Chapter 206 The First Bird to Stand Out

"This Umbridge is actually from Slytherin?"

That night, in the lounge, Malfoy accused indignantly.

Next to him, Goyle, who had just brought back the new "school rules", was silent.

He originally thought that he would be praised for coming here to tell Malfoy about this new news that has not been officially announced (I guess the old woman wants to wait until tomorrow morning or noon to announce it publicly)...

Looking at Malfoy's look, he suddenly remembered that Malfoy has a girlfriend! Even Pansy, who was looking gloomy, was next to him.

And Daphne's eyes were red, with a self-blaming expression.

"I'm sorry, because I was too impulsive and caused trouble." Lu Yunkai had an apologetic smile on his face, and he reached out to hug Daphne in his arms.

"It's not your fault... nor Daphne's fault. Even if it wasn't this time against the two of you, she would do this sooner or later with so many couples in the school." Although Pansy's face was very bad, what she said was still somewhat logical.

Indeed, this time it was just because Daphne was caught in the crossfire, and she had to speak up for her bestie.

"It's my fault." Daphne lowered her head and muttered.

"What does it have to do with you! It's all because of me! Who makes me so likable!" Lu Yunkai said something very annoying.

Sure enough, Pansy, Malfoy, even Goyle and Crabbe next to them, and Astoria who was writing a paper, all looked disgusted.

But they also knew that Lu Yunkai was trying to make Daphne laugh.

Sure enough, Daphne rolled her eyes at Lu Yunkai, but her expression looked a little hungrier.

"It's okay. At most, you can be more careful in school in the future! How many eyes does Umbridge have?" Lu Yunkai patted Daphne's shoulder and comforted her again.

"......Yeah." Daphne nodded.

"We can't just let this go." Malfoy was still a little bit unacceptable to Lu Yunkai's generosity, and shook his head firmly, "I want to write a letter to my father. The people in the Ministry of Magic are a bit too much..."

"I want to write a letter to my father too." Goyle hurriedly expressed his loyalty.

"It's unnecessary." Lu Yunkai shook his head, "Umbridge has just arrived recently and is eager to establish her prestige. We don't need to run into her gun. I was careless today, and she was targeting Daphne, so I couldn't help it for a while... Ahem, well, thinking about it afterwards, I was indeed too impulsive at the time, and it wouldn't be a big deal if I behaved obediently."

"What if she targets Daphne again in the future?" Pansy snorted.

"I'll kill her."

"... Lu Yunkai!!" Daphne blushed beside him.

But the frustration and anger just now had long disappeared.

"I really can't stay here any longer." Astoria picked up the half-written paper on the table with a look of disgust and moved it to a table farther away.

However, both Pansy and Daphne were very satisfied with Lu Yunkai's answer.

The two girls kept silent.

"Is this the end of the matter?" Malfoy looked at Pansy's reaction and realized that Lu Yunkai's answer must be the correct answer. After silently memorizing it in his heart, he continued to ask.

"Let's do this for now! Umbridge is so arrogant that she will have a head-on conflict with Dumbledore sooner or later. Let's just wait and see the excitement." Lu Yunkai nodded.

"Okay." Although Malfoy was still a little unwilling, he still nodded.

After chatting a few more words about the Ministry of Magic's education order, they dispersed.

Although Daphne was in a better mood because of Lu Yunkai's words, she was not in the mood to stay here and watch Lu Yunkai continue to brew potions. She used the excuse of going back to the dormitory to take a shower and pulled Pansy away.

Lu Yunkai didn't mind either.

In fact, he didn't really want to stay with Daphne right now.

Because...

"Brother-in-law."

After everyone around Lu Yunkai left, Astoria came over.

"What? Isn't your paper today about divination? Write it yourself, I can't help you with that..."

"It's not a paper!! It's...Are you okay?"

"...What can I do?"

"Stop it!" Astoria shook her head and pointed at Lu Yunkai's ears, "Look in the mirror yourself, your ears are red from anger."

"...Ah?"

"I lied to you!" Seeing Lu Yunkai quickly reaching out to touch his ears, Astoria smiled with a successful trick, "I told you! You can quarrel with that old witch just because she said something about my sister, but you won't be angry because she posted a new school rule that is meant to bully my sister?"

"..."

"Well, that's right." Seeing that Lu Yunkai's face was completely devoid of smiles, Astoria smiled with satisfaction and nodded.

"Don't tell your sister about this."

"Oh! I'm not stupid! Are you afraid that she will feel guilty about this?!"

"...If you had used your brain on studying, you would have been the top student in your grade." Lu Yunkai glared at Astoria fiercely.

What the girl said was absolutely right. He was really very angry now. He just tried to suppress his anger and said those words just now, simply because he didn't want to make Daphne, who was already very self-blaming, feel worse.

When he saw the Daily Prophet with the educational order published at noon today, Lu Yunkai had already vaguely guessed that Umbridge would make a big fuss about this matter.

In fact, Lu Yunkai, who had just left the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom yesterday, had come to his senses and understood why she was looking for trouble with Daphne. Umbridge wanted to establish her own authority and the Ministry of Magic in Hogwarts.

The best way to establish authority is to shoot the first bird to stick out. As the two representatives of Hogwarts in the Triwizard Tournament last year, Harry and Lu Yunkai are definitely the tallest trees in the forest of Hogwarts.

After locking Harry up for a night, and then making such an education order today, both of them were punished. Which student dares not to listen to her now?

But Lu Yunkai didn't expect that this old crazy woman would never stop talking about Daphne's matter and even make a school rule!

It seems that Umbridge never thought about talking about strategy in establishing authority.

She didn't care that Lu Yunkai was so impulsive at the time, not because she could control Lu Yunkai by controlling Daphne, but because trying to control Daphne was something Lu Yunkai would never allow.

Her logic is very simple: I came, I saw, I conquered.

Lu Yunkai believed that the old woman had definitely regarded him as a tool to help her establish her authority in Hogwarts. The Daphne incident was just the beginning, and it would definitely never end in the future.

But the problem is that Lu Yunkai now seems to have no way to fight back.

That's why he is so angry, and he must suppress it.

"Brother-in-law, actually... my sister is not as fragile as you think." Looking at Lu Yunkai's appearance, Astoria seemed very worried, so she continued: "She is a very strong person at heart."

"... That's her business. It's my business to prevent her from being bullied by others because of me."

"I'm talking to you about serious matters! Don't disgust me!!" Astoria patted Lu Yunkai's arm, "I just want to remind you not to do anything stupid because of my sister. If you get hurt, she will blame herself more."

"..."

Lu Yunkai was stunned.

This... seems to be true, right?

Alas, it seems that he was really overwhelmed by anger.

"Well, it seems that you have reacted, so I won't say much." Astoria looked at Lu Yunkai's stunned look and nodded, "Don't let me see the distance between you less than one meter in the future, otherwise I will report it!"

"...Ah! Stinky girl! You are just jealous!!"

"Humph!"

Astoria made a face at Lu Yunkai and ran away.

And Lu Yunkai sighed helplessly as he watched his sister-in-law run away.

Although what this girl said makes sense, Lu Yunkai must not let Umbridge really treat him as a soft persimmon.

He must do something to fight back.

But what can Lu Yunkai do?

She is a senior investigator of the Ministry of Magic. Although there is no explicit statement that the Ministry of Magic can manage Hogwarts, there is no explicit statement that the Ministry of Magic cannot interfere in the formulation of Hogwarts' school rules, right?

If Lu Yunkai fights with her, he will suffer the loss of the current management!

And Blaise also said that she is Fudge's confidant.

Unless Fudge is no longer the Minister of Magic, her confidant may lose power...

Lu Yunkai's eyes lit up.

Let Fudge step down! ! Lu Yunkai is not without a solution!

It's just that Lu Yunkai found out before the potion in the crucible was finished. He seems to have no way to get Chris to start as soon as possible.

Because Chris can't use the wand, the communication mirror can't be used.

Even Sophie can't send Lu Yunkai's own letter to his own home. (Lu Yunkai actually doesn't trust owls to send letters. He doesn't believe that Umbridge, who is determined to target him, will not keep an eye on his owl communication channel)

And when Voldemort and Nagini plan to organize the Azkaban prison break is not up to Lu Yunkai!

This matter...can we just wait?

But Lu Yunkai really doesn't want to wait! What if that crazy old woman feels that it's not enough to use a school rule on the distance between men and women to hit him, and wants to make some other moths, what should I do?

Finally, Lu Yunkai felt Voldemort's unwillingness to wait for resurrection.

It's so uncomfortable!

...

"What did you say? I didn't hear you clearly?"

"I mean, are you interested in joining us?"

Hermione looked very serious.

The next morning, in the Ancient Magic class, Lu Yunkai showed much more interest in this class than in previous years (the reason was obvious). After asking the professor questions after class, he was blocked by Hermione at the door of the classroom.

The new school rule of one meter distance that Goyle inquired about yesterday has not been officially released, so the two of them don't need to avoid suspicion.

But the problem is that Lu Yunkai thinks that Hermione is like this... He would rather stay one meter away from her.

"What on earth are you doing? I don't understand." Lu Yunkai shook his head, "What's wrong with Harry?"

"We will face the OWLS exam this year. If the Defense Against the Dark Arts class is delayed for another year, I'm afraid none of us will be able to pass the exam. So... I suggest that Harry organize us to practice Defense Against the Dark Arts on our own without Umbridge's knowledge." Hermione said it again patiently.

"Is this necessary? If it's just to cope with the exam, it's normal for the professor to teach and test whatever he teaches..."

"The people who set the questions for the OWLS exam are not from the Ministry of Magic." Hermione interrupted Lu Yunkai, "You don't know this?"

"..."

Lu Yunkai really didn't know.

"Harry agreed to my suggestion last night, but he was a little worried that his ability was not enough, and said that it might be more appropriate to find you, but he was afraid that you would not agree... After all, there might not be Slytherin among the people we put together."

"So! Harry knew that it was not convenient for me to agree, but you still had to come to me?" Lu Yunkai smiled speechlessly.

"...I don't think you are the kind of person who takes the difference between colleges so seriously, right?"

"Don't flatter me, my neck hurts." Lu Yunkai shook his head quickly, "I don't want to get involved in this matter."

"But..."

"And Umbridge has been targeting me recently, and I don't want to bother her again."

"Why is she targeting you? She is really targeting Harry!" Hermione snorted.

"No. You may know at lunch." Lu Yunkai shook his head and sighed, "Let's go to lunch."

"...Are you really unwilling?"

"It's not that I don't want to, it's that I can't." Lu Yunkai shook his head, "How about we talk about it in the afternoon?"

"..."

"It won't hurt to wait for a whole afternoon, just give me some time to think about it, okay?"

"...Okay."

Hermione nodded reluctantly.

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