The Mightiest Badger at Hogwarts

The most important figure in Link's plan to gain control of Hogwarts students is Umbridge.

Because she is the person Link intends to establish as everyone's common enemy.

Only when Umbridge becomes hateful and disgusting can Link achieve twice the result with half the effort.

And now, Umbridge is doing very well.

Judging from Link's understanding of students of his own level, they should all be unable to bear it.

"Professor Umbridge, this is a Defense Against the Dark Arts class, and we are all sixth-year students. Is it really appropriate for you to teach us such basic, low-level theoretical knowledge?"

As expected by Link, not long after Umbridge's writing on the blackboard appeared, a Gryffindor boy in the front row started to criticize him.

And this was just the beginning. Then a series of echoes and voices of approval immediately sprung up in the crowd, and the whole classroom suddenly became a mess.

They didn't do this just to get back at Umbridge.

It's not cost-effective to come forward and criticize someone just for a trivial matter such as a speech. They are not that stupid.

What really drove the students to turn against each other was actually Umbridge's poor teaching content.

As students who can enroll in the Defense Against the Dark Arts advanced course with excellent results, pre-class preview is naturally a required course for them.

Therefore, they also have a good understanding of this semester's textbook "Magical Defense Theory" and understand that this is a purely theoretical book on paper.

Now Umbridge is talking to them about a 'new theory-based course'. This shows that Umbridge's teachings in the past few years have been purely theoretical courses with little or no practical content.

But the problem is, the Defense Against the Dark Arts exam has a practical exam.

If you ask a group of candidates to study purely theoretical courses for a whole year, the students will naturally fall out.

Link and Emily were watching the show in the back row.

He was curious about what Umbridge would do next.

At this stage, the students are on the right side. Even if this matter goes to Dumbledore and Fudge, it is Umbridge's fault.

After all, Umbridge's move can be said to have harmed the core interests of the students.

On the podium, Umbridge still looked calm and relaxed, letting the students make noise.

It wasn't until the students got tired of shouting and the noise in the classroom gradually decreased, that Umbridge stood up and said with a smile:

"Perhaps the time we have known each other is too short, so you are not very familiar with me yet. Then, please allow me to introduce myself again."

Umbridge turned around and walked towards the blackboard, and the crowd erupted in louder protests - everyone thought that Umbridge was going to make a long speech like last night.

But she nonchalantly tapped the blackboard with her wand again.

As the powder flew away, the words 'Dolores Jane Umbridge' appeared on the blackboard.

"As you can see, my name is Dolores Jane Umbridge. I am your Defense Against the Dark Arts professor this year, but at the same time, I am also the Senior Under-Secretary of the Ministry of Magic and the most important person to Minister Fudge. A capable man. Do you know what that means?

This means that what I represent now is the Ministry of Magic.This also means that I can directly influence...the delineation of the examination content and the formulation of the Ministry of Magic's school recruitment brochure, including quotas, job content, job benefits...

And as I said last night and just now, the Ministry of Magic is very dissatisfied with the teaching results caused by changing your Defense Against the Dark Arts professor every year, so I came here.

I am not your enemy, classmates. On the contrary, I am your partner and your opportunity.

Even before I came to Hogwarts, I had already proposed to Mr. Fudge that the Ministry of Magic's recruitment to Hogwarts should be expanded starting this year to replace the current rotten and inefficient staff in the Ministry of Magic.And this morning, I finally received the official document from the Ministry of Magic! "

Umbridge took out a letter with the Ministry of Magic's fire stamp from her pocket and said, "In this document, Mr. Fudge officially confirmed that the campus recruitment quotas for Aurors and Strikers this year and next will be based on the original The increase has been increased by 5 times. At the same time, campus recruitment has been opened for the Office for the Abuse of Muggle Items, the Team for Reversing Occasional Magical Incidents, and the International Magical Trade Standards Association. The initial admission quota is 20 people in total.

Not only that, in order to allow you to deepen your understanding of the operation of the Ministry of Magic and familiarize yourself with your future work content, Mr. Fudge has also established the Ministry of Magic experience activities during the winter and summer vacations for grades 6 to 7 at Hogwarts. The quota is tentatively determined for each grade. 50 people, then these selected people will directly enter the Ministry of Magic and participate in the work of the Ministry of Magic.

It is worth mentioning that this winter and summer Ministry of Magic experience activity can also be regarded as an assessment for you. Your performance in this activity will be scored by a dedicated person, and the score will affect your application. Interview scores when entering the Ministry of Magic.

I have to say, Minister Fudge is so kind to you that I am a little jealous.You know, I didn’t get such good treatment when I graduated.

However, this also shows that the current Ministry of Magic is in a critical situation and is in desperate need of talents.Classmates, you are all the future flowers of the magical world. What awaits you will be a glorious life. You have a promising future. You..."

As Umbridge spoke, the protests and whispers in the crowd slowly weakened, and finally fell completely silent.

This made the false smile on Umbridge's face become even brighter.

She stood on the podium again and said to everyone:

"Okay, now, please take out Wilbert Slinka's "Magical Defense Theory", turn it to page five, and read 'Chapter 1, Basic Principles for Getting Started'. Don't whisper to each other while reading. .”

There was another commotion in the originally silent crowd.

However, unlike the previous ones, this time the commotion did not expand into a 'riot', but only existed for a short while and then quickly dissipated.

Instead, there was the rustling sound of books being turned over, and the uniform sound of chanting containing emotions.

Link, who saw all this, frowned slightly and felt a little unhappy.

Strictly speaking, Umbridge's speech this time still adheres to the style of last night's speech in form - colorful, false, long and boring.

But this time, the students in the classroom listened more seriously than each other.

This is because in this speech, Umbridge brought up a topic that the students were most concerned about.

Test scores and job hunting after graduation!

She not only hinted that as the Senior Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Magic, she had the right to set questions and even modify the content of the exam.

He also publicly stated that he has secured a large number of jobs related to the Ministry of Magic for everyone this year and next, and of course, there will also be experience activities at the Ministry of Magic during the winter and summer vacations.

The most important thing is that she managed the quota very cleverly.

There are actually not many students in Hogwarts. On average, there are hundreds of people in each grade, which is already a very outrageous number.

Excluding some bastards with little ability, there are only seventy or eighty students in grades 6 to 7 who are eligible to participate in the expanded Ministry of Magic school recruitment.

Well, it happened to be more than ten or twenty more people than Umbridge's winter and summer vacation experience activities.

This is a very beautiful move.

Anyone who has ideas about the previous benefits must now face a situation of 'competition for jobs'.

What are the criteria for judging this competition?

Needless to say?

Of course it’s Umbridge’s subjective judgment!

Link shook his head.

He now finally understood why a large number of senior students in grades 6 to 7, the most capable senior students, did not join when Harry founded Dumbledore's Army in the original book.

It turned out that Umbridge had already given enough benefits and set up a clever mechanism.

In this way, the senior students will of course obey Umbridge's words driven by their own interests.

"Students, that's the end of today's class. Of course, please don't forget the homework I assigned, which was handed in during the last class. Now, after class, I look forward to seeing you again."

The first period of Defense Against the Dark Arts class in the sixth grade at Hogwarts ended with Umbridge's announcement.

Throughout the class, except for the initial commotion, almost all students behaved extremely compliant and serious.

Even after Umbridge announced that get out of class was over, many students even tried to get close to Umbridge with great enthusiasm, showing no trace of their original impatience and disgust.

This is the power of interests.

However, Umbridge naturally would not give these students a good look and sent them away very perfunctorily.

After drawing such a big pie and setting up a perfect competition mechanism, she no longer needs to be nice to these students.

Link just leaned back on the chair with an expressionless expression, gently stroking the ebony wand in his hand.

This is a habit he has developed after entering a state of deep thinking. After so many years, he has now developed a beautiful layer of patina on the ebony wand.

"Link..."

Emily held Link's hand worriedly.

With her intelligence, she obviously saw through Umbridge's scheme.

This is actually not difficult, and many people in the classroom can see that.

The real difficulty lies in how to break the situation.

What Umbridge uses is a conspiracy that exploits human desires. Even if you see through it, it will be of no use.

Link turned his head to look, and just as he was about to say something, a warm breath mixed with the faint scent of daisies came closer.

It's Umbridge.

With a smile on her face, she was standing in front of Link and Emily before she knew it.

Umbridge is definitely the center of attention of the students in the classroom, and her actions attract many students' attention.

Link didn't get up. He still sat firmly in his seat and looked at the other party coldly.

As the man behind the scenes that almost brought down Fudge, Link had long considered the possibility that Umbridge might target him after coming to Hogwarts and use him to make a warning to others.

Link is not afraid of this. With his current strength and status, it would be too simple for Umbridge and even Fudge to disappear silently from this world.

Link even somewhat expected Umbridge to do something drastic to him, such as being placed in solitary confinement and punished by copying some rules and regulations.

In this way, he could directly attack Umbridge.

Of course, the senior students in grades 6 to 7 will not react much to this at the moment, but the same is not true for the students in the lower grades.

Using such a conflict, Link could gather a large number of underclassmen.

Unfortunately, Umbridge doesn't seem to be as impulsive as Link imagined.

Now that she appeared in front of Link and Emily, not only did she not do anything extreme, but she even bowed very respectfully and said:

"Good afternoon, my dear Mr. Foley, and Miss Victoria."

Hearing this, Link raised his eyebrows and said with a sneer:

"Dolores Umbridge, I remember you. You should be Cornelius Fudge's secretary, right? You are currently the Senior Undersecretary of the Ministry of Magic. Well, this position sounds good, but it is responsible for specific matters. It seems like it’s still the same—helping the Minister of Magic run errands and organize materials.”

As soon as Link said this, the expressions of many students who were peeking at the situation changed.

Of course they could read Link's words.

The core meaning is that although what Umbridge said just now is very nice, it is very likely that she is just painting a pie, and she does not have the power to actually realize the pie.

This is also Link's tentative counterattack against Umbridge.

But the smile on Umbridge's face did not change at all. She seemed not to care about the questioning looks of the other students at all, and continued to bend down and respectfully said to Link:

"You still remember me? This is such an honor!

The last time I saw you was at the Harry Potter trial. Your speech was truly shocking and deeply shocking to me.I wonder if I can have the honor to invite you and your wife to my newly decorated office to enjoy afternoon tea time. I have prepared the best black tea and various tea snacks using South American pumpkin as raw materials. I believe... "

"I don't have time to have afternoon tea with you."

Link interrupted without mercy.

The smile on Umbridge's face froze for a moment, but it immediately returned to normal in the next moment, and she bowed respectfully again:

"In that case, I will resign first. If you need anything, Mr. Foley can contact me. I am always waiting for help."

Umbridge's voice was very soft when she said this, especially the last part, and she even used a soundproofing spell so that only the three of them heard the specific content.

After saying that, Umbridge left the classroom with a smile.

Only one classroom of students was left looking at Link with either dull or envious eyes, and they were talking among themselves.

In the past, everyone ate, drank, and slept together, and Link himself was relatively low-key and didn't like to brag like Draco, so many people didn't understand the strength of Link's family background.

But now that Umbridge is a reference, it's different.

At this moment, in the eyes of many people, Link, who can be treated like this by Umbridge, has become a radiant existence!