Hogwarts Raven's Claw

Chapter 368 The Expelled Professor
In the Hogwarts Great Hall, Mike was enjoying the rare leisure time with Benjamin and others.

Mike's first class a week ago was generally successful except for some unpleasantness when the curse was announced at the end.

After that, Mike, Harry and others discussed and made a detailed course schedule, requiring DA army members to come to the Request Room for classes at 1 o'clock every Monday, Wednesday and Friday evening, and the class time is two hours.

In the beginning, Mike actually wanted everyone to come to class every day, because after observing the first class, Mike found that the magic talent of the members headed by Qiu Zhang was indeed somewhat inferior to those in the mutual aid society. If he did not increase his efforts, these people would probably achieve nothing.

But because Hermione felt that staying up late every day to make up for the lessons would affect her normal studies the next day, she finally adopted a three-day class week system.

The result of this was just as Mike expected. By the end of the first week of classes, the senior members of the mutual aid society had completely mastered the "Safeguarding" and "Universal Protection". However, apart from Harry and the other two and a few older students, few people among Qiu Zhang and others were able to perfectly cast the protective spell.

But Mike didn't really care about this. He didn't expect those twenty or so people to perform well at the beginning.

In his opinion, the learning outcomes of these people are not important, and Mike's main work focus is still on the mutual aid meeting.

This week, Mike began to frantically recruit members, even at the cost of lowering the threshold for borrowing.

However, while the new members enjoy a lower borrowing threshold, they must also accept more stringent contractual restrictions. In this regard, Mike fully learned Hermione's spirit and directly attached a curse to the contract with the new members, and its effectiveness is much stronger than Hermione's.

Many people have complaints about this.

"Mike, do you really think that's a good idea?" Benjamin asked with an unnatural look on his face. "I'm talking about the new student aid program. Don't you think that such a low loan threshold and such a heavy punishment mechanism are too unreasonable? If this is done, there will definitely be many people who can't pay back the money."

Everyone who was drinking tea turned their eyes to Mike's direction when they heard this. Many of them, like Benjamin, were beneficiaries of the original student aid program. At that time, the Los Santos Group's student loans had extremely strict loan conditions, so those who applied for the loans at that time were those who really needed the money.

But the student loan situation in Los Santos has changed. The low threshold has led many people who simply want to satisfy their vanity to start borrowing from Mike.

Afterwards, they spent the money lavishly, buying new clothes, new toys, new brooms...

The result of this is that a large amount of bad debts will be generated, and many people even borrow money without any intention of repaying it.

This would never work in Muggle society because you don't have any effective means of collecting debts.

But this is a wizarding society, and the curse that Mike attached to the contract would force those who could not pay back the money to obey the orders of the mutual aid society and become its slaves.

Such a move is indeed beneficial to the mutual aid association in the short term, but it will undoubtedly make the mutual aid association lose its original meaning. This is something that people like Benjamin, who came from a mutual aid association and has a special feeling for it, do not want to see.

Mike actually knew all of this. He put down his teacup, turned his head and said to Benjamin:
"First of all, you have to understand that although the punishment mechanism we set is strict, our interest rate is not high. Those who cannot pay back the money do not deserve our sympathy, because they either did not intend to pay it back from the beginning, or they have some mental problems. Such people are not qualified to be members of the mutual aid association."

"But……"

"Okay, no need to say more." Seeing Benjamin was about to continue, Mike waved his hand and said, "This is the best way to quickly increase our strength now. I can promise you that after this period of time is over, I will correct all of this."

Hearing this, Benjamin stopped talking, but from his expression, he still cared about this matter very much.

But Mike didn't pay any more attention to him, instead he turned his gaze to Franklin in the corner.

At this moment, Franklin did not have any of his usual liveliness. He slumped in the chair as if he had no bones. If it weren't for his eyes still blinking, Mike would even suspect that he was dead.

He has been in this state for two days. Umbridge's club ban has been very effective. Now all clubs in Hogwarts, including Quidditch, have been closed down.

There were not many entertainment activities in Hogwarts to begin with, and Umbridge's move immediately caused complaints in Hogwarts Castle, especially from the members of the Quidditch teams of each college. They had been training hard since the beginning of the school term, in order to get a good result in the next Quidditch League and win glory for the college. However, now Umbridge was going to shut down their teams with just one order. How could they tolerate this?

So a large-scale resistance movement began. Members of the various Quidditch school teams, including Harry and Franklin, united together and began to submit an application to Umbridge to reopen the Quidditch school team.

However, no matter what method was used, Umbridge remained indifferent.

She seemed to be completely oblivious to the needs of the students, which made Franklin and Harry depressed, especially the Gryffindor Quidditch captain, who was said to have been lying in bed in the dormitory for three days after hearing the news.

"Don't be so sentimental, Franklin."

Mike said to Franklin helplessly, and when he heard it, he shook his head and said:
"No, you don't understand. Quidditch is to me like a propeller is to an airplane, both are indispensable!"

A dark line crossed the faces of everyone present, and everyone felt speechless about Franklin's metaphor.

At this moment, a junior Ravenclaw student suddenly ran over and said with a heavy breath:

"Senior Townley, no...something bad has happened! Professor Trelawney has been expelled by Umbridge, and they are kicking her out now!"

Mike's brows furrowed instantly upon hearing this, while Franklin, who had been like a dead dog, immediately perked up, stood up and said excitedly:
"That doesn't mean we don't have to take that damn divination class, and we don't have to make up all kinds of stories to pass the exams!"

Mike glanced at him unhappily, stood up and said:

"Anyway, let's go take a look."

……

Ten minutes later, Mike and others arrived at Trelawney's office.

It is located above a small staircase in the Divination classroom. Since Trelawney is homeless, this small attic is not only Trelawney's office, but also Trelawney's home.

When Mike and others arrived, a large number of people had already gathered in the divination classroom. It was obvious that most of these people were there to watch the fun just like Mike.

"Damn it! You can't do this! That's my ancestor's crystal ball! Oh! Oh! You can't move that either! That's the 'energy point' of the entire room. Once it's changed, it will... Merlin! You really moved it! You're finished, the curse has attached to you, and you will die soon! A miserable death..."

Incessant curses were heard from the attic above the divination classroom, accompanied by the sound of many things being turned over and empty bottles being knocked over. Mike and the others stared at the staircase with curiosity, wishing they could go up and see for themselves what was going on.

However, Umbridge came down soon after.

She was frowning, with her right hand covering her mouth and nose, as if she had just come from some dirty environment.

Beside her were two tall Slytherin students, who were observing the surroundings vigilantly like Umbridge's bodyguards.

"Hurry up and throw all her things out!" Umbridge said in a sullen voice, "I really can't imagine that anyone can survive in such a terrible environment!"

After saying this, Umbridge walked down the stairs. The two Slytherin bodyguards beside her diligently separated the students who were watching her so that she had more space to stand.

From the small attic on the stairs came Filch's response and Professor Trelawney's miserable crying.

Then, Filch's thin figure appeared in front of everyone. He was hunched over with a huge suitcase on his back.

The suitcase looked quite heavy, and because Filch's legs were shaking constantly, people couldn't help but worry that he would fall down the stairs because he couldn't stand steadily.

Following him was Professor Trelawney, who grabbed Filch tightly, trying to stop him from taking the things out of the attic.

At this moment, Professor Trelawney was no longer the mysterious person she usually was. Her hair was spreading out like dead grass, and tears kept flowing from her red eyes behind thick lenses. She looked terrible.

Seeing this, there was a burst of laughter from the crowd, and Professor Trelawney also noticed the students in the classroom.

As if to maintain her image as a professor, she immediately let go of her hands and began to wipe her tears after noticing her classmates.

However, this loosening of the grip gave Filch an opportunity. He jumped with a large suitcase on his back and fell directly to the ground with his face covered in mud.

Mike and the others were so close to the stairs that they could even hear the painful groans from Filch's bones.

“This must hurt!”

Franklin whispered to Mike, who nodded quickly.

After struggling for a long time, Filch finally climbed up with great effort. He first smiled ingratiatingly at Umbridge, and then said:

"Professor Umbridge, is there anything else I can do for you?"

"Get this stinking garbage out of Hogwarts!"

Umbridge still covered her mouth and nose, and waved at Filch with great disgust.

Upon hearing this, Filch quickly agreed and limped out of the crowd, hunched over.

The way he walked looked extremely funny, but Mike and the others couldn't laugh. Instead, the two senior Slytherin bodyguards beside Umbridge were laughing so hard that they were bent over.

On the stairs of the classroom, Trelawney, who had wiped her tears, took a deep breath.

As if to maintain her dignity as a professor, she held her head high and straightened her back, and walked slowly down the stairs towards Umbridge like a queen.

However, the two bodyguards around Umbridge were not vegetarians. They stopped Trelawney when she was about to get within one meter of Umbridge.

"Umbridge, you vicious bastard!" Trelawney seemed to be unable to control her emotions. The muscles on her face kept twitching, and drops of turbid tears kept falling from her eyes. "I have seen your future! Soon! Soon you will be dragged down to hell! And the devil inside will be very happy to give you a kiss of death!"

"That's enough. I don't want to listen to your nonsense anymore!" Umbridge frowned and said to a Slytherin beside her, "Get her out!"

Upon hearing this, a Slytherin next to her immediately stepped forward and grabbed Trelawney's arm, but the latter struggled to break free and glared at the Slytherin and Umbridge fiercely, saying angrily:

"I can walk by myself!"

Seeing Trelawney being escorted out of the classroom, the students who were watching looked at each other, and many of them showed panic on their faces.

Umbridge obviously noticed this, she loosened her hands that were covering her mouth and nose, smiled at everyone with what she thought was a warm smile and said:
"Everyone, please listen to me. In the last review of Professor Trelawney, we found that she is completely incapable of teaching students. So in order for our students to learn truly useful knowledge instead of wasting time making up all kinds of unfortunate stories, we decided to expel Professor Trelawney.

In the coming period, we will try our best to find a new divination class professor for everyone. Before that, the divination class and related exams will be temporarily cancelled. I hope everyone can focus on studying and get better results! "

After saying that, Umbridge nodded to everyone, and then left the classroom without looking back, leaving the students discussing with each other.

"Is Umbridge mad?" Franklin whispered. "Isn't she afraid?"

Mike shook his head.

Umbridge's recent behavior was indeed a little abnormal, and it was not at all like something that someone who had just received a death threat would do.

But judging from the fact that Umbridge often turned her head alertly to observe the bodyguards around her when she was speaking just now, it didn't seem like she didn't care about the 'death threat' at all.

Wait, bodyguard?
Those Slytherin bodyguards!

Mike's eyebrows suddenly frowned, and he seemed to have thought of something very important!

(End of this chapter)