Umbridge tremblingly lifted her head, watching Kayson look at her as if she were trash, while frantically wiping his hands with a handkerchief.
She looked at the others in the classroom again, and somehow, she seemed unable to see their expressions, as if everyone had a dark face.
The Weasley Twins behind her slowly retreated, revealing the fragments of the cauldron at their feet.
Umbridge gritted her teeth and walked towards the cauldron fragments. Slowly squatting down, she originally wanted to use magic, but unfortunately, her wand was still in Cedric's hand.
And for someone like her, who was devoted to power and neglected magic, wandless casting was too difficult.
So at this moment, she had no choice but to endure the hot cauldron fragments and pick them up one by one.
Soon, all the fragments on the ground were picked up. Kayson looked at the remaining Deprecated Alchemy solution on the ground, casually threw down a sponge, and absorbed it.
"Get lost," he said, throwing the handkerchief on the ground indifferently, feeling bored looking at Umbridge, who had no will to resist left.
"The Ministry of Magic will know what you did today," Umbridge whispered in a voice only one person could hear.
"Next time, just think about such words in your heart, don't let anyone hear them. For example, right now, I need you to repair the cauldron you broke," Kayson said, sitting calmly on the podium.
"What?" Umbridge looked at Kayson, who could be described as taking an inch and asking for a mile, in surprise. She had clearly condescended and admitted defeat, and had even humiliatingly picked up the cauldron fragments... yet now she had to endure such humiliation...
"I need you to repair the cauldron you broke. Is there a problem?" Kayson continued.
".....No problem....Of course, no problem," Umbridge said with an extremely ugly fawning smile.
"Hmm, George, Fred, you two go to other spots to make a new cauldron and start over. Head of Moral Education Umbridge... you're not allowed to leave until you fix it!"
After saying that, he continued to lecture slowly on the podium, which could be said to have truly inherited Snape's teaching style. Of course, it was also possible that he enjoyed the feeling of making Umbridge lose face in public.
Moreover, this kind of humiliation of dignity was even more damaging to people like Umbridge, who thought highly of themselves, than physical pain.
Just like that, the class quickly ended. Kayson and the Little Wizards quickly left. Umbridge saw this and was about to run away directly, but was then blocked by a tall and firm figure.
The Iron Golem looked down slightly at Umbridge and shook its head.
"You, a magic Golem, dare to stop me! I am a senior official of the Ministry of Magic! The Head of Moral Education of Hogwarts! And you are just..."
Bang!
Umbridge angrily pulled out her wand, and then was broken by the Iron Golem's punch.
"Wuwuwu..."
With one punch, the soul of power shattered. Iron Golem, I am a worker.
Just like that, Umbridge, feeling wronged, used a mending charm to piece together the cauldron fragments little by little. Finally, she left a cracked cauldron in the classroom before packing up her belongings and, under the gaze of Iron Golem, continued to search for her next position at Hogwarts.
....
The Professors in the Professor's lounge, listening to the portraits vividly recount the incident, were also doubled over with laughter, including Snape, who was there to snack, a slight curve appearing at the corner of his mouth.
"I really don't understand now. Fudge only gave her an empty title and power like waste paper, only a few Galleons a month, and at Hogwarts, she can't even scare the Iron Golem, let alone a first-year Little Wizards. Why is she still working so hard?" Kayson said, eating dried fish, not understanding.
"Some people in the Ministry of Magic are indeed as obsessed as she is, but those are a minority. And because they only recognize power, not many high-ranking officials are willing to promote them. For Fudge to find such a person, it's considered luck," Professor McGonagall explained.
"Then which classroom will she go to sleep in tomorrow? Should we continue to allocate, like a night patrol duty roster?" Kayson suggested.
"I'll do it tomorrow," Snape said dryly.
At that moment, Kayson couldn't even hold back his laughter. To be honest, he was already a little curious how terrifying the workplace bullying Umbridge would experience tomorrow would be.
No, it can't be called bullying. This is a proper defense against external enemies.
...
The next day, Kayson sat in his office, giving Cedric a private lesson while listening to him recount the various methods Snape used to bully Umbridge with alternating hot and cold treatment during his advanced Potion class that morning.
It could be said that even Harry would thank Snape for sparing his life.
"But Professor, no matter what, Umbridge represents the Ministry of Magic. How did she end up like this? Does the Ministry of Magic have no means at all...? And what kind of government have we been managed by until now?" Cedric said, not quite understanding.
"Because strictly speaking, Hogwarts does not accept the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Magic. Hogwarts only accepts the jurisdiction of the Board of Governors. After all, even the Hogwarts new student subsidy comes from the Board of Governors' money. The Ministry of Magic is useless, so we naturally don't have to humor them," Kayson said casually.
"I remember the Board of Governors had a good relationship with Fudge, didn't they?" Cedric still didn't understand.
"Because he's not pleasing either side now. Some of the purebloods on the Board of Governors support Dumbledore, and some support Lord Voldemort. But now Fudge neither supports Dumbledore—he's already broken ties with him—nor supports Lord Voldemort, since he's already acknowledged Lord Voldemort's return. If he doesn't please either side, who will help him?"
"In all my years, I've never seen such a foolish person."
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