Although everyone was surprised that the Wizard Card Tournament was moved forward, the number of students who came to watch the Wizard Card Tournament did not decrease.
Because the Anti-Toad League announced that a large party against Umbridge would be held here.
Naturally, this matter also reached Umbridge. After finding out what the wizard card competition was about from the Slytherin students, Umbridge considered it over and over again and decided to send a few Slytherin students to inquire about the news first to avoid unnecessary conflicts with Anderson.
However, this is just an ordinary wizard card game.
The only surprise was that Albert chose the crazy girl Luna Lovegood as the designated successor to the Wizard Card Club.
Everyone suddenly realized that Albert was about to graduate, which was a sad thing for most Hogwarts students.
"I know, you must be curious about why the club is holding the wizard card competition in advance?"
Albert looked around at the students below and said calmly, "This year is a special year. I have a feeling that the Wizard Card Club may need to suspend it for a while."
This was undoubtedly bad news and people began to whisper.
"Why?" Someone even asked Albert loudly.
"I think everyone can guess the reason. After all, with so many of us gathered together, someone will definitely be unhappy." Albert raised his hand and signaled everyone to be quiet. "Don't worry, the Wizard Card Club will not be disbanded because of this. It will continue next year."
"Let the toad eat shit."
Someone shouted something that resonated with everyone. Why should they be interfered with by Umbridge when joining a club
"I know what you mean, but don't complain. It's not easy for her either. She has brought us so much joy this month."
A burst of laughter broke out in the activity room.
Albert was right, Umbridge did bring a lot of joy to everyone.
"In addition to the usual ten Galleons, I have prepared some special gifts for the champion of this year's Wizard Card Competition. Everyone can look forward to it." Albert said mysteriously.
"What gift?" someone asked.
"It's no longer exciting to say it out loud. Okay, let's officially start today's game." Albert gestured to Luna to follow Lee Jordan to familiarize herself with the process. The Ravenclaw girl obviously also liked this kind of activity and had been studying very hard.
Unlike the wizard cards of previous years, today's wizard cards have been repeatedly improved and look quite exquisite.
After the griffin fireworks, which symbolize Hogwarts, exploded above everyone's heads, the atmosphere at the scene was quickly ignited.
Lee Jordan picked up the microphone and began to host the next wizard card game with Luna.
"What is Malfoy doing here?"
When Harry was about to go to cheer for Ron who was participating in the game, he saw a guy he hated in the crowd.
"Perhaps, he is here to help Umbridge gather information."
When Hermione saw Malfoy and his gang whispering in the crowd, she frowned and speculated, "It doesn't seem good. I have to talk to George about this."
That night, Umbridge learned the news and was so excited that she could hardly sleep. She suspected that the so-called activity room was created by the mudblood who abused the traceless extension charm. This was undoubtedly a good crime and she could also use this opportunity to disband the damn wizard card club.
A club with most of the students in the school as members was definitely not what Umbridge wanted to see, especially since the club was founded by Albert Anderson. God knew when he would suddenly get excited and gather the students of Hogwarts to cause trouble for her.
It's true that Albert Anderson had no respect for the Ministry of Magic from the very beginning.
The next morning, Umbridge and several Slytherin students rushed to the activity room of the Wizard Card Club.
As an uninvited guest, when Umbridge appeared in the activity room, the atmosphere on the scene stagnated. Everyone looked at Umbridge and began to whisper.
"Why is Toad here?"
"Albert is right."
"This guy is disgusting."
Many people had expressions of deep disgust on their faces, and a few even drew their wands, preparing to secretly hit Umbridge later.
"Mr. Anderson."
Umbridge looked around at everyone, still with that false smile on her face.
No one answered and the scene was dead silent.
Hermione's mood sank to the bottom, her eyes fixed on Umbridge, what she worried about happened, not only was the first party ruined, but even the Wizard Card Club might be affected, God knows what Umbridge would do.
"He's not here." Luna pushed through the crowd and walked in front of Umbridge. "If you need to see Albert, you may need to wait until the championship awards ceremony this afternoon before coming."
"Then tell him that this activity room clearly violates the Ministry of Magic's prohibition on the misuse of the Traceless Extension Charm. I will confiscate the illegal items on behalf of the Ministry of Magic. Let him wait for the Ministry of Magic's penalty notice." Umbridge had a victorious smile on her face. Using power to coerce people is what she is best at.
Several Slytherin students, led by Malfoy, had gloating smiles on their faces. They really wanted to see Albert get into trouble.
As soon as she said this, the scene exploded.
People heard that Umbridge was planning to confiscate their activity room and punish Albert.
Is this guy crazy
“Why?”
"Are you crazy?"
Angry voices came from the crowd, and everyone glared at Umbridge, wishing they could draw their wands and curse her.
"Who was talking just now?" Umbridge looked around and was very satisfied when she saw that everyone had quieted down. She cleared her throat and said, "Okay, everyone leave now."
"professor… "
"Anything else, Miss Lovegood?" Umbridge stared at Luna, her eyes revealing undisguised malice.
Luna was not afraid of Umbridge's gaze and reminded calmly: "I suggest you don't do this."
"What?" Umbridge's smile widened.
"Because once a non-owner tries to occupy the Book of Origin, he or she will be cursed by the book. It is said that this is to prevent others from illegally occupying it." Luna calmly recounted what she had been told a long time ago.
"What are you talking about..."
"Okay, everyone leave in an orderly manner!" George suddenly interrupted and led the way out of the activity room.
"Are we just going to let her take our activity room away like this?" someone said indignantly.
"Don't worry, this is Albert's. If you want to take the Book of Origin away, you will be punished." Fred looked at Umbridge meaningfully and laughed softly, "If a non-owner wants to illegally occupy it, he will be cursed by the book. To be honest, I haven't seen anyone cursed before. This is a rare opportunity."
It took quite some time for everyone to leave the activity room, but none of them left because they wanted to see how Umbridge looked after being cursed.
"Well, let's go!" Umbridge noticed the other people's stares and said to Luna, "Miss Lovegood, bring it to me."
Everyone looked at Luna, and Hermione even grabbed Luna's hand, trying to stop her, but Luna didn't care. Instead, she bent down, picked up the Book of Origin from the secret passage and handed it to Umbridge.
Umbridge looked Luna up and down and found that there was no change in her. With a sneer on her face, she had already decided to find an excuse to put her in detention.
When Umbridge took the Book of Origin from Luna, everyone's eyes widened. The curse Fred mentioned was actually true.
After Umbridge came into contact with the Book of Origin, a lot of pimples suddenly appeared on her arms. Not only her arms, but also her face.
"ah!"
Umbridge's scream echoed through the corridor, and she dropped the book in her hand in horror, and the bumps on her body stopped appearing.
"Look, anyone who tries to illegally possess it will be cursed by the Book of Origin." Luna looked at the pimples on Umbridge's face curiously, bent down and reached out to pick up the Book of Origin that fell on the ground, and said lightly, "I suggest you go to the school hospital. Maybe Madam Pomfrey has a way to remove the curse."
"We warned you."
Fred and George looked at the fainted Umbridge with helpless expressions on their faces, which amused the students around them.
"But it's incredible that I was so embarrassed by my own ugliness."
"Ugh!" Someone started to dry heave.
"It's what he deserves. It's his retribution." Someone laughed happily.
"Haha, now she looks even more like a toad." Someone gloated.
"I didn't expect there really was a curse." Some people were surprised at the changes in Umbridge.
"If anyone has a camera, take a picture of the toad. I'm willing to pay a high price for it."
The students who were watching the fun started to make a fuss and laughed at Umbridge's miserable appearance. Several Slytherin students who came with Umbridge were attacked and fell to the ground, collapsing into a pile of mud.
"What the hell are you doing!"
An annoyed voice came from the side. It was Professor McGonagall. She obviously heard Umbridge's scream and came to check the situation.
"Professor, Umbridge tried to illegally possess the Book of Origin, so she was cursed by the book. You know, this book..." George was interrupted by Professor McGonagall before he could finish his excuse.
"You didn't tell her?" Professor McGonagall glared at the twin brothers. She felt that these two guys were deliberately looking for trouble.
"We have warned her." George spread his hands helplessly, "but you know she is not someone who is willing to listen to advice, and she also said..."
"Where is Albert? Go find him. Someone else, take her to the school hospital." Professor McGonagall looked at this group of students gloating over her misfortune and couldn't help but sigh deeply.
"You guys go back and continue the game." George said to the other students around him, "I don't think Toad will wake up for a while."
"George," said Professor McGonagall, irritated.
"Okay, professor. Let's take her to the school hospital right away." George smiled and asked Fred for help.
The game continued, but everyone was discussing the curse on Toad. Many people ran to the corridor outside the school hospital to watch. After learning the details, Madam Pomfrey announced calmly, "I can't do anything about this curse. It's best to find the caster, otherwise we can only wait for her to wake up."
"Where's Albert?" Professor McGonagall turned her head and asked the Weasley brothers.
"I don't know. We can't find him for the time being. But when the Wizard Card Competition is about to end, Albert will definitely come over to present the award to the champion." George explained with a smile.
"Okay, you can leave now." After sending them away, Professor McGonagall looked at Umbridge lying on the bed and asked Madam Pomfrey, "Poppy, what's her condition?"
"It's just an ordinary coma, but the bumps may not be removed by potions." Madam Pomfrey said calmly. She didn't like Umbridge, and she didn't like her destroying the Wizard Card Club even more, because she also had her own wizard cards.
"What a greedy idiot." Professor McGonagall shook her head and walked away. She actually knew about the curse, but she had also taken the book and was not cursed.
Unexpectedly, Umbridge was cursed as soon as she touched it. It was obvious that she was planning to take the book for herself.
The game was still going on, but people were discussing Umbridge's curse. Some people gloated over Toad's misfortune, thinking that she deserved it, while others were worried about whether Albert would be punished for it.
The wizard card competition continued in this atmosphere. As the process that originally took several days was greatly compressed, coupled with Umbridge's interference just now, the already crowded schedule suddenly became tense.
Albert came to the activity room at around 5:30 to host the final showdown for the last two contestants.
After learning about Umbridge's previous bad deeds from a group of enthusiastic people, Albert was not too surprised. He knew very well that Umbridge would target the Wizarding Card Club sooner or later.
Albert's calmness soon infected others, and everyone was curious whether Albert would fall out with Umbridge because of this.
The final duel lasted only ten minutes, and the final champion was a second-year Ravenclaw witch named Orla Quirk, who crushed her opponent with almost absolute strength.
"Congratulations, this is my extra gift to you."
Albert placed the bag of Galleons in the Champion's hand and handed her his new book.
"This is a work I recently completed. It is not currently sold in bookstores. I hope it can be of some help to you!"
There was a sudden commotion in the crowd. Everyone was very interested in Albert's new book because there had been rumors that Albert had compiled a book on Defense Against the Dark Arts.
“When are you going to start selling this book!”
"Next term," Albert said quietly, "people will want my book then."
"Well, let's give a round of applause to our youngest champion. Now is her championship moment."
Fireworks symbolizing Ravenclaw bloomed above everyone's heads, and warm applause rang out in the activity room.
Albert waved his wand gently, and the tables in the lounge were cleared. A large amount of snacks and butterbeer appeared on the table. Albert raised his glass and gave his blessing to the young champion.
"I'm going to deal with Umbridge's problem first." After drinking a glass of butterbeer, Albert planned to leave temporarily.
"Is it okay?" Li Jordan frowned.
"What could be the problem?"
When Albert arrived at the school hospital, Umbridge had woken up. She looked very bad-tempered and kept cursing under her breath.
Professor McGonagall was talking in a low voice with Madam Pomfrey and seemed to be in a good mood.
"To be honest, I was really surprised when I heard the news." Albert was very calm, and it was hard to tell what surprised him.
"You know, many people have touched that book, but no one has ever been cursed."
As if she heard Albert's voice, the furious Umbridge jumped up from the bed and rushed towards Albert.
"You..."
She was silenced before she could finish her words. She grabbed her neck in horror and glared at Albert angrily. She wanted to pounce on the Mudblood in front of her and strangle him to death. However, she was unable to move a muscle and stood there like a stone sculpture.
"I think she might need a sedative." Albert waved his wand, and a bed ran to Umbridge's back like a long leg, letting her fall on it, and then quickly returned to its place.
"She is very lucky that she has not been in contact with the Book of Origin for too long, otherwise the curse would remain on her forever." Albert interrupted what Professor McGonagall was about to say and calmly stated the truth, "Her symptoms are not serious. The power of the curse will subside in three days at the latest, and she should be able to fully recover in about a week."
"I need to talk to her alone about this matter." Albert motioned for the two to leave for a while.
"Okay, but I wish..."
"I will take care of this matter, please don't worry." Albert promised.
After Professor McGonagall and Madam Pomfrey left, Albert came to Umbridge's bedside and, under her horrified gaze, took out his wand from his robe pocket.
A few minutes later, Albert left the school hospital.
"Okay, Professor. I have temporarily convinced Umbridge." Albert announced happily, "I will temporarily stop the Wizard Card Club, and Professor Umbridge has also agreed not to pursue the previous matter."
Professor McGonagall looked at Albert suspiciously, then looked at the completely quiet school hospital, and was very curious about how Albert had convinced Umbridge.
Chapter 1008 The Curse of Greed