Magical Studies at Hogwarts

Chapter 216 Some Preparations

"I found that thing, teacher."

After returning from the Department of Mysteries, Ike found Comrade Lao Fu directly, but concealed the fact that he had met Dumbledore.

"But I didn't get it, it was enchanted by some kind of magic that I don't know, it may require some specific conditions, or..."

"Or what?" Lao Fu asked.

"Maybe it's a specific person." Ike replied, looking directly at Lao Fu's red pupils.

This has almost become a habit. Ike always does this when talking to Lao Fu. With the protection of Occlumency, he doesn't worry that Lao Fu will know the things he hides.Perhaps it is precisely because of this performance that Ike was able to gain Lao Fu's trust.

Lao Fu stared at Ike for a long time, then nodded slightly and said: "I probably know whose handwriting it is. It's not your fault, little Ike. It's normal that you can't get it at his level."

"Sorry, teacher, I let you down." Ike lowered his head at the right time, showing a hint of guilt.

Lao Fu stood up, patted Ike on the shoulder lightly, and his words were full of comfort and encouragement: "It doesn't matter, I just confirmed the location of that thing, I still have plans for it, your information just makes me more Just be firm."

"Okay, it's been a night, let's go to rest, we still have a lot to do..."

After saying good night to Lao Fu, Ike returned to his laboratory.He didn't fall asleep right away, stared at the ceiling until dawn, and kept rubbing the ring he was wearing.

Finally, the ring responded.

"what happened?"

"I met Dumbledore and learned something from him."

"Dumbledore? What did you... tell him?"

"You need to stay at Hogwarts."

"Why, didn't we agree?"

"Yes, but at the right time, which is clearly not the case now."

"What is the right time?"

"When you beat one of my colleagues with your own hands."

"Okay, wait, I'll do it..."

Hermione loosened her hands from the necklace, sat on the bed and stared blankly at the front, shook her head suddenly, tidied her messy hair a little, took a deep breath, her heart was full of determination.

This semester, she has made great progress.Thanks to the books and notes in the box left by Ike, coupled with her own efforts, she can successfully perform many magics that adult wizards have not learned, but she is not proficient.

In fact, she knew in her heart that her current level was not enough, but she finally had a goal, which was considered a small success.

Washing up by herself, and simply making the bed, Hermione left the dormitory and went to the auditorium on the first floor.Along the way, everyone who saw her gave her a strange look, which contained fear, disgust, and many unexplainable emotions.

What happened in the principal's office that night was not publicized, but many people saw Marietta's tragedy, not to mention she was not the only one who made the whistleblower.But there was another one in the school hospital at that time, and Madam Pomfrey was helpless against the tricky curse, and it was Professor McGonagall and Professor Snape who rescued the poor child together.

"The Wicked Witch," many secretly called her behind her back.Hermione knew it, but didn't take it to heart.She is different now than she was in the first grade. Even if "Wicked Witch" is a hundred times more ugly and hurtful than "Miss Know-It-All", it can't disturb Hermione's heart.

When she made this curse, she had already thought of the possible scenarios, and to be honest, it was much better than she imagined now.

At least, not fired.

Not long after, Harry and Ron came together.Their spirits were a little bad, and they were a little sluggish, but they improved a lot after drinking a large glass of milk.

"How does confinement taste?" Hermione took a bite of the bread, and the strawberry jam spread on it was sour and sweet, which made people happy.

"It's still the old tricks, I'm used to it." Harry sighed, the fork in his hand kept ravaging the pancakes on the plate.

"She's pissed off," Ron interjected. "The Ministry of Magic made her the new headmistress, but she can't even get into the headmaster's office. Those two stone monsters refused to let her in."

"Yeah, so she probably got a new quill because of it, and I have to say, it hurts even more." Harry subconsciously rubbed the back of his left hand, there were still some red marks on it.

The three of them chatted one sentence at a time, quickly finished their breakfast, and went to the History of Magic classroom with their books in their arms.One of the few Umbridge-free courses, History of Magic has become a safe haven for many wizards.

As Ron said, Umbridge, who has become the new principal, can only stay in her office full of cat pictures, which makes her very angry.And the result of her anger was that she became more presumptuous.

Umbridge set up an investigative action team, almost all of whom were Slytherin students, and he didn't know how to get Filch to obey her.They stare at the members of DA almost 24 hours a day, and because there are mostly Gryffindor and Ravenclaw in DA, this also makes life difficult for the students of the two colleges, and points will be deducted for any disagreement.

Originally, Gryffindor and Ravenclaw's house points were neck and neck, but they were quickly surpassed by Hufflepuff and Slytherin.Two or three days later, even Hufflepuff was deducted a lot of points, and only Slytherin did not decrease but increased, taking the lead.

"You've all noticed it." During dinner, the twins pointed to the huge hourglass on the wall of the auditorium that represented the school's grades.

"I swear, this is Chiguoguo's revenge! They did it on purpose!" Ron was very angry, and as he spoke, several gems flew out of Gryffindor's hourglass.

"Yes, they did it on purpose." Fred said coldly, "No one can treat us like this, so they paid the price. Montague just wanted to deduct our points..."

"Want? What did you do?" Ron asked.

"He didn't finish speaking, and we didn't give him a chance." George replied, "Because before he finished speaking, we had already stuffed him into the disappearing cabinet on the second floor."

"Too impulsive! You're going to get into big trouble." Hermione said, frowning.

"No one sees, no trouble until Montague reappears," said Fred. "A week, two weeks? Who knows when he'll reappear?"

"Besides, we are not afraid of trouble..."

"That's right! Honestly, we don't want to be here anymore!"

The twins became serious, and the smile that made people unconsciously happy was gone.

"Is there anything we can do to help?" Hermione asked softly after a long silence.

"No, we have everything planned!" Fred waved his hands again and again.

"This is our business, you must not get involved..."

(End of this chapter)