Natural Magic at Hogwarts

Chapter 288 Senior Investigator

Hogwarts was in full swing preparing for the Halloween party, and in the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor's office, Umbridge was excitedly looking at the parchment in her hand.

"Ministry of Magic Education Reform"

The Ministry of Magic seeks educational reform, and Dolores Umbridge is appointed as the first High Inquisitor, and Hogwarts House must not violate it.

signature:

Department of General Affairs, Ministry of Magic.

Minister of Magic.

……

The last education order was judged by McGonagall as Hogwarts as a whole has no downward trend, and as a member of Hogwarts, Bree Olde created "The Fundamentals of Natural Magic", adding more value to Hogwarts. On the grounds of new glory, he rejected the education order from the Ministry of Magic.

This made Fudge and Umbridge very angry.

But this time, Umbridge had absolute control.

Umbridge excitedly walked out holding the parchment.

At this time, in the hall of Hogwarts, the little wizards looked at the newspapers in their hands in disbelief.

Because it was also reported above that Umbridge became a senior investigator recognized by the Ministry of Magic, and no one can change it.

And parents agree.

This is ridiculous!
"Ahem!" Umbridge stepped into the auditorium of Hogwarts, smiling like a flower, and stepped onto the podium excitedly.

The other professors who were enjoying lunch on the professor's chair had a bad look on their faces. They stopped their knives and forks when looking at the pink figure in front of them and lost their appetite.

"I'm very happy. I think everyone has heard about it." Umbridge was so arrogant that her nostrils were about to reach the sky.

She smiled crookedly and said, "Yes, I, Dolores Umbridge, am confirmed to be the first Senior Investigator."

As she said that, she looked back at Mag and said, "You won't stop it this time. This is the latest order issued by the Ministry of Magic, and everyone has agreed."

Mag opened her mouth, but this matter was beyond her rights.

The Ministry of Magic's campaign for Umbridge has gone too far.

Moreover, Dumbledore has not been back for a long time, and rumors are flying around, questioning Hogwarts, which makes McGonagall lose some power.

"Of course, but I'm curious what does this investigator do?"

"It's the Senior Investigator, Minerva," Umbridge said cordially.

Snape stood up and left the hall without turning his head.

Umbridge frowned, remembering Snape in her mind, thinking she had more important things to do.

She glanced around, but Bree wasn't there.

Okay, wait a minute.

She ignored the disgusted looks of the other professors, turned around and smiled: "As a senior investigator, I am very worried about the teaching at Hogwarts because we do not have good professors. Of course, this was before I came."

In one sentence, all the professors were angry.

But looking at the red-stamped parchment on Umbridge's hand, she couldn't bear it.

"I will investigate every professor and evaluate their teaching. If they do not comply with the Ministry of Magic's education regulations, I have the right to impose some punishments."

"Haha, I'm sorry." Umbridge turned around and pretended to apologize: "I think every professor can pass, as long as you have no problems."

"Of course!" Umbridge suddenly looked at the little wizards below, glanced at their panicked little faces, and said gently: "I will also investigate the order of Hogwarts, and I have the right to change some unreasonable rules. , and some reasonable provisions can also be added.”

"I think it's my duty and no one can stop me."

Umbridge glanced at Bree's empty seat.

"Otherwise, this is going against the Ministry of Magic."

After saying that, Umbridge was so excited that she didn't even eat, so she trotted back to the office and started planning which professor to start with.

At the professor's chair, the other professors looked at McGonagall.

Meg shook his head.

His own wind direction is very unfavorable to Dumbledore, and Dumbledore is already regarded as the cornerstone of Hogwarts.

Before, it was okay for him to retire from the position of principal and become vice principal, but now that he has not appeared for a long time, there are more and more slanders without an explanation...

"Oh, I will inform Dumbledore. This is a helpless move."

It is indeed time for Dumbledore to come back. According to McGonagall's knowledge, the Order of the Phoenix in the UK has almost been established, and part of it is due to McGonagall's efforts.

……

In the corner tower, Bree is studying the small world in the notes.

Or evolution.

Edit the rules of the world.

In the process, Bree made a vague discovery.

I saw that in the small world——

Bree's wand has turned into an illusory giant tree. It is the core of the world. Its root system has evolved into the thick earth. The canopy is the blue sky. The branches are connected to form an island suspended in the sky, a strange small island. The world keeps coming together.

As the small world grows, the entire world is divided into the ground world and countless islands.

The islands are connected by tree trunks that cannot be seen, lest they become disconnected from the world.

The small world is not big yet. According to Bree's estimation, it can probably accommodate three places: Hogwarts, the Forbidden Forest, and the Black Lake.

but……

Bree nodded with interest as he watched the faith stored in the notes gradually pour into the world, causing the world to grow rapidly.

These beliefs come from wizards who study natural magic. Because the base of wizards is here, there are not too many in comparison, but they are very pious.

Bree thought that no one would not be pious to the behavior of a strong self.

"Using faith to strengthen the small world can enhance the world's foundation and make the world's barriers more stable."

Of course, this is not without its disadvantages - the world will gradually become weaker and broken if it loses faith.

"Maybe that's not a bad thing."

Bree's eyes flashed.

"Faith comes from wizards' belief in natural magic... If wizards no longer believe in natural magic, then the world will be broken."

The master of nature is Bree, and Bree agrees with the badness.

Spread the notes on the table, and an illusory shadow of the world is projected on it, floating and very gorgeous.

Bree could feel that she was the master of this little world.

However, the rules of the small world are still too few and the elements are not enough. He still needs to continue to add them.

"Boom, boom, boom!" There was a knock on the door.

There are students looking for Bree outside the portrait of the big tree. There have been a lot of people coming in the past few days, and most of them are here to guide the students from outside the school.

Yes, the name used by young wizards to help foreign students is fixed on the word guide.

"Please come in."

Not long after, the little wizard walked in.

Many acquaintances.

It was Hermione, Yana, Luna, Qiu and several familiar yet unfamiliar girls.

Compared to boys, girls are more enthusiastic about being leaders.

"This is Marietta Acmo." Qiu pointed to the strangest girl in Bree and said: "You may have forgotten that she is Kaye Gibson. She was on the carriage when she entered school..."

No need for Qiu to introduce her. This was the girl who came to see Bri with Qiu when Bri was in school. However, the relationship faded later. It was said that she was a girl from an extreme pure-blood family.

"Hello, Professor Oded, I hope to become the leader of Beauxbatons College. I hope you can agree that I am proficient in various languages ​​in Europe."

This is a very elegant girl. It can be seen that she has lived in France.

Brie noted an alternative for him.

Then he looked at the twins.

"Professor Odd, I am Parvati Patil from Gryffindor House, and this is my sister Padma Patil from Ravenclaw House."

This was a pair of Indian girls, whom Bree remembered dancing with Harry and Ron at the Yule Ball in the Goblet of Fire, although of course they were boys at the time.

"Do you want to be the leader of XZ Academy?" Brie asked.

India is not far from XZ, maybe these two can do the job.

But to Bree's surprise, the two men shook their heads at the same time.

Parvati Patil said: "We don't know much about XZ Academy. It's too mysterious, and we don't know Chinese...but we know about Wagadu in India. We like astronomy and divination."

Wagado in Africa has indeed made achievements in this regard.

Parvati Patil continued: "We think that only Qiu is suitable for XZ Academy."

Parvati Patil pushed Cho up.

Qiu said embarrassedly: "I know some Chinese, but I'm not sure what XZ Academy said..."

"The official language of XZ Academy is Chinese, you can rest assured." Bri also thinks that Qiu is suitable for XZ Academy.

And Africa can also bring twins.

Making a note in his notebook, Bree looked at the others.

Hermione was the first to come up. She would never give up the opportunity to communicate with students from other schools.

"I hope to get to know Durmstrang. I've been to Northern Europe and I have relatives there."

Bree nodded without going into details. Anyway, the three magic academies in Europe and the Ilvermorny School of Magic in the United States have the same cultural foundation, and they are similar to everyone.

Luna chuckled and said: "Yana and I are here to take a look. We often get lost in Hogwarts."

"I want to guide Russia's Kodos Torrez..." Yana looked at Bree with some expectation, of course, her face didn't show much expression.

"Let me think about it. If nothing happens, you can go back first."

Brie didn't specifically say who could, and of course, it's not a big deal.

……

"What, no flying!"

Outside Hogwarts Castle, the Gryffindor Quidditch team holding broomsticks was stopped by Umbridge.

George and Fred looked at each other, both having some thoughts.

Harry and Ron looked at Umbridge, hoping for an explanation.

Because students from other schools are coming to Hogwarts, and those students don't have experience in fantasy games, but they do have Quidditch.

So they wanted to have some small competitions and practice for a while today.

"Sorry." She said sorry, but with a smile on her face, Umbridge said: "We are not sure whether Quidditch is dangerous, and it will delay your study time."

"This is to compete with people from other schools!" Ron said loudly.

The surrounding little wizards gathered around, and after understanding the situation, they all looked at Umbridge with disgust in their eyes.

"Oh, an external school?" Speaking of an external school, Umbridge looked a little ferocious, because none of the other professors informed her about it. She only found out about it later in the conversation among the young wizards.

Of course, she won't stop such a large school exchange event, which will bring her great popularity, as long as she can handle everything.

Umbridge's ambitions are huge, and now is her first step.

"I declare this in my capacity as the Senior Investigator of Hogwarts from the Ministry of Magic!" Umbridge's voice was harsh, like an old witch singing hoarsely.

"From now on, in order to ensure the safety of little wizards, flying is prohibited within the Hogwarts campus, including the Quidditch pitch!"

Umbridge smiled, ignoring the dazed expressions of the young wizards, and continued: "Including illusions..."

Umbridge stuttered, then she thought about it and didn't say anything.

"Of course, fantasy games are allowed."

Umbridge thought that when communicating with people from other schools, there must be something that can compete. The Fantasy Game is good, but she must first get the education order and let the Fantasy Game Club fall into her hands...

"Please carry out the orders of the Senior Investigator, otherwise I have the right to expel students!"

After Umbridge finished speaking, she waved her wand and took away all the broomsticks from the hands of the hospital team, levitating them away and preparing to lock them in the utility room.

The little wizards didn't react until Umbridge left.

"She, what on earth is she thinking!" Ron said in disbelief.

On the other side, Hermione, who had just arrived late from looking for Bree, looked at the empty hospital team in her hands and asked doubtfully: "Where is the broom?"

"We can't play anymore, beautiful lady." Fred sighed helplessly.

So was George beside him, and the two of them sang together, telling Umbridge's crimes.

Hermione's face darkened, and she said, "I'll go find Principal McGonagall and ask!"

……

Hermione's actions were in vain, because not even McGonagall, a fanatical Quidditch player, could stop Umbridge from enforcing the ban.

With the Ministry of Magic as her backend, Umbridge had no chance of finding an opponent at Hogwarts.

"Dumbledore, you have to find a way."

In McGonagall's office, Dumbledore, who had not been out for a long time, finally appeared.

But Dumbledore had no idea of ​​stepping in to deal with it. Instead, he said to McGonagall: "We should respect the Ministry of Magic, Minerva."

"Oh, you ate expired candy outside, is there something wrong, Dumbledore!" McGonagall stared at Dumbledore seriously, clenching her fists.

"Minerva, we have to have a reason, now is not the time."

Dumbledore was outside and heard the Ministry of Magic's slander against him, but this was not a big deal. What Dumbledore wanted to do now was to establish the Order of the Phoenix and spread the radiation range of the Order abroad.

Only when the Order of the Phoenix enveloped the entire Europe could Dumbledore confront Voldemort and Grindelwald at the same time.

But... Dumbledore was a little hesitant, his movements were very slow, and it was as if he was just writing some blank checks to the Ministry of Magic abroad, just to comfort them with words.

Because Grindelwald has not officially appeared yet.

"Isn't it the right time?" McGonagall yelled at Dumbledore loudly: "When is your right time? Do you want to wait for Umbridge to mess up Hogwarts?"

Seeing McGonagall so excited, Dumbledore had to tell the truth.

"Neither Grindelwald nor Voldemort made a move, I had to hide."

"Minerva...if you can, please believe me, as long as Oded is here, no matter how messed up Umbridge is, nothing will happen."

"You just need to keep an eye on Oude and train him to become a qualified principal, and everything will be no problem."

Mag calmed down for a while, took a deep breath and said: "Of course, Bree has done many great things, and has made more achievements than you have been in office for so many years."

McGonagall told Dumbledore about the foreign school, and Dumbledore nodded frequently.

"I think Odeh can be promoted to principal next year."

The two ended the smoke they just had.

"I will stay in the Order of the Phoenix and put aside international matters for the time being."

After Dumbledore's comfort, the Ministry of Magic outside had stabilized a lot, and he could concentrate on dealing with Voldemort.

Dumbledore waved his hand, and soon a phoenix chirped and the phoenix appeared.

"The Phoenix is ​​left for you to correspond with me, Minerva."

Phoenix is ​​an excellent messenger, and it stands to reason that staying with Dumbledore would be more useful to him, but Dumbledore doesn't want to interfere with foreign affairs recently.

"Okay." Seeing that Dumbledore had taken out all the phoenixes, McGonagall couldn't say anything else.

In a daze, Mag had a guess.

"Dumbledore, I don't think you would let people from the Ministry of Magic cause trouble at Hogwarts for no reason."

From the very beginning, Headmistress McGonagall had doubts about Dumbledore's reasons for letting Umbridge in, and now it seems that she has the answer.

Dumbledore was silent for a moment, which allowed McGonagall to confirm her suspicion.

Dumbledore said before leaving: "When Grindelwald awakens the saints and the Death Eaters make trouble again, the forces of the Ministry of Magic headed by Fudge will never be biased towards me."

"So, please, please direct their energy here."

After that, Dumbledore used Apparition and left Hogwarts...

(End of this chapter)