Chapter 372 Dumbledore Returns

In the Room of Requirement, the Weasley brothers, Harry, Ron and others slumped on the sofa, their eyes wide open, their faces gloomy, as if they had lost interest in life.

The fire in the room was still crackling, and the warm fire illuminated the Room of Requirement, which had been transformed into the lounge, making people want to take a nap.

Mike sat on the sofa a little further away, looking at the salted fish while playing with a gold galleon.

It has been two weeks since Harry was caught for Quidditch training.

To this day, Dumbledore has not returned, and the direct consequence of his delay is that Umbridge and her Slytherins have become more arrogant.

Especially the students of Slytherin College, many of them wore green armbands on their arms, symbolizing temporary inspectors, and began to monitor other colleges throughout Hogwarts.

If anyone dares to violate the school rules, they will rush over and take him to the newly opened courtroom for inhumane punishment.

This is the power given to them by Umbridge, and Umbridge herself obviously does not have the ability to effectively supervise these executors.

As a result, power is out of control.

The Slytherin inspectors began to abuse the power in their hands. Sometimes, just because of a small action of yours that makes them dissatisfied, they will find an excuse to take you to the punishment room.

Harry and his friends are in a worse situation. As the legendary savior, Harry and his friends are regarded as the focus of observation. They not only have to deal with increasingly tedious schoolwork every day, but also face Umbridge's torture.

The most terrible thing is that this torture seems to have no end, because the Slytherins are constantly looking for excuses to continue to extend their confinement, which makes them almost worse than death.

Almost everyone in Hogwarts is in danger now. Apart from the necessary classes and meals, almost all outdoor activities have been stopped. This is why Harry and his friends appear in the Requirement Room even though it is daytime.

Because apart from here, they are monitored almost all the time in the outside world, and this is their only remaining piece of pure land.

In order to allow the DA army to have normal classes under the spy-like activities of the Slytherins, Hermione invented a simple communication machine, and this is the gold galleon that Mike is fiddling with now.

It has to be said that Hermione and Mike have very similar ideas in some aspects. At least when they want to invent a hidden communicator, the first thing they think of is gold galleons.

However, Hermione's gold galleon communicator is much weaker than Mike's.

Its appearance looks exactly the same as the real gold galleon, but the texture is not gold, but a cheap alloy.

There is also a circle of numbers on the edge of the coin. On the real gold galleon, this circle of numbers is just a number, representing the goblin who made it. But on this fake coin, these numbers will change, showing the time of the next meeting.

When the time on it changes, the coin will heat up, which can remind the user.

Compared with the Masonic gold coin, this communicator is as simple as a piece of trash, but it is enough to deal with the current situation.

It turns out that Hermione is still talented in this aspect.

While Mike was fiddling with the gold coin, the gold coin in his hand suddenly gave off a hot breath.

Mike stopped and raised the gold coin to look at it.

Sure enough, the time on it has been changed.

The DA army's meeting time has been changed from 10 o'clock tonight to 10 o'clock the night after tomorrow.

"Huh! The meeting time has been changed." Mike sighed and said, "I remember this is the third postponement this week? It seems that everyone's situation is not easy."

Harry on the sofa didn't even move his eyes, muttering to himself:

"It's better to postpone it. I'm so tired that I don't want to move at all."

Then the Room of Requirement fell into silence again. Everyone silently looked at the flickering flames in the fireplace, as if some exciting show was being performed there.

After a while, George suddenly yelled, and then Fred beside him also cried with his hands on his head:

"Dumbledore! Why don't you come back!"

Mike shook his head helplessly. He really sympathized with these two.

They originally thought that Umbridge would expel them after getting the new power, but Umbridge obviously felt that it was too easy for them to do so, so not only did she not expel them, but she also did not mention it at all, and continued the punishment made by Professor McGonagall before, putting them in solitary confinement.

Of course, after the new punishment room was opened, the life of the Weasley brothers was not as good as before, because they could be said to be worse than Harry during this period.

As for Dumbledore, Mike guessed that he should be back in the next two days, because now Hogwarts is not only difficult for students, but also for professors.

After getting the new power, Umbridge began to review the professors in Hogwarts like crazy. The review now is different from the previous light review. Umbridge has begun to dictate the teaching methods of professors.

This made many people, including Professor McGonagall and Professor Flitwick, very dissatisfied, because the whole Hogwarts would be completely named Umbridge.

For now, the professors of these main courses can still hold on because of their noble status and strong strength, but the professors of some other courses are the same.

For example, the professors of Muggle Studies have been forced into a dead end by Umbridge.

Umbridge believes that the current Muggle Studies class really beautifies Muggles too much. She strongly asks the Muggle Studies professor to modify the lesson plan to uglify the image of Muggles in the hearts of young wizards.

At first, the Muggle Studies professor was still fighting to the death. She believed that Muggle Studies was a rigorous science and there was nothing wrong with her current teaching (although Mike thought that what she was teaching now was also a bunch of nonsense).

But after Umbridge hinted that if she didn't obey, she would be kicked out of Hogwarts like Trelawney, the Muggle Studies class still operated according to Umbridge's ideas.

In this regard, Mike and other students who signed up for the Muggle Studies class did not react much, because most of the students who signed up for the Muggle Studies class had the same purpose as Mike, just to get by.

So they didn't care about the changes in the content of the course at all - they wouldn't listen anyway.

While Mike was thinking, the door of the Room of Requirement was suddenly pushed back.

Hermione walked into the Room of Requirement, her little face flushed, and she was panting heavily, looking like she had run all the way here.

"Don't worry, Hermione." Mike stood up and poured a glass of water for Hermione, "Drink a glass of water and talk slowly."

"I have good news to tell you!"

Hearing this, Ron on the sofa opened one eye, squinted at Hermione, and said:

"I hope you can tell me that Umbridge is dead, so that I don't have to be locked up at night."

Harry and others on the side nodded one after another. This was undoubtedly the best news for them.

Hermione rolled her eyes at them, took a deep breath and said:

"It's Dumbledore! I was helping Professor McGonagall organize the lesson plans just now, and she told me that Dumbledore will be back tomorrow!"

As soon as this was said, everyone was stunned at first, and then cheered!

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The next morning, before breakfast time, the Hogwarts Hall was already crowded with people.

Today is Saturday. Originally, everyone should be enjoying a rare vacation in their own bed, but today everyone gathered here spontaneously.

And there is only one reason that can make everyone so willing to give up their vacation, that is, their headmaster, Dumbledore is finally coming back!

In the past, although everyone respected Dumbledore, they would not put up such a big battle to welcome him.

But now it is different. In the past days, everyone had a terrible life under the oppression of Umbridge. Now everyone can be said to be looking forward to Dumbledore!

Even the professors are no exception, because at this moment in the hall, McGonagall and other professors also gathered in the hall, looking at the entrance hall with the same expectation as their students.

Umbridge and his Slytherin minions are also in the hall at this moment, but compared with the expectant eyes of others, their expressions are not very good.

This is understandable. After all, although Umbridge is now in the limelight and has a powerful position in Hogwarts, if Dumbledore, the real headmaster, returns to school, Umbridge is likely to lose everything she has now, and the Slytherins will also lose their current privileges, so they can be said to be the ones who least want Dumbledore to come back.

It seems that God has heard their inner prayers, and Dumbledore did not show up until noon.

At this time, the people who have been waiting since morning have become a little impatient, and the hall is filled with an atmosphere of loss.

Umbridge and the students of Slytherin College smiled, and Umbridge even began to talk to the students around her with a smile.

However, just when everyone thought that Dumbledore might not come back, a flame appeared out of thin air in the hall.

This flame appeared in the air like a vulture, and it was still expanding and enlarging. The bursts of air explosions it made made the students around exclaim, but the professors showed surprise on their faces when they saw this scene!

Finally, with a bang, the flame exploded completely, and the thing that had been wrapped in the flame appeared in front of everyone.

It was a bright red bird and a white-haired old man.

"Dumbledore! Dumbledore is back!"

Ron couldn't help shouting, and the others in the hall went completely crazy.

Everyone shouted Dumbledore's name loudly, like crazy.

Umbridge and the Slytherin students clenched their fists, their faces were ferocious, but at this moment they no longer paid attention to them, and everyone's attention was no longer attracted by Dumbledore.

"Oh! You are so enthusiastic." Dumbledore seemed to be startled by the scene in front of him. His white beard trembled a few times, and then he said, "Thank you, thank you very much!"

People ran towards Dumbledore, and everyone told Dumbledore about Umbridge's crimes. However, because the voices were too chaotic, Dumbledore could only hear a series of noises.

"Okay, I know, now everyone please be quiet!"

Hearing this, everyone immediately closed their mouths and looked at Dumbledore expectantly with bright eyes.

And Dumbledore did not disappoint everyone. He just smiled and said,

"Professor McGonagall has told me everything. I know that everyone has had a very bad time these days (Dumbledore glanced at Umbridge). It's all my fault. I left in a hurry and didn't explain things clearly. But now that I'm back, some things must be changed.

First of all, regarding the punishment room, I still remember that the first order I made after taking office as the headmaster of Hogwarts was to abolish the excessive corporal punishment in Hogwarts. I believe that students need guidance rather than using carrots and sticks to make them develop biological instincts like taming animals. This is the belief I have always held, and it has not changed to this day. Therefore, the punishment room must be closed, there is no doubt about that!"

A thunderous cheer broke out in the crowd, and Harry, Ron and other people who had suffered from it recently shouted especially loudly.

"Then there is the matter of clubs. I have to say that some clubs in Hogwarts really have no need to exist. For example, I heard that there is a 'Fart Club'. I really don't understand why this club has any need to exist." Dumbledore made a joke, "But we must also admit that proper entertainment is necessary, especially for students who are currently in the exam year, so Quidditch games must be resumed!"

Another round of cheers came, and Franklin and others even hugged each other excitedly.

"There is one more thing. That is about the school's recent use of some students as temporary inspectors to supervise other students. I think that although this is a helpless move due to lack of manpower, this behavior will also intensify the bad relationship between classmates, so I suggest that this measure should also be cancelled." Dumbledore said,

"Finally, there are various measures against professors. I understand that the Hogwarts senior examiner fired a professor who had worked hard at Hogwarts for more than ten years. The reason is that the professor of this course is incapable of teaching students. I cannot understand this. Because the course she teaches is Divination, and as we all know, Divination is a relatively fantasy subject, and it is not so easy to prove its effectiveness. So I suggest that in order to allow students who have signed up for Divination to have classes, and to give Trelawney a rally, temporarily recall Professor Trelawney."

The cheers in the crowd continued, and what Dumbledore did almost met everyone's expectations.

Amidst the cheers, Umbridge shouted with a dark face:

"I don't agree!"