coobybook Chapter 238 You are fired
Chapter 238 You are fired
After the Gryffindor student who accused Umbridge finished speaking, she threw herself into her parents' arms. Perhaps because she had been punished more than two or three times, the scar on the back of her hand was much more obvious than Gilbert's.
Her parents felt very distressed when they saw this.
Umbridge noticed something was wrong. It was obviously just one or two punishments, and there was no way to leave any obvious marks on the back of her hand. At most, the skin was a little red.
Looking at the students who had been punished and had scars on the back of their hands, she immediately wanted to look for Gloria, but the students and parents blocked her view.
"You're the Senior Undersecretary of the Ministry of Magic?"
"Did the Ministry of Magic instruct you to do this, or was it your own behavior?"
"I am also an employee of the Ministry of Magic, Umbridge. You have violated the law. I will appeal until you are imprisoned in Azkaban."
These words deeply irritated Umbridge, and she screamed and drew her wand, pointing it at the people in front of her.
"You have no evidence, don't even think about convicting me!"
She's not going to Azkaban!
"Of course not." Gloria, who had been standing behind the crowd, stepped forward. "I've been to your office and know that the quill you use to punish students is in your drawer."
Umbridge pointed her wand at her immediately, "This is all your conspiracy. You want the Ministry of Magic to bear the blame."
"Merlin——" Professor McGonagall was shocked when she saw this situation.
A student went to her office to call her and found out that there was a commotion outside.
"Umbridge, how can you point your wand at students?" She quickly walked in front of Gloria to block it.
"Professor McGonagall, this woman used dark magic to punish our children, so we came to school." explained a parent of a student.
Professor McGonagall looked at Umbridge in astonishment and asked very seriously, "Is this true?"
Umbridge became the headmistress and held great power. The Gryffindor students were afraid that if they told Professor McGonagall, the professor would confront the woman and they might be expelled, so they kept everything from her.
Today, this is no longer necessary.
"It's true, Professor—" Lee Jordan took the initiative to step forward. As a student who played pranks with the Weasley twins, he received a lot of punishment.
He held out his hand. "Umbridge punished us with a darkly enchanted quill. We kept it from you because we were afraid you would come into conflict with her."
Professor McGonagall held up his hand in astonishment. She thought that Umbridge's detention punishment was to make things difficult for the students and make them do some difficult tasks, but she didn't expect that she would use dark magic to hurt them.
Another student stepped forward, "Last time Umbridge asked for an inspection of the dormitories and punished all the students who bought prank products."
Professor McGonagall stared at Umbridge. "Not only does Hogwarts not teach dark magic, it cannot use dark magic to punish students! They were just playing, and you not only violated the school rules, you also broke the law!"
"Professor McGonagall, please go to her office. The quill with the dark magic should still be there." Gloria asked her.
The professor went straight to his office upon hearing this, but Umbridge slowly put down her wand.
In order to control this group of students, a lot of feather pens were made before, but it doesn’t matter, they must have all been burned by now.
Without evidence, this group of people cannot accuse her.
We can even accuse them on the contrary. Based on their actions today, we can judge that these people are dissatisfied with the Ministry of Magic.
It would be best to take this opportunity to drive this annoying girl away!
Professor McGonagall was eager to find evidence. She, who was always dignified and serious, picked up the corner of her robe and walked quickly.
Umbridge seemed to have won the game and raised her head again.
"When Professor McGonagall returns, you will realize how wrong you were to believe the rumors and harm the Senior Undersecretary of the Ministry of Magic. I have the authority to hold the culprit accountable."
Of course, she would not be stupid enough to hold these parents accountable. Gloria, who caused this incident, was the target.
Gloria chuckled and looked towards Draco who was standing in the corridor.
The boy met her eyes and nodded slightly.
"As expected of a senior deputy minister, you have a good attitude." Gloria said, "I look forward to what you will say to justify yourself later."
Looking at Umbridge's expression, everyone guessed that she destroyed the evidence before coming. After all, no one could easily enter that office.
Amid the students' whispers, Professor McGonagall soon returned.
The professor's face was tense, her cheeks and masseter muscles were slightly bulging, and all the students made way for her.
When she arrived in front of Umbridge, she opened her palm, revealing several quills that had obviously been burned by smoke.
"I checked it and it was cast under a dark spell. I found it in the fireplace in your office."
Looking at Umbridge's pale face, Professor McGonagall sneered, "Yes, most of the quills were burned, but there are still a few left."
Umbridge immediately thought of Filch, but the Squib obviously hated these teachers and students very much and submitted to her early on.
"Someone dropped this off in my office. I knew the parents were coming to school, so I left the office immediately."
Professor McGonagall was amused by her refusal to admit it. "All the teachers are here, and the students can testify to their whereabouts. As for the students, can they make dark magic items of this level by reading defense theory?"
She stared at Umbridge's wand and said, "Now let me check your wand to see if the last spell it cast involved any fire."
Hearing this, Umbridge subconsciously moved her wand behind her, and this action said a lot.
Her eyes fell on Gloria.
Gloria immediately said, "Don't look at me. I was with the parents when Mr. Filch called you. You were in the office at that time."
Professor McGonagall said in disgust: "You have absolutely no moral character as a teacher, let alone being the headmaster of Hogwarts."
Umbridge straightened her chest instead, "I am the headmaster appointed by Minister Fudge himself!"
Gloria chuckled, and at this moment, a clicking sound drew everyone's attention.
Rita Skeeter quickly recorded all the conversations with a quill beside her, and she simply lifted her hood.
"I'm so sorry. I heard something big was happening here, so I disguised myself and sneaked in. I have absolutely no ill intentions."
Umbridge's face completely lost all color. If the reporters reported this, then she...
"I never thought that the Senior Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Magic would be so cruel to students." Rita glanced at the backs of several students' hands and signaled to the photographer beside her, who immediately took pictures of their scars.
She did not forget her duty and asked, "Does Minister Fudge know about your actions, or did he instruct you to do these things?"
Umbridge could only explain dryly, "I have not done anything illegal. This was a premeditated frame-up to harm officials of the Ministry of Magic. Dumbledore has previously admitted that he allowed students to establish an organization to fight against the Ministry of Magic."
"Principal Dumbledore is definitely not such a person!" a parent stood up and denounced.
"You didn't teach us any useful knowledge and just let us read books." A student explained, "Harry set up an organization to learn spells to help us. We just want to pass the exam!"