Days to grind friendship at Hogwarts

Glenn followed the familiar route to the eighth floor and climbed the golden spiral staircase behind the gargoyle.

The wooden door was open, and besides Dumbledore himself, there was another person in the principal's office—Lockhart.

"Glen, you're just in time!" Dumbledore waved to Glenn with a smile.

Glenn nodded towards Lockhart: "Good evening, Mr. Lockhart, long time no see. How is your work at the Ministry of Magic going?"

"Not bad." Lockhart said with a smile, "Thanks to your help, otherwise I definitely wouldn't be able to climb to where I am today."

After some polite exchanges, the three finally started talking about business.

"You should have some news to share with us about Barty Crouch, right? Gilderoy?"

"Of course!" Lockhart nodded quickly, "What happened at the World Cup frightened Fudge. As soon as Dolores Umbridge proposed to let the dementors kiss Crouch, he immediately agreed, even

I didn't even ask those Aurors for their opinions."

"Dolores Umbridge..." Dumbledore repeated the name, "Do you know anything about this Senior Investigator?"

Lockhart pondered for a moment and said: "I can't say that I understand her. I only know that this woman is Fudge's best confidant and has been working for him. However, in my impression, she seems to have not had a good relationship with other Ministry of Magic employees around her.

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"It's easy to see that she is really not good at dealing with her colleagues," Dumbledore said.

"There is another person, Yaxley, do you know him?" Glenn asked again: "He is the only person arrested besides Barty Crouch."

Lockhart seemed to have an impression of this person, and immediately nodded: "Oh, Corban Yaxley! Speaking of him, I suddenly remembered that recently, his relationship with Umbridge seemed to have deteriorated.

Very close.”

Dumbledore seemed to notice something and asked, "Can you elaborate?"

"As I just said, that woman Umbridge never puts her energy into dealing with her colleagues, including me," Lockhart said. "I don't know if it's my misunderstanding. Since then, there have been mysterious...

When the news of his return came out, she began to try to get into the circle of pure-blood wizards. As you know, Yaxley has been doing well in that circle."

He thought for a while and then added: "By the way, this time Yaxley was acquitted, and Umbridge had a lot of help behind the scenes."

"Actually, the guy was caught and knocked unconscious by me in the forest," Glenn said with a frown. "In my opinion, he didn't look like he was controlled by the Imperius Curse. He should be a real person."

Death Eaters. In this case, is there a possibility that Umbridge has actually become one of them?"

"This is a pretty reasonable guess." Dumbledore said, "Her identity happens to be what Voldemort needs most."

Glenn knew in his heart that Umbridge's character was clearly described in the original work. If Fudge was just stupid, then she was really bad. She did not join Voldemort's camp in the original work only because of her.

Without this qualification, I can only be a non-staff member.

If Voldemort really needed to use her to achieve his goal of controlling Hogwarts, maybe she would have become an "honorable" Death Eater by now.

"So, whose idea was it for Umbridge to serve as the Senior Inquisitor of Hogwarts?" Glenn asked again.

Lockhart recalled for a moment and immediately said: "I have an impression of this. After the riots in the World Cup, Fudge received a letter from Dumbledore one day and seemed a little angry. Then Umbridge made a suggestion and said that he could think of

There is a way to keep Hogwarts out of the control of the Ministry of Magic, so I have this position."

"If this is the case, it seems that the identity of our senior investigator is a bit complicated." Dumbledore said.

His guess was reasonable, and Glenn, who had an almost God's perspective, also thought so. And for Voldemort, the most important plan at the moment was to use the Triwizard Tournament to obtain Harry's blood for resurrection.

Then, the appearance of Umbridge can form a double insurance with Barty Crouch Jr. to ensure that the plan can be successfully completed.

After all the information that should be disclosed was reported, Lockhart said goodbye and left. Because tomorrow is the day when the list of warriors is announced, he and Bagman were arranged to stay overnight at Hogwarts. This is why he had the opportunity to meet Dumbledore.

Reason for meeting privately.

When Lockhart went out, Glenn spoke again: "As for the Triwizard Tournament, Professor, I don't really want to participate..."

In his opinion, Dumbledore obviously hopes that he can participate in the competition to further solidify his identity as the leader of the younger generation.

With his strength, it is not difficult to become a champion.

But Dumbledore didn't know that the winner of this game could only be Harry himself. If Glenn and he were teleported to Voldemort by the trophy, they would probably face a large group of Death Eaters. If he wanted

If you escape, you will definitely expose a lot of your trump cards.

However, Dumbledore's reaction was beyond his expectation.

"If you don't want to participate, then forget it." He said with a smile.

"Because..." Glenn didn't react at first and subconsciously made excuses.

Dumbledore looked at him with a relaxed expression: "Don't worry, Glenn, I won't force you to make any decisions. If you don't want to participate, there is no need to sign up."

Happiness came so suddenly that Glenn was a little confused for a moment.

He thought it would take a lot of words to convince Dumbledore, but he didn't expect it to be so easy.

But thinking about the meaningful look in the old fox's eyes at the banquet just now, this abnormal attitude still made him a little uneasy.

The two chatted about the night of the World Cup final and the head-on defeat of Yaxley. It was obvious that Dumbledore was very satisfied with his ability.

The next day was Saturday, and Glenn got up a little later than usual. When he arrived at the auditorium, many people had already gathered here.

They had obviously finished their breakfast and just stayed to see who had thrown their names into the Goblet of Fire.

The cup was placed in the center of the foyer, with blue and white flames dancing slowly.

Qiu was sitting at the long table in Ravenclaw, chatting with Morgana. They seemed to be in a good mood, both smiling.

"Are there many people signing up?" Glenn sat next to the two of them and poured himself a glass of pumpkin juice.

Qiu glanced at the Goblet of Fire again and said: "Quite a few, I just saw Slytherin's Warrington, who is a big guy who looks like a sloth; and Fred and George, they look very good.

The look of confidence.”

"What about other schools?"

"Not yet." Morgana said with a smile, "Except for me..."