The Defence Against Dark Magic group had originally been kept secret.
Admittedly, because of a traitor, the group had ultimately been forced to disband during the previous school year, but the news had been kept under wraps. Many people did not know that the instructor of this Defence Against Dark Magic group was actually Aibo Nokhan, the newly appointed Professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts for the new school year.
Now, however, that information could no longer be kept secret. From the opening feast onward, many students who had received Su Er's guidance had spontaneously become his advocates, enthusiastically recommending him to other young wizards who found Aibo Nokhan a complete stranger, their faces positively alight as they spoke.
He was also the first professor to win so many supporters right at the start of a school year at Hogwarts.
Under the curious, excited, expectant gazes of the first-year young wizards, Su Er stepped up to the front of the classroom. This was his first time formally teaching as a sixth-year student, and it was also the first day of school for the first-years.
This was a very unusual year. Most of the young wizards had not been able to obtain wands of their own from the NPC Ollivander. For a wizard who had only just encountered magic, the importance of a wand was beyond question.
Then, without wands, wouldn't this run completely counter to the practice-oriented teaching approach Su Er had prepared?
"I won't take attendance." Su Er smiled at the little youngsters before him. "I don't suppose anyone would miss the first lesson of the new school year?"
A few scattered laughs came from the class, but they soon faded.
"Magic will always be a profound subject in which practice outweighs theory." Su Er waved his wand