socalfunplaces Chapter 233 Umbridge's Means
Chapter 233 Umbridge's Means
The castle was silent after the curfew. The door of the Defense Against the Dark Arts office quietly opened a gap. Umbridge tried to look around with her small eyes widened through the door, and was about to quickly open the door to escape. , due to her wide body, her waist hit the doorknob, and the force from the opposite direction knocked her head on the threshold.
Suppressing the pain in the back of her head and not daring to make any noise, Umbridge gritted her teeth and sneaked into the corridor. Tonight she was going to meet Fudge's informant in the castle, Argus Filch .
A top-secret mission involving the Ministry of Magic, she cannot be sloppy at all, Umbridge watched all the way, listened to all directions, and walked around corners...
Hiding from statues, getting stuck in dark corners, climbing escalators, and jumping into utility rooms after many difficulties, she finally came to the first floor of the castle. At this time, she dared to breathe a sigh of relief, calm down her excited and nervous heart, and at the same time, she was proud of her superb skills. Stealth skills scored full marks.
"George, I was really surprised just now. I thought she had discovered the secret passage, but fortunately she always looked ahead." A red-haired wizard appeared from behind the statue, his voice was very low.
"Fred, let's be careful of the dark corner ahead. Snape always likes to hide there and secretly check the moving stairs. Let's go quickly." George also emerged from behind the statue, saying cautiously...
"Severus, it was Professor Umbridge who ran up and squatted in front of us just now? What is she doing? Why didn't she look behind?" Professor Flitwick looked up at Snape beside him.
"Julius, don't worry about her, I guess it's because I'm not familiar with the way around the castle, I can't find a toilet, and I'm afraid of embarrassment if someone finds out." Snape narrowed his eyes and said meaningfully...
"Honey, I was scared to death. Professor Umbridge jumped in. Fortunately, she turned her back to us. Oh~ honey, what's wrong with you?" The little witch in the utility room suddenly found herself The boyfriend lowered his head and remained silent.
"Honey, I think I need to go to the infirmary, but that's going to be a shame, I don't feel anything down there..."
The cold wind on the first floor of the castle made Umbridge shiver. In order to keep the room dry during the rainy season, the windows are always opened here to avoid returning moisture.
Boom~boom~boom~boom, boom, boom!Three long and two short knocks sounded on the door.
Umbridge was surprised to find that the door of the administrator's office was slowly opening. How did he know I was coming?Isn't the other party a squib?Is he a hidden powerful figure?
Now she couldn't care about anything else, she twisted her scalp and resolutely walked into the dark office.
It is very messy here, and there is a lot of dust on the ground, but a pair of shackles and handcuffs are neatly hung on the wall. From the mirror-like surface, it is not difficult to see how much their owners love it.
Walking inside, on an old and dilapidated desk, a man wearing small round sunglasses was lying on his back. His feet rested on the desk, and a white mist rose from the cigarette on his right hand, filling the air. In the brightest place in the whole office, Umbridge felt that he was a rebellious man, completely different from the Filch he saw during the day.
"Argus~" Umbridge lowered her voice as much as possible, making her already high-pitched voice more girlish.
"Hmm~" Filch's response was dull and a little irritated.
"Argus!" She increased her voice, and slowly approached Filch.
"Yeah!" Filch's voice became even more irritated.
Umbridge looked at Filch who didn't want to pay any attention to her at all, so he patted him on the shoulder and said, "Filch! I'm here to talk to you about business!"
"Little villain! Don't let me catch you..." Filch woke up from his sleep, thinking that it was the Weasley twins throwing shit while he was taking a nap at the end of his night watch, but he didn't realize it until he opened his eyes. The person turned out to be Umbridge?No need to think about it, she must have been sent by Fudge.
"Damn it!~Why do you call me a little rascal~" Umbridge patted Filch on the shoulder coyly. He didn't know whether it was because of shyness or because the chair under Filch's butt was in disrepair. Go down, let him crush the chair, and sit down on the ground.
"Hiss!~Professor Umbridge!" Filch supported his waist, rubbed his buttocks, stood up and said angrily, "Can you speak well and don't touch your feet!"
"Prudish! Obviously you opened the door and let me in..." Umbridge said angrily, spitting on the ground.
"Who opened the door to let you in? I didn't lock it at all, and I will be on night watch later. If you have nothing to do, get out of here." Filch was annoyed and wanted to throw her out.
"Filch! I am a high-ranking official of the Ministry of Magic. Minister Fudge asked me to come to you! You can't do this to me!" Umbridge found that he was not attracted to him at all, and became even more annoyed, wanting to change his identity Let him subdue.
"Ministry of Magic? Minister Fudge? Bah!~" Filch spat on the ground with a mouthful of thick phlegm, "I passed on so much information for him! But what happened? I'm still working as my administrator! He gave My promises are like farts! Two years! Two full years!"
"I knew a year ago that Fudge was playing tricks on me! Whether it's now! Or in the future! He, Fudge, can't get any useful information from me!"
"Filch, Minister Fudge is just too busy, look at me," Umbridge pointed to himself, motioning him to look at his identity and clothes, "I've been promoted to Senior Deputy Minister, as long as he Free your hands, and he will soon fulfill his promise!"
"Don't make any promises to me! Over the past year or so, I've already thought about it!" Filch looked at Umbridge contemptuously, "A place like the Ministry of Magic is not where I should be. The castle, I have taken care of it for most of my life, and the remaining vitality, I will not go anywhere! I will stay here forever with my Lady Norris!"
"Mrs. Norris?" Umbridge looked at Filch in shock, and then looked around, trying to find the woman. "Where is she? Who is she?"
"She? That's my favorite cat! It's watching the night for me," Filch raised his head proudly. "No naughty bastard can escape Mrs. Norris's nose!"
"You seem to be keen on catching those unruly little wizards?" Umbridge felt as if he had found the key point.
"Those shackles hanging on the wall have been useless for a long time," Filch shook his head disappointedly. "When I first got this job, those years were my happiest time."
"Listen! Filch! Then you should cooperate with us!" Umbridge looked at him with bright eyes, and said earnestly, "The current education method is simply too bad, those little wizards are not only They don't follow the rules, they even pull some pranks, but we can't do anything to them, can we?"
"Yeah, it's different now, the days of punishing them willingly will never come back!" Filch said bitterly.
"But it's different now! As long as Dumbledore steps down! Our Ministry of Magic can change this education law," Umbridge said excitedly. "At that time, this castle will be back to how it was before, and I can ask You promise, in your capacity as the Senior Undersecretary of the Ministry of Magic, with the written agreement of the Minister of Magic Fudge!"
"What you said is true!?" Filch grabbed her shoulders with wide eyes and stared at her, "Are you really going to change this place back to how it used to be? Are you really going to change the education law?"
"Of course," Umbridge jumped up, sat on his shabby desk, looked at Filch, and said quietly, "Filch, you have no choice at all now, if you let Dumbledore know, you There is something to inform the Ministry of Magic, although he can't do anything to you, but you will definitely not be able to stay in Hogwarts again!"