HP North Star's Radiance

Umbridge covered her mouth and laughed, amused: "How are your professors?"

“It’s the best too,” Pansy said just as cheerfully.

Umbridge said, "I heard he doesn't get along with some students?"

Pansy smiled slightly: "Professor, once you come to Hogwarts, you will surely feel that some students are naturally suited to stricter discipline."

No sooner had Pansy finished speaking than Snape's voice, punishing Potter, rang out: "Another zero, Potter..."

Pansy shrugged: "See!"

……

As soon as Umbridge left the Potions classroom, Pansy turned to Praris: "How was it?"

"You want me to rate you too?" Praris asked in surprise.

Pansy pouted and said in a spoiled tone, "What, you only gave Draco a score? I'm going to get angry!"

“Hmm—” Praris pretended to ponder for a moment, then suddenly laughed, “Our Pansy is the best too!”

Pansy patted Praris's hand: "You're so naughty!"

“Oh dear,” Pansy said, “Do I need you to teach me? Of course I’ll say good things about Professor Snape!”

A glint of shrewdness flashed in Praris's eyes: "Just nice words are a bit weak."

Pansy didn't understand. But Pansy knew this wasn't something she could figure out. So she continued brewing the potion.

When Umbridge questioned the head of Slytherin, she also approached Slytherin. This indicates that she never intended to target Snape; she simply needed to go through the vetting process.

But Umbridge's question was interesting. She asked Professor Snape if he had applied for Defense Against the Dark Arts and courses, and why Dumbledore had rejected Snape's application.

Draco had told her that Malfoy was interfering with Harry Potter's trial, an event that occurred after Voldemort's resurrection. Draco had also hinted that she shouldn't get too close to Winnie.

Malfoy's return to Voldemort's ranks is a foregone conclusion. At the very least, Voldemort won't let the Malfoys, the golden goose, go. The interference of the trial indicates that Voldemort has extended his reach to the Ministry of Magic.

So, was Umbridge's question something she wanted to ask herself, or something that some important person wanted to know?

Prarese had to be careful, so that Pansy pointed out the fact that Professor Snape and Harry Potter were not on good terms.

But things happened too coincidentally; no sooner had Pansy finished speaking than Professor Snape gave Harry a zero. The two events occurring simultaneously amplified the effect.

At night, Harry, Ron, and Hermione waited for Sirius to arrive.

Before this, Harry and Hermione had a minor argument.

"She's standing in Malfoy's way!" Harry said angrily. "As if I'm going to do something to Malfoy, not the other way around!"

Hermione said with a headache, "She's—you know that! Do you want her to jump out and defend you, reveal her identity, and then be ostracized by her classmates?!"

Harry said, "Yeah, she shouldn't have done that! But she's the prefect, how could she not have stopped them? We lost ten points!"

Harry actually wanted to talk about Neville, but he promised Dumbledore he wouldn't reveal anything about Neville's parents.

“Malfoy is a prefect, isn’t she?” Hermione said. “If she could help us openly, you wouldn’t be only finding out who she is now.”

When Ron walked in carrying a bag of snacks, he saw the two of them sitting on opposite sides, neither of them looking at the other.

He patted Harry on the shoulder: "Don't be sad, it's all Umbridge and Snape's fault! Gryffindor has more troubles than Myrtle's tears!"

"What's wrong?" Sirius's face appeared in the flames. "Hello!"

"Hello! Sirius!" the three said in unison.

Although Sirius said "hello," he didn't seem very happy.

He told Harry and the others that someone was following them about the Defense Against the Dark Arts, and that Mundungus had witnessed it all.

Mrs. Weasley was deeply worried about this, and she hoped her three children wouldn't do such a thing. She had no right to stop them, but she begged them not to.

“Then you don’t want me to do that?” Harry asked.

“Of course not!” Sirius exclaimed in surprise. “Do you think James and I are the kind of people who would succumb to power?”

Harry was overjoyed and discussed with Sirius where the study group should be held.

"Wait a minute," Hermione suddenly asked, "Excuse me! I wanted to ask, is Mr. Brown not here today?"

Ron and Harry both looked at her in surprise.

Sirius paused for a moment before stammering, "Well, she has some tasks. Yes, Dumbledore gave her some very important tasks."

“I thought Dumbledore didn’t want her to go out,” Hermione said.

Sirius said, "That was before. Things are different now."

“What’s different?” Hermione asked.

Just then, Sirius Black in the flames suddenly disappeared!

An old, ugly, thick, and short hand, covered in jeweled rings, emerged from the flames, groping for something.

It's Umbridge!

Harry and his two companions ran away in terror.

Chapter 110 Two-Way Mirror

Under the increasing pressure of Umbridge's policies, the Astronomy Tower was no longer safe. Prarese also didn't want to bring the danger to the innocent Professor Sinister.

So Prareus gave one side of the two-way mirror to Hermione.

These two-way mirrors were hard-won; they were purchased by Ms. Sprout on behalf of Prarese and only arrived in her hands last week.

Two-way mirrors are hard to find even in Knockturn Alley, with the selling price driven up to 150 Galleons.

It's worth noting that a unicorn's horn is worth 21 Galleons.

150 Galleons were enough to buy all the back-to-school supplies for two first-year students, and there were still some left over—all of them were brand new, including textbooks.

Ms. Sprout assumed Prarese was in a long-distance relationship and gave him a good talking-to.

In the end, she muttered again, "It's just that I don't crack down on early relationships."

Prarese laughed, recalling Professor Snape's catching young lovers on Christmas Eve.

For Praliss, the fact that memories don't fade automatically isn't just a source of stress; sometimes it's a wonderful thing. Memories are like the diary she carries with her, and combined with the mood watch Draco gave her, they function like the Pensieve's recollection function.

She had intended to give the other mirror to Winnie or Ms. Prie. But before she could buy the mirror, she stopped receiving replies from her family.

One drawback of using two-way mirrors is that they cannot be sure whether the environment of the person on the other side is safe or not, and can only rely on each other's senses.

“Sirius said that Dumbledore gave Miss Brown a task. But before we could finish speaking, Umbridge interrupted our communication.” Hermione looked somewhat worried.

Praris nodded.

She covered her face with one hand, trying to think about the decision he might make in a more human way—that is, in the way Dumbledore might think.

This was a bit difficult for her, but she had to think about it that way.

“Plares,” Hermione suddenly asked, “what do you think—”

“Hmm?” Praris raised an eyebrow.

Hermione stammered, "Do you think what I did was right? Our Defense Against the Dark Arts team."

“I don’t know,” Prare said honestly. “Miss, I don’t know.”

This is the second time recently that Praris has openly acknowledged his limitations.

Milison once asked if being as powerful as Prarese meant having absolute confidence.

The facts are just the opposite.

This is not because she experienced some unhappiness in her childhood, so she degraded herself to the mud.

The more a person knows, the more they realize they don't know. The boundary between the known and the unknown is much longer than when one knows very little.

Thus, the more Praris knows, the more unknowns she can glimpse, and the more humble she becomes than others—humble in the face of the unknown, humble in the face of knowledge, humble in the face of nature and the unpredictable nature of fate.

“I think I warned you to choose carefully,” Praris said. “But Hermione, you’ve already done it, and you’ve already brought so many students into the game. To back out now will only damage your and Potter’s reputation and undermine the students’ confidence in resisting Umbridge.”

Not long ago, these three people used Potter's past achievements to attract students, forming a Defense Against the Dark Arts study group and signing a cursed pact. Once they decide to abandon this plan, the impact will be enormous, not only on the students but also on Potter's mindset.

“In this world,” Praris smiled gently, “you get nothing done by hesitating. Either don’t do it at all, or do it well, even if it’s just filling in the gaps little by little.”

Hermione laughed in annoyance: "Sorry, I—I understand."

“But you could have been more meticulous,” Prarese said. “Did you emphasize to them that traitors will be punished?”

“I’ve said that writing down my name means I agree not to tell anyone,” Hermione said.

Praris shook his head: "That's not enough. Do you always trust other people's morality? If morality can truly bind a person, what is the point of the law?"

“But they all joined us voluntarily,” Hermione said.

Praris said coldly, "Therefore, for the sake of those who truly trust you, it is necessary to restrain some fickle people."

Hermione bit her lip, looking somewhat hesitant.

“Hermione, have you heard the story of the Muggle Talia?” Praris suddenly said. “Talia won’t really be involved in your studies. But at the end of the first-floor hallway, there’s a painting of two women embracing. One of the women—”

“Let’s call her Talia.”

A house that grants every request.

Dobby provided the study group with a secluded practice spot: the Room of Requirement, opposite the "Trolls Beating Dumbnaba" tapestry.

Harry, Hermione, and Ron chanted incantations at the wall, and sure enough, a room appeared that satisfied them all.

Hermione was very satisfied. In addition to the Defense Against the Dark Arts books she needed, she also saw the portrait of Talia described by Prarese in the corner of the wall.

Hermione pinned the list of all 31 people to the wall and wrote down the names they had suggested—"DA".

During a break in practice, Zacharias Smith looked at the list and suddenly said, "There are 31 people on it! But here—we only have thirty."

Harry's ears immediately perked up.

“Oh!” Hermione said with a laugh. “You mean, Talia, right?”

“None of us have ever seen this person before!” Zacharias said. “She hasn’t even come here for training!”

Hermione said calmly, "She's a friend of the three of us, and the establishment of DA wouldn't have been possible without her. Although she can't be there in person, her symbol is here, and she would never leak this information."

Ron looked somewhat surprised; he hadn't expected Talia to be his friend—had he been informed of this?