harry potter book of crimes

"Oh! The butterbeer here looks dirty, but I didn't expect it to taste really good!"

"Yes, yes! Although the bottle is indeed dirty..."

"It doesn't matter if the bottle is dirty, but the cup isn't much clean either...but it does taste great!"

In the Pig's Head Bar, the little wizards gathered together and commented enthusiastically on the butterbeer. Every time "dirty" sounded, an annoyed look would come from behind the bar, but no one paid attention to that.

Because right in the middle of them, Hermione had already waved her hand to stop them from talking, indicating that she was about to start talking.

"Do you remember? I said it to some extent when I invited you before, but today I have to say it completely in front of everyone -"

Hermione looked very serious, which made everyone quiet down.

"That's right..." she said seriously, "First of all, I think everyone understands that the current Hogwarts is not safe..."

"My mother said the same thing. She wrote me a letter!" the yellow-haired boy who was following Ginny rushed to say, "My mother is even considering whether to let me transfer to another school..."

"Who are you?" Ron asked rudely.

"Zachary Smith." The boy glanced at Ron and said casually.

"Didn't your mother write to tell you that it's rude to interrupt someone else?" Ron had a look of dissatisfaction on his face.

"Hmph! Didn't you interrupt me too? Where are your politeness?" Zacharias glared at Ron and snorted coldly.

"Okay!" Hermione waved her hand to stop, "Attention, what I want to say is - Hogwarts is indeed not safe, but the same is true outside of Hogwarts!"

"I think some of you here must have heard about the riots that are happening in the wizarding world in the UK and even in Europe. Werewolves, vampires, crazy wizards, etc., a series of cases are happening frequently. Compared with

Maybe Hogwarts is safer if you come from outside..."

"I think the reason why Hogwarts is more stable than outside is inseparable from the professors' protection of us!"

"Especially..." Hermione paused and said sadly, "Especially Principal Dumbledore - as Maka said, his death must be for us and for the entire Hogwarts!"

"But, look at ourselves?" She spread her arms and looked regretful, "We are indeed just students, but can we really just wait for the professors and Maka to protect us?

?”

"... Putting aside school and so on, at least we don't want to be a burden!" Ernie said, then turned to the little wizards around him to confirm, "Isn't that right? Isn't that right?"

"Yes!" "Yeah." "If it's possible!"

Most of the people invited by Hermione this time were classmates who heard that she wanted to learn more about Defense Against the Dark Arts and couldn't help but yearn for it.

Under the threat of Voldemort's repeated attacks, everyone wants to gain the power to protect themselves.

As soon as I signaled Ernie to say it, many people responded in some way or another.

"Yes, that's it!" Hermione nodded and said, "However, if you want to make yourself stronger, it is definitely impossible to rely on the pile of rubbish taught by that Umbridge! We

What you need to learn is real skills!”

"...Honestly, who would call those ghosts 'Defense Against the Dark Arts'?" she concluded confidently.

"Yes, well said -" Ravenclaw's Anthony Goldstein whispered in support.

Speaking of which, when Maka got on the Hogwarts Express for the first time in her first year of school, she was in the same carriage with this rather introverted black-haired boy.

It can be seen that he seems to be a little bit more cheerful than before... yes, it is really just "a little bit"!

"So I thought..." Hermione, who was encouraged, became firmer and said decisively, "I thought, why don't we find a way to solve this problem ourselves?"

At this point, she paused for a moment, leaving some room for everyone to think, and then continued: "So, the three of us found a more suitable Defense Against the Dark Arts professor for everyone, instead of that one

Umbridge in pink."

"Oh!" Ginny reacted immediately and couldn't help but scream.

"Is it Maka?" Ernie said in surprise, "This is really great. I have always wanted to find an opportunity for him to teach me something! But I can't find anyone else..."

"Yes, it's Maka." Hermione nodded proudly, "I think there is no more suitable teacher than him, right?"

"McLean is indeed very powerful, but can we learn it well?" Zacharias just now spoke again, "I have also attended the ancient magic text class he taught several times, and it is not the same thing all the time.

Reciting means to 'understand the meaning of the magic text'..."

"... Until now, there is no classmate who can use ancient magic words to make feathers float like him! But in the Charms class, Professor Flitwick taught us how to use the Levitation Charm in the first lesson."

"Because it's ancient magic literature, not Charms, and it's not Defense Against the Dark Arts -" Luna said in a daze, "The magic literature taught by Professor Babling before could only be used to translate ancient documents!

"

"Uh..." Zacharias was a little speechless by Luna's frivolous words. He held it in for a while before reluctantly saying, "Maybe so... but who knows if he will teach Defense Against the Dark Arts."

What? You know, just because you know how to use it doesn’t necessarily mean you can teach it!”

"That's enough!" Harry couldn't help but said, "If you don't want to learn, you can leave now! No one here forces you to learn -"

However, Zacharias just curled his lips. Although he still stiffened his neck and insisted on his opinion, he had no intention of leaving his seat.

"So," Hermione glanced at him, and continued, "So...as I just said, if you want to learn truly effective Defense Against the Dark Arts from Maka, then we have to plan specific matters.

——For example, how often we meet, where we should train, etc.”

"And we have to hide it from Umbridge and not let her know." Harry added emphatically, "Everyone knows that her departure is only temporary and she will come back sooner or later!"

"I really don't understand why, in such a dangerous time, the Ministry of Magic would stuff such a useless thing into the school - ah, I mean, teacher."

Ginny said this and stuck out her tongue cutely. But when Harry's eyes glanced towards her, she subconsciously looked away.

"Well said, Ginny!" Ernie laughed loudly, "Look, that old witch has been trying her best to stop us from using any defensive spells."

When Hermione and the others heard Ernie's words, they looked at each other and didn't know whether they should reveal some information about the Ministry of Magic.

In fact, the tug-of-war between the Order of the Phoenix and the Death Eaters in the Ministry of Magic is quite serious in nature.

The Ministry of Magic can be said to be the heart and brain of a country's magical world. Once something big happens there that shakes the foundation, it's no joke!

In the entire British wizarding world, all the order and development of ordinary wizards are closely connected with the Ministry of Magic. This is a major event that affects the whole body.

After thinking about it, Hermione finally shook her head slightly at Harry and Ron, signaling them not to say anything casually.

"I think the reason why the Ministry of Magic arranged for Umbridge to be admitted to Hogwarts to interfere with our Defense Against the Dark Arts courses is because 'someone' had some inexplicable and ridiculous ideas——"

Hermione found a random reason and said:

"Maybe some people think that Dumbledore will organize us students, build a secret army, and then encourage everyone to resist the entire Ministry of Magic."

Hearing her say this, almost everyone was dumbfounded in surprise.

Only Luna tilted her head and said quietly: "Yes, what Hermione said makes sense... In fact, the Minister of Magic, Cornelius Fudge, has a secret army of his own!"

"What?"

This time, even Hermione and the three of them were shocked. This was news that no one expected.

"Did Maka tell her?" - This was the first thought that came to Hermione's mind.

"Yes, he has an entire private army composed of 'Black Leopards'." Luna said seriously.

"'Haley-Oppa'? What's that?" Neville asked confused.

"Fire elf!" Luna explained enthusiastically, "a huge creature covered in flames. It runs like a sea of ​​fire and can burn everything on the road to nothing -"

Hermione, who was mumbling, suddenly realized something was wrong. She understood - Luna was telling her gossip again.

"...But Luna, I haven't read it in any book." Hermione pursed her lips and said, "They don't exist, do they?"

"It exists!" Luna said with certainty.

"But..." Hermione seemed reluctant, but actually didn't want to really argue with Luna, "But, they don't-"

"Ahem, ahem!" Ginny imitated Umbridge's artificial coughing sound realistically, interrupting the somewhat subtle dispute between the two.

Several classmates looked around in surprise, and then looked at Ginny and laughed heartily.

"I said..." Ginny reminded with a smile, "Shouldn't we decide how often to gather together? We also need to find a place to train or something, and this place doesn't sound easy to find!"

"Yes, you're right, Ginny!" Hermione hurried down the slope, avoiding the confusing confrontation with Luna, "What we should be discussing is this - the time and place have to be determined.

Just come down!"