These "malicious" laughs almost broke Umbridge's fake smile, but the shamelessness of a politician allowed her to maintain a stiff smile and finish her words.
After Umbridge finished her boring and long speech, Dumbledore briefly finished what Umbridge had just interrupted and directly announced the end of the banquet.
Everyone can finally go back to the dormitory and have a good sleep.
When the professors left, there was a commotion in the hall.
"She's old, and she's still wearing a pink cardigan."
"Imitating the high-pitched voice of a little girl, how disgusting!"
"Did she see something just now? She actually had a nosebleed."
"It is indeed the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor's curse."
"That guy really looks like a toad!"
"Her hungry stomach growls really loudly."
Listening to the students' whispers around him, Albert glanced at his roommates, indicating that they should go back to the dormitory before discussing other things.
“It’s really fun.”
After Albert cast a spell to set up a barrier to prevent the sound from leaking out, Fred, George and Lee Jordan all burst into laughter, scaring Tom in the cat's nest.
"Do you think they will notice something is wrong?" George turned and asked Albert, who was bending over to hold the cat.
"I don't know. If the professors check carefully, they will definitely find something wrong, but... a problem like nosebleed will probably just be seen as an accident, and the professors don't really like Umbridge." Albert was not worried that the professors at Hogwarts would find out something was wrong, because Umbridge would only be in more trouble next, and anyone who was not blind would realize that something was wrong.
"We need to coordinate this with Peeves." Albert stroked Tom's head gently and said to the people around him, "I think he should come to our dormitory quietly tonight."
As soon as he finished speaking, a strange "chuckle" was heard in the room, and Peeves appeared in the bedroom through the wall.
"We hope you can create some trouble for Umbridge. That's your area of expertise." Albert looked at Peeves floating in the air and said straight to the point, "Believe me, that guy wants to destroy the existing atmosphere of Hogwarts. Once she takes control of Hogwarts and becomes the new headmaster, she will try to drive you away."
He didn't expect Peeves to understand, but he still gave them a rough idea.
"Don't let anyone else find out. Professor Dumbledore is still in Hogwarts, so don't go too far. After Professor Dumbledore is driven away, we won't mind you torturing Umbridge any way you want."
Albert took out a wooden box and threw it to Peeves, saying, "You can't use our things against us. This is enough for one semester. You can open it with the key I gave you. And this... maybe you can give Umbridge a little surprise tonight."
"Well, there's a specially modified Boggart in this box. You can sneak into Umbridge's room and let it out when she's asleep." Albert gave Peeves a demonstration and let the Boggart out of the box, revealing a giant holding a stick.
"Funny and funny have no effect on it." Albert put the giant away again, "Of course, the giant can only scare people, and I can take it back like this."
After saying that, Albert threw the box to Peeves and finally reminded him, "Don't get caught, or you'll lose your toys. Also, don't tell others that we gave you these things, or you won't be able to get any fun toys from us in the future."
"Peeves, use our product to send Umbridge to hell!" Fred said excitedly, waving his fist.
After Peeves put away his things, he waved his hat at the four people and flew away through the wall with a cluck.
Unlike the ghost, Pipigui, who can switch between reality and illusion, is undoubtedly more difficult to deal with.
"Do you think Peeves will do what we ask?" George turned and asked Albert who was petting the cat.
"No, but Hogwarts will become more interesting. Peeves is not a ghost, and mischief is his nature. I just made a deal with him and asked him to transfer the target of his mischief to Umbridge. For this, Peeves received material support from us and took his mischief to a higher level. I guess Umbridge will suffer next."
"I really want to see what surprise Peeves has for us tonight," said Fred eagerly.
"Forget it!" Albert covered his yawn and reminded, "I want to sleep. If you go, you will probably be caught by the professors. Remember not to confess us then."
"Why?" Fred asked puzzledly.
"It's obvious that Peeves will make a big noise."
When Umbridge woke up from her daze and found the giant standing in the room, she must have been scared to death!
"Help promote the Defense Express and the Wizard Lookout when you have time." Albert put Tom back into the cat bed. "At least, let most people know about these things, which will be helpful for making noises in the future. You can also sell joke props quietly, but don't sell the skipping candy for now." Albert changed into pajamas and said, "This year's wizard card competition will be advanced, and registration will start next week."
Several people looked at each other. Although they didn't quite understand Albert's intention, they still did as he said.
After all, it was Albert, there must be a reason for saying that.
…
Late at night, in the quiet corridor, Peeves was humming a cheerful tune as he walked towards Umbridge's dormitory.
Peeves will not obey anyone's orders and will only act mischievously according to his own nature, but this does not prevent him from going to Umbridge for fun.
If that woman could bring him more joy.
Umbridge had just finished enjoying the delicious food brought by the house-elf and fell asleep quickly after filling her stomach.
Peeves sneaked into the room, took the box out of the traceless stretch bag given by Albert, opened it and put it in the drawer.
Then Peeves quietly hid himself away.
The drawers in the room began to make noises.
Umbridge, who had just fallen asleep, was soon awakened by the noise in the room. She picked up the wand on the bedside table in fear. After lighting the tip of the wand, Umbridge raised her head like a stuck machine and looked at the giant in front of her in horror. The giant raised a thigh-thick stick in his hand high in the air and swung it towards Umbridge.
ah!
A shrill scream echoed throughout the castle. Umbridge rolled off the bed, slammed the door open, and ran out desperately, screaming as she ran.
The next moment.
Peeves, laughing heartily, appeared out of nowhere in Umbridge's room. It was the first time he realized that it was possible to play pranks on others in this way. It was really fun.
After Umbridge fled in a panic, Peeves opened the drawer, took out the box given to him by Albert, put the Boggart back into the box, and put it into his magic bag.
Such a fun thing cannot be thrown away just like that.
Peeves was looking forward to other fun toys that the little ghosts would give him.
With a giggle, Peeves left Umbridge's room and disappeared.
Shortly after Peeves left, Filch was the first to be attracted by Umbridge's scream. The administrator, holding an oil lamp, looked at the new professor who almost knocked him down and asked:
"Professor, what happened?"
"Giant, a giant suddenly appeared in my room!" Umbridge screamed in panic, "It almost killed me."
"Giant? There are no giants in the castle." Filch reminded gloomily. He wondered if the new professor in front of him was having a nightmare.
However, before Filch could open his mouth, someone else spoke for him.
"Professor Umbridge, are you having a nightmare?"
Professor McGonagall, wearing pajamas and with her hair tied up, appeared in the corridor without warning. She looked at the terrified new professor and said expressionlessly, "No giants will appear around Hogwarts Castle, and they can't get into your bedroom without being noticed."
"It's a giant indeed!" grumbled Umbridge.
"Filch, what happened? I just heard someone screaming." Snape, wearing a gray shirt-style pajamas, appeared in the corridor with a grim face.
There's no way around it. No matter who it is, if they're woken up just after falling asleep, they'll look unhappy.
In fact, many professors were attracted by the scream just now, including Professor Flitwick and Professor Sprout who had just fallen asleep, and Professor Dumbledore who was not yet asleep.
Listening to Umbridge's almost magical words, everyone thought that Umbridge was just having a nightmare and was making a fuss, but the frightened Umbridge just couldn't calm down.
Finally, Snape couldn't stand it anymore, so he waved his wand and summoned a bottle of tranquilizer. After he gave Umbridge a drink, he finally figured out the whole thing.
It wasn't really a nightmare, but how could it be possible? How could a giant appear in the castle, let alone Umbridge's dormitory
Everyone headed towards Umbridge's dormitory. Even if there really was a giant, it could be easily subdued.
However…
Looking at the broken door and then at the pink room, the muscles on Professor McGonagall's cheeks twitched slightly. She turned her head and said to Umbridge, "There are no giants, and no traces of giants left. I suggest you go to Poppy to get some dreamless sleeping potion. That will help you sleep more comfortably at night."
"This... This is impossible, I clearly saw it just now..." Umbridge murmured.
"Maybe there is a Boggart hiding in the room." Snape quickly scanned the room and expressed his speculation while looking at the open drawer.
"A Boggart?" Umbridge's eyes widened and she looked extremely angry.
"There is no sign of a Boggart in the room." Dumbledore narrowed his eyes and scanned the room, shaking his head, "I think Professor Umbridge may be too tired and not suited to the environment here, so she had a nightmare."
"It must be a Boggart, it must be..."
Finally, several professors helped search the entire room, but still couldn't find the Boggart that Snape had speculated about.
However, Umbridge was still unwilling to return to the dormitory to rest, and finally had to go to the school hospital to disturb Madam Pomfrey.
"She's just too emotional. I think she'll be fine after a night's rest." After checking Umbridge's condition, Madam Pomfrey gave her a cup of dreamless sleeping potion.
After leaving the school hospital, Snape suddenly asked: "What do you think of this matter?"
What do you think
Just stand and watch!
No one here likes the guy sent by the Ministry of Magic to cause trouble at Hogwarts.
"Did a student deliberately scare Umbridge?" Snape thought of the reason. "Someone secretly put the Boggart in her room? Then, when she escaped, took the Boggart away?"
"But... why did that person do that? According to what you said, that person must have planned it in advance, otherwise it would not be so clean and neat. But our students have just arrived at the school, not to mention that he has a grudge against Umbridge?" Professor McGonagall disliked Umbridge very much. She had also read the intelligence about Umbridge and was extremely dissatisfied with the deputy minister coming to Hogwarts to take the position.
It would be best if Umbridge went away on her own.
"Maybe Peeves is playing a prank!" Filch speculated.
"Okay, go back and rest!" said Dumbledore.
"Dumbledore, are you really going to let it go? You should have heard what Umbridge said at the banquet just now. The Ministry of Magic obviously intends to interfere with Hogwarts' teaching policy." Professor Flitwick suddenly said as he followed Dumbledore upstairs, "Amateurs leading professionals will only make things a mess."
"It's not that I want to let it go, but there are some things I can't change right now." Dumbledore said softly, "The current situation in the Ministry of Magic is not optimistic. Fudge is unwilling to admit that Voldemort has returned. He has made a mess of everything, but... Albert made a prediction. He believes that the situation will improve next semester."
"All right!"
Professor Flitwick also knew that Dumbledore had his own difficulties. He stopped and said to Dumbledore: "If it doesn't work, just let them do it!"
Yes, there is something wrong no matter how I think about it.
It's hard to explain why Umbridge had nosebleeds twice, but her stomach was rumbling, and that was definitely someone deliberately amplifying the sound.
As for who it was, Professor Flitwick could guess the answer with just his knees. There was only one student who was able to do this quietly.
As for Umbridge saying that she saw a giant, maybe, as Snape said, someone stuffed a Boggart into Umbridge's room.
Who knows
Is this kind of thing important
It doesn’t matter!
The four deans had actually read relevant information and knew very well what kind of person Umbridge was.
As for where the information came from, Sirius and Lupin provided it to Professor McGonagall, who then passed it on to Professor Flitwick and Professor Sprout. As for Snape, he also took a copy from 12 Grimmauld Place.
It's obvious that it's not a good thing for the other party to come to Hogwarts to teach.
"I think Professor Umbridge is just too tired. A night's rest will be enough for her," Dumbledore said calmly.
He knew very well what the other party was doing in Hogwarts.
However, Dumbledore didn't have that much energy to waste on Umbridge; he had more important things to do.