Umbridge stormed off in a fury after reading the newspaper, though not before leaving behind a threat: Harry was forbidden from going to Hogsmeade Village again, Gryffindor lost fifty points, and Harry was assigned a week of detention.
But to Harry now, that was practically nothing. It was like being made to stand outside as punishment for the first time at school—you would be terribly nervous, frightened, and uneasy.
But once you were made to stand outside every week, it became no big deal at all. You might even become the godfather of the big shots in the back rows, because whenever the homeroom teacher came, they relied on you to warn them. The teacher would never catch the back-row students playing on their phones again.
Before noon, that article had been plastered all over Hogwarts Academy. In the corridors and classrooms, Filch grumbled as he used a wet mop to scrub away the newspapers carrying Harry's interview.
After tearing down copies of The Quibbler, Filch put up the newly issued Educational Decree Number Twenty-Seven.
Any student found in possession of The Quibbler magazine would be expelled immediately.
That was the full content of Educational Decree Number Twenty-Seven, and it had Hermione and the other girls at East University laughing until they doubled over.
Su Yu thought it was the stupidest thing Umbridge had ever done. It would have been better if she had not issued that decree; now, probably every student in Hogwarts Academy would want to find out exactly what that newspaper article said.
But Su Yu had guessed correctly. According to Hermione's latest intelligence, Harry said that although not a single copy of The Quibbler could be found anywhere in the school—not even scraps of it—the entire campus was talking about his interview.
Even Parvati came back