A Certain Hogwarts Magician Professor

Felix and Dumbledore opened their eyes at the same time, and the professor in the room looked at them nervously.

"Are you whispering?" Sirius asked in a bad tone. "We stared like fools for five minutes."

This is not wrong, because it is in someone else's dream, Felix did not use the speed of thinking, as much time passes in the dream, as long as in reality.

Snape waved his sleeves in disgust and walked away.

"You can understand that the two therapists are discussing the treatment plan and don't want to be disturbed by some noisy guys." Felix said teasingly, "Speaking of which, Apparating with students all day long has not consumed your energy. energy?"

Sirius smacked his lips and murmured, "I should have asked for a raise."

At this moment, Professor Bubbage woke up from the bed. She seemed flustered at first, but when Dumbledore looked at her through the lens, she quickly calmed down, and Felix was amazed. .

"I don't want my words to sound accusatory, Keredi, but you really shouldn't be alone in this trouble," Dumbledore said softly. "You can always ask for help at Hogwarts."

Professor Bubagi took a deep, shaky breath, tears lingering, and she covered her face and said, "Oh, I'm sorry, I'm sorry."

Madam Pomfrey stepped forward and handed her a steaming mug. "Drink the hot chocolate, honey, it will put you in a good mood." She took it, took a sip, and whispered, "I It's so stupid..."

"Keridi, what the hell happened? I heard part of it from the students, but they're absurd, Squib? It's impossible," Flitwick shrilled. "Maybe we can help."

"It's the shadow." A low and slow voice echoed in the ward: "I saw many wizards, shadowy, but I couldn't see their faces..."

"You mean the ancient rune exchange event in Hogsmeade?" Professor McGonagall said bluntly, "Thank you, Sybil, I can't pretend I didn't see the news in the paper... October 27, three weeks from now."

"Of course not!" Trelawney shouted, as if insulted, glaring at Professor McGonagall: "I had expected that there would be twists and turns in that exchange... Fate warned me, I said something else. one thing..."

"Then can you explain it more clearly?" Professor McGonagall asked patiently, holding back a snort out of her nose.

"Well...Tianmu is not allowed to be abused, but...that's right, I did see something," Trelawney tried to widen her eyes and raised her head, her lenses flickering in a deliberate way. The trembling voice said: "It seems to be an island, no, it may be a castle..."

The others lost interest in listening, and they turned their attention back to the person in the hospital bed.

Professor Bubagi's lips moved, hesitating, not knowing how to speak. There was no urging, and she finally opened the box: "It's my own reason - I learned something from the Muggle world, and as a result, I have doubts about myself... Yes, I have doubts about magic. Well, I am A fool."

"My thoughts changed a few times along the way," she said softly. "About two years ago, the first time I came into contact with similar knowledge was a book called "The Biography of Mendel." Some of the views in it In line with what I've been thinking about for a long time," she gave Dumbledore a quick glance, "you know, I'm against 'pure-blood superiority'... Of course, Muggle books don't mention wizards, but it means almost."

Then she began to unconsciously say some unfamiliar terms, such as "Mendel", "pea experiment", "gene" and "crossbreeding", and the people around her were confused. They looked at Dumbledore and then at Felix.

"In a nutshell, a term coined by Muggles in their study of the grand subject of 'life'," Felix summed it up.

Several professors suddenly realized that it was much easier to understand in this way.

Professor Sprout looked at Professor Bubagi, "No wonder you have been chatting with me frequently for a while, it sounds like you are studying people as plants."

"Plants? How can people be like plants?" Professor Sinista shook his head.

"It's not really like that," retorted Professor Boubaji, "that book was only for enlightenment, and their research methods at the time were still rudimentary, and they have only enriched them in the last ten years... I mean, Mendel was nineteen years old. people of the century."

Felix blinked and said, when was Headmaster Dumbledore born? He found the thought offensive, and rationally kept silent.

"If you want me to judge, you've been ahead of many people, Caridy." Dumbledore said gently: "But...how do you put yourself in a dangerous situation?"

"I, alas," she said with a sigh, "two years ago, I attended a Muggle research conference that ended up being interrupted unexpectedly, preventing my rushed paper from getting published. Professor Pu had persuaded me that my research would lead to collective opposition from pure-blood wizards. I didn't hear much..."

She sniffed. "I'm optimistic that as long as I research enough, I can get the upper hand in predictable controversies and mute them with irrefutable evidence."

Professor Boubaji said embarrassedly:

"Afterwards, my research came to a standstill, so I turned to Muggle books that had given me a lot of inspiration. I bought cutting-edge professional books, magazines, papers, and read, my progress was slow, and there were too many unfamiliar words Children and the logic of going around... To be honest, I didn't think Muggles would do anything amazing at first... I just wanted to find new ideas and improve my theory. But as the research progressed Going deeper, I found a terrible fact: there is no magic in the study of the nature of life by Muggles, not even a word...but their theories are unexpectedly self-consistent...I am very unconvinced and want to find out the flaws, alas , the nightmare just happened."

With fear in her eyes, shivering as she took a gulp of hot chocolate, the scented liquid gave her courage, and she began to tell the most crucial part.

“Despite my intellect rejecting these theories, the subconscious mind has embraced these theories, and my research direction has quietly shifted: I want to be compatible with both. I mean, pinching them together . . . Self-reliance...As a result, my mind was completely confused." Professor Boubaji trembled, and his eyes flashed with confusion again: "It's strange that they have striking similarities in some points, but in others they are not. On the contrary... I couldn't reconcile these contradictions, so I chose to visit Muggle biological experts during the summer vacation, but this had more dire consequences, and I began to doubt magic... Finally, finally..."

She closed her mouth tightly, and the room fell silent.

Every professor was lost in thought. Snape looked at Felix strangely. Although his face was as calm as a stone or a plant growing in the dark, his heart was shaking violently.

That kid almost got himself into a hole.

His Christmas present to himself! Those chemistry books! Although Felix sent an experimental operation guide for middle school students, he happened to pass by a bookstore in Spider End Lane during the summer vacation and bought a few chemistry books on a whim. After reading it carefully, he felt that it was very helpful...

Snape's expression was inscrutable, leaning against the wall with his shoulders folded, no one could guess what he was thinking. He did see a lot of inconsistencies with wizards' opinions in chemistry books, but he didn't get to the point, because he knew from a very early time that Muggles did not have magic power, and even if the potion formula was given to those people, they would follow the same Repeat the steps, the best result is to get a pot of smelly pus.

Thinking of this, he glanced at Professor Bubagi coldly, and he didn't even agree with his identity as a wizard. No wonder he was betrayed by his own magic power.

At this time, Sirius broke the silence in the room.

"Why bother with these questions?" He spread his hands. "I'm rebuilding motorcycles with Jaime...I mean, adventures in Muggle shops, ahem, investigating Death Eaters! That's right, that's it...then We didn't even understand the purpose of the spark plug at the time, but it didn't stop us from keeping it, and it didn't feel like an eyesore when we sat on it."

"That's two different things," Snape said.

"I think it's the same thing," Sirius also subconsciously retorted: "Perhaps you think you can master all knowledge? Omnipotent?"

Snape glanced at him coldly and ignored him: "Headmaster Dumbledore, if there is nothing else, I will leave first." After he said that, he walked out of the ward, and after a few seconds, he sounded outside the door. Very energetic voice:

"No spellcasting in the hallway! Twenty points from Gryffindor!"

Sirius couldn't sit still, he made a lame excuse to leave, and soon, there was a fierce quarrel in the corridor.

"Severus Snape! Try to deduct points again!"

"Ah," Dumbledore recovered from his deep thought, turning to look at Professor McGonagall, "Minerva, you'd better go out and see and separate them before they make any more noise, I can I don't want to see the news of the Hogwarts professor fighting make the headlines." After Professor McGonagall left, the others also left.

When only Dumbledore, Keredy Boubagi, Felix, and Madam Pomfrey were left on the ward, Dumbledore explained to Professor Boubaji the two most feasible treatments. Unexpectedly, she There is no seemingly easy way to choose.

"I don't want to forget that knowledge," Professor Boubaji said hesitantly. "I'll be more careful in the future!"

"If you insist." Dumbledore respected her choice, but warned her: "But you can't do any more research like this any time soon."

Professor Bubagi nodded cautiously.

"It's best to take Keredy to St. Mungo's for a period of recuperation. The environment here is still too rudimentary and can only deal with routine injuries." Madam Pomfrey suggested.

"But I don't want to be absent .

Dumbleley stood up easily: "Then it's settled, please wait a moment, I need a few minutes to explain to the students that their little brains are always full of all kinds of whimsy, and it's best not to let them go. They play..."

He walked out of the ward, and his brisk voice was faintly heard outside:

"...I'm happy to announce...it won't have a lasting effect...too tired and need a few days off...in a short time, I'll give you a good professor back..."

In the ward, Felix was also preparing to leave.

"Professor Heppe," Professor Bubagi hesitated and stopped him, "I'm sorry I didn't follow your advice."

"This is something no one expected," Felix said calmly. "I understand what you're doing: you've discovered a piece of treasure along the way, and it's hard for a normal person not to be moved." Empathy for the encounter, but more, self-reflection.

He thought about another question in his mind. If one day wizards open their identities, in order to promote communication between the two sides, a place where wizards and Muggles can coexist must be established. It's like a test field where all mature and immature ideas can be put into practice...

Whether this place is in Diagon Alley or Hogsmeade is inappropriate, there are more practical factors to consider - such as the attitude of the Muggle government. But Trelawney's words gave him some inspiration, an island...

Felix thought for a while, wondering if he could make it in the future?

...

Professor Keridi Boubaji didn't live in St Mungo's, she came back from the hospital after just two days of absence, which kept the discussion among the students from stirring up, as she re-engaged in teaching, especially After the Floating Charm was shown in class, the untenable rumors fell apart.

Hogwarts Castle regained its calm, and as the time on October 27th drew closer, newspapers began to report on the news at length, and photos of the Hogsmeade venue were continuously published.

A student flipped through the latest newspaper, which showed an unfinished site map. Dozens of workers stood in a small open space in the middle of the village of Hogsmeade, directing a piece of wood to appear in the correct position. .

"It looks like a huge open-air auditorium," said the student who read the newspaper.

"It's more of a dueling arena," his companion corrected.

Their views are representative. For this exchange activity, Hogwarts students have different focuses. They are automatically divided into two groups. One group focuses on the exchange itself, discussing who will come and what effect the activity will achieve; the other group is locked up. Keep your eyes on the interlude of the communication event - the challenge segment.

Coincidentally, the latter view prevails in both Gryffindor and Slytherin.