v3 Chapter 502： Riddle's curse

Professor Minerva McGonagall glanced at the principal suspiciously, and seeing the other party's serious expression, she even doubted whether she was deliberately teasing herself.

But it was less than a quarter of an hour before one o'clock in the afternoon.

Professor McGonagall decided to wait a while in the principal's office to see who the new professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts was?

Time passed by, and Jon Hart didn't seem to be in a hurry. He sat on the principal's bench, looking at the "Daily Prophet" that he hadn't finished reading this morning.

When Professor McGonagall was a little impatient, there was a sound of footsteps under the stairs.

Professor McGonagall raised his head quickly.

...

With a creak, the brass door of the principal's office was gently pushed open.

Then, I saw only an old lady who was stumbling, walking in with a cane.

She looks very old and very old. She has short hair as if covered with hoarfrost, her face is covered with wrinkles, and her teeth are almost lost...

But unlike her aging appearance, she seems to be very energetic from the way she is walking; the afternoon sun runs down the window and spills on her silver hair, even looking "excited."

"Merlin's beard, hope I'm not late!" the old lady said slowly.

At the same time, she looked around randomly, seemingly familiar with the environment in the principal's office.

"You are...Professor Melos?" Minerva McGonagall took a closer look at the old lady in front of her before she recognized her and exclaimed.

"Unexpectedly, I have been away from Hogwarts for forty years. Someone still remembers me here." The old lady seemed a little surprised. She turned around and looked directly at Professor McGonagall:

"If I remember correctly, you should be Minerva... The last time I saw you, you were a lovely little girl. I didn't expect that it is so big now... It took five minutes for the sorting hat. It’s a shame that you have been assigned to Gryffindor instead of my Ravenclaw in the time..."

Listening to the other's regretful voice, Professor McGonagall could not conceal his surprise: "Professor Melles, you are willing to return to Hogwarts to coach... But, your body..."

"My old bones are really overwhelming... If I stay at Hogwarts for another year or a half..." Professor Galatia Melos said with a smile: "But Principal Hart I wrote to tell me that I only need to temporarily return to Hogwarts to fill the vacancy for more than a month, which I am quite happy. Life after retirement is indeed a bit too boring."

Galatia Melos was once a professor of defense against the Dark Arts at Hogwarts, and when she retired, she had stayed at Hogwarts for about fifty years... and after retiring more than forty Years later, a letter from the principal of Hogwarts made her return to the castle.

The old lady turned around again and looked at the young man sitting in the principal's chair. She grinned and said, "I think... you should be Mr. Hart... the youngest in Hogwarts history The principal of, it seems so."

"Yes, it's me, Professor Melos." Jon quickly stood up, smiled and nodded at the old professor: "Welcome back to Hogwarts."

...

"It's really nostalgic!" Ms. Galatia Melos said with emotion as she looked around, "I was here like Albus, I thought I would never be able to return here..."

Looking at the pictures on the wall, Professor Melos' eyes finally stopped.

She leaned on a cane, smiled and bowed to one of the portraits: "Principal Black, I haven't seen you in a long time!"

"Good afternoon, Melos." Phineas Black took off his hat and saluted Professor Melos.

Galatia Melos continued to wander around the portrait wall, and finally stopped on another portrait: "And Professor Dipeter, I am glad to see you again!"

"Cough, cough, cough, Galatea!" Armando Dipeter coughed a few times while saying: "I didn't expect you to return to Hogwarts."

"Yes, I didn't expect that my old bone could do my best for Hogwarts." Professor Melos replied, her eyes continued to search the portrait wall.

"Oh!" She whispered and asked suspiciously: "Principal Hart, why didn't I see the portrait of Albus on this?"

While talking, she turned around, looking at Jon curiously with those old eyes.

"Suddenly, Professor Dumbledore's portrait has not been completed yet." Jon replied calmly.

"Really?" A gleam of light flashed from the corner of the old lady's eyes, and she smiled slyly at Jon: "So it's like this..."

"Professor McGonagall, do you have anything else to do?" Jon didn't talk to the old lady anymore, but turned to look at the vice president: "I want to discuss the defense against the dark arts course with Professor Melos related business."

"Then I'll leave first!" Minerva McGonagall didn't notice anything unusual, she left the principal's office.

...

"Please sit down, Professor Melos!" Jon waved his magic wand, and a chair with a light blue cushion suddenly appeared in front of Galatia Melos.

The old lady put her cane aside first, then sat down and stretched her bones.

"To be honest, I feel a little sorry. When I heard the news of Albus's death..." she said slowly, "It's a shame that a great wizard like him left this world unexplainably. ,Is not it?"

"Yes..." Jon replied casually, "Everything is impermanent right?"

"The young principal recalled my old lady to Hogwarts. I wonder if you have anything else to do?" Professor Melos asked again slowly.

"I'm afraid you guessed it right." Jon did not hide, and said calmly: "Do you remember that a student named Tom Riddle... studied at Hogwarts before you retired from Hogwarts. "

"Of course... a very hardworking and smart kid." Professor Melos closed his eyes, nodded after thinking for a moment: "Students like her are usually very impressed." Ten years ago, after you retired, he returned to Hogwarts and wanted to apply for your position as a professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts..." Jon continued, "But President Albus Dumbledore thought he He was wrong and rejected his application..."

"...And after that, a curse began to spread at Hogwarts..."

"...There is no other defense against the Dark Arts professor who can work at Hogwarts for more than a year!"

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