection.

He seriously said that he would go back and select some meditation methods and write a good enough paper.

And so he did – he even missed the Quidditch match on the first weekend in March.

Of course, Hermione was quick to notice that Ryan didn't 'miss the game', but simply didn't want to watch it.

After all, the two sides in this game are Gryffindor and Hufflepuff, and the position of Seeker is a direct duel between Harry and Cedric.

"If Ryan goes to watch the game, maybe he needs to split himself in half and go to the stands on either side to ensure that neither of his two friends will be sad."

And in this case.

The two-week Easter holiday has arrived - it marks the return of spring and the beginning of the end of the school year.

But it was at this time that Professor McGonagall found Ryan.

"Oh, Professor McGonagall... I handed the paper to Professor Flitwick a week ago... Hmm? What did you say? Headmaster Dumbledore?"

Ryan originally thought that the professor was here to urge him to finish his thesis, but after hearing what Professor McGonagall said next, he realized that this was not the case.

"Yeah—it's a strange name, isn't it?"

Professor McGonagall spoke in a cold and sarcastic tone.

"..."

Ryan didn't dare to respond - she knew the source of Professor McGonagall's attitude at the moment.

From the end of the Christmas holidays to the Easter holidays... for almost three months, Dumbledore's whereabouts can only be described as mysterious.

At least Ryan hadn't found him once in these three months - this made Ryan almost forget that he wanted to tell him about the Philosopher's Stone!

As far as Ryan knew, thanks to the headmaster's hands-off approach, Professor McGonagall had been almost as busy as a whirlwind in the past three months.

She even missed her college's Quidditch match like Ryan - the only difference was that she really wanted to go, but she really didn't have the time!

This made the witch's resentment at this moment almost greater than that of the ghost.

"Dumbledore asked you to go to the headmaster's office. I hope you can tell him that if he disappears all day like this, I will..."

"Professor...don't worry, I promise to pass on your message!"

Professor McGonagall's voice was low, and Ryan tremblingly promised to complete the task.

Then Professor McGonagall left.

Ryan stood up and walked towards the principal's office with Friday.

However, when he arrived in front of the stone beast in the principal's office, he found that he could not open the door even after repeating the password several times.

But not long after...

"Boom!"

The door opened automatically, revealing a spiral staircase.

Ryan walked down the stairs into the headmaster's office, and then he saw Albus Dumbledore, whom he had not seen for a long time, sitting at the desk.

The portraits of the principals on the office walls have been impounded—perhaps more times since Ryan entered the school than in the past few decades combined.

"Dumbledore! You are abusing your authority - we are also the headmasters, we have the right to sit in on the class!"

Ryan could even hear Phineas Black's disgruntled voice gradually fade away.

"Oh, Ryan, you're here."

Dumbledore smiled and looked at Ryan as he sat at his desk, with a box of candy and candy wrappers in front of him.

What surprised Ryan was that he noticed that the Phoenix Fawkes was not in Dumbledore's office at this time. Instead, the Sorting Hat was placed on his desk.

Compared to before, the old hat looks brand new after being washed.

But Mr. Hat was obviously not happy.

At this moment, it has its hat brim drooping, looking sad and depressed.

"Oh, little master...you are here."

It greeted Ryan softly, its voice weak.

After Ryan greeted it, Dumbledore put it back on the shelf.

"Were you chatting with the Sorting Hat?"