Well?

Uh-huh?

Copying texts?

How can this be?!

Elena rolled her eyes, her expression quickly changing from surprise to sluggishness, and finally to an expressionless orphan's face.

Within a quarter of an hour of Umbridge's professorship contract, Wilbert Scallin's "The Theory of Magical Defences" in Diagon Alley, as well as on the shelves of major book companies and industries, had all been cleared and taken off the shelves.

A printing order from Gringotts Wizarding Bank pushed the book supplement to a year later.

Of course, when Hogwarts sent out an inquiry for books that afternoon, it was naturally unable to purchase textbooks smoothly.

According to Elena's plan, under the relentless frustration of reality, even Dolores Umbridge, who is the senior deputy minister, has to change his methods, at least a little bit of dry magic skills in the Hogwarts class.

Merely......

miscalculated, sure enough, you can never overestimate the face and lower limit of politicians.

Elena, she never expected that Umbridge, a toad, would have this trick!

Compared to reading Wilbert Scallin's "Theory of Peaceful Defence" alone, copying the original text in large sections is much more painful than the previous boredom and daze—the act of copying is a rare assignment that can be highly quantified.

Grindelwald is right, the most troublesome thing in the world is to introduce politicians and fools into the plan.

Somewhat helplessly, Elena copied the "Theory of Magical Defence Theory" on the blackboard, Chapter 1, Introductory Fundamentals, and her thoughts inadvertently began to diverge and drift elsewhere. The pit she dug with her own hands, and she could only dance one class with tears.

At the moment, Umbridge doesn't have much to be disgusting except for being lazy and inactive.

At most, she asked Dumbledore to "suggest" the Defence Against the Dark Arts curriculum......

After all, Dolores Umbridge was not the subject leader of the course, and if Professor Lupin had spoken, unless the pink toad had suddenly decided to abandon politics and religion, the problems would have been easily solved.

After battling the Ministry of Magic last semester, Elena has long mastered the logic of these politicians.

Unless it involves status, power, or some personal interest, they are more accustomed to compromise in the face of unmistakable responsibilities and tough confrontations, or if vultures hover over the sidelines, if all goes well, they will follow in their lead, and when things go wrong, they will whizz down from the sky to eat.

Just like Albus Dumbledore's personal honor and prestige that he gambled to implement this new curriculum reform.

In the current Hogwarts world, any full professor has the right to stick to his or her own teaching plan.

But unlike the previous ones, the proponents also had to gamble on their own careers and social reputations as they pursued their respective proposals, a commitment that influential magazines such as The Daily Prophet and Contrarian would do.

If the final teaching results do not meet expectations, then the proposer must not only apologize publicly, but also be prohibited from participating in educational, administrative, publishing, ...... for ten years A range of work involving public influence, and there is an obligation and responsibility to provide one-year academic compensation to students who receive it as a result, including but not limited to material and employment issues.

As the center of attention in the wizarding world, Hogwarts' new curriculum plan has almost become a bellwether.

Not only the British wizarding world, but also the French wizarding world, the American wizarding community, the German wizarding community......

However, any magical society with its own education system is paying attention to the series of educational reforms that Hogwarts is implementing, and whether it succeeds or fails, it will inevitably leave a mark on the direction of magical education in the following decades.

Under such public opinion and social pressure, political factors and influences from ancient magical families were minimized.

"This round, I played 'Albus Dumbledore'...... Old fellows, bureaucrats, are you willing to play yourself as a hand and make a bet with me? I bet on you, don't dare—"

Elena copied the Theory of Magical Defense as she mentally counted her cards and the Kaku.

As a pacifist, Wilbert Slinka, author of The Theory of Magical Defence, advocated a reactive approach to conflict and opposed the use of offensive spells, even for defensive purposes.

And this is the way the wizarding world has long been accustomed to coping, waiting for the other party to make a mistake and fight back.

It's a pity......

As the last "king", Elena's current hand card is too luxurious, according to Grindelwald's previous evaluation, if she is ruthless enough, she can even extravagantly consume all the accumulation of nearly five centuries to ignite the world.

"If you don't play yet, that's the best...... Fairy tales, the protagonist group can't be missing......"

Elena glanced at the smirk-filled witch at the lectern not far away, and pouted noncommittally.

Then again, though.

Regardless of the curriculum in the upper grades, Umbridge's teaching method still has some merit in terms of basic education.

After all, as a former "combat magic" course, it is more important in peacetime to emphasize the theoretical basis and the applicable occasions, the social environment and the evaluation criteria under the laws and regulations in advance than to directly learn how to cast and defend against spells.

Even Dumbledore had to admit that Hogwarts graduated wizards were a little weak in their sense of the law.

Often, when wizards are threatened, they tend to use the most convenient magic to solve the problem rather than the most appropriate spell - generally speaking, each year of Hogwarts graduates is the most troublesome rookie wizard in the Auror Office and the Reversal of Contingency team, and they are too easy to let go of themselves when the casting restrictions have just been lifted.

There must always be a bad guy in any school, after all, learning magic is compulsory.

With the increasing academic performance at Hogwarts and the emergence of a more profound ladder of advanced education in the wizarding world, education based on the knowledge base will sooner or later appear in this castle, and happy education will never be able to support the needs of society for elites.

If Umbridge is willing to carry this black cauldron all the time, Hogwarts is not without a place for her......

"Elena!" Hermione whispered.

"What's wrong?"

Elena looked around and saw that the class was still working their books.

Umbridge was still looking at the classroom with his swollen eyes, and from the witch's unfocused gaze, it seemed that the Ministry of Magic official was sleepwalking, and there would be no sudden incident of the professor's impromptu questioning.

"Elena, don't continue to be in a daze, I can't help you if you can't hand in your homework later. ”

Hermione said in a low voice, with a hint of helplessness in her tone.

Even if Professor Umbridge didn't continue to investigate their tardiness, but the dismount just now still had some effect, maybe only this white-haired dumpling who is not afraid of heaven and earth would dare to continue to commit crimes against the wind in this situation, right?

"Hey, what kind of homework do you hand in? Don't worry, I'm familiar with copying texts, I haven't always been-"

Elena blinked in confusion and then smiled nonchalantly.

As a hero who fought his way out of the thousands of troops in the Huaxia examination system in her previous life, similar to copying a board book, it is simply an inertial action engraved in the depths of her soul for her, and she can even watch a drama while copying a board book.

"Look down, Elena, look down!"

Hermione sighed, her tone visibly agitated at the smug look on Elena's face.

"If you look closely at what you have copied on your parchment, all but the first few lines are blank...... You haven't even dipped in ink once, have you? You've turned two pages now...... What are you going to do later?!"

"Huh?" Elena was stunned for a moment, then nodded in realization, "Oh, that's what you said...... Hmmm......"

She looked at the pen in her hand, which had long since been devoid of ink, and the shallow lines of handwriting on the parchment.

Unlike the classrooms in previous lives, the only writing instrument used in Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is a quill for the time being.

Since the quill is a dipping pen and not an absorbent pen, the ink storage capacity is limited to a small part of the pen trough, so if you don't remember to dip it often during the writing process...... If you don't write many words, you will start to get shallow until you don't have a word.

"I can't help it, alas...... I'll show you a little bit ahead of time......"

Elena shrugged her shoulders helplessly, and then, in Hermione's incredulous gaze, picked up the inkwell and poured it over her own blank parchment, the blue-black ink almost instantly blurred and stained the entire parchment.

"Look, wouldn't that be solved? If it weren't for being in the front row, I wouldn't even bother to put pen to paper. ”

"You ......"

The corners of Hermione's mouth twitched, and she cupped her forehead weakly.

"Inkwell overturned? Do you think Professor Umbridge is a fool? This is a school of witchcraft and wizardry, Elena, a simple 'clean up' can make the ink stains disappear...... The words that are written will not disappear because of this......"

"I know, Hermione, lend me the page you copied. ”

Elena nodded nonchalantly, pulling out a blank journal from under her ass and placing it under the parchment.

Then, she glanced at Hermione's parchment page, and while Umbridge wasn't looking, she pulled out her wand and touched her parchment lightly, "Verto!"

As the girl's voice fell, the ink, soaked in most of the parchment, shrank and changed as if it were alive.

A portion of the ink trickled down the grooves of Elena's previous notes and Hermione's writing, little by little on the parchment, and the excess ink flowed out along the edge of the parchment and landed on the pages of the blank diary.

"Well, wouldn't that be nice - it's simple, easy......"

Elena flicked the undried parchment in her hand with satisfaction, and squeezed her eyes triumphantly at the little witch beside her.

"Miss Granger, you're right, this is a school of magic. Do you really think that Her Majesty the Great Empress would be foolish enough to copy a book for more than two hours in one sitting? Magic is not only about the functions that are taught in class. ”

"You're cheating...... It's not fair!"

Hermione rubbed her sore wrist and puffed out her cheeks and whispered.

"Teach me quickly, if you eat alone, I'll report you to the professor—"

Elena glanced at the little beaver who was about to completely transform into her shape, and couldn't help but want to tease a few words, but considering that she had provoked Hermione not long ago, she quickly turned those dead words into serious explanations.

"Well, that's actually the first use of Transfiguration - liquids have a certain shape, and I'm just moving them to their proper positions and fine-tuning them to your manuscript...... Similar to book printing. ”

"Transfiguration, I'll try...... Elena, you help me cover with illusion magic. ”

Hermione nodded thoughtfully, a look of eagerness flashing in her amber eyes.

As a Gryffindor, although she usually seems to follow the rules, it is only because she believes that following the rules of the school is the most appropriate and beneficial thing for students to learn...... But that doesn't mean Hermione won't seek shortcuts.

"Of course there is no problem, wait for half a minute. I'm going to take a screenshot of the simulated scene and use it as looping footage......"

Elena readily agreed, not without any surprise.

You know, Hermione has never been a model student or a good girl who only listens to her teacher - in the original book, she burned Snape's robe in the first grade, instigated Harry to blow up the cauldron in the potions class in the second grade, stole potions, and tricked signatures into reading forbidden books, and time travel in the third grade to rewrite the plot, the fourth grade established the elf liberation front, and the fifth grade instigated the students to form a ''......

Compared to Elena, Hermione Granger is only slightly inferior in witch nature because she is still young.

Elena glanced at the light in Hermione's eyes and snorted happily.

"The witch of Gryffindor may be coming early......"

Perhaps, next semester, you can consider asking this little girl to be a "Discipline Committee Member (Gryffindor)"?

Then, her wand was gently drawn, and under the cover of her skirt and desk, it swiped through a mysterious and complex arc.

"Binary Rewinding Architecture Transformation Magic" - Activate!

............

Half an hour later, Professor Umbridge finally didn't continue to switch boards and stood up again.

She began to ask the students to read aloud what they had just copied aloud, which was another extremely boring process, and after repeated copying and reading, many of the students' eyes gradually became dull and numb, as if their souls had drifted out of the classroom.

And what shocked and admired everyone was that even such a boring content and form.

The two little witches sitting in the front row of the room still didn't have any absent-mindedness, and Hermione and Elena were so focused on completing the goals set by Professor Umbridge that they were so enthusiastic about learning that even Umbridge was so shocked that she had to get up from her chair and read a few words from time to time.

After another half an hour, the students gradually began to lose their hold.

"Oh, students, let's get here for the time being. ”

Professor Umbridge said, baring the small, sharp teeth in his mouth and raising his eyebrows to add.

"I regret that except for a very small number of students, most of the gentlemen and ladies were distracted in the second half of the course, which is very bad, and I hope that I can improve it in the next class......

"Of course, as I said before the class, there are rewards and punishments in my class. ”

Umbridge chuckled softly and continued in that snarky tone.

"Miss Granger, Miss Caslana, you two are two minutes late, but I see a gratifying attitude in your performance in this class, and you each earn 10 points for your house......"

After a brief silence, many of the students in the class slowly began to wake up from their numbness.

No one was dissatisfied with the decision of the two little witches to get extra points, after all, judging from the performance of this class, Elena and Hermione did show the admirable learning attitude that the first and second places should have.

"Ahem, well, let me think about it, other than that......"

Professor Umbridge smiled more kindly, and looked carefully at the two straight little witches who were still seated.

"After this class, please ask the two of you to help collect and check the situation of the excerpt in class, if any student does not complete the excerpt task, you will count the list to me in class next week - of course, there are also your classmates' homework after class, please put it away and give it to me when the time comes. ”

As a high-ranking official from the Ministry of Magic, she wasn't like other professors who wouldn't share their jobs.

Choosing a few trusted assistants among her students will help her manage her class better, while also freeing her up for other tasks - Umbridge is also an Inquisitor in addition to Defence Against the Dark Arts professor.

In her spare time, she also finds time to evaluate and inspect the courses that are being reformed, and make suggestions.

"As for the homework...... Referring to the content of today's lesson, let's analyze in detail why Wilbert Slinka said that 'anti-curse' is an inappropriate term, and how to distinguish the line between 'curse' and 'non-curse'. ”

Her puffy eyes looked around the classroom, her voice slightly raised, cold and harsh.

"It's done before class next Wednesday, at least three feet long, and no excuses can be excused...... Do you understand?"

A feeble answer rang out in the classroom.

Before Umbridge could raise her eyebrows, a refreshing answer suddenly sounded in front of her.

"Okay, Professor Umbridge!"

After being reminded by Elena and Hermione, the students realized that they had the last bit of energy, and answered in unison, so as not to be asked to repeat the answer.

"Well, that's good...... Hope it can be more neat next time......"

Umbridge groaned for a few seconds, as if hesitating to continue his assertion.

Due to the high learning status of Elena and Hermione, as well as the lack of content, she spent at least half of the time standing in class and reading the text, and she was also a little tired after standing for more than an hour.

After a moment's hesitation, Umbridge finally snorted and waved his hand.

"That's it for today, class is over—"

............

Meanwhile.

"Alright, alright, class is over...... This one is a draw. ”

As Umbridge announced the end of class, Elena breathed a sigh of relief.

Before Hermione could react, she quickly put away the chess pieces on the side of the table, stuffed them into her school bag, and began to organize the parchment and books written on the table, making sure that their positions roughly coincided with the "outside".

"You're playing tricks again, Elena - obviously you're losing, Kf1-Bd4-RC5......"

"I don't listen, I don't listen, that's just a possibility that you calculated in advance, how do you know that I won't get out of the 'hand of God' that you can't imagine, and the unfinished game is a draw, isn't it common sense? ”

"As a balancing act, I've already given you one knight plus two soldiers, it's not an excuse!"

"By the way, we've got to go collect our homework. Stop playing, stop playing, next time I'll teach you the next more interesting chess game. ”

Elena shook her head, trying to change the subject.

In the past hour and a half, the great fairy queen, the eldest lady in charge of the destiny, and the third generation of the Dark Lord, who has no last resort, experienced the most painful human-machine teaching in her life, and she was ravaged by the terrifying humanoid AI to the point of losing confidence.

Human beings, after all, will not be able to defeat the calculation Ji.

It turns out that even if it is not a person...... No, it doesn't.

Maybe next time she should try her hand at Go, or Chinese chess or something, in theory, at least while Hermione was familiar with the rules, she could still experience the joy of ravaging a few simple computers for a short time.

For now, the most important thing is to restore the scene of the crime as soon as possible.

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Okay yes ~ it's a big chapter again ~~!