When Professor McGonagall walked into the headmaster's office, she saw Dumbledore, who was looking at a letter with a frown on his face.

"What's wrong? Professor Dumbledore? Did something happen with Potter?"

"Ah... Professor McGonagall..."

Hearing Professor McGonagall's voice, Dumbledore raised his head and looked at her with a helpless smile.

"Not Potter's side... Well, I've asked Hagrid to deal with that side, but we have a problem..."

"trouble?"

"Yes... Professor McGonagall, you should not have forgotten what happened ten years ago..."

"certainly."

Hearing this, Professor McGonagall's expression suddenly became much more serious.

"I will never forget what happened at that time... Could it be that that person..."

"No, strictly speaking, it's trickier than that..."

Having said that, Dumbledore lowered his head and remained silent for a moment.

"Professor Quirrell has been killed."

"What?!"

Hearing this, Professor McGonagall could no longer sit still.

“Who did it?!”

"A girl of eleven."

"……Why?"

Professor McGonagall was stunned by Dumbledore's answer.

"Dumbledore, are you sure?"

"Of course, and this child's background is not ordinary..."

As he spoke, Dumbledore handed over the letter in his hand. Professor McGonagall took the letter and read it, then frowned.

The letter contained information about a girl. Her mother was a wizard and her father was a Muggle. However, in a tragedy ten years ago, the girl's parents were killed. She was the only one who escaped by chance at a neighbor's house. After that, the girl was sent to an orphanage and then adopted by someone...

"Kane James? Could it be that..."

Seeing the name, Professor McGonagall's face changed slightly, and Dumbledore nodded.

"Yes, that's him."

“…”

After hearing Dumbledore's answer, Professor McGonagall's expression became more serious. As a senior official of Hogwarts, Professor McGonagall certainly knew that there were a group of people in this country who had always hoped to completely deprive the wizarding world of its autonomy and put it under the complete control of the government. And this man named James was one of them. Now he actually adopted a wizard's son and even trained her to be an agent...

"They have already discovered Voldemort, who is parasitic on Professor Quirrell. I have no way to stop him. Now these people obviously want to use this girl to interfere in Hogwarts... Although I don't know their intentions, I don't want to cause too much trouble..."

"What a poor child..."

Looking at the contents of the letter, Professor McGonagall couldn't help but sigh. Although the letter didn't say much, even just a few sentences could tell the child's background and the environment she grew up in. Not to mention, she was only an eleven-year-old child, but she had to experience a bloody battle on the battlefield...

"I can tell from the child's tone that she hates wizards very much, and she also hates us quite a lot... So, I hope to be able to help her."

"So what are you going to do, Professor Dumbledore?"

"I invited that kid to be the Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher."

"……Why?"

Even Professor McGonagall was taken aback by Dumbledore's bold and unconventional move.

"Isn't she only eleven years old? Defense Against the Dark Arts...are you sure she can do it?"

"From her resume, she has carried out several missions. Her understanding of black magic is even stronger than that of ordinary academic mages. More importantly... I am always worried about leaving her among the students..."

"I see what you mean..."

Professor McGonagall also nodded. Just as Dumbledore said, if such a dangerous person was placed among the freshmen, who knows what kind of trouble would arise - not to mention that Harry Potter was among the freshmen this time.

If this child is sorted into the same school as Harry Potter, who knows what kind of trouble will arise...

"…That's it. What do you think of this setting?"

At the same time, in the forest cabin, Ai Li was writing with great joy while chatting with Yui.

"Dad, shouldn't this kind of setting normally be the second female lead?"

"That's about right. You see, her parents died when she was young, and she was raised in hatred. She was taught to hate wizards, and she entered Hogwarts as a spy to cause trouble. Sanwu is because she lost her parents and grew up in a dangerous environment, so she closed her mind... For this kind of character setting, the general routine is that she is gradually attracted to the protagonist after entering the academy, and then begins to change. Then she has doubts about her mission, and then she either surrenders or rebels. Then she is captured by the boss behind the scenes as a hostage, and then rescued by the protagonist. Then she chooses to cry and change her ways in front of the protagonist..."

At this point, Ellie clapped her hands.

"That's generally the way it works, right?"

"Yeah yeah."

"That's why you can only be a supporting role. If you want to be the protagonist, you have to stick to it! Only those little girls whose life values ​​are still immature will waver on such issues. My goal is to completely destroy the magic world! No one can do it!"

That's right, this is Fang Zheng... or the goal that Ellie set for herself, which is to unite the Muggle world to completely conquer the wizarding world and start a war between the wizarding world and Britain. I guess Dumbledore has seen her "setting" now. I guess in Dumbledore's eyes, she is still just a lonely little girl with a painful past, and there is still a chance to turn back... Please, this trick of yours is only effective for coaxing mentally retarded children like Harry Potter.

As an actor, you need to cultivate yourself and get into the role. Only by becoming that person can you perfectly fit into the role - isn't that the essence of role playing? You need to show the character's personality traits and behaviors that are in line with the setting in order to fully enjoy the fun.

If you play the emperor, you are the emperor; if you play the beggar, you are the beggar. If you can make the emperor look like a beggar and the beggar look like an emperor, then you will become a traffic star.

So now is the time for me to show my acting skills again.

Thinking of this, Ellie reached out and picked up the microphone on the table, then dialed a number, and then her voice became cold and inorganic again.

"Report, mission accomplished... Yes, I met Professor Albus Dumbledore... He invited me to be the teacher of Defense Against the Dark Arts... Yes, I am confident that I can complete the mission... Understood."

After a few short replies, Ai Li hung up the phone again, lowered her head, and silently looked at the magic book in front of her. There was no light in her ruby-like eyes, just like a puppet without self-awareness and a closed heart, just sitting there quietly, motionless. From the back of the girl, you can see a bit of loneliness and indifference, the tone and action that rejected people a thousand miles away, it was heartbreaking...

So, what is Oscar-level professional acting? (Look up)

It turned out that Ellie's guess was correct.

“Ding Dong.”

The next morning, the doorbell rang. Ellie put down the book in her hand, looked up at the door, walked to the entrance and opened the door, but there was no one outside the door, only a cat sitting on the ground, staring at her curiously.

"Who are you?"

Ellie obviously had no intention of playing guessing games with the other party and asked directly. Upon hearing her question, the tabby cat suddenly jumped up and then transformed into the appearance of a noble lady - Professor McGonagall.

"Hello, you must be Miss Ellie. I am Minerva McGonagall, the Deputy Headmistress of Hogwarts."

Looking at the girl in front of him, Mag also showed a kind smile and greeted her. Ellie just stared at Mag quietly, and nodded after a moment.

"Hello, Ms. Magg. Please come in."

As she spoke, Ellie lowered her hand. At this time, Mag discovered that Ellie had been holding a small pistol in her right hand...

This girl is really dangerous!

Although Mag was still smiling on the surface, she was sweating coldly deep down inside. She hadn't realized that the little girl would point a gun at her... If she had done something at that time, she would probably have several bloody holes on her body now.

After taking a deep breath, Mag followed Ellie into the house. Ellie asked her to sit down and made a pot of tea. Mag then calmed down and started to get down to business.

"Then Miss Ellie, I think you should know why I came to you... Headmaster Dumbledore hopes that you can be the teacher of the Defense Against the Dark Arts class. What is your opinion?"

"no problem."

Ellie's answer was very brief. It wasn't because she was shy, but more like she didn't care at all. There was no light in her eyes, which was completely different from the children in Hogwarts School that McGonagall usually saw.

"I think you should be aware that Defense Against the Dark Arts is a very important course. We need to teach children how to protect themselves when facing danger... So I need to do some tests on you..."

"no problem."

This was not a problem for Ellie. Although she had not experienced much actual combat in this world, Fang Zheng had a lot of combat experience. She had also seen all kinds of strange and dangerous animals in this world before, so she knew how to deal with them. So Ellie passed Professor McGonagall's test very smoothly.

"It seems that there is indeed no problem with your strength."

Finally Professor McGonagall had to nod, and then she took out an envelope.

"Here is your letter of appointment. You can take the train to Hogwarts with the new students. The tickets and other things are inside... Well, I hope you can have a pleasant day."

"Thanks."

Ellie took the envelope and nodded slightly, while Professor McGonagall lowered her head and turned away.

"Why……"

After leaving the house, Professor McGonagall couldn't help but sigh. Although she had learned about the girl's life experience, she felt even sadder after communicating with her. This girl seemed to have completely closed her heart and refused all contact with the outside world, which made Professor McGonagall feel extremely sad. As the deputy headmaster of Hogwarts, she had seen many children, but this was the first one who was so indifferent and completely unable to feel the will of life.

I wonder if she will change in Hogwarts.

Professor McGonagall had no idea that everything the girl in front of her was doing was just a disguise.

So...what is professionalism?