novelraw Chapter 211 Umbridge Wants to Show His Power
Chapter 211 Umbridge Wants to Show His Power
"I'm now glad I didn't cancel Divination class," I said triumphantly.
It had been three days since Professor Trelawney had been fired, and all of Hogwarts was talking like crazy about the new Professor Firenze—the handsome centaur with blue eyes like jewels.
"I thought you would be a bit shadowy about the centaurs." Pansy was obviously satisfied with the new divination professor, "but I think Firenze's teaching is much better than Trilawney's."
There was the sound of newspapers being smashed heavily on the table.When we turned around, it was Daphne, who was glaring at Pansy angrily: "It's too much for you to talk like that!"
"Hey, I'm just seeking truth from facts. Is it because you like her class that you don't allow others to say yes?" Pansy shrugged and looked away from Daphne indifferently. She took some bacon eggs for herself, Completely disregarding Daphne's face.
Daphne was completely speechless by Pansy's choking. She crumpled the newspaper and threw it on the table again. people's attention.
"What are you pretending to do?" Pansy looked coldly at Daphne's back as she walked away, "Didn't she just focus on getting in front of Umbridge a few days ago? Why are you pretending to be a good person here today?"
"Idiots." I loyally echoed Pencey's remarks.
"Firenze's teaching is really good." Blaise also likes the new professor very much, "but I'm a little curious about what to do with the OWLs exam."
Firenze's teachings were very different from Trelawney's.He asked us to observe the smoke of burning plants and trees, to find certain shapes and signs in it.When no one in the class saw anything, Firenze was very indifferent. He said that humans have never been very good at doing this kind of thing, and even the centaurs have experienced this ability for a long time.Contrary to Professor Trelawney, Firenze's priority is not to impart knowledge to us, but to remind us that nothing is infallible, not even Centaur lore.
"I don't know. But they will definitely consider that we changed teachers halfway." Draco's mood seemed to improve a lot in the past two days.
I exchanged glances with Pansy and Blaise.We've been looking for the right opportunity to talk to Draco, and today was an obvious one.
"Since the weather is so good today, why don't we go to the lake to have a look?" Blaise suggested naturally.Pansy and I agreed, and Draco agreed, not surprisingly.
However, reality is always twists and turns.
"Mr. Malfoy, Mr. Zabini, Miss Parkinson, and Miss Snape. Good morning." As soon as we stepped out of the Great Hall, we ran into Umbridge head-on, and she seemed to jump out at the right time. .
"Hi Professor Umbridge." We greeted her inexplicably.
Umbridge had a very familiar smile on her face—like a toad seeing a fat and delicious fly, and I suddenly felt ominous—at this moment, she spoke sweetly "Why don't you four come with me to my office? Maybe we can have a cup of tea or something."
drink tea?No one would believe that Umbridge would invite a student to tea for no reason.But in this world, you can never refuse Umbridge.
A few minutes later, we were each sitting at Umbridge's desk with a cup of hot tea.
"The thing is like this," she poured herself a cup of steaming tea, and sat upright on the chair, "In order to make it easier for me to perform my duties as a senior prosecutor, and to maintain the stability of Hogwarts, I decided to form a student team to assist me in my work. Of course, this group of students must be carefully selected and meet the requirements. After careful consideration, I think the four of you are perfect, what do you think?"
She looked at us kindly, but I knew we couldn't refuse her.She has made it very obvious, if I refuse, who knows what new tricks she will come up with against me.
"But...why did you choose us?" Pansy asked suddenly.
"Oh, it's like this." Umbridge straightened his expression and looked at her kindly, "Miss Snape and I had a very pleasant conversation last time, so I think, as her friend, maybe you are the same On my side. Isn't it?"
"Of course, Professor." Pansy forced a slightly obsequious smile, and Umbridge seemed very pleased with her response.
"What do we need to do, Professor?" Blaise asked.
"Before the official establishment, you first need to prove your ability." Umbridge said nonsense solemnly, "I have received some reliable news that Mr. Potter of Gryffindor and his friends We are leading an illegal student organization, which is clearly in violation of education orders. I have been concerned about this for a while, but Porter and others are very secretive, so this is your first task. I ask you Find out everything about Porter's student organization—meeting times, locations, participants." She took a sip of her tea, with a satisfied smile on her face, "You four are not the only students to carry out this task, but I hope you can bring back results that satisfy me."
"I didn't know there was an entrance exam for this job," Blaise said sarcastically.
At this time we were walking along the lake as originally planned, but the good mood has dissipated.
"Thinking in a positive direction, we can be regarded as penetrating into the enemy's interior." Pan Xi bent down to pick up a pebble, and made a beautiful splash.
"Not necessarily." Draco stopped, and he looked at the forest and mountains across the lake.
I walked up to him: "What do you mean?"
"I mean... we might be able to help Umbridge... so maybe... get rid of Potter by the way," he said hesitantly.
Pansy didn't react for a while: "Get rid of Potter?" She repeated stupidly.
"You don't expect Umbridge to kill Potter so that the Dark Lord can dominate the wizarding world, do you?" I said casually, but thinking of Draco's recent performances, I suddenly thought of an annoying Result: "What did Knott tell you!"
Draco was a little taken aback by me: "I'm just talking."
"Listen, Draco," Blaise stepped forward, "you can't get too close to Nott."
"Why?" Draco asked back.
Blaise took a breath: "He is obviously on the side of the Dark Lord, and we have decided to maintain a neutral position for the time being."
"Don't forget that the Dark Lord lives in my house now!" Draco was slightly annoyed.I quickly grabbed his wrist:
"But that's not the same as if you're completely in his camp."
"If I show disloyalty to him, who knows what he will do to my parents? Since Christmas, their letters are really just good news!" Draco raised his voice.
"Don't yell at us, aren't we worthy of Nott's trust?" Pansy frowned.
"Of course you don't intend to harm me. But your understanding and experience in this matter are different from Theodore and I..." Draco closed his eyes in pain, "You don't have any parents who talk to you every day. The Dark Lord lives under one roof."
"Don't say that, my mother is about to abandon me and run to Bulgaria for refuge," Blaise said. "I'm a one-man fighter."
"My parents and I have lost contact for half a year." Pansy shrugged, "Draco, it's not easy for anyone here."
"My dad belongs to the Dark Lord, but he's under Dumbledore's nose. I think that's too much." Beat Dumbledore and Potter?"
"Forget Umbridge, I don't think she can touch Potter at all," Pansy interjected.
"Then what about my parents?" Draco broke free from my control, he walked to the water's edge and looked down at his own shadow, "Theodore said that I must support my father's choice."
"Theodore said!" I repeated angrily, and Blaise signaled me to be quiet.He walked up to Draco and patted the shoulder of the sad-faced man in the lake:
"Choices can be changed, Draco. No one said that your father must pay for his choices. It's just an arrow on the string, not an arrow. There is room for maneuver in everything."
"Your parents should also respect your choice, Draco." I said softly.
Pan Xi spread her hands: "What's more, your parents will not be in the same camp as you." She laughed at herself, "Just look at me."
"The core of the problem is not which side you choose, but that you shouldn't have too much contact with Nott." I advised, "In some respects, he is much more cunning and cunning than you. You can't fully trust such a person."
"Don't forget how double-faced Knott was before." Blaise also chimed in, "Of course you can get in touch with him, but you can't give your back to such a person. He was still playing tricks not long ago, but now he can Don't you think this kind of person is dangerous if he is so eloquent to you that he almost convinces you?"
Draco didn't answer Blaise's words.I took his arm: "Are you even willing to confide in him? Not to me? Or is it that Nott's height in your heart has surpassed us?"
"No," Draco denied eagerly, "of course not—"
"You're not stupid to think we're going to laugh at you or something? Don't be stupid, we'll be with you, Draco," Pansy whispered, "We're friends."
"So...you're still going to help Umbridge?" Draco asked hesitantly.
"We'll help, but we'll also help Potter," I replied.
He frowned: "How can this be done?"
"It's very simple. There is always someone who can find some clues about Potter's activities. We can secretly give Potter some innocuous help beforehand, and we must jump out to help Umbridge at critical moments—very hard help." Surprisingly, it was Pansy who came up with the idea this time.
Blaise was pretty surprised, too—he's usually the one playing the brain trust in this situation.But he quickly added a few words: "And we need to create a feeling for Potter that we don't really want to help Umbridge, but out of helplessness."
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