On Friday evening, as usual, Roy knocked on Elias's office door before eight o'clock.
Faint voices came from inside Elias's office. It seemed he was speaking with someone.
A moment later, the door opened, and Elias poked his head out and invited Roy in.
Roy followed Elias into his office. Sure enough, there were other guests inside.
A bald wizard wearing a pigskin cap sat in an armchair nearby. Roy studied him curiously.
"Right, let me introduce you. This is my colleague from America, Walter White."
The bald wizard rose to his feet, looked at Roy, and casually asked Elias,
"So this is the exceptionally talented student you told me about?"
Elias nodded. Roy proactively extended his hand to the bald wizard opposite him.
"Roy Smith, first-year student at Hogwarts."
To his surprise, Walter simply slapped Roy's outstretched hand in a high-five, then patted him on the shoulder and headed for the door.
"I won't interrupt your lesson with Professor Thorne. Good luck, kid."
After watching Walter leave, Elias spoke first.
"This will most likely be the last tutoring session I give you. I'll be rather busy for a while, and I'm afraid I won't have time to tutor you anymore."
Roy nodded. He had heard that after Thorne's term ended this year, he would return to the American Ministry of Magic for a promotion to head of the Auror Office, so this did not come as much of a surprise.
Seeing that Roy had no objections, Elias nodded, sat up straight, and slowly asked Roy,
"Since that's the case, I have a question for you—one I've never asked before."
"What is it?"
Thorne smiled, stared into Roy's blue eyes, and slowly spoke.
"Have you considered what kind of work you want to do after graduation? Have you considered becoming