Chapter 243 The Holiday Begins
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Liu Yue Zhi Yuan Fei
Suddenly, Umbridge raised his voice emphatically:
"So, if the results of this preliminary test are not satisfactory, the Ministry of Magic will consider adding a new course at Hogwarts... Oh, the Minister has already discussed this matter with the headmaster."
Dumbledore nodded with a smile and said:
"Indeed, I found this course very interesting..."
Douglas glanced at Umbridge. It seemed that Dumbledore and Fudge's honeymoon period had come to an end, but they hadn't completely broken each other yet, so he adopted this relatively mild attitude to intervene in the management of Hogwarts. Bullido probably also has his own plans.
Seeing that no one objected, Umbridge said with a smile on his face:
"So the first wombat test, how Hogwarts plans to arrange, all students in the school need to refer to it!"
Professor McGonagall thought for a while and said:
"Let's put it after the exam on Friday. I don't want to delay the students' review time for other subjects because of this."
A look of displeasure flashed across Umbridge's face as she was about to say that this test was as important as any other.
Douglas quickly stood up to support Professor McGonagall's decision, and then other professors also agreed.
Umbridge saw that Professor Hogwarts was so united beside Professor McGonagall, with a self-proclaimed sweet smile on his face, and said to Dumbledore who did not speak:
"Oh, this scene made me almost forget that you are the principal."
Dumbledore shrugged and said seriously:
"Of course I agree with Minerva's decision, Minister Umbridge!"
Afterwards, Umbridge had someone take back the wombat test paper, and emphasized that the content of the test paper needs to be kept secret.
As class time approached, Professor McGonagall arranged for all fifth and seventh grades to be examined in the auditorium, following the pattern of owl and newt.
And she asked Lupine to proctor the other grades' Transfiguration exams on her behalf, because what she needed was to stay in the auditorium and preside over the mock exam.
Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom.
Since Douglas cheated students in the exam several times, everyone answered the questions very seriously in this exam.
Douglas was very satisfied with the performance of the students below. This time, it was rare for him to answer the questions honestly. After all, it was a final exam, and he also wanted to see the students' true level.
However, to the delight of all the junior students, after the written test, Douglas announced that they would cancel their practical exams, and their grades would be graded according to their usual practical class performance.
There was no way for Douglas to make such an arrangement. In Lupine's physical fitness test last time, most of the black magic creatures learned in the lower grades were set as checkpoints, and many students did well in the test.
So it doesn't make much sense to set these up in this exam.
Originally, he thought about changing the practical lessons of the lower grades into magic duels, but considering the people from the Ministry of Magic, especially Umbridge, who was still at Hogwarts, he temporarily gave up this plan.
However, the practice exams for the fourth grade and above are not so easy.
After being taught by Douglas, the seventh-grade students who are in charge of the practical classrooms are now full of whimsical ideas.
If Douglas hadn't asked them, no matter how they arranged the content of the design practice class, it would not exceed the magical ability of that grade. It is estimated that some seventh graders would have difficulty passing the fourth grade practice class.
Therefore, for those students who break through the barriers, the most difficult thing is not the content of the practical classes, but the changes in the practical classrooms every time they enter.
For example, it was hard to find a loophole the first time, but it disappeared when I went there for the second time, and even that loophole would be changed into a trap.
This is in the black magic practice classroom, no routines or strategies are useful, and one can only rely on one's own strength.
The exam week is in a tense atmosphere, and it will come to an end soon.
The wombat test and the fifth and seventh grade test papers were taken away by the Ministry of Magic.
Sunday night.
Because the next day was going to be a holiday, the common room of the four colleges was full of laughter and laughter, and there were quite a few people staying up late.
At ten o'clock in the evening, after disappearing for a week, the voice of Peeves, who was almost forgotten by everyone, suddenly rang through Hogwarts Castle.
"Douglas Holmes!"
After Douglas heard Peeves' voice, he used the Amplifying Charm and replied faintly:
"doing what?"
Peeves' throat seemed to be choked, and after holding it back for a while, he whispered:
"Professor, I was wrong!"
After speaking, Peeves glanced at the weird building behind him, and then quickly disappeared outside the castle.
Then, in the common room of the three colleges who heard the two voices, a burst of laughter suddenly broke out.
At eight o'clock on Monday morning, the Hogwarts Express return train departed on time.
Not long after the Hogwarts Express left, the Charon Detective Agency suddenly summoned the students staying at school during the holidays to gather in the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom.
Hermione stood on the podium and said:
"Actually, we found some important clues during this time..."
"We found traces of Peter Perum..."
George and Fred interrupted her:
"In fact..."
"We were the first to discover..."
Hermione ignored them and continued:
"According to Professor Holmes' request, Christmas is the deadline for our project...
So, after we discussed it, we plan to start the final summary in this classroom at nine o'clock tomorrow morning, when we will bring Peter Perum..."
Harry took a step forward and said:
"What I want to say is that there may be a battle at that time, and of course there may not be..."
They hadn't finished speaking before the students around them realized from the name Peter Perum.
One of the students below asked suspiciously:
"Are you kidding? Isn't it Blake we are investigating? Why did we change it to Peter Perum, and he is already dead. Have you found his ghost?"
"Yes, I remember that Peter Perum was the hero who defeated Black. Why did the battle happen, and our magic doesn't seem to be effective against ghosts?"
"That's because your magic is useless against ghosts. Our seniors have a way... Hehe, little brother, you can stand behind my sister when the time comes."
Harry glanced at Hermione, saw the approving look in the other's eyes, and said:
"Luna Lovegood of Ravenclaw brought up... well, she should be home for the holidays... well, anyway, she mentioned it at the time, keeping the Fidelity Curse a secret Is it possible for people to be replaced..."
At this time, a Ravenclaw girl said:
"Do you also believe what the crazy girl says? Well, I admit that she sometimes has a lot of whimsical ideas. Although it sounds weird, but you forgot, our Charon Detective Agency talks about reasonable speculation based on evidence... ...Did you get any key information from the ghost of Peter Perum?"
In the end, under the condition that Banban might be Peter, they persuaded the remaining dozen or so members to participate in tomorrow's meeting.
After the meeting ended, the three of Harry got together with the twins again.
"We need to go to the professor now and ask him to help Banban wake up."
George and Fred looked weird, shook their heads and said:
"Actually, Banban's pet food was gone two days ago. He regained consciousness briefly, but before we asked him..."
Ron glanced at the two of them and said:
"I don't think it's a simple question. Didn't you use the Humanoid Restoration Curse to test whether it's really Peter Perum?"
George and Fred looked at each other, a smile flashed in their eyes and said:
"Oh sure, we did bring it back...."
"A low, low old fat man..."
"Poor Percy and Ron..."
"Sleeping with an old man in my arms for a long time..."
Ron suddenly felt that he was ignorant, so he shouldn't have asked about this matter. Although he had done a lot of psychological construction for himself during this time, when he heard that Banban was an old man again, he still felt a little disgusted.
Hermione glared at the two of them, and said dissatisfiedly:
"You two, stop bullying Ron. I heard you guys complaining that the cage suddenly couldn't be opened yesterday."
George and Fred shrugged and said helplessly:
"As expected of Miss Know-It-All..."
"Why do you always hide behind us and eavesdrop?"
"Okay, it's true that the cage suddenly couldn't be opened these two days."
"So we want to restore him to human form tomorrow, and we need to find a professor..."
......
Just as the Charon Detective Agency was meeting, the three in Douglas' office heard about their plan.
Douglas walked towards the principal's office.
"So, if the results of this preliminary test are not satisfactory, the Ministry of Magic will consider adding a new course at Hogwarts... Oh, the Minister has already discussed this matter with the headmaster."
Dumbledore nodded with a smile and said:
"Indeed, I found this course very interesting..."
Douglas glanced at Umbridge. It seemed that Dumbledore and Fudge's honeymoon period had come to an end, but they hadn't completely broken each other yet, so he adopted this relatively mild attitude to intervene in the management of Hogwarts. Bullido probably also has his own plans.
Seeing that no one objected, Umbridge said with a smile on his face:
"So the first wombat test, how Hogwarts plans to arrange, all students in the school need to refer to it!"
Professor McGonagall thought for a while and said:
"Let's put it after the exam on Friday. I don't want to delay the students' review time for other subjects because of this."
A look of displeasure flashed across Umbridge's face as she was about to say that this test was as important as any other.
Douglas quickly stood up to support Professor McGonagall's decision, and then other professors also agreed.
Umbridge saw that Professor Hogwarts was so united beside Professor McGonagall, with a self-proclaimed sweet smile on his face, and said to Dumbledore who did not speak:
"Oh, this scene made me almost forget that you are the principal."
Dumbledore shrugged and said seriously:
"Of course I agree with Minerva's decision, Minister Umbridge!"
Afterwards, Umbridge had someone take back the wombat test paper, and emphasized that the content of the test paper needs to be kept secret.
As class time approached, Professor McGonagall arranged for all fifth and seventh grades to be examined in the auditorium, following the pattern of owl and newt.
And she asked Lupine to proctor the other grades' Transfiguration exams on her behalf, because what she needed was to stay in the auditorium and preside over the mock exam.
Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom.
Since Douglas cheated students in the exam several times, everyone answered the questions very seriously in this exam.
Douglas was very satisfied with the performance of the students below. This time, it was rare for him to answer the questions honestly. After all, it was a final exam, and he also wanted to see the students' true level.
However, to the delight of all the junior students, after the written test, Douglas announced that they would cancel their practical exams, and their grades would be graded according to their usual practical class performance.
There was no way for Douglas to make such an arrangement. In Lupine's physical fitness test last time, most of the black magic creatures learned in the lower grades were set as checkpoints, and many students did well in the test.
So it doesn't make much sense to set these up in this exam.
Originally, he thought about changing the practical lessons of the lower grades into magic duels, but considering the people from the Ministry of Magic, especially Umbridge, who was still at Hogwarts, he temporarily gave up this plan.
However, the practice exams for the fourth grade and above are not so easy.
After being taught by Douglas, the seventh-grade students who are in charge of the practical classrooms are now full of whimsical ideas.
If Douglas hadn't asked them, no matter how they arranged the content of the design practice class, it would not exceed the magical ability of that grade. It is estimated that some seventh graders would have difficulty passing the fourth grade practice class.
Therefore, for those students who break through the barriers, the most difficult thing is not the content of the practical classes, but the changes in the practical classrooms every time they enter.
For example, it was hard to find a loophole the first time, but it disappeared when I went there for the second time, and even that loophole would be changed into a trap.
This is in the black magic practice classroom, no routines or strategies are useful, and one can only rely on one's own strength.
The exam week is in a tense atmosphere, and it will come to an end soon.
The wombat test and the fifth and seventh grade test papers were taken away by the Ministry of Magic.
Sunday night.
Because the next day was going to be a holiday, the common room of the four colleges was full of laughter and laughter, and there were quite a few people staying up late.
At ten o'clock in the evening, after disappearing for a week, the voice of Peeves, who was almost forgotten by everyone, suddenly rang through Hogwarts Castle.
"Douglas Holmes!"
After Douglas heard Peeves' voice, he used the Amplifying Charm and replied faintly:
"doing what?"
Peeves' throat seemed to be choked, and after holding it back for a while, he whispered:
"Professor, I was wrong!"
After speaking, Peeves glanced at the weird building behind him, and then quickly disappeared outside the castle.
Then, in the common room of the three colleges who heard the two voices, a burst of laughter suddenly broke out.
At eight o'clock on Monday morning, the Hogwarts Express return train departed on time.
Not long after the Hogwarts Express left, the Charon Detective Agency suddenly summoned the students staying at school during the holidays to gather in the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom.
Hermione stood on the podium and said:
"Actually, we found some important clues during this time..."
"We found traces of Peter Perum..."
George and Fred interrupted her:
"In fact..."
"We were the first to discover..."
Hermione ignored them and continued:
"According to Professor Holmes' request, Christmas is the deadline for our project...
So, after we discussed it, we plan to start the final summary in this classroom at nine o'clock tomorrow morning, when we will bring Peter Perum..."
Harry took a step forward and said:
"What I want to say is that there may be a battle at that time, and of course there may not be..."
They hadn't finished speaking before the students around them realized from the name Peter Perum.
One of the students below asked suspiciously:
"Are you kidding? Isn't it Blake we are investigating? Why did we change it to Peter Perum, and he is already dead. Have you found his ghost?"
"Yes, I remember that Peter Perum was the hero who defeated Black. Why did the battle happen, and our magic doesn't seem to be effective against ghosts?"
"That's because your magic is useless against ghosts. Our seniors have a way... Hehe, little brother, you can stand behind my sister when the time comes."
Harry glanced at Hermione, saw the approving look in the other's eyes, and said:
"Luna Lovegood of Ravenclaw brought up... well, she should be home for the holidays... well, anyway, she mentioned it at the time, keeping the Fidelity Curse a secret Is it possible for people to be replaced..."
At this time, a Ravenclaw girl said:
"Do you also believe what the crazy girl says? Well, I admit that she sometimes has a lot of whimsical ideas. Although it sounds weird, but you forgot, our Charon Detective Agency talks about reasonable speculation based on evidence... ...Did you get any key information from the ghost of Peter Perum?"
In the end, under the condition that Banban might be Peter, they persuaded the remaining dozen or so members to participate in tomorrow's meeting.
After the meeting ended, the three of Harry got together with the twins again.
"We need to go to the professor now and ask him to help Banban wake up."
George and Fred looked weird, shook their heads and said:
"Actually, Banban's pet food was gone two days ago. He regained consciousness briefly, but before we asked him..."
Ron glanced at the two of them and said:
"I don't think it's a simple question. Didn't you use the Humanoid Restoration Curse to test whether it's really Peter Perum?"
George and Fred looked at each other, a smile flashed in their eyes and said:
"Oh sure, we did bring it back...."
"A low, low old fat man..."
"Poor Percy and Ron..."
"Sleeping with an old man in my arms for a long time..."
Ron suddenly felt that he was ignorant, so he shouldn't have asked about this matter. Although he had done a lot of psychological construction for himself during this time, when he heard that Banban was an old man again, he still felt a little disgusted.
Hermione glared at the two of them, and said dissatisfiedly:
"You two, stop bullying Ron. I heard you guys complaining that the cage suddenly couldn't be opened yesterday."
George and Fred shrugged and said helplessly:
"As expected of Miss Know-It-All..."
"Why do you always hide behind us and eavesdrop?"
"Okay, it's true that the cage suddenly couldn't be opened these two days."
"So we want to restore him to human form tomorrow, and we need to find a professor..."
......
Just as the Charon Detective Agency was meeting, the three in Douglas' office heard about their plan.
Douglas walked towards the principal's office.
