The Emerald at Hogwarts

Chapter 37 After School Starts

Several male students were frantically pointing out the country, and several candidates for the Minister of Magic did not satisfy the picky students.

"What are you talking about?" Charlie Weasley came over and sat next to the twins.

"Talk about your career," Fred said. "Talk about who the next minister will be."

Charlie Weasley said: "Since when have you guys been interested in this? Don't you plan to open a joke shop?"

"No, their ideal is still to open a joke shop. They are not interested in whoever sits on the throne of the Minister of Magic." Ada was already full, and it was perfect to go to class after a break.

The twins nodded, agreeing with Ada's words.Who cares who the minister is, anyone, it won't be Arthur Weasley's turn anyway.

As for Ada's "prophecy", the twins took it as a joke. The Weasley family has a Minister of Magic, and it is not as easy as the mysterious man to make a comeback.

"Charlie, who do you think is more likely?" Ada wanted to know his opinion.

"Who did you mention just now?" Charlie asked.

"Cornel Fudge," said George, "and Barty Crouch."

Charlie thought about it for a while, and he said: "Among the candidates, Fudge is the one who seems to have the weakest foundation. Although he has done a good job in the Disaster and Accident Department, he still has some hope."

A student who has been participating in the discussion said: "How did I hear that he is a little weak? He looks like a bully."

"If he becomes Minister, don't we have a soft minister?" Fred said with a smile.

"The magic world has been quiet for the past few years. It doesn't matter if the minister is not strong enough, as long as he doesn't mess around in the minister's position." Charlie's friend Rupert said.

"Barty Crouch, he is basically impossible." Charlie said.

"Why? I think he looks much stronger than Fudge." Ada, who has been silent all this time, asked. She has been paying attention to the "Daily Prophet". Barty Crouch was mentioned in the newspaper. The strength is Barty Crouch's first impression of her.

"It's really unlikely, many people still remember those things about him!" Rupert also agreed with Charlie.

Charlie Weasley thought for a while, and said: "He used to be the director of the Department of Legal Enforcement of the Ministry of Magic. He is considered by everyone to be one of the people who are most likely to become the next Minister of Magic. He is indeed only one step away from the position of Minister. step."

"Wait a minute, Charlie, isn't Barty Crouch the director of the Department of International Magic Cooperation and Exchange?" Ada asked.

"That's now. He used to work in the Law Enforcement Department and was a hardliner," Charlie said. "He gained great prestige because he openly confronted the You-Know-Who."

"His approval rating doesn't seem to be very good? It doesn't look like it's one step away at all?" Someone raised a question.

"Well, he was very hopeful to be the next minister, but something happened to him, and the momentum before that has fallen to the bottom." Charlie recalled, "Barty Crouch lost people's trust, It was also at that time that he was removed from the Law Enforcement Division."

"It's normal if you don't know, let alone you, we were not very old at the time." Rupert added to Charlie's words.

Lee Jordan had a bad idea, and with gossip burning in his eyes, he asked, "What happened? Couldn't be..."

"It's not what you think, Li." Charlie shook his head in denial, and he said, "Those things are not suitable for you to know for the time being, they are too heavy. After I heard about this incident, I was sad for several days."

Rupert said: "I was not in school at the time, and my mother was very angry when she saw it in the Daily Prophet. She was a very gentle woman, but she continued to scold Barty Crouch Sr. for days. "

"Okay, the Minister of Magic is far away from us, don't think about these things anymore." Charlie said, "If you don't eat quickly, you may be late for your morning class." After speaking, Charlie talked to him Rupert's friend left.

"What about Dumbledore?" Someone proposed a new candidate.

Hearing Dumbledore's name, Angelina and Alia, who were not interested at first, also came over.

"He can be a minister at any time..." Fred looked at the man's eyes, as if looking at a mentally retarded person.

George had the same emoji, and he went on to say, "...if he wants to."

Children from wizarding families agree with the twins.

"Being a minister doesn't mean you can't be a principal?" the man continued to ask.

Ada doesn't know if the Minister of Magic can also serve as the headmaster of Hogwarts. If he can, it would be a bit scary, but it's a bit...

"He probably doesn't want to be a minister, right?" Ada thought for a while and said, "Based on his prestige, if he really wanted to be a minister, he should have already been."

The discussion continued, but the protagonist was replaced by Dumbledore. Ada had no intention of participating, and did not want to continue listening.

After seeing the twins also put down their food, Ada said, "Okay, it's time to go, gentlemen, I don't want to run to class just after eating."

Because of the intense discussion at breakfast, when Ada sat down in the spell classroom, the class bell rang just in time.If they said a few more words, there would be a collective lateness incident in Gryffindor, and Professor McGonagall must have a wonderful expression.

This spell class is the first class after returning from the holidays. The students who did not adjust in time did not perform well in class.When Professor Flitwick was explaining the theory, many students' heads were numb, as if they could fall asleep at any time.

Everyone who didn't pay attention to the class because of sleepiness, performed even worse when practicing the spell.Professor Flitwick had to "fight the fire" everywhere, and it was really difficult for him to run around in the classroom because he was short.

However, Ada's performance was as stable as ever, which pleased the tired Professor Flitwick, who generously gave Gryffindor five points.

The more Professor Flitwick discovered Ada's excellence, the more he envied McGonagall.It's just that he only saw the happy side of Professor McGonagall, but he didn't see the itching of McGonagall's angry teeth.The typical one only sees the thief eating the meat, but does not see the thief being beaten.

In fact, it wasn't just the Gryffindor students who were in poor condition, but also the students from other colleges. Hogwarts spent the whole morning in a daze.

Fortunately, Gryffindor was relieved in the afternoon, and Professor Binns could let everyone have a good night's sleep. This history of magic class can give the students a good refreshment.

Professor Binns, who didn't even look at the lesson plans, was talking on the podium, and the students who didn't even open their textbooks were sleeping soundly below. The two sides did not affect each other and coexisted harmoniously.

However, there is also a downside to this. If you sleep too much in the afternoon, you may suffer from insomnia at night, and if you don’t sleep well at night, it will affect your listening status the next day. This is a vicious circle.

It has been two weeks since the start of school, and the four colleges lost a lot of points in the first four years. This caused the four deans a lot of headaches. Even Madam Pomfrey, who has always been rejuvenated, couldn't cure this headache.

However, as the course progressed, the students also adjusted in the second week, Hogwarts was back on track, and the headaches of the four deans healed without any medicine.

Ada and the twins also took the time to check the remaining secret passages. The records on the Marauder's Map were completely accurate, and the three of them were not found.Roaming around Hogwarts at night without worrying about being caught was the most relaxing they'd ever been on a night tour.

In addition to scouting secret passages, Ada has been monitoring Foley and Snape through the Marauder's Map recently, which can not only satisfy Ada's exuberant curiosity, but also ensure her personal safety.

Snape's actions were normal, that is, he ran to the principal's office from time to time, and chatted for a long time with Dumbledore, who liked to pace around the office.

At the beginning, Ada didn't notice the abnormal behavior of Benedict Foley. The professor was very honest, either in the office or in the dormitory. It wasn't until an unexpected situation made her discover the abnormality of Foley.

Ada drank a lot of water that day, so she didn't sleep well at night and woke up one night.After solving her personal problems, she returned to bed and opened the Marauder's Map. It was this unintentional behavior that allowed her to see the benefits of wandering around the castle in the middle of the night.

In the next few days, Ada discovered that the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor was always very active in the middle of the night.It is indeed not easy to be discovered by always choosing to act in the dead of night. If it weren't for the real-time monitoring ability of the Marauder's Map, Ada would not have discovered this situation.

This weekend, today's weather was extremely wet and cold, so cold that even the twins didn't want to leave the castle.The weather in Hogwarts was actually not bad, it was considered warmer than her "hometown", but Ada was still lazily nestling in the armchair and warming herself by the fire, with no intention of leaving the fireplace halfway.

Ada was so absent-mindedly looking at the book that she didn't even notice the twins' palms waving in front of his eyes.

"Hey! Hey!" Fred snapped his fingers in Ada's ear.

"You can take your homework in your schoolbag." Ada said after regaining consciousness, "Don't disturb my wandering thoughts."

George asked with a smile, "Where did your thoughts go?"

"The four seasons are like spring, warm Tahiti."

"Where is that?"

"you've been to?"

asked Fred and George simultaneously.

"Muggles say it is the closest place to heaven, and the people who live there call themselves 'children of God'." She has always wanted to go there, wondering if it is as good as it says.

"I guess you might not be very welcome there..."

"... After all, you are Merlin's child."

After glaring at the twins viciously, Ada said: "In the next week, you don't want to borrow anything with words from me."

Ada turned her attention back to the book, and now whenever she thought of Tahiti, she could think of witch hunts that were prevalent in the Middle Ages, and the good atmosphere was completely ruined.

(End of this chapter)