Hogwarts: A little lion in the skin of the Eagle School

As everyone returned to the castle in Thestrals, the opening ceremony began as scheduled.

John looked toward the professor's desk and spotted a new face.

She was a pink stunner whose body width almost matched her height.

Pink hat, pink clothes, pink skirt, pink bag, pink high heels—she's practically dyed her hair pink too.

"What a powerful visual impact..."

"really..."

Titus and the others also noticed the new face and began to complain.

Ethan: "Your wife."

Titus: "Your wife!"

Ethan: "No, your wife."

Titus: "Your wife!"

Ryan: "Stop arguing, she's my wife."

The two men exclaimed, "Sir, you are truly righteous!"

No wonder he likes eating cockroach dumplings, turns out he's just a weirdo...

This person is probably the Black Defense Professor who was sent in by the Ministry of Magic.

However, it's unclear what kind of person this is, so John won't comment.

What worried him more now was Professor Snape sitting next to her, who was currently glaring at him with a murderous look...

Thinking back to before going home last semester, he swindled a lot of potions from Professor Snape's workshop, including several rather rare and precious ones...

You can't see me, you can't see me.

Finally, John chose to look away and, like an ostrich burying its head in the sand, buried his face in the pumpkin juice.

The party was about to begin, and Titus returned to his seat in Badgerhouse, while John and the others returned to their seats in Eaglehouse.

Many students from Eagle School would greet John when they saw him; well, fame brings trouble.

Dumbledore stepped to the front of the stage and began to speak. "Ahem—" he cleared his throat.

"Hello freshmen, hello seniors, I'll cut to the chase and get straight to the point, let's eat."

"This year, we have two faculty members who have changed positions."

When Dumbledore took the stage to speak, the students below fell silent.

"First and foremost, it's about protecting professors of magizoology."

"Professor Hagrid has taken a temporary leave of absence for some reason, so Professor Grapple will serve as the professor in charge of protecting magical creatures this year. Please welcome him with applause."

As Dumbledore finished speaking, Professor Grubland, who had been greeting the new students at the platform, stood up and smiled at the young wizards below.

The young wizards applauded enthusiastically until Dumbledore raised his hand, at which point everyone fell silent again.

"Secondly, we would also like to welcome Professor Dolores Umbridge from the Ministry of Magic, who will be replacing Professor Moody as our Defense Against the Dark Arts professor this year."

This time, it was the pink-clad beauty who stood up, a sickeningly sweet smile on her face.

Applause rang out again, and Dumbledore clapped his hands lightly before continuing to speak.

"Let's wish the two professors good luck, and finally, a reminder to all the new students..."

"Hmph~"

After introducing Umbridge, Dumbledore was about to continue with some points to note when Professor Umbridge, who had stood up, grunted and interrupted Dumbledore's speech.

Dumbledore paused for a moment, then turned back to look at Umbridge with a puzzled expression.

She maintained her polite smile and slowly walked out from behind the teacher's desk.

Everyone stared at her in bewilderment, but she ignored them and gracefully walked to Dumbledore's lectern like a lady.

"Oh—Principal, thank you for your welcoming remarks."

She spoke to Dumbledore in a sweet, honeyed tone, then looked at the young wizards below the stage with a loving smile.

To be honest, her affected voice combined with her appearance is really hard to get used to.

But judging a book by its cover is wrong, so John forced himself to listen.

"I am also very happy to see your joyful and happy smiles—like watching a group of lost lambs who need the gentlest and most steadfast guidance."

She lightly tapped the edge of the podium with her fingertip, and the folds of her pink skirt shimmered like icing sugar in the candlelight.

"The Ministry of Magic has granted me special permission to assist with Hogwarts' teaching work."

"This is because the Ministry of Magic places great importance on the education of young wizards and witches."

"Hogwarts is a school with a long history, but even the oldest history must keep up with the times."

"Therefore, I hope that my arrival can bring about change in this school."

"Keep what must be kept, improve what can be improved, and prohibit what should be prohibited~ Hmph~"

Umbridge spoke eloquently on stage, making pointed remarks that left the audience completely bewildered.

John, however, understood what the guy meant.

So it turns out they came here to steal the show.

The Ministry of Magic intends to intervene in Hogwarts' teaching and administration.

OK, so they were the enemy.

Finally, I can judge people by their appearance! I've been so pent up.

This guy really looks like a real man.

Who are you trying to impress with that affected, high-pitched voice? It sounds like a toad.

She looks like a menopausal spinster who can't get married, exuding a sour, rotten smell that's a mixture of old face powder and lust for power.

Just as John was internally churning with complaints, Umbridge finished his speech, grumbled, and returned to his seat to continue the party.

After Dumbledore finished explaining the precautions, the party began as normal.

......

After the party ended, the group prepared to return to their dormitory together.

Oh, by the way, Ryan's mother wrote a letter to the school before, saying she wanted to change Ryan's dormitory room.

According to Rui'an, the school replied that there were no other available dormitories and therefore no adjustments would be made at this time.

However, do they not know whether there are vacancies in the dormitories?

Take the dorm next door for example. It only had three people living there, just like them, and there was plenty of room for Ryan to squeeze in as well.

Ryan, however, pretended not to know anything and got away with it, continuing to share a dormitory with John and the others.

Back in the dorm, they no longer needed to pretend they didn't get along, and they acted as usual.

It's worth mentioning that they are in third grade this year.

We can now legitimately visit Hogsmeade Village without having to sneak past the Whomping Willow.

Of course, they will continue to operate their secret base at the Willow Tree.

In addition, they also need to choose two subjects from the five elective courses as their elective specializations.

First, let's set aside the subject of protecting magical creatures. He prefers to practice it as an extracurricular hobby, such as occasionally running to Professor Hagrid to steal some magical creature drops, or following Professor Hagrid into the Forbidden Forest.

But if you want me to seriously memorize some facts about magical creatures, then forget it.

However, Titus was eager to try it out; he really liked these strange and magical creatures.

Secondly, there's Muggle research. We're Muggles ourselves, why would we need to research anything? So that's ruled out too.

So the options are divination, arithmetic divination, and ancient runes.

If he had to choose between the two divination methods, he would naturally be more interested in the strange and mysterious kind.

So John ultimately chose divination and ancient runes.

Hermione scolded John when she heard about his choice before school started.

She said divination is rubbish, but...

Whether it's rubbish or not, I'll decide after I've finished learning it.