A Certain Hogwarts Magician Professor

Snape didn't tell his joke in the end, which has to be said to be a pity, Felix thinks, the professor is still very talented in telling bad jokes.

He secretly made a note, next year's Christmas present has.

Felix was sitting next to Snape, and was about to make a joke when the front door of the auditorium suddenly opened, and a large swath of snow was rolled in from the door.

A pudgy witch in pink walked in, and Felix heard Professor McGonagall's deep breath from two seats away, her black eyebrows knitted together.

The squat witch was Dolores Umbridge, and two people followed behind her, a thin, dark-skinned middle-aged wizard with a gold ring on one ear and a proud look. Luo dress up.

Felix knew him, and when Minister Fudge came to the school last year to visit the Basilisk, he brought him with him, whom Fudge called "Kingsley."

The other was a witch, also dressed as an Auror, with a thick scarf covering her face. From some of her lively little movements, it could be seen that she was young, and she was walking with Kingsley.

The smile on Dumbledore's face faded, and his surprised expression only lasted for a moment, then he stood up and said politely: "What a rare visitor, I didn't know you would come here on this special day."

"The one who has never seen you, Professor Dumbledore." A conspicuous smirk formed on Umbridge's toad face, "I'm not saying your vice-principal is not serious enough... it's all In order to get the job done, like me, I have to share Minister Fudge at Christmas."

Dumbledore said calmly: "I have full confidence in Minerva. She has done an excellent job."

Umbridge didn't seem to feel embarrassed at all, but the female Auror behind her turned her head away, looking unbearable.

Kingsley stood up and said in a low, slow voice, "Dumbledore, we are here to share new information with you."

Umbridge screamed at once: "Kingsley! I'm the minister's appointed investigator—"

Kingsley didn't look at her, but his next sentence explained it: "I only take orders from Minister Fudge and Scrimgeour - Dumbledore, there's a new development on Sirius Black."

"I am all ears, Kingsley," said Dumbledore gently.

"Suspected Sirius Black was found in Knockturn Alley, according to the information we have - a hapless wizard was attacked from behind, and the attacker took his wand."

"So he rearmed himself?" said Dumbledore. "I thought he would wander between the school and Hogsmeade."

Kingsley said: "We thought so too, so we let our guard down there. But he's probably more cunning than we thought, and I'm going to London tomorrow - this is Tonks, Scrimgeour hopes. I can pass the message through her."

"Tonks?" Dumbledore smiled at the young witch.

"It's me, Headmaster Dumbledore, it's great to see you." The female Auror took off the scarf that covered her face and said enthusiastically.

Kingsley explained, "Tonks is still in Hogsmeade most of the time, just as a precaution." He glanced at Umbridge, who was impatiently fiddling with the pink bow on his cuff, "and she also Dementors can be restrained."

Dumbledore nodded and said, "No problem, Hogwarts and the Ministry of Magic have the same aspirations in this matter."

Kingsley fell silent. The man had a calm and quiet temperament. After the business was finished, his sense of presence immediately diminished.

Contrary to him, Umbridge finally found her chance, and she said in an awkward little girl's voice: "Thanks Kingsley for speaking, Professor Dumbledore, I hope you will think about it again, Tonks— — in a way, not following the rules, the Ministry of Magic would be happy to send a resident team…”

"We don't need to talk about this, Umbridge," Dumbledore insisted. "Go back and tell Fudge, if he has any ideas, let him come to me directly."

Felix almost understood from the side, Umbridge and Kingsley were not in the same group. Fudge was standing behind Umbridge. Maybe it was a temptation, or this woman made her own decision. In short, she thought He put his tentacles into Hogwarts, only to be pushed back by Professor McGonagall and Dumbledore.

Although Kingsley also obeyed Fudge's orders, he obviously didn't care about the attitude of Umbridge, the investigator, and this time he also obeyed the orders of Scrimgeour, the head of the Auror's office.

They left quickly, and with this episode, the professors were in no mood to joke. The conversation inevitably turned to Umbridge, and Black's threat was too far away, but the lady toad was hard to impress.

Professor McGonagall said sharply, "I'm not one to speak ill of other people, but Umbridge—" Her nose was pale, and she was clearly annoyed. "If you know how she treats her subordinates and her family, you'll understand how I feel."

"Umbridge is bad for the family?" Felix asked.

"Huh! She has claimed many times that her 'dead' father was a prominent figure in Wizengamoor, but he was alive and well."

Flitwick frowned and recalled: "I seem to have an impression that the surname Umbridge is still very rare. I remember that more than ten years ago, there was a cleaner named Umbridge in the Ministry of Magic..."

At this time, a student finally came, and two first-year students showed up together. It didn't take long for a sixth-year Slytherin student to come with a gloomy face - if it wasn't for something at home, he wouldn't stay at school.

The topic of discussion between the professors became lighter again. Dumbledore left once in the middle, and when he reappeared, he brought back a bunch of silver firecrackers. "This is a firecracker hat. Like Bibi Duo, it is a surprise every time."

He sent one to everyone at the table, and asked cheerfully, "Does anyone want to try it?"

Felix looked at Snape, and Dumbledore followed his gaze. He blinked and said with a smile, "Severus, you definitely don't want to miss this."

As they spoke, Harry, Ron, and Hermione arrived, and they watched in amazement as Snape pulled the cord of a silver firecracker impatiently, and the firecracker slammed away, revealing a lady's pointed hat .

Dumbledore handed the hat to Snape, but Snape pushed it away without hesitation, so Dumbledore immediately used it to replace his wizard hat.

"Merry Christmas, ladies and gentlemen."

Harry and the others stared dumbfounded at Dumbledore's new image, speechless for a while.

The meal lasted for two hours, and everyone was very happy. No one talked about the unappetizing topic of Umbridge, except Trelawney showed up in the middle and had to count the number of people before being seated. , when she counted twice and it was still the number thirteen, she couldn't help but yell.

Trelawney sat down silently until Felix politely reminded her that she might have forgotten to count herself.