Hogwarts Outsider Chapter 166: The dark tide is surging

Regardless of whether Miss Hermione Granger's concerns were justified or not, they could not continue to pay attention to this issue.

Because they have to go to class.

The three parted at this point, and the expression on Hermione's face was very solemn and sad.

At noon, when Matthew reappeared in the auditorium, he suddenly found that there were a lot of delicious food on the table as usual...

Everything is back to normal! It seems that the strike of the house elves has come to an end!

Hermione didn't want to believe this "fact"... Besides, she didn't seem to have eaten anything all afternoon.

After lunch, she dragged Matthew and Neville to the kitchen again—

She wanted to visit those poor house-elves again, to comfort them and ask them if they needed help...

Only this time, they failed to open the door in the picture; it was locked from the inside, locked tightly.

In the end, the three of them could only return without success.

In the next few weeks, "strike incidents" seem to still happen from time to time; of course this is just their guess.

Because every once in a while, there will always be a meal that is far less rich than usual, very monotonous, and even a bit insufficient...

Matthew thinks this is Hogwarts' "emergency" response when the house-elves take strike action.

However, such a thing as starving the students has never happened again.

Hermione Granger didn't mention anything about the house-elves anymore, either in normal times or privately with Matthew and the others.

However, Matthew believes that she must not have forgotten what she saw and heard in the kitchen.

……

Time passed day by day.

The last month of the year finally arrived, and the cold air completely shrouded Hogwarts this time.

One day before the Christmas holiday, when the campus of Hogwarts woke up from a dream, it suddenly found that the surrounding area was covered with several feet of snow, and the lake was also covered with hard ice.

Another day passed, and the next morning, the heavy snow that was originally flying suddenly turned into a violent snowstorm——

The herbal medicine class was temporarily canceled because Professor Sprout had prepared this class and took the students to transplant flores outside the greenhouse... This is a very dangerous job, and such bad weather , which increases its risk.

So when it was supposed to be herbal medicine class, Matthew Wakefield sat by the campfire in the Slytherin common room, looking a little absent-minded.

During the Christmas holidays this year, it is said that there are many students staying at the school, at least double that of last year... Last year was a special case, because those sudden attacks were too scary for the students, causing Excessive panic caused almost all Hogwarts students who were not Muggle-born to go back in fright!

Although there were a few fugitives from Azkaban who fled outside this year, those notorious criminals were far away from the students, so there was no panic—

So many people stayed.

For example, Draco Malfoy, his parents were said to be leaving England during the Christmas holidays, so he simply chose to stay in school.

Muggle-born students like Matthew and Hermione are naturally within the scope of staying in school.

Even Neville won't be coming home, because his father will be at Hogwarts for the entire Christmas break.

"Damn it, Gringotts seems to have gone wrong again!" By the campfire, a senior Slytherin student suddenly put down the "Daily Prophet" in his hand and complained loudly.

"Gringotts?" Matthew couldn't help frowning, and quickly asked, "What happened over there?"

"The goblins lodged a strong protest to the Ministry of Magic, hoping to amend the unequal "Wizards and Goblins Non-Aggression Act"..." the senior boy explained eloquently, "They asked wizards to reduce their attention to Gringotts interference, and renegotiate whether the goblin can legally own the right of the wand..."

"Relations between wizards and goblins are said to be at their worst since 1717; there are even rumors that a 20th-century goblin rebellion is brewing... Damn, it's definitely going to be A disaster!"

"The new goblin rebellion..." Matthew frowned.

In fact, in a sense, this is not alarmist.

During the meeting of the Slug Club, when communicating with Dirk Cresswell, an official of the Goblin Liaison Office of the Ministry of Magic, he also vaguely heard about this.

……

The house-elves at Hogwarts, uncharacteristically, frequently carry out "strikes".

The goblins of Gringotts may even be brewing a new "goblin rebellion".

In addition to those members of the Order of the Phoenix who sneaked into Hogwarts and whose whereabouts are unknown...

All of this is a bit frightening.

In all fairness, Hogwarts hasn't had too many trivial matters or accidents in the first six months since the start of this semester; at least it seems to be much calmer than last year.

But Matthew always felt that behind this superficial calm, there was an undercurrent surging silently...

The promoters of that undercurrent are undoubtedly the members of the Order of the Phoenix!

They seem to be guiding all this happening in the dark.

To be honest, this is very strange~IndoMTL.com~ Albus Dumbledore has been imprisoned in Nurmengard Prison for nearly fifty years, and the remnants of the Order of the Phoenix have been suppressed for so many years ...

So, why are they doing this now?

What is it that gives them the courage and confidence to feel that they can shake and even overthrow the influence of Gellert Grindelwald?

In all fairness, if it was up to the **** to decide, Matthew would definitely prefer the wizarding world dominated by Albus Dumbledore and the Order of the Phoenix... After all, he is a Muggle-born wizard, and Grindel Waugh's political attitude has always been wizard-first and anti-Muggle.

What's more, when I was in Hogsmeade, it was very likely that Aberforth Dumbledore of the Order of the Phoenix saved my life.

But if Matthew were to choose, he would definitely choose to stand with the existing Hogwarts headmaster.

Because the times are doomed...

The influence of Gellert Grindelwald has long been integrated into every aspect of the wizarding world.

And the power under his command is far stronger than that of the Order of the Phoenix whose leader has been arrested and can only operate in secret (Matthew does not believe that Grindelwald is just a "harmless" Hogwarts principal).

Therefore, Matthew is very puzzled by this surging undercurrent!

The only thing he can do now is stay away from it.

And I hope that this undercurrent will not affect me.

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