The Silent Witch of Hogwarts

Chapter 590 Special Training

"Why did Professor Hamilton call us here?" Ron asked Hermione and Harry, looking somewhat puzzled, as they stood by the enormous maze beside the Black Lake at Hogwarts.

"I don't know either," Hermione said, shaking her head. "I asked the Pinecone Party members, and it seems that only a very small number of them received Professor Hamilton's invitation."

"Could it be that Professor Hamilton is preparing to rebel against the Ministry of Magic?" Harry wondered. "Does she want to use our power?"

"Our strength?" Hermione smiled and shook her head. "I think Professor Hamilton alone is enough."

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"That seems to be true—" Harry thought for a moment and felt that his guess was a bit too far-fetched. With Professor Hamilton's abilities—it felt like she could handle all the Aurors in the Ministry of Magic by herself, right?

And add three Voldemorts as well —

"So what did she call us here for?" Ron asked, looking at Luna who was walking past them.

"Luna, do you know what Professor Hamilton is planning to do?"

"Ah—Ronald." Luna tilted her head slightly in greeting upon seeing Ron, then hesitated for a few seconds before replying in a pleasant voice, "Perhaps Professor Hamilton—wants us to be able to stand on our own?"

"Capable of handling things on his own?"

"Hmm." Looking at Harry, who was repeating her answer, Luna nodded seriously: "After all, the Ministry of Magic has an army of fire sprites."

"Shouldn't we also learn to protect ourselves?"

"Ah—" Harry, who had initially thought what she said made a lot of sense, couldn't help but purse his lips.

It suddenly feels a little bit unreliable.

"Then Malfoy mustn't find out about this." Ron seemed to notice something and curled his lip. "If someone like him found out, he'd definitely tell on us."

After all, Malfoy has been one of the few people at Hogwarts who are happy lately.

I heard that because his father had some connections with the Ministry of Magic, these Aurors ignored him and even greeted him with smiles.

This gave Malfoy a chance to gloat, and seeing him gloat was more painful for him than killing Ron.

As time went by, there were soon quite a few students here. Harry looked closely and saw that there were about twenty or so, with a wide range of grades. Not only were there fourth-year students who were one year ahead of Harry, but he even saw seventh-year students who were about to graduate.

Cedric was among them, standing with Cho Chang talking about something, and he even seemed to see Harry waving at Harry.

Is Professor Hamilton really going to form an army?

Just as Harry was guessing, the maze in front of them suddenly made a soft sound.

The door, which had been closed after the end of the Goblet of Fire, reopened at this moment, and Professor Hamilton slowly walked out of it.

Meeting the students' somewhat surprised gazes, Loila gave a slightly smug smile.

Hmph, this is something I planned specifically—a planned entrance, I had to surprise you all, right?

"Ahem, ahem." After a few seconds of smugness, Loila coughed and said, "Given—given the current changes in the wizarding world."

"I would like to extend a special invitation to—all of you gentlemen and ladies."

"Let's begin our special training." She flicked her wand, and a stone pillar appeared beneath her feet, lifting her slightly. Looking at the students below, she continued, "The specific content is—training your spellcasting skills—and combat skills."

"If you have any questions—you can—you can ask me." Loila said haltingly, occasionally glancing down at the note in her palm.

Although there was a lot of content, she still managed to read it all aloud.

"Anyway—that's it—if there's anything—if you have any questions, you can ask now."

As soon as Loila finished speaking, a student immediately raised his hand and asked, "Professor Hamilton, is this Umbridge's order?"

"Ah—no—no." Loila shook her head and said subconsciously, "This is Deng—"

Well!

Realizing she had almost said something wrong, Loila quickly covered her mouth.

Dumbledore is a fugitive now! If this is his order, who knows what problems will arise.

Although Lloyd didn't mention Dumbledore's name, her behavior was enough for the students to guess what was going on.

"Professor Hamilton is really bad at keeping secrets—" Ron muttered.

"Besides that—are there any other questions?"

"Professor Hamilton, may I ask how the training is conducted? Is this a course?" This time, it was Cedric who raised his hand.

"This isn't a class—a course," Loila said after a moment's thought. "I'll—I'll register everyone's names."

"That way, whenever you have free time, you can come here to train."

It would be even better if you could come to practice every time you have a class.

"Professor Hamilton!" another student asked, "Are you planning to form an army against the Ministry of Magic?"

Hey! Who came from here? Don't ask such a sensitive question all of a sudden! Even Loila knows it's best to be restrained in situations like this.

"Professor Hamilton could easily defeat the Ministry of Magic, why would he need an army!" Before Loila could reply, a student immediately said.

"Yeah, yeah! Professor Hamilton took them all on by himself!" Hermione nodded in agreement.

"Is it the Ministry of Magic that needs an army?"

"Or rather, the Aurors are now their army!"

"They're clearly secret police!"

Seeing that the students were becoming increasingly sensitive, Loila quickly coughed to interrupt them.

I dare not say any more! If I do, not only will training be impossible, but even the magic array class might be lost!

"We're just—just trying to improve our abilities," Loila quickly concluded the discussion. "That's all."

"Ah—I understand, it means we can't leak the secret, right?"

What do you understand?!

Looking at the students who were starting to imagine things, Loila felt that things were getting worse and worse!

Please don't hurt me!

"That's all there is to it." Since things had come to this point, Loila didn't want to explain anything further and decided to get them to start training as soon as possible.

Once they start training, I'll have a chance to slip away and study the magic circle. There's still some time before I need to take control of Hogwarts—and I also need to study the Deluminator that Dumbledore gave me—

So Loila flicked her wand, and all the entrances to the maze opened.

The maze training at Hogwarts has officially begun!