Chapter 56 Surprise

"Absolutely not, Dumbledore. As the vice-headmaster of Hogwarts, I will never allow anything that may harm students to enter Hogwarts openly." McGonagall stated her position in a resounding voice.

As it turned out, speaking loudly did not affect the development of the matter. Cornelius Fudge put on a hat for the safety of all students, and even McGonagall had to give in. You said Peter Pettigrew was timid and didn't dare to come to Hogwarts? Can a timid person be a Death Eater? A timid person dared to kill more than a dozen people in the street?

Everyone understood that Fudge's purpose was not as noble as he said. He just wanted to reach into Hogwarts, the place where Dumbledore had the greatest influence.

"Then, Professor Dumbledore, I won't bother you any more!" Fudge put on his hat, nodded, and walked out with a group of Aurors behind him. Sherry and the other three were silent, and they didn't have any good way to deal with this situation.

"We can talk about these things later. Let's continue to talk about how to destroy the Dark Lord!" Dumbledore's face showed deep helplessness, and he changed the subject. "Professor Sherry?" Dumbledore gestured.

"At present, the Hufflepuff cup is kept in the vault of Bellatrix Lestrange, the Dark Lord's most loyal admirer. This should be the most difficult Horcrux to obtain," Sherry said, "Gringotts is not an easy place to enter."

"Leave this to me." Dumbledore said in a deep voice, "Let's continue to talk about other Horcruxes!"

"Then, the Ravenclaw diadem has been destroyed by me!" Sherry dropped a bomb, "The diary is also in my hands, and now we have the locket, so there are only four Horcruxes to deal with!"

"What?" McGonagall looked like you're teasing me. When Dumbledore was combing his beard, he also tore off a few strands. As for Snape... well, his face became even darker!

"How did you find it, oh!" McGonagall reacted immediately after asking this question. Dumbledore said that Professor Su had the ability to predict the future. Although the Ravenclaw crown had disappeared for centuries, it was still within reach for the prophet.

"Okay!" Dumbledore looked at his beard distressedly, "Although it was a little unexpected, it was a good thing overall. Now the only Horcruxes we are looking for are the ring and the golden cup!"

"The Gaunt family ring is in their ancestral house, but I suggest you don't go alone." Sherry remembered that in the original book, Dumbledore was trapped by the magic left by Voldemort. He wore the cursed ring and was dying, so he discussed his affairs with Snape.

"Don't destroy Voldemort's Horcruxes directly, because that will make him realize that someone has discovered his secret." Sherry said, "We must kill him once and for all." If Voldemort runs away again, who knows where to find him. Maybe after Sherry's magic net covers the planet, he can easily find him, but that will take a long time.

Dumbledore quickly assigned the tasks. McGonagall stayed in Hogwarts to coordinate and help Sherry with professor training. He and Snape went to search for the gold cup and ring. By the way, if Dumbledore hadn't said it, Sherry would not have remembered that he had to do teacher training. Sherry has not told Harry that he will be a professor at Hogwarts. He hopes to make a brilliant appearance at the opening dinner and give Harry a big surprise.

McGonagall began to take Sherry to familiarize herself with the environment inside Hogwarts. She thought Sherry was just coming to Hogwarts for the first time, and Sherry was happy about it. "Professor Sherry, please come this way. Let's talk about the location of your office first." Professor McGonagall led the way. "I heard from Dumbledore that you asked to be as close to the Ravenclaw tower as possible, right?"

"Yes." Sherry certainly planned to stay closer to Harry in case of any emergency.

"The office assigned to you by the school is next to Professor Flitwick," McGonagall explained. "Professor Flitwick is the head of Ravenclaw and a very easy-to-get-along person. Let's go to your office first!"

As Professor McGonagall walked, she introduced Sherry to the geographical distribution of Hogwarts, the portraits on the corridors, the ghosts wandering around, and several things that looked like doors, but were actually doors, but you just couldn't open them.

Walking to the side of Professor Flitwick's office, Professor McGonagall took out her wand and opened the door. "After you officially move into this office, no one except you can open this door at will, unless the other party intends to break in by force."

Sherry walked in and found that the configuration inside was very good, with bookshelves, desks, various inks and quills, and parchment. "Your bedroom is on the second floor, you need to go there yourself!"

"Okay, let's do this today. Tomorrow we will solve the problem of your class venue and some other permissions." Professor McGonagall said, "Now, you can arrange the rest of the time freely!"

"Thank you, Professor McGonagall!" Sherry hurriedly expressed his gratitude.

"This is my duty, it's all my job!" Professor McGonagall said gently, "Then see you later!" Sherry found that Professor McGonagall was usually easy to get along with. Maybe it was to facilitate the management of students, so he always looked serious.

"See you tomorrow!" After Professor McGonagall walked away, Sherry closed the door and looked at his office. This office is divided into two floors. On the side against the wall, there is a staircase leading up, which should lead to the bedroom. The place where I usually work and modify students' homework is on the desk on the first floor.

Sherry sat on the chair behind the table, picked up a few quills, and corrected the students' homework in a pretentious manner. It felt quite interesting. Then he flew into his bedroom and found that there was everything he needed. It seemed that the teachers at Hogwarts were treated very well!

Because he couldn't find any good teaching materials, Sherry asked that the textbook for the protection of magical creatures class be "The Monster Book of Monsters", which is the book that bites people. Dumbledore still had some doubts about Sherry's choice, because the species described in this book were not easy to see, and most of them were ferocious. Of course, because of Sherry's insistence, it was finally decided to use this book as a textbook.

After visiting his own territory, Sherry slept well on his bed and didn't talk all night.

Early the next morning, Professor McGonagall came to Sherry and said that she would take him to meet his colleagues. Professor McGonagall took Sherry to the hall, which is where the students usually eat. At the innermost position of the hall is the teacher's seat. At this moment, several teachers were already sitting up there. Seeing McGonagall approaching with Sherry, everyone stood up and welcomed Sherry.

Professor McGonagall introduced Sherry one by one, telling her who she was, what she was responsible for, and so on. Sherry shook hands with each person at a time and said, "I've heard of you for a long time!"

When Sybil Trelawney was introduced, this woman with sparkling ornaments on her head and body looked like a glittering beetle. She grabbed Sherry's hand and said, "Professor Sherry, you have to be careful of your shadow, because it will bring you bad luck."

Sorry, sister, I'm not even a human now. I'm glowing all over and have no shadow at all. Sherry knew that Trelawney was a real prophet, but her predictions were generally passive and uncontrollable, and even she herself didn't know the content of her predictions. Professor McGonagall rolled her eyes. She always thought that this woman was a liar and didn't understand why Dumbledore recruited her into the school.

She quickly introduced the next one, Professor Flitwick, "This is the headmaster of Ravenclaw and the professor of Charms."

"Hello, Professor Flitwick, nice to meet you, please take care of me." Sherry was quite familiar with Flitwick, but it was one-sided.

"It's a pleasure to work with you, Professor Sherry!" Professor Flitwick also looked very enthusiastic.

Then, McGonagall took Sherry to the place where the four colleges stored the gems of the colleges, and gave Sherry the authority to add and deduct points. This also means that Sherry officially became a professor at Hogwarts.

"Because the place where the Care of Magical Creatures class is held is mostly outdoors, if you need a classroom, you can use it as long as it is not occupied." McGonagall finally said: "Now, it may be a little late, but I still have to say, welcome to you, Professor Sherry."

"My pleasure, Professor McGonagall!" Sherry said with a smile. Now everything is ready, just waiting for the students to start school.

Just one day before the school started, the Ministry of Magic really sent Dementors to guard every exit of Hogwarts. This made everyone who came in and out feel particularly disgusted, because these guys gave people a really bad feeling.

Soon, it was the day when the school started. The hall was brightly lit again, countless candles floated in the air, and the ceiling was clear, showing the stars and moonlight in the night sky outside.

After sorting the colleges as usual, Dumbledore stood up and warned all the students not to provoke Dementors, then said, "Here, I want to introduce two new professors to you."

"I have to regretfully tell you that Professor Gilderoy Lockhart will no longer be the professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts for some personal reasons, so I invited someone with profound attainments in this area to take up this position. Now, let us welcome Professor Remus Lupin!" Lupin stood up and gestured, and the students applauded symbolically.

"In addition, Professor Kettleburn of the Care of Magical Creatures class resigned this summer. He wants to spend some time with his little cuties." Dumbledore stretched out his hand to his right and gestured, "I am honored to announce that this position will be taken by Mr. Sherry from the ancient oriental magic inheritance system."

Then, the teachers and students of Hogwarts saw a person with a silver glow all over his body, walked out of the wall directly, and nodded to everyone. Harry looked at the man standing in the teacher's seat, his mouth wide open, and he couldn't close it for a long time. (To be continued)