Professor McGonagall seemed to have become especially busy, yet no one knew what she was busy with.
Throughout the Easter holidays, Harry and the others had hardly seen Professor McGonagall at school. It was not just them; the other students had not seen her either.
As a result, many students who had originally wanted to ask Professor McGonagall questions could only turn to Professor Kaimir instead.
But although Professor Kaimir also held the title of professor and was certainly far better than Monet, the mere Potions instructor who coasted through his days enjoying free food and drink, there was still an obvious gap between her and Professor McGonagall.
Given Professor McGonagall's strictness, the young wizards did not dare bring ordinary questions to her. They mostly dealt with those among themselves, asking top students or working through them together.
The questions that truly required Professor McGonagall were often genuinely difficult ones that students, or at least students in the year concerned, could no longer easily solve.
When Professor McGonagall was around, she naturally handled such questions with ease.
Across the entire United Kingdom, or even Europe, the people whose accomplishments in Transfiguration could compare with Professor McGonagall's could be counted on one hand. Many even considered her the foremost Transfiguration expert in contemporary Europe.
Of course, that excluded Dumbledore.
As an old fellow over a hundred years old, Dumbledore might belong to the recent or modern era, but calling him a contemporary was pushing it a little.
Fortunately, although Professor Kaimir did not handle things as effortlessly as Professor McGonagall, she did have a solid foundation of knowledge. Even very complicated questions at the student level were still things she could solve with a little thought.
Still, that fell considerably short of Professor McGonagall's ability to offer the best solution after