After the start-of-term feast, Minerva McGonagall, as headmistress, invited several professors to the Headmaster's Office on the eighth floor.
First was Professor Sacia, along with the remaining three Heads of House.
Though Horace Slughorn had not received a formal invitation, he had a thick enough skin, and no one was about to throw him out.
"By the way." As McGonagall reached the door, she suddenly turned to Kyle and Kanna. "You should come too. As new professors, you need to familiarise yourselves with the specific duties."
"Headmistress, I'm not a new professor anymore," Kyle said.
Although Ancient Runes did not have many lessons—only one a week—it still counted.
"But it's your first time teaching Alchemy Class."
"All right, that makes perfect sense." Kyle immediately turned and followed them.
After the start of term, the Headmaster's Office had changed its style as well. More than half of the silver instruments whose purposes no one knew had been removed, along with several cabinets, but a large bookshelf had been added.
Besides books, it held many parchments seven or eight feet thick, most of them specialised newspapers and journals like Today's Transfiguration...
All in all, it had become more like a real Headmaster's Office.
The only things unchanged were the headmasters pretending to sleep.
After entering, Sacia immediately found Dilys Derwent's portrait and greeted her with easy familiarity.
"Believe me, coming to work at Hogwarts after retirement is quite nice. At any rate, I'm very glad I made that decision," Derwent said with a smile.
She had once been a healer at St Mungo's too, before later joining Hogwarts and becoming headmistress. Their experiences were nearly identical.
"I certainly hope so. Right now, I only hope the students aren't too mischievous," Sacia said softly.
St Mungo's also had a portrait of Derwent, so