Educational Decree Number Twenty-Four

Skylar spent the rest of the weekend quite leisurely.

On Saturday evening, all the students returned to Hogsmeade Village, but Skylar chose to stay in Flower Dew Cottage to continue spending time alone with Phoebe. After all, he had Secret Passage to Hogwarts Castle, and as long as he was back at school by Monday morning, no one could bother him.

Phoebe was naturally very happy. The two cherished their time together and did many enjoyable things. For example, Phoebe made some French desserts in the kitchen while Skylar helped out, and Phoebe nestled in Skylar's arms as they watched the sunset together on the rooftop.

Meanwhile, Harry was also very happy. Although he and Ron had spent a lot of time catching up on their homework on Sunday, the last rays of autumn sunshine were still shining, so instead of hunching over their desks in the common room, they took their homework outside and sat under a large beech tree by the lake.

The thought that they were rebelling against Umbridge and the Ministry of Magic, and that he was the key figure in the rebellion, with everyone, including Hermione and Ron, having to listen to him, filled Harry with immense satisfaction.

What he didn't know was that his ambition and desires were also growing secretly and imperceptibly.

Hermione had long since finished her homework, and was currently engrossed in reading Vindictus Dean's * Curses and Counter-Curses *. A quill beside her was enchanted, flying rapidly across the parchment as it recorded various defensive spells suitable for Harry's student organization to study.

She was extremely serious about planning this Defense Forces organization, much more so than Harry and Ron. She was determined to prove her intelligence and ability, and to find a way to challenge Umbridge's authority "in her own way."

At Hogwarts, Skylar was undoubtedly Hogwarts most famous and popular student, but Hermione didn't believe that was an unshakeable fact. With the right methods, she might be able to establish another figurehead among the students. And Harry, the rumored "Savior," was the person she chose.

She refused to believe it. With her strategies and plans, Ron's help, and Harry's natural reputation being their greatest asset, plus their deep friendship and years of fighting side by side, the Harry trio would never lose to that Skylar Malfoy.

On the morning of Monday, October 7, Skylar had returned to the castle through the Secret Passage an hour earlier. As he was about to go to the hall for breakfast, a large crowd gathered near the bulletin board not far from the main entrance of the hall.

They were pointing at the notice board and seemed to be discussing something.

The new notice was printed in bold black font, with a formal-looking seal at the bottom and a neat, cursive signature next to it.

The content is as follows:

Hogwarts High Inquisitor Order

All student organizations, associations, teams, and clubs are hereby dissolved.

Hereinafter, organizations, associations, teams, and clubs are defined as regular gatherings of three or more students. Reorganization may be requested from the High Inquisitor (Professor Umbridge). No student organization, association, team, or club may exist without the High Inquisitor's approval. Any student found to have formed or participated in any organization, association, team, or club without the High Inquisitor's approval will be immediately expelled.

The above regulations are in accordance with Educational Decree Number Twenty-Four.

--Hogwarts High Inquisitor: Dolores Jane Umbridge

Skylar saw the group of people who had come out of the Hog's Head Inn that day. They were gathered together, led by Harry and Ron, and talking amongst themselves. Harry and Ron both seemed to be very angry.

Skylar smiled. "Dumbledore's Army" has only been established for one day and has already been discovered by Umbridge. Now we'll see how Hermione leads two useless men through the first hurdle of "Dumbledore's Army".

Everything unfolded as Skylar had predicted. Once Dumbledore's Army was captured by Umbridge, Dumbledore would be forced to leave Hogwarts. Without Dumbledore in charge, Schelling's next phase of planning could officially begin.

As for the impact on the Sleeping Dragon Society?

Stop talking nonsense. Back when the Sleeping Dragon Society were founded, they operated as an underground secret organization. Although the Sleeping Dragon Society now has as many as 87 members, they control at least five secret bases: the Ravenclaw Chamber, the Chamber of Secrets, the Merlin's Chamber, the Suitcase Space, and the Miraculous Alchymia Cellar. They are more flexible than a rabbit with three burrows. He doesn't believe Umbridge can do anything to him.

It was during breakfast that Skylar learned from the students around him that Quidditch teams were also under the jurisdiction of Educational Decree No. 24.

In other words, all the Quidditch the houses have been disbanded, and the captains need to apply to Umbridge for a reorganization.

Skylar didn't take it to heart; Draco should be able to handle it himself. This was one of the tests for him as captain, and Skylar didn't need to interfere.

Back in Gryffindor, Angelina was nearly driven to madness. Desperate, she pleaded with Harry at the Gryffindor table to stop defying Umbridge, or the Gryffindor Quidditch Team might miss the entire season.

Harry and Ron were also shocked to learn of this. Harry could only promise Angelina that he would be careful with his words and actions.

But he soon forgot his promise.

During the History of Magic class, while Professor Binns was calmly reading his lecture on the Giant Wars, Harry suddenly saw his owl by the window with a badly injured wing. In a panic, he took the owl and left to find Hagrid for treatment, only to find that Hagrid was not at home at all.

In desperation, Harry could only go to the Hospital Wing to ask for some medical gauze, and hurriedly bandaged the owl.

His anger was reignited.

He remembered Hermione saying that Filch wouldn't suspect him of ordering Dungbomb without reason; there must be someone trying to intercept his mail under that pretext.

The first suspect was Umbridge, the Professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts.

His anger had nowhere to go, and he felt extremely uncomfortable suppressing it.

The scar on his forehead throbbed, each throbbing bringing a severe headache, while strange wild animal cries echoed in his ears, making him increasingly irritable.

Unbeknownst to him, his eyes had already transformed into Snake Eyes, gleaming with a dangerous light.

Fortunately, Ron and Hermione found Harry after class, and it took them a lot of effort to calm him down.

The three of them went together to Hagrid's Hut and finally found the distraught Hagrid at the edge of the Forbidden Forest.

"Hey, Hagrid," the oblivious Ron greeted first.

"Are you alright, Hagrid?" Harry's heart sank when he saw Hagrid's appearance, and he asked in a low voice.

"Very good, very good," Hagrid said, feigning cheerfulness. "Just busy, you know, the same old stuff—preparing lessons—the scales of two Fire Salamander got rotten—I kept them for inspection." He muttered.

"What!" Harry couldn't accept it—another piece of bad news. "How could this be?"

"Yes," Hagrid said, "To be honest, it was expected. You might not understand, but the results of that investigation weren't good... Oh well." He sighed, "I need to go and put some more chili powder on the Fire Salamander, or their tails will fall off too."

"Damn it, it's all that Hag's fault," Hermione said bitterly.

The group silently accompanied Hagrid as he rubbed chili powder onto the Fire Salamander, and then Hagrid also re-bandaged Harry's owl.

Then, the three of them returned to the castle with heavy steps.