Chapter 417: Deterioration of the Situation (Ask for Subscriptions, Ask for Collections, Ask for Votes)
"Do you think Harry can control himself?" Hermione asked, as Harry pulled Ginny to the other side of the common room.
"It's very difficult. Ryan shrugged. "I'm sure Harry was sincere when he said it, but now that his brain is connected to the mysterious man, it's hard to say if he can control it. β
"Didn't you say Snape was teaching him Occlumency? I heard that Snape was a master of Occlumency. After learning this a few times, it should be able to disconnect him from the mysterious man, right?"
"Hermione, you're thinking too simply. Ryan said in a somewhat helpless tone. "Not everyone learns things as fast as you do, not to mention that the way to practice Occlumency is to attack the learner with a dementor charm to make the learner try to pop out the power that invades their mind. If you think about the relationship between Snape and Harry, how could Harry learn Occlumency when Snape kept his privacy under his watchful eye. β
"It's horrible. Hermione shuddered. It's terrible to think about being looked at by your own enemies looking at the privacy of your mind.
Even more terrifying was Hagrid's face, and when he went to the auditorium for dinner the next day, Ryan found that Hagrid's face was not getting better, and even had a new wound on the bridge of his nose. This is not normal, even if the potion works slowly on the half-giant, but with the healing ability of the half-giant, a little flesh wound should be healed.
"Good morning, Hagrid. Hermione waved her hand and greeted Hagrid, "Your face looks even more hurt, you won't be raising anything dangerous in the Forbidden Forest, will you?" Hermione's voice was lowered for Hagrid to hear after he lowered his head.
"No, of course not, it's just that I accidentally slipped and fell. Hagrid feigned merry words, and waved his hand, almost hitting the terrified Professor Victor, "You know I've been busy lately, not only to prepare for class, but also to make some of the little ones mess with me. For example, the salamanders prepared for the lower grades contracted skin diseases, and their scales were rotten. And I've been on probation lately, which has made me a little uneasy, so something unexpected happened, like my face. β
"Stay on probation?Umbridge appears to be trying to swap all the professors for the Ministry of Magic. So she couldn't wait to get rid of those she couldn't see. Ryan said with some indignation. "So you'd better prepare for the Fantastic Beasts exam lately, and don't get caught by Umbridge anymore, especially since that guy is still a disgusting racist. β
"Well, I'll do my best. But I'm really- forget it. He sighed, "It's useless to say these things to you children, they only add to your troubles, and I shouldn't have told you this." β
Hagrid digressed, "Now I should go and smear some paprika on the salamanders, or their tails will fall off." Goodbye, Ryan, Hermione. β
With that, Hagrid walked away with heavy steps, watching his huge, lonely back out the front door, down the steps, and into the damp field. Ryan could see a sense of depression.
"I think he's probably hiding something from us. Hermione said as she walked over to Ryan. "Especially when it comes to raising animals, his track record is really untrustworthy. Especially his face, you can tell at a glance that he was hit by something. There weren't many things that could beat him like this with his status as a half-giant. β
"I'll take the time to ask Wolfe, the only big animals that can be hidden in this neighborhood are in the Forbidden Forest. Wolf and the horses spend all day in the Forbidden Forest, and if it's a big animal, they should know. Ryan reassured that Hagrid must have brought his brother over, which was not something to be happy about.
Given that Umbridge once again refreshes the lower limit and uses dark magic items to torture his classmates, Ryan decides to fight back one more time. It's just that this time it's not a rumor, it's a dig up a person's privacy. Those things that Umbridge has always wanted to hide.
Soon, he brought the letter to Hogsmeade through a secret passage through the Weasley twins. It is estimated that this article will be published next month. Let's hope Umbridge can maintain his composure even though he has been exposed.
After Christmas, Umbridge's madness has been taken up another notch. Perhaps she felt that the previous months had not made much progress, so she was determined to go one step further and control Hogwarts life in the palm of her hand. Firing someone in this situation is the best way to show her strength, and lately she's only choosing between Trelawney and Hagrid.
Every divination class and the protection of magical creatures class now take place in front of Umbridge and her clipboard, much to the collapse of both professors. Trelawney was in worse condition, and Ryan had seen her walking alone in the hallway with a frightened face and the smell of alcohol on her face, and she would look back in horror from time to time.
Even if Trelawney isn't very competent as a professor, Umbridge is indeed too much to force a normal person out of mental problems. Not to mention that although Trelawney's teaching level is average, she also likes to speak some unflattering languages. But she has never had bad intentions to hurt anyone. If there was a need to fire a professor in the castle, Ryan felt that Umbridge was actually the one who needed to be fired the most.
Unfortunately, Umbridge, who now holds the power, will not fire himself. At the same time, it may be that Voldemort has discovered the connection with Harry, and Harry has made no progress on Occlumency. He now dreamed almost every night that he was walking down the hallway towards the Department of Mysteries, always ending up longing to stand in front of that black door.
Listening to Ginny's account of Harry's condition, Hermione felt that this was not a good thing. Ryan, on the other hand, told Ginny straight that Snape's rough teaching method was actually destroying Harry's soul defenses. This kind of soul defense is possessed by every sapient being, but a few times a day the Dementor will destroy Harry's already weaker defenses than normal. Let his condition slip in a worse direction.
"I think Harry had better go find Dumbledore and tell him this, otherwise the end result would probably be something that none of us wanted. Ryan concluded.
"I said it, but Harry was adamant not to go, I really didn't have much to do. At this point, Ginny was so worried that she was about to cry. Hermione, as Ginny's friend, persuaded her for a long time to get him better.
"What do you think Harry's dream represents?" Hermione asked as she watched Ginny walk away. "Although I don't shy away from Trelawney's interpretation of dreams, I also know that the repetition of a very specific dream is definitely a sign of something behind it. β
Voldemort was still thinking about Trelawney's prophecy. Ryan guessed what the black door in Harry's dream of the Department of Mysteries represented, which meant that something hadn't changed. He felt that he could just take this opportunity to make some arrangements, after all, according to the butterfly effect, there would be fewer and fewer opportunities to accurately judge Voldemort's actions in the future.
At least a few Death Eaters to be killed, Ryan made up his mind.
"What are you thinking?" Just as Ryan began to figure out what he should do to prepare for a battle that might break out, he felt someone shake him. He came back to his senses to see Hermione looking at him with concern.
"Why are you distracted? Is it because you've been too busy and tired lately?" she said to Ryan in a concerned tone.
"Oh, no. Ryan smiled at Hermione. "Just thinking about what you just said, I think it's probably Harry's dream like this, something that the mysterious man wants, hidden behind the black door. β
"What could it be? spells, magic items, orβ" Hermione began to guess.
"The Order of the Phoenix knows this, so they sent someone to be on duty there. We don't need to worry about it in vain. Ryan concluded.