Chapter 272: Full of Hatred

Umbridge quickly became the most hated person in the school by herself.

However, in such a short period of time, she had already formulated more than a hundred student rules.

After the implementation of the new education model she developed, which claimed to be risk-free and that students could learn by just reading textbooks without waving a magic wand,

The students' dislike for her surpassed that of Principal Black, the most unpopular person in school history, and she immediately topped the list.

When it comes to hating Umbridge, the little snakes rarely reach a high degree of consensus with the students from the other three colleges.

"I just made a mistake in reciting a word!" Daphne, who was forbidden from wearing makeup, looked haggard and emaciated. "She first deducted points from me, then kept me after class, and made me do 50 squats as punishment! I just wanted to die--"

As she said, the new punishment method developed by Umbridge combines corporal punishment and mental insults -

During the daily morning run, anyone who breaks the rules must either add laps to the running, do frog jumps, or do squats. While doing so, they must shout in front of all the students and professors, "I am (name), I am a disobedient and bad student, I bring shame to the college——" in order to inflict a double blow to the students both physically and mentally.

"My self-review is already as thick as a book." Brace, who was found out for pretending to be sick, was really sick this time. He had a disease called tenosynovitis. He rubbed his sore hands and said, "Have you seen the bulletin board in the auditorium? It's full of self-reviews written by everyone--"

The self-reviews on the bulletin board were as colorful as a palette, covering all kinds of punishments. Gryffindor took up most of the space, while Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw also took up a small half. The rest were basically written by Daphne and Blaise.

These two people, one was Jian Yu's roommate, and the other pretended to be unconscious to rescue Jian Yu but was discovered, and they all became Umbridge's new targets of hatred.

"Everywhere feels like a prison." Because of his family background, Draco and some pure-blood students received preferential treatment, but this did not prevent his complaints from echoing throughout the common room. "I can't believe we are in a magic school! We can't cast a spell! What's the difference between this and Azkaban?"

Students were constantly being taken to Umbridge's small dark room, and any action they took could lead to trouble.

The whole school fell into pink terror.

"The difference is that Azkaban is more comfortable than here." Theodore looked at the latest notice and read out a bunch of exam names like a menu, "quizzes, weekly tests, monthly tests, midterm and final exams, surprise tests, and baseline tests. If you fail any of them, you won't be able to move up to the next grade."

Although he seldom spoke, when he did, he said something startling:

"If I drown her in the Black Lake, what are the chances of her not going to Azkaban?"

There is no harm without comparison. The little lions on the other side feel that in comparison, every faculty member is an angel.

"I have never loved Professor McGonagall so much." Ron panted heavily and gave a speech after being punished to run five laps around the Black Lake. "I used to think she was too strict, but now I think she is the cutest cat queen."

"This class is completely unbearable!" Hermione shouted angrily. In order to avoid breaking the rules, she had to stay eight feet away from the two of them. "It's completely meaningless. Umbridge hates students from Muggle families and wants to torture everyone to death! When will Headmaster Dumbledore come back?"

"I now think Snape is very kind." Harry commented, "Potions class, which allows me to move my rusty arms, is heaven. If I can get Umbridge out of school, I would be happy to have dinner with Snape."

His good friends Ron and Hermione looked at him with horror, then looked behind him.

"I'm very glad to hear such a compliment." came the eerie voice behind him, "I guess I'll have to offer you a chance to have dinner with me."

Harry turned around stiffly and met Snape's dark face. His face was covered with sweat and he didn't look well.

"Detention, Potter, five barrels of toads that need skinning—"

But he did not see the look of despair on Harry's face as he wished, but instead a strange look of gratitude.

This made Snape so disgusted that he wanted to open Harry's head to see if it was broken.

Little did Harry know that what he was thinking was -

Being detained by Snape = skipping evening study = not having to face Umbridge's toad face = not being detained by Umbridge...

This is so wonderful!

He had never thanked Professor Snape like this before!

He wished he could be put in detention by Snape every day!

......

Not only the students, but Umbridge also successfully became the most hated person by all the faculty and staff in the school.

As someone who had contradicted her and had goblin blood, Professor Flitwick was the first to be persecuted.

"She has no respect for others! It's totally discriminatory!" At the gathering of the deans, the senior professor was so angry that his beard fluttered. "You know, when I was giving a lecture, she took a tape measure to measure my height and then said, 'Half-human, half-beast with fairy blood should not be qualified to teach'——"

"Filius, I understand you." Professor Sprout, who was exhausted both physically and mentally, lost a lot of weight. "In your class, she doesn't allow students to use spells, right? She even doesn't allow me to teach with herbs, and only lets students read textbooks - it is said that animals cannot be used in Care of Magical Creatures. She also said that my clothes are shabby and rustic, and because of this, my review score will be deducted by 20 points -"

Snape's dislike for Umbridge was comparable to that for Potter and Black.

He wanted to poison her tea so that she would die immediately.

"You are thin, your skin is sallow, your hair is greasy, and you are unhealthy. I am afraid you have an infectious disease." He squeezed out word by word from between his teeth. "This is the content of my review report: 'Your physical fitness is poor. You need to do some exercise and run laps with the students in the morning.'"

The report automatically burned in his hands and turned into ashes.

"Speaking of review reports, I put a few children in detention before her today, but unfortunately, she bluntly said that my results would not pass." Professor McGonagall's cold tone was filled with anger, "She will ruin the children!"

She now gave students detentions in advance whenever possible to avoid more severe punishment from Umbridge.

Of course, the other three deans did just that, which made their offices bustling every day and inexplicably deepened the friendship between students and professors.

"When will Headmaster Dumbledore be back?" Professor Flitwick asked McGonagall. "This place has become a one-man show for Umbridge."

But Professor McGonagall shook her head and replied with a frown:

"It is said that he is in a very difficult situation and cannot get away - Grindelwald has kidnapped some Muggles."

The deans all let out short exclamations. The bad news that came one after another made everyone fall into silence.