In the end, Umbridge still failed to get the job of Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher as she wished, and was forced to teach Care of Magical Creatures, which made her very unhappy. She always had a gloomy face when looking at Ellie, but it was of no use because Ellie didn't pay any attention to her at all and completely ignored her existence.
What's even more annoying is that Umbridge can't do anything.
Harry was equally angry.
Just like in the original novel, Harry was under great pressure at the moment. No one knew what he had encountered. The articles criticizing him in the Daily Prophet said that he was a liar who liked to attract attention. He deliberately said that the mysterious man was resurrected to attract other people's attention. This was just a lie, etc. Therefore, Harry was under great pressure in school. Now he almost did not sleep in the dormitory of Gryffindor College every night, but went to find Snape... What did the two of them do all night? Ellie did not want to know the answer.
It has nothing to do with her anyway.
The students all disliked Umbridge. Her magical creatures were neither fun nor interesting nor delicious. Just like in the original book, Umbridge didn't even show them any magical creatures, but just wanted them to read - in fact, if this person herself wasn't disgusting, then Ellie still thought this was a good teaching method.
Although many students hate this, isn’t the purpose of teachers teaching to make students like it?
The so-called “I like to study” is simply a delusion in literary works. Well, except for the academic masters, hasn’t studying always been painful?
Happy learning?
You must be crazy, how can such a thing exist in the world? You might as well expect money to fall from the sky.
However, with the issuance of Education Order No. 23, students suddenly became nervous.
As in the book, Educational Order No. 23 gave Umbridge the title of a senior investigator at Hogwarts, which allowed her to review other teachers' courses to ensure that they were up to standard. This immediately made all the teachers and students at Hogwarts very unhappy.
But soon, they found that this woman was even more annoying than they thought.
Not only does she always interrupt other teachers' lectures in class, she also always asks some messy questions, which makes the class a mess.
What all the teachers and students in the school are looking forward to now is Ellie's Defense Against the Dark Arts class.
Especially Ron and Harry.
"Wait, Harry. Professor McGonagall gave her a good beating. I think Miss Ellie will be even tougher on her... It would be great if she could give that woman a 'running maniac' and make her run hundreds of laps around Hogwarts."
This is what Ron said to Harry before the Defense Against the Dark Arts class. In fact, when they walked into the classroom and saw Umbridge's short and fat figure in a pink sweater, all the students' eyes lit up. Except for the first-year students who had just enrolled, Ellie had already been known as a "notorious villain" in the hearts of other Hogwarts students. They were now waiting to see how Ellie would deal with Umbridge.
But the first sentence Ai Li said in class disappointed many students.
"Everyone put away your wands and pick up your quills."
"……?"
Hearing this, many students were stunned. They originally thought that as a "show of force", Ellie would choose to cast a few evil spells on Umbridge, or show some very powerful magic. But now it seems that Ellie does not intend to confront this annoying old woman head-on?
This is a bit boring.
Although they thought so in their hearts, the students still took out their pens and papers obediently, and then watched Ellie stand on tiptoe and write the word "fear" in large letters on the blackboard.
"Today, we are going to learn the nature of the dark arts."
nature?
"Defense Against the Dark Arts class, you all know that it is about defending against dark magic, but what exactly is dark magic used for?"
“…”
"Of course, everyone has their own answer, but if I were to say, the essence of the Dark Arts is fear."
As she spoke, Ellie picked up the Daily Prophet.
"This is the news about the incident during the Quidditch World Cup. I think you have all seen it, but I don't think you know why your parents and adults are so scared when they see the Dark Mark."
“Hmmmm!”
Hearing this, all the students nodded hurriedly. They were all born after that and had no impression of the Dark Mark. So after seeing the mark, they were puzzled by their parents' pale faces and even trembling with fear. Isn't it just a mark? Even if it represents the Dark Lord, so what?
It’s not that there are no students who have the courage to ask, but they just get scolded by their parents and nothing happens next.
But even so, their curiosity not only did not disappear, but became even stronger. Now that they heard that Ellie would actually tell them this story in class, their originally scattered thoughts were immediately retracted, and they all looked at Ellie with wide eyes.
"In fact, at the beginning, this mark did not have any special meaning. You probably figured it out. Voldemort must have no artistic talent to design such a disgusting thing."
At this point, Ellie even made a small joke, and the others also laughed softly - Ellie and Harry Potter were the only two people in Hogwarts who dared to mention Voldemort's name casually without caring, and they were all used to it. From the initial nervousness to now even daring to laugh, it was enough to prove everything.
“Ahem.”
"No one took this mark seriously at first. But later, as you all know, Voldemort and his followers wreaked havoc everywhere, killing those who dared to oppose and resist them, and then released this mark outside those people's homes. As a result, this mark has a different meaning. Just imagine, when you return home tired after a day's work, and see the Dark Mark floating in the sky outside your door, you seem to realize something, and stumble into the house, only to see the bodies of your family members..."
At this point, Ellie's voice became increasingly low, and as the students imagined this scene, their faces turned pale and ashen, with some of the weaker students almost crying.
"That's why many people are terrified of this mark. The Dark Mark is essentially just a mark. It doesn't have any powerful magic power. But when it is connected with some evil behavior, it is given a new characteristic, which makes this mark so terrifying..."
“Ahem.”
"Professor Umbridge, if you are unwell get out of my class."
Ellie put down the chalk in her hand and looked at Umbridge, who was sitting in the back and coughing, with no light in her eyes. Under her gaze, Umbridge's expression stiffened slightly, and then she smiled.
"Oh, of course not, Miss Ellie, I just think you shouldn't scare these cute children..."
However, Ai Li immediately withdrew her gaze and looked at other students.
"So today, I will teach you about the meaning of fear and symbols, as well as the nature of black magic."
Having said that, Ellie stretched out her hand and pointed at Umbridge.
"Professor Umbridge, would you mind coming over to help?"
"Well……"
Looking at Ellie's cold and bright red eyes, Umbridge really wanted to say that she minded.
"Teacher Ellie, you should know that using dark magic in class is quite dangerous. Moreover, you are going to teach these children this dark magic. The Ministry of Magic will not allow it..."
"I don't need to use any dark magic to make them understand what this means, so do you want to help or not?"
"……no problem."
Hearing that the other party could not use dark magic, Umbridge finally breathed a sigh of relief in her heart. She walked forward with a smile and nodded to the other students. Ellie snapped her fingers and quickly turned the blackboard in the classroom into a wooden bed. Then she took out her wand and pointed it at Umbridge's back.
"Everyone is petrified!"
Umbridge, who was signaling to the students, never expected that Ellie would dare to attack her from behind. She was hit and fell to the ground. Then Ellie waved her wand again and nailed Umbridge to the wooden board.
“Next, I will use something very common to make you realize the connection between symbols and fear.”
As she spoke, Ellie reached out her hand and took out a handful of... nails from her pocket.
"You know what this is."
In response to Ai Li's question, the students all nodded. Everyone knew what nails were.
No matter how stupid a wizard is, he can't be so stupid as to not know what a nail is.
"Are you afraid of nails?"
“…”
The students shook their heads. They thought, what is there to be afraid of nails?
"Then I'd like to introduce an ancient form of punishment called crucifixion. Well, to put it simply, it involves using a hammer to hammer nails into the prisoner's fingers, causing them to feel pain. Like this..."
As she spoke, Ellie walked to Umbridge's side, took out a ten-centimeter-long nail and pointed it at Umbridge's fingernails, then raised the hammer in her other hand. Seeing this, Umbridge's eyes changed in fear, and the other students also gasped and stared at Ellie.
Then the girl raised the hammer and smashed it down on the tip of Umbridge's ring finger on her right hand.
“Boom!”
"oh!!!"
Umbridge didn't say anything, because she couldn't do anything now. The students couldn't help but scream when Ellie's hammer came down, and many of them even held their right hands and trembled, turning their heads away and couldn't bear to watch. However, Ellie didn't care at all. She picked up the nails again and swung the hammer again and again. Soon, five nails pierced through the nails, nailing Umbridge's fingers to the board.
At this moment, Umbridge had already rolled her eyes and fainted.
"Teacher, you are too cruel!"
At this moment, Harry finally couldn't help but open his mouth to stop her, and Ellie glanced at him, then waved her wand, and then saw that all the nails on Umbridge's fingers disappeared, and her hands... had no scars at all.
"Cruel ass! This is just an illusion, just to amuse you."
"call……"
After hearing this, the students all breathed a sigh of relief and slumped in their chairs. Some of them even felt their backs were soaked with sweat.
"Okay, now who of you would like to touch this nail?"
As she spoke, Ellie handed the nail over. However, this time, when the students saw the inconspicuous, ordinary, black nail in front of them, they were all terrified. They shook their heads and hid backwards - as if what Ellie handed over was not a nail, but some horrible monster.
"So now you understand the meaning of fear and symbolism?"
He nodded desperately, not daring to speak.
"very good."
Ellie glanced at the students in front of her.
"So today's homework is to write an essay about fear, symbolism, and black magic. It should be one foot long. Tell us what you think. That's it. get out of class dismissed."
After she finished speaking, Ellie stretched out her wand and waved it at Umbridge again. The next moment, Umbridge's petrification was released. However, at the same time...
“Wow!”
Accompanied by a slight sound, a foul smell came towards her, which made Ellie frown and take two steps back.
That's really not possible. Are you scared to death just because of this?