From Azkaban To Hogwarts

"Headmaster Dumbledore was really frightened by the situation in the first half of the year, otherwise he wouldn't have said that."

"It's hard to say. I think it's more likely that Professor McGonagall forced Dumbledore to make a statement."

William had just finished returning the welcome to the students when he heard the young professors begin to comment on Dumbledore's previous speech.

However, this moment happened to be when Dumbledore announced the start of the dinner, and the entire auditorium was noisy, so even if they were sitting at the same long table, there was no need to worry about the principal sitting in the middle hearing the conversation.

"It's the first time I've noticed that my hands can get sweaty when I'm nervous in front of a bunch of students. How did you get here in the first place?"

William asked half-jokingly while using his wand to clean the sweat off his hands.

"What else can we do? Everyone is like that. The nervousness will pass. Anyway, when it comes to class, the number of students will not make people feel nervous at all."

The speaker was a twenty-year-old wizard with a slightly lack of hair, Professor Singed, one of the alchemy professors.

"Come on, alchemy class is only open to students in sixth grade and above. The first time I took the class, it was for first graders. To be honest, I was more nervous than the other students."

Several professors around him laughed together. Apparently, being nervous in the first class was a common problem among students and teachers.

Seeing everyone's approval, Professor Adams who spoke also laughed. He is one of the professors of herbal medicine. Years of hard work in the herbal greenhouse has given him quite strong muscles.

"Guess how I stopped being nervous later?"

Professor Adams took the opportunity and started to touch the baked potatoes on the table.

"A goblin escaped into the greenhouse?"

"A student was bitten by a plant?"

…

After a long while, Adams proudly announced the answer.

"I didn't know what to say at the time, but a naughty freshman stepped into the dragon dung pile, and he was so anxious that he bumped into it. After I used my wand to help him clean it, his whole body... I’m not nervous anymore.”

As he spoke with joy, he cut the roasted potatoes in half. The golden, gritty potatoes were split into two, showing an alluring brilliance in the candlelight.

William, who was about to deal with a piece of roast beef, silently put down his knife and fork.

The same thing happened to the professors in the circle.

"Adams!"

William saw a wand pointed at the young Herbology professor, but Professor McGonagall's gaze glanced over.

The scene suddenly became peaceful.

"Hehe," the professor let out a cunning laugh, and then moved his hands on the fattest lamb, "You're welcome if you don't eat it. I have to eat at least one meal a day in the greenhouse."

"Eat, eat, look at your etiquette, and look at Professor Lockhart over there. He is much better than you. I bet he will never be nervous in the first class."

"Definitely. The person who introduced himself after the principal's introduction is the first time he has appeared in Hogwarts. To be honest, have you seen that book list?"

"I saw it, just like I saw the Daily Prophet report. To be honest, I didn't expect that he would choose to come to the school to serve as -"

The professor who spoke glanced at William and said, "Sorry, Professor William, I'm used to the old name. I really can't remember it for a while."

"Anyway, I suspect that he is here to deal with the curse. Maybe there is hope, Professor William."

The professors who spoke are all young, and some are even in the stage of re-learning and have not taken up the job at all - in other words, the course of wizard self-defense magic learning is too scarce, so there is no on-the-job training and the behavior of old professors to bring in new students. Just let the teacher teach directly. (Hagrid has many years of experience in cultivating magical creatures, and according to the preferences of his former professor Kettleburn, Hagrid should be studying with this professor on weekdays)

‘Is that Professor Lockhart so prestigious among young professors? ’

William couldn't help but refresh his impression of Professor Lockhart - judging from the comments of the young professors around him, the professor who looked like he was selling books was an amazing person.

Although it is a bit disgusting to talk about such things, but enough strength can make it no longer a bad impression.

People who are capable and showy are not boastful, they are confident enough in themselves!

But unfortunately, Professor Lockhart did not notice the corner of the dining table. He was currently discussing issues with those elderly professors - if William guessed correctly, those should be Professor Lockhart's teachers back then.

There is nothing surprising about this. If wealth does not return to its hometown, it is like walking at night in brocade clothes.

Dumbledore, the first white wizard, hasn't spoken yet, which proves that the other party's strength must be really good - as a professor from Azkaban, he is just a good person. Could it be that such a famous person like the other party is also a good person? ?

With this thought, William's appetite suddenly increased - the curse has been diluted, and the teammates who are now tied together by the curse also look very powerful. If he works harder, he may be able to deal with the curse. It can be done ahead of time!

Thinking of this, William hurriedly filled his stomach and escaped on the pretext of going to the toilet.

Not counting the three new boxes, the achievement that popped up is worth doing - maybe today will be a double blessing, and I will get another teammate with a probability of dealing with curses, and I will open some new special card to match my strength. There is a direct improvement.

Avoiding the people around him, William clicked on the system, skipped the treasure box, and clicked directly on the previously dark achievement interface.

[If you don’t accept it, beat me: Disliked by more than five people].

[Note: You can activate or stop this achievement at any time. When the achievement is activated, your chance of being provoked will be greater. 】

I’m only pretending to be this if I’m sick, right?

William simply ignored this achievement - he was not named Long, and he did not have the fighting power. Was he feeling sorry for himself when he activated it?

[The Beginning of the Villain: It’s really you who is hated by the savior recognized and recorded in history books. 】

[Note: You can activate or stop this achievement at any time. When the achievement is activated, your efficiency in researching black magic will become higher without paying any price. ——Seriously, you have already paid the price in advance. 】

Recorded in history books?

William suddenly thought of all the Defense Against the Dark Arts books he had bought - as long as they were within ten years, they would solemnly mention the child named Harry Potter and the man he blocked who was called Dark Arts. The existence of the devil.

It's so good, we haven't even met each other, how can you get the hatred value?

ps: I owe a chapter and I’ll pay it back tomorrow. I’m really in no shape today.