My Hogwarts has a serious problem.

Chapter 479, Section 476: Umaru's Big Discovery

The first week of the new school year at Hogwarts came to a quick end.

During this week, students of all grades in the castle have taken classes with the two new professors, and the feedback has been very positive.

In particular, Fox's moral education class has become one of the most anticipated courses for young wizards. Being able to "argue" in an orderly manner in class can even earn extra points. Who wouldn't like that?

Furthermore, the Hogwarts school newspaper, published by the student council's publicity department, listed the debate topics and popular arguments from each grade during the week's moral education classes and posted them on the information board in front of the Great Hall over the weekend.

The young wizards saw classrooms from other grades above, including some very interesting debate topics.

For example, in a first-grade class, Fox posed the debate topic: "Does magic change people's lives or their minds?"

There was also a fifth-grade debate topic unrelated to magic: "Does social order in the magical world primarily rely on magical laws for maintenance?"

And the debate topic for the graduating seventh grade: "Should the ideals of young wizards be based on the individual level or on the level of the wizarding world?"

These debate topics not only sparked discussions in class, but also led to much reflection and exchange among students after class.

Students from different grades will also discuss debate topics from other grades.

Judging from the campus atmosphere after the moral education class, Fox's classes are undoubtedly very successful.

During the first week of school, Lynn basically didn't attend any classes.

He was a very special student at Hogwarts. Dumbledore gave him special permission to decide whether or not to attend classes, so Lynn could use a lot of his time to learn what he wanted to learn.

For example, Apparition.

His inability to Apparate has always been one of the main reasons he's at a disadvantage; this spell is simply too important in the magical world.

Although it is very difficult to learn, and even if you want to learn it at Hogwarts, you can't usually learn it. You need to pay an extra 12 Galleons for tuition to have a teacher from the Ministry of Magic to give you special guidance. Finally, if a wizard wants to use this magic anytime, anywhere, he still needs to pass a special test from the Ministry of Magic, just like a driver's license in the Muggle world.

However, given Lynn's relationship with Dumbledore, he wouldn't need to go through all that trouble if he wanted to learn.

Dumbledore personally supervised his learning process, and in the open space outside, Dumbledore also specially designated an area for him to practice in, an area unaffected by the anti-Apparition magic.

Lynn spent almost the entire week learning the Apparition spell.

The learning process was not easy. He experienced countless separations, sometimes as a head and body, sometimes as a body but missing an arm and a leg.

Fortunately, Dumbledore was always there to watch over them, otherwise it would have been very dangerous for someone to practice such magic alone.

A short-term split won't cause any damage to the wizard's body, but if it lasts a long time, the effect of the split will become irreversible, and the headless body will die completely.

Lynn learned a lot in the week, and has already grasped the basics of Apparition and Apparition. He can basically use them on his own without Dumbledore watching him.

Even if an unexpected split occurs, Lynn can handle it himself.

However, simply learning it isn't enough. To use Apparition within Britain without incurring trouble from the Ministry of Magic, one must pass the Apparition exam administered by the Department of Magical Transportation.

This kind of exam is beyond Dumbledore's ability to help Lynn.

But even if he fails the test, he can still use it in an emergency, instead of being caught off guard when Lynn needs it.

While Lynn was learning Apparition, Umaru, who had just started school, was also busy. Not only was she busy, but she seemed to have made a remarkable discovery recently.

Upon returning to Hogwarts, Umaru immediately sought out Tom, who had spent two months in the castle that summer, and shared the Connect magic she had learned with him.

"Lynn taught me this. He said he learned it from an old magic book in the library. It's very useful, much better than Floo Powder or the telephone. Once you learn it, you can chat with me anytime, anywhere."

Umaru proudly showed Tom the uses of the connection magic.

Tom squinted at her, looking rather displeased.

"Shouldn't most people learn this kind of magic in private and not pass it on to others? Does Lynn know that you taught it to me?"

Umaru patted her chest and assured him.

"Don't worry, I asked Lynn, and he doesn't mind. As long as I can teach it, I can decide who to teach it to."

Tom eventually followed Umaru to connect to the Magic Academy and joined the "server" that Umaru had created.

This is the private chat "server" that Umaru and [Scepter] set up during the summer vacation. Even though school has started and there are no games to play now, Umaru still hasn't disbanded it.

She usually uses this to chat with the [scepter] that stays next to Lynn.

After Tom joined, there were now three people on the "server" who could post and chat.

However, without the game, there's not much to talk about in the castle. At most, Umaru goes up there to ask Tom for homework to copy.

It's not that she can't write, but that she's too lazy to think and just copies what Tom has written.

Then on Wednesday, the second-year students attended Professor Fawkes's Moral Education class, where the young wizards debated the topic: "As wizards, must we stay in the wizarding world after graduating from Hogwarts?"

The naturally lively Umaru expressed her opinions passionately in this class, stating that after graduating from Hogwarts, she wanted to become a game designer in the Muggle world. She even almost got into a fight with a fellow Slytherin wizard in class because of this.

Although the argument was averted thanks to Fox's intervention, Umaru became increasingly angry after class and had a heated debate with him in the Slytherin common room.

Many of the young wizards who were just there to watch the spectacle also joined in.

However, since everyone has their own opinion on such issues, even if they argue until dark and curfew begins, there is still no result.

Moreover, most of the young wizards in Slytherin support the opposing viewpoint of Umaru, so she can't possibly fight against a dozen others.

So she hatched a wicked plan: to gather all the second-year Slytherin wizards into her "server" and have them post and argue.

That's their territory; they can silence people or delete posts whenever they want. Plus, they have [Scepter] and Tom as their helpers, so they're definitely not afraid of having too many people.

Then she tried it out, and to her surprise, she succeeded very easily!

(End of this chapter)