Hogwarts: Harley from The Witch Way - Chapter 396

c381 It’s all Snape’s fault anyway.

The back-to-school dinner ended quickly.

It wasn’t until the last person had eaten that Professor Dumbledore stood up and waved his wand to clear all remaining food from the table.

“Okay, while everyone is still digesting a sumptuous meal in their stomachs, I would like to ask you to be quiet for a while. I want to use this time to say something.”

Professor Dumbledore said loudly,

“Now I want to talk about the things to pay attention to in the new semester as usual.”

“I think all students at Hogwarts should know that students are not allowed in the forbidden forest next to the hunting ground…”

Professor Dumbledore began a long and eloquent speech, focusing on the prank props that appeared at the end of the last semester at Hogwarts.

Needless to say, the conscientious Filch immediately added these magical items produced by the Weasley brothers to the long list of prohibited items on his office door.

This made the Weasley twins look very ugly. This was simply blocking their way to make money!

“…Finally, I would like to announce some changes within the teaching staff and school management team.”

Professor Dumbledore looked at the teacher’s desk,

“First I would like to introduce Professor Slughorn.”

“Professor Slughorn is an internationally renowned master in the field of Potions. He was also Professor Snape’s Potions Professor and Head of Slytherin House when he was studying at Hogwarts.”

“So this year, he will replace Professor Snape and teach everyone Potions.”

There was a burst of warm applause in the auditorium. Except for Slytherin, few students liked Professor Snape.

Seamus even made a statement among his students that he believed that Professor Snape limited his talent.

If Professor Snape hadn’t stared at him coldly every time in class, how could he have caused the crucible to explode every time?

Do you think this is Simo’s own problem?

Impossible, absolutely impossible!

Other students who were not good at potions also blamed Professor Snape, thinking that Professor Snape was not good at teaching and liked to be weird and affected the students’ emotions, which was why their grades were so poor.

In short, everything is Professor Snape’s fault!

Now that Professor Snape was finally gone, they naturally cheered.

Of course, the little wizards didn’t think about a problem.

Professor Snape is no longer the Potions Master, but he’s still around the professor’s table, so what class will he be teaching?

Amidst the applause and cheers, Professor Slughorn stood up with a full belly and waved to the students with a smile on his face.

“…In addition, Professor Snape will be the professor of the Defense Against the Dark Arts course.” After Professor Slughorn sat down, Professor Dumbledore said with a smile.

The applause in the auditorium suddenly died down. Many students looked at Dumbledore with confused faces, and their hands stopped subconsciously.

Only the polite applause and cheers from the Slytherin side quickly became louder and louder. Many Slytherins stood up and cheered and applauded their dean.

Professor Snape waved lazily towards the Slytherin table, and at the same time glanced at the Gryffindor table, but made no unnecessary movements.

After all, there are so many pairs of eyes below staring at me, and the identities of the parents of many students there are worthy of scrutiny. Now I can’t do any unnecessary actions.

Finally, Professor Dumbledore looked at the pink toad beside him, and a humble smile immediately appeared on the toad’s face.

“And there is a new member of our school, Ms. Dolores Umbridge.”

“She is the Senior Under-Minister of Magic and will serve as the High Inquisitor of Hogwarts this school year.”

“During this school year, Ms. Umbridge will review whether the courses taught by professors comply with the Wizarding Examination Authority’s syllabus and determine whether each professor is qualified.”

Professor Dumbledore paused for a moment, and the pink toad quickly stood up and showed a smile that was so sweet that it was almost disgusting.

This time, even the applause of the Slytherins was much smaller. It was obvious that everyone was disgusted by Umbridge.

But Umbridge didn’t seem to care, and the expression on her face didn’t change much. She waved to all the little wizards happily and didn’t sit down.

“When Ms. Umbridge was chatting with me just now, she expressed the hope that she could have a short speaking time after I finished speaking. Naturally, I happily agreed.”

“So, let’s welcome Ms. Umbridge!”

Professor Dumbledore took the lead in applauding, and the polite applause in the auditorium gradually grew louder.

Along with the applause, there were whispers, and many students were whispering to each other.

After all, in their memory, no wizard other than Professor Dumbledore had ever taken the initiative to speak at the opening dinner.

“Thank you, distinguished Headmaster Dumbledore, for such a warm welcome speech.”

Umbridge grinned, showing her sharp teeth.

“Oh, I must say, it’s great to be back at Hogwarts…”

Umbridge’s voice was high, high-pitched, and breathy, like an eleven or twelve-year-old girl.

If you don’t look at the face and listen to the voice alone, you can deceive ignorant boys or adult witches who are overflowing with maternal love.

But with her toad-like appearance and fluffy pink cardigan… it can only be said that she has accurately found the most disgusting way.

Several students almost vomited. After all, this was both psychological and physical discomfort.

After spending a full five minutes complimenting Professor Dumbledore and other professors, and expressing her joy, Umbridge finally got to the point.

“…As President Dumbledore said, in view of some students’ complaints that the content of professors’ classes is too unrealistic, I will serve as the senior investigator of Hogwarts during this school year.”

“And my task is also very simple. I just verify whether the courses taught by the professors comply with the survey outline stipulated by the Wizarding Examination Authority.”

“This syllabus is a Transfiguration course syllabus jointly written by many well-known wizards, and Professor Dumbledore has also participated in it, so I think it is very trustworthy…”

When they heard this, the originally sleepy students became much more energetic.

“The Ministry of Magic is finally doing something real!” Harry vaguely heard Ron whispering to other friends,

“I’ve wanted to complain to the Ministry of Magic for a long time. The lessons taught by the greasy old bat are simply torture!”

“Indeed, I knew that my poor grades were because that old bat didn’t follow the syllabus!”

The expression on Simo’s face became more and more excited,

“I don’t believe that the syllabus lists yin and yang as a required tone for professors!”

“Hopefully this Ms. Umbridge will give the greasy old Bat some serious scrutiny!”

“But Professor Snape will not be teaching Potions this semester.” Neville kindly reminded,

“Umbridge can’t find it on his head.”

“Huh? Well…the same goes for reviewing Defense Against the Dark Arts!” Seamus hesitated.

“Anyway, it must be Snape’s fault that I don’t study well! I must investigate him severely!”

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(Thanks to the boss “Wag Huan” for the reward.) (End of this chapter)