Chapter 572 Preparation Before the Holiday

"Professor McGonagall is back, and this time it's for real!"

When Professor McGonagall finally returned to school after her vacation, the oil painters in the castle frantically started to visit each other, spreading the news to the entire school immediately.

Because the characters in these oil paintings were too conscientious, even William, who was in class, learned this information.

"Okay, I understand, please be quiet, we are still in class now."

He smiled and said to the oil painting hanging on the wall outside the classroom, and then closed the classroom door.

This made the group of fifth grade students below who were busy doing papers one by one stop looking curiously at the outside world and concentrate on doing the papers in front of them.

Today is the last class before the Easter holiday - according to the professor, the grades this time will directly determine the thickness of the Easter holiday homework, and they really don't dare to be careless.

Seeing the students quietly answering questions one by one, with only the rustling of quills and parchment in the entire classroom, William nodded with satisfaction, sat down on the podium, and read about the profound and difficult art of transfiguration. Information, while playing with a small silver coin casually with his left hand.

'I guess Dumbledore is going to be worse...'

The silver coin in his left hand turned over in a circle, and the words, patterns, and decorations on it all changed. This was a little trick for practicing transfiguration. William figured it out by himself, and it seems to be very effective so far.

'If I remember correctly, Dumbledore has piled up about half a foot of documents in his office to hand over... More importantly, there are only two days left before the Easter holiday...'

He couldn't help but chuckle when he thought of this, which startled the students below. They quickly and patiently checked the questions, fearing that there were some traps deliberately arranged by Professor William.

Fortunately, they guessed correctly - there were many traps in the question.

Even Harry, who is recognized as an excellent student in the self-defense class, did it with trepidation - he was better at practical exercises, and the traps on the paper were a bit difficult to deal with.

'This way... it should look like this...'

Because the topic was so torturous, Harry even temporarily forgot about how to spend the Easter holiday with Sirius, which he had been thinking about half a month ago, 'Here...'

"time up."

William's voice came from the podium, "Okay, stop answering, the grades will not be released before the holidays. In addition, now I can tell you that the initial assignments are based on grades just to deceive you. I hope everyone can have a good Easter. s holiday."

He paused and said, "Enjoy this holiday with your family. The sunshine is perfect. You can go for a picnic, go shopping, or even just stay at home and enjoy a big meal with your family.

"Although you are all fifth grade students, you must pay attention to the balance between work and rest. Take advantage of the vacation to relax, and then come back to study harder."

"After school starts, I will arrange homework and new course progress according to grades - okay, that's it, get out of class is over, I wish you a happy holiday."

To everyone's expectation, Professor William did not emphasize the importance of fifth grade for the first time, and did not even assign homework. This shocked everyone - especially Hermione, who even had disappointment on her face.

What about the promised hellish days in fifth grade?

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"It's so weird, so weird."

After class, almost all the fifth grade students were talking about the fact that the professor did not assign Easter homework. They were even talking about it when the second class came, so that the big news that Professor McGonagall was back did not cause much news. People's discussion comes.

At the same time, in the self-defense office, William was explaining this matter to the other two professors.

"Actually, during the exam, I had made plans to work overtime to get results and assign homework, but then I gave up the idea after seeing them answer the questions seriously..."

He leaned back in his chair and placed the message he had received in the morning on the table.

"The Magical Congress of the United States has almost lost control of the entire magical world. The wizards even have private leaders..."

"They began to spontaneously purchase supplies from the surrounding magical world, illegally formed companies to purchase supplies from the Muggle world, and even formed their own violent protection organizations, repeatedly repelling Death Eaters and even thugs. …”

"If this continues, war is likely to come soon," William sighed, "There is no way to resolve the conflict..."

"We can't let the memories of those students' last days before the chaos happen and stay at home doing homework... There must always be good memories with their families..."

"Teachable processes..."

"Huh?" William looked at Lupine, "It's impossible to fall behind. How is it possible? They are all in fifth grade. I have to make up for them all after the holidays!"

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Moody and Lupine looked at William and didn't know what to say for a moment.

"By the way, who's going to the principal's office to watch the fun? I heard Professor McGonagall coming back during class!"

William didn't care about the opinions of his two colleagues, but suddenly remembered the news he heard during class.

"It's too late, I advise you not to go..."

Lupine came to his senses and smiled brightly.

"Um?"

"Professor Taylor made an excuse to send documents for review, and then saw Dumbledore being dragged by Professor McGonagall to reconcile..."

"I knew it…"

William laughed, "Why don't you go?"

"There are too many documents. Professor McGonagall arrested three professors who went to make reports to help process them. Professor Taylor is also one of the three unlucky ones..."

Hearing this, William showed an extremely unkind smile.

Then, he heard the office chair laughing...

Um?

He reached for the wand, and before casting the spell, he thought of one thing, "Aphra?"

"Aphra is over here!"

Aphra's figure appeared on the chair. She was extremely happy and even hummed a tune while holding the chair.

"It was inconvenient for Professor Taylor to watch the excitement, so he asked her to stay in the office. However, two unlucky first-year students were chased by Peeves who picked up a pack of big dung eggs from somewhere. They ran in panic all the way. The office is asking for help..."

Lupine spread his hands - although Peeves had been driven away, the faculty and staff office had no choice but to bring people over.

"It's true... I guess many people are dealing with their own prank props today. After all, Professor McGonagall is back..."

William shook his head, opened the drawer where he kept snacks, picked up a few items for Aphra, and then began to mark the papers.

It is better to get the results before the holidays so that the fifth grade students can be clearly arranged during the holidays.

Grading papers, calculating grades, arranging plans for the next semester, which is the last semester, and then welcoming the summer vacation - these are all William's plans before the holidays.

But the arrival of a letter made him completely change his previous plan.

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[Dear Professor William:

How have you been lately? Remember the interesting phenomenon you told me last time?

Yes, that's it, the magical phenomenon about Animagus transformation that may be able to effectively suppress the werewolf curse.

That's right - I still insist on my opinion. Werewolves are not a new species, they are just wizards or humans who accidentally contracted a strange curse!

I have done some interesting research and used various pharmaceutical formulas to simulate the effects of Animagus. It is very effective, but the power of simulation can only reach this level.

I desperately need a real Animagus to do this job for me, but as you know, there are just too few Animagus. 】

'It's true, there are only so many of them in the country in a hundred years...'

[So, I plan to take advantage of the Easter period to visit Mr. Black, the Animagus who has been revealed, and implore him to assist us in our research. I hope that this research will lead to a new development in the wolfsbane potion. 】

[Yours, faithfully, Belby]

"A visit from Mr. Belby..."

William put down the letter and looked at Lupine aside.

There is no doubt that Sirius will fully cooperate with this visit - because there are only so many Animagus on the surface at present, and the production of Wolfsbane potion is extremely helpful to Lupine.

'But I originally planned to do magic exercises in the Animagus state for Easter...'

Thanks to those shoes, William can barely use the few phantoms in the Animagus state, so casting spells in the Animagus state is naturally on the agenda.

But there is definitely no way for Belby to push it away - the inspiration for researching potions will slip away if you don't pay attention, and it is not easy for Belby, a busy man, to spare such a period of time. things…

"Let's start with potions... I also happen to have some new ideas on potions. There are too many ways to improve strength, and potions are also one of them..."

William thought for a while, and finally decided to write a letter to Sirius - although Sirius would definitely not refuse.

"There is still a long way to go during the holidays..."

He shook his head, quickly wrote a letter to Sirius, and then summoned his owl - it was still resting. He opened his eyes sleepily and looked at William, and then stretched out an owl. feet, indicating to William to tie the letter up.

"Please," William ruffled the fluff on its head with bad intentions, "I'm in a hurry to reply."

"Goooooo!"

William opened the window and watched it jump out of the window sill, then spread its wings and fly away.

"Dumbledore still owes me some flying skills..."

William looked at his owl flying freely with envy, and this matter came to his mind again.

Just when he was thinking about whether to give Dumbledore a hint, there was a sudden knock on the door.

'who? ’

William waved his wand to create a fake body, and then used magic to open the door.

"Morning, Professor William."

Dumbledore's smiling face appeared at the door, which made William extremely surprised - why did Dumbledore come to his place? Could it be that another clue to the Horcrux was discovered?

"Morning, Professor Dumbledore."

William put away the prosthetic body without changing his expression, and then began to lay out snacks and drinks.

"Well, I actually have something to ask of you this time, Professor William."

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William looked at Dumbledore - aren't you going to class, professor?

"It's not a paper, but..."

Dumbledore's voice suddenly dropped, as if he was a little embarrassed.

"What happened, Professor?"

William looked at Dumbledore curiously. He didn't know why Dumbledore was so secretive.

"That's right, that's right," Dumbledore looked at William, who looked so embarrassed that he was even a little scared, "The unicorn is about to give birth, can you please go and deliver it?"

"Mail delivery?"

William looked at Dumbledore with a look on his face like "You're joking."

He's a pharmacist, he's a professor of self-defense, he's not a magical biologist!

No matter how much you think about delivering a baby, you should leave it to Hagrid. Hagrid is the professional in this aspect.

"Yes, deliver the baby, I need you to make sure it's safe."

‘Is it because I know? ’

William thought about it for a while and figured it out - although he was not very good at magical creatures, potions were pretty good and could be used as a backup option.

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"But now that I think about it, something is wrong..."

William looked at the unicorn in front of him and didn't know what to say...

But it's too late now, things have been agreed upon, and the unicorn is about to be born. Not to mention the issue of confidentiality, it's not too late for the wife to call Hagrid over at this time.

Moreover, he sadly discovered one thing - he seemed to be somewhat knowledgeable about this...

Smuggling is not necessarily just about smuggling goods, it can also be about smuggling living animals. Although the care of magical animals is not a profession, it is not too clumsy.

More importantly, the full potion bottles around him made William full of confidence.

"It should be fine, and I can guarantee that even if there is a slight problem, I can maintain it until Hagrid arrives!"

William nodded towards Dumbledore, who was obviously nervous, indicating that he still had some confidence.

However, before he finished speaking, the unicorn was successfully produced, so fast that William suspected that the previous appearance was just fake.

Fortunately, he remained basically calm. He first gently dealt with the attachments on the little unicorn, then aimed at the umbilical cord, gently waved the wand, and carefully used a crystal bottle to contain the blood flowing out of the umbilical cord.

"enough!"

Dumbledore said when the bottle was almost full, and then carefully took the blood from William's hand.

William took the opportunity to take out the crystal bottle and started to receive the second bottle.

"Aren't you worried that I have learned how to make the magic stone?"

He said very bold words without any hesitation.

"If it's possible, that would be great, Professor William." Dumbledore nodded and spread his hands, "Nick has always asked me not to make the Sorcerer's Stone lost again. If you can research half of the process, , the manufacturing method can tell you.”

"The remaining blood will be used as raw material for you, come on, Professor William."

Dumbledore smiled, then Disapparated.