When Professor Trelawney's prophecy was causing a stir in Hogwarts Castle, rumors spread among students that Albert was planning to reorganize the "Defense Association". They said that Albert was going to help everyone catch up on the knowledge they had missed in the Defense Against the Dark Arts class, and he even personally compiled a Defense Against the Dark Arts book called "Self-Defense Guide" as a teaching material.
This is undoubtedly good news for the vast majority of Hogwarts students.
Although some people were dismissive of the "Self-Defense Guide" compiled by Albert, thinking that Albert was too arrogant, these voices were quickly suppressed and met with contempt and alienation from others.
Only brainless idiots and extremely jealous fools would say such things.
As the champion of Barnabus Finkley's excellent spellcasting skills, the champion of the Triwizard Tournament, the champion of the Wizard Duel Tournament, and the one who defeated the arrogant Dark Wizard, Albert's ability is unquestionable.
If even Albert is not qualified, who else is
Wouldn't other authors who wrote books on Defense Against the Dark Arts become laughing stocks? They don't have the dazzling titles and halos like Albert.
Umbridge was slow to react to the rumors, and by the time she received the news and tried to take action, the rumors had changed.
Because Albert himself directly stated that he was very busy this semester and had no time to tutor everyone.
The original rumors were refuted.
Of course, the truth is often only known by a few people. Katrina is one of those who know the truth. She knows that Albert is very busy and that not having time to tutor everyone is just an excuse. After all, Albert has tutored her several times this month and the results were very good. Katrina feels that her defense level against the dark arts has soared.
Before Umbridge could react, word came out that it was actually Harry Potter who wanted to reorganize the "Defence Society" in order to take the opportunity to attack Umbridge. Some people also pointed out that the abbreviation of the "Defence Society" is DD, which is also the abbreviation of Dumbledore's Army.
Before Umbridge had time to be happy that she had finally caught Potter and Dumbledore, new rumors spread that no one was planning to reorganize the "Defense Society" at all. It was actually a gathering prepared by the Anti-Toad League. They finally planned to hold the gathering and use this opportunity to drive the toads out of Hogwarts in one fell swoop.
This was undoubtedly exciting news. The arrogance of the Anti-Toad Alliance continued to rise, and all kinds of strange rumors were flying around Hogwarts.
However, according to Umbridge's investigation: everyone is talking about the party, but no one knows who is organizing the party or when it will be held.
This taste is so familiar.
Another big scam!
There was no gathering from the beginning to the end. It was all fabricated by those so-called Anti-Toad Alliance, whose purpose was to unite and make fun of her.
Now Umbridge finally understood what the Anti-Toad League was.
This is a group that only exists in the open, and in reality it is all the Hogwarts students who are against her. The so-called Toad Mark did not exist from the beginning, it was a lie they jointly fabricated, those guys just spread rumors privately, and sometimes people just believe it when they say too much, and they can also use it to disgust her.
As long as Umbridge is still working at Hogwarts and there are students in the school who resist her, the so-called Anti-Toad Alliance will always exist and will spread all kinds of rumors. Even if Umbridge wants to ban it, she can't. The mouth is on other people's faces, and she can never cover other people's mouths.
I don't know who came up with this idea, but it made Umbridge very disgusted.
There are lies beneath the truth, and truth beneath the lies. It is impossible to distinguish between the real and the fake, so it is easy to fish in troubled waters.
This was a trick Lee Jordan learned from Albert. The effect was amazing and it directly confused Umbridge.
While Umbridge's attention was drawn to other news, Harry Potter had quietly formed a Defense Against the Dark Arts team under Toad's nose.
Neville was one of the few students who received an invitation. The Weasley brothers and their friend Lee Jordan also planned to join. Ginny was naturally invited as well. Angelina, Alicia and Katie, who were also on the Quidditch team, also received invitations. They all had no other prejudices against Harry and were considered good friends.
Harry managed to gather eleven people, all of whom were Gryffindor students. He didn't actually expect the Defense Against the Dark Arts team to grow to any size, he just wanted to study and learn Defense Against the Dark Arts with everyone.
However, what Harry didn't know was that these were not the only ones invited.
George invited Diggory, Hermione quietly invited Macmillan, and Ginny invited her boyfriend...
With the help of Albert's good roommate, Hermione finally got the entire Defense Against the Dark Arts team up and running quietly under Umbridge's nose.
This time, Hermione took Harry's advice and was not in a hurry to expand the Defense Against the Dark Arts team. Instead, she planned to take a steady and cautious approach. She firmly believed that as long as everyone could learn useful knowledge in the Defense Against the Dark Arts team, this matter would definitely spread quietly among the students, and then more students would be willing to join.
"The first meeting of the Defense Against the Dark Arts team has been scheduled!"
During a Herbology class, Hermione whispered to Harry and Ron, "Fred and George agreed that we could use the Wizarding Card Tournament as a cover."
"Wizard card game?"
"I remember that the wizard card competition doesn't seem to end until March or April next year?" Harry asked puzzledly. Although he didn't pay attention to these things, he still knew a little about them.
"It's early this year. It will end at the end of this month." Hermione said in a voice that only the two of them could hear, "We plan to hold the party after the wizard card competition is over."
"After each wizard card game, there will be a short celebration party. We will stay to help clean up the garbage left over from the celebration party, and then take the opportunity to have our first party."
"Toad would never have thought of that," Ron muttered. "Besides, I think that guy is a little afraid of Albert."
"How can I not be afraid?" Harry thought to himself.
Umbridge's series of misfortunes were all caused by Albert.
Although Umbridge might not be able to guess it.
"By the way, they will all graduate next year, right? What should we do with the Wizard Card Club?" Ron suddenly asked.
"I heard that Luna Lovegood inherited the club."
"Crazy girl, I don't know how Albert made his choice," Ron muttered.
"She was also the champion of the Wizard Card Competition and is very passionate about the Wizard Card Club." Hermione knew something about it. If she was not a class leader, she would actually have a chance to inherit the Wizard Card Club.
"What about the subsequent competitions? I mean, how are we going to deal with the 10 Galleons prize for the champion? Or should we just cancel the champion reward?" Ron actually wanted to compete for the 10 Galleons prize for the champion, but unfortunately his wizard card skills were not as good as his wizard chess skills.
"Don't worry about that, there will be activity funds." Hermione said casually.
"What is that?" Ron asked, confused.
"They're the ones who pay to keep the game going," Harry explained.
"But... why would they... will this do him any good?"
Ron was shocked to hear that Albert was paying to keep the club running. He really couldn't understand why Albert would go to such lengths.
"George said that as long as Wizard Cards continues to be popular among students, the money to maintain the club is nothing at all, and is even less than the advertising fees in newspapers." Hermione admired Albert's series of arrangements for the Wizard Cards Club.
Although Wizard Cards are not worth gold Galleons and not everyone likes this card game, the relaxed and free atmosphere in the Wizard Card Club is still popular among students.
As far as Hermione knew, most of the students at Hogwarts were members of the Wizarding Club, and even many Slytherin students were members of the Wizarding Card Club.
Chapter 1007 Dark Arts Defense Team