Hogwarts: Harley from The Witch Way - Chapter 409

c393 Broken Time Turners and Stolen Deaths

Overall, Halloween this year was very interesting.

Various performances and activities from the costume party to the banquet left a deep impression on the little wizards. The little wizards had so much fun that they even wished they could do it again every year.

But no matter how long it has passed, if the people who experienced it at that time were allowed to judge, the most unforgettable and vividly remembered performer would definitely belong to Umbridge.

There was no way, after all, the big job Umbridge performed at the end of the dinner… was really too outrageous.

In the eyes of ordinary little wizards, what everyone sees is this scene:

At the end of the dinner, Umbridge suddenly turned into a half-human, half-pink toad monster. In other words, she revealed part of her true identity. After all, Umbridge looked quite similar to the toad, even more so. The toad is even worse.

After the prototype was revealed, Umbridge first wailed and wanted to go to St. Mungo’s Hospital for Magical Maladies and Magical Injuries for treatment. However, she stopped mid-run and started going crazy on the spot.

She seemed to be insane on the spot, shouting her love for the Minister of Magic Fudge, and surprisingly announced to everyone that it turned out that Fudge made her the Senior Deputy Minister of Magic because Fudge loved her.

After making the disgusting kissing move, Umbridge started a new chore and began to kneel down on the spot, thanking her master loudly for punishing her.

The lower grade students were a little stunned, but many middle and high school students, those in adolescence and even adults, instantly understood what Umbridge meant.

Good guy, I really didn’t expect Minister Fudge and Senior Deputy Minister Umbridge to have so much fun getting along.

And judging from Umbridge’s proficiency in shouting “Thank you master for the punishment”, Umbridge and Fudge’s pretending game may have been played quite a few times.

This sounds very interesting, but with Umbridge’s majestic appearance, the students only hate themselves for knowing so much.

Adhering to the principle that only one’s own eyes should be injured and his heart should be polluted, the “story” of Umbridge and Fudge was quickly spread by knowledgeable students.

Suddenly, the auditorium was full of wailing, and many people wished they had a pair of ears that they had never heard before.

This also gave those students who were asking around out of curiosity a reminder not to ask so many questions next time.

The professors had no intention of thinking about what the students were thinking, and all the professors with some level of proficiency surrounded Umbridge.

“It should be a kind of transfiguration.” Professor McGonagall pointed her wand at Umbridge and chanted a spell for a while before reluctantly making a preliminary judgment. Her tone even sounded a little doubtful.

“It feels similar to human body transformation, but not completely. It should also be integrated with other transformation magic, such as some knowledge about Animagus.”

“The user deliberately left this spell in a semi-failed state, causing a situation that is difficult to reverse.”

“In addition, there are some spells that I can’t understand. To be honest, I have taught transfiguration at Hogwarts for thirty-nine years. I have read through all the books in the same field in the forbidden book area, but I have never seen anything similar. magic.”

“It also smells like a curse.” Professor Flitwick continued,

“It looks like an instantaneous curse, allowing these transformation spells to exist at the same time and remain stable.”

“In addition, she also has a spell on her body that was created by improving Legilimency, but I can’t see the specific effect.”

“The source of these magics has been found.” Professor Sprout’s voice suddenly came over.

“This was the last food Umbridge ate. This half-eaten piece of chocolate had a lot of spells attached to it.”

“That’s easy to handle.” Professor Flitwick took over the floating chocolate and was careful not to touch it.

“As long as I find an item carrying magic, I can break the spell on it.”

“Then wake up Umbridge first, otherwise, what would it be like to keep her wailing like this on the ground?”

Professor McGonagall made a decision, then looked at Professor Slughorn,

“Horace, can you help calm the students?”

“Oh, of course, I’d be happy to.” Professor Slughorn clapped his hands, his voice echoing throughout the auditorium.

“Everyone please be quiet and sit back in your seats. The professors need to deal with Ms. Umbridge first.”

With the help of the male and female student council presidents and the prefects, the noise in the auditorium died down, leaving only the hum of whispers.

The illusion magic on the toad biscuit is not difficult to deal with, it is just a simple combination of Legilimency and illusion.

Magic can extract certain characters from the mind of a weak-willed subject, thereby forming a corresponding illusion.

Professor Flitwick, a master of spells, quickly found the solution and lifted the spell.

However, Umbridge was still immersed in the pain and pleasure of the Dark Lord punishing herself, so she directly said it dirty.

This made Professor McGonagall, who was holding back her nausea and trying to wake her up, instantly turn pale.

“In that case, let’s not disturb the elegance of Umbridge, Senior Under-Minister of Magic.”

“I wish Umbridge and Minister Fudge a happy marriage!”

Upon hearing this, and the sudden influx of many memories into her mind, Umbridge’s brain suddenly froze.

After a long time, Umbridge’s mind started to work again, and she slowly sorted out what had happened before.

It seemed that I was in an illusion, and under the control of the illusion, I said a lot of outrageous things and did a lot of things I shouldn’t have done…

“Ahhhhh!” At the moment when she figured everything out, Umbridge burst into an extremely miserable scream.

When she realized that she was still a pink half-human, half-toad figure, and that all the students below were staring at her, Umbridge simply passed out.

There’s nothing I can do about it without falling into a coma, so many people are watching.

No matter how thick-skinned Umbridge is and how good her psychological quality is, she has no ability to stay awake in this situation.

Of course, Umbridge could indeed choose to sneak in and pretend to be dead, but she could not influence other people’s actions.

On the ceiling of the auditorium, a beetle kept changing angles to take photos, and a quill pen and a notebook were suspended behind her.

The quill was scribbling wildly on the notebook, almost scratching out sparks.

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Umbridge became famous, but in the way she least expected.

Rita paused her serialization of Harry’s novel in the newspaper and followed instructions to start reporting on Umbridge’s performance at the Halloween dinner, complete with photos.

This caused an uproar in the entire magical world. After all, the Minister of Magic and the Senior Deputy Minister of Magic openly started an office romance, which is the most talked about topic everywhere.

And more importantly, the two protagonists of the topic seemed to be having a great time, even using words like “master” and “punishment”.

When Umbridge saw Voldemort in the illusion, the students had no idea what she saw.

The little wizards only knew that Umbridge first confessed her love to Minister Fudge, and then called out to Master.

With this series of performances, what else would you think of other wizards? It can’t be washed, even the most professional sailors can’t wash it!

Suddenly, Fudge’s approval rating dropped by one-third, leaving less than 25%.

And his approval ratings continue to drop, looking increasingly dangerous.

But Fudge no longer needs to care about approval ratings, because the Wizengamot has officially passed the second impeachment overturn.

They have the power to remove Fudge at any time now and elect a new Minister of Magic through popular elections.

Fudge has not stepped down yet, which can only be attributed to his excessive luck.

On the night of the Halloween dinner at Hogwarts, a group of mysterious wizards invaded the British Ministry of Magic.

With a clear goal in mind, they broke into the Department of Mysteries, broke all the time turners, and looted some ancient magical items that were being studied in the Hall of Death;

Another group of wizards targeted the office of the Minister of Magic and destroyed three cabinets of documents.

These wizards are very familiar with the internal structure of the Ministry of Magic, and even know the locations of various departments within the Department of Mysteries.

You know, most employees and even senior officials of the Ministry of Magic do not understand the structure of the Department of Mysteries. Fudge himself, the Minister of Magic, cannot even tell which twelve departments there are.

Only the Silent know the internal routes of the Department of Mysteries and know how to find the correct route to the destination from the twelve ever-rotating black doors.

As we all know, the Silent People have signed a contract with an ancient magical item in the Department of Mysteries and cannot reveal the secret.

If anyone tries to challenge that magical item and wants to leak the secret, they will be wiped out by unknown forces the moment the secret is leaked.

Of course, there is another way to avoid this, which is to have the intruders follow the Silent Man.

I don’t know what judgment principle it is based on. Anyway, this situation does not count as the silent person actively leaking secrets and does not violate the contract.

There are indeed some silent people in the wizarding world of Great Britain who have resigned or betrayed the Department of Mysteries, and some of them have even joined the ranks of Death Eaters.

But the wizards who invaded that night all invaded with their faces exposed. All witnesses confirmed that there was no Silent Man among this group of wizards, and the Guardian Magic of the Department of Mysteries also confirmed that no one used Polyjuice Potion or Transfiguration.

After completing these tasks, this group of mysterious wizards left so smoothly. The employees of the Ministry of Magic did not even cause any harm to each other. Instead, several Aurors were seriously injured and were admitted to St. Mungo’s Hospital for Magical Injuries and Injuries. .

Professor Dumbledore left the dinner early that day, without even having time to announce the end of the dinner, just to deal with the series of things that happened in the Ministry of Magic.

Thanks to these wizards, Fudge doesn’t have to step down for the time being, and can even retain a small part of his rights.

On the one hand, it was because of the destroyed documents. Some of these documents were not important, but their confidentiality was very high. Only Fudge himself could access and recall them.

The Ministry of Magic needs Fudge’s help to restore as many of these files as possible;

On the other hand, Fudge needs to communicate with the Ministers of Magic of other countries as quickly as possible.

After all, there can’t be so many completely strange wizards in the UK. They can only come from foreign countries.

If the minister is to be changed now, even if there is no election, and Amelia, the director of the Department of Magical Legal Affairs, is directly appointed as minister, it will take three days to legally complete the process.

After completing her term, even with Fudge’s verbal help, Amelia would not be able to easily become familiar with everything in foreign countries, and it would be difficult to coordinate with other Ministry of Magic.

In an emergency, the British Ministry of Magic couldn’t wait that long, so it could only pinch its nose and choose to let Fudge stay in office for a while.

Fudge is also very happy to help in this matter. After all, when he is destined to step down, there is still a huge difference between whether he can get a position as a political advisor after stepping down or whether he can completely separate from the British Ministry of Magic.

The former can also bring him into contact with the politics he loves. As for the latter… for Fudge, it would be better to just die and be happy.

As for the scandals about him outside now…are they important? Not important, at least not right now.

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These scandals were not important to Fudge, but they were very important to Umbridge.

After all, Fudge could still argue that it was all Umbridge’s fantasy, but Umbridge was the party involved in the incident.

As much as she wanted to explain that everything happened for a reason, she couldn’t do it. After all, according to the existing evidence, she turned into this ugly form and her previous abnormal behavior was all because of the problematic candy sold in the Selwyn family candy store. candy.

Various vicious spells and transformation spells were analyzed on the half-bitten piece of chocolate.

It stands to reason that the evidence is conclusive and everything can be concluded. Umbridge can easily file a lawsuit and ask the Selwyn family to compensate herself.

But Umbridge didn’t dare to do this at all. After all, she was a mixed-blood, and if she wanted to be a high-ranking member of the Ministry of Magic, the implicit condition was that she was pure-blooded.

In order to gain a foothold in the Ministry of Magic, Umbridge concealed the existence of her Muggle mother and Squib brother, and used a small pension to force her old father to leave the Ministry of Magic and live on the European continent.

At the same time, she also claims that she has the blood of many pure-blood families to prove her nobility, so as to get along as well as possible in the Ministry of Magic, which has an extremely ancient and decadent system.

After that, no one knew about Umbridge’s origin. Even if someone mentioned the cleaner named Umbridge in front of Umbridge and asked if there was a relationship between the two, Umbridge would only be sweet. Tian denied it and insisted that she was only related by blood to noble pure-blood families.

The Selwyn family is the family with the best relationship with Umbridge, and Umbridge tried her best to get them to admit her.

Even if Umbridge is now the Senior Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Magic, does she dare to find trouble with the biggest financial backer behind her? She didn’t dare.

She could only admit that she accidentally lost control of her magic, and she didn’t dare to say that it was the Selwyn family’s candy that was the problem.

In this case, Umbridge can only lie alone in St. Mungo’s Hospital for Magical Injuries and Injuries.

Of course, this may be a good thing for her. After all, she won’t have to appear in public for a long time.

Even though she was lying in the hospital, Umbridge did not do anything. She still maintained communication with her master.

After the first communication and being punished by the Cruciatus Curse for a long time, Voldemort’s mood did not seem that bad, and his tone was relatively calm.

“…At least you’re not a complete loser, right? Umbridge?”

“At least you have tested out that Trelawney is a useless liar and cannot divine prophecies. You also issued a probation notice before leaving Hogwarts completely, gaining Fudge’s trust as much as possible.”

“In this case, our plan can still be completed.”

“Master, is Fudge still the Minister of Magic? I remember before I was admitted to the hospital, wasn’t he about to step down?”

There was confusion in Umbridge’s voice, but it was also mixed with joy.

The recent newspapers have been filled with news about himself, which seems to be an attempt to make Umbridge completely socially dead.

Fudge was too busy during this period, and in order to avoid suspicion, he did not contact his old subordinate.

Therefore, Umbridge knew nothing about the situation in the Ministry of Magic.

“No.” Voldemort’s cold voice sounded again through the Dark Mark,

“Although he is a waste, and most Death Eaters are also waste, I don’t fully count on them.”

“Someone stepped in to keep Fudge in the position until at least Christmas so that our plans could be completed.”

“Great Master, do you mean that I can continue to contribute to you?”

Umbridge’s voice was extremely surprising. It wasn’t that she liked working, but if she could no longer serve Voldemort, then given Voldemort’s character, she might not be worth living.

“Work hard,” Voldemort did not answer directly, but said meaningfully,

“The contribution you can make to me is far beyond your imagination. When I succeed, your name will be remembered forever and you will receive my gift in a way you cannot imagine.”

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