Hogwarts: Don't call me the Staff Maker

Chapter 561 Dumbledore in the Great Hall

Chapter 561 Dumbledore in the Great Hall

Umbridge's behavior in Charms class was relatively normal, which was probably related to Professor Flitwick's gentle personality; he always made sure everyone passed the exams.

Perhaps in the eyes of the Ministry of Magic, this kind of professor who is not very aggressive does not pose any threat to them.

But other courses weren't so "lucky".

During the afternoon Transfiguration class, Umbridge would always interrupt Professor McGonagall, as if she were deliberately trying to provoke her.

Professor McGonagall was indeed quite angry. Celen noticed that her hands were constantly gripping the book, and her lips were tightly pursed into a line.

This earned her the same cold shoulder from Umbridge. After being interrupted for the third time, Professor McGonagall turned around and said coldly with anger, "How can you understand my usual teaching methods if you keep interrupting me? You should know that I generally don't allow people to talk while I'm lecturing."

Umbridge looked as if he had been slapped in the face, and in a fit of rage, he began to write on the board.

"I knew it," Harry said, a little excited. "Professor McGonagall wouldn't tolerate her causing trouble in the classroom."

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"Yes, she picked the wrong person," Celen said.

As the Vice-Headmaster of Hogwarts and a senior professor with 39 years of service, Professor McGonagall had the confidence to give Umbridge no friendly treatment.

Putting aside everything else, in the current Ministry of Magic, from the Director to ordinary staff, nearly 90 percent of the people have been taught by her.

Umbridge thinks she can fire her with just a few reports? That's practically impossible.

Just as Fudge could not directly strip Dumbledore of his position as headmaster of Hogwarts by using his power as minister, he could only do what he was doing now: forcefully throw a bad apple into the school and force him to reveal his weaknesses by constantly targeting professors and students.

That is, Dumbledore.

Siren thought that if it were someone else, like Sirius Black or Fudge, who dared to cause such trouble, Umbridge would have gotten lost in the Forbidden Forest the next day.

If it were Snape—the Aurors would discover that Umbridge became an idiot because he drank an extra sip of pumpkin juice in the morning—of course, the Aurors might not find out anything at all.

The atmosphere at Hogwarts became increasingly tense. Due to Umbridge's mess, many people were on high alert every day.

To meet her so-called "standards," most professors opted for the simplest and most direct method—increasing the amount of homework.

Umbridge would feel genuinely happy whenever there was more homework and she saw her students groaning, and she would naturally give the professors much higher grades.

The fifth graders already had a lot of homework, and now it's even worse. They have to squeeze out more of their already limited rest time.

By the time of his second private tutoring session, Harry still had two papers to write, but he had no choice; in order to avoid being locked up by Snape, he had to get to the underground classroom in five minutes.

What Xiren didn't expect was that he also received a notification today, at the exact same time as Harry's.

"Are you sure it's really today?" Hermione asked. "I distinctly remember that your tutoring session was a day later than Harry's last one."

"Of course I know that," Siren said, then took a slip of paper out of his pocket.

The above content is very simple:

[Wednesday, 7 PM, Auditorium]

Professor McGonagall gave this to him at lunchtime in the auditorium, and specifically told him not to be late.

Harry also took out his note, which contained almost the same information as Siron's, the only difference being that he wanted to go to the underground classroom.

This is where people get confused.

"The dates and times are exactly the same—" Hermione compared the contents of the two notes: "How could Snape be in both the underground classroom and the Great Hall at the same time?"

"Hmm, it's not impossible." Ron thought of something and glanced thoughtfully at Hermione: "Don't forget that when you were in your third year, you were always in two different places at the same time. Maybe Snape used the same method."

"A time-twister?" Hermione frowned slightly.

If that's the case, Snape could indeed appear in two places at the same time, and the Great Hall and the underground classrooms aren't exactly close, so the two Snapes wouldn't need to worry about seeing each other.

Didn't Professor McGonagall say before that it's difficult to apply for a Time Converter?

Only third-year students with excellent academic performance and conduct, and with the guarantee of at least two professors, can apply to the Ministry of Magic for a Time-Turner that can only be used for academic purposes.

Snape doesn't seem to have anything to do with being academically excellent, and he wasn't even a student.

While Hermione was still wondering, Siren didn't care at all.

"There's no point in discussing this here. Why don't we just go and see for ourselves?" He glanced at the time: 6:55.

"That's true," Harry said.

Without further delay, the two hurriedly slipped out of the passage and onto the outer corridor.

When they arrived at the lobby on the first floor, it was less than two minutes before seven o'clock.

Harry, who had originally planned to stop by the Great Hall, abandoned the idea and, after saying goodbye to Siron, ran as fast as he could to the entrance of the underground classrooms.

Xilun continued forward and pushed open the doors of the auditorium.

To his surprise, the four long tables inside weren't moved to the wall as they had been last time; they remained in their original positions. And the professor waiting for him in the Great Hall wasn't Snape.

"Professor Dumbledore?" Siron asked in surprise.

"It's me." Dumbledore smiled and nodded, saying softly, "Severus has been quite busy lately; he has too many things to do and I'm afraid he can't tutor two students at the same time." Dumbledore chuckled and said, "I originally wanted to ask other professors to help, but after asking many people, I found out that I'm the only one with the most free time in the entire school."

"Actually, my Apparition skills are pretty good—if you don't mind temporarily changing teachers."

"Oh, of course not," said Xiren, coming back to her senses.

He hadn't expected Dumbledore to be so free. After all, Umbridge had been causing trouble and making a mess of things at the school lately. Shouldn't Dumbledore be very busy? How could he have time to teach him Apparition?

But this is definitely a good thing. Who would refuse to attend a class taught by Dumbledore? He certainly wouldn't.

"Where shall we begin, Professor?" Siren asked.

"Ah, no rush," Dumbledore said. "Before that, I actually have another question I'd like to ask you."

"What?"

"It's about your flying diary," Dumbledore said, his deep blue eyes fixed intently on Sirius.