Chapter 148 Questioning
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Yun Yin Shen
Chapter 148 Questioning
McGuffin doesn't need to observe carefully, just take a look... and he knows who it is.
So rich and ad hoc... In the entire original novel, there are only two witches who can achieve such an achievement. Ordinary people, even though most wizards have more or less strange hobbies, most of them have neither the 'confidence' nor the 'vision' to dress like this.
——Pink-pink middle-aged and elderly "girly-like", with pearly "precious" to the extreme dress.
—they were Umbridge and Rita Skeeter.
"Why did these two families... come here at this time?"
"Now the original plot is completely messed up..."
When McGuffin was thinking.
"Good morning, Lucius, Ms. Skeeter and Ms. Dolores!" Dumbledore greeted one by one and the three of them in a pleasant manner.
But the other party rushed in and went straight to McGuffin's bed.
At this time, the panting Professor McGonagall came in, and she shouted, "Lucius, you can't do this... trespassing on the Hogwarts hospital, there are still little wizards recuperating here!"
Lucius didn't care, he just stared at Dumbledore coldly, and said directly with an expression of grabbing you, "Dumbledore, maybe you can explain to me...explain what my son Draco Malfoy encountered in the underground castle of Hogwarts a week ago..."
The other two witches also stared at Dumbledore indifferently. McGuffin could see bloodthirsty rays of light staring at their prey in their eyes... Among them, Rita Skeeter even took out the sheepskin notebook from the crocodile leather bag, floated it, and was holding a long quill pen to record something, with a look of excitement.
"Oh, that's right, Lucius." Dumbledore replied with a calm smile, "Today, I have sent a long sheepskin envelope to twelve members of the board of directors, including you, to explain the incident. If you are still at home, you should have received that letter... The poor owl went back and forth in vain. It ran to London and returned to Hogwarts."
"Of course!" Dumbledore said calmly, "Ms. Dolores, I also re-wrote a long parchment to Fauci to explain in detail the need for me to rush back to Hogwarts that day, as well as the origin and sinister intentions of that report letter... Of course, if the Ministry of Magic needs it, I have free time now... I can go to London once and give a detailed explanation to the Ministry of Magic..."
When McGuffin saw Umbridge Zoubaba's face became even uglier, as if he was eating a pile of stinking 'big melons'.
"Letter... what letter, Dumbledore, don't think that you can escape punishment by talking nonsense here, you must..." Lucius obviously didn't believe Dumbledore's words, he said sarcastically.
At this time, there was a crackling sound from the window.
Interrupted Mr. Malfoy's 'generous speech'.
Several people were distracted and looked together.
A tiny owl was tapping its talons on the window, holding a huge sheepskin envelope in its beak.
Seeing that Lucius did not move, Rita Skeeter, who was traveling with her, smelled the big news. She hurried to the window, waved her wand, and pushed the window open.
Rita Skeeter wanted to take over the letter from the owl, but the little owl ignored it.
The owl flapped its wings and flew through the gap in the iron bars-the huge envelope was almost stuck there.
It flapped its wings and struggled in, threw the letter at Lucius Malfoy's feet, and then stopped on Rita Skeeter's curly, tousled hair, probably taking it as a place to rest for the time being.
Rita Skeeter waved her magic wand angrily, and the owl flew out of the open window with its head turned. Before leaving, it flew around in mid-air and left a little 'gift' on the beloved crocodile leather bag in her hand.
McGuffin ignored Rita Skeeter's complaints about the owl's anger...and turned her attention to Lucius Malfoy.
With a cold face, Lucius pulled out the letter from a batch of envelopes, opened it and read it carefully, but unexpectedly saw it... As he read it, his face changed drastically and became paler.
And Umbridge also got together and wanted to know what was written on the envelope? — so she would be ready to deal with Dumbledore!
But... She never dreamed that she would see a name that had been hidden for 11 years.
--Mystery man?Dark Lord?
This made her frightened for a moment, and immediately became ecstatic...
"Dumbledore? Dumbledore is a fool."
She knew that Fauci was always afraid, or worried that the Dark Lord was still alive...Compared to the Dark Lord's comeback, he was more afraid of Dumbledore's organization of the Order of the Phoenix through Hogwarts 11 years ago...the huge influence displayed in the British wizarding world... feared that his position as the Minister of Magic would be seized.
——Fauci knew that his position as the Minister of Magic was because Dumbledore did not allow people to run for the election, so it was his turn to be elected.
Umbridge knew what Fauci was thinking... Dumbledore's words would only make Fauci even more angry and suspicious.
——As for Voldemort being defeated and expelled by two young wizards... Ha!This kind of nonsense is enough once...even if it is true...that means Voldemort has nothing to fear.
"Two little wizards! Huh!... The old guy Dumbledore's lies are not easy to make up... It seems that Dumbledore has finally come"
Umbridge immediately realized what kind of benefits he could get out of this incident, so that his position in the Ministry of Magic could be one step closer.
When Umbridge thought this way, Lucius angrily tore the letter in half and threw it on the ground.
And Rita Skeeter finally remembered that she was a wizard, broke away from the impotent rage, used her magic wand to wipe out the little gift left by the little owl, and then picked up the envelope, hoping to find some explosive hot news from it.
After reading the letter, Mr. Malfoy blushed, "Do you think that you can scare me by making up such an outrageous story? Albus Dumbledore! I think you're a fool...I'll immediately convene the Hogwarts board of directors...Get everyone to agree and let you be the headmaster!"
The letter was marked with the news that Voldemort was still alive, which made the timid betrayer feel terrified and angry.
"It's true...Lucius!"
"Oh?" Mr. Malfoy asked sternly and evasively, "Do you have evidence?"
"I'm afraid not... Voldemort has left his shadow and steam now. When he realized that Quirrell could not complete his task... he swept away his vitality, hid in other places, and hibernated again to prepare for a comeback." Dumbledore said calmly.
"Ha! I knew...these words of yours are lies, nonsense to frighten people. Dumbledore, what you want to gain fame from the fear of others is not..."
Dolores Umbridge immediately realized that it was time for her to appear on the stage. For a while, everyone was quiet, and only Umbridge shouted aggressively in the ward.
"You said yes...Mr. Lucius Malfoy!"
But her pink 'girly' dress, her shrill screams, and her 180-degree turn of attitude... The two tone of voice are just right...
——This is really... unusually ridiculous.
McGuffin nearly squealed with laughter at what looked like a 'live drama' performed by a circus clown.
——Obviously, when I was watching a movie, it wasn’t so fun!
Afraid of the sudden silence, although it was only a slight sound, McGuffin's laughter was still heard clearly by everyone in the ward of the school hospital.
What made Umbridge even more annoyed was that Rita Skeeter, who was next to her, was scribbling quickly with a quill in her notebook, not knowing what she was writing down...
——But it’s definitely not a good word!
——Compared to Rita Skeeter, an adult witch reporter who can write and talk casually, McGuffin is undoubtedly a little easier to deal with, and compared...that harsh laughter stimulated Umbridge's fragile self-esteem.
"How dare a little first-year wizard insult himself like this? And this little wizard seems to be just a Mudblood-born Muggle wizard."
Umbridge clenched her wand so tightly that it almost broke... But she still remembered that she was in Hogwarts, and Dumbledore was in front of her again... She didn't seem to wantonly teach this little wizard according to her own thoughts.
——But...you must let him...this little wizard know what rules are!
McGuffin looked at the old witch staring at him unkindly. He knew that his laugh just now had offended this small-bellied control freak... However, if she wants to have the right to teach him a lesson, she must wait until after the fifth grade... Let's talk about the things at that time!
But this guy...he got in touch with it personally, and he felt even more weird!There is no shortage of such strange species in any world.
Seeing McGuffin's gaze become more and more unscrupulous, even with a kind of naked ridicule and contempt, Umbridge really couldn't stand it anymore.
She rushed to McGuffin's hospital bed, grabbed MacGuffin's right wrist, and pulled it out for all to watch.
——The Ouroboros was swimming under the skin, alive and well.
"What is this? Look what I found? A sign of evil magic... Is this the sign of the existence of the Dark Lord that Dumbledore you said?"
"What I saw was extremely evil behavior... A student, a little wizard in the first grade, actually gave himself a magic tattoo in the first grade...Dumbledore, is the management of Hogwarts at this level?"
"I have to report to the Ministry of Magic, to Minister Fauci..."
"The Ministry of Magic gives Muggle students to Hogwarts every year. Did those poor students spend so many Galleons on it? Just a first-year Muggle wizard injured himself with a magic tattoo..."
"Such a shameful waste of Ministry money!"
"Dumbledore, you must make a clear statement and deal with it. Even if you can't be expelled, you should give this little wizard a detention for probation as a warning."
"Otherwise, I will report to Minister Fauci and ask him to significantly reduce the amount of Muggle conversion learning provided by the Ministry of Magic to Gringotts this year..."
Umbridge pinched McGuffin's wrist with short and thick fingers, she had a smile on her face, and said sweetly to Dumbledore Rory.
McGuffin tried hard to pull his wrist out of the toad's hand.
Dumbledore frowned, and said to her with a serious expression, "Ms. Umbridge, it seems to hurt Mr. Albert, please let him go."
"Really?" Umbridge pushed harder, and his tone became more 'friendly', "This is the best... These troublesome little brats must be taught a lesson so that they can firmly remember what can and cannot be done, and what are the rules?"
Umbridge said triumphantly, "And please call me Deputy Umbridge, I just got this position not long ago."
Because of Dumbledore's position against the Ministry of Magic, it is not easy to come forward, and Professor McGonagall originally wanted to come over to stop this behavior.
But seeing McGuffin flatteringly said with a flattering tone,
"That's a real congratulations! Madam Umbridge!"
McGuffin shook his head at Dumbledore and Professor McGonagall, motioning for him to handle the matter.
- What the hell! 【Blood Curse】!Voldemort, so many messy things happened this year is enough for him, now even any cat or dog can stand on his head and run wild.
''Laozi is a traveler with a system (although not very reliable)! '
(Although by now I have greatly lost the face of the people who travel through time, always do things timidly, look forward and backward, and have no punching, kicking, domineering temperament at all)!
Hearing the little ghost congratulating himself like this, Umbridge said with a look of contrition, "Look, Dumbledore, doesn't this little wizard know something? Very polite... This is what Hogwarts students should do. But this can't offset the fact that you gave yourself a magical tattoo..."
But at this time, McGuffin turned and said, "Ms. Umbridge... This is indeed the mark left by Professor Quirrell, the dark wizard, and he originally planned to take Harry Potter's life. Thanks to Professor Dumbledore, who discovered something was wrong, he came to rescue us from the Ministry of Magic, successfully expelled Professor Quirrell, and brought me to the hospital. After a week of recuperation, I was able to recover..."
"Little wizard! You have to know...you have to pay a price for lying in front of me." Umbridge's eyes were big and round, protruding outwards, and his sweet words were like sticky toad's tongues, sticking to McGuffin's body.
——She did not allow this little wizard (subject) to sabotage her plan to suppress Dumbledore.
At this time, Rita Skeeter interrupted Umbridge's questioning with excitement as McGuffin expected, and trot to McGuffin, holding a parchment in her hand, and quickly jotting down with a quill.
She asked, "You mean—Harry Potter, the Boy Who Lived?"
Dumbledore watched with great interest as several adult wizards were being played around by McGuffin like puppets on strings, and under his command, they walked into the designated theater step by step.
"Yes, ma'am? Are you..."
"I'm Rita Skeeter...a reporter working for the [Daily Prophet]!"
"The columnist of [Daily Prophet]...Of course, I've heard of you...the famous Rita Skeeter! Many sharp articles you have written have exposed many flashy false names...I admire your writing very much. The words you write are the biggest window for a little wizard from a Muggle family like me to understand the real side of the magical world..."
MacGuffin snapped Umbridge's fingers apart, stretched out his right hand... and clasped Rita Skeeter tightly.
He looked like he adored this curly-haired, tacky blonde with jeweled eyes.
Professor McGonagall's mouth widened - she had never seen this guy McGuffin mention Rita Skeeter once.
——Is this really true?
——It seems that she herself has to be careful about every word this little wizard says in the future.
(End of this chapter)
McGuffin doesn't need to observe carefully, just take a look... and he knows who it is.
So rich and ad hoc... In the entire original novel, there are only two witches who can achieve such an achievement. Ordinary people, even though most wizards have more or less strange hobbies, most of them have neither the 'confidence' nor the 'vision' to dress like this.
——Pink-pink middle-aged and elderly "girly-like", with pearly "precious" to the extreme dress.
—they were Umbridge and Rita Skeeter.
"Why did these two families... come here at this time?"
"Now the original plot is completely messed up..."
When McGuffin was thinking.
"Good morning, Lucius, Ms. Skeeter and Ms. Dolores!" Dumbledore greeted one by one and the three of them in a pleasant manner.
But the other party rushed in and went straight to McGuffin's bed.
At this time, the panting Professor McGonagall came in, and she shouted, "Lucius, you can't do this... trespassing on the Hogwarts hospital, there are still little wizards recuperating here!"
Lucius didn't care, he just stared at Dumbledore coldly, and said directly with an expression of grabbing you, "Dumbledore, maybe you can explain to me...explain what my son Draco Malfoy encountered in the underground castle of Hogwarts a week ago..."
The other two witches also stared at Dumbledore indifferently. McGuffin could see bloodthirsty rays of light staring at their prey in their eyes... Among them, Rita Skeeter even took out the sheepskin notebook from the crocodile leather bag, floated it, and was holding a long quill pen to record something, with a look of excitement.
"Oh, that's right, Lucius." Dumbledore replied with a calm smile, "Today, I have sent a long sheepskin envelope to twelve members of the board of directors, including you, to explain the incident. If you are still at home, you should have received that letter... The poor owl went back and forth in vain. It ran to London and returned to Hogwarts."
"Of course!" Dumbledore said calmly, "Ms. Dolores, I also re-wrote a long parchment to Fauci to explain in detail the need for me to rush back to Hogwarts that day, as well as the origin and sinister intentions of that report letter... Of course, if the Ministry of Magic needs it, I have free time now... I can go to London once and give a detailed explanation to the Ministry of Magic..."
When McGuffin saw Umbridge Zoubaba's face became even uglier, as if he was eating a pile of stinking 'big melons'.
"Letter... what letter, Dumbledore, don't think that you can escape punishment by talking nonsense here, you must..." Lucius obviously didn't believe Dumbledore's words, he said sarcastically.
At this time, there was a crackling sound from the window.
Interrupted Mr. Malfoy's 'generous speech'.
Several people were distracted and looked together.
A tiny owl was tapping its talons on the window, holding a huge sheepskin envelope in its beak.
Seeing that Lucius did not move, Rita Skeeter, who was traveling with her, smelled the big news. She hurried to the window, waved her wand, and pushed the window open.
Rita Skeeter wanted to take over the letter from the owl, but the little owl ignored it.
The owl flapped its wings and flew through the gap in the iron bars-the huge envelope was almost stuck there.
It flapped its wings and struggled in, threw the letter at Lucius Malfoy's feet, and then stopped on Rita Skeeter's curly, tousled hair, probably taking it as a place to rest for the time being.
Rita Skeeter waved her magic wand angrily, and the owl flew out of the open window with its head turned. Before leaving, it flew around in mid-air and left a little 'gift' on the beloved crocodile leather bag in her hand.
McGuffin ignored Rita Skeeter's complaints about the owl's anger...and turned her attention to Lucius Malfoy.
With a cold face, Lucius pulled out the letter from a batch of envelopes, opened it and read it carefully, but unexpectedly saw it... As he read it, his face changed drastically and became paler.
And Umbridge also got together and wanted to know what was written on the envelope? — so she would be ready to deal with Dumbledore!
But... She never dreamed that she would see a name that had been hidden for 11 years.
--Mystery man?Dark Lord?
This made her frightened for a moment, and immediately became ecstatic...
"Dumbledore? Dumbledore is a fool."
She knew that Fauci was always afraid, or worried that the Dark Lord was still alive...Compared to the Dark Lord's comeback, he was more afraid of Dumbledore's organization of the Order of the Phoenix through Hogwarts 11 years ago...the huge influence displayed in the British wizarding world... feared that his position as the Minister of Magic would be seized.
——Fauci knew that his position as the Minister of Magic was because Dumbledore did not allow people to run for the election, so it was his turn to be elected.
Umbridge knew what Fauci was thinking... Dumbledore's words would only make Fauci even more angry and suspicious.
——As for Voldemort being defeated and expelled by two young wizards... Ha!This kind of nonsense is enough once...even if it is true...that means Voldemort has nothing to fear.
"Two little wizards! Huh!... The old guy Dumbledore's lies are not easy to make up... It seems that Dumbledore has finally come"
Umbridge immediately realized what kind of benefits he could get out of this incident, so that his position in the Ministry of Magic could be one step closer.
When Umbridge thought this way, Lucius angrily tore the letter in half and threw it on the ground.
And Rita Skeeter finally remembered that she was a wizard, broke away from the impotent rage, used her magic wand to wipe out the little gift left by the little owl, and then picked up the envelope, hoping to find some explosive hot news from it.
After reading the letter, Mr. Malfoy blushed, "Do you think that you can scare me by making up such an outrageous story? Albus Dumbledore! I think you're a fool...I'll immediately convene the Hogwarts board of directors...Get everyone to agree and let you be the headmaster!"
The letter was marked with the news that Voldemort was still alive, which made the timid betrayer feel terrified and angry.
"It's true...Lucius!"
"Oh?" Mr. Malfoy asked sternly and evasively, "Do you have evidence?"
"I'm afraid not... Voldemort has left his shadow and steam now. When he realized that Quirrell could not complete his task... he swept away his vitality, hid in other places, and hibernated again to prepare for a comeback." Dumbledore said calmly.
"Ha! I knew...these words of yours are lies, nonsense to frighten people. Dumbledore, what you want to gain fame from the fear of others is not..."
Dolores Umbridge immediately realized that it was time for her to appear on the stage. For a while, everyone was quiet, and only Umbridge shouted aggressively in the ward.
"You said yes...Mr. Lucius Malfoy!"
But her pink 'girly' dress, her shrill screams, and her 180-degree turn of attitude... The two tone of voice are just right...
——This is really... unusually ridiculous.
McGuffin nearly squealed with laughter at what looked like a 'live drama' performed by a circus clown.
——Obviously, when I was watching a movie, it wasn’t so fun!
Afraid of the sudden silence, although it was only a slight sound, McGuffin's laughter was still heard clearly by everyone in the ward of the school hospital.
What made Umbridge even more annoyed was that Rita Skeeter, who was next to her, was scribbling quickly with a quill in her notebook, not knowing what she was writing down...
——But it’s definitely not a good word!
——Compared to Rita Skeeter, an adult witch reporter who can write and talk casually, McGuffin is undoubtedly a little easier to deal with, and compared...that harsh laughter stimulated Umbridge's fragile self-esteem.
"How dare a little first-year wizard insult himself like this? And this little wizard seems to be just a Mudblood-born Muggle wizard."
Umbridge clenched her wand so tightly that it almost broke... But she still remembered that she was in Hogwarts, and Dumbledore was in front of her again... She didn't seem to wantonly teach this little wizard according to her own thoughts.
——But...you must let him...this little wizard know what rules are!
McGuffin looked at the old witch staring at him unkindly. He knew that his laugh just now had offended this small-bellied control freak... However, if she wants to have the right to teach him a lesson, she must wait until after the fifth grade... Let's talk about the things at that time!
But this guy...he got in touch with it personally, and he felt even more weird!There is no shortage of such strange species in any world.
Seeing McGuffin's gaze become more and more unscrupulous, even with a kind of naked ridicule and contempt, Umbridge really couldn't stand it anymore.
She rushed to McGuffin's hospital bed, grabbed MacGuffin's right wrist, and pulled it out for all to watch.
——The Ouroboros was swimming under the skin, alive and well.
"What is this? Look what I found? A sign of evil magic... Is this the sign of the existence of the Dark Lord that Dumbledore you said?"
"What I saw was extremely evil behavior... A student, a little wizard in the first grade, actually gave himself a magic tattoo in the first grade...Dumbledore, is the management of Hogwarts at this level?"
"I have to report to the Ministry of Magic, to Minister Fauci..."
"The Ministry of Magic gives Muggle students to Hogwarts every year. Did those poor students spend so many Galleons on it? Just a first-year Muggle wizard injured himself with a magic tattoo..."
"Such a shameful waste of Ministry money!"
"Dumbledore, you must make a clear statement and deal with it. Even if you can't be expelled, you should give this little wizard a detention for probation as a warning."
"Otherwise, I will report to Minister Fauci and ask him to significantly reduce the amount of Muggle conversion learning provided by the Ministry of Magic to Gringotts this year..."
Umbridge pinched McGuffin's wrist with short and thick fingers, she had a smile on her face, and said sweetly to Dumbledore Rory.
McGuffin tried hard to pull his wrist out of the toad's hand.
Dumbledore frowned, and said to her with a serious expression, "Ms. Umbridge, it seems to hurt Mr. Albert, please let him go."
"Really?" Umbridge pushed harder, and his tone became more 'friendly', "This is the best... These troublesome little brats must be taught a lesson so that they can firmly remember what can and cannot be done, and what are the rules?"
Umbridge said triumphantly, "And please call me Deputy Umbridge, I just got this position not long ago."
Because of Dumbledore's position against the Ministry of Magic, it is not easy to come forward, and Professor McGonagall originally wanted to come over to stop this behavior.
But seeing McGuffin flatteringly said with a flattering tone,
"That's a real congratulations! Madam Umbridge!"
McGuffin shook his head at Dumbledore and Professor McGonagall, motioning for him to handle the matter.
- What the hell! 【Blood Curse】!Voldemort, so many messy things happened this year is enough for him, now even any cat or dog can stand on his head and run wild.
''Laozi is a traveler with a system (although not very reliable)! '
(Although by now I have greatly lost the face of the people who travel through time, always do things timidly, look forward and backward, and have no punching, kicking, domineering temperament at all)!
Hearing the little ghost congratulating himself like this, Umbridge said with a look of contrition, "Look, Dumbledore, doesn't this little wizard know something? Very polite... This is what Hogwarts students should do. But this can't offset the fact that you gave yourself a magical tattoo..."
But at this time, McGuffin turned and said, "Ms. Umbridge... This is indeed the mark left by Professor Quirrell, the dark wizard, and he originally planned to take Harry Potter's life. Thanks to Professor Dumbledore, who discovered something was wrong, he came to rescue us from the Ministry of Magic, successfully expelled Professor Quirrell, and brought me to the hospital. After a week of recuperation, I was able to recover..."
"Little wizard! You have to know...you have to pay a price for lying in front of me." Umbridge's eyes were big and round, protruding outwards, and his sweet words were like sticky toad's tongues, sticking to McGuffin's body.
——She did not allow this little wizard (subject) to sabotage her plan to suppress Dumbledore.
At this time, Rita Skeeter interrupted Umbridge's questioning with excitement as McGuffin expected, and trot to McGuffin, holding a parchment in her hand, and quickly jotting down with a quill.
She asked, "You mean—Harry Potter, the Boy Who Lived?"
Dumbledore watched with great interest as several adult wizards were being played around by McGuffin like puppets on strings, and under his command, they walked into the designated theater step by step.
"Yes, ma'am? Are you..."
"I'm Rita Skeeter...a reporter working for the [Daily Prophet]!"
"The columnist of [Daily Prophet]...Of course, I've heard of you...the famous Rita Skeeter! Many sharp articles you have written have exposed many flashy false names...I admire your writing very much. The words you write are the biggest window for a little wizard from a Muggle family like me to understand the real side of the magical world..."
MacGuffin snapped Umbridge's fingers apart, stretched out his right hand... and clasped Rita Skeeter tightly.
He looked like he adored this curly-haired, tacky blonde with jeweled eyes.
Professor McGonagall's mouth widened - she had never seen this guy McGuffin mention Rita Skeeter once.
——Is this really true?
——It seems that she herself has to be careful about every word this little wizard says in the future.
(End of this chapter)
