Chapter 241: Investigative Order
Harry stared blankly at Ron, the green beans on his plate being unconsciously poked in two with his fork, and the first thought that popped into his mind was how Ron could have come up with such a ridiculous plan, how could he teach others magic.
"I'm not a teacher, I can't-" Harry was sure Ron must be joking with Harry, and Hermione didn't speak, just looked at him silently.
"Why not, Harry, you're the best at Defence Against the Dark Arts in your grade." Ron said.
"Me?" Harry laughed as he spoke, "I'm not, Hermione does better than me on every test—"
"Actually, no." Hermione said calmly, "It's not about test scores, think about what you did." ”
"That's just luck," Harry said with a shake of his head, a little dazed, he couldn't believe what it would be like if he also started a Defence Against the Dark Arts club, and the Slytherin would laugh at him, giving him the nickname, Potter the Invincible?
"Those things are amazing, but it's all luck – I don't know what I'm doing half the time, it's not planned, I just do it by feeling, and I almost always get help."
"That's all I have to say, Harry." Ron patted Harry on the shoulder, and when he saw the latter's stunned face, he couldn't help but laugh softly, but if you're willing to teach, at least I'd want to go to class, and Fred and George and Ginny will probably come too-
Harry sat there stunned, and Hermione sat across from him looking at him, "Hmm...... I think Ron has a point, Harry—" She said sincerely, as she pondered her words:
"You don't need to surpass anyone, it's just that you can really do this, you don't need to compare with Ning An when it comes to teaching other students magic, and Ning An's Defence Against the Dark Arts Club already has a lot of people."
Akihari's shadow flashed through Harry's mind again, if Akihari came to his own Defence Against the Dark Arts club? What would that look like? Harry shuddered, unable to imagine.
The already complicated life was suddenly pulled into a thing, Harry had no way not to have a headache, and in fact, this matter did make him a little moved, since Qiu Zhang likes Ning An, so if he does something that Ning An can also do, can he prove something?
He suddenly felt so tired that he wanted to fall asleep on the bench in the auditorium, but he forced himself to get up, and followed Ron upstairs, and during the night he slept very unsteadily, always dreaming of those long corridors and locked doors, and Umbridge would suddenly appear, then Pool, then Ning'an, and Qiuzhang.
When he woke up the next morning, the scar on his forehead began to sting again.
Since October, Hogwarts has been very windy, blowing through the meadows and the nearby Forbidden Forest all day long, whining and whining as the wind blows through the trunks of the trees, making the already terrifying Forbidden Forest even more terrifying.
A week after Ning'an's Defence Against the Dark Arts class began, the Hogwarts students who attended the course felt how boring Professor Umbridge's teaching methods were, which also made them drowsy in class.
However, as the students walked through the porch and into the hall along the last bright autumn sun, a large round marble column at the very edge of the auditorium was crowded with people, and Harry had just come in from outside, and instead of slumping down at his desk in the common room today, he took his homework outside and sat under a large beech tree by the lake, thinking about Ron's suggestion while writing a report on the stargazing class on Saturn's moons.
He hurried to the stone pillar, squeezed through the crowd, and found that a large bulletin board had been erected in front of the stone pillar at some point, and a large notice was posted on it, so big that it covered the whole bulletin board, as if this bulletin board had been specially set up for this purpose.
The notice is printed in large bold letters, and there is a formal-looking seal underneath, next to which is a neat floral signature.
Orders from the High Inquisitor at Hogwarts
All student organizations, associations, teams or clubs are hereby dissolved.
Organizations, associations, teams and clubs are defined as regular assemblies of three or more students.
A request for restructuring may be made to the Senior Investigator (Professor Umbridge).
No student organizations, associations, teams, and clubs may exist without the approval of the Senior Investigator.
Students or individuals who are found to have formed or joined any organization, association, team, or club without the approval of the Senior Investigator shall be expelled immediately.
The above regulations are in accordance with Education Order No. 24
Signed: Senior Investigator Dolores? Umbridge
"Oh, that's terrible."
Harry muttered in a low voice, the first thing that came to mind was Ning An's Defence Against the Dark Arts Club, he wasn't worried about Ning An, just because Hermione and Qiu Zhang were both in that club, and if they continued to organize classes, it was likely that both of them would be severely punished for dropping out of school.
There were a few second-year students standing in front of him, who seemed to be a little worried about whether his hobby club would be closed, Harry ignored them, and he hurried upstairs, up the stairs that changed back and forth, to the eighth floor, through the hallway, and said to the picture of the smiling fat lady:
"Password...... Let me think...... What is it......"
The fat lady looked at him without blinking.
"I think about it—yes—splendid, to splendid!"
The Fat Lady blinked, not speaking, but the portrait rolled to the other side, revealing the Xiao. hole leading to the Gryffindor common room, and Harry leaned in, and as soon as he stood still, he saw the students gathered in front of the fireplace.
Hermione, Neville, Seamus? Finigan, Dean? Thomas, Parvati? Patil and the others, Ron and the twins and Ginny on the other side, looking at this side with concern, Harry realized that Hermione was surrounded by students who had participated in Ning'an's Defence Against the Dark Arts club.
As soon as Hermione looked up, she saw Harry, she nodded at him in greeting, and then continued to talk to the others, seemingly explaining something to them.
"Ning An said to continue the class, this order is for the student club, he is the headmaster of Durmstrang and Dumbledore has applied for it, so this course will continue to be held, you can go back next week, Umbridge can't control the Defence Against the Dark Arts club."
"But what if that old demon ...... Professor Umbridge, what to do if she suddenly comes to check on us, if she insists on punishing us and expelling us, then I will die, and my mother will be very disappointed if I am expelled from Hogwarts. ”
Seamus? Phinegan clutched his head as if it was the most terrible thing that was going to happen.
"Then I guess you can not go." Hermione said simply and pointedly, "If you're so worried that Umbridge will affect Ning'an, then you can not go." ”
"I don't know who Durmstrang's headmaster is......" Seamus retorted quietly, which seemed to annoy Hermione, and her eyebrows immediately rose upside down, like a struggling lioness, and she was about to bark at Seamus, but Parvati took over
"yes, just in case...... I mean, what if Umbridge does punish us then, oh my God, it's unthinkable, to be expelled from Hogwarts, we've been here for five years. ”
Petyer's words won the approval of many people, they all nodded, there was a noisy discussion in the common room, Harry slowly walked to the other side, shook his fist with Ron, and sat on the sofa, listening to what he just said, he had fully understood the ins and outs, it seemed that everyone was worried about being punished, after all, the punishment of "immediate expulsion" was too big anyway, and it was a price that no one could afford.
"Well, I'll repeat, if you don't want to go, then you can't go, Ning An said, he didn't ask for it at all-" Hermione held her forehead, as if she was a little annoyed by the torture, she was now beginning to regret suggesting that Ning An recruit other Hogwarts students, only to feel that she had caused herself a problem.
"Maybe your chance has come?" Ron bumped Harry's shoulder from behind and said with an eerie grin.
"What chance?" Harry was puzzled.
"Look, you can pull all these people into your club, and I think there must be a lot of other colleges who have dropped out of Ning'an's classes, if they are all pulled over, won't you surpass Ning'an, it's so cool, it's even more attractive than Durmstrang's principal-"
Ron had little stars in his eyes.
"No, it's not about playing against anyone." Harry thumped him and remembered Hermione's words, "And the proclamation says that all forms of organizations, societies and clubs are forbidden, and if even Ning'an's club is dangerous, then let alone me, it will be a big problem." ”
Ron was stunned for a moment as if he had just thought of this, and then nodded silently.
But Harry's mind drifted away, and he didn't know if Qiu Zhang had withdrawn from Ning'an's club, if so...... Do you really want to do what Ron says?
It's Saturday in the blink of an eye, and the abandoned classroom on the fifth floor is obviously much more deserted than last week, and Durmstrang students are not absent, after all, compared to their own headmaster, Umbridge's education order is really not a threat, they don't even go to Hogwarts, and there is no need to fear expulsion at all.
Could it be that Umbridge can replace Ning'an and expel them from Durmstrang?
And the Hogwarts students ran out almost all at once, Umbridge's warning seemed to be effective, but there were always a few who were not afraid, Hermione of course would not care about Umbridge, since Ning An said that it was okay, she would believe it, so she came as a matter of course.
But all eyes were now focused on the other girl beside her, and even though Qiu Zhang was already a little embarrassed by her, and was about to bury her head in her black hair, Hermione couldn't take her suspicious eyes off her.
She didn't know about Qiu Zhang, but she couldn't think of any reason why she shouldn't choose a wiser approach, so she came to this room and sat here with the other five fools/gua, indeed, yes, there were only six Hogwarts students who came to the classroom today.
Gryffindor and Neville besides Hermione? Longbottom, Hermione could see that he was still scared, and his eyes kept looking up and down, left and right, as if Umbridge would suddenly emerge from the gap in the marble.
Ravenclaw is Qiu Zhang and Luna? Lovegood, the mad girl would do this, Hermione was not surprised, it was not surprising that the girl who could tell that Fudge had been trying to poison the goblins all along, what kind of thoughts would come into her mind, and it was clear that she was not very interested in the Ministry of Magic and Umbridge.
Two Hufflepuffs also came, Hannah? Abbott and Susan? Bones, Hannah? Hermione didn't know why Abbott was here, but she guessed Susan? Bones is also probably not afraid of Umbridge's threat, her aunt is the Wizengamot of the Ministry of Magic, the director of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, Amelia? Bones, I don't think Umbridge would have fired her so hastily.
Just as Hermione was thinking wildly, the door of the classroom was opened again, and Ning An walked in slowly from the outside, wearing the dark red robe, he seemed to like it very much, glanced at the students at Hogwarts, smiled faintly, there was no surprise in his eyes, and even made a joke
"Looks like I gave a lecture last week, scared too many students away—"
He laughed as he spoke, and the Durmstrang students laughed along, but Hermione heard a certain kind of ridicule in it, and the laughter seemed to mock the Hogwarts students for being cowards, especially Daphne's most exaggerated smile, even Malfoy next to her couldn't stand it.
"You didn't scare it away!" Autumn pouted, her face flushed into apples, and she seemed to have mustered up the courage to speak, "It's Professor Umbridge...... Her senior investigator order......"
"Haha, of course I know that-" Ning An looked aggrieved at Qiu Zhang, immediately stopped her words, smiled to break the atmosphere that was beginning to become embarrassing, and said with a big laugh:
"Actually, I knew about it the first time, you know, I was on the same level as Dumbledore in this exchange study, and although Professor Umbridge had her own reasons, I don't think her inquisitive order was in my hands, at least I had the right to decide what Durmstrang's students were studying......"
He said and looked at Hermione, Qiu Zhang and the others, and continued: "As for you, of course I won't let Umbridge's words come true, even if she really comes to search here and sees you, I promise not to let her fire you, so don't worry." ”
The smile on Ning An's face hadn't been fixed yet, and the door was brushed open all of a sudden, Dolores? Umbridge stood outside the door, wearing her black velvet bow and full of ambition.