Chapter 366： Dumbledore returns

In the responsive room, the Weasley brothers, Harry and Ron and others slumped on the sofa, their eyes straight and their faces dull, as if they were boring.

The fire in the room is still crackling, and the warm fire will be transformed into the warmth of the responsive room in the lounge, making people want to sleep.

Mike was sitting on the sofa a little further away, watching the salted fishes while playing with a golden Jialong.

It has been two weeks since Harry was caught for Quidditch training.

To this day Dumbledore still has not returned, and the direct consequence of his delay is that Umbridge and the Slytherins under her have become more arrogant.

Especially the students of Slytherin College. Many of them have green armbands on their arms, symbolizing temporary inspectors, and they began to monitor other colleges throughout Hogwarts.

If anyone is found to have dared to violate the slightest school rules, they will swarm them and take them to the newly opened courtroom for brutal punishment.

This is the power that Umbridge gave them, and Umbridge himself obviously does not have the ability to effectively supervise these enforcers.

So, power is out of control.

The Slytherin inspectors began to abuse their power. Sometimes it was just a small action that made them feel unhappy, and they would just find an excuse to take you to the punishment room.

Harry and their situation is even worse. As the legendary savior, Harry and his friends are regarded as key observation objects. They not only have to deal with the more tedious schoolwork, but also face the torture of Umbridge.

The most terrifying thing is that this torture seems to have no end, because the Slytherins are constantly making excuses to continue to extend their confinement period, which makes them nearly dead.

Nowadays, almost everyone in Hogwarts is in danger. Everyone has almost stopped all outdoor activities except for the necessary classes and meals, and this is why it is clear that during the day Harry and the others also appear in the responsive room.

Because apart from here, they will be monitored from the outside world almost all the time, here is the only pure land they have left.

In order to allow the DA Army to start classes normally under the Slytherins’ spies-like activities, Hermione invented a simple communication machine, and this is the golden plus that Mike is now playing with. Long.

I have to say that Hermione and Mike's ideas are still very similar in some respects, at least when they wanted to invent a concealed communicator, the first thing they thought of was Jin Jialong.

It’s just that Hermione’s Jin Jialong communicator is much weaker than Mike’s.

Its appearance looks exactly the same as real Jin Jialong, but the texture is not gold, but a cheap alloy.

And there is a circle of numbers on the edge of the coin. On the real Jin Jialong, this circle of numbers is just a number, representing the fairy who made it. But on this fake coin, these numbers will change, showing the time of the next meeting.

The coin will heat up when the time above is changed, which can remind the user.

This kind of communicator is simple and **** compared to the gold coins of Freemasonry, but it is enough to deal with the current situation.

It turns out that Hermione is talented in this area.

And just as Mike fiddled with the gold coins, the gold coins in his hand suddenly exuded a hot breath.

Mike stopped his movements, raised the gold coin and looked at it.

As expected, the time above has been changed.

D.A. Army’s assembly time has changed from ten o’clock tonight to ten o’clock the next evening.

"Huh! The meeting time has changed." Mike sighed and said, "I remember this is the third postponement this week? It seems that everyone's situation is not easy."

Harry on the sofa did not even move his eyes, muttering to himself:

"It's okay to postpone, I'm tired and don't want to move at all."

Immediately, the responsive room fell into silence again, and everyone looked at the flames in the fireplace in silence, as if there was some splendid show going on there.

After a while, George suddenly yelled, and then Fred next to him also cried with his hands on his head:

"Dumbledore! Why are you not coming back!"

Mike shook his head helplessly. For these two, he was really sympathetic.

They originally thought Umbridge would expel them after they got the new powers. However, Umbridge obviously felt that it was too cheap for them to do so, so instead of expelling them, they were only concerned about this matter. Without mentioning a word, the punishment made by Professor McGonagall continued and they were confined.

Of course, after the opening of the new disciplinary room, the Weasley brothers' life was not as good as before, because they can be said to be worse than Harry during this period.

As for Dumbledore, Mike guessed that he should be back these two days, because now Hogwarts is not only difficult for the students, but also for the professors.

After getting the new power, Umbridge began to censor the professors in Hogwarts madly, and the current censorship is different from the previous understatement. Umbridge has already begun. I'm gesticulating about the way the professors teach.

Many people, including Professor McGonagall and Professor Flitwick, are very dissatisfied, because in this way the entire Hogwarts is completely Umbridge.

For the time being, the professors of these main courses can still be supported because of their lofty status and strong strength, but the professors of other courses are the same.

Like the professor of Muggle Studies, Umbridge has been forced to a dead end.

Umbridge believes that the current Muggle research class is really beautifying the Muggles too much. She strongly urges the Muggle research professor to modify the lesson plan to vilify the image of Muggles in the minds of little wizards.

In the beginning, the Muggle Studies professor was still desperate. She believed that Muggle Studies was a rigorous science, and she had no problems with her current teaching (although Mike thought she was teaching a lot of rake).

But after Umbridge hinted that she would drive her out of Hogwarts like Trelawney if she didn't, the Muggle Studies class still operated according to Umbridge's ideas.

In this regard, Mike and other students who applied for Muggle Studies did not respond very much, because most of the people who applied for Muggle Studies had the same purpose as Mike.

So they don't care about the content of the course at all-they won't listen anyway.

While Mike was thinking, the door of the responsive room was suddenly retreated.

Hermione walked into the responsive room, her little face flushed and she was panting hard, looking like she was running all the way.

"Don't worry, Hermione." Mike got up and got a glass of water for Hermione. "Speak slowly with a glass of water."

"I have good news to tell you!"

Ron on the sofa opened one eye, squinted at Hermione, and said:

"I hope you can tell me Umbridge is dead, so that I won't have to be locked up at night."

Harry and the others nodded one after another, which was undoubtedly the best news for them.

And Hermione gave them a blank look and took a deep breath:

"It's Dumbledore! I was helping Professor McGonagall sort out the lesson plans, and she told me that Dumbledore would be back tomorrow!"

As soon as this statement came out, everyone was taken aback, and then cheered!

……

The next morning, the Hogwarts auditorium was full of people before it was time for breakfast.

Today is Saturday. At this time, everyone should be enjoying a rare vacation in their bed. However, today everyone gathered here spontaneously.

There is only one reason why everyone is so willing to give up the vacation, and that is their principal, Dumbledore is finally coming back!

If everyone respects Dumbledore in the past, they would not put up such a big battle to meet him.

But it is different now. In the past, everyone had a terrible life under the pressure of Umbridge. Now everyone can say that Dumbledore is eager to see!

This is no exception for the professors, because in the auditorium at this moment, McGonagall and other professors also gathered in the auditorium, looking forward to the hall like their students.

Umbridge and his Slytherin minions are also in the auditorium at the moment, but their expressions are not so good compared to the look they expected.

This is understandable. After all, although Umbridge is now in full swing and there is a strong position in Hogwarts, if Dumbledore, the genuine principal, returns to school, then Umbridge is likely to lose everything he has now. Even with them, the Slytherins will lose the privileges they have now, so they can be said to be the least expecting Dumbledore to return.

God to heaven seemed to have heard their inner prayers, and Dumbledore didn't show up until noon.

At this time, the people who had been waiting since the morning were already a little impatient, and there was an atmosphere called loss in the auditorium.

While Umbridge and the students of Slytherin College showed smiles on their faces, Umbridge even started to smile and talk to the students around him.

Only when everyone thought Dumbledore might not return, there was a flame out of thin air in the auditorium.

This flame of vulture appeared in mid-air like this, and it was still expanding and expanding. The bursts of air explosion made the surrounding students exclaimed, but the professors came when they saw this scene. But there was a look of surprise on his face!

Finally, with an explosion, the flames exploded completely, and what had been wrapped in flames appeared in front of everyone.

It was a beautiful red bird and a gray-haired old man.

"Dumbledore! Dumbledore is back!"

Ron couldn't help but yelled out, and the others in the auditorium were completely crazy.

Everyone shouted Dumbledore's name, like crazy.

Umbridge and the Slytherin students clenched their fists and looked grim, but at the moment they no longer paid attention to them, and everyone's attention was not attracted by Dumbledore.

"Oh! You are so enthusiastic." Dumbledore seemed to be taken aback by the scene before him. The white beard on his face shook a few times before he said, "Thank you, thank you so much!"

People ran towards Dumbledore. Everyone told Dumbledore about Umbridge’s crimes at a glance. However, because the voice was too messy, all I heard was a series of noises.

"Okay, I see, now everyone please be quiet!"

Hearing the words, everyone immediately closed their mouths and looked at Dumbledore expectantly with bright, big eyes.

And Dumbledore did not disappoint everyone, he only smiled slightly and said:

"Professor McGonagall has told me everything. I know that everyone is having a terrible life this time (Dumbledore glances at Umbridge). It's all my fault. I went so hurriedly that I didn't explain things. Clear. But since I am back now, some things must be changed.

The first is about the punishment room. I still remember that the first order I made after taking office as the principal of Hogwarts was to cancel the excessive corporal punishment in Hogwarts. I think students need to be guided, not like a beast. Use carrots and sticks to develop their biological instincts. This is the belief I have always upheld, and it has not changed today. Therefore, the disciplinary room must be closed, there is no doubt about this! "

A wave of cheers erupted from the crowd like a tsunami, Harry and Ron and others who had been victimized recently screamed especially loudly.

"Furthermore, it's about clubs I have to say that some clubs in Hogwarts do not need to exist. For example, I heard that there is a'fart club', I really don’t understand. What is the need for this club to exist?" Dumbledore joked, "But we must also admit that proper entertainment is necessary, especially for students currently in the exam year, so Quidditch competition Must be restored!"

Another burst of cheers came, and Franklin and others even hugged together excitedly.

"One more thing is that the school has recently adopted some students as temporary inspectors to supervise other students. I think this is a helpless move due to insufficient manpower, but this behavior will also intensify the bad relationship that students only see. , So I suggest that this measure should also be cancelled." Dumbledore said.

"Finally, there are various measures against professors. I learned that the Hogwarts Senior Examiner fired a professor who had worked hard at Hogwarts for more than ten years on the grounds that the professors of this course did not I can’t understand the ability to teach students. Because the course she teaches is fortune-telling. As we all know, fortune-telling, as a more mysterious subject, is not so easy to prove its effect. So I suggest that for To allow students who have applied for the divination class to have classes, but also to give Trelawney a rally and temporarily recall Professor Trelawney."

There were endless cheers in the crowd, and Dumbledore's actions almost met everyone's expectations.

Amidst these bursts of cheers, Umbridge shouted with a black face:

"I disagree!"