Chapter 356 Trial

In the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor's office, Umbridge was standing in the center of the room with disheveled hair and a ferocious face. Around her, the pink room that was originally full of girly elements was in a mess.

Not only the ordinary decorations and furniture, but also the cat decoration plates that she had spent countless efforts and money to collect were smashed a lot.

These are all the result of her venting her anger.

Umbridge herself is an extremely violent person, otherwise she would not have fainted from anger.

The reason why I didn't get angry outside was because I didn't want to damage my image in the minds of students.

After venting her anger, Umbridge calmed down a little and began to think about the most important issue today.

What the Weasley brothers did this time not only hurt her physically and mentally, but also made her lose face.

It is conceivable that after this incident, the prestige she had built up in the minds of students will be completely lost, and more and more people will dare to disobey her in the future.

The Ministry of Magic sent her to Hogwarts with only two tasks. One was to monitor Dumbledore and ensure that the students at Hogwarts were loyal to the Ministry. The second is to find evidence that Dumbledore has violated the law and find a way to get Dumbledore to step down from the position of principal.

And if she really loses all her prestige, then the hope of completing these two tasks will become extremely slim.

Thinking of this, Umbridge gritted her teeth and found a relatively neat roll of parchment from the messy office. She sat on the desk and started writing a letter.

In the current situation, she must apply for support. If the Ministry of Magic does not provide her with support, then she will most likely become just a joke at Hogwarts!

At the same time in the auditorium, Mike, Harry and Hermione were sitting at the long table.

None of them spoke, everyone was in a daze, waiting for the Weasley brothers and Ron to return to the Great Hall to tell them the outcome of this matter.

However, what they didn't expect was that they did not wait for the Weasley brothers, but instead waited for the two people they least wanted to see at this moment.

"Mr. Weasley, Mrs. Weasley!" Looking at the two people who suddenly appeared in the auditorium, Hermione screamed, "Why are you here!"

"Professor McGonagall informed us that she was here to discuss George and Fred's affairs with us!"

Mrs. Weasley had a gloomy face, and her voice was unusually cold. The muscles on her face were still twitching as she spoke, as if she was forcibly suppressing the anger in her heart.

The expression on Mr. Weasley's face next to her was not much better, but compared to Mrs. Weasley's visible anger, Mr. Weasley's expression looked more sad. and disappointment.

Percy had a big quarrel with them before because of work, and now he no longer lives at home. They originally thought that the remaining sons would be more responsible, but they didn't expect that George and Fred would now cause such a thing.

The arrival of these two people made both Harry and Hermione panic. Hermione stopped talking after screaming in surprise. It wasn't that she didn't want to speak, but that she simply didn't know what to say at this time.

Harry was in a similar state to Hermione. He lowered his head and rubbed the hem of his clothes vigorously, feeling extremely guilty inside.

"Mr. Weasley, madam, hello. I'm Mike Townley, a friend of George and Fred, whom we met before."

"Hello, Mike." Mr. Weasley took a deep breath, "We want to meet George and Fred before officially visiting Professor McGonagall. Can you take us to find them?"

"Of course, George, the others, and Ron just read Mrs. Weasley's shouting letter and are currently writing a reply in the dormitory. I will take you there now." Mike nodded and agreed, "But this matter can't be complete. Blame George and Fred, you are his parents and you should know that they are not the kind of people who would attack the professor for no reason."

"Well, this is not the place to talk." Mike looked around. The auditorium was busy at the moment. Everyone was watching and whispering. "We are talking as we walk. Bar."

After hearing this, the Weasleys nodded and followed Mike. The expressions on their faces did not change at all, they were still so gloomy.

It wasn't until Mike informed the Weasleys that Harry was in solitary confinement and that the Weasley brothers wanted to avenge Harry that their expressions softened slightly.

"Well, this is indeed what George and Fred can do. They have been this way since they were young."

Mr. Weasley sighed and shook his head.

Nowadays, there is basically no anger on his face, and it seems that he basically agrees with the actions of the Weasley brothers.

But Mrs. Weasley was different. Although the expression on her face was much better, she still maintained her anger and said in a suppressed voice:

"They are simply crazy. Even if they want to avenge Harry, they can't do such a thing! Don't they know that doing this will result in their expulsion from Hogwarts?"

Hearing this, Harry burst into tears. He originally guessed that the Weasley brothers wanted to help him get revenge, but now that he got the accurate answer, he could no longer suppress the guilt in his heart.

Hermione had a worried look on her face. She kept stroking his back beside him, and her eyes kept looking at the back of Harry's hand. It was obvious that she didn't know the truth about Harry's "copying sentences" in advance. .

"Oh! Harry, I'm sorry! I didn't mean to blame you!" Mrs. Weasley took out a handkerchief and wiped Harry's tears distressedly, "I mean, they are so smart, they can obviously get along. There are other ways to handle this matter.”

The few people talked all the way and soon arrived in the Gryffindor lounge. Just as they were about to knock on the Weasley brothers' dormitory, the door suddenly opened. The Weasley brothers and Ron He looked at the group of five people who appeared at the door of the room in confusion.

"Dad, Mom! Why are you here!"

"I'm here to wipe your ass! Otherwise you think we're here for something!"

As soon as she saw George and Fred, Mrs. Weasley's face, which had looked distressed just now, returned to a scowl, and she scolded the Weasley brothers.

It wasn't until the three Weasley brothers shed tears that Mr. Weasley coughed lightly and said:

"Mike has already told us the general situation. I don't want to blame you too much. After all, what you did was a just thing, but if you ask me, you are still too impulsive. Okay, let's not talk about this anymore. The key to the problem now is not what you did, but how we should solve this matter. You know, according to my experience at Hogwarts, if you make such a serious mistake, you two will basically be expelled. It’s a done deal.”

Mr. Weasley's words made him bleed. After hearing this, Harry's tears flowed down again, and even Hermione and Mrs. Weasley's eyes were red.

"Ahem!"

At this moment, a slight cough attracted everyone's attention, and when everyone heard it and left, they saw Mike saying with a smile:

"Actually, you two don't need to be too concerned about this matter. After all, George and Fred are both very outstanding people, and whether they are fired or not will not have a big impact on them."

"How could you be so..."

"Listen to me first, Mrs. Weasley." Mike waved his hand to stop the angry Mrs. Weasley, and then said, "The reason why you are worried about George and Fred being expelled is because you are worried about their future lives. , isn’t it?”

Mr. and Mrs. Weasley nodded.

"Then things are much simpler, aren't they? You must know that George and Fred are both outstanding scientific researchers of our Los Santos Group. They hold the dividends of a large number of products. Every year they can get more than For five thousand gold galleons, you don’t have to worry about their future at all.”

As soon as this statement came out, everyone present, including Ron and Harry, except for the three insiders, Mike and the Weasley brothers, looked shocked.

Especially the Weasleys, they actually knew that George and Fred had jobs in the Los Santos Group.

But in their opinion, George and Fred didn't even graduate. This job should be just a part-time job given to them by Mike because of their close friendship. If it lasts, it's like a summer job. It just exists.

So now when they heard that George and Fred had turned into geniuses with an annual income of more than five thousand gold galleons, their outlook was about to collapse.

"He...is what he said true?" Mrs. Weasley firmly grasped the shoulders of George and Weasley with both hands, and said tremblingly, "You two can earn 5,000 gold galleons a year now!?"

"Well, it's actually more than that," George said sheepishly, "After all, we are still inventing new things."

Fred nodded wildly on the side.

At this time, the Weasley family went completely crazy. Ron stepped forward, grabbed George by the collar, shook him hard and shouted:

"5,000 gold galleons! You make so much money every year, but you are not willing to give any of it to your poor brother!"

Fred pulled Ron away and said helplessly:

"I remember, didn't we give away a broomstick before? What's more, we didn't even spend the money ourselves. You know, it was all the start-up capital for opening our store."

"That broom is obviously a second-hand item that you have discarded! You tough guys!"

"Okay, Ron, don't talk anymore. The time agreed between Professor McGonagall and us is almost up." Mr. Weasley rudely interrupted the quarrel between the two brothers, "As for the matter of you two hiding your income from us, we will go back. I’ll talk to you carefully later, now, let’s leave quickly!”

After saying that, Mr. Weasley glared at George and Fred angrily, and then walked out of the lounge without looking back.

…

In the Hogwarts principal's office, the Weasley family, Mike, others, and Professor McGonagall were sitting around a round table in silence.

The atmosphere was very depressing. Everyone except Mike had a gloomy look on their faces, especially Mr. and Mrs. Weasley.

If it were another time and another reason, they would have taken a good look at the principal's office, which they had not been to for a long time, but now they were really in no mood at all, especially after they had just been scolded by Professor McGonagall.

At this moment, the door to the office opened again, and Umbridge, who was wearing a very rare gray women's suit, walked in with a gloomy look.

Upon seeing this, the Weasleys stood up immediately and bowed to Umbridge.

"I'm sorry! Professor! It's our fault!"

Umbridge looked at the two people in front of her who were bowing to her and the Weasley brothers who looked aggrieved beside them, and the corners of her mouth began to rise involuntarily.

"Are you Arthur Weasley? From the Department of Prohibition of Misuse of Muggle Articles?"

"Yes! Mr. Deputy Minister!"

"You have taught a pair of good sons!"

"I'm sorry! Mr. Deputy Minister!"

"Haha, don't talk about it. I also have many old stories in the Department for the Prohibition of the Misuse of Muggle Products. Let's see."

Umbridge sneered, ignored the Weasleys who were still bowing, and walked directly in the direction of Professor McGonagall.

The expressions on the faces of the Weasley brothers were not very good. They couldn't figure out why their parents were still so groveling. They should be very clear about the current situation. It didn't matter even if the two of them were really expelled.

But what they didn't know was that even though the Weasleys knew that their sons had a bright future, they still wanted George and Fred to complete their studies at Hogwarts.

Because from their experience, school life is a rare experience in a wizard's life. They can tolerate their son's future being worrying, but they absolutely cannot tolerate them leaving regrets in the future.

Nowadays, the only way to keep his two sons in Hogwarts is to obtain the forgiveness of the victim, Umbridge, so they will treat that annoying woman with that attitude.

"Professor McGonagall, I'm sorry to keep you waiting."

Umbridge put on a fake smile again, nodded to Professor McGonagall, and McGonagall said expressionlessly:

"Okay, now that everyone is here, let's get started."

"Wait a minute," Umbridge interrupted, "Excuse me, why are they here? (Umbridge looked at Mike and others) This is the trial of George Weasley and Fred Weasley, isn't it? Really? Irrelevant personnel should leave here."

"We are all friends of George and Fred," Mike replied before Professor McGonagall could answer, "So Professor McGonagall specifically allowed us to watch."

"Oh?" Umbridge said with a smile, "It doesn't matter, the result will not change anyway. Professor McGonagall, please announce the expulsion of these two people. I don't want to see them anymore."

As soon as these words came out, Mr. and Mrs. Weasley's expressions changed drastically and they hurriedly said:

"Ms. Umbridge!"

"Okay, no need to say more! No matter how you plead, I will not change my position. Your son is destined to be expelled from Hogwarts!"

Mr. Weasley's face turned dark, but at this moment, Professor McGonagall said calmly:

"Sorry, Umbridge, I'm afraid George and Fred can't leave Hogwarts for the time being."

"What did you say!?"