Perhaps he’s readily accepting new responsibilities as a means of distracting himself. Roy still hasn’t heard word from Adelaide since she make herself scarce from the castle grounds and while Marcus and Lyra address the early welcome of the twins, the Defence professor is left to his own devices.

It’s with great appreciation and anticipation that Roy steps into the Defence classroom after evening supper and vanishes away the desk to allow for maximum space. Tonight he will hold detention with Ludovic Bagman and force the young man to better his attitude through dueling the right way. It’s no secret that he’s been under emotional strain since the deaths of his parents. But Roy knows better than most that without appropriate discipline, that mourning process will become disruptive and possibly dangerous to the person themselves and to those around him.

“Welcome,” Roy answers as he watched Ludo appear, on time as demanded. “I hope you didn’t eat too much at meal time because I don’t intend to make this easy.”