Chapter 413 Personnel Changes
The food at the Hogwarts opening dinner is always rich. In previous years, students would have stuffed their mouths full, but this year is different. Students need to free up part of their mouths for talking.
Hagrid is very big, and anyone who is not blind can tell that the largest professor among the faculty is not present, and his replacement is Professor Grubbly-Plank.
If the plain Professor Grubbly-Plank was not conspicuous enough and some careless students did not notice it, then among the professors all wearing plain coats, the only one wearing a pink coat, Umbridge, was much more conspicuous. Many of the students' parents work in the Ministry of Magic, and Umbridge's reputation is really bad. The students have also heard of some disgusting things this woman has done in the past, even if they have not seen Umbridge with their own eyes. But many students still recognized her from the pink cardigan.
"She looks disgusting." Silna looked at Umbridge with a disgusted look on her face, "How old is she? She is still wearing..."
"My dear sister, we are eating, can you please stop talking about these disgusting things?" Solim rushed half of the spider eggs on the public plate to Sirna's plate
He knew that his sister liked to eat this.
Spider eggs are not real spider eggs, they are quail eggs underneath, cream in the middle, and chocolate on top, but they are made to look like spiders.
"Oh, okay, I was wrong." Sirna forked and a spider egg fell out.
"Karkaroff actually stayed." Draco looked at Snape in surprise. The painting style here was a little different, and the gloomy atmosphere visible to the naked eye was incompatible with the surroundings.
"Dumbledore already said this last term..." Solim snatched a spider egg from his sister's plate and stuffed it into his mouth, then said to Draco after sending it into his stomach. : "...Said he would become a professor at Hogwarts."
"But... what can he teach us?" Draco still stared at Karkaroff in confusion, "Also, since the board of directors... you understand what I mean?"
Nodding, Solim understood what Draco wanted to say. He wanted to say that a large part of the board of directors was related to Death Eaters, so how could they agree to Karkaroff becoming a professor at Hogwarts? Such a traitor must want to Once cleared, hiding in Hogwarts will make it difficult to catch Karkaroff.
"I don't know about this." Shrugging, Solim said: "I'm not a prophet, so how can I know everything? But judging from the book list, Karkaroff did not teach any main courses or elective courses - —At least that’s the case for the courses I’m involved in.”
Sirna on the side looked at her brother with disdain and said, "How dare you say that? How many electives have you chosen?"
"You have the nerve to accuse me?" Solim glanced at his sister, "Didn't you only choose two courses?"
"I learned all that from you." Sirna retorted: "Besides, I have one more skill than you."
Silna did not choose ancient magic patterns, but chose Muggle Studies and Magical Creatures. One was used to mix credits, and the other was used to see strange things - Hagrid can always get some strange and ancient things, Silna Particularly pleased with this - except for the Blast-Ended Skrewt last term.
"There is no point in talking about this." Solim said to Draco: "Anyway, Dumbledore will announce this year's professorship in a while."
When the sound in the auditorium becomes more and more noisy, it often means that the students have eaten, drank, and started chatting. At this time, Dumbledore will stand up and start his speech-this experience has worked in previous years, but Not this year.
The students' mouths have not stopped since this year's opening dinner - they have been talking non-stop, and it is not clear whether they are talking in between eating or eating in between talking. In short, the auditorium has been noisy since the dinner officially started.
However, when Dumbledore stood up, the students immediately fell silent, and everyone turned to the headmaster.
"Okay, now that we are digesting another extremely rich and delicious meal, I ask everyone to be quiet for a while and listen to me talk about the things to pay attention to in the new semester as usual."
Dumbledore said, "First-year students should know that students are not allowed to enter the forbidden forest in the hunting grounds - this is something that several of our senior students should also know by now.
Many Gryffindor students covered their mouths and laughed secretly, especially the Weasley twins.
"Our caretaker, Mr. Filch, has asked me, and he tells me this is the four hundred and twenty-sixth time, to remind you all that no magic is allowed in the corridors between classes, among many other rules. It's on that long list taped to Mr. Filch's office door."
When talking about Filch, Dumbledore glanced at the Slytherin table.
"This year, we have three changes in our teaching team. We are very happy to welcome Professor Grubbly-Plank back, and she will teach you the Care of Magical Creatures class. Professor Karkaroff will start another class, and the details will be posted. You can find out for yourself. We are also pleased to introduce Professor Umbridge [our new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher].”
There was polite but not very enthusiastic applause in the auditorium, and Dumbledore continued: "Since the Triwizard Tournament has passed, the selection of the House Quidditch team will be
He suddenly stopped talking and looked at Professor Umbridge questioningly. Since she was not much taller when she stood than when she was sitting, no one could understand why Dumbledore suddenly stopped talking. At this time, Professor Umbridge cleared his throat:
"Cough, cough." Everyone then realized that she had stood up and was about to give a speech.
The professors and students looked at Umbridge in disbelief as he interrupted Dumbledore's opening speech at the opening dinner. This was the first time.
Dumbledore only looked surprised for a moment, and then he tactfully moved away and looked at Professor Umbridge intently, as if he couldn't wait to hear her speak. Other teachers did not hide their surprise so skillfully, especially Professor McGonagall, whose eyebrows almost rose. Fortunately, Hagrid is not here, otherwise Umbridge would be able to get out of the gate by him.
Umbridge's behavior was extremely impolite, even arrogant, and full of provocation. As the principal of Hogwarts, Dumbledore made such a move before he finished his speech. There was no doubt that he did not take this old man with a white beard in his eyes.
Many students in the audience showed sarcastic expressions. In their opinion, Umbridge was simply making himself uncomfortable. .