Harry awoke from his sleep.
He didn't know that far away, someone had just finished his work and entered the Dream World not long ago, and this person had been secretly manipulating many things around him, even arranging his fate.
But even if he knew, he wouldn't care at this moment.
Because recently, he had been troubled by a problem.
Hogwarts' new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor, the official from the Ministry of Magic, Dolores Umbridge, had been targeting him for some reason.
According to rumors, the reason he was targeted was probably because of Voldemort's resurrection, and the Ministry of Magic was obviously unwilling to accept this fact.
But so what?
It was a fact that others could not accept, but it was also a fact for him. However, at this time, there was not much he could do.
He had no way of convincing others to believe in Voldemort's return, and he couldn't fight against Voldemort like Dumbledore and the others. Even his classmates didn't believe him, thinking that he was a liar who was trying to please the crowd.
Endure humiliation.
This was what Sirius had once said to him.
But Harry felt that he might not be able to do it.
If he could, he might have become the person Dumbledore wanted him to become.
Harry lay on his bed for a while, and the sky gradually brightened. A few rays of sunlight came in through the curtains, and the dust danced in the sunlight.
It reminded him of the first Saturday of the new semester, when he wrote a letter to his godfather, Sirius.
He wanted to see Hagrid, but Hagrid still hadn't come back. His house hadn't been smoking recently, and the curtains had been closed tightly, so it was obvious that no one lived there.
He suddenly thought of two people.
On the day he sent the letter to Sirius, he met the castle's administrator, Filch. Filch seemed strange that day.
Although he was targeting him, he didn't deliberately find fault with him, which surprised Harry a little, because in the past, Filch would have interrogated him.
Or maybe it was Autumn Zhang's work.
If she hadn't been there to testify, it would have caused a dispute.
The image of this girl's sweet smile suddenly appeared in his mind, and a trace of happiness suddenly appeared in his heart.
This seemed to be the feeling of being in love.
Recently, everything had been rushed together. Sirius could occasionally communicate with him through the furnace, but it was only for a short while. He always felt that he had an inexplicable relationship with Sirius, as if he could lose him at any time. He was not used to this.
Umbridge was also mentioned in their conversation, but she was not a good character. Harry hated her, and Lupin had been unable to find a job because of a law she had pushed … Of course, this only gave Harry more reasons to hate her.
He was awake for a while, then turned his head and went back to sleep.
The next morning, they ate in the dining hall as usual.
But today was a little different.
The owl that came to deliver the Prophet's daily newspaper had just flown away from the milk jug when Hermione sucked in a breath of cold air.
There was a picture of Dolores Umbridge, a large picture, and the Witch was smiling and winking at them.
Then there was the headline.
The Ministry of Magic sought educational reform.
Dolores Umbridge was appointed the first Senior Investigator.
"Senior Investigator?" Harry frowned, his half-eaten bread slipping from his fingertips. "What does this mean?"
Hermione held the newspaper and read, "In a last-minute action last night, the Ministry of Magic passed a new law that gave it unprecedented control over the Hogwarts School of Magic.
"For some time, the Minister has been increasingly uneasy about the state of Hogwarts," Percy Weasel, Percy Weasel, said. Percy Weasley, the Minister's junior assistant, said, "He acted after hearing the concerns of the parents, who felt that the school was moving in a direction that they disapproved of."
In recent weeks, it was not the first time that the Minister, Connelly Fudge, had adopted a new law to implement improvements in the School of Magic. Not long ago, on August 30th, Education Order No. 22 was passed, ensuring that if the current headmaster could not provide a candidate for a teaching position, the Ministry of Magic would provide a suitable candidate.
"That was how Dolores Umbridge was appointed as a teacher at Hogwarts," he said last night.
Weasley said last night, 'Dumbledore couldn't find anyone, so the Head of Department assigned Umbridge. Needless to say, she was immediately successful. She made a breakthrough in the Defense Against Black Magic class and provided the Head of Department with live feedback on the real situation at Hogwarts.'
The recent last-minute action came into effect with the passage of Education Order No. 23 by the Ministry of Magic, and the new position of Senior Investigator at Hogwarts was created.
"This is an exciting new step in the Minister's plan to control the decline in educational standards at Hogwarts," Weasley said. "The Investigator will have the right to review his fellow teachers to ensure that they are up to standard. Professor Umbridge was given this position in addition to her teaching position, and we are pleased to say that she has accepted it. "
The Ministry's new measures were enthusiastically supported by the parents of Hogwarts students.
After that, there are some interviews with Malfoy, and some slandering of Lupin, Hagrid, and Dumbledore. There is not much to read.
If there is anything you would like to see, you can come and see for yourself. "
From Harry's point of view, Hermione was very angry.
But considering Umbridge's sudden inspection, they still rushed to class.
To Harry, Hermione had been a little strange recently.
She had suddenly become very courageous. It was not that she was not courageous. Harry admitted that Hermione did have all the qualities of a Gryffindor, bravery and fearlessness. But in the past, Hermione had always been very much like a good student in class, and never talked back to her teacher. But recently, she had actually started to talk back to the Senior Investigator in Umbridge's class — and over things that were not necessarily a conflict.
Under such circumstances, Harry naturally had to get involved. But Hermione … Umbridge did not dare to punish her. After all, she was a very good student. But when it came to punishing Harry, she did not have so many taboos.
So when Harry opened his mouth, he was given another week of confinement.
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