Chapter 934 So Stupid

Hufflepuff girls' dormitory, Elena and Hannah's exclusive luxurious bedroom.

After taking a comfortable bath, the girls walked out of the bathroom wrapped in bathrobes, happily threw themselves on the big soft bed in the center of the room, rested for a few seconds, and each held their own dolls with great skill. The pillows and pillows started to fight.

In fact, pillow fights are another reason that attracts Hermione, Luna and others to spend the night here.

Compared to the highly disciplined dormitories where all grades live together, Elena's lawless place is obviously much more interesting.

After playing happily for a while, Elena coughed lightly and clapped her hands.

"Ahem, okay, let me think about it..." She deftly dodged the unicorn pillow thrown by Luna and said enthusiastically, "It's rare that everyone is here today, how about I tell you something? Regarding the story about the Lord of R'lyeh, this story will definitely not be worse than Pikachu——"

After the pillow fight, there is a fixed bedtime story session. The start time and story content are arranged by the "dormitory director" Elena.

According to the past situation, usually after Elena finished her opening remarks, the little wings would all sit in the "viewing position" at the end of the bed, obediently waiting for the "dormmaster" to play the animation on the curtain at the end of the bed. On this Internet At the end of the 20th century, which was just budding, the temptation was too hard to resist.

However, today is obviously not a "normal situation".

"The story about the Lord of R'lyeh can wait for a while..."

Before Elena could finish her words, Hermione, who was leaning on the bedside, suddenly interrupted.

Hermione's amber eyes looked at Elena, as if she wanted to read the hidden thoughts in her heart.

"We are more curious now about what happened today. Don't you plan to tell this more exciting story first? Tonight you did not come to the library for self-study, but arrived at the foyer early to watch the battle. How could this happen? It’s weird to think about it.”

"Uh, actually..."

Elena blinked, and Little Dermao swayed from side to side alertly.

She suddenly realized a small loophole in today's plan. Her alibi was invalid with Little Wings, because everyone in this room knew that she was a hopeless road idiot. It was obvious that she alone could not be on time. Arrive at the crime scene.

"And, the first thing you said when you first met Mr. Lovegood."

Hermione said quickly, giving Elena no chance to make up an excuse.

"You said at that time, 'Mr. Lovegood, I didn't expect you to come to Hogwarts today.' This shows that you know the reason why he came to Hogwarts, and you know that in addition to Mr. Lovegood, there are Other guests come to school - don't try to lie a hundred times."

"Well, and the conversation between you and dad today was not right... Elena, I know you must know something that I don't know..."

Luna picked up her little unicorn pillow and whispered in a dreamy tone, with an extremely determined expression.

Forced by the double eyes of the goddess of wisdom and the goddess of fate, Elena had almost no room to lie. And the most important thing was that there was a very easily incited Tie Hanhan beside her. With the combined efforts of the three of them, even It's also hard for her to get benefits.

"Okay, I admit that I did know some inside information in advance..."

Elena spread her hands and said, "As you know, I am also the chef of the Hogwarts kitchen, so I am naturally the direct person in charge of the school's house elves. Not long after the Muggle Studies class started this afternoon, we started with the house elves. The elf got an unexpected piece of information."

"Us?" Hannah hugged herself on the pillow and raised her head and asked curiously.

"Well, of course, I have Professor Dumbledore—"

Elena considered her answer carefully, trying hard to control the little hair on her head from wandering around.

"Professor Dumbledore learned in advance that the Ministry of Magic was back at school to arrest someone, so he arranged for Professor Apokalis to guard the door to ensure that even if he himself was entangled, he could be delayed for a long enough time... Of course, judging from the results, He overestimated the strength of the Aurors."

"So...um...Professor McGonagall's academic conference tonight?"

Hermione thought about the scattered clues she got tonight and completed the puzzle reasoning in her mind.

From early on, she had noticed that the professors at Hogwarts seemed to have another layer of connection beyond their teaching work.

At the beginning, she thought it was the "Order of the Phoenix" that Professor Dumbledore mentioned during the public trial to resist the mysterious man. However, as time went by, Hermione keenly discovered some unexplainable details. For example, Mr. Lockhart is clearly affiliated with another organization.

The most important thing is that Elena probably also joined the mysterious wizard organization.

"Professor McGonagall? Oh, that was the planned press conference."

Elena waved her hand and explained casually in a relaxed tone, without any panic.

"Weren't you there last weekend? The reshaping of the basic theory of transfiguration is a very important academic breakthrough in the wizarding world. In order to notify so many reporters to the scene, the owl sent by Hogwarts arrived all over the world. Every corner of the UK... it’s not easy.”

Elena paused, anticipating the next question that might arise, and answered quickly.

"As for why I know this? The Hogwarts kitchen has to prepare snacks and tea for the press conference."

"What about Mr. Lovegood? He doesn't seem to be—"

"Well, I heard that he didn't plan to come to the press conference at first... In fact, he was the first wizard invited by Professor Dumbledore. As for why he changed his mind in the end, I guess it might be because of Apo Professor Kallis’ invitation, on the other hand, is…”

Elena turned her head to look at Luna, who was holding a unicorn pillow, and raised her eyebrows with a self-evident expression.

"Well, this is indeed dad——"

Luna stared at Elena's dull hair for a few seconds, then nodded slowly.

"The Quibbler" rarely attends various press conferences. If it weren't for her, her father would have stayed at home for a year.

As for Professor Apokalis, this may also be another factor - after getting along for more than a year, the Lovegood family now knows that the mysterious financial backer was Professor Apokalis, and his huge sum of money every year Rewards account for almost half of the living expenses of father and daughter.

"It's unbelievable. How could the Ministry of Magic...how could it be so unscrupulous..."

Hannah Abbott rubbed the doll, stuttered in surprise, and said with a look of fear.

"Aren't they afraid of Professor Dumbledore? Isn't it too bold for them to secretly arrest the official professor from Hogwarts?! If there is an accident during this process, or a battle at the adult wizard level breaks out directly in the school , then absolutely..."

"If the result is that Professor Umbridge and the others win, then the Ministry of Magic has no reason to worry."

Hermione replied calmly, glancing at Hannah and whispering thoughtfully.

"Hannah, do you still remember the disciplinary committee rules established by Professor Apokalis?"

“The party who instigates a dispute will be punished double after failure, because conventional restrictions cannot serve as a warning at all - most people who instigate disputes have already thought about the consequences before taking action. This is why the school will stipulate aggravated provocation. The reason for the punishment of the disputer. Compared with the school, for the officials of the Ministry of Magic, they obviously do not have this restriction and warning. As for the reason..."

She thought for a moment, lightly hammered the pillow, and whispered in realization.

"Professor Dumbledore, that's right. Of course they are afraid of Professor Dumbledore. That's why the Minister of Magic, Cornelius Fudge, arrived at Hogwarts in person and used reasons he couldn't refuse to hold back the principal. This is probably their goal after success.”

"Purpose?"

"Well, if I'm not wrong..."

Hermione turned her head to look at the mastermind next to her, and raised her eyebrows rather proudly.

"They should be planning to use Professor Quirrell to deal with Professor Dumbledore, right? Is that so? After all, Professor Dumbledore's prestige in the wizarding world is too high, and Hogwarts has been undergoing constant reforms recently, and the Ministry of Magic Maybe he sensed a crisis."

"It's roughly correct, but it's a little ahead of its time... It hasn't been to this point before..."

Elena shrugged and corrected.

Frankly speaking, Elena was not surprised at all that Hermione could analyze so many undercurrents behind the scenes.

After all, in the original work, the most powerful thing about this "Miss Know-It-All" is her reasoning ability.

For example, if the world line does not change, Hermione will be able to successfully deduce the location of the entrance to the Slytherin Chamber of Secrets and the secret of the Basilisk this semester by relying on several unsuccessful murders and Harry's vague clues. This is dozens of times. Something that Dumbledore couldn't do years ago.

And under the influence of Elena, Hermione's ability in logical analysis is now much stronger than before.

"A little ahead of schedule? It wasn't there yet..."

Hermione was stunned for half a second, then quickly reacted.

"You're saying that after today's events, the Ministry of Magic will officially regard Hogwarts and Professor Dumbledore as a crisis?"

"Obviously, the director of the Auror Office, four elite Aurors, and a senior official. Such a powerful lineup was rubbed in the hall by an ordinary castle administrator at Hogwarts. If the Ministry of Magic hadn't already To cause alarm, then they are really stupid..."

"But, Elena, won't the reporters publish the news in the newspaper tomorrow?"

Hannah frowned in confusion, her big eyes full of doubts.

"Even if the Ministry of Magic plans to do something, there is nothing they can do in a short time. After this lesson, they should restrain themselves for a while. At least when I was serving as the Disciplinary Committee, I rarely encountered short-term continuous, Those who frequently violate school rules.”

"No, that's because all you meet are students."

Elena shook her fingers, a hint of cunning flashed in her eyes, and said softly.

"Otherwise, let's make a bet. I bet the Ministry of Magic will not give up - they will launch the next round of counterattack in the newspapers tomorrow, even if they have to face Hogwarts half-heartedly. It won't stop here. You bet..."

"Just bet, I don't believe the Ministry of Magic would be that stupid... um——"

Before Hannah could finish her words, two hands quickly stretched out from two directions and held her mouth.

"Don't bet, otherwise you will be stupider than the Ministry of Magic..."

"Elena is bullying people again, sister Hannah, don't be fooled..."

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