Hogwarts Outsider Chapter 118: Stranger

The stranger who broke in suddenly was a tall and thin young wizard.

His face is thin, his nose is slightly long, and his complexion is slightly pale.

He glanced at the three people in the cubicle, and nodded with a stern expression. Then, he sat down directly on the last remaining empty seat.

"Sir..." Hermione cleared her throat and asked tentatively, "Are you..."

Before she finished speaking, the stranger rushed to answer: "Hogwarts' new teacher!"

His voice is very cold, and there is a feeling of repelling others when he speaks.

Hermione, Matthew and Neville looked at each other, and they immediately decided that this stranger in front of them must be difficult to deal with.

The stranger had no intention of continuing to communicate with them, so he took out a pair of earplugs from his pocket and stuffed them into his own ears; then, he took out a pair of blindfolds and put them on...

At last, he leaned against the window, remained still, began to rest, and seemed to have fallen into a deep sleep soon.

…

The three of them, Matthew, Hermione and Neville, subconsciously distanced themselves from this stranger.

"New professor?" Neville frowned, looked at the lifeless figure of the stranger, and asked in a low voice, "I don't know which class he teaches?"

"That's a question," Hermione whispered, "There's only one slot open, isn't there? Transfiguration."

"Don't be so arbitrary, and you can't rule out that there may be other situations." Matthew added.

Hermione pursed her lips, thinking that Matthew was trying to provoke him on purpose. Although she didn't say anything.

The three of them carefully looked at the sleeping stranger in Neville, and kept a certain "safe distance" from him.

They also had a very popular Transfiguration teacher last year, but it was only halfway through the semester that they learned that the teacher was actually a vampire and was suspected of being involved in a series of attacks on campus ...

"Well, I hope he can do it." Neville said with some doubts, "Although he doesn't look very reliable."

The last sentence, he spoke in such a low voice that only Matthew and Hermione could hear it.

"You can't be judged by your appearance," Hermione cleared her throat and whispered, "Do you still remember Professor Troka last semester? He was quite reliable, but he was a vampire who did all kinds of evil!"

Matthew frowned slightly, although he didn't open his mouth to refute Hermione.

At this moment, the sleeping strange teacher suddenly moved.

They looked at him worriedly, afraid that their conversation would disturb him, or that their belittling voices would be heard by him. But the stranger just turned his head to one side, opened his mouth slightly, and then continued to sleep deeply.

The three quickly shut their mouths, not daring to make any noise, so as not to disturb him.

…

The Hogwarts Express train headed north, and the fertile farmland and pastures outside the window began to gradually become sparse, resulting in a somewhat desolate view.

The sky also became gloomy, naturally cloudy; although it was still early, the sky darkened rapidly.

With the appearance of this stranger, their trip suddenly became a little boring.

After all, there is such an "outsider", they no longer dare to continue to make noise and laugh in the cubicle, for fear of disturbing him... Even when discussing hot topics like "Azkaban Prison Break", They could only argue quietly.

When it was about to noon, the smiling waitress with dimples pushed open the door of their compartment.

"Honey, do you need some snacks?"

The three of them are naturally already a little hungry.

"Should we wake him up?" Hermione looked at the half-lying professor, who seemed to be sleeping soundly.

"Let's forget it." Neville spread his hands.

He has not forgotten the attitude of this strange professor when he entered the cubicle earlier: "The food truck should always stay at the front of the car, and he can go there by himself when he wakes up... We still don't bother him."

The other two agreed, and then they returned to their seats to gorge on pumpkin pie and brownies.

And after they were all full, the atmosphere became awkward again.

Both Matthew and Hermione simply took out their textbooks and began to read them.

And Neville bent down to tease Hermione's cat, Crookshanks.

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The afternoon soon approached, and the sky became more gloomy.

The train continued to run north.

It began to rain lightly in the sky, and the continuous high mountains outside the car window also became blurred.

"When will we get to Hogwarts?" Neville asked wearily.

He had given up on continuing to tease Crookshanks, because that little guy was too lazy to move and was not willing to cooperate with Neville at all.

"Four more hours at least." Matthew glanced at his watch and replied ~IndoMTL.com~ Bad news! "Neville let out a long sigh.

Just when Matthew was about to close the "Standard Spells Level 2" written by Miranda Gosack——

"Oh, yes," Neville suddenly remembered something, and shouted very abruptly, "There is one more thing..."

"Hush!" Hermione raised an index finger in front of her lips, cast a displeased expression at Neville, and pointed at the strange professor beside her.

Matthew was more inclined, because Hermione's reading thoughts were interrupted by Neville's voice, so she seemed a little dissatisfied.

"Sorry," Neville smiled a little naively, and lowered his voice at the same time: "I just want to say, maybe you can see my dad this semester?"

"Oh?" Matthew looked at Neville curiously.

"He will be responsible for the security of Hogwarts in the next year." Neville explained.

"Didn't the Ministry of Magic send dementors to defend Hogwarts?" Hermione asked in confusion, "I remember your father is an Auror..."

"I'm just telling you two, you must not speak out..." Neville's voice was lowered: "Some high-level officials in the Auror Command believe that the dementors have no effect on the three fugitives." , so Dementors alone can't prevent them at all, so some Aurors will also participate in the defense of Hogwarts..."

"It's just a fugitive from Azkaban, why does the Ministry of Magic want to defend Hogwarts?" Matthew suddenly asked calmly: "There is actually no connection between the two... "

Neville froze for a moment, then shook his head in confusion.

A look of confusion appeared on Hermione's face.

As soon as Matthew finished speaking——

At this moment, the lights in the aisle and the luggage rack suddenly turned on.

The train rattles and rattles as it travels slower and slower.