Chapter 559 Education Order No. 24

The three of them headed to the eighth floor of the castle together, and when they reached the opposite side of the tapestry depicting the troll beating the stupid Barnabas, Hermione motioned to Harry and Ronald to wait for a moment. She stood between the tapestry and the human-sized vase, pacing back and forth three times, leaving both of them confused.

This secret location was told to her by Levin, because as the chairman of the Erudite Society, she needed to enter the garbage maze in the Room of Requirement - it was filled with garbage that Gwartz had discarded using the [Vanishing Curse] over the centuries. , she needs to take the wizards of the society to select discarded magic props here and return to the society for repair. These discarded props are not only used in the magic prop making course, but also bring a certain amount of income to the society after repair.

Just as Hermione stepped in front of the tapestry for the third time, a hidden entrance quietly appeared.

She turned around and waved to Harry and Ronald, motioning for them to follow. Before entering, Hermione explained in detail how to find the entrance and how to enter.

However, when Hermione stepped into the room, she suddenly realized that she had not focused on imagining a room in which to train spells. Out of habit, she came to the huge maze where garbage was stored.

This room is still the same as before. The surroundings are dusty and the towering mountains of garbage make people feel depressed.

What's even stranger is that there is an extra bench at the entrance of the maze that looks quite complete. There were some claw marks on the bench, and there was an indescribable smell in the air.

Harry looked at the huge maze in front of him and couldn't help but frowned.

"Why is it so messy here?"

Hermione pursed her lips and said with some embarrassment:

"When I first entered, I didn't concentrate on thinking about what kind of room I should have, so I came here directly. But you won't enter this room next time you come by yourself. As long as you imagine a training room, what is needed The training facility will appear in front of you. This is called the Room of Requirement, and it will change according to your needs."

"Hey, Granger!"

Ronald suddenly shouted, with a hint of schadenfreude in his voice, "Come and take a look, Levin has established a relationship with another girl, and their names are all engraved on the wall."

He pointed to a table next to the bench, his eyes flashing with gossip.

Hearing this, Hermione raised her eyebrows slightly and looked in the direction of Ronald's finger. She walked forward and gently pushed away Harry who was blocking the wall. Her eyes fell on the writing on the wall - the name of Levin Green was engraved there, lying crookedly next to it. The initials "Z-Q" are written on the writing.

Hermione's fingers lightly crossed the two names, and she could feel the obvious marks.

This initials was obviously engraved later, and judging from the technique, the person who did the engraving seemed not to be good at it.

Seeing that abbreviation, a flash of light suddenly flashed in Hermione's mind.

She remembered that according to the system of the society, people would be organized to enter this garbage house to search for treasures every once in a while. The last treasure hunting activity should have been last week.

At that time, she was busy with the construction of the Austrian-French Joint Company, and the work of the society was basically handed over to Zhang Qiulai.

So these claw marks... look like the work of the Sphinx!

Thinking of this, He's face turned red.

Hermione's mind suddenly drifted to the experience she had when she transformed into Nekomata not long ago, which made her feel a little embarrassed and shy.

She tried to calm down and pretended not to care.

"Oh, nothing."

Hermione explained lightly, "It's just another girl who has a crush on Levin. She was lucky enough to discover the existence of the Room of Requirement. This is normal, after all, Levin is so popular."

After that, she said no more, otherwise not only would she and Levin be embarrassed, but even Harry would be heartbroken.

In order to cover up her gaffe, Hermione quickly changed the subject:,

"Speaking of Levin," Hermione continued pretending to be calm, "He's been a lot of things recently, but there are still so many girls stuffing love letters into his dormitory. Steve has complained several times, saying that in the middle of the night There are always girls sneaking into the dormitory. But I don’t think Levin would even read those letters.”

When Ronald heard this, he couldn't help but feel jealous.

He glanced at Levin's name, then at Harry, and decided not to continue asking for trouble with women.

"Don't look at it, Harry." He snorted softly and said to Harry: "Let's think about what our club should be called. It must be a better name than the Erudite Society. 'Potter Club' sounds a bit nice. It’s not impressive either.”

The rest of the weekend was more enjoyable for Harry than the entire semester.

Whenever he thought that they were fighting against Umbridge and the Ministry of Magic, and that he was the core figure in this rebellion, he felt an indescribable sense of satisfaction in his heart.

They have even begun to try to extend invitations to more little wizards, and gratifyingly, several little wizards have already expressed their willingness to join their club.

This undoubtedly brought double joy to Harry, because it not only proved that their actions were supported by others, but also a kind of personal affirmation and trust for him.

However, one morning a few days later, when Harry and Ronald walked down the stairs of the dormitory and stepped into the sun-drenched common room, they immediately noticed that there seemed to be something more in the room. It had attracted people. Attention of a small group of people.

Gryffindor's bulletin board was now occupied by a huge notice, the size of which was large enough to cover up all other contents on the original bulletin board——

Information about the auction of second-hand spell books, Argus Filch's regular school rules reminders, the Quidditch team's training schedule, the exchange of chocolate frog pictures, the Weasley brothers' new advertisements looking for experimenters, going to Hog Various announcements such as weekend schedules in Maud Village and lost and found items.

The new notice was presented in bold bold letters, with a formal-looking seal printed at the bottom and a signature in elegant cursive handwriting next to it.

Obviously, the poster of this notice hoped that it would attract everyone's attention, and in fact, it did exactly that.

Hogwarts

—Order of the Senior Investigator

All student organizations, associations, teams and clubs are hereby dissolved.

Organizations, associations, teams, groups and clubs are hereby defined as regular gatherings of students of one name or above.

Reorganization can be requested from the Senior Investigator (Professor Umbridge).

No student organizations, associations, teams and clubs may exist without the approval of the Senior Ombudsman.

Students found to form or join any organization, association, team or club without the approval of the Senior Ombudsman will be immediately expelled.

The above regulations are in compliance with the "Education Order No. 24".

sign:

senior investigative officer

Dolores Jane Umbridge

Harry and Ronald stood on tiptoes, looking over the heads of the second-year students in front of them, their eyes fixed on the notice.

The second-year students had obvious worries on their faces and whispered among themselves.

"Do you think they will close the Gobstone Club?" One of the little wizards asked his friend uneasily.

Ronald interjected darkly: "I think your Gobstone will be fine."

His voice startled the second-year students, and they quickly turned around and left.

Ronald turned to Harry, "But we might not be so lucky. What do you think?"

Harry didn't answer. His eyes returned to the notice. The happiness in his heart since Saturday had disappeared and was replaced by a sense of indignation.

He clenched his fists and dug his nails into his palms.

"This is no coincidence." He said in a low voice, "She knows."

"Impossible." Ronald retorted immediately, but his tone was obviously not so firm.

"We have to face the facts, Ronald."

Harry shook his head, "We have invited so many people, how many of them can we really trust? Anyone could go and tell Umbridge..."

At this point, Harry couldn't help but feel frustrated.

He thought they believed him and even admired him, but now it seems that all this may be just wishful thinking on his part.

"Zachary Smith!" Ronald suddenly punched 503 in the palm of his hand, "I think that guy is unreliable! And that Euan Abercrombie, he is always sneaky - ——"

At the same time, in Ravenclaw's lounge, Ye Wen came back for a rare occasion.

As soon as he walked out of the dormitory, he saw the eye-catching notice.

"What did Principal Dumbledore think?" Zhang Qiu frowned and muttered dissatisfiedly, "You would actually allow that toad to run amok here." She waved the notice in her hand, her face filled with anger and confusion. .

The appearance of this notice affected even them. Not only could the Quidditch team be unable to organize, but even the Erudite Society, which they were proud of, was declared illegal.

"It's a little crazy, but it's not a big deal." He said, turning and walking towards the door of the lounge.

"I think Professor Umbridge wants to drive everyone crazy!" Luna followed them, muttering quietly, "What she does will be really unbearable."

In fact, all of them knew very well that the reason why Umbridge issued a large number of these education orders was because they were forced to do so.

On the surface, it seems that Levin has reached a non-interference agreement with Fudge on behalf of the Jaina faction, but in fact, Levin has been secretly conniving and fueling the situation, making the resistance throughout Hogwarts more and more loud.

This forced Umbridge to take extraordinary actions again and again and issue decrees one after another to strengthen his authority.

They also know the consequences of doing so - that is, the Ministry of Magic's credibility in Hogwarts will become increasingly diminished.

This is exactly what Levin really wants.

Fudge's Ministry of Magic took date pills in front of Voldemort, and Levin was afraid that the process wasn't fast enough.

When politicians like Fudge and Umbridge ruined everything and lost all credibility, Voldemort saw an opportunity to take advantage of it.

When Voldemort really made a high-profile appearance, and the whole wizarding world was in turmoil, and everyone realized that the Dark Lord had returned and the Ministry of Magic could no longer protect them, it was time for Levin and the others to take action. .