"During the period when Dementors are stationed at Hogwarts, no one is allowed to leave the school without permission, because no tricks, schemes, or disguises can deceive Dementors. Even invisibility cloaks cannot possibly deceive them.
The nature of Dementors cannot understand pleading or explanations, so do not give them reason to harm you. I hope the prefects of all houses and the newly elected Head Boy and Girl can shoulder their responsibilities and ensure that not a single student comes into conflict with the Dementors."
Dumbledore looked at the students at the four house tables, showing a smile that inexplicably made people feel relaxed and trusting: "Now that the serious topic is over, let us talk about something pleasant.
I am very pleased to welcome two trustworthy new teachers to join our Hogwarts teaching staff this school year.
First is Professor Lupin, who has kindly agreed to come to Hogwarts to fill the vacancy of Defense Against the Dark Arts professor..."
At this moment, there was only sparse applause in the Great Hall.
This wasn't because everyone had any particular thoughts about Lupin, but because the previous two Defense Against the Dark Arts professors had been too memorable. One's a coward and one's a fame-stealing fraud. Combined with Lupin looking so down-and-out, almost like those beggars in Knockturn Alley, it was really hard for everyone to have hope for him.
"Sean, look at the House Head."
Hearing Blaise's words, Sean, who had been lost in thought, snapped back to attention and looked at his Slytherin Snake King.
At this moment, Snape's face was twitching, showing hatred and anger that even the most profound Occlumency couldn't suppress. Even more intense than when he first saw Harry.
Frowning, Sean's favorable impression of Lupin from his previous life's novels and movies completely disappeared. Perhaps Lupin was a good person and someone worthy of respect to some, but at least for his House Head, Lupin was just a school bully who had brought him lifelong, unforgettable trauma.
"Next, before I introduce our second new teacher, I must regretfully tell everyone that our Care of Magical Creatures teacher, Professor Kettleburn, officially retired at the end of last term in order to have more time to enjoy his remaining arms and legs.
However, while we regret Professor Kettleburn's retirement, I am pleased to announce that the person filling his position is none other than our gamekeeper, Rubeus Hagrid!
Professor Hagrid will teach Care of Magical Creatures while continuing his duties as gamekeeper."
When Dumbledore finished speaking, warm applause rang out in the Great Hall. Of course, this warmth mainly came from Gryffindor, followed by Hufflepuff, then Ravenclaw. By the time it reached Slytherin, there wasn't much applause left, and the main contributors of Slytherin's applause were Goyle and Crabbe.
Looking at the applauding crowd, Dumbledore nodded and said: "Well, that concludes the important matters. Now, please enjoy your meal.
Let the feast begin!"
With Dumbledore's command, large amounts of food appeared on the long tables of all four houses.
Sean reached out to cut himself a large piece of beef and began eating it with mashed potatoes.
Recently, Sean's body had fully entered puberty. His rapid physical growth had also caused his Troll Strength and Troll Hide talents to grow accordingly, which directly made Sean get hungry faster and eat more. After listening to Dumbledore's long speech, he was already starving.
Blaise and the other two had long since gotten used to Sean's appetite, and the Slytherins roughly knew about it too. Only the new students were greatly surprised by Sean's appetite. Some had even forgotten to eat their own food and were staring dumbfounded at Sean devouring the food in front of him.
Hogwarts clearly had some understanding of Sean's appetite as well. Whenever Sean finished what was in front of him, food would immediately appear on his plate, ensuring there would never be a shortage.
After finishing their meal, the students from all four houses returned to their respective common rooms, led by their prefects.
On the way, Sean saw Samuel and Irina, who had advanced to seventh year. They nodded slightly at each other as a greeting. At the same time, Sean also saw Barrett, who had also advanced to the seventh year.
This year Oliver and his group had graduated. A new batch arrived while an old batch left.
The Slytherin Brotherhood reserve organization was now basically controlled by Samuel and Irina. However, since they were from the same faction, another group from the Slytherin Brotherhood had secretly supported Barrett as their representative at Hogwarts. Barrett now had regained some power under his command.
All of this was secretly told to Sean by Barrett.
Of course, there was another piece of news: Oliver Flint had officially joined the Slytherin Brotherhood and secured a position with great advancement potential at the Ministry of Magic. With the dual support of the Slytherin Brotherhood and the Flint family, very few people could compete with Oliver anymore.
Back in the common room, the two new fifth-year prefects gave every third-year student an elective course registration form and explained some course selection rules.
Sean looked at the five courses on the registration form in front of him and picked up his pen to sign up for all five courses.
He was determined to get the Time-Turner. Some of this year's plans required the Time-Turner's cooperation.
Before going to sleep, a prefect came to collect the registration forms.
Just as Sean was about to go to bed, the same person came knocking again, telling Sean to go to Snape's office at eight o'clock tomorrow morning. Snape had something to discuss with him.
Hearing this, Sean knew Snape was probably going to give him the Time-Turner. He simply acknowledged this, and after the person left, Sean washed up briefly and went to bed.
Early the next morning, Sean got up at exactly seven o'clock. After washing up, he had a simple breakfast.
Of course, "simple" here meant eating breakfast for seven people.
Then Sean temporarily said goodbye to Blaise and went to Snape's office.
Knocking on the office door, when it opened, Sean was immediately stunned by the scene inside the office. He saw that Snape's office didn't just contain Snape himself, but also Dumbledore and Remus Lupin. From their appearance, they seemed to be discussing something with Snape.
But from Snape's expression, Sean could clearly see that he was very unwilling to talk with them. Or rather, he was very unwilling to converse with Lupin!