Chapter 203: Umbridge

As everyone took the Thestral carriages back to the castle, the opening banquet began as scheduled.

John looked toward the professor's table and discovered a new face.

She was a pink beauty who looked like her width was catching up to her height.

Pink hat, pink clothes, pink skirt, pink bag, pink high heels; it was just short of dyeing her hair pink too.

"Such a strong visual impact..."

"Indeed..."

Titus and the others also discovered the new face and complained one after another.

Ethan: "Your wife."

Titus: "Your wife!"

Ethan: "No, your wife."

Titus: "Just your wife!"

Ryan: "Stop arguing, my wife."

Both: "Sir, great righteousness!"

No wonder she likes eating Cockroach Dumplings; it turns out she's an exotic hobbyist...

This person was probably the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor stuffed in by the Ministry of Magic.

However, it wasn't clear what this person was like, so John didn't give an evaluation.

Now what he was more worried about was Professor Snape sitting next to her; at this moment, the old man was looking at him with a murderous gaze...

Recalling before going home last semester, he had swiped many potions from Professor Snape's workshop, and a few bottles were quite rare and precious...

Can't see me, can't see me.

In the end, John chose to look away, like an ostrich burying its head in the sand, burying his face in the pumpkin juice.

The banquet was about to begin, Titus returned to the Hufflepuff side to sit down, and John and the others also returned to the Ravenclaw seats.

Quite a few Ravenclaw classmates greeted John when they saw him; no way, popularity brings trouble.

Dumbledore walked to the front of the stage to speak. "Ahem—" he cleared his throat.

"Hello freshmen, hello old students, I'll cut the crap, let's eat after I finish."

"This year, we have personnel changes for two faculty members."

Dumbledore went on stage to speak, and the students below also quieted down one after another.

"First is the professor of Care of Magical Creatures."

"Professor Hagrid is temporarily on leave for some reason, so Professor Grubbly-Plank will serve as the professor of Care of Magical Creatures this year. Applause welcome."

As Dumbledore's voice fell, Professor Grubbly-Plank, who had received the freshmen at the platform earlier, stood up and smiled at the little wizards below the stage.

The little wizards applauded one after another until Dumbledore raised his hand, and everyone quieted down again.

"Secondly, we must also welcome Professor Dolores Umbridge from the Ministry of Magic. She will replace Professor Moody this year and serve as our Defense Against the Dark Arts professor."

This time, it was that pink beauty who stood up, a smile that was sweet to the point of being greasy hanging on her face.

Applause rang out again, Dumbledore clapped his hands lightly and continued to speak.

"Let us wish both professors good luck. Finally, a reminder to all freshmen..."

"Hmph-gee~"

After introducing Umbridge, just as Dumbledore was about to continue saying some precautions, that Umbridge professor who stood up hummed again, interrupting Dumbledore's speech.

Dumbledore was also stunned for a moment, looking back at Umbridge in confusion.

Only to see her still maintaining that decent smile, walking out from the teacher's table slowly.

Everyone looked at her inexplicably, while she turned a blind eye, walking gracefully toward Dumbledore's podium like a lady.

"Oh—Headmaster~ thank you for your welcome speech."

She spoke to Dumbledore in a tone like honey syrup, and then looked at the little wizards below the stage, revealing a kind of maternal smile.

To be honest, her affected voice paired with her image really made people unable to adapt.

But judging people by their appearance is wrong, so John still braced himself to listen.

"I am also very happy to see the joyful and happy smiles of everyone—just like watching a group of lost little lambs, needing the gentlest and firmest guidance~"

Her fingertips tapped lightly on the edge of the podium, and the folds of her pink skirt shimmered with a frost-like shimmer in the candlelight.

"The Ministry of Magic has specially approved me to assist in the teaching work at Hogwarts."

"This is because the Ministry of Magic attaches special importance to the teaching problems of young wizards and witches."

"Hogwarts is a school with a long history, but no matter how long the school history is, it must keep pace with the times."

"So, I hope my arrival can make this school change."

"Retain what must be retained, improve what can be improved, and, prohibit what should be prohibited~ hmph-gee~"

Umbridge talked eloquently on the stage, saying some things with ulterior motives, listening to everyone in a fog.

John understood a little bit of this guy's meaning.

After all that, she's here to usurp the throne.

The Ministry of Magic intends to reach its hand into Hogwarts and interfere with Hogwarts' teaching and management.

OK, it turns out to be the enemy army.

Finally I can judge people by their appearance, it was suffocating me.

This guy really looks like a piece of work.

Who are you putting on that affected, squeaky voice for? You sound like a toad.

At a glance, she's a menopausal old maid who can't get married, filled with the sour, rotten smell of aged powder and power desire.

Just as John's belly-aching surged in his heart, Umbridge finished her speech, hummed and returned to her seat, and continued the banquet.

Dumbledore also finished saying the precautions, and the banquet began normally.

After the banquet ended, the few prepared to return to the dormitory together.

Oh right, Ryan's mother had written a letter to the school before, saying she wanted to change Ryan to another dormitory.

According to Ryan, the school's reply was that there were no other vacant dormitories, so it would not be adjusted for the time being.

However, could they not know whether there were vacant dormitories?

Just take the dormitory next door of the same year; it only had three people living in it, just like them, completely enough to stuff another Ryan in.

But Ryan pretended not to know and muddled through, continuing to stay in the same dormitory as John and the others.

After returning to the dormitory, they didn't need to pretend that their relationship wasn't good anymore; they were just as they were.

It's worth mentioning that they were in their third year this year.

They could go to Hogsmeade Village to play openly, no longer needing to sneak over from the Whomping Willow side.

Of course, they still had to continue operating the secret base on the Whomping Willow side.

And there was also that they had to choose two subjects as elective directions from the five elective courses.

First, exclude Care of Magical Creatures; he preferred to treat this subject as an extracurricular hobby to practice, such as running to Professor Hagrid from time to time to swipe some magical creature drops, or drilling into the Forbidden Forest with Professor Hagrid.

But if you want me to seriously memorize some knowledge points about magical creatures, then forget it.

However, Titus was eager to try this; he liked these strange magical creatures very much.

Next was Muggle Studies; I am Muggle-born, what is there to study? So also exclude.

Then what could be chosen were Divination, Arithmancy, and Ancient Runes.

If he had to choose one of the two divinations, the one he was more interested in was naturally that kind of strange, mysterious divination.

So John finally chose Divination and Ancient Runes.

When hearing about John's choice before school started, Hermione even lectured him.

She said Divination was garbage, but...

Whether it's garbage, I will decide for myself after I finish learning it. ===== CHAPTER 204 =====