Snape didn't tell his joke in the end, which was a pity. Felix thought that the professor was very talented in telling jokes.

He secretly made a note that he would have a Christmas present for next year.

Felix sat next to Snape and was about to make a few jokes when the main door of the auditorium suddenly opened, and a large amount of snow and wind rolled in from outside.

A short and fat witch dressed in pink walked in. Felix heard Professor McGonagall, who was two seats away, take a deep breath and her black eyebrows were tightly knitted together.

The short and fat witch was Dolores Umbridge. There were two people following her. One was a thin, dark-skinned middle-aged wizard. He wore a gold ring on one ear and was dressed like an Auror. Felix

knew him. When Minister Fudge came to the school to visit the basilisk last year, he brought this person with him. Fudge called him "Kingsley".

The other was a witch, also dressed as an Auror, with a thick scarf covering her face. From some of her lively little movements, it can be seen that she was not very old. She walked with Kingsley.

The smile on Dumbledore's face disappeared, and the expression of surprise lasted only for a moment. Then he stood up and said politely: "What a rare guest. I didn't know you would come on this special day."

"I haven't seen you for a long time, Professor Dumbledore." Umbridge put on a conspicuous fake smile on her toad face. "I'm not saying that your vice-headmaster is not serious and responsible... It's all for the sake of completing the job. Just like me, I can't avoid sharing the worries of Minister Fudge at Christmas."

Dumbledore said calmly: "I have complete trust in Minerva, she has done an excellent job."

Umbridge didn't seem to feel embarrassed at all, but the female Auror behind her had turned her head away, with a look that couldn't bear to look at her.

Kingsley stood up and said in a low, slow voice: "Dumbledore, we are here to share new information with you."

Umbridge immediately screamed: "Kingsley! I am the investigator appointed by the minister--"

Kingsley did not look at her, but his next sentence also explained: "I only accept the orders of Minister Fudge and Scrimgeour-Dumbledore, there is new progress about Sirius Black."

"I'm all ears, Kingsley." Dumbledore said gently.

"Someone spotted someone who looks like Sirius Black in Knockturn Alley. According to the information we have, an unlucky wizard was attacked from behind, and the attacker stole his wand."

"So, he rearmed himself?" Dumbledore said, "I originally thought that he would wander between the school and Hogsmeade."

Kingsley said, "We thought so before, so we relaxed our vigilance over there. But he may be more cunning than we thought. I'm leaving for London tomorrow - this is Tonks, Scrimgeour hopes to pass on the message through her."

"Tonks?" Dumbledore smiled and looked at the young witch.

"It's me, Headmaster Dumbledore. It's great to meet you." The female Auror took off the scarf covering her face and said enthusiastically.

Kingsley explained, "Tonks will still be in Hogsmeade most of the time, just as a precaution." He glanced at Umbridge, who was impatiently fiddling with the pink bow on her cuffs, "and she can also restrain the Dementors."

Dumbledore nodded and said, "No problem, Hogwarts and the Ministry of Magic have a common appeal on this matter."

Kingsley fell silent. This man had a calm and taciturn temperament. After finishing the business, his presence immediately decreased.

On the contrary, Umbridge finally found an opportunity. She said in an awkward little girl's voice: "Thank you for Kingsley's speech, Professor Dumbledore. I hope you can reconsider that Tonks - to some extent, is not following the rules. The Ministry of Magic is willing to send a permanent team..."

"We don't need to talk about this issue, Umbridge." Dumbledore insisted, "Go back and tell Fudge that if he has any ideas, let him come to me directly."

Felix almost understood that Umbridge and Kingsley were not in the same group. Fudge stood behind Umbridge. It might be a test, or this woman took the initiative. In short, she wanted to extend her tentacles into Hogwarts, but was pushed back by Professor McGonagall and Dumbledore one after another.

Although Kingsley also listened to Fudge's orders, he obviously didn't care about the attitude of Umbridge, the investigator, and this time he came to follow the command of Scrimgeor, the head of the Auror Office.

They left quickly. With this episode, the professors were not in the mood to laugh. The topic inevitably turned to Umbridge. Black's threat was too far away, but it was really hard to have a good impression of this toad lady.

Professor McGonagall said sharply: "I'm not a person who speaks ill of others, but Umbridge--" Her nose wings were a little white, and she was obviously very angry. "If you knew how she treats her subordinates and her family, you would understand my feelings."

"Is Umbridge not good to her family?" Felix asked.

"Oh! She has repeatedly claimed that her 'deceased' father was an outstanding figure in the Wizengamot, but in fact he is alive and well."

Flitwick frowned and recalled: "I seem to have some impression that the surname Umbridge is still very rare. I remember that more than ten years ago, there was a cleaner named Umbridge in the Ministry of Magic..."

At this time, students finally came over. Two first-year students appeared together. Not long after, a sixth-year Slytherin student came with a gloomy face.

The topic of the professors' conversation became relaxed again. Dumbledore left once and came back with a bunch of silver firecrackers. "This is a firecracker hat. Like the multi-flavor beans, it's a surprise every time."

He gave one to everyone at the table and asked cheerfully, "Does anyone want to try it?"

Felix looked at Snape. Dumbledore followed his gaze and blinked, smiling and said, "Severus, you definitely don't want to miss this."

As he spoke, Harry, Ron and Hermione came over. They were surprised to see Snape impatiently pulling the string of a silver firecracker. The firecrackers popped apart, revealing a lady's pointed hat.

Dumbledore handed the hat to Snape, but Snape pushed it away without thinking, so Dumbledore immediately replaced his wizard hat with it.

"Merry Christmas, ladies and gentlemen."

Harry and the others stared at Dumbledore's new look in amazement, speechless for a while.

The meal lasted for two hours. Everyone was enjoying it very much. No one talked about Umbridge, which was a disgusting topic, except that Trelawney showed up in the middle of the meal and insisted on counting the number of people before sitting down. When she counted twice and the number was still thirteen, she couldn't help but screaming.

Trelawney sat down in silence until Felix politely reminded her that she might have forgotten to include herself.