The Shopkeeper of All Worlds in the British Wizarding World

Chapter 428 Turning point (seeking subscription, seeking collection, seeking tickets)
When the students who escaped from the Room of Requirement returned safely to the common room of their respective houses one after another, Umbridge in the headmaster's office was in a state of madness.

"All asleep? Is it because of potions or magic?" Umbridge asked anxiously.Looking at it like that, if she hadn't cared about the Malfoy family, maybe she would just grab Malfoy's collar and shake it.

"No, really not." Malfoy looked a little scared, he had never seen Umbridge treat him like this. "Professor Snape has confirmed that they are not poisoned or cursed. They are all healthy and just asleep."

"So you're going to use the perjury of a young girl you've coerced into accusing me? I don't think it's right to assert that I'm trying to overthrow the Ministry of Magic on the sole basis of a single witness. It is under your control, so the veracity of her testimony should be doubted by everyone." At this time, Dumbledore sat behind the desk and said in a very calm tone, just like he recommended the cockroach pile to others .But Harry could hear some relief and doubt in Dumbledore's tone.

"We—this—" Umbridge began incoherently, his chest heaving violently like a toad in a puddle.

"But Harry still organized an illegal after-school group." After stopping Umbridge, who was incompetent and furious, Fudge said: "As far as I know, Potter was in Hogsmeade's Pig's Head Pub in October and many Classmates meet—”

"Potter's meeting with these students," said Umbridge, "was trying to persuade them to join an illegal group. The purpose of this group was to learn some spells and curses. The Ministry of Magic has ruled that those spells and curses are Not suitable for students—”

"I think you'll find yourself mistaken about this, Dolores," said Dumbledore softly, staring at Umri from over the half-moon spectacles drooping over his crooked nose. strange. "Remember that the Ministry of Magic banning all student societies didn't come into force until two days after Harry's Hogsmeade party, so he didn't break any rules while he was at the Pig's Head."

The people from the Ministry of Magic were stunned, and they realized that they seemed to have overlooked an important thing.But Umbridge quickly reacted and said: "These are all good, principal, but now we have implemented the "No. 20 No. [-] Education Order" for nearly six months. Although the first gathering was not illegal, since All future gatherings will definitely be illegal."

"What about the evidence? We can't convict a person on guesswork alone," Dumbledore said, looking at her from above his crossed fingers with polite interest, but in Umbridge's eyes this was thick. Strong sarcasm.

Harry heard rustling behind him at this moment, and even felt that Kingsley was muttering something under his breath.But soon these movements disappeared, just like what he discovered just now were hallucinations.

"Didn't Miss Ackmore tell us?" At this point Umbridge turned to Marietta, who was huddled beside him, and said, "My dear girl, you did the right thing, so don't be ashamed. Now you tell Have we held such gatherings regularly for the past six months?"

Under Harry's nervous gaze, Marietta actually shook her head.At this time, Harry keenly noticed that Marietta's eyes were very strange, as if she hadn't woken up, she looked very confused.

Umbridge asked repeatedly, but Marietta just shook her head.Finally, when Umbridge was angry, Professor McGonagall finally couldn't stand it anymore.She interrupted Umbridge directly and angrily: "Please don't intimidate the students. I think what she means is very clear, that is, there have been no secret gatherings in the past six months. Is that true, Miss Eckmore?"

Marietta nodded at Umbridge's cannibalistic gaze.Umbridge said exasperatedly, "There was a party, Miss Ackmore, you told me about it, in the Room of Requirement! Potter was the boss, it was him, Potter organized the party, Potter—why did you Shaking your head all the time, girl?" Even she grabbed Marietta and pulled her hard to face her, and started shaking her violently.

"Enough." Fudge saw the anger on the faces of Dumbledore and Professor McGonagall, and hurried forward to pull Umbridge. "Calm down, you shouldn't treat students like this."

Umbridge only said that she stepped back, but after stepping back to Fudge's side, a trace of resentment flashed in her eyes when she looked at Fudge's back.

"But one thing is undeniable that Harry did organize an illegal gathering tonight." Fudge is worthy of being a seasoned politician, seeing that there is no way to get Dumbledore to step down on charges of conspiracy against the Ministry of Magic, so he simply Turn the fire on Harry, trying to open a breach in Dumbledore's savior.

"You must know that the "No. 20 No. [-] Education Order" clearly stipulates that if a student is found to form or join any organization, association, team, or club without the approval of a senior investigator, he will be expelled immediately." Fudge looked proud. "So we should fire Harry and warn others not to disobey orders."

Harry felt a long sigh of relief at this moment. Now that all these troubles were caused by himself, it would be great if he could only be fired without implicating others.Thinking about it, even if I was expelled, Sirius would take me in, and I could even try to teach myself the middle school courses and then try to enter the university.

"No, I don't think so," said Dumbledore. "The education order says immediate expulsion from forming or joining any organisation, association, team and club. But the evidence now is that Harry gathered a group of people tonight, so it's likely just Harry's rally. I think because of this It's not appropriate to fire him. Otherwise, a few people get together and chat after dinner and they can be fired."

Fudge's face turned liver-coloured, and everyone now knew what had happened tonight.But because Umbridge lost the chain at a critical moment, his plan did not have enough evidence to support it, so he could only watch Dumbledore pressing him step by step.

"Okay, I think everyone must have been too nervous and caused too many misunderstandings tonight. Now that the explanation has been clearly explained, then you can do your own thing, and there is no need to waste time here." Dumbledore stood up Turned around as if to see off a guest.

"You—" Fudge was furious, and pointed at Dumbledore with a trembling finger, but at this moment he remembered that Dumbledore in front of him was one of the most powerful wizards in the world.So stiff there and dare not do anything.

Just when Harry thought everything was all right, suddenly there was a knocking sound outside the window.This thud-dump sound was so obvious in the silent office that everyone turned their heads to the windows.

There was an owl carrying a letter outside the window. After seeing the owl, Umbridge suddenly became refreshed, with a sick smile on his face. "They wrote back, Dumbledore, open the window and let the owl in."

McGonagall, who was standing by the window, frowned, but still opened the window and took the letter from the owl's leg under Dumbledore's signal.

The letter was no different from a normal letter, it was a parchment envelope.But the strange thing is that the Hogwarts school emblem is printed on the sealant of the envelope, but this owl obviously flew a long way here.

"This is?" Professor McGonagall looked at Professor Dumbledore in confusion, but Dumbledore ignored her and opened the envelope directly.After reading the contents of the letter.Dumbledore stared at Fudge at his desk, his blue eyes burning with flame.

"Connelly, I always thought we were still in the same camp. But I didn't expect you to be so obsessed with your official position, which makes you easily lose your due judgment under the instigation of some ambitious people."

Seeing that Dumbledore suddenly became angry, Harry felt at a loss. He didn't know why a letter made Headmaster Dumbledore so angry. Now he was curious about what was written in that letter.

(End of this chapter)