Hogwarts Raven's Claw

Chapter 558 Principal Flint

At noon a few days later, when the temperature of the sun gradually began to rise, a pitch-black carriage pulled by four night horses quietly landed in front of Hogwarts Castle.

The arrival of the carriage attracted the attention of the students. They all put down what they were doing and gathered outside the hallway, staring at the vague figure in the carriage window with hostile eyes.

Unlike the students, Filch seemed a little overly enthusiastic.

He took awkward little steps and trotted to the carriage, opening the door for the people inside.

Chris walked out of the carriage slowly. He was wearing a gorgeous jeweled crown on his head that looked like a crown at first glance. He was wearing a black fur robe that looked simple but was actually luxurious. On the left chest of the robe was embroidered with gold thread, the letter M representing the Ministry of Magic!

He first frowned and glanced at Filch, who was fawning beside the carriage. Then he smiled and said to the group of students in front of him who obviously disliked him:
"Classmates, I am very happy that you can come to greet me!"

Hearing this, the crowd suddenly became agitated. Ron grinned and whispered to Harry beside him with a disgusted look:
"He is so shameless!"

"Who says it isn't?"

Harry and Hermione answered at the same time, and in addition to disgust, there was also a deep sense of helplessness in their tone.

A few days ago, they had joined forces with other students to put pressure on Professor McGonagall, hoping to prevent Chris from becoming the headmaster of Hogwarts.

Unfortunately, just like the situation when Fudge was in power, the Ministry of Magic has absolute control over Hogwarts. A small matter like appointing a headmaster is not difficult for the Ministry of Magic at all. The professors of Hogwarts have no room for resistance after losing Dumbledore.

But this does not mean that the students will give up so easily. In the face of such a bad example as Umrich, everyone easily united together and wanted to drive Chris away through various means.

So, in this hostile and tense environment, Chris took office.

But Chris obviously didn't expect that those students had united together. At this moment, he was walking towards Hogwarts with his followers, striding through the crowd with his head held high under the gaze of everyone around him.

At this time, the auditorium had already been decorated magnificently by the house-elves. The flags of the four major colleges fluttered above the long tables of each college, moving without wind.

On the long table, sets of silver tableware were neatly arranged. Just like in previous banquets, as long as the headmaster gave the order, these empty tableware would be filled with various delicacies carefully prepared by the house-elves.

The only difference from the traditional Hogwarts banquets in the past was that this welcome banquet unique to Chris Flint was held at noon. This was also Chris's own request, as he didn't seem to like the night very much.

Surrounded by his followers, Chris went straight to the podium that had previously belonged to Dumbledore and watched the students take their seats one after another.

In the faculty seats behind him, McGonagall, Flitwick and other faculty members watched coldly.

They had actually arrived at the hall a long time ago, but they did not wait outside the castle for Chris's arrival like the students and Filch did.

They were actually very disgusted with the idea of ​​Chris becoming the headmaster of Hogwarts, but as faculty members of Hogwarts, they did not have as strong confidence as the students, so they could only express their emotions in this way.

Chris naturally felt the resistance of these faculty and staff, but unlike when he was facing students, Chris not only did not greet them with a smile, but directly ignored them.

Standing on the high podium and looking at the little faces below, Chris' smile became brighter.

Originally, if the purpose was just to find the Deathly Hallows, Chris could have done as he had previously imagined and found a puppet to act as the headmaster of Hogwarts, while he would have controlled the operation remotely from behind.

But after careful consideration, Chris gave up this plan and chose to be the principal of Hogwarts himself.

This was undoubtedly a shocking decision. The Ministry of Magic and even the entire wizarding society of England expressed deep dissatisfaction with his behavior of abandoning the Ministry of Magic to become the headmaster of Hogwarts.

But Chris didn't care.

Because he knew very well that no matter whether it was the officials of the Ministry of Magic, his supporters in society or the faculty and staff of Hogwarts, they, every one of them, were all dispensable characters.

Only the students sitting in front of him now are the hope for the future!
A strong youth is a strong country!

These words are not just words!

Chris is confident that as long as he can teach these students personally and instill his ideas in them, these students will become his loyal fans when they grow up.

And by that time, all the difficulties he is facing now will be solved!

Thinking of this, Chris took a long breath and said to everyone with a smile:
"Good afternoon, students. I am very happy to meet you again on such a day... There is no doubt that Headmaster Dumbledore is a great man. It is precisely because of his selfless dedication that so many talents continue to emerge. Next, I will also uphold Headmaster Dumbledore's will and continue to work hard!"

After a series of arduous speeches, the atmosphere in the auditorium had become extremely dull. The students, who were experiencing this kind of high-intensity speech for the first time, showed strong signs of not adapting. Not only did those who already disliked Chris become even more indignant, but even the Slytherins who supported Chris became a little unhappy!
You have to know that when Dumbledore was still alive, he never gave these messy speeches. Dumbledore's speeches were always short and clear, which made people feel relaxed and happy.

But despite this, when Chris stopped speaking, the Slytherins still gave him applause. This was the greatest support they could give as Chris' former classmates.

Chris was obviously very grateful and nodded in the direction of the Slytherin table. Then, in the horrified eyes of everyone, he continued to speak.

"Of course, as the new headmaster of Hogwarts, I also have some new rules to announce. So first of all..." Chris took out a piece of parchment from his jacket pocket and read, "As everyone knows, Hogwarts Castle is a mysterious building that has been passed down since ancient times. Countless wizards have lived here for thousands of years, and naturally there are many secrets buried here. I know that you are very interested in these secrets, and some students even take discovering these secrets as their hobbies. Am I right? Everyone in Gryffindor?"

After that, the Slytherin table immediately erupted into laughter, while the Gryffindor students were all unhappy.

Chris smiled and waved his hand, signaling the Slytherin students to stop, and then said:
"I understand what you did. Although life in Hogwarts is comfortable, it seems a bit boring. You are in the most energetic period of your life, so it is normal to be interested in these mysterious existences. However, the mysterious existences buried in Hogwarts are not all safe. For example, the dangers buried in Slytherin's Chamber of Secrets are enough to take the life of anyone on the scene.

Therefore, in view of the above reasons, I, as the headmaster of Hogwarts, have decided to close some areas of Hogwarts. No one is allowed to approach. Violators will be expelled and will never be admitted again!
First of all, the first batch of banned areas are: the Room of Requirement, the Forbidden Forest, all basements except the Slytherin Common Room and the Potions Classroom, the vacant attic in the southeast, the secret passage under the Whomping Willow, and Hogsmeade Village..."

As the names of the areas were read out one by one, the expressions of the students in the auditorium became more and more ugly.

Because these places have extraordinary significance, especially the Room of Requirement and Hogsmeade Village, which have almost become the favorite places for many Hogwarts students!
Now, all these places are closed, and the area where students can move around has been compressed into a very small range.

In the eyes of many people, this is no different from imprisoning them!
Almost instantly, several students stood up and loudly refuted Chris's words, trying to make a final effort for freedom.

However, without exception, they were turned into baboons by Chris before they could even finish their words, and the roars from their mouths turned into meaningless roars of wild beasts.

Looking at the baboons fleeing in fear among the crowd, Hermione's face turned pale.

If Harry and Ron hadn't held her down just now, she would have probably become one of them by now.

At the same time, she and the rest of her classmates finally figured out one thing.

That is, after losing Dumbledore, powerful people like Chris can suppress and bully them unscrupulously!
The originally noisy auditorium suddenly became quiet, with only the voices of those poor baboons still echoing.

Seeing this, Chris's mouth corners slightly raised, and he flipped the paper in his hand and continued:

"In addition, in order to further improve students' learning efficiency and prevent you from wasting time, after discussing with the director of the Ministry of Magic's Education Office, I decided to change the Hogwarts schedule and manage you according to the training schedule of the striker. Starting tomorrow, all students must get up before 6 a.m. and go for a run. Dining etiquette must also be observed... a strict curfew is enforced at night... intimate contact between men and women is prohibited... no strange clothing is allowed...

In addition, in order to enable students to learn more useful knowledge and become more useful to society, I have decided to improve the Defense Against the Dark Arts class and teach students more combat spells. At the same time, the Defense Against the Dark Arts class will be officially renamed the Combat Self-Defense Skills class. Please stay tuned! "

"Finally," Chris said with disgust, looking at Filch who was still smiling flatteringly, "I was surprised to find that there are such inferior creatures as Squibs among the faculty and staff of Hogwarts. This is extremely unreasonable and a waste of resources.

From this incident, I also understood. The original teaching staff system built by Headmaster Dumbledore still has obvious flaws. These flaws allow some useless people to hide among the teaching staff and suck the blood of Hogwarts. So I decided to dismiss all the Squibs in Hogwarts and review all the current teaching staff of Hogwarts. Once anyone is found to be incompetent or slack at work, they will be dismissed!"

As soon as these words came out, the professors who were originally sitting in the faculty seats suddenly changed their expressions. They smelled a hint of foreboding from Chris's words.

Chris's move is obviously to eliminate dissidents!
The smile on Filch's face froze. He couldn't believe what he heard. He shook his head and said to Chris on the stage:

"You... you are kidding, right? It has to be like this, right? You know, I have been working at Hogwarts for more than twenty years! You can't..."

"Throw him out!"

Chris said coldly.

Then several of his followers rushed out and escorted Filch out of the auditorium.

Watching Filch being dragged out of the hall screaming, the expression on Chris's face looked a little better.

In his opinion, Squibs were the lowest beings in the world, even worse than Muggles and half-blood wizards who had the blood of some magical animal mixed in.

At least the Muggles remain ignorant and won’t cause any trouble. Magical animal hybrids also have the ability to cast spells and can participate in the construction of the wizarding world.

And duds are a complete nuisance!

They are parasites of society. Not only can they not make any contribution to the wizarding society, but they also suck the blood of the society!

It would be better if people like this were all dead!
Taking a deep breath, Chris felt that the air in the entire auditorium smelled much better since the Squib left!

"Okay, everyone." Chris continued with a smile, "Then please enjoy this banquet and eat!"

Following Chris's order, a variety of delicious food appeared on the long tables of each college.

The richness of the dishes and the scale of the banquet far exceeded any banquet ever held in the Hogwarts Great Hall.

But facing such a sumptuous feast, no one had much appetite.

Because they all know that the days ahead will be difficult!
(End of this chapter)