In the Headmaster's office, silence once again reigned.
After a long time, Dumbledore seemed to come back to his senses and he had already made up his mind.
Dumbledore weighed his words, "I'm sorry, Felix, Professor Burbage has not thought of retiring ..."
Felix wore a disappointed expression.
"But," Dumbledore began quickly, "I can see that you are very good in ancient Magic runes."
"Yes, Headmaster." Felix thought of something and held back the flicker of hope that had risen in his heart as he looked at Dumbledore with dull eyes.
The old man in front of him did not deliberately play coy and stated his thoughts straightforwardly, "I would like you to teach Ancient Runes, I wonder if you are interested?"
"Of course I do!" Felix blurted out and then slowed down: "Yes, I do. But, Professor Babbling ..."
"Ah, Bathsheda," Dumbledore seemed to mutter with a lament before explaining, "she has been in service at Hogwarts for over fifty years, and for the past few years she has been hoping to take a sabbatical for a while to see how the world has changed."
"A sabbatical? Are you suggesting that I should fill in for the Ancient Magic Runes class temporarily as a substitute? Is it for an academic year? Or a semester?" Felix frowned slightly, this was not what he desired.
Hogwarts is rich in books, and becoming a professor at the school would come with many advantages. He didn't want just a year and a half, but at least a minimum of five to ten years required, right?
Dumbledore is amused, his silvery beard fluttering as he pointed out with a straight face, "Felix, Professor Babbling is not a normal wizard, she has a magical bloodline which lets her see time differently than we do."
Magical bloodline? Felix recalled Professor Babbling's appearance, which seemed to have remained unchanged from the time he enrolled, to the time he graduated ...
Could it be because she is of mixed blood? A mix of another humanoid race?
It is possible, there was no shortage of them in the Wizarding World, the most common hybrid races were humans with giants, dwarves, and fey. As far as he knew, there was more than one in the school.
Before he could come to a conclusion, he heard Dumbledore say, " As far as Professor Babbling is concerned, it is not unusual for her to take a sabbatical of ten or twenty years. In fact, when she complained to me about the lack of sabbaticals, she recommended a few candidates to replace her, and among them, there was you, Felix."
It dawned upon Felix that he had a pretty good relationship with this professor; although he had been unable to take Ancient Runes in his sixth or seventh year, he had always consulted her during his subsequent self-study and had never stopped writing to her even after graduation.
Apart from Dumbledore, the only professor who kept in touch with him after graduation is Professor Babbling.
Professor Dumbledore added: "Your presence here will make Professor Babbling very happy, she has so many desires to fulfil over the years that she has almost filled a parchment scroll ."
Felix, of course, nodded his head in agreement at the prospect of such a nice offer.
As he walked out of the headmaster's office, Felix breathed a long sigh of relief. Finally, he had returned to this place again.
Hogwarts, the centre of the British wizarding world. This time, as a professor.
He returned to Professor McGonagall's office to see a phoenix Patronus dissipate, and it dawned on him that Dumbledore had informed Professor McGonagall of the result through the Patronus.
Sure enough, Professor McGonagall lifted her glasses slightly, "I have received a message from Dumbledore, Felix, no, I should call you Professor Hap from now on."
"You can still call me Felix, I will always be your student."
Professor McGonagall grunted slightly, "Professor Snape won't be happy about this."
Felix scratched his head, he had made Snape very angry back then. McGonagall quickly skipped the subject, and with a wave of her wand, a dozen pieces of parchment flew out of a large cabinet in her office, smoothed into a neat stack, showing the stern and serious nature of its owner.
"These are your class schedules, student lists, obligations, and privileges. Supplies, and anything else I personally think you'll need for the class. The most urgent question, of course, is whether the textbooks need to be changed?"
"Textbooks?" Felix was slightly puzzled.
"That's right, the textbooks." McGonagall repeated, "Many professors have their own teaching philosophies, and Hogwarts encourages this principle, so they can decide for themselves how they teach their class, the ratio of theories to practicals, and of course, the selection of the teaching materials."
McGonagall gave him a look, "I learned that you also wrote a book about ancient Magic runes."
Felix understood, considering for a moment, but he decided not to change it. "Professor Babbling's textbook is just perfect, I acquired a lot out of it when I was in the school."
"All right." Professor McGonagall seemed unconcerned by this move, but Felix heard her mutter something softly which was too quiet for him to hear, but it seemed to involve another professor.
"If only ... professors could be like that ..."
It isn't nice for Felix to ask about it, as a budding professor, he didn't want to make more trouble before he officially hired.
As a Slytherin, he has a very strong sense of purpose in his behaviour.
Professor McGonagall looked up at Felix, who was not budging, and said, "Professor Hap, you can go now. We will send you a formal letter of appointment and entry date in the post, and if there is any additional information, it will also be enclosed."
Felix smiled, "Professor McGonagall, I would like some more time to prepare. As you know, I am still very young, although I have little experience in the field of magic, and I have no relevant experience in teaching; you are very experienced in this field, and I would greatly need your guidance in this regard."
I don't know if it is an illusion or not, but Felix noticed that Professor McGonagall seemed to smile a little, or of course, it could have been a twitch at the corner of her lips, as they say that people who are always stone-faced are prone to have a facial paralysis.
Felix's mind was spinning with nonsensical thoughts.
"Felix, you're always so polite." McGonagall seemed impressed, And courteously ceased her work at hand, "What do you want to know?"
"I'd like to start by looking at student information, such as academic results, the number of students in each year at each house, some of the best or very famous young wizards, and it would be nice to have a review of each of them."
Professor McGonagall gave him a look and waved her wand silently, the door of the large cupboard opened with a crack, and out of it flew a flurry of parchment scrolls, Felix hastily pulled out his wand and with a flick of it, one quill on the table turned into a long table.
Professor McGonagall responded and stacked the scrolls on the table, "Excellent Transfiguration."
"I couldn't have done it without your teaching," Felix said humbly.
"I remember your first three years, you didn't get a lot of credit in your Transfiguration."
Felix feels a bit embarrassed, as he was so busy fighting the little snakes of 7th Year that he didn't even have enough time to practice something other than some magic spells every day, so he didn't have time to focus on Transfiguration, which was the reason.
It was only later that he picked up Transfiguration.
Professor McGonagall didn't dwell on his grades because she is well aware of Felix's situation at the time and, to be honest, she had always had a problem with the use of the Sorting Hat for sorting and had always believed, for a long time, that Felix should have been sorted into Gryffindor.
For all his reckless, ahem, bravery, who would believe that he isn't a Gryffindor!
Even among the young lions, he's the most reckless one!
"Here's the information you asked for, but there's no evaluation. About some of the best little wizards, I can only stand by my side and name some from the Gryffindor House."
"That's useful too." Felix wasn't picky.
"Oliver Wood and Percy Weasley in the sixth year, Alicia Spinnet and Angelina Johnson in the fourth year, Hermione Granger in the second year," then McGonagall pursed her lips, "and of course the Weasley twins, Fred and George, for goodness' sake, if they put half of their Mischief efforts on their studies ..."
"Is that all? I remember the famous Harry Potter attending too, isn't he in Gryffindor?" Felix was somewhat curious, the name had thundered through him in his past and present life.
"Harry ..." I could see that the name is entangling her even more.
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What kind of person is Harry Potter?
Professor McGonagall is definitely one of the most qualified people to answer this question, and it is fair to say that, except for a certain unnamed Potion professor, the other members of the Faculty have a good opinion of Harry.
He is sincere, polite, and has a sense of justice, but on the other hand, he is also "slightly" impulsive and reckless - which is not entirely a bad thing, and at least fits the profile of a young lion.
But these are all just character assessments if you look at his academic performance ...
I can only say that we can't go into more detail! If you want to go into detail, you can only say that he has a lot of potential!
It's exactly the same as what some teachers used to say at parent-teacher meetings in his previous life.
Finally, Professor McGonagall described Harry this way, "Harry is a very friendly little wizard and plays Quidditch very well."
I asked you what subject he specialized in, and you tell me he's friendly? Is there nothing else to brag about besides that?
But he's good at Quidditch ... and he seems to have a natural aptitude for athletics!
To be honest, Felix feels quite envious. Not for being a star figure on the Quidditch pitch, but in his opinion, a person with good athletic talent is at least have half a dueling talent.
What did dueling depend on? Spell power, spellcasting skill, mentality, experience, and reflexes.
He has all the first four attributes, but the last one, reflexes, is just average, although he is not that slow and not that fast either. But don't think that Felix is weak. With his golden fingers, his spells are far more powerful than they should be.
As early as the end of the fourth year, he was able to stand toe-to-toe with three adult wizards and force his way through their defences.
Not to mention his current self.
If we take an unnamed potion professor as an example, Felix's magic theory may be a little behind due to his age, but his spells are definitely more powerful than the others.
And this is all because he has spent his days and nights working on it!
He practiced the main attack spell 10,000 times, can you believe it? Take one of his most powerful attack spells, " Petrificus Totalus ", as an example, this spell is the first spell he contacts with, and now he rates it as his top 6 spells, but he can't break through to level 7 at present.
No matter what, it's simply impossible for him to move on further due to his lack of magic knowledge.
But what does a level 6 spell mean? Just two years ago, with two-level 6 spells and a little skill, he took down seven of the most powerful wizards in the US wizardry side in a flash!
His unparalleled skillfulness and the sheer power of his spells are what Felix has to say about himself.
It was because Felix had crossed two levels at the end of his fourth year and mastered two level 6 spells that he had the strength to face the outside world with confidence.
Felix is somewhat saddened that if he had been able to react well, he might not have needed to get this high-level in a spell. If only he had better reflexes, maybe he wouldn't need to resort to using elixir to master his skills.
But it's a good thing that he spent the three years after graduating not for nothing, and he has developed a new form of magic for himself.
Felix would like to thank all those dark wizards who have made such an indelible contribution to his wizardry endeavours!
Thank you for putting your lives on the line.
...
Felix sat on the other side of the table, flipping through the information provided by Professor McGonagall, occasionally transcribing data and recording statistics - something he had been doing for two years in the Muggle world.
He had worked for three companies in the last two years, and each time he quit, the companies were reluctant to let him go, and not because he had cast a hypnosis spell!
In the afternoon, Felix and Professor McGonagall enjoyed their afternoon tea together, during which Felix asked a question.
"Assistant Professor?" McGonagall felt slightly puzzled.
"It's just an assistant, which can be defined as someone who assists the professor with miscellaneous tasks such as organizing research materials, marking papers, supervising exams, auditioning for lectures, and that sort of thing." Felix corrected. "Of course, there's no shortage of little perks."
Professor McGonagall understood a little, and she rolled her eyes slightly. I think you're just trying to be lazy!
As Professor Snape said, "That Felix is a standard Slytherin!" He just got a teaching job, and he's already trying to avoid his work!
"I don't think it's right for a professor to throw his work to the students." Professor McGonagall said sternly, pursing her lips.
"Professor McGonagall, you misunderstand me, I am actually trying to train good students."
Professor McGonagall had a look on her face that said, "You're not going to fool me".
"It's true. I don't intend to set up my own club in my first year, after all, I need some time to familiarize myself with teaching and the environment."
A Club is a place where certain professors invite a group of students from each house who have excelled enough in their courses to get together and study magic.
It's called a "club".
Professor McGonagall's Transfiguration Club, for example, held occasional events to learn about techniques and tricks that wouldn't be covered in lectures or exams.
Professor McGonagall nodded, precisely because Felix is a newcomer, and she hasn't mentioned this to him yet.
"So you're saying that you want to find talents early? Preparing for next year's club?" McGonagall asked.
"That's right!"
Professor McGonagall looked down and thought about it, thinking that this could be done and that it would have many benefits for the students, and just a few extra pointers alone would be enough to attract the top students - as the only outstanding graduate with a dominant rank in the last few decades, Felix was more than qualified.
As for some academic dregs? Who cares what those dregs think? It has nothing to do with those academic scums!
There are no scums in any professor's club.
"So, what are your criteria?" Professor McGonagall enquired, as such opportunities did not often come along, and she was prepared to use her power for personal gain, no, to give preference to the talents of her own house.
Felix thought about it and roughly conveyed a few things, "Well ... first, active learners, that is, people who are willing to take the initiative to learn and are very eager for knowledge, secondly, well, the memory should be very good, and thirdly ... the year level should not be too high, after all This is my first assistant, so I'd like to spend some time training him or her."
"By the way, the result of the ancient magic rune is not important, I have special teaching tricks." He added.
Felix thought about it again and decided that is pretty much all that he needed.
In reality, he was looking for a toolman to help him with all sorts of chores. But there were levels for toolmen, and a low-level rubbish toolman was not quite that useful for his magic work.
A low-level toolman is not as useful as a wizard toolman, but a tool from a student is different. Not only is it easy to use, but with a little training, it can be developed into a teaching assistant, a magic research assistant, or even a co-partner.
Professor McGonagall didn't even want to think about it, and quickly went through the list of little lions in her house through her mind. Wood is no good, his time clashed with Quidditch; Percy is good, but he is already in the fifth year and had OWLs to prepare for this year ...
The Weasley twins? They'll be sent away after a couple of days! But those two do have potential ...
Then, a name popped into her head.
"You mean Hermione Granger?" Felix got a little surprised, the name seemed to be one of the golden trios, right?
The same year as Harry Potter, so she is only second-year, right?
"Yes, she fits your requirements almost perfectly - love for knowledge, excellent memory, not too advanced in years." Professor McGonagall spoke kindly, she has a soft spot for Miss Granger, as there is a rumour circulating around about one of Granger's nicknames is 'Little McGonagall'.
Seeing that Felix seemed a little hesitant, Professor McGonagall recommended the Weasley twins, but told him in advance of their awful pranking habits.
"I'll have a chat with them when school begins." Felix didn't make up his mind at the end of the day.
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