Chapter 366 Lesson
That afternoon, everyone just visited Hogsmeade Village for a while before returning to school. To Mike's surprise, Harry and Ron did not make a request to visit the Room of Requirement in advance, but went directly to the Quidditch pitch. Training started.
Originally, the major teams were supposed to have a rest on the weekends. However, since Harry has been in confinement almost all the time this semester, the training time has been greatly compressed, so the Gryffindor team had no choice but to rest on the weekends. Time for additional training.
Ron, who went to the stadium with Harry, had already planned to participate in the selection of the Gryffindor Quidditch team regularly, so he was basically always around the Gryffindor Quidditch team during this period. He was wandering around, probably because he wanted to look familiar.
Since Hufflepuff lost Cedric, a powerful seeker, this year, and Ravenclaw's Mike also made it clear that he would not participate in the competition, Gryffindor's chances of winning this year are very high. This also caused Harry and Ron to have beautiful visions for the future, and they trained even harder.
Unfortunately, there is no shortage of surprises in this world.
It was noon on Monday, but when Mike returned to the auditorium after class, he saw a large circle of people surrounding the notice board in the auditorium.
After walking in and taking a look, Mike discovered that the bulletin board that was supposed to be advertising various magic joke props, Quidditch team recruitment, and Potions Club recruitment now only had a copy of Good Parchment. Immediate notification:
Hogwarts High Inquisitor Order
All student organizations, associations, teams or clubs are hereby disbanded.
Organizations, associations, teams and clubs are hereby defined to mean regular opportunities for three or more students.
Reorganization can be requested from the Senior Inquisitor (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"
Signed: Senior Investigating Officer - Dolores Umbridge.
Around the notice board, many people were complaining, because the famous Quidditch school team and many fan clubs, including wizard chess, were within the scope of this notice.
This means that these organizations and associations that can bring laughter to students will be disbanded on the spot, otherwise Umbridge will fire them all.
This makes many senior students angry. After all, the life of senior students in Hogwarts is already very depressing, and now that there are so few entertainment activities, their student careers will undoubtedly fall into darkness.
However, many people are still optimistic about this, because it was also mentioned in the notice that as long as they pass Umbridge's review, those organizations can be re-established.
Many people believe that Umbridge will never cancel a sport that is loved by all people like Quidditch.
As for niche sports clubs like the Gobstone Club and the Wizards Chess Club, their chances of survival are slim.
But at the same time, everyone has been thinking about a question, that is, wasn't Umbridge admitted to the hospital?
Why can we still issue executive orders now?
Mike was also thinking deeply. Umbridge's injury looked serious this time, but in fact it was just that in the eyes of Madam Pomfrey, a famous doctor, so it was understandable that she regained her ability to work in just two days. of.
But what puzzles Mike is why is Umbridge so bold?
She actually dared to continue to rule Hogwarts with a high-handed policy even though she had clearly given her a death warning. Was she not at all afraid that she would actually be assassinated?
While everyone was in a frenzy over this notice, Umbridge was in a daze in her office.
At this moment, most of the plasters and bandages on her body have been removed, and she seems to have regained her mobility.
But her expression was very ugly, it could be described as dead horse.
What caused all this was a piece of mail placed in front of her at this moment, a letter from the Ministry of Magic.
This letter ruthlessly rejected Umbridge's request to withdraw from the Ministry of Magic, and directly ordered her next step in Hogwarts - to eliminate and control student clubs or collectives.
Now Umbridge is in despair. She has just received a death threat, and then she actually received a document from the Ministry of Magic asking her to increase her efforts.
After struggling for a long time, she finally followed the Ministry of Magic's order and issued an order to cancel all associations.
There is nothing you can do about it. If you disobey the orders of the Ministry of Magic, your career will basically come to an end. If Minister Fudge hates you, you may even be transferred to a very bad position.
Compared to losing her life, Umbridge is more unwilling to be like Arthur Weasley and spend her whole life in a little-known department - this is a great humiliation for her!
Now she can only pray deep in her heart that the group of conspirators headed by Professor McGonagall will not take into account such a trivial matter as the management of the student club, otherwise her life will most likely be handed over here.
At the same time, in the Hogwarts auditorium, Harry, Ron and others had also finished reading the notice on the notice board.
"Oh! Great! It looks like you can finally stop that damn Quidditch practice for a while and focus back on your studies."
Hermione smiled, she seemed very optimistic about Umbridge's order this time.
This statement made Harry and Ron curl their lips, who were extremely disappointed.
"Thankfully you can still laugh, our Defense Against Dark Arts team is also within the scope of this ban."
Ron reminded Hermione 'kindly', but to his surprise, Hermione looked proud after hearing this and said:
"I'm not worried. You know, the members of our group have all signed contracts!"
"What contract?"
"It's the parchment I asked them to write their names on. It's actually a magical contract, but the betrayers will be punished accordingly."
Harry and Ron were both so shocked that they couldn't speak. When Mike heard this, he stepped forward and laughed and said:
"You have gone too far. The curse attached to that contract is extremely difficult to remove. If the person being punished is unlucky, the curse is likely to cause permanent damage to him."
"How do you know..." Hermione was surprised at first, and then defended as if she wanted to understand something, "I just hope they can keep it secret, this is just an insurance measure."
Hermione's voice became quieter and quieter, and finally disappeared.
"Even if it is an insurance measure, you should tell them the consequences of breaking your promise." Mike continued, "What you are doing now is like setting a trap, a trap that is of no benefit to anyone."
"Okay! Okay! I know!" Hermione said with a red face, "I will tell them the truth!"
"It's better to choose a different day. I suggest that we start the first meeting of our Defense Against the Dark Arts team tonight."
Hearing this, a trace of reluctance flashed across Hermione's face. Mike saw all this and knew that Hermione was afraid of the scolding she might receive if she told them what happened, so he couldn't help but shake his head.
In his opinion, Hermione was still too young to understand the principle of stopping losses.
This matter may cause certain losses if it comes out now, but if you never touch it, although it looks safe on the surface, if one day it suddenly explodes, the consequences will be far away. The consequences of active puncture are much worse than today's.
Thinking of this, Mike sighed and said to everyone:
"That's it. You can think of a way to inform everyone. We will meet at that place at ten o'clock tonight."
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Even though she was reluctant, Hermione cooperated with Harry and Ron in passing on the news that the Defense Against the Dark Arts team was about to start classes to every member.
And the way they deliver the news is also very simple. They go to your door one by one.
This kind of work is undoubtedly hard and tedious, especially since many members always like to run around. The three of them had to travel almost throughout Hogwarts that day to complete the task of notifying the members.
The excessive exercise on this day also caused them to be listless and pale when they arrived on the eighth floor of Hogwarts.
"I feel like this is more tiring than practicing Quidditch all day!"
Harry gasped and said desperately, while Ron beside him also echoed:
"Who says it's not the case? I have no feeling in my legs!"
"Okay, stop talking nonsense!" Hermione looked at the wall in front of her and swallowed nervously, "Let's go in now."
After saying that, Hermione followed the method taught by Mike before and walked back and forth in front of the tapestry three times while silently reciting the spell practice room in her mind.
Silently, a smooth wooden door suddenly appeared on the wall.
Harry and others looked at each other, and the surprise in everyone's eyes even washed away a lot of the original tiredness.
"Crunch~"
The door to the Room of Requirement was opened, and Harry and the three of them filed in. What appeared in front of them at this moment was a giant training room covering an area of more than two hundred square meters. It not only contained most of the equipment needed for spell training. Textbooks and even a dedicated rest area.
At this moment, the rest area is already crowded. Mike and the members of the mutual aid association have already arrived here, and now they are happily drinking tea and chatting.
"Hey! Harry!" Franklin waved excitedly to Harry and others, "Come here, we've been waiting for you for a long time!"
"oh oh!"
They were studying the internal structure of the Room of Requirement, waiting for Harry and others to react after hearing this, and walked quickly thinking about taking a rest.
As soon as she arrived in the rest area, Hermione was attracted by the rows of books on the shelves.
"Oh my God! Oh my God!" Hermione excitedly ran a finger across the rows of thick sheepskin-covered books, "Common Spells and Solutions, "Outsmarting the Dark Arts", "Self-Defense" Collection of Spells"..."
She excitedly recited the title of the book, then quickly twitched a copy of "Fighting Fire with Fire" and sat on the nearest seat to read it.
Seeing this, Mike smiled silently. Most of the books here were supplemented by him from various places, while the rest were originally here.
Now it seems that the effect is pretty good, at least Hermione has been completely conquered.
At this moment, there was a gentle knock on the door. Mike looked up and saw that Ginny, Neville and others had arrived.
"This...here..."
Looking at the luxurious Room of Requirement, Neville was so shocked that he couldn't speak. Although Ginny and others beside him were not that exaggerated, they didn't look much better.
As a last resort, Mike could only step forward again and explain the origin and effect of the Room of Requirement.
Ten minutes later, as the wall clock on the wall chimed the hour, Mike also closed the door to the Response Room.
The agreed time has arrived, and unlike what was expected, two of the people who signed the contract in the Pig Head Bar have not arrived yet, but Mike is not ready to wait for them. After all, Mike doesn't like people who don't pay attention to time. .
"Ha! You did a great job!" Ron exclaimed excitedly when he saw this. "People like Michael Corner who don't pay attention to time should be rejected!"
Mike looked at Ron in confusion. He didn't know if it was his imagination. Mike felt that Ron's eyes were always drifting towards Ginny when he said this.
"what happened to him?"
"Um, a little question." Facing Mike's question, Harry hesitated for a moment and then replied in a low voice, "Ginny and that Michael Corner are in a relationship, and Ron doesn't seem to like that Michael very much."
Hearing this, Mike immediately understood that Ron was worried about his sister's love life. This is really a worry that every brother must experience in his life.
"Hey! This is not a question of whether I like it or not! That Michael is not a good guy, and he is definitely not worthy of my Ginny!"
Ron said this after hearing the conversation between Mike and Harry.
It could be seen that he was very excited at the moment, because he spoke very loudly, which caused almost everyone nearby to hear his words.
Ginny's face was completely red, she stamped the floor angrily, and then quickly ran to where George and Fred were.
After a while, Ron was taken away by his two brothers. Looking at George and Fred's 'kind' smiles when they faced Ron, both of them observed a few seconds of silence for Ron.
The happy time is always short-lived, but when Ron returned to Harry, rubbing his painful shoulder, Mike had already stood up and silently snapped his fingers.
"Snapped!"
This crisp sound was not loud, but under the influence of magic power, it was transmitted to the minds of everyone present, causing them to look at Mike involuntarily.
It was only at this moment that Mike's face showed a smile, he spread his hands and said:
"Everyone, it's getting late. Let's start the first lesson!"
