Chapter 282 Parents Open Day
Lucius's ominous premonition soon came true.
To be precise, he had the worst day of his life since Voldemort's fall from power and his resurrection.
On the day of Hogwarts Parents' Open Day, he dressed formally and went to Hogwarts with his wife.
The couple prepared to visit their beloved son Draco, and with anticipation, they were ready to reward him for his progress in school.
It is said that Draco performed excellently in school and thrived under the new education method. Not only did he serve as a class leader, but he was also appointed by Umbridge as the leader of the investigation team. He led the students of the four colleges to make progress together and set a great example.
And when he saw that the parents who were visiting were all well-dressed, well-spoken, and from Slytherin families, his satisfaction reached its peak.
Although his partner Jian Yu was fired, his good mood was somewhat clouded.
But he believed that her guardian, Dumbledore, would never give up.
He just needs to sit back and watch the game between the two parties...
If you act at the right time and adjust your strategy according to the ever-changing situation, you will be invincible.
Lucius, with a masterful smile on his face, held his wife's hand tightly and looked with satisfaction at their son Draco, who had his hair neatly combed, wore a wizard robe with great spirit, and showed etiquette in every move, as he went on stage to speak as a student representative.
"Dear Professor Umbridge, parents: Good morning everyone!"
"I am Draco Malfoy, a fifth-year student at Slytherin College. I am honored to be a student representative and speak at the welcome ceremony of the Parent Open Day. As the leader of the investigation team, I am responsible for conveying Umbridge's spirit, regulating student behavior, and building a campus atmosphere on the front line. This has allowed me to grow greatly in the past few months."
"In the past few months, under the leadership of Professor Umbridge, the school has carried out a large-scale reform, which has benefited me a lot. I have learned how to be lenient with myself and strict with others, how to be friendly to classmates and help others. Of course, we have also learned a lot of advanced ideas and theoretical knowledge beyond the wizarding world, which has opened a window for our ideological progress."
Hearing this, Lucius felt as if something was wrong, but this did not prevent him from exclaiming, "My son has really grown up."
Facing the envious eyes of parents coming from all directions, the couple raised their heads even higher.
"Professor Umbridge's advanced teaching method has enhanced everyone's physical fitness: a good body is the first step to success. Without a strong body, we can't fight the enemy with fists, nor can we support our long-term and intensive hard study."
"At the same time, our memory has been greatly exercised and improved. When faced with new ideas, we keep them in mind, and when faced with new theories, we integrate them into our minds. We have learned new knowledge that we have never encountered before, and we have explored and understood more about unknown areas."
"Of course, the process of growing up is not all smooth sailing. At first, facing the impact of new ideas and new culture and the burden of class assignments, I felt tired and resistant, but as the days passed, we gradually adapted to this kind of life and were happy to accept the differences..."
The applause from the audience was thunderous, and the reporter from the Daily Prophet, who was specially invited by Fudge, wrote furiously.
Every Slytherin parent had an envy look on their face towards other people's children, and Umbridge and Fudge smiled like two fat sunflowers.
This was a good start. The two firmly believed that after today, Umbridge would become famous in the education field, surpass Dumbledore in reputation, and take over this school.
Lucius and his wife temporarily put aside their worries about their son.
Unfortunately, they soon realized that they had let go too early.
Their beloved son dealt a heavy blow to the couple.
During the running drill of the outstanding Slytherin students, Draco took off his outer robe towards the stands and casually threw it on the grass, revealing the Muggle T-shirt and jeans underneath.
Lucius felt as if the Muggle suit had turned into a sledgehammer and hit him on the forehead, making him dizzy and his vision black.
"Draco - how dare - how dare he -"
His arm was grabbed by Narcissa, and his wife looked pale and almost fainted:
"Am I dazzled? That's... that's a set... a set of Muggle clothes?"
The smiles on the couple's faces had long disappeared, the corners of their mouths were pulled into a straight line, and their eyes were fixed on their son running on the field.
The Slytherin parents around them cried out in surprise. They all cast mocking, contemptuous, or gloating looks at the couple. The laughter was like a heavy hammer hitting them again and again, making the couple dizzy and dazed.
Seeing the arrogant Malfoy family suffer a setback was a great relief for everyone, and it made people happy both physically and mentally.
But those who eat other people's melons will always be eaten by others, and they will soon end up eating the melon on their own heads.
Because their children, who were running hard, also took off their wizard robes, revealing the same T-shirts and jeans!
Even the reporter from the Daily Prophet stood in front of the camera, at a loss as to what to do. He didn't know whether this scene should be filmed or not.
There was an uproar in the stands, a buzz of uneasy discussions that was gradually growing.
"What the hell is this? Professor Umbridge?" Old Nott stood up and shouted angrily, "Is this what you teach? Let my son, a group of distinguished Slytherin wizards wear Muggle clothes?"
"You'd better give us an explanation." Lucius also spoke coldly, and turned to look at Fudge, who had a very bad look on his face. "Cornelly, I think we need to reconsider the legitimacy of Umbridge's position as a professor at Hogwarts."
Umbridge's face was covered in cold sweat. She was as anxious as she was confident before.
Fortunately, those who can become the Senior Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Magic are always good at pleasing others and making up excuses.
"This is a special design of student clothing. It has nothing to do with Muggles." She forced an explanation. "It's easy to sweat after exercise, and this newly designed clothing has good water absorption, which can prevent sweating and allow students to run better-"
The parents' eyes were full of doubt.
"Please be patient, be patient." Fudge stepped forward and persuaded, "Professor Umbridge respects children's independent creativity, which reflects our spirit of encouraging innovation. This set of clothes can effectively improve children's physical fitness and prevent them from catching a cold..."
With the two's eloquent speeches, the voices of doubt were finally suppressed, but no parent could laugh at this moment.
Lucius didn't even look at Umbridge who was explaining in a panic. He strode ahead, ready to attend a Defense Against the Dark Arts class.
He wanted to see what kind of education his son received in school!
But he soon realized that the Muggle clothes were not the worst part, and it was the series of injuries inflicted by the students in class that really brought him to the ground.
"Children, can anyone answer this question: When someone fires a cutting spell at you, how should you defend yourself?"
Draco raised his hands almost to the ceiling.
Umbridge's face darkened. According to her rehearsal, Malfoy should raise his hand to answer the Shield Charm, and then she could naturally let Nott answer the next question.
But she didn't want to give this student who had just used Muggle clothes to make trouble for her any chance to show off, so she mentioned Theodore's name:
"Mr. Nott, you answer this question."
"We can observe the direction of his spell and roll to the side to avoid it." Theodore stood up and answered, "Then we can take out our guns and shoot him to death."
A loud gasp came from the back of the classroom. It was the sound of old Nott, who was almost having a cerebral hemorrhage.
He never imagined that his child, who had pure wizard blood, would one day say something like shooting someone with a gun!
"This is Defense Against the Dark Arts class! Not Muggle Studies class!" Umbridge's angry shout almost blew off the roof. Facing a group of parents, she forced herself to calm down, "Who can give everyone a correct answer? Who will come?"
Her plan was completely messed up. She looked around the classroom in panic and finally called on Daphne who was raising her hand frantically:
"Ms. Greengrass, you answer this question!"
Daphne, who finally got the chance to show off, stood up. She looked forward and felt that her fabrication skills had never been better:
"I think what Nott said is incomplete. We should be prepared before the battle, such as wearing bulletproof vests to reduce the power of the Cutting Curse as much as possible!"
There was a sound of a chair falling to the ground in the back row of the classroom. It was the chair of old Greengrass who had high blood pressure.
What kind of shady things had his daughter learned under Umbridge?
"The Shield Charm! The Shield Charm!" Umbridge was furious. She decided to skip the intermediate steps as soon as possible before the situation got out of control. "Quiet! Next step, let's practice this spell!"
"Now, practice in pairs and remember the pronunciation of the armor spell - Protego!"
Practicing spells = free time = messing around time.
The little snakes' mouths curled up into secret smiles, and they exchanged glances secretly.
Draco quickly put on two boxing gloves and punched Goyle, who was sitting next to him, twice, causing him to sit on the ground.
"Hey! What are you doing!" Old Goyle stood up and scolded, "Mr. Malfoy, what are you dissatisfied with my son?"
"This is the Defense Against the Dark Arts we learned." Draco said politely, "It's called Free Fighting, and it can inspire everyone's fighting spirit in learning."
The parents were in an uproar. Lucius' long hair fell down, covering his face, and he almost wanted to find a hole to crawl into.
He never imagined that his son had turned into a complete Muggle after just not seeing him for a few months!
Not only could he not even wave his wand, he couldn't even cast spells, and he even punched people like a Muggle tramp!
Could it be that this free fighting is the "way to improve physical fitness" that Umbridge taught?
This parent obviously forgot his dark history of fighting with Mr. Weasley.
On the other side of the classroom, Daphne was reading the Muggle Studies textbook with great emotion:
"The Iron Armor Charm is similar to the Muggle bulletproof vests or shields. The essence is to form a barrier. Wizards get inspiration from the Muggle bulletproof vests and can make iron armor cloaks, iron armor wizard hats, etc. -"
"Daphne, what are you reading?" Old Greengrass covered his chest and almost fainted, "Muggle textbook...Merlin..."
"But these are all advanced ideas passed on to us by Professor Umbridge. We must study Muggle books and imitate their dressing. I can only obey her teachings. After all, if we don't obey, she will punish us to copy -"
Daphne blinked, the word "innocent" written all over her blue eyes.
She pulled out a backpack from the table and opened it in front of her father. It was filled with all kinds of Muggle items... calculators, chess, various books...
This made old Greengrass's blood rush to his head, and he felt like he was possessed, and all the magic power in his body flowed back into his brain.
Draco followed up on her words and echoed:
"We haven't waved a wand or chanted a spell for a long time. She has taught us many advanced ideas and theories. We think they make a lot of sense. Mom and Dad, the Ministry of Magic has sent such a good professor to open our eyes to the world. We fully appreciate their good intentions -"
Hearing her son's words, Narcissa could no longer maintain her usual proud and elegant demeanor. She screamed:
"No, no, Dolores Umbridge, what on earth did you teach my son?"
"I sent you my only son, who carries the noble blood of Malfoy and Black, and you gave me a Muggle?"
She completely ignored her image, stepped forward, grabbed Umbridge by the collar and pointed her wand at her.
The classroom was in complete chaos, with Umbridge scolding students, parents shouting angrily, and Fudge mediating...
"Dolores Umbridge, is this what you call advanced thinking?" Old Nott spitted all over Umbridge's face. "What have you taught your students? Dirty, smelly Muggle knowledge? You have tainted the noble blood of wizards!"
"I can't imagine giving me a daughter who keeps talking about bulletproof vests." Old Greengrass was so angry that his face turned red. "Is this your teaching reform that was praised by the newspapers? Is this the new knowledge you taught them? Muggle thinking is the so-called new thinking that transcends the wizarding world?"
"What are you plotting? Are you planning to turn all wizards into Muggles so you can overthrow the wizarding world?"
Lucius stepped forward, and together with his wife, they pointed their wands at Umbridge, but the words he spoke were directed to Fudge, whose face was turning red and blue:
"She is a senior deputy minister of the Ministry of Magic. She is conspiring to subvert the wizarding world with Muggle ideas. Her behavior is extremely evil. If I were you, I would take her back to the Ministry for investigation."
"I didn't--!" Umbridge's face was pale, even her pink lips had faded, the thick foundation on her face was wet with sweat, revealing lines after lines, "They are all lying, ask them--ask!"
"You mean, my son is lying to me?" Narcissa glared at her fiercely, "Draco, are you lying?"
"I didn't!" Facing his mother's doubt, Draco pretended to be wronged, "Mom, how can you say that? I trusted you and Dad so much that I even learned the eight sections of the Shield Charm to welcome your arrival!"
"He's talking nonsense!" The veins on Umbridge's neck popped out. "Slander, pure slander!"
Draco covered his mouth in panic and moved his eyes nervously, as if he had accidentally said something wrong.
"Go on." Lucius's face turned completely cold. "I want to hear what our Professor Umbridge, who is dedicated to educating people, has done. It turns out that the eight lessons of the Shield Charm are the so-called memory enhancement--"
"Of course I'm not complaining that we only learn the Shield Charm, nor am I complaining that we have to study for 12 hours a day and can only do papers without using spells... After all, making Professor Umbridge famous is the most important thing... We are willing to sacrifice for our favorite professor -" Draco hurriedly added, "It doesn't matter even if we don't use a wand in this life..."
Now Lucius finally understood the true meaning of his son’s student representative speech!
It turns out that the advanced ideas and theoretical knowledge that surpass the wizarding world refer to Muggle ideas and culture; the great enhancement of physical fitness refers to learning Muggle free fighting; the training and improvement of memory means performing eight consecutive Iron Armor Charms and prohibiting the use of spells and only doing the test paper!
And his poor son, who resisted at the beginning, was forced to accept those Muggle ideas under Umbridge's oppression day after day, and became numb!
The mere thought of it made his heart ache beyond words, and he wished he could drown Umbridge in the Black Lake right there.
He wasn't the only one who thought so.
The protests of the parents almost penetrated the castle, and the anger clouded everyone's heads. The voices of "Umbridge step down!" and "Get out of school!" were heard incessantly. Some people began to push Umbridge and Fudge, the instigators, causing them to dodge again and again.
The cold sweat on Umbridge and Fudge's heads dripped to the ground. The two looked at each other, and each saw confusion in the other's eyes.
They offended the person they should not have offended the most!
"No, we didn't—"
The little snakes exchanged glances with each other, and all of them had a secretive expression.
"Ahem, the school is still so lively even when I'm away."
Just as the situation of mutual threats gradually escalated into a fight, an old but loud voice suddenly came from the door of the classroom -
That was the headmaster, Albus Dumbledore, who had just returned from a business trip to the United States!
There are two little tails following behind him——
Jian Yu and Harry were fired!
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