Chapter 219: Hogwarts, Infiltration Successful

Diagon Alley, Daily Prophet newspaper.

As the most famous reporter in the British magic world, Rita Skeeter has an independent office here.

Her work is easy, but sometimes very busy.

In addition to being responsible for interviews in some major events, she occasionally pries into the privacy of some big shots and gains huge benefits from it.

Those big shots always give her a generous amount of gold galleons as hush money.

No one knows that her Animagus is an inconspicuous little beetle - she can fly to any place without magic defense.

This makes her invincible.

Sitting on a leather single sofa, Rita Skeeter drank coffee leisurely while looking at the busy streets outside the window.

She is in a good mood today.

Last night, she received another hush money.

Although the man threatened her repeatedly, he finally left a large amount of gold galleons, just asking her not to talk nonsense in the newspaper.

Rita Skeeter enjoys such success.

But she is also very smart, she knows what it means to stop when enough is enough. In this world, some people will reason with her, but some people are just so reasonable.

"Huh?"

Rita Skeeter pushed her jeweled glasses and looked out the window with a puzzled look - an owl was flying towards her office.

"Fans? Or howlers?"

Rita Skeeter got up and opened the window to let the owl in - she could receive a lot of such letters every day.

After giving the owl some cookies, Rita Skeeter took a look at the signature on the envelope.

- Andy Collins?

"Who is this? My new fan?"

Rita Skeeter smiled smugly and opened the envelope casually.

"Aishia Collins's nephew? My fan?"

Rita Skeeter continued to read.

There were a lot of contents in the letter, but most of them were from Black Lockhart. This made Rita Skeeter very interested, and she also hated the flashy man.

Some time ago, Rita Skeeter published a book, and her rival for the top sales list was Lockhart.

But so what?

She used the influence of the Daily Prophet to severely damage Lockhart's reputation, and finally won.

A fake professor?

His spellcasting level is only slightly better than a squib?

He was easily defeated by a little wizard in the classroom?

Those books called "autobiography" are actually not Lockhart's personal experience, but he stole them from others?

Rita Skeeter's eyes flashed.

What a hot topic!

Especially the photo sent with the letter...

Three little wizards carried the unconscious Lockhart, and a large group of little wizards surrounded them and laughed at him wantonly. As for Lockhart, he looked extremely embarrassed.

"Hehehehe——"

Rita Skeeter laughed strangely, and she was very excited.

"Gilderoy Lockhart, it turns out he's just a liar who's a bit better than a Squib!"

After the excitement, Rita Skeeter sat down again and began to think about how to use this incident to expose Lockhart's true face.

A winner of the Order of Merlin, an honorary member of the Anti-Dark Magic Society, a famous writer famous for his autobiography - in fact, he's just a liar who's a bit better than a Squib!

She believed that this incident would definitely trigger public opinion in the entire British wizarding world.

The most important thing is that she can become more famous.

The attack on Azkaban is indeed a big deal, but it has nothing to do with Rita Skeeter.

Interview ordinary wizards about their views on this matter?

Or interview officials from the Ministry of Magic?

That's the job of young reporters.

Fudge has used the power of the Ministry of Magic to put pressure on all newspapers, and no one dares to talk nonsense about this matter.

But Lockhart's case is different.

"Hmm..."

Rita Skeeter read Andy's letter again.

This photo can indeed be used as evidence, but Rita Skeeter still feels that it is not "ironclad" enough, and she has to go to Hogwarts to investigate it herself.

Thinking of this, Rita Skeeter hurriedly left the office.

Soon, she won the consent of the newspaper editor-in-chief Mr. Barnabas Guffey - she was going to interview the headmaster of Hogwarts, Albus Dumbledore.

...

Around six o'clock in the evening of that day, Andy saw a woman in the corridor on the eighth floor.

Her hair was made into delicate, stiff, and weird big waves, with a pair of jeweled glasses on her face, wearing a green leather coat, and her fat fingers grasped a crocodile leather handbag. Her nails were two inches long and painted red.

"This...!"

Andy and Hermione were shocked at the time.

Although wizards usually dress very strangely, it takes a lot of courage to be as strange as her.

Seeing that woman walk into the principal's office, Hermione opened her mouth and complained: "Andy, I think the aesthetics of the magic world needs to be saved."

"Yes, yes!" Andy nodded stiffly.

"What do you think is the relationship between that woman and Professor Dumbledore?" Hermione asked curiously.

"Maybe she is the principal's little lover. After all, it's so late, what do you think they will do in the office?" Andy teased.

Hermione glared at Andy fiercely when she heard it.

"Okay!"

Andy surrendered, "She is Rita Skeeter, the famous journalist. I guess her visit to the headmaster was fake, and her real purpose should be to investigate Lockhart."

"It seems that your plan succeeded." Hermione said.

Andy sighed, "I just hope that the next Defense Against the Dark Arts professor is not that woman Rita Skeeter."

"Hee! How can you say that." Hermione laughed.

After dinner in the hall, Andy and Hermione separated.

Hermione was going to read a book in the library of Ravenclaw. Since discovering the Chamber of Secrets of Slytherin, Hermione was full of enthusiasm for investigating the Ravenclaw Library.

She believed that there must be important secrets hidden in the library.

Andy was going to the Chamber of Secrets of Slytherin to continue translating those books and manuscripts. Those materials were precious treasures for Andy.

Including the books in the headmaster's office.

Andy planned to take the copied books home during the Christmas holiday and turn them into the foundation of the Collins family.

While Andy and Hermione were busy with their own things, Rita Skeeter walked out of the principal's office with a stiff face.

This interview was not smooth, that old bee was too cunning.

She planned to write a book to blacken Dumbledore after his death. The title of the book has been thought of, it is called "The Life and Lies of Albus Dumbledore".

But it doesn't matter.

After turning a corner, Rita Skeeter saw that there was no one around, she took out her wand and pointed it at herself, and her whole body shrank rapidly, and soon became a beetle the size of a button.

Hogwarts, the infiltration was successful!