Hogwarts Reading Days

The position of Professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts is a complete pitfall!

This is what Umbridge felt the most during his tenure at Hogwarts.

She had already forgotten how many times she had looked through the archives of successive Defense Against the Dark Arts professors.Since Harry Potter went to Hogwarts to study, the wizards of several Defense Against the Dark Arts professors have been extremely miserable.

Professor Quirrell, dead.

Professor Lockhart, turned idiot, forever in St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Injuries and Injuries.

Professor Lupine, ruined, almost sent to Azkaban for attacking students.

Professor Moody, was locked in a box from beginning to end.And Barty Crouch Jr., who replaced him, had an even worse fate. His soul was directly sucked out by the dementors, and he died very badly.

Professor Smith, who was missing before Harry Potter came to the school, has never been found and probably died.

Although Umbridge was reluctant to believe in the so-called curse, it was more than a coincidence that no Defense Against the Dark Arts professor had been in office for more than a year in decades.

No wonder Dumbledore couldn't find any willing professors.

Thinking of himself jumping into this deep pit on his own initiative, Umbridge's mood couldn't get better.

If this trend continues, she is very likely to die suddenly before the end of this semester, as the group of students said.

Naturally, Umbridge would not wait to die. She planned to resign from the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor before the end of the semester, so as to avoid the curse.

This is the best solution she came up with after studying the files for so long.

All Defense Against the Dark Arts professors who resigned ahead of time were lucky enough to escape unharmed and escaped unharmed.

However, as a professor sent by the Ministry of Magic to work at Hogwarts, Umbridge cannot give up the position of Professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts at will, let alone give up her own influence in Hogwarts, so she needs other positions to come to Hogwarts. A substitute, such as the High Inquisitor, or the Headmaster of Hogwarts.

It is Umbridge's ultimate goal to replace Dumbledore as the new headmaster of Hogwarts, and as long as he can accomplish this task, everything will be fine.

It's just that during the time Umbridge stayed at Hogwarts, he failed to catch Dumbledore's handle, and instead was embarrassed by a series of pranks.

Thinking of the recent anti-toad alliance, Umbridge's mood was even worse.

In particular, the Ministry of Magic has recently circulated a prediction that Minister of Magic Fudge will be ousted next summer, which really makes her feel even more irritable.

Umbridge doesn't believe in prophecy, but it doesn't mean that he doesn't need to prepare in advance.

Helping the Ministry of Magic gain a foothold in Hogwarts was one of her main tasks when she came to Hogwarts.

As long as it can be done, there is basically no need to worry about being abandoned by the Ministry of Magic. The Ministry of Magic will not easily give up a deputy minister with a strong wrist and strong execution ability.

And the core of this plan is to place professors in Hogwarts school.

Senior investigators have the power to expel unqualified professors.

In Umbridge's mind, there were three suitable targets.

The first one was of course the half-blood giant Hagrid in the Protection of Magical Creatures class. According to the information provided by the Slytherin students, Hagrid's Protection of Magical Creatures class was pretty bad, especially last semester's snails caused a lot of trouble.

It's a pity that the big Hagrid was not at school, so he escaped by chance, but it didn't hinder Umbridge's determination to expel Hagrid.

However, after Hagrid was expelled, Professor Wilmina Graplan was likely to become the new professor of the Protection of Magical Creatures class, and the other party was more inclined to Dumbledore than to the Ministry of Magic.

The second is Sybill Trelawney in the divination class. According to the information provided by the Slytherin students, the students call Trelawney an old liar.

If Trelawney was driven away, Umbridge felt that Dumbledore should not be able to find a suitable divination professor to fill the vacancy in a short time.

After all, the number of wizards who really understand divination is too small.

The last was Professor Caredy Bubbaji of Muggle Studies.

This professor once mentioned some theories that did not please the pure-blood factions, such as "there is not much difference between Muggles and wizards", which made the pure-blood factions very dissatisfied and hoped that Dumbledore would expel her. A new Professor of Muggle Studies was brought in, but Dumbledore undoubtedly refused.

If Professor Caredi Bubbaji can be dismissed and replaced by someone that everyone likes, it will undoubtedly win her the support of the pure-blood faction.

Umbridge was well aware that both she and Fudge needed the support of the Pureblood faction.

In fact, Fudge has already achieved some results.

The next day, according to the plan, Umbridge went to the divination classroom on the top of the North Tower with the questionnaire and writing board prepared in advance.

When she pushed open the trap door and entered the divination classroom, she found that Professor Trelawney was staring at her expressionlessly, his eyes were very unfriendly, as if looking at an enemy, and the fake smile on Umbridge's face froze.

In the divination classroom, the students who had just received the dream interpretation guide noticed the change in the atmosphere. They were all surprised to find that Professor Trelawney was very hostile to the toad.

Everyone looked at Umbridge, wondering what the toad had done again.

"Good afternoon, Professor Trelawney."

Professor Umbridge found a remote vacant seat and sat down, his signature smirk resumed again, "I believe you must have received my notice, which says to check the time and date of your class."

"Received." Professor Trelawney still did not look away, "I also predicted... I will be expelled by you."

Professor Trelawney's words really stunned all the students in the divination classroom. Everyone was whispering, trying to figure out what the old liar was doing!

"The old liar took the wrong medicine?"

"Could it be that the old liar knew he couldn't pass the test, so he planned to fool the toad in this way?" Ron muttered in a low voice, which immediately attracted the glaring glances of the two girls around him.

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Harry guessed what was going on.

It is obviously very abnormal for Professor Trelawney to be hard on Umbridge, and all the abnormal things that happened at Hogwarts are probably caused by someone who is deliberately targeting Professor Umbridge.

Isn't Professor Trelawney afraid of being expelled?

No, I just knew that I would be expelled, so I was not afraid, and dared to vent my anger on the toad.

Who is playing tricks behind it is ready to be revealed.

Harry suddenly looked forward to what would happen next.

"Oh!" Professor Umbridge has been in the Ministry of Magic for decades, his face is thicker than a book, and a hypocritical smirk soon appeared on his face: "Whether to expel you, you need to be in the classroom after I check you in class." Make a decision."

"Just within the last two months, as for the specific time..." Professor Trelawney still stared at Umbridge, and said in a bad tone: "You will not get what you want, there will be a nasty guy to take over this job .”

"You don't go to class?"

Umbridge raised his eyebrows slightly, and changed the subject.She suspected it was Professor Trelawney's trick.

"This class was originally intended to explain dreams, but...if you have any questions, just ask them directly!"

Umbridge was also very surprised by the profound hostility towards Professor Trelawney, as no professor in Hogwarts has shown such astonishing hostility towards her so far.

However, considering that she was about to expel unqualified professors, it didn't seem strange that Trelawney would be hostile to her.

"Okay!" Umbridge looked up at Trelawney and asked, "How long have you been in this position?"

"Almost 16 years." Trelawney said to herself, "Dumbledore used mine, I'm the great-great-granddaughter of the seer Cassandra Trelawney, and I know exactly what my situation is, You don't need to question whether I have the "Third Eye", if you want to prophecy, I think we can start, and then you can leave."

Umbridge frowned slightly, and found that the question he wanted to ask was answered in one go by the other party.She took a pen and quickly wrote something on her clipboard, when Trelawney brought a crystal ball and placed it on the cushion in front of her.

"Put your hand on the crystal ball, I can't wait to see your future." Trelawney said to Umbridge in a malicious tone, "The Defense Against the Dark Arts professor at Hogwarts is cursed It's been unlucky all the time, it really makes people wonder if you can leave the job alive, please!"

Umbridge's face darkened when she heard the words, she hesitated for a moment, and then put her hand on the crystal ball.

At this moment, all the students left their seats one after another, and surrounded the two of them, wanting to see the result of Toad's divination.

No way, who made the old liar so imposing?

However, everyone was doomed to disappointment, and nothing changed in the crystal ball.

Everyone looked up at Trelawney, and the expression on Umbridge's face was even more bizarre.

Trelawney, who had been staring at the crystal ball, suddenly spoke.

"You will always be unlucky, unlucky, because you are being watched."

"I didn't see anything." Umbridge smirked, as if trying to expose Trelawney's ridiculous lie.

"That's because you don't have Tianmu, and I'm not a good fortune teller." Trelawney looked up at Umbridge with a sneer of disdain, "You don't know anything about divination, Only a master prophecy can satisfy your request, and the other party will not even look at you."

Without waiting for Umbridge to explode, Trelawney continued, "I saw you kicked out Dumbledore and became... if you could call it the headmaster. In fact, you couldn't even get into the headmaster's office."

"I give you a piece of advice, don't enter the Forbidden Forest, or those long-legged people will teach you an unforgettable lesson, but I don't think you will listen. I also saw the administrator send you out of Hogwarts, and Pippi The ghost set off firecrackers behind you to celebrate your departure, by the way..." Professor Trelawney put her face in front of Umbridge, shook her head pityingly and said, "I saw you finally died in Azkaban Prison , what a misfortune."

"How dare you..." Umbridge's cheeks were flushed, looking like a volcano that might erupt at any moment.

"This is the divination you wanted, I didn't mean to lie to you." Professor Trelawney completely entered the mutual harm mode: "And after you get out of Hogwarts, I will return to Hogwarts teach."

"Don't be angry, if you think the free one is unreliable, you can spend your own money to find a fortune teller to predict the future." Professor Trelawney laughed happily: "The premise is that you can find someone who is willing to fortune tell you, as far as I know , after Cassandra Wabraski was admitted to St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Injuries and Injuries, there is only one wizard left in the whole of England who has the ability to predict your future."

"You..." Umbridge's eyes flashed dangerously, "do you think it's funny to insult me ​​like this?"

"Insult? No, I think you are mistaken. It is indeed the result of divination. I am not interested in insulting you!" Professor Trelawney took the crystal ball and said to Umbridge calmly, "Now you You can go."

Umbridge slammed the door angrily and left.

"You can't expect me to be nice to a person who is about to expel me." Trelawney said to the students below with no expression on her face, "What's more, I didn't insult her. That was indeed the predicted result."

"Professor, are those prophecies true?"

"Of course it's true." Professor Trelawney reminded, "As early as the first class, I told you that without the third eye, that is, the second vision, you can't go on the road of divination. Farther. Hogwarts never expected you to become masters of prophecy, because there are too few people who can really predict the future. I have taught for 16 years, and I only met Mr. Anderson."

"Then what's the point of divination?" Someone couldn't help asking.

"Let you understand what divination is, and understand some of the most basic knowledge, such as palmistry, tea reading, card reading, and dream interpretation." Trelawney looked around everyone and said calmly, "If you don't take this class, How do you know if you have a talent for divination? Talented people will quickly stand out after receiving systematic learning, and those without talent can only do that."

"Okay, let's cherish the little time we have now!"

"Professor, do you really have a talent for prophecy?" A Hufflepuff student asked, but he soon realized that his words were too rude.

"Sorry Professor, I..."

In this regard, Harry has the right to speak more than anyone else here. The old liar Trelawney does have the power of prophecy, but she cannot control it at all, and sometimes she doesn't even know what prophecy she made.

"Yes, but it's very weak and unstable." Trelawney curled her lips and said, she was very confident about it, because Albert had personally admitted it.

"Since Cassandra, there hasn't been a second truly powerful prophet in my family." Trelawney said helplessly, "This is actually a very normal phenomenon. As far as I know, Cassan Della Vabraski's descendants did not inherit much of her prophecy ability. In this world, there are not many master prophecy masters who can really meet Umbridge's requirements."