The Hogwarts Emerald

Chapter 480 Exposed
Everyone knows that too much talk leads to mistakes, but there is a gap between knowing and doing.

Perhaps Umbridge should not have paid attention to Ada from the beginning, and should not have paid attention to the doubts in the classroom. Although doing so would cause strong dissatisfaction among everyone, it was better than everyone looking at her as a fool at this moment.

In the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom, he was sniping against the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor killer in the middle door. Isn't this a perfect ending?
If you think you can do it, just ask Gilderoy Lockhart, he will tell you what "no" means.

If they were right, they might be able to try to convince Ada that she was at a loss for words, but the so-called "approved curriculum standards" of the Ministry of Magic and Umbridge were simply untenable.

The concepts advocated in the book "Magic Defense Theory" are completely inapplicable to the magical world. If you carry a sharp knife, you will naturally have murderous intentions.

Theory can be superior to practice, but it cannot be separated from practice.

Even if you are eloquent and can turn black into white, even if you are silver-tongued and can persuade a good woman to go into prostitution and persuade an old lady to become a good woman, the premise of all this is that the other party is willing to listen to you and sit down to talk to you.

Some people can kill villains with their words. Isn't it because those villains have serious problems in their brains and they give their words a chance to speak?
For example, the one who was carrying rice at the entrance of the village, and the thief who shot himself to death...

But what if the villain is not mentally ill and doesn’t listen to you at all?
You will be cast the Cruciatus Curse and the Big Melon and sent to see Merlin. You can only die holding the "Magic Defense Theory" in your arms, without even the chance to say "The Ministry of Magic has misled me".

After meeting Merlin, Merlin asked you how you died. You told Merlin everything and accused the villain of being unethical and not giving you a chance to speak eloquently...

Merlin probably won't even wait for you to finish speaking, he'll just slap you against the wall and you won't be able to get off.

Completely giving up the initiative, hoping that others will be merciful and kind to you, isn't this just like thinking that you are not dying fast enough?

Umbridge's remarks were untenable, and she couldn't defend herself. Apart from using her status as a professor to pressure others to put Ada in solitary confinement, what else could she do?
Umbridge could do nothing. Ada was not afraid of the Ministry of Magic at all. Instead, she regarded it as a joke.

As for the professor's identity, unless the professor's name is Minerva McGonagall, no one can help.

The toad in girlish pink turned its back to the students and hurried back to the podium on its two short legs.

Umbridge pulled a roll of pink parchment from her handbag, spread it out on the podium, dipped her quill in the inkwell, and began to write hastily.

The students all held their breath. Ada won the fierce competition in this class, but it did not have any effect and could not change the current situation of the Defense Against the Dark Arts class.

Ada won, but the students did not win, and even suffered a complete defeat.

No one in the classroom spoke, not even Ada, but she was communicating something with the twins through her eyes.

After a minute or so, Umbridge rolled up the pink parchment and tapped it with her short wand, sealing the parchment with the words on it tightly.

"Drizzt, take this to Professor McGonagall." Umbridge said in a coquettish voice and waved gently, but there was no expression on her relaxed face.

Ada walked towards Umbridge in silence without saying a word. The only sound in the classroom was the rubbing of tables and chairs when she stood up.

The students were all looking at Ada, wanting to see what she would choose, whether to accept the detention or continue to argue. Fred and George were also looking at Ada, but the two brothers had expressions of watching a show on their faces.

Maybe it was a coincidence or there was something wrong with their eyes, but everyone was surprised to find that Ada, who was sitting below the podium, was actually taller than Umbridge, who was standing on the podium!

Reaching out her hand, Ada pinched the pink parchment between two fingers in disgust.

This action made Umbridge even angrier, and her eyes became vicious. She kept thinking of ways to deal with Ada in her mind.

After receiving the letter, Ada did not leave the classroom. She looked at the students in the classroom and said slowly, "I think everyone may be wondering why the Ministry of Magic wants you to study Magical Defense Theory, a useless book like this, in the year when you are about to graduate."

"Shut up! Drizzt!" Umbridge shouted panickedly.

"That's because the Ministry of Magic is afraid of Dumbledore." Ada said as she walked in the classroom, "No, to be precise, Cornelius Fudge is afraid of Dumbledore. He is worried that Dumbledore will take his position as Minister of Magic."

At this point, Ada laughed, and the students present also laughed.

Even the Slytherin students had to admit that if Dumbledore wanted to be a minister, he would have been one decades ago. "Shut up! I told you to shut up! Drizzt!" Umbridge shouted at the top of her lungs. Her voice was no longer coquettish, but rather much more pleasant to the ear.

Umbridge wanted to stop Ada from speaking and wanted to teach her a lesson, but the students in the classroom made her hesitate and she did not dare to use magic directly.

Umbridge had no choice but to run down the platform and try to catch Ada while shouting. Ada walked in the aisle between the two rows of desks and talked as if she was the teacher of this class.

She said: "Fudge believes that Dumbledore intends to get the position of Minister of Magic. He believes that Dumbledore is recruiting soldiers and cultivating his confidants in the school. He believes that all of you here will become Dumbledore's army and will follow Dumbledore to fight and capture the Ministry of Magic."

Ada walked past several Gryffindors and headed towards the Slytherins in the classroom.

Behind her, Umbridge was chasing closely, but when Umbridge passed the Gryffindor students, she tripped over one foot and fell heavily to the ground.

Stopping in front of a Slytherin, Ada knocked on the table and asked, "Will you become Dumbledore's army and obey his orders completely? Don't be afraid, I'm not the Ministry of Magic, and I won't charge you with speech."

"No." said the student.

"Very good, you are honest, which is a very noble quality," said Ada.

Then, Ada asked several Slytherins in succession, and they all got the same answer - no. After Slytherin, Ada asked Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff, and the answers she got were either silence or "no".

Umbridge's face flushed bright red, brighter than the pink cardigan she was wearing.

"I think you've heard it all, Senior Deputy Minister." Ada said, "I think these answers can make you feel relieved and stop focusing your energy on Hogwarts and use it where it should be used."

After much difficulty, Umbridge finally climbed up from the ground. She looked fiercely at the Gryffindor students around her, but the little lions ignored her.

"You heard that, Deputy Minister Umbridge," said Fred loudly. "Say something back!"

"No, no, she's a professor now," Lee Jordan said, "You should call her Professor Umbridge!"

George immediately refuted Lee Jordan, saying: "You are wrong, have you seen Deputy Minister Umbridge do anything that a professor should do?"

Walking up to Umbridge, Ada looked down at her. It wasn't that Ada intended to humiliate her, it was just because of the height difference between them.

"I don't care how stupid Fudge is, and I can't control it. But this is Hogwarts, this is a school, a place for students to study, please don't bring those dirty thoughts here, Deputy Minister Umbridge!"

Ada raised the pink parchment in her hand and said, "As for your detention and this, I don't accept it. Again, this is Hogwarts. If you want to act like an official, please go back to your Ministry of Magic!"

An orange-red flame ignited at Ada's fingertips, and the flame instantly engulfed the pink parchment.

He let go of his hand, and the burning pink parchment fell down, burning up completely when it hit the ground, leaving no trace.

"I won't come to class anymore. I don't want to become a useless person because of Fudge's selfish desires."

After saying that, Ada walked out of the classroom without looking back. Fred and George also left without hesitation. Angelina, Alia and Lee Jordan looked at each other, then the three of them stood up and left the classroom together.

Cedric Diggory, who was sitting among the Hufflepuffs, hesitated. He wanted to leave, but then he thought of his father who worked in the Ministry of Magic.

After a while, the hesitation in Cedric's eyes disappeared, he stood up and strode out of the classroom.

After Cedric Diggory, several other students left. However, compared to those who left, the majority of students chose to stay.

After all, bravery only belongs to a few people.

(End of this chapter)