hogwarts blast

With such an unscrupulous magic as Body Transfiguration, Hermione would not be surprised if Kyle did such a thing as replacing Voldemort and assassinating the Minister of Magic.

In the past, Hermione would have definitely condemned the little devil's illegal and criminal behavior.

But it was limited to a few words of condemnation.

But today, Hermione didn't even offer a few words of mild condemnation, and simply chose to skip the topic.

She had been unhappy with Fudge for a long time.

Some time ago, she saw in the Daily Prophet that Cornelius Fudge had died, so she didn't celebrate Fudge's death with champagne on the spot, which was a good thing.

Putting aside the factors of personal grudges, Hermione had to admit that Fudge had been conscientious, conscientious, and honest during his several years in office, and was quite popular among the people of the wizarding world.

This can be seen from the reaction of the public after the Daily Prophet published the news of Fudge's death on the front page.

Even though they knew that Fudge was hit by two killing curses and it was impossible to save him, the people in the wizarding world still worked hard to rehabilitate Fudge in the hope that he could survive.

That day on the commercial street of Konoha Village, where Hogsmeade Village was originally located, the sales of the Three Broomsticks Bar increased more than ten times.

This number is comparable to that during Hogwarts' Hogsmeade weekend.

Over the strong wine and delicious food, countless sad people shed tears of sadness from the corners of their mouths.

In order to commemorate this great minister, Naysayer almost immediately launched the commemorative edition of the journal that day - to celebrate Fudge's death. Buy one, get one free.

I have to say, this is really touching.

Of course, not everyone holds such an attitude.

To some people, the news of Fudge's death was like the death of his biological father, and they were not even so filial to their biological father.

Among these "some people" is Dolores Umbridge, the incoming Defense Against the Dark Arts professor at Hogwarts.

Umbridge was appointed at the critical moment. While taking up the high-risk profession of Professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts, she also shouldered the special mission given to her by Minister Fudge.

That is to monitor Dumbledore and wait for an opportunity to take control of Hogwarts.

But she never thought it would be like this.

Hogwarts hadn't started school yet, and she hadn't even come to take up the post yet. Her biggest supporter in the Ministry of Magic, the former Minister Cornelius Fudge, had just died so hastily.

And he still died in the hands of "Voldemort".

This left her with no place to find anyone to reason with. She couldn't possibly capture Voldemort and bring him back to the Ministry to face trial, right?

If she had that ability, then why would she need to look at Fudge and Dumbledore?

As long as she can bring Voldemort back to the Ministry of Magic for trial, based on this achievement alone, she can rise to the top and become Minister in a matter of minutes.

But is that possible?

Now that she has lost the support of former Minister Fudge, Umbridge only feels that her future life is gloomy, and she does not know where to go.

Sitting on the faculty seat, Umbridge's face looked pale against the candlelight emitted by thousands of candles floating on the ceiling.

More than half a month has passed since Fudge was assassinated, and the Ministry of Magic has still not selected the next minister to take over.

Umbridge did not receive any new orders and could only go to Hogwarts to take up her post as planned.

However, it was impossible to cause trouble in Hogwarts according to the original order given to her by Fudge and seize the opportunity to gather the power of Hogwarts into her hands.

Sitting blankly in her seat, Umbridge held a silver spoon in her hand and scooped up the food on the plate. She didn't even notice that the plate was empty.

No one paid attention to Umbridge.

The Sorting Hat opened its slit-like mouth and began its ventriloquism performance.

Last year, the Sorting Hat only learned to use his mouth to imitate the erhu and suona.

After a year of painstaking study, the Sorting Hat has mastered another rogue instrument, the cucurbit flute.

"I was a new hat a long time ago, before Hogwarts was built..."

"The four founders of Noble Academy thought they would never part ways..."

Since experiencing the magic sound of the Sorting Hat last year, most students in Hogwarts have learned to listen to this magic with earplugs closed.

This is the moment they are all about.

The freshmen who have just entered the first grade cannot know any magic, so they can only be forced to accept the magic sounds in their ears.

By the time the Sorting Hat finished singing, they had almost lost half their lives.

When the name of the student in the first branch was called, he even had to be helped by Professor McGonagall before he reluctantly walked forward and sat on the chair of the branch.

The students behind them did not fare much better, which resulted in this year's sorting ceremony being longer than in previous years.

While the hungry students were waiting anxiously, the long line of first-year students was shortening little by little at a very headache-like speed.

I don't know how long it took, but Dumbledore finally announced that the banquet had begun.

Many students who were about to starve to death breathed a long sigh of relief.

I don’t know if they are hungry, but tonight the students’ eating speed increased by more than 50% than usual.

When the last dessert disappeared from the plate, Dumbledore stood up from his seat.

"Okay, I ask everyone to be quiet for a while and listen to me talk about the things to pay attention to in the new semester as usual." Dumbledore said with a smile.

The students all fell silent and looked at Dumbledore expectantly.

They all noticed that there were two more people in the teaching staff of Hogwarts this year. In addition to the pink toad, there was also a fat bald walrus.

After explaining several precautions that were often mentioned in previous years, such as not being allowed to go to the Forbidden Forest and not using prank props produced by Weasley Industries, Dumbledore began to introduce the changes in the teaching team.

"This year, we have three changes in our teaching staff."

"I am very pleased to introduce to you Professor Umbridge, who will take up the post of Professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts."

Dumbledore took the lead in applauding.

But there was only polite but not very enthusiastic applause in the auditorium.

"And Professor Slughorn, an old colleague of mine who has agreed to return to his old position as Potions teacher."

Potions class?

Dumbledore's words echoed in the auditorium, immediately causing a murmur of discussion. Everyone wondered if they had heard wrongly.

Slughorn stood up, his bald head shining in the candlelight, and his waistcoat-clad belly casting a large shadow on the table.

He waved to the students, but now everyone was discussing the Potions Professor, and no students noticed his actions.

There was no awkward look on his face, and he sat back down in his seat calmly.

"In the meantime, Professor Snape," Dumbledore said, raising his voice to cover the discussion, "will be Professor of Magical Attack and Defense."

Magic Attack and Defense Class???

The confusion on the faces of the students became even worse. They all looked at Dumbledore, hoping to get the answer from him.

"In the new semester, Hogwarts will add a magic attack and defense course. The teaching content of the course is just like the name of this course."

"You will learn in this course how to use spells to fight with others, and how to defend yourself against spells cast on you by others during combat."

Upon hearing Dumbledore's explanation, Umbridge's eyes widened suddenly, filled with disbelief.

Aren't the teaching contents Dumbledore mentioned what the Defense Against the Dark Arts course teaches?

If the teaching content of the Defense Against the Dark Arts course is taught in another course, then what else does she, the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor, teach?

Is it really just a consumable item that is used purely to resist the curse and is thrown away after use?