Hogwarts: I graduated before the system came

Dumbledore smiled and nodded and said:

“Indeed, I find this course very interesting…”

Douglas glanced at Umbridge. It seemed that the honeymoon period between Dumbledore and Fudge was over, but they hadn't completely fallen out yet. So, Dumbledore probably had his own plans for intervening in the management of Hogwarts with such a relatively gentle attitude.

Seeing that no one objected, Umbridge said with a smile:

"So, for the first .o...t. placement test, all students in the school need to refer to how Hogwarts plans to arrange it!"

Professor McGonagall thought for a moment and said:

"Let's put it off until after the exam on Friday. I don't want this to delay the students' review time for other subjects."

A flicker of displeasure crossed Umbridge's face as she was about to say that this test was as important as any other.

Douglas quickly stood up to support Professor McGonagall's decision, and then the other professors also agreed.

Seeing the Hogwarts professors united around Professor McGonagall, Umbridge smiled sweetly and said to Dumbledore, who remained silent:

"Oh, this scene almost made me forget that you are the principal."

Dumbledore shrugged and said seriously:

"Of course I agree with Minerva's decision, Minister Umbridge!"

Afterwards, Umbridge had the .o...t. test paper taken back and emphasized that the contents of the test paper needed to be kept confidential.

As the school term approached, Professor McGonagall arranged for all fifth and seventh years to take exams in the Great Hall, following the pattern of O.L. and T.

She asked Lupin to invigilate the Transfiguration exams for other grades on her behalf, as she needed to stay in the hall to preside over this mock exam.

Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom.

Since Douglas had tricked students in exams several times, everyone took this exam very seriously.

Douglas was very satisfied with the performance of the students. This time, he rarely asked questions honestly. After all, it was the final exam, and he also wanted to see the students' true level.

However, to the delight of all the lower grade students, after the written exam, Douglas announced that their practical exams would be cancelled and grades would be based on their performance in regular practical classes.

Douglas had no choice but to make such an arrangement. In Lupin's last physical fitness test, most of the dark magic creatures learned by the lower grades were set as levels, and many students performed well in the test.

Therefore, it doesn’t make much sense to set these up in this exam.

He had originally considered changing the practical classes for lower grades into magic duels, but considering that the people from the Ministry of Magic, especially Umbridge, were still at Hogwarts, he temporarily gave up the idea. However, the practical exams for fourth grade and above were not so easy.

After Douglas's instruction, the seventh-grade students who are now in charge of the practical class classrooms have come up with endless creative ideas.

If Douglas had not asked them to do so, no matter how they arranged the practical class content, it could not exceed the magical capabilities of that grade. It is estimated that some seventh graders would have found it difficult to pass the fourth grade practical class classroom.

Therefore, for those students who are trying to pass the test, the most difficult thing is not the content of the practical classes, but the fact that the practical class classrooms change every time they enter.

For example, you may find a loophole with great difficulty the first time, but it may be gone when you go back the second time, or the loophole may even be turned into a trap.

This is in the black magic practice classroom. No routines or strategies are useful. You can only rely on your own strength.

The exam week ended quickly in a tense atmosphere.

The .o...t. tests and the fifth and seventh grade examination papers were taken away by people from the Ministry of Magic.

Sunday night.

Because the next day was a holiday, the common rooms of the four major colleges were filled with laughter and many people stayed up late.

At ten o'clock in the evening, the voice of Peeves, who had disappeared for a week and was almost forgotten by everyone, suddenly resounded throughout Hogwarts Castle.

"Douglas Holmes!"

After hearing Peeves' voice, Douglas cast an amplifying spell and replied faintly:

"doing what?"

Peeves' throat seemed to be strangled. He held it in for a long time before whispering:

"Professor, I was wrong!"

After saying this, Peeves glanced at the strange building behind him, then quickly disappeared outside the castle.

Then, laughter suddenly broke out in the common room of the three colleges who heard the two voices.

The return Hogwarts Express departed promptly at eight o'clock on Monday morning.

Shortly after the Hogwarts Express left, the Charon Detective Agency suddenly called together the students who stayed on campus during the holidays to gather in the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom.

Hermione stood on the podium and said:

"In fact, we have discovered some important clues during this period..."

"We've found traces of Peter Perum..."

George and Fred interrupted her and said:

"In fact..."

“We discovered it first…”

Hermione ignored them and continued:

"According to Professor Holmes's request, Christmas is the deadline for our project...

Therefore, after discussion, we plan to start the final summary in this classroom at nine o'clock tomorrow morning, and we will bring Peter Perum with us..."

Harry took a step forward and said:

"What I'm saying is that there might be a fight, but there might not be..."

Before they finished speaking, the students around them reacted to the name Peter Perum.

A student asked doubtfully:

"What a joke! Aren't we investigating Blake? Why is it Peter Perum? He's already dead. Did you find his ghost?"

"Yeah, I remember Peter Perum was the hero who defeated Black. Why did the battle happen? And it seems our magic is useless against ghosts, right?"

"That's because your magic is useless against ghosts. We seniors have a way... Hehe, little brother, when the time comes, just stand behind your sister."

Harry glanced at Hermione, and seeing her approval, he said:

"It was Luna Lovegood from Ravenclaw who brought it up... well, she should have gone home for the holidays... well, anyway, she mentioned at the time whether the Secret-Keeper of the Fidelius Charm might be replaced..."

At this time, a Ravenclaw girl said:

"Do you believe what the crazy girl says? Okay, I admit she sometimes has a lot of strange ideas, even if they sound weird, but you forget that our Charon Detective Agency is about making reasonable inferences based on evidence... Did you get any key information from the ghost of Peter Pellum?"

Finally, under the premise that Banban might be Peter, a few people persuaded the dozen or so members who remained to participate in tomorrow's meeting.

After the meeting, Harry and the other two reunited with the twins.

"We need to find the professor now and ask him to help Scabbers wake up."

George and Fred looked strange, shook their heads and said:

"Actually, Banban ran out of pet food two days ago. He regained consciousness briefly, but before we could ask him..."

Ron glanced at the two of them and said:

"I don't think it's a simple inquiry. Didn't you use the Human Form Restoration Charm to test whether it was really Peter Perum?"

George and Fred looked at each other, a smile flashed in their eyes and said:

"Oh, of course, we did restore it..."

"A short, fat old man..."

"Poor Percy and Ron..."

"I slept for a long time hugging an old man..."

Ron suddenly felt that he was too rude and shouldn't have asked about this matter. Although he had done a lot of psychological preparation during this period, he still felt a little disgusted when he heard again that Banban was an old man.

Hermione glared at the two of them and said unhappily:

"You two, stop bullying Ron. I clearly heard you complaining about the cage that suddenly wouldn't open yesterday."

George and Fred shrugged and said helplessly:

"As expected of Miss Know-It-All..."

"Why do you always hide behind us and eavesdrop?"

"Well, it's true that the cage suddenly couldn't be opened these past two days."

"So if we want to restore him to human form tomorrow, we need to find the professor..."

......

Just as the Charon Detective Agency was meeting, the three people from Douglas' office heard their plan.

Douglas walked towards the principal's office.

Chapter 244 Peter Returns from the Dead?

When the few people returned to the dormitory and gathered in George and Fred's dormitory...

Ron picked up the cage, glanced at the two of them and said:

"Is Banban fainted from hunger? You said he was awake, so why is he still sleeping?"

Then five people came to the door of Douglas' office with a cage.

But no matter how hard they knocked, the door wouldn't open.

Ron suggested going in through the small door of the classroom, but was rejected by the others.

Are you kidding? They went in there last time because of a reason. If they rush in rashly this time, no one can bear the professor's punishment.

George and Fred put their arms around Harry's shoulders and said with a smile:

"It seems your cousin has abandoned you and gone on vacation..."

"It's very likely that you've failed your Defense Against the Dark Arts exam!"

Harry was looking at Scabbers in the cage. He had been in a coma since he ran out of food. If his calf twitched from time to time, he would have thought he was injured.

"We're just going to take the cage over like this tomorrow?"

George and Fred shrugged and said:

"There's no way. We tried before, but the spell couldn't penetrate this cage."

"Too bad it's not armor."

Ron said in surprise:

"Isn't this also a test from the professor? What do you think, Hermione?"

Hermione shook her head and said:

"I don't know. Let's wait until tomorrow. I haven't finished my homework yet."

Ron rolled his eyes and wouldn't have asked if he had known.

George and Fred said exaggeratedly:

"Oh my god, we just finished our exams."

"It's still a mock OL exam."

At breakfast the next day, many students stayed up late during the holidays, so there were few people coming to the restaurant for breakfast.

However, because of an event today, most of the members of the Charon Detective Agency gathered at the Gryffindor table.

Harry glanced around but didn't see Draco Malfoy. It seemed that he had gone home for the holidays, but he was not worried that he would not recognize the contract.

Hermione also glanced at the staff table. The four Heads of House and the Headmaster were there, but they still didn't see Douglas, and even Lupin was not there.

Halfway through breakfast, a flock of owls flew in.

Hermione flipped through it casually. The front page was still the wanted poster for Black, and there was no latest progress on it.

However, there was an extra small section of text below Mr. Black's wanted poster.

[The dead hero returns, and Blake may meet his lifelong enemy again]

The following is a brief account of Peter Perum's life.

Hermione frowned slightly. Such coincidental information made her wonder if someone had leaked yesterday's discussion to the Daily Prophet.