Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie

Oh boy, Headmaster Tate did not seem to be in a good mood today. Classes always had some sort of fun element in them! Getting her parchment and quills out and ready, Kurumi wondered if they were going to have a test. It sure seemed like it. Or, perhaps they were going to have to write an essay?

More serious subject? Did this, perhaps, have anything to do with the added security at Hogwarts? Kurumi rather liked Mr. Ikenna, so she didn't really see the harm in him being at school. He even served her green tea!

Yet, Kurumi couldn't ignore the rather obvious theme that had made its appearance in all her classes thus far. "P-Professor Tate, does this have anything to do with the International Statute of Wizarding Secrecy?" she asked with a raised hand.

Originally Posted by Cassirin

"Knock it off," Tate glanced at the boy only once, but he felt like that was enough. He didn't like distractions, and there was nothing so distracting as romance. Honestly, they'd end up sitting boys on one side and girls on the other in about 30 seconds.



"Statute?" Tate gave her a wide-eyed look that would only have fooled a toddler. As if he couldn't POSSIBLY know what she was referring to. "I'm not sure what you think that has to do with Defense against the Dark Arts, but I'd be interested to hear your thoughts."

The palpable disappointment in the room almost made him laugh, but Tate wasn't really malicious. "Buck up, chaps. We don't go racing in with wands drawn in every situation, and Defense isn't all about learning to use the right spell in the right place at the right time. It's about defending against the entire family of Dark magics."

He paused for a moment. "Shall we begin, or are there other questions?"