Chapter 35 - 35 Defense Against the Dark Arts lessons that do not take place in the classroom

Chapter 35: Chapter 35 Defense Against the Dark Arts lessons that do not take place in the classroom

Dracula ultimately did not face any punishment of being placed on probation.

In contrast, Snape, the Head of Slytherin House and a senior professor of Potions, was given a probationary sentence by Professor McGonagall for instigating a duel between professors. Additionally, his salary was docked for six months.

According to the gossipy old professor, Kettleburn, it seemed that Professor McGonagall had been wanting to do this for a long time but had been waiting for the right opportunity.

As Head of Slytherin House, Snape had a long history of bias against Gryffindor House. He never deducted points from his own house and had a "habit" of deducting points from Gryffindor. This had caused Gryffindor to be at the bottom of the point standings for several years.

Professor McGonagall was seething with frustration but had refrained from acting out to maintain her impartiality as Deputy Headmistress.

Now that she finally had a reason to act against Snape, how could she not take full advantage?

However, Snape was actually quite innocent in this situation.

He had never intended to fight with Dracula. The idea to do so had come entirely from Dumbledore, and it had resulted in him getting a good beating.

As the primary culprit, the old headmaster could only shrug his shoulders.

If the grand landlord of Hogwarts was untouchable, then the diligent Snape would have to play the scapegoat...

...

November passed quietly, the weather grew colder, and Christmas approached.

One morning in mid-December, Hogwarts students awoke to find several feet of snow covering everything and the lake frozen solid.

The Weasley twins faced punishment from Professor McGonagall for magically enhancing some snowballs to chase Professor Quirrell around, eventually pelting him in the back of his purple turban.

Quirrell, hit by the snowballs, fell face-first into the snow, looking extremely disheveled, far from the dignified appearance one would expect of an assistant professor.

However, he inwardly sighed in relief.

"Well then, given how tired everyone seems in this weather," Dracula said with a mischievous grin, "let's learn something different today."

With that, he walked to the window of the Dark Arts classroom and pushed it open.

The cold wind rushed into the classroom, immediately jolting the drowsy students awake.

"Today's lesson will take place on the lawn outside the castle," Dracula announced. "To save time, everyone jump out the window with me. Don't worry, I'll catch you!"

He was the first to jump out the window with practiced ease, leaving the students in awe.

For Dracula, the second-floor Dark Arts classroom was still too low. He landed gracefully on the thick layer of snow-covered lawn without using any magic.

"You can come down now!" Dracula shouted from the soft snow below.

Fred and George, seeing Dracula's show of skill, were instantly wide awake. They rushed to the window, ready to follow the professor's lead.

Lee Jordan, with his dark skin, was scared and quickly grabbed the hoods of their robes, nervously saying:

"Hey, aren't you two worried about getting hurt? What if Professor Dracula doesn't catch you?"

"Oh, are our little baby Lee Jordan scared?" Fred teased with a grin. "Don't worry, sweetie. Falling from the second floor is just a couple of days in the hospital wing. Madam Pomfrey will fix you up!"

Before he finished speaking, Fred jumped out the window.

George, seeing Lee Jordan still trembling and panicked, patted his shoulder:

"Lee, don't worry. Professor Dracula can catch even Harry Potter falling from a height, so he'll definitely catch us jumping from the second floor."

With that, he let out a yell, put his arm around Lee Jordan's shoulder, and dragged him to the window.

Amidst Lee's screams, the two jumped out together.