Chapter 194: Is it Impolite to Use the Unlocking Spell?

"So Professor Moody won't be teaching us next semester?"

John had no interest in the Ministry of Magic's actions; he was more concerned about whether he would still be able to learn anything in Defense Against the Dark Arts next semester.

In the first year, Professor Lupin popularized various magical creatures and countermeasures, and in the second year, Professor Moody taught various practical combat techniques for dealing with Dark Magic.

Both were very valuable courses.

So he quite liked Defense Against the Dark Arts.

Of course, the fact that he didn't get along with Moody was a separate matter...

"Hmph, I only agreed to Albus to serve for one year anyway. Even if the Ministry of Magic didn't interfere, I wouldn't continue to hold the post."

"What's more, there are more important things that need to be done now."

Regarding John's question, Moody just snorted coldly and said indifferently.

Professor Lupin nodded and continued.

"I think what we should be worried about now isn't Defense Against the Dark Arts, but that person from the Ministry of Magic. It has been confirmed that it is the current Senior Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Magic, Umbridge."

With less than a week left before the start of school, this news had long been known to Dumbledore.

"She is a thorough Fudge loyalist, and her appointment was pushed by Fudge himself."

"When the time comes, she will definitely impose restrictions on you, or even target you."

Regarding this, John didn't really care.

In his view, no matter how bad Umbridge was, she couldn't be worse than Snape, right?

Although John often worked for Snape and had learned a lot from him.

But if you were to ask who the worst professor at Hogwarts was, John would insist it was Snape.

Sharp-tongued, mean, likes to belittle people with sarcasm, assigns disgusting punishments, and has no human touch at all.

It was only because John had a strong enough mental fortitude that he could keep learning from Snape.

However, the man was indeed capable, and he really did teach you things.

Of course, the prerequisite was that you had to absorb knowledge while accepting his personal attacks...

If you couldn't absorb it, you had to accept a second wave of personal attacks...

Just as the few were chatting, Mrs. Weasley, who had gone out to buy groceries, returned.

"Oh, children, you're here."

Seeing the two, Mrs. Weasley greeted them warmly.

As early as when relatives arrived for the third task of the Triwizard Tournament, John had met Mrs. Weasley, who had come to see Harry.

Although they weren't very close, they couldn't resist Mrs. Weasley's hospitality.

"Perfect, the other children are probably still sleeping in. You go and call them up for breakfast."

"Alastor, you've been on patrol all night, you should go get some rest, hurry up."

"And Remus, help me tidy up the dining table."

Mrs. Weasley arranged everything for them as soon as she arrived.

The few looked at each other and said, "... Understood, ma'am."

John and Hermione went upstairs with Professor Moody. Under Professor Moody's guidance, they found the rooms of the others. Except for Ginny, who currently had a single room, the others were two to a room.

Hermione naturally went to be responsible for calling Ginny, while John was responsible for calling Harry, Ron, and the twin brothers.

First was Harry and Ron's room. He knocked on the door and called out inside, "Harry! Ron!"

He called for a long time with no response; instead, the twin brothers next door were woken up.

"Oh hey, John, you're finally here. Long time no see."

The two smiled at John in unison. Now they were not just alumni, but also comrades in the Order of the Phoenix, so naturally, they weren't too distant.

Especially after John caused a scene at the Ministry of Magic, it made the Weasley twins appreciate him even more.

"Yeah, long time no see. Mrs. Weasley asked me to call you for breakfast."

"Understood. Oh, by the way, I suggest you just kick the door open, because they always stay up late and sleep like dead pigs in the morning."

"Yes, and that doorknob is actually broken, so it's very easy to kick."

Fred and George saw that John wanted to go in and call Harry and Ron to get up, so they said with wicked smiles, one after the other.

"Should I really kick it?"

Hearing this, John looked at them suspiciously while actively raising his foot and kicking it.

Bang!!

Sure enough, just as they said, the door lock was broken. John gave it a straight kick, and the wooden door opened with a sound, even causing a few flakes of dust to fall from the door frame.

This operation left the usually mischievous and troublemaking twins silent for a moment as they watched John.

Not cool, buddy, you already kicked it, so why did you ask us?

Regarding this, they gave a thumbs up.

Harry and Ron, who were sleeping soundly inside, were scared into jumping off the bed.

"... Jo, John?"

Because Harry hadn't put on his glasses yet, he couldn't see John at the door and asked uncertainly.

"Morning, you two."

John raised his hand to respond and conveniently straightened the crooked door frame a bit.

Ron, on the other bed, exploded.

"Morning my foot, why are you kicking the door for no reason!"

Hearing Ron's complaint, John shrugged.

"I knocked on the door for a long time and you didn't hear it, then they told me... uh, your two brothers told me to kick it."

John originally wanted to shift the blame onto Fred and George, but when he turned around, he found that both of them had disappeared.

However, that didn't stop John from shifting the blame onto them.

"Fred! George!"

Ron's roar resounded directly through the Order of the Phoenix.

"Shut up!"

Then Professor Moody's scolding came from upstairs.

Ron immediately wilted, and could only hatefully plan to find Fred and George to settle the score later.

Harry also finally put on his glasses and smiled as he came up to welcome John.

On the other side, Hermione walked over with Ginny, who had just woken up. Hermione looked at the kicked-in door and was silent for a moment.

"John, don't you know the Unlocking Spell..."

"Uh..."

Hermione's one sentence left John silent.

He actually had thought about using the Unlocking Spell at first, but the twins happened to come out and suggest a good idea, so he forgot.

After all, such a good opportunity wasn't common...

"... Actually, I think that breaking in with an Unlocking Spell without someone else's consent is a very impolite behavior."

After being silent for a long time, John found a decent excuse for himself.

"......"

Harry and Ron looked at Hermione, while Hermione was silent for a while.

They all thought of the time in their first year when Hermione used the Unlocking Spell to open the room of a three-headed dog.

For a moment, it was hard not to agree with John's statement.

Only Ginny looked at everyone with confusion.

So kicking the door is very polite?

Mrs. Weasley and Professor Lupin downstairs listened to the noise coming from upstairs and looked at each other, both feeling a bit helpless.

It was already tiring enough to manage a group of unlucky children, and now another "Magic Orb" who dared to rush to the Ministry of Magic to cause trouble had arrived.

They didn't dare to imagine what would happen later... ===== CHAPTER 195 =====