A Bite of Hogwarts

Hogwarts Headmaster's Office.

As Dumbledore suggested temporarily replacing the History of Magic professor, all the professors understood one thing: it seemed that Professor Binns would not be able to return to his teaching post in the short term.

However, judging from the headmaster's relatively calm expression, there didn't seem to be any major concerns regarding Professor Binns.

Just as Albus Dumbledore said, after giving this ghost professor some time, he should be able to soothe and recover from the damage of cracking the Chamber of Secrets' magical barrier, as well as alleviate the "work stress" of these past few days.

Therefore, the professors present were relieved and began to seriously consider Dumbledore's previous proposal.

Unlike the positions of castle caretaker and school nurse, professors who formally teach enjoy a different weight and status in any school, and in Hogwarts, this temporary replacement of teaching professors is usually not something the headmaster can decide unilaterally.

A brief silence fell in the headmaster's office, with only the delicate silverware placed on the slender-legged tables rotating and emitting soft puffs of pleasant-smelling smoke—the portraits of former headmasters and headmistresses unexpectedly remained silent, most leaning in their frames, pretending to be sound asleep.

Regarding the "Otto Apocalyps" who suddenly appeared at the school, although Dumbledore had never directly admitted it, judging from various signs and traces, many professors vaguely guessed the old gentleman's true identity—the legendary owner of another Philosopher's Stone, the Austrian alchemist "Hohenheim Paracelsus."

Undoubtedly, as a five-hundred-year-old wizard, even if he wasn't as professional and comprehensive as Professor Binns in terms of History of Magic, his long life experience alone was enough to outclass more than 99% of the wizarding world's History of Magic scholars.

After all, compared to scholars who rely on documents and historical images to explore and ponder the past, for these long-lived alchemy masters, the history circulating in people's mouths is just a part of their life experience.

"Mr. Otto? I have no objections."

After a moment, Professor McGonagall, as the Deputy Headmistress of Hogwarts, was the first to break the silence.

Professor McGonagall turned her head, glanced at the old wizard sitting on the sofa, pondered for a few seconds, and nodded without hesitation, first expressing her support for Dumbledore's proposal, while smiling at Grindelwald.

"Don't worry too much, Mr. Apocalyps. You just need to combine your rich life experience with the textbook and tell it to the children—your life experience is the best epitome of history itself."

"I also agree, Professor Binns really should take a break."

Professor Sprout nodded gently, also casting a vote of approval, "I think Mr. Apocalyps is undoubtedly the most suitable candidate, Professor Dumbledore, your choices are always correct."

"..."

"If those students are disobedient, I would be happy to share my experience with you."

Snape pursed his lips and echoed softly.

"Wait, I haven't..." Grindelwald raised his eyebrows, a hint of impatience appearing on his face.

Ding ding ding~

Just then, a series of small, crisp sounds rang from the edge of the headmaster's desk.

Dumbledore was seen tapping a bare dessert and candy plate with his finger, looking at Grindelwald, who was about to refuse, with a meaningful look—from yesterday to today, not even a single biscuit or candy dessert had appeared in the headmaster's office, and the original stock had been taken away by Grindelwald yesterday when he entertained the Ministry of Magic.

"Otto Apocalyps... Have you been satisfied with your time at Hogwarts these past few days? Is there anything unsatisfactory with your accommodation or meals? Occasionally getting in touch with young students is actually a good way to relax, isn't that what you said before? And correspondingly, the children also need some supervision and guidance from elders."

Grindelwald glanced at the dessert plate he had finished, and rubbed his nose somewhat awkwardly.

In the past two days, thanks to the special care of a certain resentful Hogwarts head chef, Dumbledore and Grindelwald's meals have been quite healthy and balanced, very much in line with the low-oil, zero-sugar, low-salt diet structure of a centenarian.

Of course, for Grindelwald, he could still exploit the "tool devil" who dared not speak out, but after-dinner desserts and snacks were naturally unavailable, so he could only rely on secretly searching Dumbledore's stock to get by.

"... Um, how long do I need to substitute?"

"A week at the shortest, no more than a month at the most."

"Alright, I'll give it a try..."

……

Meanwhile, in the Hogwarts Library.

Although today's course arrangements for the first year were over, for Elena and others, their work had just reached the halfway point. As the people in charge of "The Quibbler," they still had to gather together to discuss layout and write articles.

After a day of classes, Hermione looked a little unhappy, obviously not yet recovered from the day's course setbacks—you know, in the afternoon's Transfiguration class, Luna also showed amazing magical talent.

Accurately speaking, Luna Lovegood's performance in transfiguration, which is closer to the artistic level, even made the always strict Professor McGonagall couldn't help but express appreciation and pleasure. There is no doubt that, compared with precise and rigorous charms, transfiguration requires more imagination and faith.

The most direct difference is that although Luna and Hermione both successfully turned the match into a silver needle, the end of the silver needle that Luna transformed into also had a cute little ring, and a small hole for threading.

According to Professor McGonagall, transfiguration is a magical art, success comes from knowledge and practice, but to reach excellence requires a unique talent—after all, there is no artist profession in the wizarding world, and those whimsical transfiguration masters are the source of art for the entire wizarding world.

In other words, if turning a pebble into a button represents an excellent and qualified transfiguration display, then a "button" made of metal, with embossed patterns and floral borders, presenting a perfect symmetrical pattern, and with hollowed-out buttonholes that can change color in the sunlight, can be called a transfiguration master.

However, the worst thing is that the textbook won't tell you what the latter should look like.

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