Harry Potter: From Muggle Cousin to Conceptual Wizard

Chapter 402 Untangling the tangled mess of grudges and hiring new professors in bulk!

"I'm about to go into battle, so I won't waste time with pleasantries."

Dudley spoke up decisively and forcefully, “First of all, Mr. Newt and Ms. Tina, since you two are willing to come to Hogwarts to teach, then come. You must fulfill the duties of a professor, and you will not be shortchanged in any way in terms of benefits.”

To put it bluntly, if you don't stay young, how many more years can you teach?

Dumbledore then sent betrothal letters to Mr. Newt and Ms. Tina.

At this point, Dudley casually waved his hand, turning Newt and his wife back into their thirties.

Then, ignoring the Newts' surprise and Old Man Dumbledore's nod of agreement, he continued:

"Secondly, if Mr. Theseus is willing, then as Mr. Newt and Ms. Tina have suggested, invite him to teach at Hogwarts as well. I will make him young again and resurrect Ms. Leta."

If, after being resurrected, Lady Leta wishes to resurrect her half-brother Coeus and her mother Laurena Kamar, then she should also come to Hogwarts as a professor.

Let me make this clear from the start: Ms. Rita's father will never be resurrected.

After saying this, Dali looked at Old Deng and said:

"Send an offer of employment to your former comrade-in-arms, Yousef Kama."

If he agrees to become a professor at Hogwarts, he can also become younger and resurrect his parents, Mustafa Kamar and Laurena Kamar.

But it needs to be explained to him in advance that he and his father must not harm Kaus in the future, unless Kaus grows up and becomes a heinous black wizard.

Tell Yusuf that if he excels in his teaching and makes outstanding contributions to Hogwarts and the wizarding world, I can drag Corvace Lestrange's soul out of the world of the dead and hand it over to him for torture and punishment, so that he and his father can avenge the Karma family.

Upon hearing this, Dumbledore remained expressionless and nodded in agreement.

On the other side, the expressions of Newt and his wife were much more interesting.

They were very confused, wondering why Dali knew so much about Rita's family network.

Moreover, it seems that Dudley is also very clear about the feud between the Lestrange family and the Kamar family on Rita's side.

They were also very shocked by the punishment that Dali had proposed.

Newt, a graduate of Hufflepuff House, is an extremely kind wizard. Given his character and understanding, it is hard for him to imagine such a cruel method as torturing the soul, let alone that Professor Dumbledore would agree to it unconditionally.

They seemed quite used to it.

Newt couldn't say anything to refute it.

This was not because he needed something from Dudley and dared not antagonize him.

Rather, it's because, logically speaking, while Dali's actions were somewhat cruel, they couldn't be considered wrong.

The Newts knew the truth: Leta's father was indeed a scoundrel, and he deserved to be punished by the Karma family.

Kauss, however, was just a stillborn infant, innocent and unaware of the ways of the world, and should not bear the blame for his father's sins.

So, after a moment's hesitation, the Newts didn't express any opinion on the matter and tacitly agreed.

However, the younger Tina thought of her close sister, Queenie Goldstein.

She and her husband look younger now, but her sister and brother-in-law are still over ninety years old!

According to Newt and Tina's original plan, the couple would not become younger. They would teach at Hogwarts for a few years and then face death peacefully, becoming indistinguishable from their sister and brother-in-law.

But now... we can't let her, in her young age, watch her sister and brother-in-law grow old and die, can we?

But Dalli had already helped them a lot, and Tina couldn't bring herself to ask for more.

You have to understand, top wizards all over the world are scrambling to become Hogwarts faculty and staff. If she goes any further, it would be impolite.

"By the way, if I remember correctly, Ms. Tina's sister, Ms. Queenie, is a natural-born Legilimency master, isn't she?"

At that moment, as if he could read Tina's mind, Dudley brought up Queenie.

This surprised and delighted Tina, and also caused a small misunderstanding.

“Don’t get me wrong, Ms. Tina. I didn’t use Legilimency on you; I had already thought of it.”

Upon seeing Tina's expression, Dali immediately understood what she was thinking and cleared up the misunderstanding.

"I'm sorry, Assistant Professor Dursley, I was overthinking it."

Tina apologized somewhat apologetically, then explained, "My sister does indeed have a natural ability to see through people's hearts, much like you were just now."

"I...would like my sister to teach at Hogwarts, but if you find that difficult, you don't have to worry about it. Newt and I won't hold it against you."

"What are you thinking? It would be wonderful if Ms. Queenie could come to teach at Hogwarts."

Her abilities can greatly assist the ideological and educational reform efforts at Hogwarts.

"Please ask Mr. Newt and Ms. Tina to go back and ask Ms. Queenie. If she agrees, both Ms. Queenie and her husband, Mr. Jacob, can come to Hogwarts to make me young again."

Dali promptly extended another invitation.

Tina and Rita were invited, so Queenie was even more so.

A natural Legilimency master can greatly reduce the workload after the Sorting Hat is applied, and is more flexible and mobile, making them obviously more important than the combat-side professors who are already overcrowded.

"But Jacob is a Muggle!"

Tina couldn't help but remind her again, "Newt and I have been living in England for quite some time now. Although the British wizarding world doesn't prohibit wizards from marrying Muggles like the American wizarding world used to, Muggles aren't allowed in wizarding communities like Hogwarts, right?"

"Now that you two are considered professors at Hogwarts, there's something I don't need to hide from you."

In Hogsmeade Village, near Hogwarts, there's a large group of Muggle teachers that Dumbledore and I invited, who are specifically responsible for training the Hogwarts professors in various professional Muggle knowledge.

You will also be going to Hogsmeade Village to receive training from Muggle teachers.

We don't discriminate against good Muggles here.

Dudley revealed the Muggle talent to the Newts, causing them to be shocked once again.

“And…” Dudley continued, “Muggles can also become wizards!”

"what?!"

The neurons in the Newts' brains responsible for the emotion of shock had become numb from Dudley's series of bombshell announcements.

They stared wide-eyed at Dali.

On second thought, Dudley can even resurrect the dead, so turning Muggles into wizards isn't that hard to understand... right?

"Don't be surprised. You can also tell Ms. Queenie and Mr. Jacob that if they can contribute to Hogwarts, I can make Mr. Jacob a wizard."

He's been thinking about this for decades, hasn't he?

Dali smiled and added a few more words.

Newt and Tina, still stunned and numb from hearing this, could only nod stiffly.

"Alright! Finally, I'd like to mention the specific positions that Mr. Newt, Ms. Tina, and the professors I just mentioned will be hiring will hold after they come to Hogwarts, and what their daily responsibilities will be."