Harry Potter and the Great Old Ones

Chapter 475 It’s hard to persuade the devil with good words

Tiera originally planned to just take one or two kids along to visit the Dreamland, but to her surprise, all the members of the Golden Book Council became interested in going to the Dreamland and wanted to go with Tiera.

Let them go. Tiera doesn't mind. The people at the Golden Book Conference are all well-behaved and shouldn't be so curious as to touch and look at everything.

As the members of the Golden Book Council packed their belongings, Tierra brought her conceptualized self to life, leaving "it" at Hogwarts. This served two purposes: firstly, as a safety net in case anything went wrong at Hogwarts while she was away; and secondly—

……

After Dumbledore disappeared, the Aurors, Cornelius Fudge, and other officials of the Ministry of Magic dispersed, either returning to the Ministry to continue their official duties or going home to explain to their parents, husbands, wives, or children the reason for their sudden nighttime departure.

Harry, along with other members of Dumbledore's Army, tried to blend in with the departing Aurors and leave.

Most of them succeeded, but Harry, Ron, and Hermione were stopped.

In the end, only Umbridge, Harry, Ron, Hermione, and the Hogwarts Discipline Team, led by Hathaway Romanoff, remained in the empty Great Hall of Hogwarts.

"Hand it over!" As soon as the others disappeared, Umbridge's expression changed instantly, his ugly, toad-like face revealing a chillingly excited look.

"Wh-what?" Although Harry had already guessed what Umbridge wanted, he pretended to be confused and didn't want to hand it over.

"Stop talking nonsense!" Umbridge said viciously. "Give me the resurrection stone!"

"Wh-what Resurrection Stone?" Although Dumbledore had just told him to give the Resurrection Stone to Umbridge, Harry didn't want to follow Dumbledore's orders this time.

"Hand it over!" Umbridge slapped Harry across the face.

Neither Harry, Ron, Hermione, nor Draco Malfoy and the other members of the Disciplined Service anticipated this slap.

Harry felt his steps falter and stumbled, falling to the ground.

"Dong... Ding..."

Something fell out of Harry's left pocket and landed on the stone floor of the Great Hall with a very unscientific and illogical "clink".

The voice drew everyone's attention.

Harry didn't know why the Resurrection Stone had fallen out. He had carefully put it into a stone box that was securely fastened and had a chain attached to it.

But at this moment, the resurrection stone fell out separately.

Harry didn't have time to think about why; almost instinctively, he lunged at the Resurrection Stone.

But someone was faster than him—

Hathaway Romanov.

The death-like girl simply tapped her staff lightly.

An invisible shockwave struck Harry.

Harry was instantly sent flying several meters away, rolling around on the ground a few times before gradually coming to a stop.

Dolores Umbridge also saw the resurrection stone, and at that moment, he grabbed it in his hand like a vicious dog hunting its prey.

"Found it! Found it!" Umbridge's expression was chillingly excited. "I've finally found it!" Umbridge said viciously.

The moment she obtained the resurrection stone, her mind was completely consumed by an uncontrollable lust for power.

"Take everyone else out, leaving only Umbridge here," Tyella's voice came through Hathaway Romanov's ear.

Hathaway Romanoff nodded slightly, waved her staff, and shooed everyone else out.

……

Harry barely slept all night. His left cheek, where Umbridge had slapped him, still throbbed with pain, and the shame gnawed at him like maggots.

Harry only managed a few hours of light sleep as dawn approached before being woken up by his alarm clock.

When Harry saw Hermione in the common room, he noticed her dark circles and knew that she hadn't slept much all night either.

The next morning, as Harry, Ron, and Hermione were having breakfast in the Great Hall, they saw the new educational decree on the stone archway leading into the Great Hall.
The Ministry of Magic has appointed Dolores Jan Umbridge (Senior Investigator) to succeed Albus Dumbledore as Headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

The above regulations are in accordance with Education Order No. 28.

Signature: Minister of Magic Cornelius Fudge
The notice was posted all over the school overnight. Everyone in the castle seemed to have heard that Dumbledore had fled after subduing nearly two-thirds of the Aurors in the Ministry of Magic, the senior investigator, the Minister of Magic, and his junior assistant, but the notice did not provide any explanation.

No matter where Harry went in the castle, he always heard people talking about the same thing—

That was Dumbledore's escape, although some details may have been distorted in the story—

For example, Harry overheard a second-year girl telling another second-year girl with complete conviction, "Fudge is currently lying in St. Mungo's Hospital with his head turned into a pumpkin."

The second-grade girl confidently claimed that the message came from her cousin who worked at St. Mungo's.

“Dumbledore will be back soon.” Ernie Macmillan listened intently to Harry and the other members of Dumbledore’s Army’s description, and said confidently on his way back from Herbology class, “Dumbledore said he’ll be gone for a maximum of one semester.”

"It's at least a week and at most a month and a half..." Harry corrected him discreetly.

“It doesn’t matter, whether it’s a week, two weeks, or a month and a half,” Ernie said.

……

Meanwhile, their most trusted Dumbledore, along with Nick Flamel, Wu Peirong, Slytherin, Makka Fale-Monkasha, Chief Thunderbird, and Tyella boarded a plane from London to Afghanistan.

After taking down a pair of Aurors in Dumbledore's guise last night, Tyrell immediately urged the group of centenarians to pack their things and board the Night Horseman's carriage from Hogwarts to London, preparing to catch the flight from London to Afghanistan at around 8 a.m. this morning.

Tyella completely delegated all remaining matters concerning Hogwarts to the animated conceptual Tyella—

Logically speaking, since Umbridge was used as Tiera's tool and was tricked by Tiera, Tiera should have the utmost respect for her and at least arranged for her to have a good life in her final days. But then again, Tiera couldn't feel the slightest respect for Umbridge, who was just a tool.

And she didn't want Umbridge's toad-like face to disgust her, so Tiera made a clean and decisive decision—

Leave your conceptualized self at Hogwarts and deal with that mess.

(End of this chapter)