With the announcement of the new Magical Beasts Protection teacher, the chatter in the hall has reappeared.

Especially at the Slytherin long table, several Slytherin "new classmates" around Jon have already gotten together.

"She's Fudge's man!" Draco Malfoy bent over and whispered, "That Dolores Umbridge...... She's Cornelius Fudge's henchman......"

"I remember the name, is she Alford Umbridge, the former Squib cleaner from the Ministry of Magic, his daughter with a Muggle!" Pansy Parkinson asked in the same low voice.

"That's right, it's her!" Malfoy gave a mocking smile on his lips, "though she has never acknowledged this relationship to the outside world, and insists that she is from the Selwyn family!"

"I don't remember the Selwyns being so ugly!" Tiffany Selwyn, who was sitting next to Astoria Greengrass, glanced at the teacher's chair with some disdain, then lowered her head.

"But my father told me that it was best to get on good terms with her this semester!" Malfoy looked around cautiously, "Because the Ministry of Magic is going to make a move on Hogwarts this semester, and this woman's appearance is a sign......"

"Does that mean the Dark Devil ......," Sean Avery whispered as well, but halfway through his sentence, he glanced at Jon with some unapprehension.

"Christoph is from Durmstrang!" Malfoy nodded at him, "He's a trusted friend!"

Jon was a little flattered and nodded quickly.

Little Avery gave Jon a suspicious look, but didn't go any further.

"Am I going to break into the enemy?" Jon thought to himself.

The second generation of Death Eaters, along with some of the Slytherin students, seems to have formed a small group.

To his relief, neither of the Greengrass sisters was part of the small group, and they didn't even glance at it.

......

Albus Dumbledore, who was in the teacher's box, continued: "The selection for the house Quidditch team will be ......"

A series of dry coughs suddenly interrupted Dumbledore's speech.

Dumbledore froze, and he looked at Professor Umbridge inquiringly.

At this time, I only heard the pink toad clear his throat:

"Can I say a few words, Headmaster?"

Her voice was high and high-pitched, like that of a little girl, but just the tone, the tone was actually very offensive.

There was a look of surprise on Dumbledore's face for a moment, but he immediately sat down and looked intently at Professor Umbridge, as if he couldn't wait to hear her.

The other teachers didn't look good...... Professor Sprout's eyebrows were about to jump into her fluttering hair, Professor McGonagall pursed her mouth tightly, and Professor Snape blackened his face and lowered his head......

No professor had ever dared to interrupt the Headmaster's speech before, and the newcomer clearly didn't understand the rules of Hogwarts.

"Thank you, Headmaster!" Umbridge continued to smirk, "Well, I have to say, it's great to be back at Hogwarts as a teacher...... It's amazing to see these happy little faces looking up at me...... I can't wait to get to know all of you soon, and I'm sure we'll be good friends......"

She grinned and let out a barbell-like laugh, revealing the sharp teeth in her mouth.

But then, her tone changed suddenly...... From the previous "girl's voice", it was like using a voice changer, and suddenly it became an extremely stern aunt voice:

"The Ministry of Magic has always considered it very important to educate young wizards......"

“...... Ancient skills unique to the wizarding world must be passed down from generation to generation, or they will be lost......"

“...... Progress for the sake of progress should never be encouraged, and our traditions have been tempered and do not need to be poorly revised......"

“...... We must resolutely maintain what should be maintained, improve what needs to be perfected, and abandon what we should prohibit. ”

A 10-minute speech turned out to be very bad.

At least the vast majority of Hogwarts students had no intention of listening to Umbridge's terrible statement. Some of them are talking to each other, some are secretly reading newspapers and magazines, and some are trying to pretend to be listening......

Jon was also trying to pretend to be listening, looking like he was in a daze, when in fact he was really listening.

At the same time, Jon also noticed some details in the teacher's seat: for example, Professor McGonagall and Professor Sprout exchanged a meaningful look, Professor Moody's magic eye kept staring Umbridge up and down, and Professor Dumbledore secretly ate a piece of chocolate pudding on Umbridge while others were paying attention......

As the last paragraph ended, Professor Dumbledore was the first to applaud, as did the other teachers and students, albeit sporadically.

"Thank you very much, Professor Umbridge, for your very enlightening remarks. Dumbledore owed to Umbridge before continuing, "The selection for the House Quidditch team will be ......"

......

Jon wasn't interested in knowing when Quidditch would begin, and it had little to do with him.

As Professor Dumbledore announced the dismissal of the entire school, there was a clash of tables and chairs, and everyone stood up to leave the auditorium.

Jon pretended to be thinking about something, stayed in the hall, waited for a while, and found that there was no ghost or portrait to talk to him and ask him to go to Dumbledore's office.

So he stood up reassuringly and followed the crowd out of the hall.

"Little ones, ...... over here" Draco Malfoy, who was there with Pansy Parkinson and directing the gathering of first-year freshmen, nodded at Jon and went on to work.

Jon wanted to find Crabbe and Goyle and ask them to take him back to the Slytherin common room, after all, you had to have a password to enter the common room.

However, the two stupid big men were gone, probably after listening to Umbridge's speech, and Dumbledore ran away as soon as he announced it.

At this time, a girl seemed to notice him.

"You're the exchange student?" she asked softly.

Jon was stunned, the corners of his mouth twitching slightly, and nodded.

"You don't know where our common room is!" said the girl, who looked slightly older than Jon, "come with me!"

Then she turned back and added, "My name is Greengrass, Daphne Greengrass." ”

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