Hogwarts: I'm Harry's older cousin

Chapter 379, Section 373: Umbridge is the real Death Eater!

To be honest, Umbridge was a little intimidated by the group of aggressive young wizards, especially those who were generally much larger than their peers.

But she couldn't back down; she knew how to deal with this situation.

We must take the initiative and intimidate them first.

Ultimately, they were just a group of minors; all it takes is bringing up the Ministry of Magic and Azkaban.

"It doesn't qualify as an attack, Ms. Umbridge."

Draco, one of the leaders in the crowd, spoke casually, twirling his cane as he strolled through Umbridge's office, carefully examining the room's decor. His nonchalant demeanor and tone were a carbon copy of Lucius's.

No, he was more like a pure-blood wizard than Lucius was at the same age.

"We were merely stopping the Aurors who were blinded by you."

He then walked to Umbridge's desk, seemingly casually picked up the bottle of truth serum, sniffed it, and then, as if discovering a new continent, held it high: "Look what you've done to this poor child!"

"Verbal serum!"

Draco didn't question Umbridge or give her a chance to explain. Instead, he handed the Truth Potion to the other young wizards to read.

It's true!

After the authenticity of the potion was confirmed, many of the older young wizards looked angry, with Gryffindor being the most agitated.

Then Draco casually swept his hand across the table again, this time picking up the quill pen and gently inhaling its contents.

"I smelled blood."

"It's this pen. This pen can draw blood from others. She made Colin write with this pen! His hands are covered in scars."

A chubby boy rushed out from the crowd and shouted at Draco.

"Yeah?"

Draco said softly, still not asking Umbridge, but instead doing something unexpected: he used the quill to write on the paper.

The red words, written in blood, were penned down with a quill pen, and a scar immediately appeared on the back of Draco's hand.

"Ms. Umbridge, I think you should explain why you keep something like this in your office?"

He told Umbridge to explain, but he didn't actually look at her at all. Instead, he held up his quill and showed the scars on the back of his hand to the other young wizards.

"Are you planning to torture us in the office with truth serum and a quill pen that looks like a dark magic item?"

"It's Colin now, so who's next?"

With just a few words, Draco shattered the deterrent Umbridge had just established, while simultaneously provoking the anger of the other young wizards.

"This is a matter for the Ministry of Magic; you have no right to know."

"Ms. Umbridge, the Ministry of Magic is not a good excuse. The righteous Ministry of Magic would not do anything to harm young wizards. You are using the Ministry of Magic as an excuse to do something shady."

Draco's goal was to get the young wizards to collectively beat her up. No matter how powerful the Ministry of Magic is, try locking up a whole bunch of young wizards. Locking up one is just making an example of someone, but locking up a whole bunch would probably incite a riot and overthrow your regime.

Moreover, Umbridge did leave a loophole in the regulations, but the problem is that this thing is different from a magic car. It can't be brought to the public eye. Wizards will at most laugh at the magic car as a joke, and at worst, they'll get a few sarcastic remarks from pure-blood wizards, and that's it.

The Ministry of Magic allowed underage wizards to use items suspected of being used for dark magic.

What kind of public opinion do you think this news will cause?

Which parent could accept their child being tortured in school?

The Ministry of Magic has been completely ruined by you.

"Abusing Truth Potion, harming underage wizards for pleasure, and committing evil deeds in the name of the Ministry of Magic—I now have reason to suspect you are a dark wizard."

As Draco finished speaking, his eyes suddenly widened as if he had just remembered something.

Staring at Umbridge in shock, he said in a trembling voice, "You are... a Death Eater!"

Where no one could see, a hint of contempt flashed in Draco's eyes.

It's not like you, Umbridge, are the only one who knows how to label people.

"You're talking nonsense! How could I possibly be a Death Eater! I'm the Senior Undersecretary of the Ministry of Magic, a Senior Investigator at Hogwarts, I..."

Umbridge screamed, forgetting even to feign a girlish voice. Now she was genuinely panicked, trying to bolster her argument by invoking her reputation. She could handle all the other problems, but not this one. If being labeled a Death Eater became a certainty, she feared she would spend the rest of her life in Azkaban.

Before she could finish speaking, Draco interrupted her again.

"Our eyes are sharp! Stop making pointless explanations; explanations are just cover-ups, and cover-ups mean it's true!"

"As everyone knows, we Malfoys have a deep hatred for the Death Eaters and are always on the front line of the fight against them."

"We cannot tolerate a Death Eater at Hogwarts."

"Shut up!"

Umbridge was trembling with rage. He was the one who used to label others; when had he ever been treated like this before?

He raised his short, thick wand and swung it at Draco.

However, the moment she made her move, Harry, Hermione, and Neville, as if they had been prepared in advance, acted simultaneously and easily intercepted the spell.

Draco seemed greatly startled and reflexively pulled out his wand and cast a spell. As expected, Umbridge's short, thick wand leaped high into the air and landed in his hand.

In a duel, ten Umbridges couldn't beat one Draco.

Under the Flashback Spell, the spell that Umbridge had just cast was revealed.

It's a curse, a very standard curse, specifically targeting the mouth, the kind that makes people speechless.

"Ms. Umbridge, you're using a curse! You dared to use a curse on me in front of everyone!"

"This further proves that my guess was correct! Didn't you tell us not to worry, that it's safe here, it's safe outside, that we won't be attacked, that no one will attack us, and that no one will cast any evil curses on us?"

"Then, Ms. Umbridge, may I ask..."

"What are you doing?! What are you going to do to us? Are you planning to use the Killing Curse to silence us?!"

"Finally, you've given yourself away, haven't you? You damned Death Eater!"

Upon hearing this, the young wizards around him all showed expressions of sudden realization.

Because she is a Death Eater, she spreads the message that Death Eaters no longer exist; because she is a Death Eater, she tries to harm underage wizards; because she is a Death Eater, she doesn't want people to learn techniques to defend against dark magic and curses; because she is a Death Eater, she wants to legalize Death Eaters in a legitimate way.

This explanation is reasonable and well-founded.

I only had three days off! And now I have to work seven days a week! I feel like I'm going to die!

(End of this chapter)