"First question, Professor Dumbledore, do you remember how Voldemort cursed the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor position?”Leon ignored the expressions of the two old actors and asked.
"No one can hold the position of Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor for a year, he said.”Dumbledore replied, remembering the memory fragment quite clearly.
"Are you sure it's only Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor?”Leon asked.
"I'm sure." Dumbledore seemed to understand what Leon meant.
"That's easy. We just need to change our names.”Sure enough, Leon's answer was the same as Dumbledore's.
Hearing this, Snape's expression was a little strange, but Dumbledore was quite happy. Yes, couldn't he just change his name? This curse was verbal. It was precisely the most powerless and pallid thing that could be tampered with. Why hadn't he thought of such a big language loophole for so long?
Dumbledore then looked at Leon, his face full of praise. Before, he had only thought of a way to break the curse, but he had never considered such a simple and straightforward method.
This was the problem of thinking habitually. Today, Leon had taught him a lesson. For the first time, Dumbledore felt that perhaps he was really old. At the same time, he was looking forward to the future of Leon, Harry, and the other young wizards. After all, the future belonged to young people like them.
"But wouldn't that be giving in to You-Know-Who?”Snape asked unwillingly. He was indeed quite eager for the position of Defense Against the Dark Arts professor, but was the Defense Against the Dark Arts class still Defense Against the Dark Arts class?
" Compared to the safety of the professors, reputation is not important. Rather than admitting defeat, it's more like innovation.”Dumbledore slyly replied, then looked at Leon again."Do you have any suggestions for a new Defense Against the Dark Arts class? Oh, maybe we need a new name.”
"How about Defense Against the Dark Arts? The Defense Against the Dark Arts class was abandoned and practical combat was used as the basis of teaching. The first half of the class was responsible for explaining the dangers and countermeasures of various dark magic creatures and spells. The second half of the class was for magic duel training. The young wizards were divided into two groups and used spells to fight. It was also considered to accumulate experience in fighting dark wizards in the future.”
Leon didn't hesitate and voiced out the clear thoughts in his mind. At the same time, he was grateful to a certain white-toothed man who might not be able to enter the school in the future. His Dueling Club plan was the cornerstone of Leon's thoughts.
"Oh, a duel between young Magi? Perhaps it will have a wonderful effect, but in terms of safety, we will have to rely on the efforts of the professors. What do you think, Sipples?”said Dumbledore, throwing the question at Snape.
"If you count the dueling schedule, I approve of the new Defense Against the Dark Arts combat course.”Snape had no objections. If the new course could have a mock duel, perhaps it would be much more interesting than the Defense Against the Dark Arts lesson alone.
Therefore, Leon, Dumbledore, and Snape worked out the details of the course schedule and duels. Finally, the new Defense Against the Dark Arts combat class was finalized. Dumbledore could not wait to see the surprised and excited expressions of the young wizards when the announcement was made at the banquet.
Just as Leon and Snape were about to leave the headmaster's office and go to lunch together, Professor McGonagall walked in from the door. When she saw Leon, her smile disappeared and she shouted at Leon,"Mr. Chris, may I ask, what have you been doing all morning?”
"Of course, it's for the future of the school and to solve the problem that has puzzled Professor Dumbledore for many years.”Leon replied righteously, then winked at Dumbledore behind him. Professor McGonagall did not even call him by his name, but by his surname. It was enough to prove her anger.
"Indeed, Leon has solved a problem that has been troubling us for a long time, Minerva. From today on, we may no longer need to put out recruitment notices for Defense Against the Dark Arts professors every year.”Dumbledore didn't hesitate and resolutely gave his endorsement to the Leon platform.
"I didn't know you could remove curses.”Professor McGonagall immediately threw her anger at Leon's truancy to the back of her mind and excitedly approached him to praise him.
After all, she was also the vice-headmaster of Hogwarts. She felt the same headache as Dumbledore when it came to the problem of changing professors every year in the college she was in charge of.
Dumbledore, on the other hand, smiled and explained the details of the discussion between the three of them, as well as how Leon had easily cracked the curse that had troubled them for two years. Professor McGonagall looked at him and sighed."I knew that Leon's open-minded way of thinking would bring about a different change to us old people. This time, it's this little guy's weird little brain that has made a contribution.”
Leon wasn't pleased with himself. Instead, he felt that Professor McGonagall's words were a little strange. After all, she said that his way of thinking was different. Wasn't she hinting that something was wrong with him? Leon also knew the famous saying that mental patients had a wide range of thoughts.
"So, Professor McGonagall, you came to the headmaster's office just to report me?”Leon subconsciously asked Professor McGonagall. If Professor McGonagall really answered like that, Leon would have to consider setting the alarm clock for Professor McGonagall's classes in advance.
As for making things difficult for Professor McGonagall in the future, would Leon do something like that? He was so majestic!
" No, I'm here to share the joy. Congratulations, Leon. Today's Transfiguration and Wizard's Secrets published your thesis at the same time. I'm here to give this to Dumbledore. I know Dumbledore is helping you apply for the nomination of the Merlin Medal. Perhaps the recognition of these two authoritative newspapers will make your journey to the Merlin Knights more smooth.”
Professor McGonagall also remembered why she was here. She quickly pulled out two folded newspapers and showed them to Dumbledore's desk. Leon's paper was published on the front page of Transfiguration Today, but it only occupied the second page of Secrets of the Wizard.
However, the content on the main page was also related to Leon. It was the analysis of the components of the wolfsbane potion and the experimental data. Unfortunately, it was only a rough analysis, and there was still a big gap between it and the actual formula. At the end of the article," Secrets of Wizards " also specially thanked the Ministry of Magic for providing the wolfsbane potion.
Leon didn't say anything about the Ministry of Magic giving him the wolfvenom potion that he had registered and verified for research purposes without his consent. However, he had already labeled the Ministry of Magic as a bait that could be used or discarded. As for how to use this bait in the future, it might depend on the sincerity and wealth of the Ministry of Magic.
"Congratulations." Dumbledore and Snape did not know that Leon was plotting against the Ministry of Magic. They only congratulated Leon sincerely. However, Leon revealed that strange smirk again.
"I wonder who's going to be unlucky again.”
This was basically the same thought of the three professors present.
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