Chapter 319 Teaching Quality (IV)
Even Death Eaters couldn't help but feel a bit socially dead when faced with a situation where someone was cursed behind their back but they found out that the person was right there.
Especially when the other party was once the principal of one's own university, a deep-rooted fear of professors will arise spontaneously.
"I didn't know you had such strong opinions about the teaching in our school." Dumbledore sighed, "Why don't we sit down and talk about it? What do you think about the school's curriculum reform?"
The cabin fell into a brief, strange silence again.
"Uh..." a Death Eater muttered, "Hogwarts is not bad... your Transfiguration class... is quite interesting... haha... Principal, your child is also very handsome..."
"What nonsense are you talking about!" Bellatrix screamed and slammed her wand down. The man's mouth melted into his face as if it was burned by fire, and he could only make a whimpering sound from his throat. "It's Dumbledore... Take the person the master wants away!"
But it was obvious that the quality of the Death Eaters and their followers varied. Except for senior members Bellatrix and Old Nott, the others who had reacted to the situation had long since stopped caring about the hostages lying on the ground. They all screamed and fled. Under Dumbledore's intimidation, some members even gave up resistance:
"It's Dumbledore and his secret weapon!", "He knew about our actions a long time ago! It's a trap!", "Run, I don't want to go back to Azkaban!"
Jane Yu waved her wand, and several Armor Charms were tightly cast on the five wounded men. She also cast several Slingshot counter-curses on their clothes to prevent the Death Eaters from having the chance to take the hostages away.
Almost at the moment she finished all this, several red lights whizzed and hit her armor spell, and either bounced back or dissipated.
Suddenly, a rope appeared out of nowhere at ankle height at the door. The person who ran there first was tripped and fell heavily, pulling down the people behind him, causing a small stampede at the door. A bunch of Death Eaters piled up like a human figure, and the sound of "Ouch" was heard everywhere.
Under her intensive disarming and restraining spells, the Death Eaters and their wands at the door were tied up neatly and stacked aside. Under the tongue-closing and throat-locking spells, they could only whimper and could not even move.
Dumbledore pulled back the people who were escaping from the windows and chimneys one by one with invisible ropes and tied them together, as if he was fishing; senior Death Eater Old Nott saw that the situation was not good, so he pretended to cast a few colorful spells to conceal his figure and then Disapparated away, while another person, Bellatrix, was still fighting stubbornly. Red lights attacked the two of them, but were blocked by a silver shield.
"Damn you, old Nott!" she screamed sharply, "I will tell the master everything that happened here! Don't even think about getting away with it!"
It has to be said that as one of the most core members around Voldemort, Bellatrix was indeed very experienced in combat, and could even last several rounds under Dumbledore, but she was still defeated by his unhurried spells, and finally chose to Apparate unwillingly.
While they were fighting, Jian Yu quickly cast various healing spells on the split special envoy, and used several quick resuscitation spells to free them from the influence of the coma spell. They gradually woke up and uttered confused and puzzled sounds.
"There are Death Eaters - I'm knocked unconscious - no, where am I -?"
The three people who had recovered felt as if they had seen their long-lost relatives when they saw Dumbledore and Jian Yu. They cried bitterly with joy at having survived a disaster.
"We are idiots... we are good-for-nothings... we are sorry for Hogwarts, sorry for the professors' teachings... sorry for the captain who trusted us..."
The first special envoy who was used as cannon fodder burst into tears, covered his face with his hands and slammed his head on the ground:
"I even embarrassed myself in front of my schoolmate Yu. It was so embarrassing... I don't want to live anymore... If the captain knew... I did such a thing..."
After Dumbledore and Jane Yu frantically tried to comfort him, he finally calmed down and began to introduce himself:
"We have just graduated from Hogwarts and responded to the call of the Ministry of Magic to participate in the Auror selection. However, we are not qualified yet... We were sent by the captain to serve as temporary special envoys to these wizarding communities, responsible for contacting the Ministry of Magic for support in an emergency... Of course, as you can see, the results are not satisfactory... I will be unemployed tomorrow, and I will be unemployed after graduation..."
While wiping his tears, he took out a notebook and a feather pen from his robe and handed them to Jian Yu with trembling arms:
"Before I am expelled from the Ministry of Magic, can you please sign an autograph for me... I will die without regrets... My captain is also your admirer... Can you please sign one for her as well?"
Jian Yu was stunned, while Dumbledore stared at him and smiled.
"Who is your captain?" he asked in a very amiable tone. "Young man, youthful energy is a good thing, but it will turn into impulsiveness if it goes too far. There are still many Death Eaters here waiting to be escorted by the Aurors. I don't think this is a good time to ask for an autograph, what do you think, kid?"
The commissioner let out another loud sob, and under the contemptuous gazes of the other two commissioners, he stood up, staggered to the fireplace, sprinkled a handful of Floo powder, stuck his head in, and contacted his captain.
But the visitor was far beyond Jian Yu's expectations.
It turned out to be Gemma Farley, her senior who worked in the Department of Magical Law Enforcement at the Ministry of Magic and whom she hadn't seen for a long time!
Her appearance didn't seem to have changed much in the past two years, but her mental outlook was completely different. She looked somewhat similar to Minister Bones, with a firm gaze, and her wizard robe was neatly arranged. She still retained the alertness she had when she was a student.
As soon as they met, she nodded to Jane Yu as a greeting, and then busied herself with directing the Aurors she brought with her to count the number of people, seize their wands, conduct another body search, take away the captured Death Eater minions, and send people to send the three attacked special agents and Umbridge and his daughter to St. Mungo's.
After finishing her work, she lost her mature demeanor, her eyes sparkled with excitement, and she spoke in a familiar tone:
"Jade, it's so great to see you!"
She gave Jian Yu a big, warm hug. She was so happy to finally see the schoolmate who had helped her so much that she even ignored Headmaster Dumbledore, who had to cough several times to show his presence.
"Of course, Headmaster Dumbledore, I'm glad to see you too." Gemma smiled perfectly, turned her head, held Jane's hand and continued, "I guess it was your idea again this time, right? You ambushed here in advance, waiting for the Death Eaters to take the bait, and then caught them all in one fell swoop. You also saved my three special agents. I don't know how to thank you. To be honest, the words of thanks are considered unfamiliar between us -"
"Uh..." Jian Yu glanced at Dumbledore beside him, "Actually it was mainly because Headmaster Dumbledore happened to save--"
"Ahem." Dumbledore coughed twice again, trying to interrupt the conversation, "It was indeed Jade's idea. We--"
"Of course, Headmaster Dumbledore, I am very grateful for your help." Gemma gave him a perfect smile again, turned her head neatly, and said to Jian Yu, "Thanks to you, the legal provisions I drafted to restrict people from spreading rumors caught the eye of Director Bones two years ago, and she asked me to join the Department of Magical Law Enforcement as her assistant. She also often mentioned you and praised you highly, saying that you predicted the disaster of Azkaban in advance and broke through the triple attack of Death Eaters, Dementors and the Dark Lord. It would be great if you could also come to be an Auror, so that we can fight side by side -"
"Ahem." Dumbledore couldn't help coughing three times. "Jade's career choice, we--"
"Of course, Headmaster Dumbledore, I believe you are the most professional in this regard." Gemma smiled three times again and turned her head towards Jian Yu. "Now is an extraordinary period and I am really busy. If you come, I think everyone's morale and training efficiency will be greatly improved. I think you have also seen that there are several new commissioners in my team who have just graduated. They are not Aurors yet. They are responsible for communication and contact to check the situation when something abnormal happens in this area... Of course, they are a little too heroic and always think about fighting... And our communication efficiency is not high..."
"Ahem," Dumbledore made one last effort. "Your courage is commendable, but their performance -"
"Of course, Headmaster Dumbledore, you must be most aware of the graduates' abilities." Gemma turned her head and smiled, then continued, "It's a pity that they don't have much time to receive professional Auror training before they have to carry out their missions. After all, here, three years of training is more useful than the previous seven years. Especially for the new employees who have joined in the past two years, their basic knowledge of Defense against the Dark Arts is particularly weak. I have to experience the feeling of being a professor and give them extra lessons whenever I have time. Can you believe that some of them can't even do the Shield Charm well?"
It has to be said that Gemma's excellent social skills have been to the fullest since her student days and have remained so until now.
Not only did she politely express her gratitude to the two, she also tried to win favor for herself and her boss, Minister Bones, in front of Jian Yu, and she also implicitly expressed her dissatisfaction with the teaching level of the Defense Against the Dark Arts class at Hogwarts.
Dumbledore remained silent. When faced with employers complaining that the school's graduates were useless, even the principal had to take a back seat.
Fortunately, this awkward scene did not last long, and Gemma, having achieved her goal, said goodbye to the two.
Jian Yu turned his head to look at Dumbledore, only to find that he looked gloomy, as if a weather spell was raining on his head.
Are you so angry about the "excellent performance" of your former graduates that you become autistic? She eyed him uncertainly.
But it was obvious that Dumbledore's mental strength was much stronger than anyone else's. When he met her eyes, he smiled slightly:
"It was great. We had a very fruitful trip. We got them sanctioned again and heard a lot of interesting and frank remarks."
Is the speech really “frank” and “interesting”?
Was the trip really “rewarding”?
Did he really feel great?
Jian Yu doubted what Dumbledore said.
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