At the end of the lesson, Professor Trelawney finally realized what it means to be sweaty.

In order to fool Umbridge, she even used the knowledge from the Muggle books she had accidentally crossed!

Fortunately, Umbridge was probably really fooled by himself, and even developed a little respect for himself.

This made Trelawney tired and a little happy.

She made up her mind to go and pull up her bookcase after the lesson.

Professor Trelawney had bought a large pile of obscure books at a Muggle stall to fill the bookcase, ready to slap them in the face when someone questioned him.

If I remember correctly, those Muggle second-hand books called "Thick Black Studies", "Guiguzi", "Danyangzi", and "The Boss in the Red" were all placed in the same section of the stall as the "Tao Te Ching".

If you read all these books carefully, you will definitely gain a lot of gains, and you can continue to fool Umbridge.

Professor Trelawney even wondered if Umbridge had "discerned" and really realized his talent.

When Umbridge and Professor Dumbledore talk about it, their salaries, which have not changed in 19 years, should be able to rise.

Professor Trelawney, who never goes downstairs, firmly believes that as long as the senior deputy minister of the Ministry of Magic speaks, his salary increase is just around the corner!

Of course, if this idea were heard by Professor McGonagall, who was in charge of managing the payroll, Professor McGonagall would only sneer, thinking that Trelawney was wishful thinking.

Trelawney had predicted Professor McGonagall's death, believing that Professor McGonagall would not graduate.

After being hired by Professor Dumbledore, Trelawney boldly predicted that Gryffindor would be without a crown for ten consecutive years.

Professor McGonagall remembered all these prophecies that Trelawney had made!

Professor McGonagall isn't careful, but you, a divination professor, have made so many false prophecies that have not been fulfilled, and you want a raise?

There is no deduction of wages, it is Dumbledore who stops himself!

And believe in Umbridge...... Who is she?

Professor Trelawney was dreaming boldly, and Umbridge was thinking.

After listening to the lecture, Umbridge was generally satisfied.

Although there are many questions and doubts in the middle, Trelawney probably has real talents.

Umbridge decided not to make an evaluation for the time being, not like his own leader to report, but to wait and see for a while.

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Time flies, October flies by in a storm, and in the blink of an eye, it is the eve of Halloween.

However, this year's Halloween holiday atmosphere is not as strong as it used to be, and the students always feel that something is wrong, as if something is missing.

After thinking about it repeatedly, I found out that this year's Halloween ...... Why are there so few pumpkins?

In previous years, there would always be a large number of magical giant pumpkins in the auditorium, either hollowed out and hung on the ceiling, or lying on the ground.

Numerous elaborate jack-o'-lanterns appear on the corners of the staircase, on the top of the armor in the hallways, and on the tables in the auditorium.

But now, all that is gone, except for the pumpkin pie, pumpkin porridge and pumpkin pie on the table.

There are no pumpkin decorations, what kind of Halloween is this?

Now that you've found a problem, it's time to find the cause.

The students came together to realize that the reason there were so few pumpkins for Halloween this year was because Hagrid didn't seem to be in Hogwarts in a long time.

In previous years, Hagrid was responsible for planting large quantities of pumpkins for Hogwarts, and he was the only one who would quietly use a little expansion magic on the pumpkins to create giant pumpkins that could be used to make carriages.

Hagrid has been playing missing since the beginning of school this year, so naturally it is impossible to provide pumpkins anymore.

Although the school will normally purchase a batch of pumpkins as ingredients, don't think about the decorations made of pumpkins.

(The original book even skipped this Halloween directly, and the author didn't mention this Halloween after turning it over several times.) You can see how important Hagrid is to Hogwarts! ）

This made the young wizards inexplicably miss Hagrid.

While most of the students didn't like Hagrid's Conservation of Magical Beasts class, they didn't like the ugly and dangerous creatures that Hagrid often flaunted in class, such as the Fried Snails, Poisonhorns, and the Human-headed Sphinx (a weak version).

But the students still have a very good opinion of Hagrid himself.

He spends every holiday providing decorations for Hogwarts, always helping the professors with their work, and getting a response when a young wizard asks for help.

Hagrid is already an indispensable part of Hogwarts, and this family can't live without Hagrid!

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Although everyone is very sad about Hagrid's absence, the festival still has to be celebrated.

And although Halloween lacks decorations this year, the holiday flavor is not outrageous.

After all, there is a professor in the school.

Professor Slughorn has always loved to have fun, and loves to make friends with gifted wizards and include them in his network.

And the best way for these gifted wizards to get to know each other is undoubtedly to hold a feast.

When Professor Slughorn was the head of the Slytherin Academy, he would hold a Christmas ball every Christmas at his own expense, inviting young wizards from the school who he thought were gifted, as well as outstanding people from outside the school.

And the Halloween holiday is not that long, so naturally it is impossible to be so grand, so Professor Slughorn just proposed a make-up party.

Professor Dumbledore has been busy since the beginning of the school year, traveling around the continent and Great Britain, often playing and disappearing in the school, and almost all the rights of the headmaster have been handed over to Deputy Headmistress McGonagall by him "as a last resort".

But Halloween is such an important holiday, how could Dumbledore miss it?

Professor Slughorn's seemingly interesting activity was approved by Professor Dumbledore without even thinking about it.

After learning the news, the little wizards, who were already a little depressed, became excited again.

However, the exciting activities are held in the evenings, and the classes during the day are indispensable.

This morning was a divination class, and Umbridge's favorite class to audit, but she was absent today.

At the same time, Professor Trelawney's mental state was clearly not quite right.

She seemed worried, and from time to time she would talk to herself in a low, trembling voice like a drama, which was very worrying about the professor's mental state.

Judging from the few words that Professor Trelawney revealed from time to time, Umbridge probably sent her a notice of investigation.

Professor Trelawney made a rare effort and spent a lot of time reading Muggle books, but he was not able to fool Umbridge in the end.

After all, the Muggle books she read were in conflict with each other, and in some places they didn't match each other.

If he could read "The Boss in Red" or any other book, Trelawney would be able to completely confuse Umbridge.

But at Trelawney's own half-baked level, coupled with his Muggle literary skills in translating books, it is obviously not good, so it is naturally wishful thinking to read it.

And it is even more impossible to learn and integrate all this knowledge in just one month, to the extent that it is enough to fool people.

So after being deceived for two whole weeks, Umbridge finally found a lot of irrationality, and out of doubt, began to press step by step.

In the end, she made a judgment that Trelawney was most likely a liar with no real skills.

Since it's a liar, it's easy to do. Even if he did fire Trelawney, Umbridge would be right.

After reporting to Voldemort and Fudge, she issued her first notice of probation as a senior investigator.

This is also the reason why Professor Trelawney's mental state is extremely wrong today.

Although the students didn't know that in detail, they all guessed a rough idea.

Except for a few faithful believers, however, none of the other students seemed to sympathize with her.

After all, who doesn't know that Professor Trelawney is a well-known old crook at Hogwarts? Is there a word in the course she teaches?

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Finally, when the divination class was over, the students rushed out of the classroom with almost no one staying.

The divination class is the last class of this afternoon, so everyone needs to get back to the dorm room as soon as possible to put on makeup and attend tonight's Halloween dinner.

Harley didn't stop outside much and headed straight back to the common room.

The Gryffindor's common room was a mess, and the lion cubs were excited.

To Hallie's surprise, she noticed that Hermione and the Weasley twins had gotten together and seemed to be discussing something.

While Hermione wasn't looking, Harley slammed into her with the ball, her chin pressed against the long unkempt brown hair behind her.

She subconsciously took a deep breath, well, a scent of oranges.

I don't know when Hermione changed to a new shampoo, but Harley clearly remembers that the original shampoo was lily-scented.

But the orange flavor is the orange flavor, and the citrus aroma is so good, it is worthy of my Hermione!

"Hallie!" Hermione was the first to scream.

"What are you three sneaking around, what are you doing?"

Harley grabbed Hermione's hands in vain as she looked at the round biscuits on the table between the three,

"Huh? Canary custard biscuits? No, it looks like it's been remodeled......"

"It's worthy of being the champion of the Final Six Tournament." Fred nodded,

"This is a brand new product based on canary egg milk biscuits - toad biscuits! Exclusively endorsed by Umbridge! ”

Hallie blinked, looking expectantly at the Weasley twins.

"We all know that Umbridge has been making waves at school for a while." George said with a serious face.

"Although she only teaches ...... for electives"

"That's because the greasy old bat beat her to the hospital and made her lie down for two weeks......"

"So she can only go to electives for this kind of flying......"

The Weasley twins sang and harmonized, their voices muffled and frustrated, counting Umbridge's guilt.

The last two said in unison:

“…… Whereas, during this time, the pink toad disgusted the classmates at school, causing mental discomfort to everyone and making the professors unhappy. ”

"So we decided to give her a little Halloween surprise!"

"And how did you convince Hermione to witness your prank? According to common sense, she should have complained to my prefect. ”

Hallie let go of Hermione's hand, but still held Hermione from behind. Hermione no longer resisted weakly, but there was still a slight resentment on her face.

"I don't know anything, I don't know what Umbridge is, I'm just idle and bored watching Fred and George's activities."

Hermione was soft all over, only her mouth was hard.

But Hallie was used to seeing Hermione's hard-mouthed appearance. She just quietly made a small unobtrusive move, and Hermione instantly surrendered.

"Okay, I did. I really can't get used to Umbridge being a bully, and often making trouble in the number divination class, picking on Professor Victor's thorns. ”

Hermione chose to tell the truth, "So I'm here to do Fred and George a little favor and help them with their Transfiguration problems." ”

"The two of them designed this cookie entirely from the canary custard cookie, but the canary cookie's feathers fall off within a minute."

"We wanted to turn Umbridge into a toad, preferably for more than an hour, but unfortunately it didn't work out so far."

"Your original spell was directed at the feathers of birds, not the skin of toads."

Hallie explained the academic mistakes made by the trio as she drew her wand,

"This involves a concept in human transfiguration, and when I go back, I suggest that I read the third section of the sixth-grade textbook, and I won't give you any more lessons."

"I could fix this little question, but don't you think it's a bit boring to just turn Umbridge into a toad?"

"How?" George asked with interest, "Do you have a better idea?" ”

Before he could finish speaking, a red light hit the biscuit in front of him.

The biscuit shuddered, then fell silent.

"Hmm...... Let me think," Harley thought for a moment, and five or six more rays of light erupted from her wand.

"That's it, it's perfect." Hallie clapped her hands, admiring her masterpiece.

"Now what's the effect of this cookie?"

Fred poked the biscuit with his wand, and a spark suddenly appeared on the wand, startling Fred.

"Confidentiality." Harley smirked and pulled Hermione up,

"Anyway, if you can get a cookie into Umbridge's mouth, you'll be able to enjoy the spectacle."

"Gentlemen, let's go first, girls' makeup is very time-consuming."

Fred and George looked at each other, shrugged helplessly, grabbed the biscuits, and walked out of the Gryffindor common room.

For tonight's fun, the two of them have to make some preparations.

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(Thanks to the "Sua" boss for the tip!) (End of chapter)