Hogwarts: Who uses a crowbar in wizard duels?

Dumbledore did not intend to be an enemy of the Ministry of Magic, or rather, he should not be.

Their only enemy is Voldemort.

Therefore, he did not refuse the Ministry of Magic's request to send someone to reside there.

Of course, Kevin and his friends wouldn't comply with the Ministry of Magic's demands to disband the spell enhancement class or apologize.

"Hey, could you lock up that new guy too and replace him with one of our own?"

At this moment, Ron held up a finger and asked curiously.

"I agree." Harry nodded almost without hesitation.

"I disagree," Hermione retorted.

"We've already taken control of Umbridge, and the Ministry of Magic is probably aware of Umbridge's inaction. If another one comes, the same thing will happen."

"Then the Ministry of Magic would have reason to suspect us of tampering with their staff."

"After all, the fact that Barty Jr. replaced Professor Moody last year is still fresh in our minds, so the Ministry of Magic couldn't possibly have been unaware of it."

Hermione said seriously, because the real Umbridge is hiding in Kevin's workshop, and if this gets out, Kevin is finished.

Therefore, she absolutely cannot let this matter be exposed, even if it means Umbridge disappearing completely.

However, Kevin scratched his head and said cautiously, "Maybe the Ministry of Magic isn't as clever as Hermione thinks?"

Hermione glared at Kevin, signaling him to shut up and behave.

Dumbledore looked at Hermione, fully aware of her concerns. In fact, he wasn't particularly worried about the matter being exposed, nor was Kevin himself.

As long as they aren't foolish enough to let 'Umbridge' revert back to Moody in full view of everyone, this will never be exposed.

Because the Ministry of Magic has no evidence.

Moreover, the Ministry of Magic only extended a hand in; Dumbledore didn't take it seriously at all.

At Hogwarts, he's the one who calls the shots.

However, they really didn't need to kidnap another Ministry of Magic employee. The wave of resistance had already begun, and the Ministry of Magic couldn't stop it.

The more they tried to stop them, the more the students resisted.

All we need to do is sideline the Ministry of Magic's staff.

"There's no need to do the same thing again. This time, they're just officials without any real power. You just need to keep a proper distance from Ms. Umbridge, and we adults will handle the rest."

Dumbledore waved his hand, dissuading Ron and Harry from their idea.

Kevin and the others then left Dumbledore's office.

"Kevin, the new Ministry of Magic official, since he doesn't work at Hogwarts, shouldn't have the authority to ask us to disband the advanced classes."

On the way, Harry asked, somewhat worried.

"Of course! Even if they have the right to demand it, we can simply ignore it!"

Before Kevin could speak, Ron said that they had even kidnapped Umbridge in order to prepare for a series of preparations against Voldemort this year.

How could these activities be stopped just because another Ministry of Magic employee arrives?

Kevin nodded and said, "That's right, we should just continue doing what we were doing. The Ministry of Magic can't control Hogwarts."

"Besides, we're not organizing terrorist activities; we're just organizing study sessions to help students make progress together."

Harry and Ron nodded. Although they hadn't planned to listen to the Ministry of Magic anyway, Kevin's words made them feel more at ease, or rather, more at ease.

Tomorrow is Hogsmeade Week, so their intensive classes will also be closed tomorrow, allowing everyone to get out and relax. After being cooped up at school practicing all the time, they need to unwind a bit.

Harry invited the group to visit Hogsmeade the next day, and Ron naturally agreed.

Kevin thought about it and realized that their alchemy goals had made great progress in the past month thanks to Dumbledore's help, so he decided to invite Hermione along for a walk as well.

......

The next day, they brought Ginny along, and the five of them went to Hogsmeade together.

Only the first time you go to Hogsmeade, you need a professor to lead the way. After that, if students want to go, they can just go to the castle and take a carriage.

It was autumn and winter, and although it hadn't snowed yet, the leaves were already withered and yellow, and when the autumn wind blew, the sky was filled with yellow leaves.

Hogsmeade was a little less crowded than usual today, but it was still lively.

The group arrived at the Three Broomsticks bar, ordered a few butterbeers, and sat down to chat.

"Here you go, Harry."

As soon as they sat down, Kevin took a cloth bag out of his pocket and pushed it in front of Harry.

Harry curiously took the bag, opened it, and found several badges from their Spell Enhancement Class.

"What's going on? Don't we already have the badges?"

Ron leaned over to look, then asked Harry curiously.

"These are the experiments that Hermione and I have recently made, and you can take them and use them."

"The one with the 'H' engraved on the back is yours, Harry. You can distribute the rest of the badges yourself."

"I recently studied the Dark Mark, and I must say, Voldemort gave me a lot of inspiration."

"These badges are similar to the Black Magic Mark. In an emergency, you can use this badge to summon other badge holders, so they can find you no matter where you are."

"And if someone is attacked, the badge will automatically send out a distress signal."

"When you practice, remember to take off your badges, because they're not advanced enough to distinguish between training and an attack right now."

Kevin took a sip of the butterbeer and then spoke slowly.

Perhaps within a month, he will be able to achieve his initial goal.

Now, the alchemy for storing spells, the alchemy for sending distress signals and locating targets, and the alchemy for the mother-child system are all complete.

The next step is to combine and refine several technologies to produce the first batch of badges and distribute them to the members of the Order of the Phoenix.

In Kevin's memory, Mr. Weasley was attacked shortly before the Christmas holidays, so it had to be completed within the next month.

After listening to Kevin's explanation, Harry curiously picked up the badge engraved with an H and tried to activate its magic.

Soon, the other badges in the bag emitted a white light, which was also slightly hot.

Ron picked up a glowing badge out of curiosity, but apart from being a little blinding and hot, he felt nothing else.

"This only lets me know that Harry is calling me, but it doesn't tell me where Harry is, does it?"

Ron said, somewhat puzzled.

"Of course, that's because you're not yet the owner of this badge."

"This is to prevent the enemy from taking the badges and then using them to deceive us."

"A badge can only have one owner, and only the owner can fully use the badge."

"Once the first drop of blood is drawn, you become its master. That way, when Harry summons you, you'll sense Harry's location."

After hearing Kevin's words, Ron shuddered: "Isn't there a more civilized way to establish a bond with a master...?"

It hurts so much to have to cut your finger to bleed.

Kevin rolled his eyes at him, then pulled out a dagger and a bottle of powder and tossed them to Ron.

"Quickly, fast!"

Ron swallowed hard, gritted his teeth, and cut his finger, but he cut too big, and blood kept flowing.

"Holy crap, I'm going to die! I'm going to die!"

Ron screamed in fright, and Harry hurriedly grabbed the bottle of powder and poured it onto Ron's hand, which stopped the bleeding.

"..." Kevin looked at Ron speechlessly.

No, you bled so much, and it all ended up on the ground, not a single drop on the badge...