Hogwarts on the Tip of the Tongue

"Hogwarts on the tip of the tongue (

Office of the Principal at Hogwarts.

When Elena pushed open the oak door and walked in, the two old wizards in the room did not go to see her for the first time.

Dumbledore, who had just returned to the office, did not sit behind the mahogany desk and read like most of the time. The old man was tapping his fine silverware that was spinning and emitting smoke with a magic wand. He seemed to be debugging and maintaining these magical "humidification". Device". And Grindelwald teased Phoenix Fox by the bird shelf by the door, and added food and water to Professor Dumbledore's big bird. The division of labor between the two seemed particularly harmonious and warm.

"Well, I only have one question," Elena said after waiting patiently for half a minute, "Who forged my signature?"

Grindelwald seemed to want to help explain this question, but Dumbledore answered first.

After such a long time, Dumbledore began to understand a truth:

There is no free substitute in this world-if you rely too much on others to help explain, you will pay a more painful price in the future.

Although "Ano Dumbledore" is very useful when dealing with the Ministry of Magic, when dealing with the "little devil", Dumbledore is quite suspicious of the other side's position. The two generations of the Dark Lord calculated that they were pitiful, helpless, and kind. It’s not the first time that the Hogwarts principal has happened.

"This is the plan I requested, but the magic handwriting was done by Professor Apocalis," Dumbledore said. "The announcement at the entrance of the auditorium was posted by Mr. Filch, but the specific actions and writing were still determined by Mr. Filch. The prefects of Gryffindor College and Slytherin College jointly drafted and confirmed it-we are only authorized, and the reason why you will sign your name is mainly based on the respect of the person who proposed the detailed rules."

Elena nodded noncommitantly, and as she happily smashed the toad, she didn't feel so angry.

She believes Dumbledore’s explanation. As a recognized white wizard in the magic world, this old man, even if he has some calculations, rarely deliberately shirk responsibility and reverses black and white—it would be different if it was Grindelwald, old potato. Like her, he is an artist who is proficient in speaking.

"I understand how you feel now, Elena."

Dumbledore said softly, and before the girl could speak, he added another sentence.

"A few months ago, I had a similar shock-more than once."

"Oh, so you plan to continue this tradition? Rua?"

Elena said that there was no sign of embarrassment or anger.

With the interaction during this period, Dumbledore occasionally responded with a "skin-for-a-skin" response-in fact, this old wizard was not a serious and staid elder. This kind of "tooth for tooth" education The way is also in line with Elena's understanding of Dumbledore.

Of course, if Dumbledore does not give a reasonable explanation, then he will soon know what youth power is.

"No, of course not..."

Seeing the threat in the eyes of the little witch, Dumbledore gave a bitter smile.

Ever since Elena learned the "ancient barbaric power", she was too dangerous in such a confined place.

"Forget it, let me explain--"

Grindelwald shook his head and took the initiative to speak.

"Hogwarts' student activities are coordinated by the dean. This is the result of our previous discussion. If your signature is not on the notice that the prefects of the two houses have applied for, your influence among the students may be It's a big discount. And with regard to the issue of'secret duels', I don't think I can count on the tone of those little wizards. Rather than waiting for the rumors to add oil and jealousy, it is better to show them clearly and directly."

"Well, the situation is so urgent that you can't even wait for the end of get out of class today, and then decide after discussing it in the evening?"

Elena frowned, her eyes falling on the accomplice who forged her signature.

"No, because Professor Umbridge is from Slytherin College," Grindelwald said. "By the end of your course today, the senior official of the Ministry of Magic will have a reaction time to gather information-this is the least variable. The way to deal with it, that's it."

The Ministry of Magic has always wanted to interfere with Hogwarts, something that even the drunks in the Broken Cauldron Tavern know.

In the past few months, they have tried planting house elves and censoring formal professors. ,

For this reason, Dolores Umbridge even lost the position of Senior Deputy Minister. Under such circumstances, even the Grand Arcanas could not confirm the degree of penetration of the school-after all, there are nearly a thousand in the castle. A student, it is inevitable that there will be one or two "good" children who are drawn in.

"Well, in theory, this is indeed the most reasonable."

Elena turned and sat on the round table at the corner of the claw-shaped table in the center of the room with her hands propped up.

She is not the kind of naive girl who is unreasonable. As one of the "Fools" of the Greater Arcana, if the decisions of Dumbledore and Grindelwald are in line with the overall strategy, Elena doesn't have too many thoughts to develop— —After all, the effect of this signature is only "Elena Student", not identities such as "Queen of Gringotts", "***-05-0", and "The Fool". Actually, it is not that sensitive. .

As for the "three" bet that she lost to Hermione, it was not a bad thing in Elena's eyes, and she didn't suffer anyway.

"Then, there is an unexpected situation now—"

Elena gave a thumbs up and gestured towards the oak door that was closed not far away.

"On my way here tonight, there seems to be a toad on the back. Although I don't know what she wants to do, I guess it won't be a pleasant thing-she has not actively attacked, so I didn't The way to get the first hand mark, you know..."

Umbridge is arguably the most difficult and disgusting target Elena has ever encountered.

This is not just the disgusting character of the other party, and her disgusting concept of "witcher***".

More importantly, no matter how to stimulate Umbridge, he will not take the initiative.

Due to the effect of Dumbledore and Grindelwald’s “deed”, Elena’s counterattack must be based on the counterattack. At this point, Umbridge did not give Elena any opportunity to mark a “red name”. Except for that surprise capture, Umbridge barely showed too many flaws.

Perhaps this is also the reason why Cornelius Fudge trusted Umbridge. She knew very well how to move on the edge of the rules.

"Have you heard, Albus?"

Grindelwald held his hands and said irrelevantly.

"Mr. Principal should go out for activities. There are dangerous people lurking outside the corridor. Or, if you can deal with the Ministry of Magic, I can reluctantly help you solve the woman outside, as long as you allow me to clean up the garbage in the castle. ——"

"Thank you, Professor Apolkalis."

Dumbledore said, looking at the door with feeling, and smiled.

"However, I don't think so, because Professor Umbridge seems to plan to come in directly—"

Before Dumbledore's voice could fall, the door handle of the principal's office suddenly turned.

There was no knock on the door.

Dolores Umbridge pushed the door straight and broke in.

At the same time, the portraits of the principals and principals who pretended to be sleeping when the three Elena were talking also "woke up".

With Dumbledore’s guarantee, the portraits in the principal’s office can finally be kept behind the curtain for a long time, but when Elena appears in the room, most of them still choose to stay in a dormant state-after all, this little girl Too annoying and a little too dangerous.

When "outsiders" appeared in the principal's office, they were obviously free to move around.

"Okay," Umbridge said, in a tone that seemed to be caught on the spot, "Sure enough, Professor Dumbledore—"

As she spoke, she gave Elena a vicious look like a snake.

Umbridge knew that this confrontation with the Ministry of Magic might not take much advantage, but she at least thought of a way to kill the chickens.

"You should know why I'm here?"

Umbridge said, she squeezed a disgusting, hypocritical smile and said sweetly.

"After observation over the past few days, I found that Hogwarts has taken a fork in the road in many attempts and rules. Student duels full of violence and uncertain factors are one aspect, but more serious is that some of them are out of specification. The students obviously have—"

"Ahem, ahem! Ahem!"

At this moment, a sudden cough interrupted Umbridge's voice.

Umbridge turned his head and looked in the direction of the sound source, still maintaining that hypocritical smile.

"Um...Professor Apocalis?"

"Sorry, Professor Umbridge, I don't think you came at the right time—"

Grindelwald grinned, a mirror-like smile appeared on his face, and continued to speak in a subtle but graceful manner.

"As you can see, I am discussing matters with Professor Dumbledore and Miss Kaslana. In the order of first come, first come, should you wait until my side of the matter is over before you continue to talk about your thoughts? It’s not appropriate for you to do this now."

"Really? Then you speak first, I'm right next to—"

Umbridge's eyes wandered over Grindelwald, took out his notebook from his handbag, and walked towards the sofa in the principal's office.

However, before she could take a step, an illusory wall of light suddenly stood up in front of her eyes.

"What... what do you mean? Mr. Paracelsus."

Umbridge's face sank, and he moved his right hand manually, but finally did not choose to draw out his wand.

"This is Hogwarts, the British magic world, you should know the'Longevity Convention', right?"

As a senior official of the Ministry of Magic, she certainly knew the true identity of this "Otto Apocalis".

Compared to Dumbledore, this ancient alchemist from Austria obviously did not pay much attention to observing and respecting the laws of the magic government, but the British Ministry of Magic is not worried that he will be messed up. The International Union of Wizards Will have the power to control the longevity.

If these "elderly wizards" disrupt the magic order, the Ministry of Magic of all countries will unite to administer and interrogate them.

"Oh, I just wanted to ask a question—"

Grindelwald smiled unabated, but there was no smile in his tone.

Unconsciously, the magic power in the air began to agitate, slowly accumulating the air in the room.

"Interrupt the conversation between the elders at will..."

"Breaking into the room without knocking..."

"Be smart..."

Grindelwald walked towards Umbridge step by step with his hands behind his back.

Different from the previous confrontation in the hall, this time she felt as if she was being stared at by some extremely cruel monster~www.readwn.com~ even if Grindelwald didn't have any more threatening words, and what a profound magic, Wu Mrich still had difficulty breathing, shuddering unconsciously in a cold sweat, and every time Grindelwald took a small step forward, she would subconsciously take a step back.

The invisible "aura" pushed Umbridge back, and finally reached her outside the principal's office.

puff.

The aura suddenly disappeared.

Umbridge involuntarily fell to the ground outside the principal's office.

Grindelwald looked at the fat witch condescendingly, and asked gently at last.

"Are you polite?"

boom!

The door of the principal's office closed again.

Grindelwald turned around and said triumphantly.

"How about, I just..."

"So, why did you keep her out again?"

Before waiting for the old demon king, Elena said irritably.

"You can't block her in the corner of the office, leave it to Professor Dumbledore to deal with, let me go back to sleep first?"

"Uh--"

"Forget it, let's do it for now. I just want to say something-add a layer of noise barrier."

Elena sighed helplessly, waited for Dumbledore's wand to put down, then continued without hurries.

"I plan to hand over the handle of the'hanged man' to the Ministry of Magic, of course, after cleaning, and then find a way to let the Ministry of Magic detonate and complete the last redemption briefing, and by the way, for the following werewolf reversal. Conduct the final personnel review."

Elena paused, with a meaningful look in her eyes.

"Therefore, I hope that when dealing with Umbridge later, you can..."

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