The Mightiest Badger at Hogwarts

Link's gesture was as if he was asking Umbridge if she couldn't understand human speech.

As soon as this was said, the surrounding Hufflepuffs and Gryffindors burst into laughter.

Laughter resounded throughout the auditorium, shaking the Christmas ribbons on the walls that had not yet been removed.

This scene was so similar to when Draco and the others laughed before, except that the laughter was countless times louder.

Umbridge felt like the laughter was like huge slaps hitting her cheeks.

She opened her red eyes and roared:

"Shut up for me!"

There was less laughter in the audience, but only a little less.

More students, adhering to the idea that the law should not blame everyone, were not afraid of Umbridge at all, and instead laughed even louder.

It wasn't until Link made a silence gesture that the terrifying laughter in the auditorium gradually subsided.

Seeing this scene, Umbridge's teeth were on edge, but she was helpless.

Link let out a long sigh and said in a helpless tone:

"Umbridge, since you really don't understand, I will try my best to explain it to you. I, Link Foley, am not using my identity as an ordinary student to veto your decision, but using my I have the power to be the Headmaster of Hogwarts!"

Umbridge's face froze, and Link continued with a sarcastic expression:

"As a professor employed by Hogwarts, you should know what kind of power the school director has, right? As the only school director of Hogwarts, I alone can represent the entire Hogwarts board of directors! And the school board of directors has The power to remove or expel any student or professor. And this power has no scope limit! That is to say, if necessary,

I can even remove the Headmaster of Hogwarts! "

Link's expression became serious, he took two steps forward, pointed at Umbridge and shouted, "Now do you still think that I have no right to veto your decision? You have to remember! Hogwarts is the seat of the school board. Gwarts is the Hogwarts of all teachers and students, but it will definitely not be the Hogwarts of the Ministry of Magic!"

Umbridge was horrified by Link's expression and backed away.

Upon seeing this, the students in the audience gave Link the loudest applause and cheers, with George and Fred working the hardest.

Both of their hands were already red.

After reacting, Umbridge wiped the sweat from her face, and her heart sank to the bottom.

She was a student of Hogwarts before, and after serving in the Ministry of Magic for several years, she became a professor at Hogwarts. Naturally, she knew exactly what kind of power the school board had.

What Link just said is indeed the power of the school board, and is what is written in black and white on the original contract of Hogwarts.

Because the original school board members were actually only the four giants who founded Hogwarts.

In other words, the so-called school board is just a tool created by the Big Four in order to ensure that they can control Hogwarts for a long time, so naturally they have great power.

It was only later that Slytherin's departure caused the Big Four to fall apart, which led to the outflow of seats on the school board.

But times have changed now.

Any power and contract requires strength to grasp and control.

Facing such a behemoth as the Ministry of Magic, the Hogwarts School Board has become a thing that simply provides funds to Hogwarts in recent hundreds of years, and then exchanges for fame and a little preferential treatment.

As for the rest of the power, school directors simply don't have the courage to use it.

Because even if they give an order, no one will carry it out, it can only be a joke.

This is also the reason why Lucius Malfoy and the others were so unhappy with Dumbledore before, but they were never able to oust Dumbledore from the position of principal - the gap in strength between the two sides was too great.

However, now Link has adopted this antique-like rule again!

"Aren't you afraid of the Ministry of Magic at all?"

Umbridge gritted her teeth and spoke out what was in her heart.

"In fact, I have never understood why the Ministry of Magic can dictate to Hogwarts." Link shook his head and said, "I didn't care about it before, but now it is obvious that the entire finance of Hogwarts relies on our Foley family. I support you, and even your salary is paid by me. To put it bluntly, I am your boss. As an employee, how dare you make irresponsible remarks to your boss? "

After he finished speaking, the people around him applauded again.

Umbridge was stunned.

She would not simply regard Link's words as a rebuttal or sarcasm to her.

In fact, she heard a strong threat from it.

Yes, power does require sufficient strength to be exercised, but now the balance of power between the Ministry of Magic and the Hogwarts School Directors has been reversed.

In the current situation where the Ministry of Magic has been hit hard, the Foley family, which still controls a huge amount of wealth, is undoubtedly the real powerhouse.

Once the Foley family withdraws its capital, the current Ministry of Magic alone will never be able to support a behemoth like Hogwarts.

There is a high probability that the final result will be that both the Foley family and the Ministry of Magic will suffer losses, while Hogwarts will be caught in the middle and completely decline.

As for Umbridge herself, as one of the culprits that directly led to the downfall of Hogwarts, even if she was just executing orders from the minister, she would not be treated as a scapegoat in the end.

After figuring this out, Umbridge's heart, which had been red and hot with anger, finally cooled down, and was replaced by regret.

Umbridge closed her eyes in pain.

As a school director, Link is her best partner!

If she can get Link's help, then the Ministry of Magic and the school board can easily remove Dumbledore with just a few excuses!

Unfortunately, it is too late to talk about cooperation now.

Judging from the relationship between Harry Potter and Link, after she treated Harry Potter like this, she and Link may only be enemies in the future.

If that's the case, then let's fight it out!

Umbridge opened her eyes.

At this time, her eyes had returned to coldness, and she said expressionlessly:

"Mr. Foley, you will regret what you did today!"

After saying that, Umbridge turned and left with a group of volunteers.

And before their figures could leave completely, another deafening cheer erupted in the auditorium.

Everyone in Hufflepuff and Gryffindor went crazy.

The previous scene of Umbridge's defeat was definitely a great victory in their eyes!

They roared wildly and gathered around Link, surrounded him on the speech platform, and rescued Harry and others who were bound by the curse.

"Link—"

Hermione stood not far away and murmured with tears in her eyes.

As for Harry and Ron, they hugged Link's thighs and arms early on and refused to let go no matter how hard others pulled.

What just happened was really terrifying. Now to them, Link is like a savior.

"This kid Link is really outstanding!"

Professor Sprout on the faculty seat said with great emotion.

There was also a mist in her eyes. It had been a long time since there had been an outstanding student in Hufflepuff House, but in the past few years, not only Cedric, but also Link had appeared. Such a task.

This made her feel extremely relieved.

The professors around him all nodded when they heard this.

Especially Professor McGonagall.

She was so happy at the moment that she even ignored the fact that George and Fred were standing on the Gryffindor table dancing and celebrating.

They all knew how difficult it was to deal with Umbridge. Even Dumbledore would sometimes shy away in front of her, but they didn't expect that this time he would fall into Link's hands.

With Link's help, Dumbledore's plan to drive away Umbridge should become smoother.

As soon as Professor McGonagall had this idea, the next scene before her eyes made her smile disappear.

Because after Link directed everyone to rescue Harry and others, and sent Hagrid to the infirmary, he did not just sit back in his seat, but stood in the position where Umbridge had spoken before. .

He pressed his hand lightly, and the noisy auditorium fell silent in an instant.

Then Link looked around, smiled and said:

"Now, the dinner party begins!"

Link didn't speak loudly, and theoretically he didn't have the authority to announce the opening of the banquet, but the house elves at Hogwarts responded to his instructions immediately.

Countless delicacies instantly appeared on the plates on the long table, and the entire auditorium fell into a sea of ​​joy with the cheers of the crowd.

……

This dinner at the end of the Christmas holidays wasn't supposed to last too long.

The standard of food on the table should mostly be leftover ingredients from the Christmas dinner, not too high.

But today's dinner seemed to never end under the influence of everyone's high emotions.

During this period, George and Fred showed everyone their latest research results-Weasley Swish Boom Fireworks!

This special kind of magical fireworks takes into account the beauty and simplicity of the laborious fireworks, and at the same time, the effect is more flexible and vivid. Especially the fire dragon transformed into the first phase of the display is so lifelike that it has won the Weasley brothers a lot of awards. applause.

Of course, while having such excellent effects, the shortcomings of this kind of fireworks are also equally obvious.

That is a lack of security.

George made this point clear - his hair was blown into an afro during the fireworks.

However, such shortcomings will naturally not hinder everyone from buying Weasley's Swish Bang fireworks. Everyone feels that they will not be as unlucky as George.

Everyone had a great time this night, which to a large extent offset the fear that Umbridge had brought to everyone before.

The only one who is not very happy may be Professor McGonagall.

She didn't stop George, Fred and the others from messing around, but she left with a bad face in the middle of the dinner.

Before leaving, he gave Link a cold look.

She admired almost all of Link's actions tonight, but Professor McGonagall felt something was wrong when he went directly to the stage to announce the opening of the banquet.

If you insist on explaining it, Link's behavior can actually be explained. It is just that the young man was too excited and did not take into account the dignity of the elderly.

But Professor McGonagall didn't think that Link's mind and maturity would not be able to consider these issues.

Combined with some of the situations Dumbledore had revealed when he was still at Hogwarts, she had some bad premonitions.

Professor McGonagall began to walk faster and faster outside the auditorium.

She felt she had to urge Dumbledore to come back quickly.

Otherwise, I'm afraid something will happen that I don't want to see happen.

Link's indifferent eyes were fixed on Professor McGonagall until the other person's figure disappeared out of the hall, then he chuckled and raised a glass of pumpkin juice and drank it in one gulp.

"what--"

Exhaling a breath of hot breath, Link put down the cup.

The next moment, Hermione came over holding a large teapot and eagerly helped Link refill the cup. When she was done, she looked at Link like a puppy looking at its owner.

"Thank you, Hermione."

Link picked up the cup and saluted Hermione and said.

Hearing this, Hermione smiled so hard that she almost couldn't see her eyes. She shook her head and asked Link if there was anything else he needed her to do.

This has been going on for quite some time.

Sitting next to her were Harry, Ron, George and Fred, and other people who were not from Hufflepuff House.

In fact, these guys started to gather around Link not long after the dinner started.

For this reason, several well-meaning Hufflepuff first-year students could only move their positions semi-actively.

As for the purpose of coming.

Naturally, they all came to express their gratitude.

Especially George and Fred, after they demonstrated the Weasley Swish Boom Firework to everyone and received a lot of praise, they told Link that they could share all the patents and manufacturing processes of the product with the Foley family for free. The only premise is that the Weasley Swish Boom fireworks made by the Foley family cannot be sold in the country.

Judging from Link's understanding of their stingy characters, George and Fred have really been cruel this time.

It's a pity that Link refused directly.

Money means nothing to Link now. Instead of taking such a patent from George and Fred, Link would rather let them continue to owe this huge favor. Until every moment, Link will Some form of asking them to deliver.

In addition to expressing their gratitude to Link, the three Harrys also wanted to get comfort from Link.

This does not mean that Link needs to whisper something, but as long as he can continue to stay by Link's side long enough.

After all, Link's act of coming forward just now made them feel a strong sense of security.

Now only by being by Link's side can they make their hearts that have been hurt by Umbridge feel better.

But it's just that they feel better. Link is far from being able to make them recover directly.

Just like Ron.

This guy's hands are still shaking so much that he can't hold a knife and fork, so he can only eat with both hands.

After finally destroying a large piece of barbecue, Ron happened to catch a glimpse of Hermione holding a big teapot in front of Link and looking extremely attentive.

Inexplicably, Ron felt his heart twitch.