A certain Hogwarts rune professor

Chapter 256 Interlude
It was a pity that Snape didn't tell his jokes at the end. Felix thought that the professor still had a talent for telling bad jokes.

He secretly made a note that next year's Christmas present will be available.

Felix was sitting next to Snape, and was about to make some jokes when the main door of the auditorium was suddenly opened, and a large snowstorm was swept in from outside.

A chunky witch dressed in pink came in, and Felix heard the sound of Professor McGonagall taking a deep breath two seats away, her black eyebrows were tightly knit together.

This pudgy witch is Dolores Umbridge, and behind her are two people, a thin, dark-skinned middle-aged wizard with a gold ring in one ear, and a proud face. Lo dress up.

Felix knew him, and it was this man that Minister Fudge had brought with him when he came to visit the Basilisk at the school last year, and Fudge called him "Kingsley".

The other is a witch, also dressed as an Auror, with a thick scarf covering her face. From her lively little movements, it can be seen that she is not very old. She walked with Kingsley.

The smile on Dumbledore's face disappeared, and the surprised expression lasted only for a moment, then he stood up and said politely: "It's a rare visitor, I didn't know you would come over on this special day."

"People who have never seen you, Professor Dumbledore." Umbridge's toad face was covered with a conspicuous smirk, "I'm not saying that your vice-headmaster is not serious enough... it's all In order to get the job done, like me, I have to worry about Minister Fudge at Christmas."

Dumbledore said calmly: "I have complete confidence in Minerva, she has done a wonderful job."

Umbridge didn't seem embarrassed at all, but the female Auror behind her had turned her head away, looking like she couldn't bear to look directly.

Kingsley stood up and said in a low, slow voice, "Dumbledore, we are here to share new information with you."

Umbridge immediately screamed, "Kingsley! I am the Minister's appointed Inquisitor—"

Kingsley didn't look at her, but his next sentence also explained: "I only accept the orders of Minister Fudge and Scrimgeour—Dumbledore, there is a new development about Sirius Black."

"I'm all ears, Kingsley," said Dumbledore gently.

"Someone suspected that Sirius Black appeared in Knockturn Alley. According to the information we have - an unlucky wizard was attacked from behind, and the attacker snatched his wand."

"So he rearmed himself?" said Dumbledore. "I thought he would be wandering between the school and Hogsmeade."

Kingsley said: "We thought so before, so we relaxed our vigilance over there. But he may be more cunning than we thought, and I'm going to London tomorrow-this is Tonks, Scrimgeour hopes Able to deliver messages through her."

"Tonks?" Dumbledore smiled and looked at the young witch.

"It's me, Principal Dumbledore. It's great to meet you." The female Auror took off the scarf covering her face and said enthusiastically.

Kingsley explained, "Tonks is still in Hogsmeade most of the time, just as a precaution." He glanced at Umbridge, who was fiddling impatiently with the pink bow on his cuff, "and she also Dementors can be restrained."

Dumbledore nodded and said: "No problem, Hogwarts has a common appeal with the Ministry of Magic on this matter."

Kingsley fell silent. This man had a calm and quiet demeanor. After finishing his business, his sense of presence immediately decreased.

Contrary to him, Umbridge finally found her chance, and she said in an awkward little girl's voice: "Thanks Kingsley for your speech, Professor Dumbledore, I hope you will think again, Tonks— —somewhat, unruly enough that the Ministry would love to send a resident team..."

"We don't need to talk about that, Umbridge," insisted Dumbledore. "Go back and tell Fudge, if he has anything on his mind, tell him to come straight to me."

Felix almost understood from the sidelines that Umbridge and Kingsley were not on the same side. Fudge was standing behind Umbridge. Maybe it was a temptation, or this woman made her own decision. In short, she wanted to He stretched his tentacles into Hogwarts, but was pushed back by Professor McGonagall and Dumbledore.

Although Kingsley also listened to Fudge's orders, he obviously didn't care about Umbridge, the investigator's attitude. This time he came here to follow the command of Scrimgeour, the director of the Auror's office.

They left quickly, and with this episode the professors were in no mood for jokes.The conversation inevitably turned to Umbridge, Black's threat was too far removed, but the toad lady was hard to please.

Professor McGonagall said sharply, "I'm not one to speak ill of people, but Umbridge—" Her nose was a little white, and she was obviously very angry. "If you know how she treats her subordinates and her own family, you will understand how I feel."

"Umbridge being mean to the family?" Felix asked.

"Oh! She has claimed many times that her 'deceased' father was a prominent figure in the Wizengamot, when he was alive and well."

Flitwick frowned and recalled: "I seem to have the impression that the surname Umbridge is still very rare. I remember that there was a cleaner named Umbridge in the Ministry of Magic more than ten years ago..."

At this time, some students finally came over, two first-year students appeared together, and not long after, a sixth-year Slytherin student came with a gloomy face - if it wasn't for something at home, he wouldn't stay in school.

The topics discussed by the professors became relaxed again. Dumbledore left once in the middle, and when he reappeared, he brought back a bunch of silver firecrackers, "This is a firecracker hat, just like Bibi Dolce, every time it is a surprise."

He sent one to everyone at the table, and asked cheerfully, "Anyone want to try?"

Felix looked at Snape, and Dumbledore followed his gaze. He blinked and said with a smile, "Severus, you definitely don't want to miss this."

While talking, Harry, Ron, and Hermione arrived, and they watched in amazement as Snape pulled the string of a silver firecracker impatiently, and the firecracker exploded with a bang, revealing a lady's peaked hat .

Dumbledore handed the hat to Snape, but Snape pushed it away without thinking, so Dumbledore immediately replaced his own wizard hat with it.

"Merry Christmas, ladies and gentlemen."

Harry and the others stared dumbfounded at Dumbledore's new image, speechless for a while.

The meal lasted for two full hours, and everyone had a good time, and no one talked about the unappetizing topic of Umbridge, except that Trelawney appeared in the middle and had to count the number of people before sitting down. , when she counted twice and it was still the number thirteen, she couldn't help but yelled.

It wasn't until Felix politely reminded her that she might have forgotten to count herself that Trelawney sat down in silence.

(End of this chapter)