It had been a week since the start of school, and the freshmen had more or less familiarized themselves with the life in Hogwarts.
However, the students were still discussing the mysterious Defense Against Dark Magic teacher.
On one hand, she was indeed young, but she possessed a profound knowledge that was beyond the imagination of the students. No matter what kind of dangerous animals or Dark Magic they were, she could explain them clearly and logically. This made many students admire her very much. Of course, it wasn't that there weren't any naughty students, but even those students didn't dare to be rash in front of Aili. The reason was very simple, because every time they did something, Aili would look at them as if they were dead.
No matter how powerful these students were, they were still students. How could they withstand such a murderous aura? They would be lucky if they went back and had nightmares. Some of them could not bear it and directly collapsed to the ground.
On the other hand, Ailey's behavior was very different from many wizards. She never called ordinary people muggles like other wizards. Instead, she always used the terms "ordinary people" and "wizard" when she spoke. This was very popular among most children born in muggle families. Of course, some pureblood children from wizard families were very dissatisfied with this, but they did not have the guts to risk their lives to protest against Ailey...
The reason was simple. If they dared to provoke Ailey, it would not just be a simple deduction of points. Ailey would also punish them in a way that the teachers of Hogwarts would never do, and that was... running laps!
That's right, if someone made a racket in her class, disrupted the order or violated the rules, not only would their points be deducted from their school, they would also have to run laps around Hogwarts. Of course, in order to prevent them from doing anything inappropriate, Ailey would even thoughtfully cast a "running curse" on them. Unless she shouted for them to stop, they would keep running.
Until they died...
Because of this, almost no students dared to disobey this petite and seemingly harmless girl. Even Ron's two elder brothers, who loved to play pranks, behaved obediently in front of her. In their words, "She doesn't look at us like she's looking at humans, but like she's choosing two pigs to go to the slaughterhouse …"
Therefore, in the entire Hogwarts School, one of the hottest topics of discussion after a meal was — — "What kind of person is Teacher Ailey?"
No one thought that she was just an ordinary little girl, but her true identity was a mystery. Even if they mustered up the courage to ask the other teachers, they could only learn from them that this girl was personally invited by Dumbledore to be the teacher for the Defense Against Dark Magic class. However, no one knew who she really was.
Except for Dumbledore.
Of course, the students didn't have the guts to ask Dumbledore, so they began to discuss it in private.
First of all, the hypothesis that she was a vampire had been rejected because the students had seen her basking in the sun more than once, and vampires obviously did not bask in the sun.
Some people also said that she might be the legendary fairy, but there was no evidence.
Some people even said that she might be an emissary or incarnation of the Grim Reaper … but again, this was just speculation.
Of course, there was one thing that made her very deadly to students.
As a teacher, Ailey was actually quite inconspicuous.
Other teachers were either tall and easily visible like Snape, or they had unique features. In short, as long as you saw an adult, you would most likely guess that he was a teacher.
But Ailey was different. Her appearance was ultimately that of an 11-year-old girl. Although her white hair and red eyes were very conspicuous, she had a very strange ability to hide herself. Many times, when the students wanted to do something bad, they would completely not notice that Ailey was in the crowd and staring at them …. Well, for a student, there was nothing more terrifying than this.
It was like being stared at by the teacher from the back door window for petty actions in class.
Honestly speaking, Hermione was also very concerned about this, but now she was more worried about another matter.
"Are you sure you and Malfoy want to have a wizard duel at night?"
She stared at Harry with wide eyes in disbelief. She had already heard the conversation between Malfoy and Harry during the meal, and knew that the two of them were planning to duel, but Hermione couldn't understand.
"Do you know how many points Gryffindor will lose if you get caught? You're too selfish! "
"This has nothing to do with you."
"Alright …."
Hermione was speechless after hearing Harry's words.
"I hope you two will stay in the dormitory obediently. I have something to tell you. Teacher Ailey will be patrolling every night. If you're caught, you're dead meat!"
"…."
This time, Hermione's words stunned Harry and Ron. For a moment, the atmosphere was dead silent.
"H-how did you know?"
"I saw it. I met her once when I was returning from the library. She was about to go out, so I curiously asked her where she was going. She told me that as a teacher of Defense Against Dark Magic, she would also be in charge of patrolling at night …. You don't want to die, do you?"
"…."
Harry and Ron looked at each other and swallowed their saliva involuntarily. They could still remember the scene of Ailee stabbing Malfoy's hand without hesitation during the first Defense Against Dark Magic class. Just the thought of it made their fingers ache.
"B-but what if Malfoy thinks we're cowards?"
"I'll tell Teacher Ailey. If she finds out that Malfoy really showed up today, he'll be the one in trouble tomorrow!"
As a good student, Hermione obviously did not think there was anything wrong with snitching on the teacher. Although Harry and Ron felt it was a little unfair, between death and being mocked by Malfoy, they still chose the latter.
After all, the first thing they learned from Defense Against Dark Magic was that staying alive was more important than anything else.
If they died, they would have nothing left.
Malfoy's desire to live was not weak either. Ailey did not see him even after walking around the school. Obviously, he was not stupid enough to put himself in the eye of the storm.
So, at lunchtime the next day, Ailey went to Harry and Ron.
"Malfoy didn't show up."
She stared at the two and said calmly. Harry and Ron looked a little panicked.
"… Teacher Ailey …."
"I know you're stupid, but don't be stupid enough to be used by others."
Ailey did not even bother to listen to Ron's nonsense. She looked directly at Harry.
"You must remember that you and Malfoy belong to different schools. Your life and death are of no concern to him. I hope that when you act, don't always think about yourself, but think about the group … Whatever you do after being provoked by Malfoy will not help Gryffindor … Of course, if it's your own choice, you must bear the consequences."
Having said that, Ailey glanced at Gryffindor's dining table.
"Where's Hermione?"
"That …."
Facing Ailey's question, both of them showed an uneasy expression.
"That … We don't know …."
"Who knows where she went?"
Harry answered hesitantly. Ron obviously did not care, and was even a little unhappy.
"She doesn't have many friends anyway. Maybe she's hiding somewhere and crying."
"…."
Hearing this, Ailey glanced at Ron and turned to leave. Looking at Ailey's back, Harry tugged at Ron.
"That's not a good way to put it."
"What's the problem? She's a nightmare to begin with."
Ron was infuriated when he recalled what happened in the witchcraft class today.
"She looks down on me. You know, Harry. She thinks I'm too stupid and always going against us! Hmph! I don't care about her! "
After saying this, Ron buried himself in his lunch again, and Harry looked at Ron speechlessly, shook his head and retracted his gaze, and began to enjoy his lunch again.
Hermione did not appear for the rest of the afternoon. She did not even go to class. This caused a lot of discussion, but of course, Ailey knew where she was.
In fact, when she came to the women's toilet, she could clearly hear Hermione's sobbing.
So, Ailey went to the toilet door and knocked.
"Who …. Who is it?"
"It's me."
"Eh? Teacher Ailey?! "
Hermione was obviously surprised to hear Ailey's voice. She hurriedly opened the toilet door and appeared in front of Ailey with two red and swollen peach-like eyes.
"What happened?"
Ailey asked when she saw Hermione's eyes were red and swollen from crying. Hermione lowered her head, not knowing what to say.
"In short, let's leave here first and talk later."
As she said that, Ailey stretched out her hand to Hermione. Hermione nodded, but just as she was about to walk out, suddenly, a dull thud came from the door. The two turned around and saw a tall troll blocking the door with a wooden stick.
"Eek — —! G-Troll!? "
Seeing this terrifying monster, Hermione was so frightened that she fell to the ground. Ailey, on the other hand, frowned and stared at it. In the original work, the reason why this monster appeared in the underground classroom was because Professor Quirrell had intentionally placed it there to attract the attention of others. But now that Professor Quirrell had been killed by her, where did this monster come from?
Troll is a monster with extremely low intelligence. Without someone guiding it, it would not be able to enter.
Could it be that after he killed Professor Quirrell, Voldemort had found a new host?
Is this the restoration of the world line?
"E-Teacher Ailey!?"
At that moment, the troll noticed the two of them and walked in with a low growl. Hermione was so scared that she hid behind Ailey. Although she was a very outstanding student, it was her first time seeing such a huge monster in real life.
"I …
What should we do? "
"Don't worry, it's actually very easy to get rid of it. In fact, anyone can easily get rid of this troll."
"Is that so …?"
"Of course."
Ailey pulled up the hem of her skirt and pulled out a revolver from the leather holster on her thigh. She held the gun with both hands, aimed at the troll's head, and pulled the trigger.
Bang!!!
Along with the gunshot, at the next moment, a bloody hole opened up in the monster's head. Then, the tall monster collapsed to the ground, moaning in pain. It was no longer breathing.
"…"
Looking at this scene, Hermione was completely stunned. Ailey spun the gun in a circle, put it back into the holster, and turned to Hermione.
"This is much better than a magic wand, isn't it?"
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