Chapter 271 Teaching Reform (II)

“Ding-ling-ling——”

At 6 o'clock, the deafening alarm bell rang throughout Hogwarts. Almost the moment it rang, Daphne jumped out of bed.

"This ringtone, I thought the world was going to end!" She covered her chest and gasped, "It's terrible, how could Umbridge install such a thing in the common room - I almost had a heart attack -"

She swallowed her words back, because Jian Yu, who was lying on the bed like a cricket, looked like he was surrounded by a dark aura.

——Maybe that’s her morning grumpiness.

"I want to destroy the world." Jane Jade, who was slowly squirming, made a dark voice, "Where is Umbridge? I'm going to give her a big bite -"

"Waiting for us to do exercises by the Black Lake." Daphne answered mechanically. She was not sure if she was dazzled, but she seemed to see some black and terrible substance flashing across Jane Yu's body. "But I don't want you to stay in Azkaban, Jane. I don't think I have the ability to break out of the prison--"

She watched in horror as Jian Yu turned over and got out of bed, almost running on all fours... crawling out. Soon there was a deafening roar and screams from outside, but the ringing stopped as well -

"The assembly bell was blown!"

Umbridge soon brought Jian Yu in front of all the students and the deans of the four colleges.

Blown by the cold wind from the Black Lake, she yawned and felt that she had finally woken up.

"Where am I? Who am I? What am I doing?" She looked innocent. "I seem to have had a dream. What's the matter, Professor?"

"Deliberate destruction of school property!" Umbridge scolded, almost pointing at her nose, "casting unauthorized spells, I must teach you a profound lesson -"

"Excuse me, Professor Umbridge." Professor McGonagall came out quickly to the rescue, "I think the assembly bell does not belong to the category of public property of the school. It is not included in the list of Hogwarts property."

"I think you should know that Miss Jane suffers from sleepwalking." Snape also had a dark face, and followed Jane Yu's words to force the somnambulism on her head, "When in a sleepwalking state, it is understandable that some spells are released unconsciously."

He continued to hint:

"It is normal for people to have confusion after taking too many unknown drugs—"

Umbridge's face darkened. She knew her methods were mean and dishonorable, and she did not want to expose her true nature too early before she completely controlled Hogwarts. So she returned to her usual 'friendly' appearance and said with a smile:

"Since this is your first mistake, I am happy to give Miss Jane a chance. Now, get back to the team."

Jian Yu raised her eyebrows, shrugged, and walked back to the Slytherin square.

It doesn’t matter, if it doesn’t work once, there’s always a second time.

She could always wait until the day when Umbridge became furious.

The yawning students standing by the Black Lake all gave thumbs up and praised in low voices:

"You are amazing!", "You are worthy of me!", "Although you provoked her, I feel refreshed!", "The turbid air in my body is cleared!"...

"Quiet!" Umbridge's delicate voice sounded again, "I want to tell you that the Ministry of Magic has new instructions for your health. After discussion with the Minister, we both agree that a strong physique is a must!"

Her harassing gaze swept over the muscles exposed by the sleeves of Warrington and Montague, causing both of them to tremble and quickly put down their sleeves.

"Therefore, we have set up morning and evening running, as well as daily Quidditch training." She reluctantly withdrew her gaze and continued to announce, "Running, as a good way to strengthen the body, we have included it in your final exams - if you fail, you will not be able to obtain a graduation certificate, nor can you be promoted to the next grade -"

This doesn't seem to be a big problem for the strong Quidditch house team members, but unfortunately -

Most wizards with maxed out magic attributes lack physical attributes and have weak debuffs.

So almost in an instant, the booing at the edge of the Black Lake became boiling, and even the mermaids poked their heads out of the lake and stared at them warily.

"Now, each college should form a square formation, with the short ones in front and the tall ones in the back, and their chests should be pressed against the backs of the people in front!"

"Yes, front and back are in one line, left and right are in one line, align them! You have to run around the Black Lake twice—"

The students looked left and right, and began to sweat coldly.

"Run two laps? Will it kill people?" Blaise couldn't help but questioned quietly, "Does she want to train everyone to have muscles like Warrington so that she can admire them? I think she is really perverted!"

Following a sharp whistle from Umbridge, the four squares began to move, but unfortunately, after only a hundred meters, the neat squares fell apart. The Quidditch players and senior students rushed to the front, while the others fell behind.

Soon, students continued to fall to the ground due to exhaustion, and those who fell tripped the people behind them.

There were constant sounds of "Ouch" and screams, and students fell to the ground one after another, with some even falling into the black lake with a "plop".

"I can't go to the next grade!" The little snakes in the lower grades started crying. They felt their bodies were sore and their legs felt as heavy as if they were filled with lead. They collapsed on the grass before they had even finished half a circle. "I'm going to die! I want to go home. I don't want to go to school anymore!"

"My lungs hurt so much... It hurts to breathe..." Daphne was half hanging on Jian Yu as a human-shaped pendant. She felt that her eyes were black and black with all the dancing stars in front of her eyes. "When I die, I will leave all my jewels to you--"

"I hate Umbridge!" Even Pansy cried out. Her hair was now disheveled, with strands of it stuck to her forehead by sweat. "Why is she torturing us like this! She is the worst teacher. How can she treat students like this -"

The little snakes sobbing on the ground were suddenly pulled up by an invisible force!

They stared blankly at their bodies hanging in the air, and for a moment they even forgot to shed tears.

Jian Yu felt a little complicated.

On the one hand, she felt somewhat guilty seeing the students being tortured because of her drunken words;

On the other hand, seeing that they couldn't even run half a circle of the Black Lake made her feel very disappointed in them.

This flower of the wizarding world...isn't it too vain!

With this body, how will I face the Battle of Hogwarts in the future?

Maybe even turning sideways to eat a big melon can cause them to sprain their waists!

She actually felt that the running exercises arranged by Umbridge were quite necessary!

If she were allowed to come, she would even want to give them another round of military training!

But now, she had to give these fragile little snakes some confidence.

"Remember, you are wizards! You must use spells flexibly!" She pulled the heavy Daphne off her body. "A basic levitation spell can make your movements much easier, even if you are only a few millimeters off the ground!"

The crying little snakes finally remembered their identities as wizards and began to use their intelligence and talents.

"We can use the wind blowing spell to make the wind blow in the direction of running—"

"Bubble Head Spell, help everyone breathe——"

"The Shock Absorption Spell and the Levitation Spell may work better together—"

"Very good!" Jian Yu clapped his hands. "Students in grades seven and six, please stand in the last row. You are responsible for changing the wind direction!"

Warrington, Monta and other sixth and seventh grade students immediately obeyed the order. Suddenly, a strong wind blew and the little snakes were almost blown away.

"Fourth and fifth graders, you have all learned the Bubble Head Charm and the Shock Absorbing Charm. Now, use them on the first to third graders!"

Draco, Theodore, Daphne, Blaise and the others acted quickly, moving the younger students to tears, as if they were living their lives again.

"Students from first to third grade, stand in front and cast a levitation spell on your clothes and shoes. I believe this is not difficult!"

The little snakes' eyes lit up as they felt that running had turned into a team-building activity.

"Alright, form a square! In unison!"

Following Jian Yu's order, the regrouped Slytherin formation rushed out like an arrow.

The strong wind blew in their ears, accelerating them continuously. The whirring sound seemed like a piece of music cheering them on. The levitation spell and shock-absorbing spell made the little snakes seem to be playing on an invisible trampoline. Every step they took could send them several meters away.

If it were in the Muggle world, I'm afraid everyone would be able to win the Olympic track and field championship.

"Merlin - look -"

"Those Slytherins? Are they still human? They're practically flying!"

The Slytherin phalanx quickly passed by the Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff and Gryffindor's thing that couldn't be called a phalanx, raising a gust of wind and flying sand as its exhaust, which blew the hair of the little eagles, badgers and lion cubs into bird nests and almost blurred their eyes with the dust.

"Pah, pah, pah!" Ron, who had a mouthful of dirt in his mouth, spit a few times. "I'm not jealous, but I have a friend who wants to ask, how did they do it?"

"I don't know." Hermione closed her mouth in time and looked blankly at the Slytherins' receding backs, "But I guess 99.99% of it has something to do with jade."

"As light as a swallow!", "Run, little snake!"

Laughter echoed around the Black Lake, and soon all the Slytherins reached the finish line, with a look of reluctance in everyone's eyes.

"A genius way! Flexible use of spells!" Flitwick, the Charms professor, rushed over, clapping his hands. "The power of unity maximizes the effect of the spell - I'm so happy to see this - I'm going to give Slytherin 50 extra points!"

Professor McGonagall and Professor Sprout also showed very pleased expressions, and the corners of Snape's mouth slightly curled up.

But Umbridge's face could only be described as cloudy and stormy.

"I don't see why I'm happy about this!" she shrieked. "This is completely against the rules, cutting corners, using spells I didn't approve of in advance, and I have to take 100 points off my Slytherin grade!"

The little snakes' faces turned extremely bad, and many of them clenched their fists, trying hard to suppress the urge to punch Umbridge's toad face.

"But there is no rule that prohibits the use of spells." Professor Flitwick, who was humiliated, immediately defended them. "They did not break the rules, and they showed the young wizards' proficiency in the use of spells and their innovative spirit."

"It seems that you encourage students to carry out so-called innovation." Umbridge looked at him maliciously, "This may be one of the reasons why the teaching level of this school has declined. Using teaching methods that are not authorized by the Ministry of Magic, I have to remind you, Professor Flitwick, that I have the right to review and fire the faculty and staff here."

Upon hearing this, the students of the Ravenclaw advance team who were running over breathlessly clenched their fists, as if they wanted to drown Umbridge in the Black Lake.

Umbridge, who thought she had won, smiled triumphantly and added the rule that spells were not allowed during morning jogging to the student code of conduct.

"I will review your teaching methods." She smiled at the four heads of the house. "There will be a set of risk-free and beneficial standards approved by the Ministry for you to implement -"

Jane Yu could see that Professor Flitwick's hands were also clenched into fists, which he was clenching and releasing; Professors McGonagall and Sprout's faces were pale and their lips were tightly pursed, while Professor Snape was still the same as usual, but his expression was even gloomier.

"It's morning self-study time now," Umbridge clapped her hands happily. "Your morning and evening self-study will be held in the Great Hall!"

Umbridge smiled smugly as she watched the students return to the Great Hall.

Jade Jane, although she was the student she hated the most——

But the way she provided it was pretty good!

These students were asked to get up early and go to bed late, and all actions were carried out under their noses, thus eliminating from the root the possibility that students would follow Dumbledore's call and form secret societies in school to oppose the Ministry of Magic!

Once these students become well behaved, she can organize a parent observation session to further consolidate her position in the Ministry of Magic!