Chapter 212 Ready to Take Action

Hermione suddenly interrupted, "What new job? Isn't Charlie training dragons in Romania?"

"He quit at the beginning of last year and seems to have found a more interesting job. He works as a reporter or editor at a newly opened publishing house." Fred explained.

"I haven't heard of any new publishing houses." Hermione was puzzled.

"Oh, there are many things I haven't heard of." Ron rolled his eyes at Miss Know-it-all and continued, "O.W.L.s are indeed very important and can affect future job applications. I really hope Bin will come back soon and give us some job search advice. So that next year we can choose the right N.E.W.T.s subjects."

"What do you plan to do after graduation?" Harry asked the two of them. At this time, they had left the hall and walked towards the "History of Magic" classroom.

"Make money, a lot of money." Ron said firmly. However, he did not say that he promised Chen Bin last year that he would conquer the world with the twins in the future.

He turned his head to look at Hermione and asked, "What about you?"

"Professor of "Defense Against the Dark Arts." Hermione answered firmly.

"But it's only for one year. Have you forgotten the curse?" Harry said.

"Well, this problem must be solved." Hermione opened the book and wrote down the removal of the curse in the calendar.

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They didn't know where Hermione got the confidence to take this position even in the face of Voldemort's curse.

"I thought you were going to organize a promotion association to promote the rights of house elves..." Ron teased.

"It's useless." Hermione shook her head and said, "To solve this problem, you must take Fudge's position. This goal is too far away, at least it can't be achieved in the next ten years..."

Harry and Ron were careful not to look into each other's eyes, because Hermione could analyze the ridicule in their eyes. Minister! Hermione actually had the idea of ​​becoming a minister just like Percy!

They had already thought about what Christmas gift to give her this year - "How the Prefect Gains Power"!

In the boring History of Magic class, Harry read the first volume of the prophecy with great interest and started reading the second volume; Hermione also rarely listened to the class, but flipped through the seventh volume of the Standard Spells; Ron listened to the hypnotic magic sound for ten minutes and fell into a deep sleep.

After the class, it was still drizzling. The students crowded in the yard couldn't see what was outside the castle.

Hermione, Harry and Ron found a hidden corner under a dripping balcony, turned up the collar of their robes to resist the cold wind in September, and talked about what homework Snape would assign them in the Potions class.

"Hello, Harry!" Qiu Zhang greeted him again.

This was obviously unusual because there was no group of chattering girls around her.

Harry remembered that he accidentally drove her away at the dance last year, but before the last stage of the Triwizard Tournament, she was still cheering him up in the hall.

Last semester, Harry was completely focused on Hermione, so he gradually lost his feelings for Qiu Zhang.

However, after the cruel reality, his heart that was about to move towards Qiu Zhang beat again.

"Hello." Harry suppressed his feelings and tried to make himself look generous and mature. Well, just like Chen Bin in class, that is, he hasn't gone crazy yet.

"Well, haha." Qiu Zhang saw that Harry didn't continue, so he could only smile in response.

Harry tried his best to smile, but it was still a bit embarrassing to think that she was angry and left at the dance. "Well... did you have a good summer vacation?"

Qiu Zhang was stunned for a moment, and smiled: "Well, it was good. Our family went to China for a trip, you know..."

"What a coincidence?" Ron suddenly said happily: "Harry and Hermione also went to China. Right, which county did you go to? Beijing? Listed? Shenzhen?"

"I have something to do, I'm leaving first." Qiu Zhang said coldly, and then walked to the middle of the courtyard.

"Did I say something wrong?" Ron asked in confusion, but Harry gave him a murderous look. "Hermione, tell Ron what he said wrong?"

"Don't pretend you already know why she's angry." Hermione closed the book and said disdainfully: "If you know, explain it!"

Harry retreated and begged: "Hermione, who knows everything, please tell us why she was angry and left."

"You are so ignorant!" Hermione pointed at Ron's nose and scolded: "Is it so ignorant?" She wanted to talk to Harry alone, but you approached him. It would be fine if you approached him, but you said that I went on a trip with Harry, why didn't you mention that you went with him? Do you know what it means for a man and a woman to travel together? If Qiu is interested in Harry, it would be strange if she didn't get angry!"

"Is that so?" Ron looked at Harry.

Harry looked at Hermione. "You went to Namar's house and stayed for the whole summer two years ago, and we didn't have any other ideas."

Hermione blushed and said dissatisfiedly: "You two pigs are hopeless!"

She stamped her feet angrily, frightening the two of them to hug each other and dare not say anything more.

The "Potions" class began, and the "Potions" class ended.

Harry was targeted by Snape again. Obviously, the potion he prepared was as bad as most people, but at least it was better than Goyle and Crabbe's, but Snape still poured it out. As for ridicule and sarcasm, it was definitely indispensable.

The bell finally rang, and Harry was the first to rush out of the dungeon.

He had already started lunch before Ron and Hermione arrived in the Great Hall.

"That's really unfair, but your potions are already much better than Goyle's." Hermione comforted him: "You just need to know your own level and ignore his comments."

Harry glared at the plate in front of him and said angrily, "When has Snape ever treated me fairly?"

All three of them knew that the hostility between Harry and Snape was as deep-rooted as if they were born with them.

"Bin told you the answer when he was in first grade." Hermione said in a disappointed tone: "If you want to know more, you can read those Isha masterpieces. I don't believe there is no detailed explanation in them. ”

They didn't set up soundproofing magic, but Harry immediately understood what she meant: it must be written in the prophecy book!

After lunch, Harry and Ron came to the "Divination" classroom.

Harry dislikes Trelawney because she often predicts (curses) that he will have bad luck or death, but he is still alive and well. Last year, it involved celestial divination. Under the guidance of Katerina, the whole class also achieved very good results. Even if none of them has the talent for divination, they can at least be as powerful as half of the masters of astronomy in the magical world.

However, Caitlina took a leave of absence, and now the class was back in Trelawney's hands, and this year's Dream Interpretation course suited her bullshit teaching methods.

"...On your desk is a copy of "Dream Interpretation Guide" written by Inigo Yingmei. Dream interpretation is a very important method of predicting the future, and it is also a topic that is likely to appear in your O.W.L.s exam..."

Her voice trailed off gracefully, and Harry began to yawn.

He and Ron followed the guide for a long time and finally interpreted the fictitious dream into a tragic death by dismemberment. As expected, they were highly praised by Trelawney.

When they entered the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom, Professor Umbridge was already sitting behind the podium. She was still wearing the pink cardigan from last night, with the black velvet bow on her head. Coupled with that toad face with protruding eyes, it is definitely an eyesore.

The whole class did not dare to look directly at this "fake pink girl" and quietly walked to their seats.

After everyone sat down, the fake girl said: "Good afternoon, classmates!"

Several classmates whispered perfunctorily: "Good afternoon."

"Tsk, tsk." Professor Umbridge said: "That's not okay, is it? I want you to answer like this: 'Good afternoon, Professor Umbridge.' Please do it again. Good afternoon, students!"

After the students repeated the story in unison, Professor Umbridge cooed: "This is not too difficult, is it? Please put away your wand and take out your quill."

There are only two main points in this lesson, which are: "Defense Against the Dark Arts returns to the basic principles". The objectives of the lesson can be summarized in three points:

1. Understand the basic principles of magic defense.

2. Learn to identify situations where magical defense can be used legally.

3. Evaluate magical defense in the context of actual use.

Umbridge is very arrogant, does not treat students as human beings, and only plays small tricks against them. She only allowed students to read and copy theories according to her, but they were not allowed to question, practice, or even ask questions.

If a classmate asks a question without raising his or her hand, she will be sarcastic, force the other person to raise their hand again, and then ignore the other person's raised hand.

When Hermione saw this, she just smiled coldly and motioned to Ron to stop talking and just watch the show.

This class is very high-pressure. It is mainly a lesson about Umbridge establishing her authority. Students are not allowed to violate anything she says, including the rhythm of reading aloud.

Originally there were still a few students raising their hands to ask questions, but they soon saw that the three students who were most capable of committing suicide remained silent throughout the whole process, and they also became silent.

Umbridge succeeded in establishing her authority, and the students were all disappointed.

Harry turned to page five of "The Theory of Magical Defense" as instructed and began to read.

He remembered Dumbledore warning him not to challenge Umbridge's authority before reading Book Five. It’s not bravery, it’s issuing a losing challenge to the little guy who has control over your studies.

The author of "Magical Defense Theory" discourages the use of any offensive defensive magic. It is obviously a "magic work" written by someone from Fudge's side.

The subjects that originally required the most practice have become as boring as Professor Binns's lectures. All the students pretended to read aloud absentmindedly, and after a few minutes, the classroom was completely silent.

Harry glanced at everyone, Ron stared at the book in a daze, and Hermione had even closed her copy of "Magical Defense Theory" and was looking openly at a sixth-grade textbook - "Confronting the Faceless Enemy" Faceless).

Obviously, this book will never become the "Defense Against the Dark Arts" textbook for this year's sixth grade students. Instead, it is likely to be used in the sixth volume of "Defense Against Magic Theory".

However, Harry thought Hermione made the right choice. Fudge could make Umbridge use other textbooks, but he couldn't change the content of the two public exams. Only by studying last year's textbooks can one pass the rigorous public examination.