Chapter 993 Wizard Lookout Station
Finally we can go to Hogwarts tomorrow.
Katrina, who had just packed her luggage and closed her suitcase, couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief.
Although the life here is good, being caught between Isobel and Albert makes her uncomfortable. She hates the feeling that she is completely redundant, and she hates seeing the two of them in front of her. Showing affection always makes her embarrassed.
Fortunately, we can finally go to Hogwarts tomorrow and finally get away from everything at the moment.
At this time, there was a knock on the door of the room, and the voice of the house elf Carla came from outside the door.
“Miss Katrina, dinner is ready.”
She remembered that the house elf always called Mistress Isobel, and they were obviously not married yet.
You don’t need to think about it to know that it must have been Albert who asked him to do this.
Coming out of the room, Katrina walked along the long corridor to the dining room. Looking at the sumptuous meal on the dining table, she looked up at Isobel: "Today's dinner is really sumptuous."
“You will go to school tomorrow, so of course you have to have a hearty meal tonight.” Isobel helped put the dinner on the dining table.
“Can you send some food to mom?”
“Mom’s side is also taken care of by house elves.” Isobel said happily, “You don’t have to worry about her daily life.”
“We are going to Hogwarts tomorrow, will you stay here next?” Katrina sat down at the dining table, picked up the knife and fork and asked, “By the way, where is that guy?”
“It seems like I went out for something, I should be back soon.”
Isobel looked at her sister and said gently: "I will move to Hogsmeade Village. There is a similar safe house there, where I lived before."
“Hogsmeade?” Katrina was surprised. “He often visits you?”
“Yeah.” Isobel responded.
“No wonder you are not bored and still have time to publish a book with him.”
Katrina was surprised at Albert's skill. She felt that it took a lot of thought and money to decorate such a place.
“However, he is always busy.” Isobel looked at her sister and said, “Actually, you can also help him.”
“Very busy, busy saving the world?” Katrina laughed at herself.
“Not really, Albert has long anticipated the upcoming turmoil.” Isobel glanced at his communication watch and continued: “He has just been preparing to overcome the current difficulties.”
“I thought he would take you directly out of England and go abroad to hide from the disaster.” Katrina put down her fork and followed Isobel to wait for Albert to come back.
“Actually, I hope he does that.” Isobel said suddenly.
The hall suddenly fell into an eerie silence.
Katrina looked at Isobel and asked with a strange expression, "You didn't convince him?"
"If the situation gets out of control, Albert will take us out of the UK." Isobel shook his head and said, "He has already arranged a retreat."
“You have changed a lot in the past few years.” Katrina sighed.
At this time, there was a noise outside, it should be Albert coming back.
“What did you do?” Katrina turned and asked. "Everyone is waiting for you!"
“I’m sorry for asking you to wait for me.” Albert kissed Isobel on the cheek and said.
"Then sit down and eat. The food is almost cold. I remember you don't like to eat cold food." Katrina said angrily.
“You don’t have to get up too early tomorrow. We will apparate directly to the train station before the train departs.” Albert put a large piece of bread crab on the plate and explained tomorrow’s itinerary while eating.
“You are really cautious.” Katrina asked doubtfully, “Do you think someone will launch an attack at the station?”
“You still have to be careful on the road. Who knows if Death Eaters will stop the train halfway?”
If possible, Albert actually wanted to go directly to Hogwarts, but as the president of the student union, he needed to show his face in the prefects' carriage.
Albert really doesn't care about this position, but he needs to consider Professor McGonagall who gave him this position.
“Would a Death Eater do that?” Katrina was not willing to believe that a Death Eater would do such a stupid thing.
"Although the possibility is very small, you still have to be prepared. God knows whether Death Eaters will do something crazy." Albert said to himself, "If I were a Death Eater and wanted to assassinate A student on the train will pretend to be a salesperson with a cart. When the cart approaches the target, when the other person is unprepared to buy something, he will pull out his wand and cast the Avada Kedavra on that person, and then Apparated away while everyone panicked."
“You are so insidious.” Katrina curled her lips, but she had to admit that the probability of Albert’s insidious plan succeeding was very high.
Yes, it’s hard to guard against.
“It’s always right to be cautious, there is no shortage of smart people in this world.”
After speaking, Albert looked at Isobel, who immediately understood and began to tell them about the work of the student union president.
Compared to Katrina, who performs her job as a prefect seriously, Albert, who mostly fishes in troubled waters, obviously needs to hear these things.
“By the way, who is in charge of the Defense Against Dark Arts class this year?” Katrina asked after Isobel finished speaking.
“Unfortunately, this year’s Defense Against the Dark Arts is almost finished.”
Albert put down his knife and fork, took out his handkerchief and wiped the corners of his mouth and said: "This year's Defense Against the Dark Arts professor is called Umbridge. She is the Senior Undersecretary of the Ministry of Magic. The textbook is "Magical Defense Theory". I have asked the house elf to Dobby bought it back."
“The Theory of Defense Against the Dark Arts?” Katrina repeated suspiciously. Listening to the title of the book, she knew why Albert said that this year’s Defense Against the Dark Arts is 80% complete.
"You guessed it right, it is said that "Magic Defense Theory" does not encourage the use of any offensive defensive magic." Albert's flat tone was full of contempt and disdain, "Umbridge is not a qualified professor, so Don't have any expectations, I think Deputy Minister Umbridge will probably take the book and read the contents like Lockhart did."
“That’s too bad,” Katrina muttered. “I’m a little worried about N.E.w.Ts Defense Against the Dark Arts results.”
She also wants to get good grades like Isobel.
"Your black magic defense level is not bad. Just ask Albert to make up for you when the time comes." Isobel comforted, "Of course, you can also come to me. Although I am not as good as Albert, but let It’s okay if you get an excellent test.”
"This matter needs to be kept secret. I don't want a bunch of people to come to me to make up lessons." Albert agreed. He thought for a while and said, "I need you to help me study "Magic Defense Theory." Everyone takes turns asking questions for Umbridge."
“You are... really bad.”
“I have to give her some fun and test the teaching standards of the Ministry of Magic.” Albert said with a smile, “Actually, Dumbledore and I couldn’t apply for this course, but unfortunately we were declined.”
“You seem to hate Umbridge?” Isobel was surprised that Albert would show obvious disgust towards someone.
"He is indeed a very annoying guy." Albert waved his magic wand and conjured a piece of parchment out of thin air. When he reached out to catch the parchment, the piece of parchment turned into two pieces, which he handed to Yi respectively. Zebel and Katrina.
The parchment details Umbridge's deeds.
“That’s it, no wonder you hate him.”
Isobel did know some things, such as the warning letter for violating the "Secrecy Act" and the matter of taking away the title of Wizengamot Youth Representative.
It’s just that he didn’t expect Albert to get such detailed information.
Katrina was shocked after reading it. She didn't expect there to be such a shameless guy. What surprised her most was that this guy actually let dementors attack Harry Potter.
"Although there is no evidence, she should have done it." Albert nodded. "The purpose should be to please Fudge. In fact, she became the deputy minister because of this matter."
“That’s disgusting.” Katrina also hated Umbridge.
"Some of her actions are actually right, otherwise why do you think she climbed to a high position? Political struggle is so cruel." Albert took out his pocket watch and looked at the time, turned on the radio, and tuned it to the Wizard Observation Station. Sirius's voice came out:
Welcome to Wizards Lookout.
The topic of this issue is the new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor at Hogwarts that everyone is very concerned about.
Anyone who has attended Hogwarts knows that Hogwarts needs to replace the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor every year... Let us welcome today's guests, Professor Lupine and Mu Professor Di…
The radio heard Sirius, Lupine and Mad-Eye Moody's comments about "Defense Theory of Magic"...
“I dare say that when Umbridge is in class, she will only read that book to everyone. This book cannot teach everyone much useful knowledge. It is only suitable as extracurricular reading to supplement everyone’s knowledge reserve..."
“I completely agree. I just spent some time looking through this thing, and what I saw is that everyone is discouraged from using any offensive defensive magic.”
“…As an Auror, I can tell you clearly that this is just like telling dark wizards not to do that. It is illegal to use dark magic…”
“…In this way, I might as well teach you something to use. If you have any doubts about this, just read the book yourself!”
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Lupine also predicted that many students might not learn useful knowledge in Defense Against the Dark Arts if taught as Umbridge did.
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“…I completely agree with Professor Lupine’s judgment. I think time will tell everything, but the only ones who are really unlucky are the fifth and seventh grade students, and their further studies will be seriously affected.”
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“As far as I know, although Professor Lupine is a werewolf, he is indeed the most popular Defense Against the Dark Arts professor in recent years. I’m right!”
“Yes, although everyone was shocked when they finally learned the truth, Professor Lupin is still very popular at Hogwarts.”
Fred and George were also guests on the broadcast, and although their voices were slightly changed and pseudonyms were used, Albert recognized their voices.
The two are telling everyone about the tragic experiences of Defense Against the Dark Arts professors from first grade to sixth grade.
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"Finally, I would like everyone to send their silent blessings to Professor Dolores Umbridge, and hope that she can successfully complete this year's teaching as Defense Against the Dark Arts professor and will not be persecuted by the curse again."
The atmosphere in the hall became weird. The McDougal sisters all turned to look at Albert. They suspected that today's broadcast was deliberately caused by Albert.
At least part of the introduction to Dolores Umbridge can be seen on the parchment just now.
"Don't you think these broadcasts are useful?" Albert's lips raised slightly, "At least everyone understands the current situation."
"If Umbridge heard this, I think she would be mad!" Katrina suspected that Albert was planning to cause trouble.
"I don't think she knows. Even if she does, it doesn't matter." Albert didn't care much about Umbridge. Anyway, after arriving at school, there would be a lot of people playing with Umbridge.
After turning off the radio, everyone went back to pack their luggage. Although the house elf was willing to do it for him, Albert still didn't have that habit. There were many important things in the suitcase.
As for Isobel's move to Hogsmeade, there wasn't much trouble. The only thing that made Albert a little helpless was that Isobel now devoted most of her energy to researching beauty potions, and she obviously cared about herself. young face.
I can only say that women are paranoid about their appearance. The more beautiful the woman, the more so. Even the two Americans are like this.
Especially after the potion was suspected of delaying aging, they invested a lot of energy in it.
However, genius is ultimately no match for cheating.
After Albert repeatedly promised that he would help with research afterwards, the Defense Against the Dark Arts manuscript that was half written was picked up again by Isobel.
“How long do you think this chaos will last?”
Isobel, who was soaking in the hot spring pool, turned to ask Albert behind her.
In the end, Katrina was too embarrassed to take a bath with them. When Albert came to take a bath, she hurriedly got up and left.
“Three or four years at most.” Albert speculated. “If it’s not over by then, I will take you out of the UK.”
“Do you think people can really look immortal?” Isobel asked.
"It's possible, after all, immortality exists." This was not the first time Albert answered this question, "I don't care."
"Lie, men always like young and beautiful women." Isobel snorted dissatisfied, raised her hand and poked Albert's chest and said, "Besides, I believe this research will be welcomed by girls, I have Agreed with the plan to open a beauty shop in the UK."
“You open a store with Katrina?” Albert was a little surprised.
"Of course not, I can also find help." Isobel curled her lips and said, "We plan to gather everyone's strength to promote this big project."
"I can be your potions consultant then." Albert said with a smile, "But before that, we still have to solve the big problem at hand."
(End of this chapter)