Harry Potter and the Secret Treasure

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"What?" said Harry, completely taken aback by the unexpected situation.

"Yes, he has an army of Heliopaus," Luna said solemnly.

"Impossible," said Hermione curtly.

"It's true."

"What's Heliopa?" Neville asked, looking dazed.

"They're fire spirits!" Luna explained, her bulging eyes widening, making her appear crazier than usual, "huge, flaming monsters that gallop across the land and burn everything in front of them." Get clean..."

"They don't exist, Neville," said Hermione sharply.

"Oh, it exists!" Luna looked at her angrily.

"Excuse me, what proof do you have?" Hermione asked sharply.

"There are a lot of eyewitness reports, a lot of people have seen them, they're hidden under the Ministry of Magic, and just because you're so ignorant, you need everything stuffed under your nose to..."

"Cough, cough!" Ginny imitated Professor Umbridge vividly, several people looked around in surprise, and then she laughed loudly, "Don't talk about fire elves, didn't we just decide how often to gather together?" Defense class?"

"Yeah, let's talk about serious things quickly." Ai Wen said, these guys have too strong personalities!

If Hermione and Luna were allowed to continue talking, the two of them could debate for a whole day, but in the end, no one would be able to convince the other.

As for Ron and Zacharias, if no one else was around, they would probably start fighting right away.

As long as Cho was here, Harry couldn't speak at all, and just kept peeking at each other.

No matter what Neville said, he almost believed it, and even seriously discussed it with them, and the Colin brothers were similar.

Fred and George's minds are all on the prank products they just bought. Zuko's Magic Joke Shop really shouldn't sell them any more. The twins have already cracked all their core products to produce better prank products. , if it continues like this, Zuko's joke shop will be closed!

And Angelina, who hasn't given up on the Frobishers and is trying to persuade them to join the Gryffindor team.

And the other girls on the team had a hot chat with the Ravenclaw boys, and those boys seemed to be very interested in the seniors...

If this continues, this discussion will completely turn into a dating meeting, and now probably only Ginny is still normal.

"Right!" said Hermione. "We should get down to business now. Do you have any good timing advice?"

"No problem, once a week is really good." Lee Jordan said.

"As long as..." Angelina was about to speak.

"Yes, yes, we know that there is Quidditch, and we will definitely avoid it with your time." Hermione said impatiently, "Then we will first book once a week, and then the meeting place, we will It was in an empty classroom or in the Gryffindor common room, but that obviously wasn't going to work, so we settled on the Room of Requirement on the eighth floor of the castle."

"I've never heard of such a room."

"Because it is hidden, it will only appear when needed!" Hermione said simply, "When we confirm the time for the first meeting, we will notify everyone, now..."

She rummaged in her bag and produced parchment and a quill.

"I want everyone to write their names down so we know who's here today, and I also think." She took a deep breath, "We should all agree not to take things we're proud of." Get out, so once you sign, you agree not to tell Umbridge or anyone else about us."

Hermione seemed a little hesitant, and Ivan knew that it was time to say the following words himself!

"In order to ensure that the organization's secrets are not leaked, I will cast a spell on this parchment, and all those who sign their names on it should abide by this, and cannot talk about this matter with outsiders," Ai Wen said. , "Once it is leaked, you will suffer a terrible curse. I promise, it will definitely be a magic that you will remember forever."

Chapter 971 Love and Despair

"What, curse?!" Several people looked at Ivan in surprise, making sure he was not joking.

"There's no need to do that!"

"It's just participating in an interest activity group, and it really seems to be rebellion."

"This is a means to prevent someone from reporting, it must be there!" Aiwen said, "If any of you disapprove, it is too late to withdraw now, but once the name is signed, the magic will work."

Under Aiwen's gaze, several people obviously lowered their heads, not daring to look at him.

"I thought it was interesting," said George.

"It sounds cool, like a secret society." Fred said with interest, "I'm sure I'm not going to inform."

With the others watching, he reached for the parchment and signed his name on it with alacrity, and then George.

But a few people were unmoved and seemed very unhappy about the move.

Simply signing the name is enough to make people hesitate, not to mention what terrible curse Aiwen will use.

This sounds very evil, and many people don't have the guts...

"Hmm!" Zacharias said slowly, ignoring the parchment George handed over, "well, is it really necessary? Tell me when the party..."

But Ernie also seemed hesitant about signing, looking at the parchment uneasily.

"I, um, you know, I'm a prefect!" Ernie blurted out, "If someone else finds out about the list, well, I mean, you said it yourself, if Umbridge finds out ..."

"Please, Ivan is still the chairman of the Boys' Student Union, and he will take care of everything."

"You just said that participating in this group is the most important thing you will do this year."

"I, yes, I did say..." Ernie said, "yes, I believe that, it's just..."

"Ernie, do you really think I'm going to throw this list around?" said Hermione angrily.

"No, no, of course not!" said Ernie hastily, "but I still, I..."

"I think you must be cautious, and you must think carefully before signing your name." Ai Wen reminded, "I don't want you to sign your name out of embarrassment or being forced to be reluctant, and it will be too late to regret it later. Yes, and we will be more cautious in recruiting members in the future, and there will be more and more protective magic, not just this list. If any of you are disgusted, it is best to quit now."

Aiwen's reminder made them feel worried. In silence, the list was passed among the crowd one by one.

Some people dragged their names up, while others hesitated. This picture seemed to be carrying out a mysterious ceremony.

Everyone in Gryffindor did not hesitate, and all brought their names up.

Besides that, there's Luna, who writes a big name with flying colors.

Finally, the list was passed back to Ernie.

"Well, I still believe in Ivan, you know, and this matter is really important, and it's not a bad thing to learn more magic." He said, seemingly determined, and signed his name on the list.

With Ernie taking the lead, there was no further objection, and everyone silently signed their names.

Harry saw Cho's girlfriend give her a reproachful look before signing his name.

When the last person, Zacharias, reluctantly signed his name, Ivan took the list.

He tapped on it with his wand, and a blood-red light flashed across the list, as if it was going to swallow all the light around it, and then it returned to normal, but it seemed that something was different, and everyone gasped. Cool.

At this time, their eyes were obviously full of awe and a little worry when they looked at the parchment.

Finally, Hermione took the parchment back and put it carefully in her bag.

Now there is a strange feeling in the group, full of inexplicable mystery, as if everyone has just signed a contract.

"Okay, time flies." Fred said carelessly, standing up, "We have to go, George, Lee and I have to buy some highly confidential things, see you later !"

The others also got up to say goodbye in twos and threes. Qiu dawdly fastened the buckle on the schoolbag before leaving. Her long, waterfall-like black hair floated to the front and blocked her face. She seemed to want to talk to Ivan and Harry. Say a few words, but her girlfriend is standing next to her, arms folded, smacking her tongue impatiently.

Qiu had no choice but to go with her.

"I think it's going pretty well." A moment later, Hermione walked out of the Pig's Head Bar with Ivan, Harry, Ron, and Colin, and came to the sunny outdoors. She said happily, "The next step is to start organizing the activities." Already!"

"That guy named Zacharias is a nuisance," said Ron, glaring angrily at the back of Zacharias looming in the distance. "And, what the hell is his relationship with Ginny?"

"Probably they are in a relationship, or they are about to talk. Today is their first date. Ginny just told me that she is going to change." Hermione said, "His behavior is really annoying, let Ginny has recognized his true colors, if Ivan and I both thought that the more people the better, I would hope that he would not participate..."

"Wait, what did you just say?" Ron was drinking the last few drops of butterbeer in the bottle, and when he heard Hermione's words, he choked up and spilled the beer on his chest, "She's in a relationship, my sister In love?!"

"What's so strange about this? There are a lot of people chasing Ginny. Otherwise, why do you think the boys from Ravenclaw would come? They are all friends of Michael Kona. Although they are very interested in learning defensive skills, But she is obviously more interested in Ginny." Hermione said, "I think she will consider Michael, he is much stronger than that Zacharias, and he has a good reputation in school. Ginny told me that since going to school After the last Christmas ball, Michael has been chasing her. Of course, there are many people in the school chasing Ginny, and she has been hesitant to agree before, but she finally figured it out recently, there is no need to wait any longer..."

"My God, Hermione, do you even know what you're talking about!" said Ron incredulously.

"I think you guys still don't understand the current situation, just like the Christmas ball, good girls won't just wait for you in vain." Hermione said bluntly, "If you don't do it as soon as possible, you will be picked away by others." .”

"But, but!" Ron hesitated for a long time before making up his mind to say it, "I thought Ginny liked Harry?"

"Ginny used to like Harry, but not long ago she was desperate for him. As I said just now, you can't ask others to wait like this without any hope, can you?! Of course, she doesn't now It's not that I don't like you." She added kindly to Harry, and turned to look at Ivan, "Well, I want to go shopping, can you accompany me?"

Chapter 972 New Education Orders and Penalties

"Wait a minute, you make it clear, who is that Michael Corner?" Ron said angrily, panting.

"It's the dark one," said Hermione.

"I don't like him," said Ron without thinking.

"It surprises me." Hermione said in a low voice, "that's why Ginny didn't tell you these things, she knew that if you found out that she was in love, you would be blown up as soon as you heard it, blah, blah, blah, blah. , as it is now."

"What do you mean? Who's going to blow it up? I'm not going to go on and on about it!" Ron said dissatisfied.

"You can think whatever you want, forget it, you should hurry to find Lavender." Hermione said feebly, "Didn't you make an appointment to meet at Mrs. Puddiffe's teahouse? Don't make her wait." Too long."

"I've already started to bother her, what love!" Ron muttered silently, "I don't know why."

Ivan also supported Ginny's attempt to find a new boyfriend.Although he also wanted to match Harry and Ginny, and helped them become dance partners at the Christmas ball last year, it was obvious that Harry's mind was not on Ginny at all, and no one else could help with such matters.

Ivan can't let Ginny wait for Harry there. When he finally understands, it's actually better to have girls around him instead of other people. It's unfair to Ginny. It's just a relationship anyway. , it's not about getting married, let's let nature take its course...

If Ivan had that much ability, he would also like to match Neville and Luna, Colin and a third-year Hufflepuff girl.

But after a few contacts, the two sides didn't feel it at all, and no matter how anxious others were, it was useless.

Harry was thinking about Qiu with all his heart. Because of Cedric, Qiu must be very sad now, and she doesn't know what to think. She has a good impression of Ivan, but since Ivan and Hermione made their relationship public, she probably I also feel that it is unlikely. In fact, since then, Ivan has received much fewer love letters than before.

But this does not mean that Qiu will like Harry, Ivan thinks that she may like those tall boys...

Listening to Hermione and Ron's discussion, Harry didn't interrupt either.

His mind was still full of the scene when Qiu left, and he was not so interested in this topic.

Ron was literally shaking with rage, and Harry did think of something he hadn't paid much attention to before seeing him.

"No wonder she's talking now, is it?" he asked Hermione. "She never talked in front of me before."

"That's right, because I'm shy, but it doesn't matter now!" Hermione said, "Ivan and I have to go, and I want to buy a new quill. I have too much homework recently, and it wears out too quickly. See you at school in a while!"

……

Overall, the rest of the weekend was more enjoyable.

Ivan and Hermione studied the charter, the group name, and the content to be taught in the first class. He was going to start from the basics, and let Harry act as his deputy. Harry was very good at Defense Against the Dark Arts. Strong, strength can also be recognized by everyone.

If Ivan leaves school one day, with Harry and Hermione around, the organization can continue to operate.

In addition, he went to arrest them and talked to those junior students who couldn't go to Hogsmeade, told them the results of the previous discussion at the Pig's Head Bar, and asked them to give their names Write on the list.

The final total number of people is about forty, and Aiwen feels that the number is still too small.

But this kind of thing is not in a hurry. After the event starts, people will join in one after another. He still wants to bring in those prefects.

While Ivan and Hermione were busy with this, Harry, Ron, and Colin were all doing their homework.

The last bright sun of autumn was still shining, so instead of crouching over their desks in the common room, they took their homework outside and sat under a big beech tree by the lake, as many did.

The fun ended abruptly until Sunday afternoon when Umbridge returned!

Aiwen didn't see her in person, and he didn't know what happened to the curse scar on her face, but he saw the new education order and a big notice posted on the Gryffindor bulletin board .

When he and Hermione returned from checking out the grounds in the Room of Requirement, they saw many people gathered in front of the bulletin board.

It was a huge new notice, so big it covered everything else on the bulletin board, including the auction of second-hand spell books, Filch's regular reminders of the school rules, the Quidditch team's practice schedule, and the exchange of chocolate frog pictures. Notes, a new advert for the Weasley brothers looking for someone to experiment with, a date for the Hogsmeade weekend, and lost and found.

The new notice is printed in big black letters, with two official-looking seals underneath, and a neat cursive signature next to it.

"No.20 Education Order No. [-]": Hogwarts Senior Inquisitor orders all student organizations, associations, teams and clubs to be disbanded.Organizations, associations, teams, and clubs are hereby defined to mean regular gatherings of three or more students.Reorganization may be requested from the Senior Inquisitor (Professor Umbridge) and no student organisations, associations, teams and clubs shall exist without the approval of the Senior Inquisitor.Any student found forming or participating in any organization, association, team or club without the approval of the Senior Investigating Officer will be immediately expelled.

Below is another education order, No. 20 and No. [-], it seems that Umbridge has gone ruthless!

"Education Order No. 20 No. [-]": From now on, the Senior Inquisitor has the highest authority over all punishments, sanctions and deprivation of rights involving Hogwarts students, and has the authority over such punishments, sanctions and deprivation of rights imposed by other teachers. Right to Amendment.

The signatures under the two education orders are Cornelius Fudge, Minister of Magic, Order of Merlin, First Class, etc...

In addition, after the "No. 20 Education Order No. [-]" came into effect, Umbridge issued the first punishment decision, because Ivan attacked the professor and removed him from the post of chairman of the Boys Student Union.

"She canceled your position as head of the Boys' Student Council, how could she do that..."

"If this education order is valid, then she has this right, and even the principal can't stop it. She is already above the principal in this regard, but I don't care about the president of the boys' student union." Aiwen said indifferently, "If you are exempted, you will be exempted."

Although the senior investigator has the highest decision-making power on punishment, Dumbledore's bottom line is definitely the right to expel students, which Fudge and Umbridge cannot take away, at least before he leaves Hogwarts, so Ai Wen doesn't have to worry too much.

As long as there is no excuse left, Umbridge will not do anything to him. This is probably the limit!