Chapter 356 Trial

In the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor's office, Umbridge was standing in the center of the room with disheveled hair and a ferocious face, and around her, the pink room that was originally full of girlish elements was in a mess.

Not only those ordinary decorations and furniture, but also those cat decorative plates that she had spent countless efforts and money to collect were smashed.

These were all the results of her venting her anger.

Umbridge herself was an extremely violent person, otherwise she would not have fainted directly from anger. The

reason why she didn't get angry directly outside before was that she didn't want to destroy her image in the students' minds.

After venting, Umbridge, who had calmed down a little, began to think about the most important issue at present.

What the Weasley brothers did this time not only hurt her physically and mentally, but also made her lose face.

It can be imagined that after this incident, the prestige she had worked hard to build in the students' minds will be completely lost, and there will be more and more people who dare to disobey her in the future.

The Ministry of Magic sent her to Hogwarts for only two tasks. One was to monitor Dumbledore and ensure that the students of Hogwarts were loyal to the Ministry of Magic. The other was to find evidence of Dumbledore's illegality and find a way to get Dumbledore to step down from the position of headmaster.

If she really lost all her prestige, then the hope of completing these two tasks would become extremely slim.

Thinking of this, Umbridge gritted her teeth, found a roll of fairly neat parchment from the messy office, sat on the desk and began to write a letter.

In the current situation, she must apply for support. If the Ministry of Magic does not give her support, then she will most likely become a joke in Hogwarts!

At the same time, in the hall, Mike, Harry and Hermione were sitting at the long table.

None of them spoke, and everyone was in a daze, waiting for the Weasley brothers and Ron to return to the hall to tell them the results of the matter.

However, what they didn't expect was that they didn't wait for the Weasley brothers, but waited for the two people they least wanted to see at the moment.

"Mr. Weasley, Mrs. Weasley!" Hermione screamed at the two people who suddenly appeared in the hall, "Why are you here!"

"Professor McGonagall notified us to come, saying that she wanted to discuss the matter of George and Fred with us!"

Mrs. Weasley had a gloomy face and an unusually cold voice. The muscles on her face were still twitching while she spoke, as if she was forcibly suppressing her inner anger.

The expression on Mr. Weasley's face beside her was not much better, but compared to Mrs. Weasley's anger that could be seen with the naked eye, Mr. Weasley's expression looked more sad and disappointed.

Percy had a big fight with them because of work before, and now he doesn't live at home anymore. They originally thought that the remaining son would be more responsible, but they didn't expect George and Fred to cause this kind of thing again.

The arrival of these two people made Harry and Hermione panic. Hermione stopped talking after screaming. It's not that she didn't want to talk, but she didn't know what to say at this time.

Harry's state was similar to Hermione's. He lowered his head and rubbed his clothes vigorously, feeling extremely guilty.

"Hello, Mr. and Mrs. Weasley. I'm Mike Townley, a friend of George and Fred. We've met before."

"Hello, Mike." Mr. Weasley took a deep breath, "We want to meet George and Fred before we officially visit Professor McGonagall. Can you take us to find them?"

"Of course. George and Ron just read Mrs. Weasley's howler letter and are now writing a reply in the dormitory. I'll take you there now." Mike nodded and agreed, "But this matter can't be blamed entirely on George and Fred. You are his parents, and you should know that they are not the kind of people who will attack the professor for no reason."

"Let's put it this way, this is not the place to talk," Mike looked around. At this moment, the hall was very lively. Everyone was looking at this side and whispering constantly. "Let's talk while walking."

Hearing this, the Weasleys nodded and followed Mike. The expressions on their faces did not change at all, and they were still so gloomy.

It was not until Mike told the Weasleys that Harry was put in detention and that the Weasley brothers wanted to avenge Harry that their expressions eased a little.

"Alas, this is indeed something George and Fred would do. They have been like this since they were young."

Mr. Weasley sighed and shook his head.

Now there is basically no anger on his face. It seems that he basically agrees with the actions of the Weasley brothers.

Mrs. Weasley is different. Although the expression on her face is much better, she still maintains her anger and suppresses her voice and says:

"They are simply crazy. Even if they want to avenge Harry, they can't do such a thing! Don't they know that Hogwarts will expel them if they do this?"

Hearing this, Harry's tears flowed down. He originally guessed that the Weasley brothers wanted to help him get revenge. Now that he got the correct answer, he could no longer suppress his guilt.

Hermione was worried, stroking his back, her eyes looking at the back of Harry's hand. It was obvious that she didn't know the truth about Harry's "copying sentences" in advance.

"Oh! Harry, I'm sorry! I don't mean to blame you!" Mrs. Weasley took out her handkerchief and wiped Harry's tears distressedly, "I mean, they are so smart, they can obviously get along with other ways to deal with this matter."

The few people talked all the way and soon came to the Gryffindor common room. Just when they were about to knock on the Weasley brothers' dormitory, the door suddenly opened. The Weasley brothers and Ron looked at the five people who appeared at the door in a daze.

"Dad, Mom! Why are you here!"

"We're here to wipe your ass! Otherwise, what do you think we are here for!"

When she saw George and Fred, Mrs. Weasley, who had just looked distressed, regained her anger and scolded the Weasley brothers right away.

The three Weasley brothers were in tears when he spoke, then Mr. Weasley coughed lightly and said:

"Mike has already told us the general situation. I don't want to blame you too much. After all, what you did was just. But I would say that you were too impulsive. Well, let's not talk about this. The key issue now is not what you did, but how we should solve this matter. You know, based on my experience studying at Hogwarts, you two will basically be expelled for making such a serious mistake."

Mr. Weasley's words were so sharp that Harry's tears flowed again after hearing them. Even Hermione and Mrs. Weasley had red eyes.

"Ahem!"

At this moment, a light cough attracted everyone's attention, and when everyone looked over, they saw Mike smiling and saying:

"Actually, you two don't need to be too concerned about this matter. After all, George and Fred are both very outstanding people, and whether they are fired or not will not have a big impact on them."

"How can you be so..."

"Please listen to me first, Mrs. Weasley." Mike waved his hand to stop the angry Mrs. Weasley, and then said, "The reason why you are worried about George and Fred being fired is nothing more than worrying about their future life, right?"

The Weasleys nodded.

"Then things are much simpler, right? You know, George and Fred are both excellent scientific researchers of my Los Santos Group. They have a lot of product dividends in their hands. They can get more than 5,000 gold galleons every year just from these dividends. You don't have to worry about their future at all." As

soon as these words came out, including Ron and Harry, everyone present except Mike and the Weasley brothers, the three people who knew about it, was shocked.

Especially the Weasleys, they actually knew that George and Fred had jobs in the Los Santos Group.

But in their opinion, George and Fred had not even graduated yet. This job should be a part-time job given to them by Mike because of their close relationship. At most, it was just a summer job.

So now when they heard that George and Fred had turned into geniuses with an annual income of more than 5,000 gold galleons, their three views were about to collapse.

"He... is he telling the truth?" Mrs. Weasley held George and Weasley's shoulders tightly with both hands, and said in a trembling voice, "You two can earn 5,000 gold galleons a year now!?"

"Well, it's actually more than that," George said a little embarrassedly, "After all, we are still inventing new things."

Fred nodded frantically on the side.

The Weasleys were completely crazy. Ron stepped forward and grabbed George's collar, shaking him hard and shouting:

"5,000 gold galleons! You make so much money every year, but you are not willing to share a little with your poor brother!"

Fred pulled Ron away and said helplessly:

"I remember we gave him a flying broom before? What's more, we don't even have the money to spend. You know, this is the start-up capital for our store."

"That broom is obviously a second-hand item you discarded! You are a bunch of stingy people!"

"Okay, Ron, don't say anymore. The time agreed by Professor McGonagall and us is almost up." Mr. Weasley rudely interrupted the quarrel between the two brothers. "We will talk to you about the matter of you two hiding your income from us after we go back. Now, let's go!"

After that, Mr. Weasley glared at George and Fred, and then walked out of the lounge without looking back.

...

In the principal's office of Hogwarts, the Weasleys, Mike and others, and Professor McGonagall were sitting around a round table in silence.

The atmosphere at the scene was very depressing. Except for Mike, everyone had gloomy faces, especially the Weasleys.

If it was a different time or a different reason, they should have taken a good look at the headmaster's office, which they hadn't been to for a long time, but now they really had no mood at all, especially after being scolded by Professor McGonagall.

At this moment, the door of the office opened again, and Umbridge, who was very rare in a gray women's suit, walked in with a gloomy face.

Seeing this, the Weasleys stood up and bowed to Umbridge.

"I'm sorry! Professor! It's our fault for not disciplining them!"

Umbridge looked at the two people who bowed to her and the Weasley brothers who looked indignant, and the corners of her mouth began to rise.

"Are you Arthur Weasley? From the Muggle Artifacts Department?"

"Yes! Deputy Minister!"

"You have taught a pair of good sons!"

"I'm sorry! Deputy Minister!"

"Haha, don't say it, I have a lot of old acquaintances in the Muggle Artifacts Department, let's wait and see."

Umbridge sneered, ignored the Weasleys who were still bowing, and walked straight to the direction of Professor McGonagall.

The expressions on the faces of the Weasley brothers were not very good. They couldn't understand why their parents were still so servile. They should be very clear about the current situation. It doesn't matter if the two of them are really expelled.

But what they don't know is that even if the Weasleys know that their sons have a bright future, they still hope that George and Fred can complete their studies at Hogwarts.

Because in their experience, school life is a rare experience in a wizard's life. They can tolerate their sons' worrying future, but they can never tolerate them leaving regrets in the future.

Now the only way to keep their two sons in Hogwarts is to obtain the forgiveness of the victim, Umbridge, so they treat that annoying woman in that way.

"Professor McGonagall, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting."

Umbridge put on a fake smile again and nodded to Professor McGonagall, while McGonagall said expressionlessly:

"Well, now that everyone is here, let's get started."

"Wait a minute," Umbridge interrupted, "Excuse me, why are they here? (Umbridge looked at Mike and others) Isn't this the trial of George Weasley and Fred Weasley? Unrelated people should leave here."

"We are all friends of George and Fred," Mike answered before Professor McGonagall could answer, "so Professor McGonagall specifically allowed us to watch."

"Oh?" Umbridge said with a smile, "It doesn't matter. The result won't change anyway. Professor McGonagall, please announce the expulsion of these two people. I don't want to see them again."

As soon as these words came out, the faces of Mr. and Mrs. Weasley changed drastically, and they said hurriedly:

"Ms. Umbridge!"

"Okay, no need to say anything! No matter how you plead, I will not change my position. Your son is destined to be expelled from Hogwarts!"

Mr. Weasley's face turned black, and at this moment, Professor McGonagall said calmly:

"Sorry, Umbridge, George and Fred may not be able to leave Hogwarts for the time being."

"What did you say!?"