The departure of Newt Scamander was expected. He was originally the acting professor and was hired by Dumbledore to replace Hagrid who was in a lawsuit. Once Hagrid's case was over, it was time for him to leave. It was Hagrid who asked him to stay an extra half term, and he stayed on to teach.

During that time, Hagrid learned a lot from Newt, which gave him more confidence in his teaching in the next school year - he certainly wouldn't take the students to know the Hippogriff in the first class. A dangerous creature like a pterosaur.

Professor Lu Ping's departure is very unusual. He taught very well this semester. Why is he leaving suddenly?

Harry shoved the bag into Ron's hand, "I'm going to Professor Lupine's office!"

"But if Professor Lupine has asked to resign, there is nothing we can do!" Ron struggled to carry four bags, trying to keep Harry, but Harry didn't care, he ran towards the castle quickly without looking back .

"I don't care about this, I must see him before he leaves, see you in the dormitory!"

Harry ran to Professor Lupine's office in a hurry. At this time, the door of the office was locked, but not locked, so Harry pushed open the door directly, and then a rather bizarre scene appeared in front of him:

Lupine and Sirius each sat on an office chair, their faces indifferent. Directly across from them was Severus Snape. At this moment, he was propping his hands on the desk, and his nose was almost poking into Sirius' face.

"What are you doing?" Harry asked in amazement, the scene in front of him was too shocking for him to understand.

Hearing the sound of the door being pushed, Snape turned his head all of a sudden, his deep, merciless eyes swept over Harry's face, showing his disgust without any concealment.

"Ten points from Gryffindor, Potter," he said icily. "You should be glad it's the end of term, or I'll give you a confinement sentence. Remember to knock on the door before you enter the professor's office next time."

"Why are you here, Harry?" Lupine looked at Harry very gently as if he didn't hear Snape's words, and Sirius on the side also blinked at Harry.

"I'm going back first, I will report the situation to Professor Dumbledore, everything you need is here." Snape knocked on a small box on the table. After Harry entered, Snape felt that the air in this office was covered with a stench, and he didn't want to stay for a second.

So he flicked his cloak and floated out of Lupine's office like a giant bat.

When he walked away, Sirius said resentfully: "Why didn't we give him a nickname like 'Old Bat' back then."

"Maybe it's because the snot man is loud enough." Professor Lupine thinks that this is due to the classic enough nickname of the snot man.

"But I think 'Old Bat' is more appropriate now—"

Seeing the topic getting off track, Harry couldn't help interrupting them, "So what were you doing just now? And why did Sirius appear here?"

"Ah, we're—" Sirius was about to reply when Lupine slapped him on the thigh.

"Harry, why are you in such a hurry?"

Harry looked around Lupine's office. Compared with the last time he came, the decoration in the office had changed a lot: most of the items had been packed by Lupine, only a few items were left in the whole office. Necessary office supplies and furniture, as well as boxes that originally held various magical animals.

"I just got the news. It is said that you are going to resign. Is this true?!"

"It's true." Lupine motioned Sirius to step back a little so he could open the drawer—his drawer was still unpacked.

"Why? Obviously you teach well..."

"Voldemort's curse, have you heard of it?" Sirius slumped in the armchair, with a lazy look, "No Defense Against the Dark Arts professor can survive a year, and Remus can be intact It’s not easy to finish a whole school year, so of course I’ll accept it when I’m good.”

Harry wanted to say that this was ridiculous, how could anyone quit their job because of an ethereal curse? But considering that this was the wizarding world, or the curse left by Voldemort, he relented.

"Did all the former Defense Against the Dark Arts professors encounter accidents?" He asked weakly.

"That's right," Sirius told the legend of Voldemort's curse enthusiastically like an elder telling ghost stories to children, and vividly listed the fate of those previous professors.

"Did you know? The professor in front of Quirrell was even crushed to death by a wild boar. Now you should know how powerful this curse is? If Remus doesn't resign in time, maybe one day he will be killed by the ceiling." The chandelier on the ceiling was crushed to death, or the stairs suddenly collapsed on the way up, leaving him paralyzed..."

Harry shivered when he heard this.

Was it for a curse? That's understandable.

"It's a pity..." Harry felt sorry from the bottom of his heart.

Lupine and Sirius looked at each other: finally fooled. The reason for Lupine's resignation, Voldemort's curse has a certain proportion, but the main reason is that he has a task from Dumbledore to complete.

A daunting task for him and Sirius. Snape came here just now, also for that mission. This task needs to be kept strictly confidential, even Harry cannot reveal it.

For this task, he and Sirius have been preparing for a whole semester.

Harry was silent for a moment, "You are our best Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher."

Lupine stopped what he was doing ~lightnovelpub.net~ looked at Harry and said seriously, "Thank you."

"Then will you come back? When the term of the next professor expires..."

"Voldemort's curse is that each teacher can't teach for more than one year. This number should be cumulative...Harry, have you ever considered why Voldemort cursed the position of Defense Against the Dark Arts?" Lupine shook his head, expressing the curse Not so easy to bypass.

Harry shook his head, he was not so clear about the curse, but Sirius on one side had a very deep understanding of it—during the period since he came out, except for the pre-mission preparations, he had been I'm trying to catch up on all kinds of gossip news... or old news.

"According to legend, before Voldemort officially launched the war, he came to Hogwarts to seek a teaching position, but was finally rejected by Professor Dumbledore. Voldemort, who was furious, cursed that position... Yes, what Voldemort wanted to do My job is to teach Defense Against the Dark Arts!" Sirius said happily.

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The pancakes were a big success! Add leeks and eggs to flour, then sprinkle some salt and five-spice powder, the taste is not bad. Then I fried the crispy pork, which was very delicious.