Study Days at Hogwarts

  Chapter 1010 The Curse of Greed

  Although everyone was surprised that this wizarding card game was brought forward, the number of students who came to watch the wizarding card game did not decrease because of this.

  Because the Anti-Toad Alliance claimed that a large gathering against Umbridge would be held here.

This incident naturally spread to Umbridge. After finding out what was going on in the wizarding card game from the Slytherin students, Umbridge decided to send a few Slytherin students there after careful consideration. Inquire about the news, so as not to have unnecessary conflicts with Anderson.

   However, this is just an ordinary wizard card game.

  The only surprising thing is that Albert actually chose the crazy girl Luna Lovegood as the designated heir of the Wizard Card Club.

   Everyone suddenly realized that Albert was about to graduate, which was a sad thing for the vast majority of Hogwarts students.

   "I know, you must be curious why the club holds the wizard card game in advance?"

   Albert looked around at the students below, and said calmly, "This year is a special year, I have a hunch that the Wizard Card Club may need to be suspended for a while."

   This is undoubtedly bad news, and people start whispering.

   "Why?" Someone even asked Albert loudly why.

"I think it's not difficult for everyone to guess the reason. After all, there are so many of us together, someone will definitely be unhappy." Albert raised his hand and pressed down, signaling for everyone to be quiet, "Don't worry, the Wizard Card Club is not It will be disbanded because of this, and it will continue next year."

   "Let the toad eat shit."

   I don’t know who shouted something, which resonated with everyone. Why should they be interfered by Umbridge when they join a club.

   "I know what you mean, but don't complain, she is actually not easy, and she has brought us too much joy this month."

   There was a burst of laughter in the activity room.

   Albert was right, Umbridge did bring a lot of joy to everyone.

   "The champion of this year's wizard card competition, in addition to the previous ten Galleons, I also prepared some special gifts for her. You can look forward to it." Albert said pretending to be mysterious.

   "What gift?" Someone asked.

   "There is no sense of expectation when I say it. Alright, let's officially start today's game." Albert signaled Luna to follow Lee Jordan to familiarize himself with the process. The Ravenclaw girl obviously also likes such activities, and has been studying very seriously.

  Different from the wizard cards of previous sessions, today's wizard cards have been improved repeatedly and look quite exquisite.

  After the griffin fireworks that symbolized Hogwarts exploded above everyone's heads, the atmosphere at the scene was quickly ignited.

  Lee Jordan picked up the microphone and led Luna to host the next wizard card game.

   "What is Malfoy doing here?"

  When Harry was going to cheer for Ron, who was participating in the competition, he saw a guy in the crowd who disgusted him.

   "Perhaps, he came to help Umbridge find out the news."

  After seeing the whispering Malfoy group in the crowd, Hermione frowned and speculated, "It doesn't feel like a good thing, I have to go and talk to George about it."

  That night, Umbridge heard the news, and was so excited that he almost couldn't sleep. She suspected that the so-called activity room was created by the Mudblood by abusing the Untraceable Stretching Curse, which is undoubtedly a good crime, and she can use this opportunity to disband that **** wizard card club.

A club with more than half of the students in the whole school is definitely not something Umbridge would like to see, especially since this club was founded by Albert Anderson. her trouble.

   Not to mention, Albert Anderson had no respect for the Ministry of Magic from the very beginning.

  The next morning, Umbridge rushed to the activity room of the Wizarding Card Club with several Slytherin students.

  As an uninvited guest, when Umbridge appeared in the activity room, the atmosphere at the scene couldn't help but stagnate. Everyone looked at Umbridge and started whispering.

   "Why is the toad here?"

   "Albert is right."

   "This guy is disgusting."

  Many people had deep disgust on their faces, and a few even pulled out their wands, planning to sneak a shot at Umbridge later.

   "Mr. Anderson."

  Umbridge looked around at the crowd, still with that fake smirk on his face.

  No one answered, and the scene was dead silent.

Hermione's mood sank to the bottom, her eyes fixed on Umbridge. What she was worried about happened. Not to mention that the first party was disturbed, even the Wizards Card Club might be affected. God knows Umbridge What would Chi do. "

   "He's not here." Luna pushed through the crowd and walked in front of Umbridge, "If you need to find Albert, you may have to wait until the afternoon to present the champion."

"Then tell him that this activity room clearly violates the Ministry of Magic's prohibition on abusing the Untraceable Stretching Curse. I will confiscate the illegal items on behalf of the Ministry of Magic and let him wait for the Ministry of Magic's punishment notice." Umbridge looked triumphant With a smirk, using power to overwhelm others is what she is best at.

   Several Slytherin students headed by Malfoy had gloating smiles on their faces. They really hoped to see Albert in bad luck.

  As soon as she spoke, the scene exploded.

  People heard that Umbridge actually planned to confiscate their activity room, and also planned to punish Albert.

   Is this guy crazy?

   "Why!"

"Are you crazy?"

   Angry voices came from the crowd, and everyone glared at Umbridge, eager to draw out their wands and cast a jinx on her.

   "Who was talking just now." Umbridge looked around and was very satisfied when everyone was quiet. She cleared her throat and said, "Okay, everyone get out of here now."

"professor…"

   "Is there anything else, Miss Lovegood?" Umbridge stared at Luna with unconcealable malice.

  Luna was not afraid of Umbridge's gaze, and calmly reminded: "I suggest you not to do this."

   "What?" Umbridge smiled even wider.

"Because once non-owners try to occupy the "Book of Origins", they will be cursed by this book. It is said that this is to prevent others from illegally occupying it." Luna calmly talked about what she had been told a long time ago .

"what are you saying…"

   "Okay, let's leave in an orderly manner!" George suddenly interrupted, leading the way directly to the activity room.

   "Should we just let her take our activity room away?" someone said angrily.

"Don't worry, this is Albert's property. If you want to take the "Book of Origins" away, you will be punished." Fred gave Umbridge a meaningful look, and whispered, "The non-owner Anyone who tries to occupy it illegally will be cursed by the book. To be honest, I haven't seen anyone cursed yet, this is a rare opportunity."

   It took a lot of time for everyone to leave the activity room, but they didn't leave, they wanted to see how Umbridge was cursed.

   "Okay, let's go!" Umbridge noticed the scrutiny of the others 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, but bent down and picked up the "Book of Origins" from the secret passage and handed it to Umbridge.

  Umbridge looked at Luna up and down, and found that Luna hadn't changed. There was a sneer at the corner of his mouth, and he was determined to find an excuse to put her in confinement.

  When Umbridge took over the "Book of Origins" from Luna, everyone couldn't help but widen their eyes. The curse Fred said was actually true.

  After Umbridge came into contact with the "Book of Origins", a large number of pimples suddenly appeared on her arms, not only on her arms, but also on her face.

"ah!"

  Umbridge's screams resounded through the hallway, and she threw away the book in horror, so that the pimples on her body stopped emerging.

"Look, anyone who tries to illegally possess it will be cursed by the "Book of Origins." Luna looked curiously at the pimple growing on Umbridge's face, bent down and reached out to pick up the "Book of Origins" that fell on the ground ", said flatly, "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.

   "However, it's unbelievable to be dizzy by myself."

   "Ouch!" Someone began to retch.

   "It's what you deserve, retribution." Someone laughed happily.

   "Haha, now she looks more like a toad." Someone gloated.

   "I didn't expect there to be a curse." Some people were surprised by the changes in Umbridge.

   "Whoever has a camera, quickly take a picture of the toad, I am willing to pay a high price for it."

The students who watched the excitement around and didn't think it was a big deal started to make noises, laughing at Umbridge's embarrassed appearance, and the few Slytherin students who came with Umbridge were all murdered, and they all fell to the ground , paralyzed into a ball of mud.

   "What the **** are you doing!"

   An annoyed voice came from the side, it was Professor McGonagall, who had apparently heard Umbridge screaming and came to check on the situation.

   "Professor, Umbridge tried to illegally possess the "Book of Origins", so he was cursed by the book, you know, this book..." George was interrupted by Professor McGonagall before he could finish his quibble.

   "You didn't tell her?" Professor McGonagall glared at the twin brothers. She felt that these two guys were deliberately looking for trouble.

   "We reminded her." George spread his hands helplessly, "But you know she is not a person who is willing to listen to persuasion, and she also said..."

   "Where is Albert, go find him, and who else will send her to the school hospital." Professor McGonagall looked at the group of gloating students and couldn't help but sighed deeply.

   "Go back and continue the game." George said to the other students around, "I guess Toad won't wake up for a while."

   "George," said Professor McGonagall angrily.

   "Alright professor, we'll take her to the school hospital right now." George smiled and beckoned Fred to help.

The competition continued, but everyone was discussing the toad being cursed. 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. Find the spellcaster, or you can only wait for her to wake up by herself."

   "Where's Albert?" Professor McGonagall asked the Weasley brothers sideways.

   "I don't know, we can't find him for the time being, but when the wizard card game is about to end, Albert will definitely come over to present the champion." George explained with a smile.

   "Okay, you can leave." After sending them away, Professor McGonagall looked at Umbridge who was lying on the hospital bed, and asked Madam Pomfrey, "Bobby, what's the matter with her."

"It's just an ordinary coma, but those bumps may not be eliminated with medicine." Madam Pomfrey said calmly. She didn't like Umbridge, and she didn't like her ruining the Wizard's Card Club, because she also belonged to own wizard card.

   "What a greedy idiot." Professor McGonagall shook his head and walked away. She actually knew about the curse, but she also took the book and wasn't cursed because of it.

   Unexpectedly, Umbridge was cursed as soon as he touched it, obviously intending to directly take the book as his own.

  The competition is still going on, but people are discussing that Umbridge was cursed. Some people gloated over Toad’s misfortune, thinking that she deserved it, while some people worried whether Albert would be punished for it.

  The wizard card game continued in such an atmosphere. Due to the large compression of the process that originally took several days, and Umbridge's interference just now, the already crowded process arrangement suddenly became tense.

   Albert came to the activity room around 5:30 to host the final duel for the last two contestants.

  After learning about Umbridge's previous rotten deeds from a group of enthusiasts, Albert was not too surprised. He knew very well that Umbridge would follow the Wizarding Card Club sooner or later.

   Albert's calmness soon infected others, and everyone wondered 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 Ola Quelke. She almost crushed her opponent with absolute strength.

   "Congratulations, this is an extra gift from me."

  Albert put the money bag containing Galleon in the champion's hand, and handed her his new book by the way.

   "A work I recently completed, it is not currently sold in bookstores, I hope it can bring you some help!"

  The crowd suddenly became noisy, and everyone was very interested in Albert's new book, because in the previous rumors, some people said that Albert compiled a book on defense against the dark arts.

   "When are you going to start selling this book!"

   "After I graduate." Albert said calmly, "People will need my book at that time."

   "Okay, let's applaud our youngest champion, now is her championship moment."

  The fireworks symbolizing Ravenclaw bloomed above everyone's heads, and warm applause sounded in the activity room.

   Albert flicked his wand lightly, and the tables in the lounge were cleared. A lot of snacks and butter beer appeared on the table. Albert raised his glass and sent his blessing to the young champion.

   "I'll deal with Umbridge's problem first." After drinking a glass of butterbeer, Albert planned to leave temporarily.

   "No problem." Li Qiaodan frowned.

   "What could be wrong."

  When Albert arrived at the school hospital, Umbridge had already woken up. Her temper looked terrible and she kept cursing in a low voice.

  Professor McGonagall was talking to Madam Pomfrey in a low voice, 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 he couldn't see where he was surprised.

   "You know, a lot of people have touched that book, but no one has actually been cursed."

   It seemed that he heard Albert's voice, and Umbridge jumped up from the hospital bed and rushed towards Albert.

"you this…"

Before she finished speaking, the sound was silenced. She grabbed her neck in horror and stared at Albert angrily, wishing she could pounce on and strangle the Mudblood in front of her. Standing in place like a stone sculpture.

   "I think she might need a sedative." Albert waved his wand, and a hospital bed ran to Umbridge's back like long legs, let 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 Origins for too long, otherwise the curse will remain on her forever." Albert interrupted what Professor McGonagall was about to say, and told the truth calmly, "Her The symptoms are not serious, the power of the curse will subside within three days at the latest, and you should be able to fully recover in about a week."

   "I need to talk to her alone about this matter." Albert signaled the two to leave for a while.

   "Okay, but I hope..."

   "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 hospital bed, and under the terrified eyes of the other party, he took out his wand from his robe pocket.

   A few minutes later, Albert left the school hospital.

   "Okay, Professor, I have temporarily persuaded Umbridge." Albert announced happily, "I will temporarily stop the Wizard Card Club, and Professor Umbridge also promised not to pursue the previous matter."

  Professor McGonagall looked at Albert suspiciously, and then at the completely quiet school hospital, wondering how Albert persuaded Umbridge.

  (end of this chapter)