Chapter Seventy-Nine: Tailgating
Early the next morning, in the Great Hall of Hogwarts.
At the long table in Ravenclaw, Lu Li was flipping through the latest "Singing Contrarian" magazine.
The content above the homepage is also eye-catching enough.
Shocked! In an unknown secret room at Hogwarts, Dumbledore actually coerced the Deputy Minister of Magic to do this.
That's the headline of the latest issue of "Singing Against the Tune" Miscellaneous Incident, which is the story of what happened yesterday in the Room of Need.
Although the title is exaggerated enough, the content is to explain the cause of the incident clearly, without the slightest exaggeration.
"Thanks to you, my father said that the sales of their magazine have increased several times recently!"
Luna's eyes stared directly at Lu Li, who was flipping through the newspaper, and said with a smile as she gently took a bite of the protein cake in her hand.
Luna's father, Xenophilius Lovegood, was the editor-in-chief of Contradiction.
It is worth mentioning that Mr. Xenophilius was one of the few people who dared to stand up for Harry after Voldemort's return.
"Is this cake delicious?"
Lu Li put down the magazine he was holding in his hand and looked at Luna with a comfortable face beside him, and he couldn't help but ask curiously.
"It's delicious."
As she spoke, Luna broke the protein cake in her hand in half, divided it in half and handed it to Lu Li.
Lu Li was not polite, and after taking this small piece of cake, he stuffed it directly into his mouth.
"It tastes pretty good, it's just a little too sweet." Lu Li said and hurriedly took a sip of the tea on the table.
"By the way, Harry asked me to inform you that D.A. has another assembly today.
It is said that yesterday's training was interfered with by Umbridge, so he will re-instruct everyone to practice yesterday's spell today. ”
As she spoke, Luna's eyes swept around keenly, and after seeing that no one around was paying attention to them, she whispered as if something was happening:
"However, I heard Ron say privately that the purpose of today's gathering was to celebrate Umbridge's imminent departure from Hogwarts, so they also had the house-elves prepare a lot of drinks and snacks."
Yesterday's confrontation between Dumbledore and Umbridge in the Room of Request quickly spread throughout Hogwarts.
This morning, through the mainstream magazines of the wizarding world, such as "Singing the Opposite" and "The Daily Prophet", this incident fermented again, and it quickly spread throughout the wizarding world.
Of course, there is also a lot of black material about Umbridge and what she did when she came to Hogwarts.
A series of unreasonable educational orders issued by her are also listed in detail in "Singing and Singing".
If nothing else, the office of Connery Fudge, the Minister of Magic, should be piled up with letters of complaint from parents using owls.
No parent would want such a vitriolic and even forbidden magic to punish students to stay at Hogwarts.
Whether it was Dumbledore's secret power or the pressure of public opinion on the dark side, Connery Fudge would not let Umbridge stay at Hogwarts.
Connery Fudge originally just wanted Umbridge to dig up Dumbledore's black material and find an opportunity to empty the headmaster's rights.
Unexpectedly, she is now in a big trouble for herself.
"Will you go to it?" Luna looked at Lu Li curiously, as if she was looking forward to his reply.
"Harry is a great teacher and a reliable partner."
Lu Li's words were a bit unanswered, and after a slight pause, he said again: "It's just a pity that Harry doesn't have the ability to teach me the spell I want to learn. ”
Although Harry has a great talent for Defence Against the Dark Arts, any knowledge often takes a long time to accumulate.
Our savior is now a fifth-grader at best.
His knowledge reserves, as well as his understanding and application of magic, are still at a stage of rapid growth.
If it weren't for Dumbledore's fear that his young wizards would be persecuted by Umbridge, Lu Li wouldn't have joined the D.A. on a whim.
Compared to learning Defense Against the Dark Arts from Harry, Lu Li is still more keen on a real magic duel with Sirius.
"And what are your arrangements for later?" Luna heard Lu Li's words, and then asked again.
"I'd like to take a walk around the Forbidden Forest, and I've heard Dumbledore say that Mr. Newt Scamander's Tree Protector was found in the forest, so I'd like to try my luck too."
Lu Li is very interested in many of the creatures mentioned in the book "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them", and he also knows a lot about Newt Scamander.
"Would you like to come with me?" Lu Li suddenly looked at Luna and invited with a slight smile.
"Of course, it's my pleasure." Luna smiled happily.
However, she seemed to think of something quickly, and the smile on her little face gradually turned into a trace of worry. "It would be a terrible thing if Hagrid, who was guarding the hunting grounds, saw it."
As it turns out, there is still a big difference between the students of Gryffindor and Ravenclaw.
If Lu Li invited Harry and the others to go to the Forbidden Forest with them, I am afraid they would happily agree.
And now Luna, on the other hand, is a little worried that this will get her into trouble.
The clever Ravenclaw always has to be more rational than those reckless little lions.
"So, isn't it okay not to be discovered?"
Lu Li said and bewitched Luna again: "I've been practicing the Illusion Spell very well recently." ”
"Okay." Luna nodded solemnly.
The blonde girl seemed to have forgotten that there were still many dangerous creatures in the Forbidden Forest.
For example, centaurs, werewolves, and swarms of eight-eyed spiders, etc.
Perhaps it was out of trust in Lu Li's strength that made her forget about these dangers.
In this way, after a simple breakfast, Lu Li and Luna quietly walked in the direction of the Forbidden Forest.
Hogwarts, in an office on the second floor.
There was a suitcase that had been packed on the desk, and a short and fat pink figure stood by the window, looking at the pair of young people who were drifting away in the distance, and fell into deep thought for a while.
"If I leave Hogwarts like this, then my job at the Ministry of Magic will be over. No, I can't just leave......"
Umbridge thought so in her heart, and then she didn't know what she thought of, but the look on her face gradually became a little darker.
Meanwhile, on the way to the hut at the edge of the Forbidden Forest, three hidden lion cubs spot a strange combination.
"Are they going to go to the Forbidden Forest?" Harry hid behind a wall and said to his two companions in surprise.
"Shall we go along and have a look?" Hermione made a rare suggestion.
As soon as she said this, Harry and Ron seemed to have discovered something incredible, as if it wasn't Hermione herself standing in front of them at all.
It wasn't at all like the Hermione Granger they knew.
"Aren't you curious about what Lu Li is going to do?" Hermione rolled her eyes at her two partners and immediately explained.
"There are a lot of eight-eyed giant spiders in the Forbidden Forest."
Ron recalled some bad images, and his face showed a look of palpitation.
"We'll just follow and see, and if they go deep into the Forbidden Forest, then we'll give up." Harry had a pertinent idea.
"Okay." Ron thought for a moment, hesitated but agreed.
You know, their magic triangle has always been a blessing and a disaster.