Everyday Life at School

Hermione had been in a deeply conflicted state lately.

On one hand, she was furious over the baseless rumors. On the other, she could not understand Dumbledore's inaction.

And when she saw that Harry and Ron knew nothing, she felt that knowing nothing was a kind of blessing.

She was very intelligent, and Dumbledore had personally analyzed the pros and cons of certain matters for her. So she understood clearly that what was happening now was not as simple as it appeared on the surface, but involved a deeper political struggle.

But that was precisely what confused her even more.

"Obviously, we don't need to do this. If, as you said, we have strength far beyond Voldemort's, why do we have to tolerate it?

Harry is going to detention again. Are we really going to let Umbridge act so recklessly in the school?

And you told me before about that plan of Jon's, but nothing in his plan has anything to do with Harry.

I even feel that the plan created from his position cannot possibly have any connection with us."

Hermione had seen rather a lot lately, but no one could blame her for it. Anyone who suddenly learned the truth hidden behind the facts would have reacted as strongly as she did.

The fact that she had managed to keep all those emotions to herself and release them in certain ways was already an excellent result.

At the very least, she had not let Harry and the others notice anything too unusual.

"I already told you that this matter is not mine to handle. Just as Jon told you, something even more important is hidden behind this matter. Our true goal is to resolve that matter. So no matter how the Ministry of Magic provokes us now, there