Chapter 276: The Cleaner in the Principal's Office (2nd Shift)
Principal Dolores Umbridge tried hard for half an hour, but was hit by the spells that bounced back from the stone monster several times in the middle of the way, and was extremely embarrassed.
Unfortunately, she didn't succeed in breaking through the stone monster's defenses once.
Eventually, our new principal had to give up and went back to her old office on the first floor.
The stone monster, unharmed, lay lazily in the middle of the road, wagging its tail as if mocking her.
Headmaster Umbridge just left, leaving the group of Slytherin students behind with a bit of staring at each other.
"I'll try!" Jon volunteered, then cautiously approached the rock blocking the door to the headmaster's office.
Unlike when facing Umbridge, Jon appears very calm when he gets close to the stone.
Jon's movements were slow and cautious, and then he heard the exclamations of several girls behind him.
There was also a small mosquito-like voice from a stone monster: "Since Dumbledore left, the kittens have walked sideways on the portraits around the Headmaster's office...... If you come at night, it's safe. ”
"Okay. Jon lowered his head and said in the same low voice, "You can fly me." ”
The stone statue, which had just been motionless, suddenly opened its eyes, and then a tail flicked over...... Jon quickly backed away, but was still flung to his chest by the tip of his tail.
"Christopher!" Crabbe and Goyle, two big men, rushed over and dragged him away.
At the same time, they looked at the stone statue in front of them in a state of madness.
"This thing is really good!" Draco Malfoy scolded behind him.
"Let's go, it's too dangerous......" Jon whispered as he clutched his chest in pain.
This damn stupid stone won't be lightly tapped. He cursed secretly in his heart.
......
The following day was probably the most chaotic Jon had ever experienced at Hogwarts.
The members of the Einsatzgruppen spent all their time in the hallways, deducting points from other colleges for a variety of reasons.
"Granger, I'm going to deduct five Gryffindor points because you don't respect our new headmaster. ”
"Weasley, you're so ugly, I'm going to deduct ten Gryffindor points. ”
"Smith, you're too loud, I'm going to deduct five Hufflepuff points. ”
...... The list of strange reasons goes on and on.
By late evening, on the giant hourglass that symbolized the scorer, Jon saw that Gryffindor's score had bottomed out, Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff had lost more than half of their scores, and Slytherin's score was almost full.
Of course, the new identity is not without its benefits.
As the leader of the Special Operations Unit and assistant to the principal, Jon was able to walk out of the dormitory at night and make rounds.
Patrolling from the first floor of the castle to the eighth floor, Jon walked casually in the direction of the stone monster...... Halfway through, they meet a few Gryffindor students, and they are scared away when they see Jon.
Jon walked all the way to the stone monster, and continued to look around calmly, as if looking for a student who had offended.
"There's no one around, I've been keeping an eye on it just now!" the stone monster's voice came from the left, and it poked its head out, motioning for Jon to hurry in.
After making a way for Jon to get to the wall behind it, it returned to its previous position, pretending nothing had happened.
......
Holding down the brass knocker in the shape of a griffin, Jon gently pushed open the oak door.
As soon as he stepped into the principal's office, he heard a deafening shout.
"You're here!" Jon heard Headmaster Phineas Black's voice, and he spoke quickly with a sharp voice, "Quickly put my portrait right...... It's hard to be crooked. ”
"And my portrait, which is all dusty ......"
"My portrait seems to have been split into four parts...... I think I can salvage it!"
The thirty or so headmasters huddled together on the top few unscathed portraits, shouting at Jon.
"Coming...... "Jon hurriedly comforted like a babysitter with a child.
At the same time, he took out his wand and aimed it at the original crooked portrait of Headmaster Phineas Black: "Reparo!"
The broken stones on the walls began to fly back little by little, and the portrait of Headmaster Black slowly twisted until it was completely back to normal.
"Well done!" Phineas Black screamed excitedly, then returned to his portrait as fast as he could......
But after a few seconds, he shouted again: "Dust, there is a lot of dust on it, hurry up and clean it!"
Jon had to aim his wand at Headmaster Black's portrait again: "Scourgify!"
Little by little, the dust on it dissipated, and the clean portrait came into view.
"It's finally time to be back!" Phineas Black looked satisfied, and shouted to the other headmasters about Jon's act of restoring his portrait in the first place, "You don't know how comfortable it is to be back in your portrait...... Cromwell's portrait, I feel a very disgusting smell of blood......"
"I think it would be better for you to pull less hatred, Headmaster Black. Jon reminded in a whisper.
Looking at the hateful gazes above, the smile on Phineas Black's face came to an abrupt end.
He quickly changed his expression and said, "Actually, Jon, you can add a Max after Reparo, it will be more efficient......
"Be careful to keep your hand steady and don't let the wand get out of control, or it will be very bad. A chubby, red-nosed wizard reminded, it was Principal Dexter Foster.
"Ahem, ahem...... Max should be pronounced softly and at no more than half the volume of the first half of the spell. Principal Armando Dippet also coughed as he admonished.
......
Jon listened carefully to each of their suggestions, and then took them to heart.
"Try it!" Principal Oliver Cromwell still spoke in a dry, aloof, but reassuring voice.
Jon nodded, then took a deep breath, "Reparo-Max!"
A strong wind poured out from the end of his wand, barely holding it in his hand...... However, he took Principal Foster's words to heart and used all his strength to hold his wand firm.
The wind was blowing in the headmaster's office, and all the stones were back on the walls with it, and the shattered portraits were put back together......