Someone Else Was About to Get a Headache

As Tonks agonized over how to keep up the act, a dozen or so members of the scouting team came down from the second floor of the Temporary Headquarters.

It was only a few students fighting. There was no need for Aurors to step in.

But the moment they entered the Great Hall, they regretted it.

The brawl had already spread throughout the entire school, and it showed signs of getting worse.

Broken chairs flew everywhere, and the floor was covered in shattered tableware.

Hermione, the source of the incident, was nowhere to be seen. The one lying unconscious on the ground was presumably Pansy.

The scouting team stepped forward, trying to separate the students, but a long table beside them suddenly floated into the air.

Before they could react, the long table came crashing down.

Several scouting team members quickly cast spells, joining forces to hold it frozen in midair.

Hermione, who had somehow appeared behind them, muttered, "They're really weaker than Aurors..."

She drew her wand and pointed it at another long table.

They had barely dealt with one when another came.

The scouting team naturally knew someone was behind this, but they had no time to think about anything else, because a third long table was already coming.

Hermione only needed to make the tables float over, while they had to hold all three tables steady.

Even with a dozen adult wizards working together, they were starting to buckle by the fourth long table.

The best solution was obviously to lower them one at a time, but someone was unwilling to let them resolve the crisis.

"Tarantallegra—Flippendo—Rictusempra—Relaxo—"

Hermione casually cast several jinxes around her, then put away her wand and found somewhere safe to hide.

The students' brawl escalated once again, with all kinds of jinxes flying