The Hogwarts Emerald

Chapter 485 Senior Investigator

The sun penetrated the dark clouds and illuminated the earth. Hogwarts welcomed the first weekend after school started.

Umbridge's arrival made this week seem particularly long, like a History of Magic class that had just begun.

The dormitory was in the silence of a deep sleep. Ada got out of bed and pushed the window open a little. A fresh breeze immediately blew into the warm room, making people feel relaxed and happy.

Ada stretched her hands out of the window, and after a long while, she pulled them back when she felt her hands were cold.

Then, Ada walked towards Angelina's bed. Angelina was still immersed in sleep, breathing slowly and evenly, with a smile on her lips, as if she was dreaming that she led Gryffindor to win the Quidditch Cup again.

Ada gave a devilish smile, she suddenly reached into the warm quilt and placed her cold hands on Angelina's flat belly.

Angelina screamed in her sweet dream, suddenly sat up from the bed, and glared at Ada. Her expression was as if she wanted to eat Ada alive.

Alia and Katie, who were also sleeping soundly, were awakened by the screams. They looked in the direction of the incident and saw Ada and Angelina just staring at each other silently, and then fell asleep again. They were still dazed and didn't realize what was going to happen.

Ada put her index finger to her lips and made a "hush" gesture. Angelina understood immediately and swallowed back the dirty words in her heart.

Angelina quietly got out of bed and came to the window. She and Ada stretched their hands out of the window at the same time, with devilish smiles on their lips.

After a while, the quiet dormitory was filled with sharp screams again. The difference was that this time there were two screams. Alia and Katie were awakened from their sleep again.

The weekend started with happy playing and fighting, until hunger growled and the four disheveled people stopped at the same time, changed their clothes and walked out of the dormitory.

Ada thought this weekend would be as pleasant as this morning, but when she saw the Daily Prophet that day, she realized that she might have thought too much.

Trespassing into the Ministry of Magic

Sturgis Podmore, 2, of Laburnum Park, Clapham, appeared in court at the Wizengamot charged with trespassing at the Ministry of Magic on August with attempted robbery.

Podmore was captured by Ministry of Magic guard Eric Munch, who spotted him trying to break through a Level 1 Security Door at 1 a.m. Podmore refused to defend himself, was convicted of both charges, and was imprisoned in Azkaban for six months.

Watching this report, Ada, sitting in her soft armchair, became a thinker, except that she was a thinker in clothes.

Sturgis Podmore was a member of the Order of the Phoenix. He had been to Privet Drive to escort Harry to transfer, and was also chosen as the guard to send Harry to King's Cross Station. But on the day of sending Harry to the station, Podmore did not show up, and it was obvious that he had been caught by Munch at that time.

Why did they break into the Ministry of Magic in the early hours of the morning? Was it an order from the Order of the Phoenix?

No, Podmore did not break into the Ministry of Magic under the orders of the Order of the Phoenix. If there were orders, Moody would not have arranged for him to escort Harry, and Moody would have known that he was caught by the Ministry of Magic.

So this should be Podmore's personal behavior. Is there something behind the first-level confidential door that attracted him?

What made Sturgis Podmore take such a risk, regardless of his mission to the Order of the Phoenix?

Perhaps, Ida should ask Dumbledore, and guess alone during breakfast. But when Ida looked up at the teacher's seat, she found that Dumbledore did not appear in his seat.

After folding the newspaper, Ada stopped thinking about it and continued eating.

Just when Ada thought that this weekend was over, the Daily Prophet on Sunday once again told Ada that she was still too young and too immature.

On the front page of Sunday's edition, there was a large picture of Umbridge, taking up the entire page.

In Fred's words, if the Daily Prophet published a photo of Umbridge, wouldn't it be afraid of affecting sales? Perhaps they really weren't afraid, or they had no choice but to worry.

The photo showed Umbridge smiling and blinking, and the caption read:
Ministry of Magic seeks education reforms; Dolores Umbridge appointed
First Senior Investigator
The Ministry of Magic has once again reached a breaking point in its fucked up behavior. First, the Ministry of Magic used Educational Order No. 22 to force Umbridge into school, and now it has used Educational Order No. 23 to appoint her as Senior Inquisitor. It's really beyond words.

The reason for appointing Umbridge as the Inquisitor was that she was a great success at Hogwarts, which brought about a breakthrough in the Defense Against the Dark Arts class. It is amazing that magic has successfully redefined the concept of "great success".

The Daily Prophet also interviewed a student's parent. Mr. Lucius Malfoy, who was willing to reveal his name, strongly supported the Ministry of Magic's new measures and believed that the Ministry of Magic should have taken control of Hogwarts long ago.

Of course, not everyone supported the Ministry of Magic, and the elders of the Wizengamot, Griselda Marchbank and Tiberius Ogg, protested. Then the two of them were forced to resign and were investigated for secretly colluding with the goblin subversion group.

Tiberius Ogg, a man Ada did not know, but she knew Griselda Marchbank.

That old lady is older than Dumbledore. For someone of such an old age to collude with goblins to subvert the group, what kind of cerebral palsy crime is this? It's simply ridiculous.

What does it mean to cover the sky with one hand? This is what it means to cover the sky with one hand.

Putting down the Daily Prophet again, Ada believed that Voldemort, who was hiding in some corner, must be "smiling like a flower" at this moment.

Ada also realised that the appointment of Umbridge as Senior Inquisitor was just the beginning. The Ministry was an expert at infighting.

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The weekend passed and a new week arrived, and Senior Inquisitor Umbridge began her work - appearing in classrooms of various courses and examining the professors of Hogwarts.

This made Ada, who wanted to turn a blind eye to everything, collapse. She didn't even go to the Defense Against the Dark Arts class, but she still saw Umbridge. It was too cruel.

In the Charms class, Umbridge used a tape measure to measure Professor Flitwick's height, which made the good-tempered Professor Flitwick almost jump onto the desk. Umbridge also asked the students a few questions, and after not getting satisfactory answers, she walked towards the Slytherin students.

In the Herbology class, Umbridge huddled in a corner, writing something on her clipboard.

Her brows were furrowed as if a fly had landed on her face. She seemed to dislike the smell of the greenhouse, and also disliked the simple Professor Sprout, who smelled strongly of fertilizer.

During the Ancient Runes class, Umbridge sat drowsily in the corner, with her writing pad thrown aside.

Perhaps she was a little flustered or scared, so Professor Bathsheda Babling's talk show disappeared and she taught in a very formal manner. Professor Babling without jokes was soulless, and her class became boring.

Ada was about to fall asleep, too; this was the most boring lesson on ancient runes she had ever attended.

In the potion class, Ada was waiting for Snape to punish Umbridge with joy, but Snape disappointed her. The potion professor treated Umbridge as bad air, and he just paced in the underground classroom with a bad face.

Finally, finally in the Transfiguration class, Ada got what she wanted, and Professor McGonagall angrily scolded Umbridge.

At the beginning of the class, Professor McGonagall ignored Umbridge in the corner of the classroom and let her do whatever she wanted. But Umbridge seemed very dissatisfied with being ignored, so she frequently interrupted Professor McGonagall's teaching process.

Umbridge's suicidal behavior instantly made Professor McGonagall's anger explode. She shouted: "I don't allow others to interrupt me when I'm talking. If you can't do that, leave immediately!"

This was not the first time Umbridge had reviewed Professor McGonagall's lessons; the first time was during a fifth-year class, when the two had an argument over interrupting.

Professor McGonagall has been teaching at Hogwarts for thirty-nine years and is a highly respected figure in the field of Transfiguration. It is already a humiliation to her that the Ministry of Magic lets little Umbridge examine her.

Furthermore, Umbridge had no respect for Minerva McGonagall or any of the other professors.

There really is no B-tree in my heart.

(End of this chapter)