Chapter 231 Why Can You but I Can’t!

There was a lot of noise in the auditorium.

The freshmen are lining up in a long line, waiting for Professor McGonagall to get the Sorting Hat back.

Other senior students were sitting on long tables in their respective colleges, chatting or greeting their acquaintances and younger brothers and sisters among the freshmen.

But at this time, someone had noticed that on the long table that only professors could sit on, there were two more people who shouldn't belong there.

Ron pointed to Harry and Hermione, the old man sitting next to Sherlock with a magic eye in one eye.

"That's Mad-Eye Moody. He used to be an Auror in the Ministry of Magic. He retired not long ago. My father told us about this. He has a very weird temper and doesn't have many friends in the Ministry. Most people are a little bit... I'm afraid of him. But he is indeed a very powerful Auror. My father said that during the darkest years in the entire magical world, he was already the ace among Aurors."

Harry looked at the one-eyed old man who was not tall but looked quite fierce. From the appearance, he was indeed not an easy person to get along with.

But he seemed to have a good relationship with Professor Forrester, and the two of them had been talking about something.

Just when Harry was about to look away from Moody, he suddenly saw a familiar figure out of the corner of his eye, with a bright and distracting smile on his face, standing behind Sherlock and looking at him and Moody Chat.

"I wonder what this retired Auror is here to teach us this semester..."

Just when Ron was still confused, Harry suddenly interrupted him.

"Wait Ron! Look over there!"

Hermione and Ron followed Harry's gaze and saw the person he wanted them to see at a glance.

They all opened their mouths and screamed.

"Sister Hilke!"

After Sherlock recovered from the initial shock, he immediately figured out why Hilke appeared here.

"You really gave me a surprise." He said helplessly.

Silk leaned back in his chair with a smile on his face.

"Why can't I see the joy on your face?"

Sherlock glared at her and asked.

"When did you go to Dumbledore for a job?"

"Not long after I bought the house, Dumbledore told me that there happened to be a vacancy in the castle."

"So you took the place of Victor, the original professor of Arithmetic Divination?"

"you are not happy?"

Hilke sensed something was wrong from Sherlock's expression, and her voice became obviously cautious.

Sherlock sighed and touched Silk's head.

"It's not that I'm unhappy, it's just that Hogwarts is really not a safe place, especially this year. I'm very happy that you can become a professor here, but you should have told me in advance."

The corners of Hilke's mouth obviously changed from upward to downward, but this time she did not break away from Sherlock's hand.

"If I told you in advance, wouldn't you let me come over?"

Sherlock thought for a moment.

"Maybe there is this consideration. If Dumbledore really can't find anyone, I can also take part-time arithmetic and divination classes."

"You know nothing about divination!"

"I'm literate and can read directly from the textbook."

"You teach bad students!"

"The same is true for normal divination classes, and students are learning the same."

"This is misleading!"

"This is not very important knowledge anyway. Your safety is much more important than this."

"Then why can you come here but I can't!"

"I can face these dangers, but you can't and there's no need."

"I'll say it again, I'm not a child. I'm one year older than you! You don't need to take care of me like a child!"

Silk's voice became louder and louder, which attracted the attention of other professors on the long table. Even Dumbledore, who was sitting in the middle, turned to look here.

Sherlock looked at Silk's stubborn face and was stunned for a while, then finally shook his head and smiled.

"Okay, maybe there is something wrong with my thinking, and I apologize to you. But I still have to emphasize again that starting from this year, Hogwarts will be a little different, and you must pay attention to what you should pay attention to."

Silk didn't look at him again. She was obviously still angry and just said indifferently.

"I will know myself."

The professors around them were all understanding and did not pay attention to the two of them deliberately. They all had meaningful smiles on their faces and were secretly observing from the corners of their eyes.

In the audience, some students also noticed Silke's appearance.

She did not wear a hood and was wearing a dark green robe. She was particularly conspicuous among the professors who were quite young and could be called old wizards and old witches.

When the students were all talking about the new, extremely beautiful young witch who had her eyes covered with a black ribbon, Harry and the others also saw something was wrong.

"Sister Hilke and Professor Forrest seem to have had a fight." Harry said worriedly.

He and Silk chatted once before the World Cup final, because he had a good relationship with Sherlock and Silk didn't show that cold attitude, which made Harry feel good about her.

Ron's head was filled with questions.

"Weren't they fine when they first met? How come they had a quarrel? Sister Hilke must have made the professor angry!"

Hermione glared at him.

"It's obvious that Professor Forrest said something that pissed off Sister Silk. Didn't you see that the professor apologized in the end?"

They just discussed for a while, and the sorting ceremony officially began. The sorting hat placed on the four-legged stool by Professor McGonagall began to sing the sorting song that was different every year.

The freshmen put on their hats one by one and were sorted into different colleges. Then the dinner began, and Dumbledore introduced the new professors this year to the students.

"Because Professor Victor of Arithmancy wants to try a new life, the professorship of Arithmancy this year will be held by a beautiful lady, Miss Vera Silk. As a former employee of the Department of Mysteries of the German Ministry of Magic, I believe she can teach you more knowledge."

"At the same time, in order to cope with the convening of a large-scale event, we will suspend the Quidditch House Cup this semester, and invite Alastor Moody to serve as the castle guard. He is mainly responsible for the security of the castle and will assist Filch in strictly enforcing the school rules. I hope some students will pay attention."

"Finally, I am happy to announce that the Triwizard Tournament, which has been suspended for a century, will be held again at Hogwarts after Halloween this year!"

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