[hp] Pure White Age

Walking to the opposite side of the mirror, he raised his head, only to find that reflected in it was another boy with pale blond hair and a pale complexion.

[Ron, what's wrong with you? 】

Hermione's concerned face appeared above, and Ron struggled to sit up, breathing heavily.Merlin, his head has never hurt more than now, and those fragments are flying in his mind, trying to piece together a complete sequence.

[How long have I been asleep? ] He said hoarsely.

[More than five hours. ] Hermione said, 【Dumbledore and Snape came not long after you fell asleep, and we had already had lunch. 】

[Five hours?I thought I had only slept for a short time. 】Ron looked out the window. Due to the foggy weather, the sky outside the window looked the same as in the morning, but it was already afternoon.

【Harry said you were not feeling well, so we didn't call you... Save your lunch for you. 】

Ron nodded wildly, he couldn't eat anything now. 【Hermione...】

【What's wrong? 】

[I had a dream...] As soon as he started, he couldn't continue.What could he tell Hermione?He dreamed of a flowing mirror with a corridor and he himself turned into Malfoy?What's the point of his hallucinations without a lightning-shaped scar on his forehead?

Hermione was still watching him concerned. 【Have you had a nightmare? ] she asked.

Ron shook his head, deciding not to tell Harry and Hermione until he figured everything out, at least how this dream had anything to do with reality.

[Nothing, let's go downstairs. 】

Hermione nodded and stood up from the bed: [The meeting is almost over, they are all drinking tea in the room. 】

【Aha, are Snape and Sirius together? 】 They looked at each other and smiled.

As soon as Ron came downstairs, Harry ran out of the living room. 【Are you feeling better? 】

[It's much better, what are they talking about? 】

Harry's eyes dimmed. [I don't know, they cast a blocking spell in the room, and the retractable ears are useless. ] Hermione and Ron glanced at each other, they both knew how much Harry wanted to participate in the plan, rather than being a magical boy who could only be protected.

[They must be discussing new countermeasures. ] Hermione said, 【The Death Eaters in Azkaban may have joined the mysterious man.The mysterious man has launched an attack on the Muggle world, if Hogwarts...]

[Hogwarts will be fine. ] Harry said, [Dumbledore told us when he came that Hogwarts will strengthen the isolation spells on the outside this year and add some guards.Oh, by the way, the owl just delivered the opening letter. 】He walked to a luxuriously decorated but dilapidated display case, and took out two letters covered with Hallwarts wax from the drawer.

[It must be a long list of books again. ] Ron complained while tearing it apart. [Naturally,] Hermione said, [We have to prepare for the OWLs this year, the OWLs...]

Before she could finish her sentence, something slipped from her envelope and fell to the floor with a bang.She picked it up: [This is... the badge of the prefect?Ron, do you have one too?Are we the new prefects this year? 】 Her face flushed with excitement.

Ron pinched the prefect badge in his hand, unable to believe it was real.Percy has always been proud of the prefect status, but he got it instead of Harry?He suddenly realized something and turned to look at Harry, and Hermione seemed to be thinking the same thing as him.

[Yes, they think I should be well protected so that Voldemort can't hurt me. 】Harry shrugged and smiled a little forcedly, 【The prefect needs to patrol Hogwarts in the middle of the night, Merlin, this is too dangerous, isn't it?It wasn't long before I couldn't even play Quidditch. 】

[I didn't expect you to think of my decision in this way, Harry. 】

The three looked back together, and the members of the Order of the Phoenix were coming out of the room.Dumbledore was in the lead, holding a funnyly decorated wizard's hat, followed by a sullen Snape, and it was obvious that they were about to leave.

Harry blushed a little. [I just don't understand why you keep it secret. 】Finally he said,【I thought we had already joined the Order of the Phoenix, and Voldemort was targeting me, so I was entitled to know his movements. 】

[Looks like living here makes you think highly of yourself, Potter. 】Snape sneered,【You're only good at broomsticks like your father, we don't want you disrupting the meeting with your chirping. 】

[I don't allow you to say that about Harry! ] Sirius rushed out from behind and was strangled by Lupine's shoulders. [And James! ] He was almost roaring.He and Harry glared at Snape in exactly the same way.

[You're better at disrupting meetings than Potter, at least he's still outside the door. 】

Now Tonks had to grab Sirius' arm too.

Dumbledore didn't seem to notice the farce behind him, he approached the trio with a smile. [I won't deprive you of the fun of playing Quidditch, Harry, if you're worried.Also, the reason why I didn't choose you as prefect is because you have more important things to do - as you said, preparing to defeat Voldemort.In the next semester, you will need to add additional classes separately. 】

Harry froze there. 【what class? 】 After a long time he asked.

Dumbledore didn't answer him, just patted him on the shoulder. [Ron, has your body recovered yet? 】

Ron didn't expect that he would get extra attention from Dumbledore, and he nodded blankly.Those blue eyes full of wisdom stared at him, making him feel that there is no secret worth hiding, and an impulse surged in his chest, 【I had a dream...】 He shut up just in time, cursing himself for being so stupid , 【Then I slept and felt much better. 】

Dumbledore's eyes fluctuated. 【I think it was a very important dream. ] He blinked mischievously, then put on the hat, and waved goodbye to the members of the Order of the Phoenix behind him.

After Dumbledore and Snape left, Mrs. Weasley hugged Ron in surprise: [Honey!You are a prefect! 】

【terrible. ] said Fred.

[Don't follow Percy's old way. said George.

【Go! Go! Go!Don't spoil your brother! ] Mrs. Weasley kissed Ron on the cheek again, 【Okay, go and eat your lunch, I think you're hungry too. 】

It is easy to get sleepy in the afternoon, and everyone went to their room to take a nap.Ron finished lunch alone and felt a little bored. If Hermione was around, she would have told him to read the prefect's handbook carefully, but she also went to take a nap.Ron himself couldn't bring himself to watch such a boring thing.Crookshanks grunted at his feet, and the clock on the wall walked hypnotically.Ron walked into a room.

[Hey, Cedric.I didn't expect you to be here. 】

[Now the job of feeding it is handed over to me. ] Cedric gestured to Ron for the keg he was holding.Barcobeak obviously recognized Ron, and it raised its neck excitedly and flapped its wings a few times, so scared that Ron hurriedly helped Cedric back a few steps.

[It's okay, it's okay, Ron. ] Cedric said, 【I can escape myself. 】

Ron let go of his arm in embarrassment, and Cedric smiled at Ron, who looked thinner again.The first time Ron noticed Cedric was in the Quidditch match between Hufflepuff and Gryffindor. The brown-haired boy looked high-spirited and caught the Snitch before Harry.When he and Cho Chang attended the Yule Ball together, they were also the most eye-catching couple on the dance floor.Ron felt a little depressed. He sat down next to Cedric and grabbed a handful of dried caterpillars from the bucket. Buckbeak meekly brought his head over.

[Staying here is boring, isn't it? ] Cedric probably heard him sigh.Ron nodded: [But school will start soon. 】

Cedric's eyelashes quivered. [I want to start school again, but I don't want to. 】He said, 【You know, I don’t want my classmates to see...】

[You are a hero, Cedric.If the Death Eaters tried to hurt anyone, very few would get away with it, but you just hurt a leg. 】

【I'm not a hero. ] Cedric smiled wryly and shook his head. [I had no power to fight back in front of that Death Eater. I don’t know what spell he used to pin me to the ground, and I couldn’t break free. If his wand was aimed at my heart at that time, I must have died now. died. 】

Ron didn't know how to answer. [You mean that Death Eater... he could have killed you?Sorry—] He saw Cedric's surprised eyes.

[It's okay - it's just that no one has dared to ask me these details in such a long time. ] Cedric put his arms around his shoulders, 【Yes, I think so.That boy—he told You-Know-Who he doesn't know the Killing Curse yet, but his modified Cruciatus Curse is enough to kill me.At that time, I really thought I was going to die at his hands, but when I woke up, Madam Pomfrey said that my leg was still alive. 】

【Have you... seen the face of that Death Eater?Harry said he looked a little familiar. ] Ron licked his lips, his heart was beating fast.

[He also told me so.But... I don't know... His face was covered with a hat, and his voice had been spell-formed.And I was in so much pain. 】Cedric frowned,【But his family members are also Death Eaters, that's for sure. When he first appeared, he was standing next to an older man. 】

☆、Chapter91 Order of the Phoenix (3)

After a summer of reticence, Cedric seemed to need to talk to someone about [that day].They sat in front of the sleeping Buckbeak and chatted for a long time, and Ron was glad that Cedric didn't know about his relationship with Malfoy, otherwise the other party would probably have noticed the unnaturalness in his words and demeanor.

The conversation was not over until Cedric yawned.Ron said goodbye to Cedric and sat alone in the room.He couldn't tell how he felt.Harry had always been suspicious of Malfoy, and before this conversation Ron, like Hermione, didn't share Harry's views.He didn't believe that Voldemort would entrust such a crucial task to a student who hadn't graduated yet, and perhaps in the bottom of his heart, he vaguely thought that Harry had too much prejudice against Malfoy.

But now he felt inexplicably afraid.Neither Harry nor Cedric saw the Death Eater's face, nor heard his actual voice.But the boy was brought by the parents, and there was a silvery glint around his neck, that was certain.Ron buried his face in his hands, the silvery flash haunting his imagination.Some magic items do rely on people's energy to maintain their magic power. He still remembered Draco's pale face and empty eyes. Why didn't he tell him the truth?Did he forget about him because of that necklace?And not of his own free will, as Snape said?

Ron's lips were dry, and he finally remembered why today's discomfort was so familiar.Draco had given him half of the necklace on Christmas Eve. He had experienced the feeling of being sucked by the necklace early on, and had hallucinations in class.No, it wasn't an illusion, everything he saw and felt at that time was real, maybe it was the torture that Draco was going through at that time...

There must be something else that he didn't think of, a small episode, small, but very important... Ron stood up suddenly, his mind was full of memories from the first and second grades, which seemed far away Fragments of him and Draco, of him and Harry and Hermione, spread out indiscriminately before his eyes, and...

【Ron, why are you here? 】

Ron looked up, it was Hermione.With her disheveled hair, she rubbed her eyes and looked at him.How much he wanted to tell Hermione what he was anxious about, but there was another voice in his heart reminding him that it was best not to mention the matter of Draco Malfoy, anyway, apart from causing the trio to divide Nothing else.Ron smiled and pushed Hermione's shoulders out of the room, laughing secretly that he has become a person who can hide his words. Is this growth?

【Are they still awake? 】

Hermione shrugged: [Harry is still sleeping. 】The three of them shared a room, and both Ron and Hermione knew that Harry didn't sleep well at night, often talked vaguely in his sleep, and often woke up sweating profusely.Harry told them that he dreamed that he had turned into a snake and was crawling down a dark corridor, looking for something.

【Do you remember what Dumbledore said before he left? 】

Ron said nothing, just nodded.He thought Hermione was referring to the things that Dumbledore was going to teach Harry. [Harry has had enough. 】Hermione frowned and said, 【After school starts, he has to compete in Quidditch, prepare for OWLs exams, and now he has to undergo additional training. I'm worried whether he can take it with his current mental state...】

Harry was standing in the corridor while they were talking.The fact that the two most important people in his life were worrying for him overshadowed the horror of the nightmare.He walked over with light steps, put his chin on Ron's shoulder, and smelled the reassuring scent of roses.Ron turned quickly and put his arms around his waist.Ron had grown a lot taller this summer, and luckily Harry had, too, and they both had to buy new trousers this term.

【you're awake?Why not sleep a little longer? 】Ron teased him, 【You have to make full preparations for the night's battle. 】Harry smiled and shook his head, keeping his head from the side of the other's neck.He wanted to tell Ron that if he could smell his pheromones to sleep, he wouldn't have nightmares, but now that the three of them shared the bedroom, he was too embarrassed to do that in front of Hermione.

His eyes met Hermione's. 【Ron, remember to read your prefect handbook. ] She said teasingly, her eyes still on Harry, as if she knew exactly what he needed now, and that would be the culprit for Ron delaying his prefect duties.After saying this, she proudly tossed her long hair, turned around and went on a date with the complete set of OWLs teaching aids.

[Recently, whenever Hermione talks to me, I get nervous. ] Ron sat down on the sofa in the living room and muttered. [It's not the prefect, it's the OWLs exam...] Harry also nodded with lingering fear, and he sat down with Ron.With the recent spate of bad things happening and the dementors floating over London, everyone is preoccupied and they haven't chatted for a long time. [Dumbledore wants me to visit someone with him tomorrow. ] Harry said in a deliberately relaxed tone.

【who? 】Ron showed a confused expression, he sat closer to Harry, 【So you won't go to Diagon Alley with us tomorrow? 】

Harry nodded. [It's Professor Slughorn, Dumbledore wants to persuade him to come to Hogwarts to teach Potions.I don't know why he took me there. 】

[Dumbledore always has his reasons.Working with Snape isn't very glamorous though, your task is a bit difficult. Ron let Harry hold his hand tightly, blue eyes smiling.The boy's voice sounded a little lower than before the summer vacation, and his figure was taller and more well-proportioned. Only the jumping freckles on his cheeks showed his unfading childishness.Harry suddenly felt a tickle in his throat. He slowly approached, and the sofa cushions under him made a hoarse rubbing sound. He noticed that there was still a lot of space behind Ron.

Ron put his arms around his shoulders, and just when the other party thought it was just an ordinary kiss, Harry put his palm on Ron's waist and pushed him down on the sofa.The cushion under his body whimpered, Harry ignored this and the surprised eyes of the other party, and rarely lowered his body forcefully.

The elegant aroma of camphor lingers, carefully wrapping the fragrance of roses. [Seven hundred words are omitted here]

The attempt to break free stopped.The boy's eyes widened and his lips parted slightly, as if he'd been caught answering a question if he'd lost his mind in class, an expression that inexplicably aggravated Harry's anger. [You have passed the adaptation period in the first grade, haven't you? 】Talk to Ron in such a cold tone, which is unthinkable in Harry, but he did, 【But I never smelled you at that time, it is too weak, someone help you Solved. 】

【Who are you and him...】

Harry looked down at the posture of the two of them, and grabbed Ron's waist suggestively. [... Is that what I think it is? ] At this moment, he didn't dare to look into Ron's eyes, he was afraid that the sea water would be stained with disappointment.

[…I thought that was all over, Harry.I don't want to talk about it. 】

Unless you are willing to open up, it will never be over!Harry's inner demon roared.Dark hallucinations in his dreams haunted him, leaving him angry, confused, and helpless.Subconsciously, he wanted Ron to tell everything, but he didn't want to hear the details.Maybe what he really wished was that there was never a third person in their story.Harry hadn't realized he was so possessive until he developed feelings for Ron.Or maybe this desire has always been hidden in his body, and now he just got it back, how much he hopes in his heart that there is someone who belongs to him completely, who looks at him completely, instead of seeing him as no one's shadow.

In a daze, he leaned on Ron's shoulder, a few strands of brilliant red hair blocked his sight. [You've been too tired recently, Harry.Next time you dream about that snake again, I won't allow you to follow it around. 】Maybe Ron is right, he should ask Dumbledore for help, instead of always trying to figure out everything by himself and suffering from emotional loss alone.

【Is Harry okay? ] Ginny's voice came from behind them. [He's fine. 】Harry heard Ron say,【Just need more rest. 】The boy lowered his head, as if he wanted to ask for his opinion. Harry pretended not to hear him, stood up and walked towards the bedroom.When he passed Ginny, he noticed that the siblings were making eye contact.He turned into the hallway, hoping secretly that Ron would follow and they could talk things out in the bedroom.

But Ron didn't follow.Harry packed his luggage for school restlessly, and sat on the edge of the bed in a daze.Merlin, he was going to visit Slughorn early tomorrow morning, and he insisted on making today such an embarrassing situation?Dumbledore had repeatedly reminded him not to act emotionally. Voldemort was annoying enough, so why bring Ron into it?Harry remembered what Ron said: [A person cannot have so many emotions at the same time, otherwise it will explode. ] He is about to explode now.

He lay back on the bed angrily, planning to use sleep to avoid troubles.Just like that, he fell asleep again in a daze, and the snake and the corridor unexpectedly did not visit his dreams.Instead, he dreamed that Ron was standing under a distant tree waving at him. He walked over and found that tree was a Whomping Willow. He yelled as hard as he could, told Ron that he couldn't make it, and told Ron to come back quickly. [That's fine. ] Ron waved his hand nonchalantly.Malfoy walked up to Ron, wondering why the Whomping Willow didn't attack Malfoy, Harry watched helplessly as they held hands, separated into an airtight world by the sharp whipping of the Whomping Willow.

It was evening when he woke up from the dream.There was faint laughter from downstairs, and Harry caught his breath, disappointed that the room was empty.A sound of flapping wings caught his attention.

[Hedwig, did someone write to me?This is not very common. ] As he spoke, he unwrapped the letter on Hedwig's lap. Inside the envelope were some magical photos that Lucian had sent from his father's Magical Beasts Laboratory.

[Maybe we can send Buckbeak to him, he must be boring here. ] Harry said while combing Hedwig's feathers.He had a sudden urge to write a reply to a letter he hadn't written in a long time since living with Sirius.Lucien was a trusted friend, emotionally experienced, far away in France, and probably wouldn't mind sharing his troubles.

[Harry, it's time for dinner. 】

Harry's face began to heat up, and he cleared his throat. 【Oh, ok, I'll come down right away. 】

[Is this a photo sent by Lucian? 】Ron curiously took the photo from his hand, as if what happened in the afternoon never happened. [By the way, you have to tell mom what you want to buy, and we will bring it back for you tomorrow. 】

Harry nodded.Ron put down the photo and tilted his head at him, [So, let's go? 】

【I'm very sorry. 】The words that have been on the lips all the time blurted out.Harry pursed his lips unnaturally, expecting a reaction from the other party.

[It's okay Harry. 】Ron frowned slightly, 【I also have something wrong...】The second half of his sentence was very light, and he didn't finish it. [I'm used to these little conflicts.Between us...isn't it always like this? ] Speaking of this, he couldn't help laughing, 【Sometimes I'm crazy about you. 】

Harry laughed too, feeling that Ron's description was apt in his heart.Ron slept with him that night, and Harry had no more nightmares about snakes, nor about Malfoy.Perhaps because of his good mood, he successfully persuaded Slughorn to go to Hogwarts. Dumbledore also bought a bottle of precious dragon's blood from Slughorn. Harry guessed that it was related to Dumbledore. related to ongoing research.

☆、Chapter92 starts school

[Ron, don't dawdle, we have to go around and make sure everyone has a seat. 】

The scenery outside the car window began to move slowly, and Hermione stood by the door and frowned at him, the prefect badge on her robe was shining brightly.Ron and Harry looked at each other, stood up helplessly, and walked out of the carriage with her.

[Have you memorized the prefect manual? 】

[Isn't there you?Hey up front!Don't run around, get in the car! 】Ron stopped a few junior students who were frolicking in the corridor, and turned his head in satisfaction, 【This feeling is quite strange, we are also senior students in a blink of an eye. ] He recalled how much he envied the prefects who stood in front of the line to maintain order when he first entered Hogwarts, and now he himself is the same.

Hermione didn't answer him.She was scrupulously inspecting each carriage—making sure the students were seated, but judging from the flush on her cheeks, she was also very satisfied with who they were now.This is not just a matter of exercising power in front of junior students, but also affirmation from all aspects of the school.However, after entering the prefect's car, it was difficult for them to think so.

[Although I don't want to admit it, it really is him. 】Hermione glanced into the carriage, wrinkled her nose, and Ron immediately understood what she meant, 【And Pansy Parkinson, Merlin, I hate her. 】

[You almost turned your eyes to the sky, it's no big deal, Slytherin has always had a bad eye for choosing people. ] Ron pretended not to care and opened the door of the car first.The prefect car seemed a little more comfortable than the normal car.There are a total of 24 prefects in Hogwarts, and everyone did not sit strictly according to the house, even the Slytherins, which surprised Ron.

Malfoy sat in the middle of the car, resting his head on Parkinson's lap very comfortably, seemingly indifferent to other things in the car.Parkinson, with a coy smile on his face, reached under the table to comb the boy's hair.Ron couldn't remember how many times he had seen this scene. He held the corner of his mouth and walked towards the person who was waving to him.

Perhaps because of returning to school, Cedric looked much better than in Grimmauld Place.Ron sat next to him and greeted the people opposite him.Hufflepuff's new prefects this year are Ernie Macmillan and Hannah Abbott.Hermione and Hannah Abbott had always been on good terms, and the two girls soon huddled together and began whispering.Judging from the leaked words, they are most likely mocking Parkinson's new hairstyle.Ron and McMillan are not very familiar, but the other party is very enthusiastic about him.

【I've heard Justin mention you many times,】The blond boy leaned towards him eagerly,【You know we have to take the OWLs this year, right?Tell me... how many hours a day are you going to study?How many Os and Es are your goals? 】

[Well... I haven't thought this far. 】Ron couldn't help but leaned back and sent a distress signal to Cedric, who was holding back his laughter.He honestly thought it would be Hermione sitting across from Macmillan.

[Don't be too nervous, the exam is not as difficult as everyone said. 】Cedric patted Ron on the shoulder,【You know, it is the usual practice of senior students to complain about the difficulty of the exam after the exam and make the younger students worry about it for a year.Besides, if they don't do this, how can their notes be sold? 】

[Speaking of review notes, did you keep them, Cedric? ] McMillan asked immediately, as if he was waiting for this sentence.Avoiding Hermione's accusing gaze, Ron looked at Cedric with equal eagerness.After all, Ron was completely unsure about the exam, and McMillan's words still gave him some sense of crisis.Finally, Cedric promised that they would go back to the dormitory and look for it.

The male and female student chairpersons came belatedly and welcomed the eight newly appointed prefects.According to the instructions, they only need to patrol a few more laps in the supervision area they are responsible for before returning to their original compartments.As the prefects lined up to leave the carriage, Ron raised his hand to touch his neck, and just before he was about to drop his arms, Parkinson, who was walking beside him, screamed.

【My hair! 】She grabbed Ron's arm viciously, preventing him from moving.Facing the sun, Ron could see that a strand of Parkinson's hair was caught by his cuff buttons.The others cast curious glances one after another before leaving. Hermione stood by the door and took a deep breath impatiently: [Ron, quickly untie it. 】

Ron stretched out his hand and was immediately knocked off by Parkinson. 【I don't allow you to touch my hair! 】Frankly speaking, Ron doesn't understand the fashion of the so-called "high society". Parkinson, who has a new hairstyle, looks more like a poodle.The black-haired girl's eyes were full of anger, and her expression was full of indescribable contempt, which made Ron extremely disgusted.Even more irritating was the fact that the blond Slytherin was standing right behind her, watching the drama in silence.

[I can also cut it, you choose. ] Ron drew out his wand with his left hand, but Parkinson was obviously much faster than him.The tip of her wand was already pointing at Ron's cufflinks: [It's better to cut off your cufflinks, anyway, this suit is about to be worn out by you, Weasel, Rat, King. 】This new nickname successfully made several students who hadn't left the venue laugh.Hermione's eyes sparkled, she met Parkinson's smug face, and just as Ron was guessing how the wise witch was going to fight, someone else walked up to him.

The blond Slytherin grabbed his arm, pushed her wand away under Parkinson's surprised gaze, and began trying to untangle the cufflinks.He was standing so close to Ron that Ron could see his drooping eyelashes fluttering so much that if Ron didn't know Draco he would almost have thought he was nervous.

Ron will never forget Draco's flamboyant personality in the past. Even when they were in love, the other party would not let go of the opportunity to provoke him on the bright side.Just last semester, the other party pestered him about the necklace, which made Ron feel unaccustomed to the silent boy in front of him. His eyes subconsciously slid to the other party's collar, guessing whether there was a shining silver necklace hidden there. Necklace of white light.

The black hair slipped from the cufflinks, and the fingers slowly left the sleeves.The eyes of the two met at this moment, and Ron could see his own shadow in those gray-blue pupils, but the other party hastily shifted his gaze. [Draco? 】Parkinson also seemed to be aware of the strangeness of her companion. She put her arms around the young man's arm, and did not forget to stare at Ron and Hermione viciously before leaving.

There were only two people left in the carriage.Hermione was looking at him in a way Ron couldn't understand.She hesitated and said: [Do you think...] [I don't feel anything, and I don't want to feel it. 】He replied, brushing her shoulder and leaving the carriage.The sunlight outside the car window shone on him, and the carefree smiling faces of the freshmen could be seen through the glass.

They go back to the car.Ginny, Neville and Luna are here too.Everyone curiously asked who the new prefects of their various colleges were, and commented on everyone, and then they laughed heartily at the stinky juice sprayed out by Mibao Mibao, until the scenery outside the car window stopped slowly, everyone Get off the Hogwarts Express, waiting for another sumptuous dinner, singing with the Sorting Hat again.

The atmosphere of the opening ceremony seemed a little heavy.Hagrid was not present (Harry told Ron that he had been sent by Dumbledore to enlist the support of the giants), and Dumbledore told the students during his speech that the Ministry of Magic had confirmed the return of You-Know-Who and that he would be facing Hogg in the new school year. Watts stepped up protection to ensure the safety of the students.A female official named Umbridge was sent to supervise and manage school affairs, and she also served as a professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts.

[She almost said directly that "Hogwarts is owned by the Ministry of Magic". ] as Umbridge spoke, Fred and George complained.

[The Ministry of Magic has always been dissatisfied with Dumbledore. They believe that Hogwarts should obey the orders of the Ministry of Magic. 】Hermione seemed to be thinking about something,【Maybe they think this is a good opportunity...】

[What a good opportunity? ] Ron was at a loss.

[Of course it is a good opportunity to compete for Hogwarts. 】Hermione looked worried, 【If this is the case, I have a very bad feeling...】

At first Ron and Harry didn't understand Hermione's words. In their view, Voldemort's actions during his summer vacation were enough to prove to the Ministry of Magic that Dumbledore's original warning was correct, and now they should take Dumbledore's opinion seriously , instructing Hogwarts students to prepare for battle.But the facts show that the Ministry of Magic seems to be more willing to check one more Hogwarts financial statements than to deal with the dark forces that have made a comeback.At the same time, the "Daily Prophet" also made "subtle" slanders against Dumbledore from time to time.

[The new minister, Rufus Scrimgeour, is tougher than Fudge. 】Hermione read the newspaper while popularizing science with the two, 【After the disaster of the summer vacation, people need such a person to stand up and establish the prestige of the Ministry of Magic-such a person is always elected in wartime.But before Fudge stepped down, Dumbledore was also very popular in the wizarding world. I think Scrimgeour was worried...worried that the Ministry of Magic would be defeated in another confrontation with the You-Know-Who, and his reputation among the masses would be damaged. Not as good as Dumbledore. 】

【You mean that Scrimgeour would rather have another powerful opponent than a powerful ally? ] Ron and Harry looked at each other puzzledly. [Why doesn't he spend this energy on more important places?Just one more spell taught to us in Defense Against the Dark Arts could potentially save one more life!Not to mention that Dumbledore didn't want to compete with him for that position at all, otherwise he would have been. 】

【Do you remember that Dumbledore once said that people are more likely to forgive others for being wrong than being right? 】Hermione tightened her lips, 【Perhaps for some people, Dumbledore's rightness is itself a kind of mistake.In our world, not everyone can stand in the position where benefits are at your fingertips like him, but look at things from the longest perspective. 】

Umbridge's Defense Against the Dark Arts class confirmed Hermione's concerns.The female professor's teaching method is very different from Lupin's. They only let them read the text in the book, but refuse their practical requirements, and even instill in them the view that "Hogwarts is very safe, and the mysterious people cannot get here".Umbridge deducted points from Gryffindor when Hermione tried to retort.After the first lesson, Harry and Ron returned to the common room indignantly, complaining that even Snape would be better off teaching than they were now.

[Maybe it won't be long before they can tell what happened during the summer vacation