A Professor of Magic at Hogwarts Chapter 254: Interlude
It was a pity that Snape didn't tell his jokes at the end. Felix thought that the professor still had a talent for telling bad jokes.
He secretly made a note, next year's Christmas present will be available.
Felix was sitting next to Snape, and was about to make some jokes when the main door of the auditorium was suddenly opened, and a large snowstorm was swept in from outside the door.
A chunky witch dressed in pink walked in. Felix heard the sound of Professor McGonagall taking a deep breath two seats away, her black eyebrows were tightly knit together.
This pudgy witch is Dolores Umbridge, and behind her are two people, one is a thin, dark-skinned middle-aged wizard, with a gold ring in one ear, Dressed like an Auror.
Felix knew him. When Minister Fudge came to the school to visit the basilisk last year, he brought this man with him. Fudge called him "Kingsley".
The other is a witch, also dressed as an Auror, with a thick scarf covering her face. From her lively little movements, it can be seen that she is not very old. She walked with Kingsley.
The smile on Dumbledore's face disappeared, and the surprised expression lasted only for a moment, then he stood up and said politely: "What a rare visitor, I didn't know you would come over on this special day. "
"People who have never seen you, Professor Dumbledore." Umbridge put on a conspicuous smirk on that toad face, "I'm not saying that your vice-headmaster is not serious enough... …It’s all about getting the job done, just like me, I can’t avoid worrying about Minister Fudge at Christmas.”
Dumbledore said calmly: "I have full confidence in Minerva, she has done an excellent job."
Umbridge didn't seem to feel embarrassed at all, but the female Auror behind her had turned her head away, looking like she couldn't bear to look directly.
Kingsley stood up and said in a low and slow voice, "Dumbledore, we are here to share new information with you."
Umbridge immediately screamed: "Kingsley! I am the investigator appointed by the minister—"
Kingsley did not look at her, but his next sentence also explained: "I am only taking orders from Minister Fudge and Scrimgeour - Dumbledore, there is currently a new Progress."
"I'm all ears, Kingsley," said Dumbledore gently.
"Someone suspected that Sirius Black appeared in Knockturn Alley. According to the information we have - an unlucky wizard was attacked from behind, and the attacker snatched his wand."
"So, he rearmed himself?" Dumbledore said, "I thought he would wander between the school and Hogsmeade."
Kingsley said: "We thought so before, so we relaxed our vigilance over there. But he may be more cunning than we thought, and I'm going to London tomorrow-this is Tonks, Sk Lin Jie hopes to pass the news through her."
"Tonks?" Dumbledore smiled and looked at the young witch.
"It's me, Principal Dumbledore, it's great to meet you." The female Auror took off the scarf covering her face and said enthusiastically.
Kingsley explained: "Tonks is still in Hogsmeade most of the time, just as a precaution." He glanced at Umbridge who was impatiently fiddling with the pink bow on his cuff, " And she can also restrain dementors."
Dumbledore nodded and said: "No problem, Hogwarts has a common appeal with the Ministry of Magic on this matter."
Kingsley fell silent. This man had a calm and quiet demeanor. After finishing his business, his sense of presence immediately decreased.
In contrast to him, Umbridge finally found a chance, and she said in an awkward little girl's voice: "Thanks Kingsley for your speech, Professor Dumbledore, I hope you will think again, Don Alex—somehow, not following the rules, the Ministry of Magic would love to send a resident team..."
"We don't need to talk about this matter, Umbridge." Dumbledore insisted, "Go back and tell Fudge, if he has any ideas, let him come to me directly."
Felix almost understood from the sidelines that Umbridge and Kingsley were not on the same side. Fudge was standing behind Umbridge. Maybe it was a temptation, or this woman made her own decision. , she wanted to put her tentacles into Hogwarts, but was pushed back by Professor McGonagall and Dumbledore.
Although Kingsley also listened to Fudge's orders, he obviously didn't care about Umbridge, the investigator's attitude. He came here this time to follow the command of Scrimgeour, the head of the Auror's office.
They left quickly, and with this episode, the professors were in no mood to joke. The conversation inevitably turned to Umbridge, Black's threat was too far removed, but the toad lady was hard to please.
Professor McGonagall said sharply: "I'm not one to speak ill of others, but Umbridge—" her nose was a little white, and she was obviously very angry. "If you know how she treats her subordinates and her own family, you will understand how I feel."
"Umbridge being mean to his family?" Felix asked.
"Oh! She claimed many times that her 'deceased' father was a prominent figure in the Wizengamot, but in fact he was alive and well."
Flitwick frowned and recalled: "I seem to have the impression that the surname Umbridge is still very rare. I remember that there was a cleaner named Umbridge in the Ministry of Magic more than ten years ago. ..."
At this time, some students finally came over, two first-year students appeared together, and not long after, a sixth-year Slytherin student came with a sullen face.
The topics discussed by the professors became relaxed again, and Dumbledore left once in the middle, and when he reappeared, he brought back a bunch of silver firecrackers, "This is a firecracker hat, just like Bibi Dolce, every time it's a surprise. "
He sent one to everyone at the table and asked cheerfully, "Anyone want to try?"
Felix looked at Snape ~IndoMTL.com~ Dumbledore followed his gaze, he blinked and said with a smile, "Severus, you definitely don't want to miss this. "
While speaking, Harry, Ron and Hermione rushed over. They watched in amazement that Snape pulled the string of a silver firecracker impatiently, and the firecracker slammed apart, revealing a Ladies peaked hat.
Dumbledore handed the hat to Snape, but Snape pushed it away without thinking, so Dumbledore immediately replaced his wizard hat with it.
"Merry Christmas, ladies and gentlemen."
Harry and the others stared dumbfounded at Dumbledore's new image, speechless for a moment.
The big meal lasted for two full hours, and everyone was very happy, and no one talked about the unappetizing topic of Umbridge, except for Trelawney who appeared in the middle and had to count After counting the number once, when she counted twice and it was still the number thirteen, she couldn't help but yelled.
It was not until Felix politely reminded her that she might have forgotten to count herself that Trelawney sat down in silence.