Chapter 173

"Compared to Professor Dumbledore, we haven't really participated in the teaching work after all, and the difficulties and challenges involved are not something we can guess at will."

"Perhaps, we should understand more comprehensively before giving a conclusion."

"This... but, do we have to stay here for a whole year?"

Although Murphy is a newcomer, relying on the gold coin offensive, his influence has exceeded Lucius and the former Runcorn in just a few days, so no one will underestimate his words.

However, they are school governors after all, not professors, so they can't spend a year or two understanding and supervising how these professors teach, right?

"Gentlemen, what is our goal?"

"Are we here specifically to punish a certain professor? Is it to blame certain mistakes in the past on someone?" Murphy shook his head, "No, what we want is to raise Hogwarts' teaching quality to a higher level, to be able to teach more powerful and useful wizards!"

"Therefore, finding problems and finding people who should be responsible are only secondary. And solving problems, or helping professors with defects to teach students better, is what we should do!"

The governors nodded one after another when they heard this. This is indeed the right reason.

They didn't think about hitting anyone at the beginning, they were just scared by the quality of Hogwarts professors.

"Murphy, do you have any good ideas?" the female governor asked.

"I have an idea. We should give these professors a chance so that they can prove themselves."

"We can select a governor to be stationed at Hogwarts to understand and supervise Hogwarts' teaching situation in real time, and discover and solve problems in a timely manner to guide Hogwarts in a better direction."

"I think this is what the Ministry of Magic and all wizards in the UK are happy to see."

The governors discussed for a while and felt it was very reasonable. Even Dumbledore expressed his agreement.

Now, there is only one question left.

Who will be this supervisor?

"Murphy, since you proposed this idea, why don't you be responsible for implementing it?"

The review ended, and Murphy returned to the Magic Research Institute.

The Ministry of Magic will hold a hearing tomorrow. Although there are still some procedures to go through, his entry into Hogwarts as a resident governor is already a foregone conclusion.

Going back to Hogwarts with such great fanfare is naturally for the Magic Stone.

After discovering that the Magic Stone had been taken away in the Gringotts vault, Murphy actually considered using other ways to get the Magic Stone, such as confessing to Dumbledore that he had a serious illness and needed Immortality Potion to save his life.

But first, the thing belongs to Flamel, not Dumbledore, and he has no right to make decisions for the owner of the Magic Stone. Second, in order to prevent Voldemort from making a comeback, the possibility of Dumbledore lending the Magic Stone is extremely low.

Not to mention, Murphy's own reputation is not good either. Even if Dumbledore is willing to help him out of great love, it will definitely be opposed, and maybe someone will link him to Voldemort, thinking that he wants to take the Immortality Potion to resurrect Voldemort.

Thinking about it, it is almost impossible to get the Magic Stone friendly through regular channels, and it is easy to expose his own weaknesses and cause unnecessary suspicion.

And the only means he can get the Magic Stone is probably like Voldemort in the original work, stealing it out.

In order to survive, Murphy had no moral burden on this, but to steal the Magic Stone, he had to enter Hogwarts first.

Originally, Murphy intended to apply for a professor directly, but after thinking about it, what is his status?

Applying for a professor is not only losing face, but is it fun to be manipulated by others as a newly hired professor?

What era is it, and still playing the game of pretending to be a pig to eat a tiger?

If you want to do it, do it big.

That's why Murphy directed such a big drama of teaching quality review, sending himself into the school in a justified way.

From beginning to end, it was a conspiracy. Even if Dumbledore suspected that someone was messing around behind the scenes, he had no good way. After all, he was just a headmaster, and the school had to be managed by the Ministry of Magic.

Entering the school as a school governor who has the power to supervise and review all Hogwarts faculty and staff, holding the Shangfang Sword, wanting to cut whoever he wants, isn't it much more comfortable than being some professor?

But entering the school is just the first step.

Murphy also needs to consider carefully what to do next.

First of all, as a resident governor, he has very great power and freedom, which allows him to reasonably intervene in various school affairs without causing more suspicion.

But this status also has a disadvantage, which is that it is easy to place himself in opposition to all faculty and staff. Look at Umbridge in the original work. Although she is indeed annoying, professors hating her also has the reason that she is a supervisor.

Who would like a guy who is high above, can review their work, and has the power to fire them at any time?

Under such circumstances, his every move will be more focused on.

Moreover, entering the school at this time, Murphy doesn't believe that Dumbledore doesn't suspect any connection with the Magic Stone at all. That would be too insulting to the old man's intelligence.

Stealing the Magic Stone under the gaze of so many eyes is not easy at all.

Murphy thought for a long time, and gradually, a plan took shape in his heart.

First of all, he needs to get himself a teaching position.

Being just a reviewer is very annoying, but if he also becomes a professor, through this colleague status, he can get along with the professors more equally and reduce their vigilance.

At the same time, professors also have a direct influence on students, which is good for Murphy's next plan.

Moreover, maybe he can directly intervene in the protection work of the Magic Stone through the professor status. After all, even Hagrid, a forest manager, can participate. If I, a genuine professor, and also a school governor holding the Shangfang Sword, cannot participate, is it unreasonable?

This is easy to operate, just find a reason to propose it to the board of governors.

In the current board of governors, except for himself and Malfoy, there are three other pure-blood nobles who have been included in the command.

Five people, almost occupying half of the board of governors, as long as there is a reasonable reason on the surface, they can basically pass.

Secondly, he needs an agent to avoid Dumbledore's sight.

Doing it himself to get the Magic Stone is easy to be stared at by Dumbledore, and Murphy now can't guess Dumbledore's arrangement for the Magic Stone.

Will he follow the original work? Is his purpose really to protect the Magic Stone, or is it a test and trial for Harry?

If it is the former, maybe his getting the Magic Stone won't cause too much hostility from Dumbledore. After all, he is not Voldemort. It is better for him to get the Magic Stone than Voldemort.

But if it is the latter, his getting the Magic Stone is equivalent to destroying Dumbledore's overall planning for Harry and Voldemort's fate. Murphy is not sure how Dumbledore will react.

Therefore, it is best to be able to control it secretly without doing it himself.

It's just that, who should this agent be?

(End of chapter)