Kayson had barely sat down in his office before the chair had even warmed up when the crystal ball on his desk lit up.
He casually reached out and tapped it, and the office door in the distance opened, revealing four small figures.
Sirius, up on the fourth floor, seemed to have caught a scent. With a whoosh, he rushed downstairs, practically sprinting toward Harry.
After some time, Kayson had boiled some water. Five teacups sat on the coffee table, with a plate of pastries in the middle.
Only then did the four of them finally arrive.
"Professor, I'd like to ask you about something. It's about choosing our electives for next term," Hermione said, warming her hands around her cup of tea.
"Mm, go ahead." Kayson took a tactical sip of black tea.
"I originally wanted to sign up for every course, but after asking some older students to show me the timetable, I found that some of the classes overlapped. So I wanted to ask how I should choose between them," Hermione said.
"Of course, you should choose based on your interests," Kayson said.
"The ones I definitely want to take are Alchemy and Ancient Runic, but I'd like to take as many of the other courses as possible too. However, there are always scheduling conflicts, so I came to ask which courses are more worthwhile and worth giving up other conflicting classes for."
Hermione rested her chin on both hands, sounding a little helpless.
Leaning back in his chair, Kayson knew that Hogwarts had something called a Time-Turner for dealing with scheduling conflicts.
After all, he had taught Alchemy for a full year and a half, and he had overheard more than one round of gossip in the classroom office.
Even now, despite his office being large