Chapter 500: Dolores (Sincere thanks to Alliance Leader An Yuyin)
Finally the wind that was blowing so much that people couldn't open their eyes subsided, and Allen, who was tired of staying in Hogwarts Castle, took Hermione and Luna to the sunny outdoors, where they sat under a large beech tree by the lake, the afternoon wind had decreased, and the sun was warm on their bodies.
A small black dot in the sky gradually flew towards them, and Allen's hand was on his forehead, squinting and staring, it was Benny.
Soon, Benny gathered his wings and stopped in front of Alan, who stretched out his legs, and Eren untied a thick roll of parchment from his leg.
Benny rubbed Alan's hand and flew to the tree above them, grooming his windswept feathers.
"It's a letter from my father. Alan smiled at Hermione and Luna as he unfolded the letter, frowning as he skimmed through the letter, then handed them the parchment and motioned for Hermione and Luna to look at it.
Eren himself held down the Perception Mark and told Emily where he was, asking her to come over as soon as possible. Alan then took out the parchment and quill from the storage space, wrote a quick letter, and sent the hard-working Benny to deliver it to Umbridge.
After a while, Emily, who had received Ellen's message through the Perception Seal, also came to the bottom of the tree. Emily sat down beside him, looking well-behaved.
Alan is well aware of Emily's life in Slytherin, and the house-elf Maggie has told Alan about the conflict that broke out in Emily's dormitory, and Alan is satisfied with the way his sister and Pansy handled it.
As Alan asks how Emily feels at Slytherin, Umbridge in a pink dress appears on the grassy hillside of Hogwarts' Black Lagoon, looking for Ellen.
At this moment, a black glove appeared in front of Umbridge out of thin air, the glove beckoned to Umbridge, pointed to the ground behind the glove, and then made a handshake gesture towards Umbridge and approached.
Umbridge hesitated and reached out, grabbed the glove, and suddenly leaned forward, disappeared from the spot, and suddenly appeared in front of Allen.
Alan got up from the grass, patted his clothes, and reached out to shake Umbridge's hand.
"It is a pleasure to receive your letter, Mr. Harris. Umbridge was shocked that Eren was able to carry her apparition shift hand with her gloves, but quickly calmed down, and her brown hair, which had been deliberately curled, trembled slightly with her sweet voice.
"Sit down and have a cup of tea, Miss Umbridge. Alan invited, and the silver-white teapot flew in front of Umbridge, and Alan asked, "How many pieces of sugar do you want to add?"
"Two pieces, thank you, really attentive hospitality. Umbridge's eyes lit up, flattered.
The delicate teapot floats in the air, tilting against the teacup, and the steaming black tea flows out, and the two sugar cubes seem to be summoned and fly into the teacup, and the sweet and mellow tea spins on its own.
Alan raised her hand slightly, and the white round teacup flew steadily in front of Umbridge, and she took a sip with a smile, feeling a lot more relaxed.
"Now it's time to start your operations. Alan then got straight to the point.
"Of course, Mr. Harris, I think Headmaster Dumbledore would be more than willing to use the suggestion of Hogwarts and Durmstrang to do an exchange program. After all, Stoic had been in the Ministry of Magic for so long. Umbridge smiled and winked at them.
But Alan knew that her heart was extremely vigilant, although she was desperately admiring and praising the Harris family, but occasionally flashing a trace of defensive thoughts exposed her true thoughts, she deliberately used her head full of praise to guard against Allen's dementorship, but hesitation is not a real brain occlusion, so all her thoughts were still captured by Alan, who was already a master of dementoring.
"Hermione Granger and Luna Lovegood, my best friends. Allen's hand shifted in the direction of Hermione and Luna and then pointed at Emily, "Emily Harris, my sister, the little princess of the Harris family, will be staying at Hogwarts with Hermione. ”
Alan walked slowly over to Umbridge, stopped very close to her, leaned forward and put his head to her ear, "Dolores, I don't want to hear that they are unhappy at Hogwarts. ”
"We're going to have a picnic, would you like to join?" Alan then took a few steps back and asked politely.
"Oh, thank you Alan, but I'm sorry for my absence, I'm going back to the war now. Umbridge stood up playfully and said goodbye to Allen.
As Umbridge walked up the hill, the black glove reappeared, and under Umbridge's puzzled gaze, the glove tucked the parchment that Mr. Harris had investigated about her background into into the small satchel she had carried.
Alan raised his chin in the direction where Umbridge disappeared, "Such a person, obviously mixed-race, but he preaches pure-blood, and is proud of being pure-blooded, this kind of mentality of inferiority complex for birth is a bit like Tom." ”
"Umbridge was the eldest and only daughter in the family, her father was the wizard Ofer Umbridge and her mother was Muggle Alan Clarknell. When she was 15 years old, her family was divided, she continued to live with her father Orfo, and Aaron disappeared into the Muggle world with her son, never seeing her mother and brother again, let alone talking to them, and pretending to be pure-blood to anyone. ”
Hermione unfolded the letter of inquiry that Alan had copied and read it, and said, "The family's misfortune may be the root cause of her trying to disguise her pure-blood identity and be ruthless towards Muggles. ”
"Umbridge always blamed her Muggle mother for her brother's lack of magical abilities and became a Squib. Luna blew away a fallen leaf that had fallen onto the parchment, and her expression was a little strange. "She's at least pretty good to his brother. ”
"Don't underestimate her, this woman is very scheming, and with her false fawning over her boss and ruthlessly taking credit from other colleagues and taking it for herself, she was quickly promoted, and before the age of thirty, she was promoted to the head of the office, and she was only one step away from a higher position in the magical law enforcement department, which is not something ordinary people can do. Allen emphasized her resume and reminded, "We can despise a person's character, but we can't underestimate the other person. ”
"Not only is she scheming, but she's also hypocritical, in fact, her father, Ofer, works for the Ministry of Magic's Magical Maintenance Bureau and has never been promoted. To disguise her origins, she even persuaded her father to retire early and gave him a small monetary subsidy to ensure that he left quietly. And every time her colleagues asked her about her connection with the Urimuch who was mopping the floors here, she laughed and denied that they had anything to do with it, and then declared that her deceased father was a prominent member of the Supreme Court of Wizengamot. Bad luck was always going to happen to those who asked her how Orfo was doing. Hermione pursed her lips disdainfully.
Now that Fudge is becoming more and more suspicious of Dumbledore, fearing that one day he will be replaced, Dolores has an opportunity to reach into the heart of power, inciting Fudge's vanity and fear while promoting herself as one of the few people he can trust. ”
Alan scoffed and noticed the weirdness of Luna and Emily's expressions, "What's wrong with you guys?"
"Emily just told me she thought you were kissing Umbridge. ”