Chapter 469: Disappearing Footprints
"Since your operation failed, what is Dumbledore's next plan?" Ron's eyes gleamed with an eerie light.
"I just told Dumbledore about it, and he hasn't told me what to do next. Hagrid said.
"What about Dumbledore's other plans, and who else are he planning to woo?" Ron asked again.
"Dumbledore had given things to one of the members, and we didn't know what the other was doing. Hagrid wondered why Ron was asking, but on second thought, it wasn't surprising that they both seemed eager to join the Order of the Phoenix.
"Did you hear from Sirius, and how was he?" asked Harry.
"I'm not very sure about him. Hagrid flipped the dragon meat from his new hand, "You know, I've been in the mountains all the way, and there's no one there's talking about Sirius. ”
Louis gave Hagrid a strange look. Theoretically, Hagrid should have hurried back quickly after the failure of his operation, and there was no reason to take any mountain road. He'd never heard of the giants tracking him. Taking a step back, even if those giants tracked down, what could they do, would they still dare to enter the wizarding world?
But Harry, they didn't think there was anything strange about it, as long as Hagrid came back safely.
"Knock, knock, knock. Then there was another knock at the door.
"Harry, Hermione, Ron, you duck into the cloak first. Hagrid urged. Although the school rules did not prohibit students from coming to his cabin, Filch, the caretaker of Hogwarts, was so close to the Forbidden Forest that the students were forbidden to come here.
While drinking black tea, Louis watched the three people in front of him quickly hide in the corner of the cabin, and then hurriedly put on the invisibility cloak. Hagrid, seeing that they had been hidden, walked over and opened the door.
"Are you ......." Hagrid looked at the woman standing in front of the door with some confusion, he couldn't remember when he had ever known such a woman.
"I'm Umbridge, Dolores Umbridge. Umbridge glanced at Hagrid's cabin, her gaze lingering on Louis for a second, then looking away as if she hadn't seen him.
"Hello, may I ask you what's the matter?" Hagrid said politely, but no matter how he looked at his honor, it would seem that he was threatening others.
"I'm the Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Magic. With that, she walked into Hagrid's cabin, pacing around.
"Oh, that's pretty good," Hagrid said against his will...... "I remember Ron's dad also worked at the Ministry of Magic, you probably know him." ”
For Hagrid, as long as he is a wizard in the Ministry of Magic, it makes no difference what is the minister and what is the deputy minister.
"I was the Defence Against the Dark Arts professor at Hogwarts. Umbridge found a broken cup on the ground. The broken cup was the one Hagrid had just poured for Hermione's tea, presumably broken by Harry when they were in a hurry to hide.
"You're so brave! no one wants to hold that position!" Hagrid said to Umbridge this time. He'd been with Hogwarts for so many years, and he knew how heartbroken Dumbledore was about the Defence Against the Dark Arts professor vacancy every year. If it weren't for Dumbledore's fame and friends, Hogwarts would have stopped Defence Against the Dark Arts classes long ago.
"In case you don't know, I'm also a senior advisor to Hogwarts. Umbridge said.
"Excuse me, what did you say?" Hagrid asked, puzzled, he'd never heard of anything like a senior advisor.
"You know I'm coming?" Umbridge asked, pointing to the broken teacup on the floor.
"It's ....... I just accidentally broke the ...... That's right, I accidentally broke it. Hagrid affirmed, "That's why I used a new teacup." As he spoke, he gestured to another teacup on the table.
"Didn't Mr. Pendragon restore this teacup to its original shape?" said Umbridge, still in that stunning, disgusting voice.
"I would have given Hagrid a new tea set, which seems terrible to me," Louis said with a frown, "Is there anything wrong with that, Professor Umbridge?"
"Of course, no problem. Umbridge said with a smile.
"I seem to have heard a lot of people just now. Umbridge said.
"You heard it wrong. Louis said unceremoniously.
"But I saw the footprints of four people outside the door, and there were no footprints of returning, does that mean there are three more?" asked Umbridge with a smile.
Louis raised an eyebrow, then drew his wand.
"What do you want to do, Mr. Pendragon?" Umbridge was taken aback by Louis's move, and she immediately took a few steps back.
"As you can see, I just took out my wand and took care of it. As he spoke, Louis pulled out the cloth that was used to wipe his wand and wiped it carefully.
Umbridge's face turned red all at once, and she said with some annoyance, "Are you threatening me, Mr. Pendragon?"
"Why should I threaten you?" Louis looked at Umbridge in surprise, as if he didn't understand why she was asking.
"To make me give up the evidence on the snow outside, isn't it?" asked Umbridge with a sneer.
"Evidence on the snow outside, what are you talking about, Professor Umbridge?" asked Louis, confused Umbridge.
"Do you still want to quibble? Isn't it just ........." Umbridge stopped suddenly, and walked to the door with an ugly face and opened it, to find that there was nothing left on the snow outside, not even the footprints she had just walked over were gone.
Umbridge turned, stared at Louis with fiery eyes, and said, "Well done, Mr. Pendragon." ”
"Thank you for the compliment, Professor Umbridge. Louis said modestly, then picked up the black tea on the table and took a sip.
Although Louis is not going to anal Umbridge right now, because it is obviously not worth it. But this doesn't mean that Umbridge can ignore him, no matter how he is also the heir of the Pendragon family, a mere deputy minister of the Ministry of Magic, how dare he call so arrogantly in front of him, what face does he need to give the other party?