The Shopkeeper of All Worlds in the British Wizarding World

Chapter 427 Office Confrontation

Just when Ryan and Hermione successfully returned to the common room, Harry was being grabbed by Umbridge and walking towards the headmaster's office.He had been arrested after being sneaked by Malfoy with a tripping spell earlier.

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 can only silently pray that the others can escape successfully.Just when he was worried, they walked over to the stone monster.

"Sizzling bees," said Umbridge rhythmically; the stone monster leaped aside, the wall behind them split in two, and up the moving stone staircase they came to the bright door, on which There was a griffin knocker, but Umbridge didn't bother to knock, and clutching Harry tightly, she strode straight in.

The office where only Professor Dumbledore was usually present is now full of people, except for Professor Dumbledore and Professor McGonagall.Fudge was also standing in the headmaster's office with two Aurors, one of whom was Kingsley and the other he didn't recognize.Added to this was a pimply-faced young wizard standing there with a quill and a thick roll of parchment in his hands, apparently ready to take notes.All Harry knew was that it was a Slytherin who graduated last year.

"Okay," said Fudge sarcastically, after seeing Harry being pulled in by Umbridge, glaring at him with a schadenfreude look on his face. "Yes, yes, yes. Look at our little hero."

Harry glared at Fudge angrily, his heart was beating fast, but his mind was surprisingly calm and sober.Because he knows that at this time, he must be in the best condition to seize a chance.

"So Potter, I think you should know why you're here?" Umbridge was about to say something to show his credit when Fudge had already asked his question.This made Umbridge back away in embarrassment, like a toad watching a fat and juicy fly fly away.

"I—" Harry just wanted to say bluntly and show his contempt for the Ministry of Magic when Dumbledore shook his head slightly.The headmaster shook his head so slightly that no one else saw it except Harry, who had been staring at Dumbledore.

"I don't know." Harry immediately changed his mind and went on with what he had just said.

"I don't know, you don't know why Professor Umbridge brought you to this office?" Fudge's voice rose sharply, and his face flushed at the same time. "Don't you realize that you have violated the school rules? Shouldn't you be ashamed of it?"

"But I really don't know what school rule I violated?" Harry blinked his eyes, showing an innocent expression.Now that Dumbledore won't let him admit it, he will now do his best to deny all the allegations.But he still couldn't see how he could have any hope of escaping their punishment.

"You mean there's no illegal student organization in this school?" said Fudge, now in a tone of exasperation.

"Yeah, that's right," Harry said, with a look of disbelief on his face, like he didn't know anything and was very surprised.

"My lord, 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."

Harry's heart skipped a beat when he heard this.He remembered that his DA recruited too many and too many people, and the turnover of personnel was very high.So it's really hard to guarantee that everyone can keep this a secret.

After Umbridge left, the atmosphere in the office grew tense.Just when Harry was about to give up, the door opened, and a curly-haired Ravenclaw student was ushered in by Umbridge.Harry recognized this person as Marietta of Ravenclaw, who had come to attend DA on the recommendation of Padma.

"You've done the right thing. The Minister is happy with you. He'll tell your mother you're a good girl." Umbridge first reassured Marietta and then said to Fudge "The Minister, Marietta's mother, is magic Mrs Eckmore from the Floonet office of the Traffic Division - you know, she's helping us keep an eye on the Hogwarts fires."

After Marietta entered the door, she kept her head down, because in Europe and America, this kind of informant is recognized as a very despicable behavior.And when she walked into the principal's office, this feeling of shame became stronger, especially when she was stared at by the principal's gentle gaze, 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 it, Minister. Come to my office and tell me that if I go into a chamber on the eighth floor, I'll find that Harry has set up an organization called Dumbledore's Army there, and it's said that the chamber is sometimes called the Room of Requirement. After getting this information, I notified you immediately, and then asked her to stay in my office for tea, while I took some students who supported my work to the Room of Requirement to arrest Harry."

"You are really secretly planning how to fight against me!" Fudge growled, "I didn't expect you to really organize an army."

"Are you accusing me of this matter only on the testimony of this, um, Miss Marietta?" Professor Dumbledore asked calmly, looking at Fudge's face. "The evidence for such a statement is a bit too thin. You can make her say anything you want her to say by threatening the student's parents."

"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 Besides, I'm sure students willing to work with the Ministry of Magic can always catch more participants, and that's when we'll be able to piece together enough of the truth."

Hearing Umbridge proudly say this, Harry felt his heart sink, and his stomach felt as if lead had been poured into it.It was only now that he realized that he had left a fatal weakness, but the matter had come to this point, 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 the evidence you just got."

"I'm—I'm sorry." Malfoy bowed his head. "We didn't find that list in the Room of Requirement."

"No?" Umbridge's voice sharpened. "How could it not be?"

After repeated questioning, Umbridge could only admit that some things were different from what he had imagined.So she asked hopefully. "Then did you catch anyone else?"

"Well, I'm really sorry to disappoint you." Malfoy lowered his head lower, as if he wanted to hide his head between his knees, "Many of the students were asleep, and they didn't intercept those who fled."

When Malfoy reported the complete failure of the mission, Ryan picked up a cup of hot cocoa and took a sip and asked Hermione who was sitting opposite: "How did you get rid of those Slytherins? Don't tell me you interrupted them." leg."

"Am I just that violent in your eyes?" Hermione gave Ryan a white look: "The soothing aromatherapy you got from the elves last time is really good, and I will condense the one you gave me later. I found that as long as I sniff people, I will fall asleep directly. So I just direct some wind to blow the concentrated hypnotic aromatherapy to the place where those people are ambush. The advantage of this is that the ingredients in the aromatherapy come from other worlds, and it is impossible to use magic Can't check it out."

While talking, the door opened, and Ginny ran in from the outside.It should have come back after hiding outside for a while.Ryan and Hermione smiled at each other: It seems that what they did before was successful.

(End of this chapter)