Hogwarts Raven's Claw

Chapter 356 Trial
In the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor's office, Umbridge was standing in the center of the room with disheveled hair and a ferocious face, while around her, the pink room that was originally full of girlish elements was now in a mess.

Not only the ordinary decorations and furniture, but even the cat decorative plates that she had collected with countless efforts and money were smashed.

These were all the result of her venting her anger.

Umbridge herself is an extremely violent person, otherwise she would not have fainted from anger.

The reason why I didn’t lose my temper outside before was that I didn’t want to destroy my image in the students’ minds.

After venting her anger, Umbridge calmed down a little and began to think about the most important issue at the moment.

What the Weasley brothers did this time not only hurt her physically and mentally, but also made her lose all face.

It is conceivable that after this incident, all the prestige she had worked so hard to build up in the minds of her students will be lost, and more and more people will dare to disobey her in the future.

The Ministry of Magic sent her to Hogwarts with only two tasks: one was to monitor Dumbledore and ensure that the students of Hogwarts were loyal to the Ministry of Magic. The other was to find evidence of Dumbledore's illegality and find a way to get Dumbledore to step down from the position of headmaster.

And if she really lost all her prestige, then the hope of completing these two tasks would become extremely slim.

Thinking of this, Umbridge gritted her teeth, dug out a relatively neat roll of parchment from the messy office, sat down at the desk and began to write a letter.

In the current situation, she must apply for support. If the Ministry of Magic does not give her support, she will most likely become a joke in Hogwarts!
At the same time in the auditorium, Mike, Harry and Hermione were sitting at a long table.

No one spoke. They were all in a daze, waiting for the Weasley brothers and Ron to return to the hall and tell them the outcome of the matter.

However, what they didn't expect was that they didn't wait for the Weasley brothers, but waited for the two people they least wanted to see at the moment.

"Mr. Weasley, Mrs. Weasley!" Hermione screamed at the two people who suddenly appeared in the hall, "Why are you here!"

"Professor McGonagall notified us and said she wanted to discuss the matter of George and Fred with us!"

Mrs. Weasley had a gloomy face and her voice was unusually cold. The muscles on her face kept twitching as she spoke, as if she was forcibly suppressing her inner anger.

The expression on Mr. Weasley's face beside her was not much better. However, compared to Mrs. Weasley's anger that could be seen with the naked eye, Mr. Weasley's expression looked more like sadness and disappointment.

Percy had a big fight with them over work and no longer lives at home. They originally thought that their remaining sons would be more responsible, but they didn't expect George and Fred to get into trouble again.

The arrival of these two people made Harry and Hermione panic. Hermione stopped talking after screaming. It was not that she didn't want to talk, but she simply didn't know what to say at this time.

Harry's condition was similar to Hermione's. He lowered his head and rubbed the hem of his clothes vigorously, feeling extremely guilty.

"Hello, Mr. and Mrs. Weasley. I'm Mike Tonley, a friend of George and Fred. We've met before."

"Hello, Mike." Mr. Weasley took a deep breath, "We want to meet George and Fred before we formally visit Professor McGonagall. Can you take us to find them?"

"Of course. George and Ron have just read Mrs. Weasley's howler letter and are now writing a reply in the dormitory. I'll take you there now." Mike nodded and agreed, "But this matter can't be blamed entirely on George and Fred. You are his parents, and you should know that they are not the kind of people who would attack a professor without reason."

"How about this, this is not the place to talk," Mike looked around. The auditorium was bustling at the moment. Everyone was looking at this side and whispering. "Let's talk while walking."

Hearing this, the Weasleys nodded and followed Mike. There was no change in their facial expressions, they were still so gloomy.

It wasn't until Michael told the Weasleys that Harry was put in detention and that the Weasley brothers wanted to avenge Harry that their expressions eased a little.

"Well, this is indeed something George and Fred would do. They have been like this since they were young."

Mr. Weasley sighed and shook his head.

Now there is basically no anger on his face, and it seems that he basically agrees with the actions of the Weasley brothers.

Mrs. Weasley was different. Although her expression looked much better, she still maintained her anger. She suppressed her voice and said:

"They are simply crazy. Even if they want to avenge Harry, they can't do such a thing! Don't they know that Hogwarts will expel them if they do this?"

Harry's tears immediately flowed down when he heard this. He originally guessed that the Weasley brothers wanted to help him get revenge. Now that he got the exact answer, he could no longer suppress the guilt in his heart.

Hermione had a worried look on her face. She kept stroking his back beside him, her eyes constantly looking at the back of Harry's hand. It was obvious that she didn't know the truth about Harry's "copying sentences" in advance.

"Oh! Harry, I'm sorry! I don't mean to blame you at all!" Mrs. Weasley took out a handkerchief and wiped Harry's tears distressedly. "I mean, they are both so smart, they can obviously get along with other ways to deal with this matter."

As they talked along the way, they soon arrived at the Gryffindor common room. Just as they were about to knock on the door of the Weasley brothers' dormitory, the door suddenly opened. The Weasley brothers and Ron stared at the five people who appeared at the door with confusion on their faces.

"Dad, Mom! Why are you here!"

"We're here to clean your ass! Otherwise, what do you think we are here for?"

As soon as she saw George and Fred, Mrs. Weasley, who had just looked distressed, regained her anger and started scolding the Weasley brothers.

The three Weasley brothers were in tears when he spoke, then Mr. Weasley coughed lightly and said:

"Mike has already told us the general situation. I don't want to blame you too much. After all, what you did was just. But I think you were too impulsive. Okay, let's not talk about this. The key issue now is not what you did, but how we should solve this matter. You know, based on my experience studying at Hogwarts, you two will be expelled for making such a serious mistake. It's basically a foregone conclusion."

Mr. Weasley's words were so heart-piercing that Harry's tears started to flow again. Even Hermione and Mrs. Weasley's eyes turned red.

"Cough cough!"

At this moment, a light cough attracted everyone's attention, and when everyone looked over, they saw Mike smiling and saying:
"Actually, there's no need for you two to be too concerned about this matter. After all, George and Fred are both very outstanding people, and whether they are fired or not won't have a big impact on them."

"How could you be so..."

"Please listen to me first, Mrs. Weasley." Mike waved his hand to stop the angry Mrs. Weasley, and then said, "The reason you are worried about George and Fred being expelled is nothing more than worrying about their future lives, right?"

Mr. and Mrs. Weasley nodded. "Then things are much simpler, right? You know, George and Fred are both excellent researchers in our Los Santos Group. They have a lot of dividends from products in their hands. They can get more than 5,000 Galleons from these dividends every year. You don't have to worry about their future at all."

When these words were spoken, everyone present, including Ron and Harry, except for Mike and the Weasley brothers, the three people who knew about it, were shocked.

Especially the Weasleys, they actually knew that George and Fred had jobs in the Los Santos Group.

But in their opinion, George and Fred had not even graduated yet, and this job should be a part-time job given to them by Mike because of their close friendship. At most, it was just a summer intern.

So now when they heard that George and Fred had transformed themselves into geniuses with an annual income of more than 5,000 gold galleons, their three views were about to collapse.

"He... is he telling the truth?" Mrs. Weasley held George and Weasley's shoulders tightly with both hands and asked in a trembling voice, "You two can earn 5000 gold Galleons a year now!?"

"Well, actually there are more than that," George said a little embarrassedly, "after all, we are still inventing new things."

Fred nodded frantically on the side.

The Weasleys went completely crazy. Ron grabbed George by the collar and shook him hard, shouting:
"5000 gold Galleons! You make so much money every year, and you're not willing to share even a little with your poor brother!"

Fred pulled Ron away and said helplessly:

"I remember we gave a flying broomstick to someone before. Besides, we don't have the money to spend. You know, it's the start-up capital for our store."

"That broom is obviously a second-hand item that you discarded! You are a bunch of misers!"

"Okay, Ron, stop talking. The time agreed upon by Professor McGonagall and us is almost up." Mr. Weasley rudely interrupted the quarrel between the two brothers. "We will talk to you about the matter of you two hiding your income from us after we go back. Now, let's go!"

After saying that, Mr. Weasley glared at George and Fred, then walked out of the lounge without looking back.

……

In the Hogwarts headmaster's office, the Weasley family, Mike and others, and Professor McGonagall were sitting around a round table in silence.

The atmosphere at the scene was very depressing. Except for Mike, everyone had a gloomy face, especially the Weasleys.

If it were a different time or a different reason, they would probably have taken a good look around the headmaster's office which they hadn't been to for a long time, but now they really had no mood to do so, especially after having just been reprimanded by Professor McGonagall.

At this moment, the door of the office opened again, and Umbridge, who was very rarely dressed in a gray women's suit, walked in with a gloomy face.

Seeing this, Mr. and Mrs. Weasley stood up and bowed to Umbridge.

"I'm sorry, Professor! It's our fault for not disciplining our children properly!"

Umbridge looked at the two people who were bowing to her and the Weasley brothers who were looking indignant, and the corners of her mouth began to rise.

"Are you Arthur Weasley? From the Muggle Artifacts Department?"

"Yes! Mr. Deputy Minister!"

"You have taught a pair of good sons!"

"I'm sorry! Mr. Deputy Minister!"

"Haha, don't say that. I have a lot of old stories in the Muggle Supplies Prohibition Department. Let's wait and see."

Umbridge sneered, ignored the Weasleys who were still bowing, and walked straight towards Professor McGonagall.

The expressions on the Weasley brothers' faces were not very good. They couldn't understand why their parents had to be so servile. They should be very clear about the current situation. It didn't matter to them even if they were really expelled.

But what they didn't know was that even though the Weasleys knew their sons had a bright future, they still hoped that George and Fred could complete their studies at Hogwarts.

Because according to their experience, school life is a rare experience in a wizard's life. They can tolerate their sons' worrying future, but they absolutely cannot tolerate them having regrets in the future.

Now the only way to keep their two sons in Hogwarts is to obtain the forgiveness of the victim, Umbridge, so they treat that hateful woman with that attitude.

"Professor McGonagall, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting."

Umbridge put on a fake smile again and nodded to Professor McGonagall, who said expressionlessly:

"Okay, now that everyone is here, let's get started."

"Wait a minute," Umbridge interrupted, "May I ask why they are here? (Umbridge looked at Mike and others) This is the trial of George Weasley and Fred Weasley, isn't it? Unrelated people should leave here."

"We are all friends of George and Fred," McGonagall answered before Professor McGonagall could answer, "so Professor McGonagall specially allowed us to watch."

"Oh?" Umbridge said with a smile, "It doesn't matter. The result won't change anyway. Professor McGonagall, please announce the expulsion of these two people. I don't want to see them again."

As soon as these words came out, Mr. and Mrs. Weasley's faces changed drastically, and they said hurriedly:

"Ms. Umbridge!"

"Well, no need to say more! No matter how much you plead, I will not change my position. Your son is destined to be expelled from Hogwarts!"

Mr. Weasley's face turned black, and at this moment, Professor McGonagall said calmly:
"I'm sorry, Umbridge, but I'm afraid George and Fred can't leave Hogwarts for the time being."

"What did you say!?"

(End of this chapter)