Chapter 372 Dumbledore Returns

In the Room of Requirement, the Weasley brothers, Harry, Ron and others were slumped on the sofa, their eyes were straight and their faces were dark, as if they were lifeless.

The fire in the room was still crackling, and the warm fire illuminated the Requirement Room that had been transformed into a lounge, making people want to sleep.

Mike was sitting on the sofa a little further away, looking at the salted fish and playing with a gold galleon.

It had been two weeks since Harry had been caught practicing Quidditch.

To this day, Dumbledore still has not returned, and the direct consequence of his delay is that Umbridge and the Slytherins under her have become even more arrogant.

Especially the students of Slytherin House, many of them wore green armbands symbolizing temporary inspectors on their arms, and began to monitor other houses throughout Hogwarts.

If they find that anyone dares to violate the school rules at all, they will swarm them and take them to the newly opened courtroom for brutal and inhuman punishment.

This is the power given to them by Umbridge, and Umbridge herself obviously does not have the ability to effectively supervise these executioners.

Ever since, power has gone out of control.

Slytherin's inspectors began to abuse the power in their hands. Sometimes, maybe just because your small actions made them dissatisfied, they would find any excuse to take you to the punishment room.

Harry's situation is even worse. As the legendary savior, Harry and his friends are regarded as key observation objects. They not only have to deal with increasingly tedious studies but also face Umbridge's torture every day.

The most terrifying thing is that this torture seems to have no end, because the Slytherins are constantly looking for excuses to continue to extend their confinement period, which makes them almost worse than death.

Nowadays, almost everyone in Hogwarts is in danger. Except for necessary classes and meals, everyone has almost stopped all outdoor activities. This is why Harry and the others appear in the Room of Requirement even though it is daytime.

Because apart from here, they are monitored almost all the time in the outside world, and this is their only remaining piece of pure land.

In order to allow the army to start classes normally despite the spies-like activities of the Slytherins, Hermione invented a simple communication machine, and this is the gold galleons that Mike is now playing with. .

It has to be said that Hermione and Mike still have very similar ideas in some aspects. At least when they wanted to invent a concealed communicator, the first thing they thought of was gold galleons.

It's just that Hermione's gold galleon communicator is much weaker than Mike's.

Its appearance looks exactly like real gold galleons, but its texture is not gold, but a cheap alloy.

There is also a circle of numbers on the edge of the coin. On the real gold galleons, this circle of numbers is just a number, representing the goblin who made it. But on this fake coin, these numbers will change to show the time of the next meeting.

The coin will heat up when the time on it changes, thereby alerting the user.

This kind of communicator is as simple as a piece of rubbish compared to the gold coins of Freemasonry, but it is enough to deal with the current situation.

It turns out that Hermione is still talented in this area.

And just as Mike was playing with the gold coins, the gold coins in his hand suddenly emitted a hot breath.

Mike stopped, raised the gold coin and looked at it.

Sure enough, the time above has been changed.

The military rally time has been changed from ten o'clock tonight to ten o'clock the day after tomorrow.

"Phew! The meeting time has been changed." Mike sighed and said, "I remember this is the third postponement this week, right? It seems that everyone's situation is not easy."

Harry on the sofa didn't even move his eyes and murmured to himself:

"It doesn't matter if you postpone it, I'm too tired to move at all."

Immediately, the Room of Requirement fell into silence once again. Everyone looked at the flickering flames in the fireplace in silence, as if there was some wonderful show going on there.

After a while, George suddenly yelled, and then Fred next to him put his head in his hands and cried:

"Dumbledore! Why haven't you come back yet!"

Mike shook his head helplessly. He really sympathized with these two people.

They originally thought that Umbridge would expel them after getting new powers. However, Umbridge obviously felt that doing so was too advantageous for them, so instead of expelling them, she only responded to this matter. Without mentioning a word, Professor McGonagall continued the previous punishment of confining them.

Of course, after the opening of the new punishment room, the lives of the Weasley brothers were not as easy as before, because they could be said to be even worse than Harry during this period.

As for Dumbledore, Mike guessed that he would be back in the next two days, because not only the students at Hogwarts were having a hard time, but the professors were also having a hard time.

After getting the new power, Umbridge began to review the professors in Hogwarts like crazy, and the current review is different from the previous light review. Umbridge has begun I'm criticizing the professors' teaching methods.

This made many people, including Professor McGonagall and Professor Flitwick, very dissatisfied, because in this way the entire Hogwarts was completely named Umbridge.

For now, the professors of these main courses can still sustain it due to their noble status and strong strength, but the same can be said for the professors of other courses.

For example, the Muggle Studies professor had been forced into a near blind spot by Umbridge.

Umbridge believes that today's Muggle Studies classes have gone too far in beautifying Muggles. She strongly demands that Muggle Studies professors revise their lesson plans to vilify the image of Muggles in the minds of young wizards.

At first, the Muggle Studies professor was still fighting to the death. She believed that Muggle Studies was a rigorous science and there was nothing wrong with her current teaching (although Mike thought that what she was teaching now was also raking).

But after Umbridge hinted that she would be kicked out of Hogwarts like Trelawney if she didn't obey, the Muggle Studies class still operated according to Umbridge's ideas.

In this regard, Mike and other students who signed up for the Muggle Studies class did not react much, because most people signed up for the Muggle Studies class for the same purpose as Mike, to mess around.

So they don't care at all about the changes in the course content - they won't listen anyway.

While Mike was deep in thought, the door to the Room of Requirement was suddenly pushed back.

Hermione walked into the Room of Requirement, with a blush on her face, breathing heavily, and looking like she had run all the way.

"Don't worry, Hermione." Mike stood up and got a glass of water for Hermione, "Drink a glass of water and speak slowly."

"I have good news for you!"

Hearing this, Ron on the sofa opened one eye, looked at Hermione with squinted eyes, and said:

"I wish you could tell me that Umbridge is dead so I don't have to be locked up at night."

Harry and others on the side nodded. For them, this was undoubtedly the greatest good news.

Hermione, on the other hand, rolled her eyes at them, took a deep breath and said:

"It's Dumbledore! I was helping Professor McGonagall organize the lesson plan just now, and she told me that Dumbledore will be back tomorrow!"

As soon as this statement came out, everyone was stunned at first, and then cheered!

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The next morning, before breakfast time, the Great Hall of Hogwarts was already packed with people.

Today is Saturday. Originally, everyone should be enjoying a rare vacation in their own beds at this time, but today everyone gathered here spontaneously.

There is only one reason why everyone is so willing to give up their vacation, and that is their principal, Dumbledore is finally coming back!

Normally, although everyone respected Dumbledore, they would not put up such a big battle to welcome him.

But things are different now. In the past days, everyone had a really bad life under Umbridge's oppression. Now everyone can be said to be desperate for Dumbledore!

Even the professors are no exception to this, because in the auditorium at this moment, McGonagall and other professors are also gathered in the auditorium, looking at the foyer with the same expectancy as their students.

Umbridge and his Slytherin minions were also in the auditorium at this moment, but compared to the expectant looks in others' eyes, their expressions were not very good-looking.

This is understandable. After all, although Umbridge is now at the peak of her power and has a strong influence in Hogwarts, if Dumbledore, the real principal, returns to the school, then Umbridge is likely to lose everything she has now. As a result, the Slytherins will also lose the privileges they currently have, so they can be said to be the last ones who want Dumbledore to come back.

God seemed to hear their inner prayers, as Dumbledore did not appear until almost noon.

By this time, the people who had been waiting since the morning were getting a little impatient, and there was an atmosphere of disappointment permeating the auditorium.

Umbridge and the students from Slytherin House had smiles on their faces, and Umbridge even started talking to the classmates around her with a smile.

However, just when everyone thought that Dumbledore might not come back, a flame appeared out of thin air in the auditorium.

This flame appeared in mid-air like a vulture, and was still expanding and amplifying. The bursts of air explosions it made made the surrounding students scream in surprise, but the professors came when they saw this scene. There was a look of surprise on their faces!

Finally, with a bang, the flames exploded completely, and the thing that had been wrapped in flames appeared in front of everyone.

It was a fiery red bird and a white-haired old man.

"Dumbledore! It's Dumbledore who's back!"

Ron couldn't help shouting, and everyone else in the auditorium went completely crazy.

Everyone shouted Dumbledore's name loudly, like crazy.

Umbridge and the Slytherin students all clenched their fists and looked ferocious, but they no longer paid attention to them at this moment. Everyone's attention was no longer attracted by Dumbledore.

"Oh! You are so enthusiastic." Dumbledore seemed to be startled by the scene in front of him. The white beard on his face trembled a few times, and then he said, "Thank you, thank you so much!"

People ran towards Dumbledore, and everyone told Dumbledore Umbridge's crimes with one glance at each other. However, because the voices were too chaotic, what Dumbledore heard was just a series of murmurs.

"Okay, I understand, please be quiet now!"

After hearing this, everyone immediately closed their mouths and looked at Dumbledore expectantly with their big bright eyes.

And Dumbledore did not disappoint everyone. He smiled slightly and said:

"Professor McGonagall has told me everything. I know that everyone is having a very bad time (Dumbledore glanced at Umbridge). It's all my fault. I left in a hurry and didn't explain everything. Clear. But now that I'm back, some things have to change.

First of all, about the punishment room. I still remember that the first order I made after taking office as the principal of Hogwarts was to eliminate excessive corporal punishment in Hogwarts. I think students need to be guided, not like taming animals. Use carrots and sticks to get them to develop their biological instincts. This is the belief I have always held and it has not changed to this day. Therefore, there is no doubt that the punishment room must be closed! "

The crowd erupted into cheers like a roaring tsunami, with Harry, Ron and other people who had suffered recently shouting especially loudly.

"Furthermore, regarding clubs, I have to say that some clubs in Hogwarts really have no need to exist. For example, I heard that there is a 'Fart Club', but I really don't understand why this club exists. Necessary." Dumbledore joked, "But we must also admit that proper entertainment is necessary, especially for students who are currently in the exam year, so Quidditch must resume!"

Another burst of cheers came, and Franklin and others even hugged each other excitedly.

"One more thing is about the recent use of some students by the school as temporary inspectors to supervise other students. I think this is a helpless move due to insufficient manpower, but this behavior will also intensify the bad relationship between classmates. , so I suggest that this measure should also be cancelled." Dumbledore said,

"Finally, there are various measures against professors. I learned that the senior examiner of Hogwarts fired a professor who had worked hard at Hogwarts for more than ten years on the grounds that the professor of this course did not I cannot understand this point of teaching students ability. Because the course she teaches is a divination class, and as we all know, divination is a relatively fantasy subject, and its effect is not so easy to prove. So I suggest that in order to Being able to allow students who have reported for the divination class to attend classes is also to give Trelawney a rally and temporarily recall Professor Trelawney."

The crowd cheered endlessly, and Dumbledore's actions almost met everyone's expectations.

But amid the bursts of cheers, Umbridge shouted loudly with a dark face:

"I disagree!"