Just when Ryan and Hermione successfully returned to the common room, Harry was being grabbed by Umbridge and heading towards the headmaster's office. He had been arrested after being sneak-attacked by Malfoy using a tripping curse.
At this time, Harry felt extremely annoyed, because he felt that he was the one who brought those classmates into this dangerous situation. Now he could only silently pray that others could successfully escape. Just when he was worried, they walked towards the stone monster
There.
"Sizzling bees." Umbridge said rhythmically; the stone monster jumped aside, and the wall behind cracked in half. They walked up the moving stone stairs and came to the bright door.
There was a griffon door knocker, but Umbridge didn't bother to knock. She grabbed Harry tightly and walked straight in.
The office where only Professor Dumbledore was usually present was now crowded with people. In addition to Professor Dumbledore and Professor McGonagall, Fudge also stood in the principal's office with two Aurors. One of the Aurors was Kingsley.
And there was another one he didn't recognize. In addition, there was a young wizard with acne on his face standing there. He was holding a quill and a thick roll of parchment, obviously ready to record at any time. Harry
I only know that this is a Slytherin student who graduated last year.
"Okay," after seeing Harry being pulled in by Umbridge, Fudge glared at him angrily, with a gloating expression on his face and said in a sarcastic tone. "Okay, okay, okay.
Look at our little hero."
Harry glared at Fudge angrily, his heart beating fast, but his mind was surprisingly calm and sober. Because he knew that he must be in the best condition at this time to seize the chance of survival.
"So Potter, I think you should know why you are here, right?" Umbridge was about to say something to show off her merits, but Fudge had already raised his question. This made Umbridge awkwardly step back.
, just like a toad watching a fat and juicy fly fly away.
"I" Harry was about to say directly to show his contempt for the Ministry of Magic, when he saw Dumbledore shaking his head slightly. The headmaster shook his head very slightly, and no one else saw it. They just kept staring.
Dumbledore's Harry discovered this.
"I don't know." Harry immediately changed his mind and continued what he had just said.
"I don't know, you actually don't know why Professor Umbridge brought you to this office?" Fudge's voice suddenly rose, and his face turned red. "Don't you realize that you have violated the school rules? Shouldn't you?
Are you ashamed of this?"
"But I really don't know what school rules I violated?" Harry blinked his eyes and showed an innocent expression. Since Dumbledore wouldn't let him admit it, he would try his best to deny everything now.
charges. However, he still couldn't see how he could have any hope of escaping their punishment.
"Are you saying that there are no illegal student organizations in this school?" Fudge said, his tone now full of anger.
"Yeah, that's right," Harry said, with an expression of disbelief on his face, as if he didn't know anything and was very surprised.
"Mr. Minister, please don't listen to his sophistry." Umbridge interrupted at this time. "I think if there are witnesses, we can quickly figure out what happened."
After hearing this, Harry's heart skipped a beat. He remembered that his D.A. had too many people and too many people, and the staff turnover was very high. So it was really difficult to ensure that everyone could keep this secret.
After Umbridge left, the atmosphere in the office became increasingly tense. Just when Harry could hardly hold on any longer, the door opened, and a curly-haired Ravenclaw student was brought in by Umbridge. Harry
I recognized this person as Marietta from Ravenclaw, who had come to participate in D.A on Padma's recommendation.
"You did the right thing. The minister is very satisfied with you. He will tell your mother that you are a good girl." Umbridge first comforted Marietta and then said to Fudge, "The minister, Marietta's mother, is magic."
You know, Mrs. Acmor in the Floo Network Office of the Department of Transport, she is helping us monitor the fires at Hogwarts."
Marietta kept her head down after entering the door, because in Europe and the United States, such reporting is recognized as a very despicable behavior. And when she walked into the principal's office, her sense of shame became even stronger, especially when she was greeted by the principal's gentle gaze.
While staring, she was even a little ashamed and speechless.
After calling Marietta a few times impatiently and getting no response, Umbridge simply put on a disgusting smile and said to Fudge: "That's right, Minister, this Miss Acmore left shortly after dinner tonight."
Came to my office and told me that if I entered a secret room on the eighth floor, I would find that Harry had established an organization there called Dumbledore's Army. It is said that this secret room is sometimes called the Room of Requirement.
After getting this information, I notified you as soon as possible, and then asked her to stay in my office to drink tea, while I took some students who supported my work to the Requirement Room to capture Harry."
"You are really secretly planning how to fight against me!" Fudge roared, "I didn't expect you to actually organize an army."
"Are you accusing me of this matter based solely on the testimony of, um, Miss Marietta?" Professor Dumbledore asked calmly, looking at Fudge's face. "In this case, the evidence is a bit too thin.
You can threaten this student's parents into saying anything you want her to say."
"No, it's not just that. We have more evidence." Umbridge said excitedly, "Miss Marietta told me that there is a list of incriminating evidence, and I have asked Parkinson to get it before. In addition,
In addition, I believe that students willing to cooperate with the Ministry of Magic can always catch more participants, and then we will be able to piece together enough truth."
Listening to Umbridge saying these words proudly, Harry felt his heart sinking and his stomach felt like lead. Only now did he realize that he had left a fatal weakness, but that was it.
, he could only choose to grit his teeth and hold on until the end.
Soon, Malfoy came up from downstairs. Umbridge immediately greeted him: "Mr. Malfoy, please show me the evidence you just got."
"I'm sorry." Malfoy lowered his head. "We didn't find that list in the Room of Requirement."
"No?" Umbridge's voice became sharp. "How could there be no?"
After repeated questioning, Umbridge could only admit that some things were different from what she imagined. So she asked with hope. "Did you catch anyone else?"
"Um, I'm really sorry to disappoint you." Malfoy lowered his head as if to hide it between his knees, "Many of the students were asleep, and they didn't intercept those who were escaping."
Just when Malfoy reported the complete failure of the mission, Ryan took a sip from a cup of hot cocoa and asked Hermione sitting opposite: "How did you deal with those Slytherins? Don't tell me you interrupted them.
leg."
"Am I so violent in your eyes?" Hermione rolled her eyes at Ryan: "The soothing and sleeping aromatherapy you got from the elves last time was really good. I then concentrated the one you gave me.
I found that as long as I sniffed people, they would fall asleep directly. So I just directed some wind to blow the concentrated hypnotic aroma to the place where those people were ambush. The advantage of this is that the ingredients in the aroma come from other worlds, using magic.
It can’t be detected.”
As he was talking, the door opened and Ginny ran in from the outside. She must have come back after hiding outside for a while. Ryan and Hermione looked at each other and smiled: it seems that what they did before was successful.