Chapter 209 Dual Professors

Hermione looked at the Slytherin table. Goyle and Crabbe still hated Harry openly, and seven or eight students had already left.

"It seems that the Sorting Hat's reminder came too late." Hermione shook her head and said, "I wonder if it has issued a warning before?"

"Yes, it has." Almost Headless Nick said immediately, leaning towards Hermione through Seamus. "The Sorting Hat feels that it has a moral responsibility to give the school a proper warning. If it feels--"

Before it finished speaking, Professor McGonagall's dissatisfied eyes pierced over, scaring him to press his fingers on his lips and pretend to sit up straight.

No one in the hall whispered anymore, and everyone concentrated on watching the Sorting Ceremony.

"Euan Abercrombie."

"Gryffindor!"

One by one, the freshmen sat on the stools in the order of the list, and were assigned to different colleges, and then received warm applause from their classmates.

Finally, Rose Zeller was sorted into Hufflepuff, and Professor McGonagall left with her hat and stool, and Dumbledore stood up at this time.

"Welcome our freshmen." Dumbledore opened his arms and said with a bright smile: "Welcome! Welcome our old students - welcome you back!"

Then he announced that there would be exchange students and guest professors coming here this year, and the details would be announced in two weeks.

As for the long-term leave of absence of the two professors Namar, it naturally caused a lot of discussion among students. What Hermione could not imagine was that in addition to caring about Katerina's whereabouts, the students would also care about whether Chen Bin would continue to teach at the school.

When he was there, the students wanted to hit him with a club; when he didn't know when he would come back, the students missed his presence.

What frustrated the students the most was that all outdoor activities were also suspended, including the mock battles that everyone liked, but the reason was not explained.

In the end, under the expectant eyes of the students, Dumbledore finally announced: "Let's have a good meal!"

The students agreed with Dumbledore's speech with laughter and applause.

Countless delicious and fragrant dishes suddenly fell from the sky.

Hermione felt a little uncomfortable when she saw five long tables piled with large pieces of beef, pies, plates of vegetables, bread, jam and pots of pumpkin juice.

When she entered school, she liked the food here the most, even more delicious than the food in high-end restaurants. However, during the summer vacation before she was promoted to the third grade, she also ate French meals at the Nama Castle every day. After experiencing authentic Chinese cuisine this summer, she finally understood why Chen Bin was never interested in the three meals at Hogwarts.

Ron grabbed a plate of ribs and ate it like a starving ghost, and Harry's eating manners were not much better than him.

Hermione continued the previous topic: "Nick, has the hat issued warnings before?"

"Oh, right." Nick stopped watching Ron eat his baked potatoes and looked at Hermione and said, "I have heard the Sorting Hat issue several warnings before. It always said that it felt that the school would face great danger. Of course, its warnings were the same every time: unite and maintain internal stability."

"x-on:#%$&*......?" Ron's mouth was full of food, and no one could hear what he said.

Then, Ron and Harry began to discuss the credibility of the hat with Nick.

Hermione no longer paid attention to what they said, and connected the crises in her mind. Fudge sent people to infiltrate Hogwarts, Goyle and Crabbe's hatred, seven to eight Slytherin students did not return, and Fordemon returned...

She always felt that the current peace was just an illusion. The magic society has always been divided into multiple factions, including the pure-blood supremacy theory, the Muggle peace theory, the dark forces to overthrow the Ministry of Magic, and the defenders of order to maintain the current situation.

The strangest thing is that they are not united, and even conflict with each other. For example, Dumbledore, who tends to live in peace with Muggles, does not discriminate against any bloodline, maintains the existing order, and fights back against the rule of the mysterious man with all his strength. However, he is at odds with Fudge, who is also a defender of order, and stands on the same front with Lucius Malfoy, who is pure-blooded.

There are also wizards of various high status, who are not black or white, and even their own ideas are conflicting.

Therefore, Hermione will never be as naive as before, believing that the world is black or white, even if there are hostile forces in the white forces, such as Fudge and Dumbledore. This summer newspapers also reported their breakup almost every day.

"Well, since we are all digesting an extremely rich meal, I ask everyone to be quiet for a while and listen to me talk about the precautions for the new semester as usual."

When Dumbledore's voice sounded, Hermione realized that the classmates had already eaten and drunk enough, and all the food on the table disappeared.

Dumbledore announced the precautions as usual, such as prohibiting students from entering the Forbidden Forest, and the administrator Filch strictly prohibiting students from performing magic in the corridors, etc.

"This year, our teaching staff has changed again. We are very happy to welcome Professor Delacour and Professor Umbridge to teach Defense Against the Dark Arts together. Professor Delacour will teach first to fourth graders, and Professor Umbridge will teach fifth to seventh graders."

The boys cheered, almost all of them shouted: "Fleur! Fleur! Fleur!"

The girls rolled their eyes, and Umbridge on the stage looked very unhappy. No one took her seriously at all.

Dumbledore was announcing the selection of the Quidditch team, and Professor Umbridge started to make trouble.

She cleared her throat first, stood up under everyone's puzzled looks, and was about to give a speech.

Many teachers and students were also laughing secretly. This woman obviously did not understand the rules of Hogwarts.

"Thank you, Headmaster." Professor Umbridge said with a fake smile, "Thank you for such a warm welcome."

The high and high-pitched female voice, with the artificial squeamishness of a girl, made the students' hairs stand on end.

She cleared her throat again and continued, "Well, I must say, it's great to be back at Hogwarts!"

She grinned, showing her fangs, and said, "It's so good to see these happy little faces looking up at me!"

Hermione felt a little nauseous after hearing this. She looked around and saw everyone either rolling their eyes or making signs of vomiting.

"I eagerly hope to get to know you all soon. I believe we will become very good friends!"

Umbridge cleared her throat and said in a serious tone: "The Ministry of Magic has always believed that educating young wizards is a very important matter. Some of the precious talents you are born with will not be acquired under careful and careful guidance. Cultivation and training may be fruitless. The ancient skills unique to the magical world must be passed down from generation to generation, otherwise the precious treasure trove of magical knowledge accumulated by our ancestors must be used by those who are fortunate enough to practice noble work. People in the education profession protect, supplement and improve them.”

She paused and bowed slightly to the other professors, but no one returned her bow.

However, she didn't care and continued to promote: "The previous principals of Hogwarts have made innovations when shouldering the important task of managing this famous historical school. This is completely appropriate, because if there is no progress, it will stagnate. will decay. However, at the same time, progress for the sake of progress should never be encouraged. Our traditions have been tempered for many times and often do not need clumsy revisions to achieve a balance between the old and the new. Between permanence and change, between tradition and innovation..."

The students were all whispering, whispering, giggling, and the auditorium was noisy.

Qiu Zhang was chatting with her friends; Luna took out a magazine to read; Ernie Macmillan stared at Umbridge as she practiced out-of-body experience... In short, except for Hermione, no student was listening attentively. .

“…Because some changes have achieved good results, while other changes will be found to be poor decisions in due course. At the same time, some old habits will be retained, which is understandable, and some habits have become obsolete. "

The pink witch finally sat down.

With Dumbledore taking the lead, other professors also clapped, but most of them only clapped twice to give Dumbledore face.

Dumbledore stood up again, first thanked the Pink Witch for her inspiring speech, and then announced to everyone the selection of the Quidditch team.

"It is indeed very enlightening." Hermione said in a low voice: "It can explain a lot of problems."

"Really?" Harry said in surprise. "It sounds like a lot of nonsense to me."

"There's something important hidden in the nonsense." Hermione then explained seriously.

"Progress for the sake of progress should never be encouraged" and "Abandon what we should ban", combined, is the Ministry of Magic's meddling at Hogwarts.

After she said a few words, Dumbledore had announced the disbandment of all teachers and students in the school.

Hermione jumped to her feet, looking alarmed. "Ron, we should be giving directions to the first years!"

"Oh, right," said Ron, apparently forgetting his responsibility. "H-hey, all of you! Little ones!"

"Ron!" Hermione said dissatisfied.

"Well, that's right, they are so young..."

"I know, but you can't call them little ones! - first-year students!" Hermione shouted to the other side of the table majestically and domineeringly like Professor McGonagall: "Please go this way. !”

After the new students were led to their dormitories, Hermione and Ron immediately returned to the common room to discuss it with Harry.

"What's that woman doing here?" Hermione said warily.

"It must have been Fudge who sent her to seize power, right?" Ron guessed.

"What are you talking about?" Hermione rolled her eyes at him and said dissatisfied: "How could Delacour be Fudge's subordinate? You just said she is a spy of the French Ministry of Magic."

Ron and Harry looked at each other and immediately understood that their brain circuits were different from Hermione's.

"How do you think she passed the recruitment process?" Hermione continued to ask.