Harry Potter’s Raven’s Claw

What can make a person who has just been "death threatened" continue to do things that might kill her without fear of the threat?

Quite simply, either the threat has been removed, or someone has promised her a benefit big enough for her to take the risk!

In view of the two senior Slytherin students who followed Umbridge like personal bodyguards, Mike guessed that a very prestigious person in Slytherin must have provided protection to Umbridge.

And that person is most likely Chris!

Mike's hands loosened and clenched, clenched and loosened, looking extremely unhappy.

If things really went as he expected, Umbridge and Chris became companions, then this would be a big blow to his plans at Hogwarts.

Mike, who was contemplating, suddenly felt someone tap him, and when he turned his head, he saw Franklin looking at him with an uneasy expression.

"Are you all right?" Franklin said cautiously. "Umbridge and Trelawney are gone, do we have to follow?"

"certainly!"

Mike dropped such a sentence, and then walked out of the fortune-telling classroom.

In the corridor at the moment, Umbridge was walking triumphantly under the personal protection of a senior Slytherin, followed by a large group of onlookers behind her.

Umbridge's bodyguard is very conscientious, but anyone who wants to approach Umbridge within one meter will be blocked by him. For this reason, he even took out his wand as a warning.

At the top of the line is Trelawney, who was fired, and another Slytherin who was escorting her.

I saw Trelawney at this time, although her hair was messy and her eyes were still red, but she held her head high and her posture was proud.

Under the onlookers of the surrounding students, she strode out of the castle, looking at her appearance, people who don't know the truth of the matter may think she is a GM martyr who is heading for the execution ground!

Of course, it would be more if her legs didn't tremble and her feet didn't stumble.

Umbridge, who was walking behind Trelawney, saw it all the same, and a smug smile appeared on her face.

She really likes the taste of this kind of power so much, she has been in fear every day for the past week, for fear that the masked person who used to be like a nightmare will reappear and stab the knife into her chest!

This situation continued until Chris came to visit, as Chris promised to call upon Slytherin's elite prospective graduates to give him protection and use his connections at the Ministry of Magic to claim greater power for himself .

According to Chris, the elite Slytherin gates who would be sent to protect themselves would be of the highest caliber, the kind of students who could join the Auror force directly after graduation with a little training.

And the price of all this is just to give Slytherin House some 'trivial' privileges, and give Slytherin students some 'reasonable' extra points during exams!

This deal is simply a great deal!

At least it's more cost-effective than the deal with Mike Townley!

Umbridge agreed to Chris almost without hesitation, and the next day, she began her revenge against Hogwarts—fire Trelawney!

This is Umbridge's choice after careful consideration,

No way, Trelawney was too weak and too unimportant.

Using her as a test for the upper echelons of Hogwarts couldn't be better!

Thinking like this, the smile on Umbridge's face grew brighter.

At the front of the team, Professor McGonagall, who was wearing a uniform and holding a textbook, was pursing his lips and hurried towards the crowd.

The first time she saw Professor McGonagall, Trelawney, who was still like a chaste martyr, immediately burst into tears. I saw that she quickly stepped forward and hugged Mag's thigh, choked up:

"She's going to drive me away! She's going to drive me away! I want to see Dumbledore, he promised me! Promised I would never fire me!"

Upon seeing this, there was a burst of laughter from the crowd around, and almost everyone present was amused by Trelawney's huge attitude change.

Mag, who was hugged by her thigh, was also very helpless. She wanted to pull her leg out, but found that Trelawt was so strong that she couldn't break free. In the end, she could only stand there and wait for Umbridge to step up. come.

And Umbridge, who was walking behind, was also shocked when he found Mag, and he stopped immediately and did not want to move forward.

The Slytherin bodyguard beside her had obviously been greeted, and when she saw Professor McGonagall appear, she actually stood in front of Umbridge and took out her wand at Professor McGonagall.

Professor McGonagall's face became darker, and the students around him also exclaimed.

Pointing at a powerful professor with a wand?

This is simply a fantasy!

However, the Slytherin student ignored it and continued to be cautiously vigilant, even if Professor McGonagall's eyes were probably too much now, he would never regress.

Perhaps it was the brave behavior of the bodyguard that gave him courage, Umbridge timidly poked his head out from behind the Slytherin, and shouted to McGonagall in a pretentious distance:

"M... Mag! What are you doing here?"

"I think you have to give me an explanation, Umbridge!"

Professor McGonagall's voice was unusually cold, and anyone could tell that she was holding back her anger at the moment.

Hearing that, Umbridge once again shrank his head back,

"I don't think it's your turn to intervene in this matter!"

"I remember that I told you very clearly that the order to expel students and professors can only be issued by the headmaster, and no one can make decisions without Dumbledore's return to school!"

"Really?" Umbridge suddenly leaned out again, and in her hand she was holding a parchment with the stamp of the Ministry of Magic, and then she had to pick up the parchment and wave it at McGonagall waved, and said, "I don't think so much!"

"what is that?"

Franklin asked in a low voice, Mike just wanted to answer that he didn't know, but when he saw Umbridge in front of him, he began to say:

"This is a new decree! Education Order No. 25!"

"Another one!" Professor McGonagall shouted fiercely.

"That's right!" Umbridge's face returned to a smile, "I'm reading the new decree now...cough...

The Senior Inquisitor shall henceforth have supreme authority over all matters of punishment, sanctions and disenfranchisement involving Hogwarts students and staff, and shall have the power to amend such punishments, sanctions and disenfranchisement by other staff.

Signed: Connelly Fudge

Minister of Magic

Order of Merlin, First Class

... (500 words omitted)"

After saying that, Umbridge carefully rolled up the parchment and put it in his handbag, still smiling.

Professor McGonagall's body was trembling slightly, obviously from Umbridge's anger.

Trelawney, who was kneeling on the ground, forgot to even cry, and just stared at the triumphant Umbridge with a dull expression.

The students around were also different, the Slytherins were cheering, and the other three academies were sighing.

Oh no.

Not all of the other three colleges were sad.

At least the two Weasley brothers are very happy, because now they have the right to expel students, it means that they are about to be excommunicated, and the hard days are finally coming to an end.

"So, I think I now have the right to fire anyone who makes a mistake!"

Umbridge grinned and looked around, as if to keep in mind the faces of everyone present.

Trelawney, who was still in a sluggish state, was stared at by Umbridge and passed out.

The Weasley brothers in the crowd hurriedly pretended to be heartbroken after noticing Umbridge's eyes, for fear that Umbridge wouldn't fire them if he was angry.

Perhaps it was because he saw the Weasley brothers looking scared, Umbridge nodded with satisfaction, and said to the Slytherin next to Trelawney:

"Why are you still standing there? Get her out of here quickly!"

The Slytherin immediately took out his wand when he heard the words, waved it gently, and saw Trelawney floating on the ground without seeing him chanting the curse - this is actually a master who mastered the silent spell!

"Wait! Didn't you see her fainting? At least take her there first..."

Professor McGonagall hurriedly stopped her, but before she could finish her words, she saw Trelawney, who was floating, struggling directly.

A sarcastic smile flashed across Umbridge's face, nodded and took the lead to walk outside Hogwarts Castle.

At this moment, Professor McGonagall's face was ashen, and although her fists were clenched, she did not see any movement from her.

Mike on the side couldn't help shaking his head.

Professor McGonagall is still too rigid. In Mike's opinion, Trelawney should be kept at all costs now!

This is not to say that Trelawney is important, but Umbridge's move is clearly testing the bottom line of the top Hogwarts.

Maybe Professor McGonagall thinks it's okay to make a little concession, but she forgets that Umbridge is not just a professor, Umbridge is an extremely good politician!

And really good politicians, one of their obvious characteristics is that they have an inch!

Anything you take a step back, they will press on!

Until you are completely driven to death! Eat clean!

It is foreseeable that after this time Umbridge will completely get rid of the shadow of the "death threat", and the life of the high-level people in Hogwarts, including Snape and McGonagall, will become extremely sad.

And in this bad state, I believe that Dumbledore must also come back.

Watching Umbridge and the others go away, Mike sighed and said to Benjamin and the others:

"Get ready, Dumbledore is coming back soon, and our plans must be accelerated!"

"Yeah!" Benjamin nodded solemnly, "I see!"

Franklin on the side was at a loss. He looked at Mike for a while and Benjamin for a while.

Mike didn't bother to explain to him, he shook his head and left the crowd.

...

That night, the d.a. Army met again.

This time Mike learned the lesson from the last time, and allocated two sets of special lesson plans according to the level of magic and talent of the members of the mutual aid society and others.

Among them, Qiu Zhang and Harry were taught the tongue-locking spell from Snape's textbook. This spell is very simple and very practical, because once hit by this spell, your tongue will stick to your mouth. together, resulting in the inability to recite the mantra.

Used well, this spell allows them to take down their enemies with minimal effort in the heat of battle.

As for those enemies who can use silent spells, Mike believes that with the level of magic power of Harry and others, no matter what spells are taught to them, they are serving food when they encounter that kind of enemy.

For the members of the mutual aid club, Mike's requirements are much higher. Mike not only requires them to master the lock tongue spell, but also teaches them several other spell variants, such as: Bubble head spell variant - suffocation, fluorescent flashing spell Variants - flashbangs, gut-pulling spell variants - heart-pulling...

Hermione and Harry initially resented Mike's behavior as it also contained several apparently black magic spells.

However, they finally compromised under Mike's set of "knife innocence".

"Okay, I admit that you talk a lot!"

Harry said helplessly, and yawned tiredly.

"There's something wrong with you. It's only half past ten." Mike was a little puzzled. "Usually you're in good spirits at this time. So, what happened to you today?"

"Oh, nothing, but I played Quidditch with Ron and the others for a while this afternoon."

"Quidditch? I don't remember the Quidditch school team being disbanded?"

"Our captain thinks the Quidditch school team will be back up soon." Harry yawned again, "so he's been pulling us to boot camp these days."

Hearing that, Mike immediately frowned, he was extremely puzzled by Gryffindor's behavior of committing crimes against the wind.

"I advise you not to go to training anymore."

"Don't worry, Mike. Huh~, I won't affect the class. So you don't have to persuade me like Hermione."

"I mean, you have to be careful about Umbridge." Mike shook his head. "She has even more power now. If you still openly engage in trouble at this time, the punishment will be severe."

"Oh, well then, I'll discuss it with the captain." Harry said seriously, "You know, it doesn't matter if you train or not."

"You can refuse!"

"No, I can't," said Harry. "He (the captain) will kill me. Besides..."

Harry looked at Ron again. "We don't have to be afraid of Umbridge! You say so, Ron!"

Ron, who was seriously trying to use the tongue-locking spell on Neville, was distracted when he heard the words and hit a girl next to him with the spell.

The Response Room immediately became a mess again, and Mike shook his head helplessly as he looked at the people who were fighting together.

Sometimes people really kill themselves!

He had a hunch that Harry and the others would be punished soon!