From Azkaban To Hogwarts

"A dozen roosters? Haha..."

In the staff lounge, the alchemy professor listened to William telling interesting stories about this morning with a wicked smile on his face - this made Adams, who was listening happily next to him, grimace.

"There's nothing unusual about a cock."

"Yes, no matter the rooster or the hen, they are just ingredients."

"It's just, it's just some cocks, nothing interesting at all."

Adams' calm response earned serious echoes from his two colleagues - at least in terms of attitude, both William and Singed had serious expressions.

"William!"

"Well, what's wrong, Adams, do you feel like you've been cursed in some way?"

William looked serious, and then took out a large number of amulets from the table he usually used - teaching aids used in previous classes. After everyone exchanged them as a joke, the few props that were taken were thrown here.

"Look, a good amulet. This is a good thing that can't be exchanged for piles of Galleons. For the sake of our past friendship, you can pick one."

William's words were full of priceless treasures, and it was a pity that they had to be exchanged for gold coins now.

"Give me one. I've been suffering from insomnia, headaches, and dry nose lately..."

Singed came over seriously, picking through the pile of fakes like a tourist picking out souvenirs on the roadside.

So Adams left angrily.

But the matter was not over yet. Although William had no intention of continuing the joke, Singed seemed to be addicted to it. In less than half a day, he even made up several jokes.

It just so happened that the assists given by Hagrid were not bad. Just like what he said, these roosters were bought back to make up for the poor reception last time.

Just at noon, Hagrid asked the students to invite Professor Adams to eat chicken. The joke that had finally stopped continued with this invitation - when the student who had sent the message left, William and Singed laughed together. got up.

——

"How was lunch?"

"Fortunately, Hagrid's craftsmanship is a little better than I thought - although only a little better."

Adams responded in a low voice, although one should never comment on the host's cooking skills when receiving hospitality, but Hufflepuff is after all a house with a bookshelf of cookbooks in the lounge.

Although Adams did not have a high opinion of Hagrid's cooking skills, Hagrid seemed to feel that a chicken could not make up for the poor reception last time.

In the evening, another student entered the office timidly and informed Professor Adams that Hagrid had prepared an original dinner for him.

"Dinner party?"

The three professors looked at each other with curiosity written on their faces.

‘How can we treat guests continuously during the day and night? Especially if it’s just for dinner! ’

Although Adams was also quite surprised by such an invitation, he still politely asked the student to inform him back and he would definitely attend the appointment on time.

"Adams, does Hagrid raise some strange magical creature that eats herbs?"

William asked his question curiously.

"Shut up, William, Hogwarts doesn't need such magical creatures, otherwise I won't stop even if I get to Professor Dumbledore."

Adams looked serious, as if he would fight with anyone who dared to raise him.

His gesture made Singed, who was about to taunt, give up his plan to continue teasing.

——

‘I woke up too late and it’s noon? ’

On the early morning of Wednesday, when William responded to the students who greeted him with a polite smile and drifted to the restaurant by inertia, he suddenly saw Singed sitting there.

This discovery made William, who was already sleepy because he had slept too late to write out the papers, wake up with a fright.

‘I squinted my eyes just after the alarm clock rang. It didn’t take long, why is it already noon? ’

He was beginning to feel annoyed now - he had no classes all day on Wednesday. It would have been nice to have fun or read, but he just wasted his time in bed.

Although wasting time on things he likes is not a waste, he still has a curse on his back, so how can he have so much time to relax?

Just when William was blaming himself, he suddenly noticed that the other professors at the table looked surprised, as if a miracle had suddenly happened today.

After paying attention to the time for a moment, William instantly understood what happened today.

Professor Singed got up early for the first time and successfully caught up with breakfast at Hogwarts.

The alchemy professor was obviously not used to getting up so early. In such a short period of time, William saw him yawning three or four times at the dinner table.

'What happened, Peeves slipped into his common room to play a prank? Was he sleepwalking? Awakened by students? ’

Countless thoughts passed through William's mind - this was the first time he saw Singed at breakfast since school started, and this seemed even more incredible than the murdered rooster.

"Adams, you ate two chickens."

Professor Singed yawned and mocked Adams with a tired look on his face.

"Singed? Didn't you get a good rest?"

Adams ignored the taunts and looked concerned. Not to mention William, it was also the first time in the past five years that he saw Singed at the morning table.

"I'm fine, I just haven't slept yet."

Singed looked like he didn't care about these details. There were two complicated expressions on his face - excitement and tiredness.

‘What great discovery is this? ’

This idea came to William's mind for the first time - alchemy is the most expensive and most profitable subject.

Although Singed is relatively young among the professors and can even hang out with William, the new professor, in terms of work experience, he has much more work experience than William and Adams combined.

Although William's work experience is not even a bonus, Singed's work experience is real - others rely on time, but he, the alchemy professor, relies entirely on overtime.

The so-called alchemy, firstly, refers to the highest purpose of alchemy, refining gold, and secondly, burning money is naturally like using gold as raw material.

‘What legendary magic equipment has been produced, the kind that can be passed down from generation to generation? ’

‘Discovered a new alchemical route? ’

‘Improved on the original alchemical method? ’

Although these achievements sound outrageous, they are not inconsistent with the professors at Hogwarts - except for William, who was caught as the replacement, which professor is not the top level in the industry?

William's heart also became excited. Although those achievements had nothing to do with him, he was still happy for Singed from the bottom of his heart at this moment.

‘It’s not worth staying up all night because of this! ’

William thought this, and then looked at Professor Singed with semi-admiration as he took out a piece of paper.

He handed it to Adams with a smile, and proudly signaled that Adams could read it.

William couldn't help but turned his head and took a look. Although this was a bit rude, he really wanted to know - what kind of great discovery was it?

Then, he and Adams were both stunned.

On paper - were a dozen jokes made up.

A dozen jokes about Adams, to be exact.

ps: Also, later