Sometimes, even a small accident could bring about huge changes.
Hermione didn't help Neville find Toad like in the original work, so she didn't get to know Harry Potter and Ron. Hermione was more worried about the girl who disappeared after coming to Hogwarts with her.
But since Professor Mag said it was fine, then it should be fine … And if Hermione remembered correctly, the girl also said she was "invited".
But it's still weird …
Hermione walked into the dining hall with doubts. The dining hall was already full of students. Hermione hurriedly collected her thoughts and began to think about the allocation problem.
Soon, Hermione and the other freshmen were herded to the rostrum in front of the dining hall by Professor Mag. At that moment, Neville suddenly came to Hermione's side and pulled her sleeve.
"Hey, look, isn't that the girl sitting over there?"
"Huh?"
Hermione quickly collected her thoughts and looked in the direction Neville was pointing at. Then, her eyes widened in surprise. At the long table next to the rostrum, a girl with long white hair and bright red eyes was sitting there. She was wearing a big triangular hat and a black cloak. She was sitting quietly on the chair like a puppet.
Huh? Huh?!
Fortunately, Hermione remembered her current situation and didn't scream out loud. But even so, she still widened her eyes in surprise and looked in the direction of the girl.
That's right, no matter how you look at it, that looks like Ellie … But why is she sitting there? No matter how you look at it, that looks like a teacher's seat. Could it be that Ellie is also a teacher? How is that possible? She's just a child the same age as me ….
Hermione's mind was in a mess, so much so that she didn't even hear Professor Mag calling her name. It was only after Neville nudged her that Hermione reacted. She sat down on a chair with a flushed face and put on her sorting hat. As expected, she was assigned to Gryffindor.
The following assignments were no different from the original work. Everyone was assigned to their respective academies. At this time, Dumbledore stood up, and after saying a few meaningless words, he changed the topic.
"Today, I have another matter to inform everyone. Professor Quirrell, who was originally in charge of teaching Defence Against Dark Magic, has resigned due to personal reasons. His replacement as teacher of Defence Against Dark Magic is this.... Miss Ailee."
Following Dumbledore's introduction, Ailey stood up from her chair and nodded to the crowd.
Upon hearing this, the students from the four academies suddenly fell silent. Then, they instantly burst into an uproar like a flood.
Some people screamed, some shouted, and some whistled. For a moment, the scene was chaotic. Dumbledore just chuckled and casually said something before sitting down. After that, the dinner officially began.
The delicious food soon attracted the attention of many students, but the petite figure on the rostrum became the topic of their attention.
"Is it really alright to let that little girl be the teacher for the Defense Against Black Magic class?"
"How do you know she's really a little girl? Maybe she's a vampire or a banshee. "
"Right, I saw that girl sitting in the same room with her!"
Someone blurted out, but the people of Gryffindor immediately turned their gazes to the equally confused Hermione.
"You must be Miss Gryffindor. Are you acquainted with Miss Ailey?"
"Eh? No, no, no....! "
Upon hearing the question, Hermione hurriedly waved her hands.
"We didn't know each other before. I only saw her after I got on the bus. I don't know who she is either. I thought she was also a freshman...."
"Is she really not a vampire?"
"I saw her basking in the sun.... Vampires shouldn't be able to bask in the sun, right?"
A series of questions bombarded Hermione in a daze. When the dinner ended, she did not even know how she followed the prefect to the dormitory to lie down and sleep.
But regardless of whether Hermione believed it or not, that little girl really seemed to be the teacher for the Defense Against Black Magic class.
In fact, from the moment she woke up the next morning, Hermione had been listening to the students discussing that girl. The topic was even more popular than Harry Potter. This was normal. After all, Hermione had seen the name Harry Potter in books several times. She knew of such a character. Even if she met the character in person, it was only to the extent of "a character from a book finally appearing in front of her".
But Ailey was different. This girl was extremely mysterious. Nobody knew who she was. But since Dumbledore thought that she was qualified to be the teacher for the Defense Against Black Magic class, it meant that this girl must be very strong. But what was the truth?
With this thought in mind, Hermione and the other students welcomed their first Defense Against Black Magic class.
"Hermione, do you have any good suggestions? Weren't you in the same room with her? You should know her personality, right? "
"I don't really know either...."
Facing the students' questions, Hermione was already a little annoyed, but she still explained in detail.
"But she gives me the feeling that she's very cold and introverted.... Anyway, I advise you not to think of strange things. It's not good to make her angry."
"Huh? Does she cry? "
Hearing this, Ron Weasley couldn't help but interrupt.
"That'll be interesting. If we make the teacher cry, we'll be in trouble …."
Although he tried to look serious, his mischievous eyes had already betrayed his thoughts. Hermione just stared at him coldly and didn't answer. She had had enough of Ron's funny thoughts and actions. He was as intolerable as his two brothers.... At least, Hermione did not like them at all.
"Creak —"
Just as the students were discussing fervently, the door to the classroom opened. Then, Ailey, who was dressed like a witch, walked in. She pushed the door open and slowly swept her gaze across the entire classroom. Hermione did not know why, but the moment she felt Ailey's gaze, she suddenly felt a chill down her spine. It was like being stared at by a terrifying beast. The other students seemed to have the same feeling. Very quickly, the noisy classroom quickly quietened down.
At the same time, Ailey retracted her gaze.
"Let's begin the roll call."
While speaking with a crisp, indifferent and somewhat childish voice, Ailey picked up the list of students and began the roll call.
This made Harry a little uneasy. In these few days in Hogwarts, he had already discovered that the students here seemed to have some sort of fanaticism towards his name. Some teachers would scream and faint when his name was called, while some teachers would wake him up like fanatical fans and introduce him to the whole class. Of course, there were also people like Snape who found him an eyesore and would torture him to death.
I wonder if this girl will be the same as the other teachers ….
Thinking of this, Harry was somewhat nervous and uneasy.
However, to his surprise, when she called 'Harry Potter', the girl didn't show any expression. She didn't even pause. It was as if she was calling out the name of an ordinary person. She just called out the name. This made Harry heave a sigh of relief, but at the same time, he felt a little disappointed....
That was why humans were hard to please.
"Alright, let's begin the class."
Ailey obviously did not care about the feelings of a little savior. After the roll call, she directly clapped her hands and announced.
"I believe you all know that the Defence Against Dark Magic class mainly teaches you how to resist various types of dark magic and dangerous creatures. But first, there's one thing I want to clarify, and that's … "
Speaking till here, Ailey's pair of emotionless and bright scarlet eyes stared at the students in front of her, as though they were dead people.
"You must remember one thing, and that is.... wizards are very weak."
".... eh?"
Hearing Ailey's words, the students widened their eyes in astonishment. Ailey completely ignored the wavering of the students and continued.
"Perhaps in your opinion, wizards can summon the wind and summon the rain, and are very imposing. But in fact, wizards are a group of fragile and dangerous creatures. They always think that they have supreme power, but unfortunately, even so, they still do not understand the meaning of modesty and pride. In fact, the power they have is meaningless. Even an ordinary person can easily destroy them. "
"Please forgive my rudeness, Teacher Ailey."
Hearing this, a boy could not help but stand up and refute.
"No matter what, we wizards will never lose to those Muggles."
"Is that so?"
Ailey glanced at the boy indifferently in response to his rebuttal.
"You're Draco Malfoy.... Hmm, I can understand your thoughts. Since that's the case, let's give it a try."
"Try.... Try?"
"That's right."
As she spoke, Ailey walked to the empty space below the podium.
"As a member of the Malfoy family, you should already know how to use witchcraft, right? Let's do an experiment. I allow you to use witchcraft to attack me, and I will not use any witchcraft to defend or counterattack. As long as you can hit me, you win. How about that? "
"Of course, no problem."
Hearing this, Malfoy's eyes lit up. Under everyone's gaze, he walked to the podium and stood not far from Ailey. Seeing this scene, Hermione could not help but clench her fists and stare at Ailey anxiously. She did not know what Ailey was going to do. She had already witnessed the mysterious, terrifying, and powerful witchcraft. If Ailey did not use any spells, how was she going to deal with Malfoy?
"Teacher Ailey? Are you sure I can use any kind of witchcraft? "
Malfoy was eager to give it a try while Ally nodded in agreement.
"Whatever, you can use whatever you want."
"Very well...."
Malfoy nodded. He suddenly raised his wand and pointed it at Ailey.
"Mac....!"
But as soon as Malfoy opened his mouth, Ailey suddenly threw the book in her hand at Malfoy. Malfoy was shocked by this sudden change. He hurriedly shook his head to avoid the book that was thrown at him. But just as Malfoy turned around, Ailey rushed in front of him and covered Malfoy's mouth with her hand. At the same time, she clenched her left hand into a fist and punched Malfoy's lower abdomen.
"Argh!"
Malfoy trembled from the punch, but Ailey appeared behind him in the next moment. She tapped lightly on Malfoy's knee, and he immediately knelt on the ground. Ailey's right hand pressed down on his head and pushed him down. Malfoy fell to the floor with a loud bang.
Just as Malfoy was about to chant the incantation again, a sharp knife suddenly appeared and stabbed into the space between Malfoy's fingers that was holding the wand.
Feeling the cold and sharp touch, Malfoy was so frightened that he even forgot to chant his spell.
"...."
The whole classroom was dead silent. Everyone stared at this scene with their mouths agape. They could not believe their eyes. Especially when Ailey took out the knife and stabbed it at Malfoy. They really thought that the girl was going to kill Malfoy!
"As I've shown, Wizards are actually very fragile."
Aili, on the other hand, stood up and looked at the other students as if nothing had happened.
"If their vision is blocked, they won't be able to cast spells. If their chanting is interrupted, they won't be able to fight. If they can't use their mystical powers to fight, the threat of Wizards is basically non-existent."
"This, this isn't fair!"
Malfoy crawled up in a sorry state and roared with a flushed face.
"This isn't a battle between Wizards at all!"
"Of course not, and of course it's unfair."
Ailey looked at him silently, the coldness in her bright red eyes so frightening that Malfoy shut his mouth.
"Fair? There's no fairness in a battle. Kill or be killed, die or be killed. That's everything. Fairness is the excuse of the weak. It's meaningless and worthless. When you encounter Werewolves, Vampires or other dangerous creatures, they won't choose to fight you fairly. They will do everything in their power to kill you. Of course, you can complain, you can curse angrily at them for what they've done. But in the end, the ones who will become corpses will be you, not those dangerous creatures. "
"...."
Perhaps they were frightened by the coldness of death in Ailey's tone, but for a moment, no one dared to speak.
"Alright, let's start the class."
At the same time, Ailey retracted her gaze.
"Open the textbook... Let's talk about the first lesson."
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