thefictionvixens Chapter 572 Umbridge's Furious Outburst
Chapter 572 Umbridge's Furious Outburst
Chapter 572 Umbridge's Furious Outburst
Professor McGonagall eventually helped Umbridge remove those glaring notices from the castle, though it took a little longer than usual—exactly a whole day.
The same thing appeared for three consecutive days, and this strange situation also attracted the attention of the other students in the castle.
Umbridge repeatedly stated that it was fake, that someone was impersonating Dumbledore and trying to cause panic in the school.
She also offered a generous reward to find the culprit.
Most people chose to believe her and the Ministry of Magic, but a small minority sensed something was amiss.
Umbridge was too anxious; she emphasized at least three times a day that the news was fake, which only made her seem more like she was trying to cover something up.
Secondly, there's the attitude of the principal and professors.
Although both Dumbledore and Professor McGonagall have stated that the signature above that says "Dumbledore" is fake, they only emphasized that the signature is fake.
As for the content mentioned above, it was not mentioned at all.
Another issue is the professors' attitude towards those notices. If they were truly trying to scare people and deliberately cause chaos, why didn't the professors clean everything up immediately?
Permanent paste spells are indeed difficult to deal with, but they are not entirely untouchable, especially since it was cast by a student.
Cedric Diggory of Hufflepuff tried it himself, continuously casting cleansing and erasing spells, and was able to peel off a parchment in about twenty minutes.
If even he can do it, it must be even easier for professors and deans.
But they still dragged it out for a whole day, which inevitably makes people wonder if Professor McGonagall and her team did it on purpose.
Night fell quickly.
One minute before curfew, Umbridge stood at the entrance of the second-floor library, nervously scanning every corner around her.
She decided not to sleep all night and would patrol the castle, determined to find that audacious student.
She also specially found a few helpers, including Filch, Professor McGonagall, and Snape.
They had been dragged here by Umbridge under the guise of a Hogwarts senior investigator and were forced to help, so neither of them looked too good at the moment.
In fact, Umbridge initially wanted to bring all the professors, with each one responsible for a floor.
But that's not realistic. Hogwarts has classes tomorrow, and it's impossible for all the professors to stay up all night and patrol the castle with her to catch people.
Let alone a senior investigator like her, even Headmaster Dumbledore wouldn't make such an outrageous request.
Unless the school faces some danger, professors are required to protect students at all times.
Getting Professor McGonagall and Snape over was already the limit for Umbridge.
When curfew arrived, Umbridge had assigned tasks to everyone.
Professor McGonagall was in charge of the foyer and the second floor, Snape and Filch were in charge of the middle, and she herself was on the eighth floor.
At first glance, Umbridge's task seems the easiest, requiring her to patrol only one floor, but this is also part of her plan.
She secretly decided that as soon as she found any new notices in the castle, she would immediately go to the Gryffindor common room.
When the time comes, whoever isn't in the dorm will definitely be the culprit.
Didn't Dumbledore want evidence?
This is the evidence!
After that, everyone went to their respective assigned areas, with Umbridge being the last to go up the stairs.
Just as she passed through a corridor, a wisp of air in the corner suddenly trembled.
"Fred, George, you didn't say Professor McGonagall and Snape would be here too!" Harry said, trying to keep his voice down, from inside the Invisibility Cloak. "Professor McGonagall looked this way at least three times. Do you know how nervous I was?"
"Relax, Professor McGonagall doesn't have the Magic Eye, she can't see through the Invisibility Cloak," Fred's voice came from Harry's collar.
There was a mouth and an ear-like thing there; the sound just now came from the mouth.
"Alright, Harry, we need to get to work."
"Professor McGonagall is in the lobby right now. There's no one on the second floor. You can just put one up at the library entrance."
"Don't forget to put some of that stuff we gave you on it."
Harry immediately took out a large piece of parchment covered in writing and used the Permanent Sticker Charm that the Weasley brothers had taught him to stick it on the wall at the library entrance.
After doing all this, he took out a small bottle and used a feather to apply the medicine inside to the parchment.
A moment later, the parchment simply vanished.
"Oh!" Harry gasped softly, then quickly covered his mouth.
"It's gone!"
"Of course."
"What you've got is our latest invention, invisibility potion."
"It can make your completed homework disappear."
"The only downside is that it loses its effectiveness when exposed to sunlight."
"Alright, let's hurry to the next place. There's no one on the fifth floor right now."
"Remember to take the stairs on the right; they'll keep you away from that annoying Filch."
The next morning, half the students in the castle were awakened by Umbridge's furious shouts.
In the auditorium, Celen took a bite of his sandwich and asked, "Are you going to continue tonight?"
"No."
"Umbridge looked at us strangely just now."
"We suspect she may have other schemes."
As it turned out, Fred and George's concerns were not unfounded.
That evening, just half an hour into the curfew, Umbridge, along with Filch and several Slytherin students, barged into the Gryffindor common room.
Professor McGonagall, dressed in her pajamas, followed behind, her face horribly dark.
But Umbridge didn't care about any of that and went straight to checking each dormitory, trying to find anyone who wasn't there during curfew.
Fortunately, Harry and the Weasleys didn't do anything today. They rubbed their eyes as they came out of their dormitory and joined the others in the common room. Fred and George even stood defiantly in front of Umbridge.
After struggling for half an hour without success, Umbridge had no choice but to leave.
However, her antics kept most of the students awake, so they started chatting in the common room.
"Thank goodness we didn't do anything today," Harry said, still shaken.
Fred and George waved their hands, indicating that it was nothing, but they suggested that the matter be left at that.
After all this fuss, smart people must have figured it out by now. As for those who don't want to believe it, they still won't believe it even if we post it for another year. There's no need to waste time.
"By the way, Hogsmeade Week is coming up soon, are you guys really not going?" Fred asked.
"Ah, when?" Xilun asked.
"The weekend before the Easter holidays," George said.
"Forget it, I'd rather stay in the castle," Siron said, shaking his head.
Although Hogsmeade Week is a rare opportunity, considering his previous experience of being brought directly to Voldemort, Siron decided to stay in the safer castle.
One such experience is enough; after all, he didn't know if Dumbledore would be able to appear in time every time.
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