"I didn't expect that Miss Know-It-All would sometimes hate homework..."
A few minutes later, Elena and Hermione merged into the flow of people going downstairs, and when they returned to the auditorium for dinner, Elena smiled and joked.
"Hannah might be surprised to have an extra chicken drumstick for dinner if she finds out. I thought you'd never complain about homework."
"If it's just normal homework, then of course there is no need to escape - we are students to begin with."
Hermione rolled her eyes angrily, smiled mischievously, sighed softly, and continued with a serious face.
"But, you know - the homework assignments assigned by Professor Umbridge are different. The method of identifying and killing werewolves is fine for the time being, but the subsequent article that praises and praises the Ministry of Magic's 'wrong practices', I don't even think about it. I don’t even want to write a single punctuation mark.”
"Hmm, so you're pitying those imprisoned werewolves?"
"Not entirely, I don't want to be brainwashed by the Ministry of Magic..."
Hermione shook her head, thought for a moment, and said with a heavy heart.
"As one of the insiders, if I wrote those things, I would have a bad feeling of being an accomplice."
Even if Elena didn't explain in detail, after serving as the contributing editor of "The Quibbler" for more than a year, Hermione knew how terrifying the words printed on the paper contained, and what Umbridge was doing was trying to Those wrong words are fed into the minds of students.
"Well, it is indeed a problem...the Ministry of Magic is more difficult to deal with than we thought."
Elena nodded in agreement, frowned slightly, and looked a little serious.
Perhaps due to the popularity of publications such as "The Quibbler", "Hogwarts on the Tip of the Tongue", and "Into Magic", the Ministry of Magic in this world obviously pays more attention to it than the one Elena knows. Public opinion position.
Of course, another reason may be that although the shadow of the "Death Eaters" has reappeared, it has also been spread to all parts of the world.
The British Ministry of Magic's mentality is now more relaxed.
If Umbridge is given more time, maybe she can actually plant some misconceptions in Hogwarts.
Even if there is a "reversal detonation" component in Elena's plan, she does not want the students in the school to be contaminated by toads.
"I'll write a letter to Mr. Lovegood tonight, and 'Investigator-Beetle' can start writing."
Elena shrugged and said in a relaxed tone.
Rita Skeeter's "Leave the Dark for the Light" was a complete surprise.
After several months of transformation, inspired by the organizational culture of the Destiny Group, the former top reporter of the Daily Prophet had long since transformed into the shape of a foundation.
Of course, before this, Rita's tasks were more about exploring and recording, and she had relatively few opportunities to write.
However, compared to Rita's Animagus abilities, Elena values her talent as a writer more.
As we all know, magic animated photos in the wizarding world cannot be faked - this is Elena's confidence.
With those first-hand on-site irrefutable evidence and the support of the largest capital in the magic world, the stage on which Rita Skeeter can perform is huge.
…………
While they were talking, they came to the foyer in front of the auditorium, which was crowded with students waiting in line to eat.
Whenever it's meal time, the place gets quite crowded, but today's crowding is obviously not just because of the large number of people.
"There seems to be something in front..."
Hermione frowned, stood on tiptoes and looked in front of the team that had come to a complete stop.
Something seemed to be posted on the bulletin board in front of the auditorium, so most people gathered there to discuss it.
As for Elena, she simply gave up tiptoeing - it was useless anyway, she would find out later when she walked over.
Just as they were slowly moving forward at the end of the queue, an expectant voice suddenly sounded from behind them.
"Granger! You will definitely participate, right?!"
Elena and Hermione turned around and saw a Gryffindor freshman holding a camera saying excitedly.
Colin Creevey, a freshman who just entered school this year, loves photography.
In the original world line, he spent most of the school year petrified because of his indirect gaze with the basilisk.
However, in today's version of Elena who was killed by the basilisk, Colin Creevey will naturally not repeat his previous fate - after some assessment and training, he took over Luna's original job and became the "Singer"
An intern reporter at Hogwarts for "Naysayer" magazine.
"What?" Hermione frowned.
"House match! Gryffindor vs. Slytherin!"
Colin Creevey said excitedly. As he spoke, he pointed to the notice board not far away.
Unknowingly, Elena and Hermione had arrived in the middle of the foyer. If they raised their heads slightly, they could see the notice posted at the door of the auditorium.
Compared to other publicity and notices, such as Umbridge's "Senior Investigator" appointment document, this notice is surprisingly large, with large bold letters printed on it, and magic seems to have been cast in the text.
Golden-red flames and silver-green flames surged above.
[Cross-house practical competition: Gryffindor VS Slytherin]
[Time: 7pm this Sunday]
[Location: Quidditch Stadium]
[Form: divided into grades, combined magic confrontation]
[Specific rules:]
[1V1 competition: Each college’s first, second, and third graders will send one person each, and points will be obtained based on defeats. Each knockdown will be counted as 1 point]
[2V2 Arena Competition: Each college’s fourth and fifth graders will send two people respectively. After winning each game, you can get 2 points]
[5V5 Team Competition: There is no restriction on the grade level of the participants, just Hogwarts students. Winning the team competition is worth 5 points]
[Each wizard can only participate in one competition.]
[Knockdown rules and venue rules refer to the "Hogwarts Standard Dueling Rules" implemented last year]
[How to participate:]
[The prefects of both parties will select among the applicants and submit it to the respective deans one day before the start]
【Detailed description……】
When she saw this, Hermione turned her head and looked at Elena.
"Is this something you created? Professor McGonagall actually agreed to the college competition?! Are you serious?"
There was a strong sense of certainty in her tone.
Generally speaking, something that looks abnormal at first glance is most likely the mastermind of Tuanzi.
"Well, the form is...but..."
Elena raised her head and glanced at the gaudy promotional poster, and couldn't help but twitch the corner of her mouth.
"I remember, it was supposed to be a secret duel, why is it so public now? I really don't know."
According to her initial thoughts, the "private" duel between Gryffindor and Slytherin should be a fairly secret matter.
Whether it is the bet or the duel process, it is best to announce these after the dust has settled, rather than being so high-profile now.
In this way, it is equivalent to denying all space for black-box operations, and also increasing the risk of this matter. Under the watchful eyes of so many students and professors, the difficulty of on-site control and the complexity of the competition have increased by at least several hundred
times.
What kind of smart guy came up with this idea?
Her eyes wandered around the hall, trying to locate the wise man.
This is undoubtedly a difficult process. Because of her height, it is difficult for her to see the overall situation.
As this "declaration of war" was posted, almost all the little wizards were discussing this matter.
The students of Gryffindor House and Slytherin House were naturally the most excited group.
The young wizards from the other two colleges were equally excited.
As rivals, Hufflepuff House and Ravenclaw House can't wait for the "match" to start today, preferably one game every day.
The little wizards read the notice and chattered about the content above.
"Do you think Elena and Hermione will go to war?" Hermione clearly heard someone talking next to her.
"I don't think Hermione or I can-"
Elena said with a gloomy expression, she raised her finger and pointed at the end of the notice.
"The disciplinary committee member and the dean of the college are responsible for on-site refereeing and maintaining discipline. This special statement... is written very clearly."
As for who that "great intelligence" is, she has already seen it.
At the signature at the end of the bulletin board, three large cursive signatures are extremely conspicuous:
Albus Dumbledore, Otto Apocalypse, and...
Elena Kaslana!
Those two old guys who had killed a thousand swords secretly forged her signature!