The mastermind behind Hogwarts

Chapter 556 Obedient Jericho

"Do I need you to teach me how to do things?"

Jericho also stood up.

"I don't seem like a Slytherin student, huh? Do you seem like one?"

"You don't seem to be going to obey the new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor."

He turned to the students in the classroom and said, "Whether it's Slytherin or Gryffindor, everyone has the right to make demands of the school."

"The new professor clearly doesn't understand the students' demands, such as the return to magical theory and putting away the wand."

"Have you ever seen a wizard without a wand?" Jericho berated Umbridge. "Or are you a Muggle spy sent to harm us young wizards?"

The classroom erupted in laughter once again.

Umbridge was trembling with rage.

To Umbridge, who prides himself on his noble lineage, the term "Muggle" is far more offensive than "pink toad."

Otherwise, she wouldn't have claimed to have the blood of the Selwyn family.

But Jericho hadn't finished speaking.

He had no intention of engaging in a private duel with Larpo, nor did he want to compete with Umbridge—that would be too beneath him.

All Jericho wanted was to disrupt Umbridge's class and make that pink toad suffer the consequences.

"Class, let's not go back to magic theory in today's lesson."

"Theory is never as valuable as practice."

Jericho put his hands behind his back, got up from his seat, and slowly walked around the classroom.

Moriarty said to Lilith and Fleur beside him, "The show is about to begin."

"If you ask me, let's talk about the Hogwarts pure-blood army, led by Mr. Moriarty, eradicating the French vampires!"

Jericho's face was filled with anticipation and pride, and his voice grew louder: "Hey, when it comes to this, I'm an expert!"

"Our group of 36 people traversed mountains and seas, penetrating deep into enemy territory alone..."

Just as he was about to launch into a long-winded monologue, one of the little lions couldn't sit still any longer.

"I think Durmstrang has a new principal now, shouldn't we get to know him a bit? That would make it easier for us to connect with him. And don't forget, we still have to pass his test!"

"If that's the case," Percy seemed to realize something, "shouldn't we talk about that legendary duel between Headmaster Dumbledore and... Headmaster Grindelwald?"

"That's right!" The lead lion cub slapped his thigh. "Do you guys know the specific details of this duel?"

The group of lions started talking all at once, and then another girl couldn't sit still any longer.

"Listen to me, listen to me!"

"That battle was too long ago. Let's talk about the glorious and perilous 20 years of Professor Gilderoy Lockhart's struggle against the dark wizards!"

Mention Lockhart, and a group of girls' eyes lit up. They waved their arms like fans cheering and joined the chat.

The atmosphere in the classroom grew increasingly heated, and no one paid any attention to Umbridge anymore.

Attend class?

What a load of crap!

It's better not to attend this class!

Jericho looked at the chattering classroom, grinned mischievously, made a face at Larpo, and blew a disdainful breath.

"How was it? Did I do a great job?"

Jericho sat back down next to Moriarty, eager to claim credit.

"The pink toad is puffing up and down, it's really angry," Moriarty said with a smile.

"Heh heh, trying to seize power at Hogwarts? Dream on."

Jericho said calmly, then whistled, because Percy had conjured Dumbledore's Elder Wand to recreate that epic duel, which drew applause.

"Let's go to the Room of Requirement to discuss the school issue."

Moriarty extended an invitation to Fleur and Krum.

Durmstrang and Beauxbatons originally led the group, but with the addition of Hades and Knight Lancelot, Fleur and Krum's positions became unstable.

The two readily agreed, and Moriarty, along with Lilith and Jericho, a group of five, slipped away like college students skipping class.

Umbridge saw it, of course, but the classroom was completely out of control, and she could only watch Moriarty leave.

The attempt to establish authority has completely failed!

Larpo gave Umbridge a cold look.

She actually wants to go head-to-head with Moriarty's faction?

What a stupid woman.

Umbridge's approach was correct, but he chose the wrong target!

First, use swift and decisive measures to intimidate the lower-grade students, then gradually win over the arrogant hearts of the upper-grade students, and finally use overwhelming force to pressure Moriarty's faction.

Instead of going head-to-head from the start.

Larpo stormed off, determined to ask Gamp about it.

Does the Ministry of Magic still have any outstanding wizards?

Or are all the people in the Ministry of Magic such idiots?

The stories that unfolded in the Defense Against the Dark Arts classes at Slytherin and Gryphon quickly spread throughout Hogwarts.

Students always follow suit, and the older students decided not to attend Umbridge's classes, even though she had the power to expel students.

Do you dare to expel all the students in the school?

The younger students weren't as bold, but the Weasley twins opened a new world for them.

"Quick-acting skip-class candy! Helping you escape the clutches of the pink toad."

"Don't worry about having the same symptoms, we have different varieties: Coma Candy, Fever Candy, Nosebleed Nougat, Vomit Candy..."

"Delicious, affordable, effective, and of guaranteed quality!"

"Thank you Lionheart for their strong support."

The Weasley twins, carrying brightly colored quick-acting truancy candies, mingled among the younger students.

Clearly, they used the Galleons they'd swindled from Lionheart to create all sorts of strange little inventions.

The Weasley twins proved to be incredibly talented, and their quick-acting truancy candy became popular among younger students, selling out every single day.

Many students used it to avoid Umbridge's Defense Against the Dark Arts class.

The wide variety of illnesses turned Umbridge's classes into a disaster.

What drove Umbridge crazy was that students who looked like they could die in any way at any moment in her class would become lively and energetic after spending a short time with Mrs. Pomfrey.

Upon hearing this, Jericho burst into laughter: "Good brothers, I knew I hadn't misjudged you!"

George handed Jericho a marshmallow-like candy: "Want to try this? It's a new invention, 'Nonsense Candy'."

"Thank you, but no need." Ever since he ate the ice cream Moriarty gave him, Jericho had become wary of anything anyone offered him.

"Excuse me, seniors, could you please make way?"

A soft voice sounded behind the Jericho and Weasley twins; it was Hannah Abbott, followed by Hermione Granger.

"Hi, everyone," Jericho greeted them. "Why aren't you waiting for dinner at the Ravenclaw table?"

"Because we're here to see Moriarty," Hermione said bluntly.

"Brother?" ×3

Jericho and the red-haired twins exchanged a glance and made way for each other.

Hermione pulled Hannah to Moriarty's side.

"Little Hermione and Little Hannah?"

Under the watchful eyes of Lilith on his left and Fleur on his right, Moriarty behaved as usual.

Hermione licked her lips like a kitten and smiled, "Umbridge isn't a qualified professor, but everyone wants to learn spells to defend against dark magic."

"If Umbridge can't teach us, why can't it be you?"

Hermione's eyes lit up.

Hannah nodded her little head with a serious expression.

"We discussed it privately, and we all agreed that only Moriarty was capable of doing the job."

Lilith and Fleur noticed the expressions on the two female students' faces.

The two women simultaneously cast surprised and admiring glances at Moriarty.

Because the female students' ideas were exactly the same as the plan Moriarty had told them in the Room of Requirement.

(End of this chapter)