After the Easter holidays, the students of Hogwarts were shocked to find that their Defense Against the Dark Arts professor was missing
The seventh-year students in the Defense Against the Dark Arts advanced class were the first to discover this problem. They were very confused as to why Professor Smith did not show up in class. The Student Union President had no choice but to tell Professor McGonagall about it.
However, what surprised them most was that Professor McGonagall had no idea what was going on.
Professor Smith's disappearance spread throughout the school like a plague.
Everyone was talking about this matter and wanted to know where Professor Smith had gone and why he didn't come to teach everyone
Most students think that Professor Smith may have resigned early
After all, there was Professor Broad's case last semester. But why didn't Professor Smith inform everyone about this in advance
Professor McGonagall was also unable to contact her missing colleague and could only tell Dumbledore about it.
Dumbledore, who was dealing with the problem of the Philosopher's Stone, hurried back to school to find out what happened.
Hogwarts Castle, the headmaster's office on the eighth floor.
Professor McGonagall is explaining the current situation to Dumbledore.
"The owl I sent out couldn't contact Rowena, and he didn't say where he was going before?" Professor McGonagall frowned deeply. Although she was reluctant to admit it, it was an indisputable fact that the professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts was one of the most dangerous positions in the wizarding world and it had to be replaced every year.
"Didn't he tell anyone he was going there?" Dumbledore asked as he listened to Professor McGonagall's report.
"No." Professor McGonagall said, "Mr. Anderson and the McDougal sisters have more contact with Rowena. I have asked the three of them, and none of them know where Smith went."
"When has he not been in school?" Dumbledore asked again.
"Ten days ago." Professor McGonagall would not pay special attention to this. After all, professors also need holidays, and it is impossible to require them to stay in school even during holidays. "By the way, Rowena's family is also looking for his whereabouts."
Professor McGonagall placed the Daily Prophet in front of the Headmaster.
Dumbledore placed his hands together on the table and fell into a brief silence. In fact, Dumbledore didn't have a very good solution, mainly because Rowena had been missing for too long, and some tracking magic was even ineffective.
"Let's try to find out if there's any news about Rowena first. If there's really no result..." Dumbledore glanced at the missing person notice in the Daily Prophet, "I'll think of other ways!"
The professors at Hogwarts were all very busy and had no time to delve into the matter, let alone spend time looking for Rowena. And Dumbledore had too many things to do right now and simply couldn't spare the time.
"What about the Defense Against the Dark Arts class?" asked Professor McGonagall.
"You can ask Severus to substitute for the class, or..." Dumbledore suddenly paused and looked towards the fireplace in the headmaster's office, where a green flame was rising and a figure walked out of the flame.
"You've come just in time, Bud!" Dumbledore greeted the visitor with a smile.
"I heard that Rowena is missing. Our old friend Gerber is asking people to look for him. He asked me to come to Hogwarts to see what's going on. Gerber's condition is not good. You know, Rowena is almost his most promising junior." Professor Brode said helplessly, "I had correspondence with Rowena half a month ago. How could he disappear inexplicably?"
"I don't know. We don't have any good news either. We are still confused." Professor McGonagall greeted her former colleague and said helplessly, "Rowenar left Hogwarts during the Easter holidays. No one knows where he went."
This matter is very sensitive. The position of Professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts is not very popular, and now another one is missing. Professor McGonagall is even a little worried about scaring away other applicants. What should she do if she can't find the professor
"By the way, Bard, I have something to ask of you!" Dumbledore suddenly said, "Can you come back and help..."
"No, the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor is too weird. I even suspect that Rowena's disappearance is related to that damn curse." Professor Brod rejected Dumbledore's invitation and said self-deprecatingly, "Fortunately, I ran faster last year, so I didn't get into trouble."
Professor McGonagall frowned, but she had to admit that the professor in front of her was the luckiest Defense Against the Dark Arts professor in recent decades.
"No, I just want you to come back to substitute for the class. I have already found a professor for Defense Against the Dark Arts next semester." Dumbledore kindly reminded, "If you need to investigate Rowena's case, maybe you can find some useful clues by staying in school."
"Substitute teaching... OK!" Professor Brode stroked his beard and agreed: "Just these two months."
The disappearance of Rowena Smith attracted the attention of the wizarding world. The Smith family offered a high reward and even used many methods, but still could not find his whereabouts. It was as if the whole person had evaporated from the face of the earth.
"The prophecy failed."
Nicolas Flamel looked at the crystal that had not changed at all and shook his head, saying, "I think... the person you are looking for may be dead!"
This was undoubtedly the worst news Dumbledore had ever heard.
"Dead?"
"The dead have no future, nor do they need one," Nicolas Flamel explained. "Of course, it is possible that someone has used powerful magic on him and interfered with my prophecy, but this possibility is unlikely."
“How terrible!”
Dumbledore was considering whether to tell that old friend about this!
Little did he know that Gerber Smith had known about this for a long time and knew the truth of the matter better, and all he did was just to disguise himself.
Of course, Rowena’s death was also a heavy blow to this almost 100-year-old man.
After Professor Broad took over Smith's position, he gradually erased the remaining clues.
Mr. Mogg had turned Smith's remains into a stone and buried them forever in an unknown place deep in the Forbidden Forest. No one would ever know where Rowena Smith was, let alone find his body.
The students at Hogwarts were all curious about what happened to Professor Smith, but when they heard that Professor Broad would be the substitute teacher, everyone was relieved. After all, Professor Broad was also very reliable.
I don't know when a new rumor appeared in the school. The Defense Against the Dark Arts professor was really cursed, so Professor Smith disappeared inexplicably.