Chapter 510: The Ministry of Magic's interference in Hogwarts requires our permission

After leading the freshmen to Helga, Rice said loudly: "Children, you will follow this professor and take a boat across the Black Lake to Hogwarts. A thousand years ago, the four founders of Hogwarts set foot on this fertile land in this way. Now let you come to Hogwarts in the same way, hoping that you can inherit the spirit of the founders, the true spirit."

When she heard the word "true spirit", Helga's expression became strange, as if she was forcing herself to hold back a laugh.

After talking to the freshmen, Rice gave Helga a look and walked out of the station.

As an old student, he had to enter Hogwarts in a Thestral carriage.

When he arrived at the open space where the carriages were parked, Rice found that he was not too late. Many students were still there, calling their friends and wanting to ride in a carriage with them.

Les looked around quickly and found Daphne and Astoria. They got on the same car with Pansy, and Les followed them and got on the car behind them.

At this time, Crabbe and Goyle also came over, but the carriage was already full.

"You guys go find another car." Les said without any emotion.

Crabbe, Goyle: ...

Why does it feel like the friendship between the two sides has become so distant after a holiday?

The two retreated silently.

The door closed and the carriage creaked into motion, taking them to the outside of Hogwarts Castle.

Arriving at the Great Hall as usual and finding a seat at the long table of Slytherin House, Les noticed that Godric, who had arrived at the Great Hall before him, gave him a questioning look.

Les shook his head slightly, indicating that Rowena was still missing. As for Helga, if Godric was not deaf, he should have heard Helga's name at the station.

After responding to Godric, Rice sat in his seat and waited quietly for the Sorting Ceremony to begin.

As usual, the ghosts filed out soon after the freshmen arrived. They seemed to enjoy the emotions that the freshmen exuded when they saw them, and they chose this opportunity to appear so that they could also take a look at the younger students of their own college.

This is a regular feature of the opening ceremony every year. Most of the old students were very calm, but Les and Godric were the only ones who widened their eyes because there was a very familiar face mixed in with the ghost group.

Rowena Ravenclaw!

They will never admit their mistakes!

Seeing Rowena with a look of despair on her face, Les and Godric couldn't help but laugh.

No wonder Rowena couldn’t be found on the train, it turns out she had turned into a ghost!

Rowena didn't notice Les and Godric mixed in the crowd, but she saw Helga leading the freshmen in at a glance.

There was light in her eyes now.

The ghost body brought her a lot of inconvenience, if Helga was present, the problem would be much simpler. Whether it was becoming her thug or asking her to help find Salazar and Godric, Helga could help.

The first part of the opening ceremony was not the sorting ceremony, but the song of the sorting hat.

When the Sorting Hat was brought to the front of the teachers' seats by Professor McGonagall, Godric stretched his neck, wanting to take a look at his hat.

This kind of emotion is more like parents attending the Parent Open Day who can't wait to see how their children perform.

Then the Sorting Hat gave him a job.

At this year's opening ceremony, the Sorting Hat sang a new song. The first half of the lyrics praised the friendship between the four founders and reiterated their admissions philosophy.

Godric was quite happy to listen at first, but when the Sorting Hat sang "The founders turned against each other, and disputes were endless. Each wanted to monopolize power. There was a time when the school was about to die," the smile on his face disappeared.

Damn hat, what are you singing?!

But after a brief moment of anger, Godric narrowed his eyes and began to think.

The Sorting Hat would not do something without a purpose. Since it issued a warning to all teachers and students on such an important occasion and called on everyone to unite, doesn't it mean that the current situation at Hogwarts is quite bleak?

Godric recalled the information he had gained from listening to Harry and the others' conversation on the train.

It seems like a very powerful dark wizard has been resurrected?

Could this also be a major crisis for the school? Godric couldn't figure it out.

If you encounter a dark wizard, can't you just pull out your wand or sword and kill him? Why are you worrying so much?

However, he felt that since he happened to encounter such an incident, he could not let the daring dark wizard go. If he and Mr. Voldemort were destined to meet, he would take action to eliminate this scourge for Hogwarts.

After the Sorting Hat sang the song, there was the Sorting Ceremony and a sumptuous dinner.

When various dishes appeared on the golden plates, Godric's eyes lit up: Tonight's dinner is quite sumptuous!

Without hesitation, he forked several large pieces of beef onto his plate, then took a lamb chop, a pile of sausages and a whole roast chicken.

Ron stared in amazement at the pile of plates in front of Godric.

"Can you eat all this?" he couldn't help asking.

Although there is no call for a clean plate campaign at Hogwarts, it is always embarrassing to leave a lot of food on the plate, and the young wizards will try their best to avoid wasting too much food.

"No problem." Godric responded vaguely while stuffing meat into his mouth.

In the next quarter of an hour, Ron saw what it meant to be swept away by swift force.

It took Godric only a short time to finish the mountain of food he had just taken, and then he took the same amount of food onto his own plate.

He repeated this operation three times, which made Ron think that Godric had cast an invisible expansion spell on his stomach.

After finishing the fourth plate of food, Godric wiped the oil stains from the corners of his mouth with satisfaction, saying that he was quite satisfied with the meal tonight.

Ron gave him an awed look.

"You have a good appetite today!" Ron said with envy. He also hoped to have such a good appetite so that he could eat more of his favorite chicken legs.

"It's OK, I still have some room left for dessert - I'm really looking forward to this part."

Ron:!

He was shocked by Godric's words.

Sure enough, after the dessert came, Godric devoured it all in one swoop, completely shocking Ron.

He couldn't understand why Longbottom had become such a big eater after just one summer vacation.

He asked the question right in front of Godric.

Godric laughed heartily for a while, and then told Ron that only by eating more can he be stronger and more courageous in battle. Ron seemed to be thinking about something, and took another serving of caramel pudding.

Ron decided that from today on he would have to eat more.

When the last bit of cake crumbs disappeared from the plate, Dumbledore stood up and introduced the personnel changes of this school year to everyone.

"This year, we have two changes to our teaching staff. We welcome back Professor Grubbly-Plank, who will be taking over as the temporary teacher of Care of Magical Creatures. And then there is Professor Umbridge, the new teacher of Defense Against the Dark Arts."

Les then realized that no one could break Voldemort's curse, and now the professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts is changed every year.

He raised his eyebrows, expressing his sympathy for the professor who came to fill the gap. He also hoped that she would give up when she saw the difficulty and not have unrealistic fantasies such as teaching for another year and then continuing for another year.

As for lifting the curse, Rice felt that this was not urgent and could be left to Godric in the future.

After introducing the two professors, there was a polite applause in the auditorium. Dumbledore wanted to say something else, but his speech was interrupted.

Umbridge stood up from her stool.

Because she was short, not many people noticed that she stood up from the stool. It was not until she cleared her throat twice that everyone realized that she was going to say something.

Many students laughed secretly, thinking that this woman didn't know the rules of Hogwarts. How could she interrupt Dumbledore when he was speaking?

Rice frowned and felt a little unhappy.

Dumbledore is the current headmaster of Hogwarts, and everyone, including the four of them, should respect him. How could Umbridge's behavior of interrupting Dumbledore's speech be allowed to happen?

Rice felt he should stand up and say something, but someone was quicker than him.

Godric stood up from the long table and said loudly, "Professor Umbridge, Headmaster Dumbledore hasn't finished speaking yet. Let him finish his speech first and then we can listen to your speech! We won't fall asleep at the table if we delay for a while."

Hearing Godric's bold and forthright remarks, many Gryffindor students laughed out loud, and a hint of green instantly flashed across Umbridge's face.

"Yes, professor, this has always been the rule at Hogwarts. There is always a first come first served order for speaking. If anyone can speak whenever they want, wouldn't that be chaos?" Rice spoke up to support Godric.

Then he thought for a moment and added, "Since Godric and I both interrupted accidentally, let's deduct five points from Slytherin and Gryffindor!"

Although Rice gave Slytherin a slap on the wrist right from the start and deducted five points from Slytherin, no one cared about it at all: the new semester had not yet begun and the colleges had not yet started scoring, so even if it was a deduction of fifty or five hundred points, let alone five points, it would have no impact.

This is a small loophole in the school rules.

Everyone was shocked that Les actually spoke up for a Gryffindor.

This is Les Lint, why would he do such a thing? Normally, shouldn't he just watch Longbottom being blown up by Professor Umbridge?

No one could guess what Rice was thinking.

Professor Umbridge in the teacher's seat was also stunned. She wanted to teach the troublemaker a lesson, but Les Lint also spoke, which made her very embarrassed.

This is a person with a background!

After a little thought, Umbridge decided to pretend she didn't hear it and avoid the spotlight for the time being. She quietly sat back in her seat and let Dumbledore continue speaking.

After Dumbledore's usual speech, Umbridge stood up.

"I must say, it's great to have the chance to return to Hogwarts, and I am delighted to see all these cheerful little faces of yours!" Umbridge grinned, showing her sharp teeth. Then her voice became serious, and the smile on her face quickly faded.

"The Ministry of Magic has always believed that educating young wizards is a very important matter. Some of the precious talents you are born with may be fruitless if they are not cultivated and trained under careful and meticulous guidance. The ancient skills unique to the magical world must be passed down from generation to generation, otherwise they will disappear. The precious treasure trove of magical knowledge accumulated by our ancestors must be protected, supplemented and improved by those who are fortunate enough to engage in the noble profession of education..."

When Rice heard the first half of the speech, he was extremely shocked.

He once thought that Umbridge wanted to reintroduce magical fluidics at Hogwarts!

"Innate precious talent", "ancient skills of the magical world", "the ancestral treasure trove of precious magical knowledge", these sound like they are referring to the flow and field of magic power, right?

This really shocked Les: How could the Ministry of Magic have such a talented person, and he had never noticed it before? This is really a waste of talent!

Thinking of this, Les was a little happy again, because the knowledge of magic flow was not really lost, but had been passed down secretly among a few people or families. It was not until Hogwarts was in internal and external troubles that the people in the Ministry of Magic finally couldn't sit still and wanted to publicly teach this unique secret!

Rice felt that his reasoning was completely correct, and even Umbridge's toad face looked much more pleasing to the eye.

But to be honest, her speech was really long and boring, not much different from Professor Binns' History of Magic.

“…old habits will be preserved, and there is nothing to be blamed for that, while some habits are outmoded and must be discarded. Let us move forward into a new era of enlightenment, efficiency, and sensibility, firmly maintaining what should be maintained, improving what needs to be improved, and abandoning what we should prohibit.”

Umbridge's speech finally came to an end.

Les was a little confused: Why didn't she mention the flow of magic power at all? Wasn't this speech all nonsense?

Of course, he also found the hidden meaning in these boring words: the Ministry of Magic decided to intervene in Hogwarts.

Normally, this would never be accepted by Rice, but if Umbridge wanted to promote magical fluidity in Hogwarts, Rice would not stop her - she could only teach for one year anyway, so it was not impossible to let the children take a year to get in touch with truly cutting-edge magical knowledge.

In Rice's eyes, it is not impossible for the Ministry of Magic to intervene in Hogwarts, but it must be done with the review and permission of their four founders.

Only things that the four of them agree on can be implemented in Hogwarts.

No one can do this unless they agree.

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