thefictionvixens Chapter 573 Hermione's Thoughts
Chapter 573 Hermione's Thoughts
Chapter 573 Hermione's Thoughts
With the Weasley brothers and Harry deciding to temporarily withdraw, the recent mysterious notice incident at Hogwarts has finally come to an end.
The person who was happiest about this was Professor McGonagall, because she would finally no longer have to work with Umbridge.
But as I said last night in the Gryffindor common room, after so many days, it's been enough for the truly bright students to realize something's wrong.
So even though the notices were no longer posted on the castle walls, the students' chatter did not disappear. The school was filled with unease, and many people worried that the Death Eaters might one day appear before them.
Despite this situation, Umbridge still didn't want to tell everyone the truth; instead, it fueled her even more fervent desire to control everything at Hogwarts.
She immediately issued the Twenty-Seventh Educational Decree, which forbade anyone in the castle from discussing topics related to Azkaban, and violators would be expelled.
At the same time, Umbridge also explicitly prohibited students from using wands for the first time, in places including her Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom, the Great Hall, corridors, common rooms, dormitories, and other venues—anywhere she could think of.
If it weren't for the strong opposition from other professors, she probably would have confiscated the students' wands outright.
However, this harsh and somewhat excessive measure not only failed to achieve its intended effect, but also made the previous announcement seem more credible.
Now there are more people discussing it.
"This is insane! We're wizards, and they're banning the use of wands!"
"I really suspect she's been cursed by the masks."
"My grandmother says that the Ministry of Magic is no longer trustworthy, and she prefers to believe Dumbledore."
Of course, in order not to give Umbridge any ammunition, no one said the forbidden words "Azkaban" or "Death Eaters," but used other terms instead.
For example, Azkaban is "a dilapidated castle" and Death Eaters are "masks". In this way, even if the professor accidentally overhears, he can find an excuse to get away with it.
After all, Education Order No. 27 clearly states that it only prohibits people from discussing Azkaban.
However, when it came to the second decision, no one really had a good way to deal with it.
Fortunately, the other professors were all normal.
Professor McGonagall always has everyone take out their wands at the start of class, and Professor Flitwick's Charms class allows for free casting of spells. In the past, Herbs class mostly used gloves and shovels, but lately, Professor Sprout has also been asking everyone to use magic instead of shovels to turn the soil in the belladonna pots.
Defense Against the Dark Arts class seemed to have turned into a reading class.
"No, we won't learn anything useful if we keep going like this." One night, Hermione angrily crumpled up her half-finished paper on defensive magic and threw it into the fireplace next to her.
There were many people in the common room, and they were all carrying wands.
Although Umbridge couldn't just barge in and search, this sneaky feeling was really not good.
"We have to figure something out!" Hermione said.
"But even Professor McGonagall can't do anything with that toad, so what can we do?" Ron sighed.
"At the very least, we can't just sit here and wait to die," Hermione said gravely. "The Death Eaters have broken out, and the Voidman has returned. We need to learn more defensive magic to protect ourselves, instead of spending every class reading 'Defense Theory'."
“But Umbridge doesn’t teach us magic at all,” Ron said, pursing his lips. “And she won’t allow other professors to teach us either.”
"Who said it has to be a professor?" Hermione narrowed her eyes and looked at Siron standing to the side.
"We still have a Triwizard Tournament champion warrior, don't we?"
However, at that moment, Siren was talking to Harry and didn't hear what she was saying.
"You want me to help you practice the Apparition Charm?" Harry blinked, somewhat bewildered. "But Siron, I think that spell can only be practiced by oneself. Of course, if you mean helping me apply White Dictamnus, I'm available anytime."
"I also need you to attack me with magic."
"What?" Harry was even more confused.
Although he had never actually learned Apparition, he had learned some things about it when he read books on the subject before.
Shouldn't this spell be cast in a relatively safe place?
He also remembered reading in the book that if a wizard is distracted while Apparating, there is a high chance that he will split into two parts.
Even being distracted is unacceptable, let alone being attacked with magic while Apparating.
Has Xilun gone mad?
"I know exactly what I'm talking about," Siren said. "I've mastered the basics of Apparition, but that's not what I really need."
"What do you need?"
"The ability to escape immediately after realizing you can't win," Siren explained. "So I need to be able to Apparate at any time, including during combat."
"But this must be difficult," Harry frowned.
He felt that even Sirius Black might not know this technique, nor would Alastor Moody; otherwise, they wouldn't have been captured by the Death Eaters.
Sirius Black and Alastor were among the most powerful wizards he knew.
"We should always give it a try," Siren said calmly. "Even if we can't do it, it's a good thing to become more proficient at Apparition."
"You're not wrong," Harry nodded. "Okay, when?"
"How about Saturday, if you're not going to Hogsmeade Village either?"
"No problem, I don't really need to buy anything anyway," Harry said.
Although he really wanted to go to Three Brooms for a hot butterbeer after finishing a period of intense study, and then go to Honeydukes and Joko to buy some snacks and other trinkets.
However, since Sirius Black had told him in his letter to stay at Hogwarts if possible, there was no need for him to risk it all for a bottle of butterbeer.
What if he really gets caught by the Death Eaters, like last time when they impersonated Sirius and kidnapped Sirius?
Dumbledore wasn't at school at this time, so it was best not to cause trouble for the members of the Order of the Phoenix at such a crucial moment.
"Where shall we practice, in a classroom?" Harry asked. "We'd better choose a secluded classroom, somewhere Umbridge can't find us."
"Don't worry, she definitely won't find the place I chose," Xilun said with a smile.
But just as he was about to tell Harry about the Room of Requirement, Hermione suddenly walked over and interrupted them.
"Silen, what do you think of my suggestion just now?"
"What suggestion?" Siren asked. "Sorry, I didn't hear you."
"That's right, you'll teach us Defense Against the Dark Arts!"
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