"5-20 pages!" The Slytherin common room was filled with complaints from fifth-year students. "15 pages in one night! It's a nightmare!"

But they were not the only crazy little snakes. All the students who had experienced Umbridge's class were slumped in the lounge with dull faces.

The concentration of resentment here is almost enough to summon Sadako.

"Special occasions...what comes after that?" Daphne closed the book, looked at the ceiling and recited a few words, then quickly lowered her head and opened the textbook, "Oh, legal and compliant...implanted in the heart...and then what?"

The little snakes who were stumbling over their half-understood textbooks uttered the whispers of ancient gods, and it seemed that the whole room was echoing not with the sound of reading but with the mantra of rebirth, which almost drove away all the people who had worked hard to memorize the textbooks.

The expressions of the little snakes who had to take the OWL exam in the fifth grade and the NEWT exam in the seventh grade were particularly interesting.

"It's all theory... uh... I feel like my wisdom has increased again."

Cassius Warrington, a seventh-year student, gave a fake smile. Given Umbridge's position as the Senior Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Magic, he pretended to please her against his will, hoping to establish this connection so that he could work in the Ministry of Magic after graduation:

"The curriculum reform is very constructive. It reduces the risk of casting spells in this course... uh... to zero. We should thank Professor Umbridge for her... creation!"

The little snakes looked at him with either envy or contempt, as they all knew that he had received a lot of extra credit in his seventh grade classes.

"Cassius! You're amazing!" Mrs. Monty hit him. "You're so good at talking. Professor Umbridge likes you so much! I've always said that our muscles are not trained in vain! Look how many extra points she gave you in one class! You have to accept this blessing!"

Warrington rolled his eyes.

He shuddered at the thought of being on the verge of using her beauty to please men at such a young age.

This blessing is for you, do you want it?

"This is all for my future," he muttered to himself, closing a copy of The Art of Language. "If this privilege can allow me to enter the Ministry of Magic as Deputy Minister, and if she lets me live in a mansion and ride a Firebolt, I'll be happy - if all else fails, I'll just be a prefect first."

The little snakes all smiled in understanding. For Montague and Warrington, who were in their seventh year, it was a rare opportunity to have such a powerful deputy minister come to school. They had to be humble and try to curry favor with him in order to get on the ship to the Ministry of Magic.

"This is a very important step!" Mrs. Montgomery patted Warrington on the shoulder, not forgetting to drag down Gryffindor, "It's a matter concerning your future! Be patient, no one will be stupid enough to provoke her - except for those stupid lions, of course. I heard that someone is going to be punished with detention."

For a moment, the buzzing sound of recitation echoed in the common room again.

Even though the students had doubts about Umbridge's teaching methods, it was just as Montague said -

Despite the many crickets behind their backs, no little snake dared to openly challenge a senior deputy minister of the Ministry of Magic, especially when the deputy minister was so kind to the powerful and pure-blood Slytherin students in his family.

But the word "no" was quickly broken by Jian Yu.

Because Umbridge soon could no longer suppress the malice in her heart and chose to attack her in the second class.

"Now I'm going to randomly check a few students - let me see how you recite! I believe you will do very well, right?"

The little snakes all lowered their heads, wishing they could shove themselves into the table to avoid diverting her attention to themselves.

Almost no one can memorize a 15-page textbook overnight. They wish they could grow two heads and use one for storage.

"Even if old Ravenclaw were resurrected, she couldn't do this!" Daphne, who had been tortured to the point of losing her hair, had already wailed.

Umbridge smiled, glanced around the classroom, picked up the roster, pretended to close her eyes and nodded:

"Ah - let me see who this lucky person is? - Jade Jane! Please start reciting!"

The little snakes that escaped the disaster all looked at Jian Yu with sympathy.

A true warrior dares to face the bleak recitation and dares to look squarely at Umbridge, who hides a dagger behind her smile.

But Jian Yu was not panicked at all. She even had a feeling of swimming in a field she was good at.

She confirmed from her own experience that if Ms. Ravenclaw came in person, she would definitely be able to memorize the entire library.

With the help of the IQ-enhancing device invented by the founder...the crown, she can even recite the textbook backwards.

"Chapter 1, Section 1... Basic Principles of Magical Defense..."

She recited three pages in one breath. As she expected, Umbridge, who had deliberately assigned her a long recitation and intended to put her in detention on the pretext that she had not completed her homework, became increasingly gloomy.

When it came to the second chapter, Umbridge interrupted the recitation and put on her usual disgusting smile:

"Miss Jane, it's very exciting, but I have to say that as the child of Headmaster Dumbledore, you should have higher standards for yourself!"

She held the textbook with a smile on her face, showing a kind look, but her eyes were full of malice:

"For you, reciting it by heart is a very simple thing, so why don't we change the way of checking——"

"Come on, let's start from the second to last paragraph of Chapter 3 and recite it backwards—"

The little snakes gasped briefly; they had realized that Umbridge was simply trying to intimidate them.

But for Jian Yu, whether he carries his back horizontally, vertically or backwards...it is as easy as breathing.

"To deal with this well, both others and yourself need to be protected. You need the determination to protect yourself with spells and defensive abilities..."

As she recited, Umbridge's face changed from blue to red, and from red to purple, as if a color palette had been overturned.

"The second chapter, the third paragraph, the second word begins!"..."The fourth chapter, the fourth paragraph, the sixteenth word begins!"

The classroom was filled with Umbridge's voice of frustration and rage.

The little snakes couldn't help but burst into laughter. Seeing Umbridge being humiliated was much more interesting than reading aloud from a textbook!

While they secretly cheered for Jian Yu, they looked at their watches and began to talk in low voices.

"It's halfway through the class!", "It's so exciting!", "Yu is really amazing!", "If we delay a little longer, the get out of class will be over!"...

The sound of whispering was endless, and all kinds of gossip echoed in the classroom, which of course also reached Umbridge's ears.

After realizing that this act of picking quarrels had become a complete joke, she finally stopped panting and turned her anger at being slapped in the face by Jian Yu to other students.

"Quiet!" She stared at him with her walnut-like eyes. "Everyone, copy the textbook five times! Let these principles sink into your mind!"

The classroom suddenly became quiet, and dissatisfaction appeared on every student's face.

"Professor Umbridge, I think we all can't wait to start today's teaching." Theodore suddenly stood up.

Umbridge narrowed her eyes when she was about to explode, but when she saw that it was the only son of the Nott family, her mind, which was blinded by anger, came to her senses again.

"Of course!" She said cheerfully, "But next time before you speak, please raise your hand. This is the new rule—"

"Before we start today's class, I would like to ask a few students to come to the front to help maintain class discipline - let me see -"

Following Fudge's wishes, the idea of ​​establishing good relations with the powerful and wealthy pure-blood families came back to her mind:

"Mr. Malfoy, Miss Bulstrode, Miss Parkinson, Mr. Nott, Mr. Crabbe, Goyle... and this Miss Greengrass... Mr. Zabini..."

She called out eight or nine names in succession and once again looked at them with that kind and amiable smile.

"You don't have to copy or recite. Yes, those whose names I called, I believe you are all honest, studious and good children. I have to give you extra points--"

Among the people who were named, Draco had a distorted face, half relieved and half resentful; Theodore was as calm as ever; but Pansy, Millicent, Crabbe and Goyle all showed arrogant expressions.

Daphne and Blaise stood up slowly, looking as if they were going to the execution ground.

"You have to maintain classroom discipline... lead the students..." Umbridge began to lecture with satisfaction, "... when the time is right, I will assign you the responsibility of disciplining the students, setting an example for everyone and guiding the students to behave in a standardized manner..."

She cast her malicious eyes towards Jian Yu again, sighed artificially, and said:

"It is incomprehensible that Miss Jane, who has a guardian as the headmaster and therefore becomes a prefect, fails to regulate the behavior of the students, allowing them to make noise and laugh in class and disrupt class discipline."

"I have always thought that the way this school sets up prefects is too hasty. Of course, I will discuss this issue with Dumbledore again."

She seemed to want to find out some of her mistakes, but a weak voice came from the classroom:

"Cough, cough, cough, professor..." Blaise covered his chest and raised one hand, his face pale, "I-I can't take it anymore-"

He collapsed to the ground with a thud, his eyes closed and he lost consciousness.

"Oh my God..." Umbridge screamed, not forgetting to achieve her ultimate goal, "Miss Jane, as a prefect, why don't you care about the physical condition of your classmates? Come to my office this evening and put me in detention!"

Daphne let out a scream as her textbook inexplicably caught fire. The flames suddenly shot up three feet high and almost set the curtains on fire.

The classroom fell into chaos, with only the sound of Umbridge screaming about deducting points.

All I have to say is to put her in solitary confinement.

When Jian Yu heard the three words "solitary confinement", he actually thought "It's finally here".

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