Chapter Twenty-Seven: Special Correspondent Nick
"Oh my gosh. Hermione said sadly.
"Ron, you shouldn't have said that, I'm going to try to stop her. Evan looked at Ron angrily.
"Alright, buddy!" Ron's face flushed slightly, "You don't really like myrtle, a crying, ugly ghost." ”
"Ron!" Hermione raised her voice sharply.
"Of course I don't like it, but she's an important source. Evan snorted, "I had something to ask her, but now you've messed it all up." ”
"You should apologize to Myrtle, and while it's true that she's not likeable, we shouldn't say that about her, especially if these words are heard by Peeves. Hermione said.
"Apologies?!" Ron's face flushed as his red hair.
"That's right, Ron!" Harry stabbed him, "I think Evan and Hermione are right, we did go a little too far in this matter. ”
"Okay, okay, since you all think so, then I'm going to apologize to her now. Ron took a step back, gasping for air, his face flushed to the core.
After saying that, he turned around and ran out of the underground classroom, and the three of them looked at him worriedly.
"Let's go too, I just looked at it, and the food here is not suitable for living people. Evan sighed, "And I do have something to ask Myrtle." ”
As soon as the three of them reached the door, Nick, who was almost headless, floated through the crowd.
"My dear friend, are you having fun?"
"Oh, happy. They lied.
"The number is also satisfactory. Nick, who was almost headless, said proudly, "The weeping widow has come all the way from Kent, and my time to speak is almost up." ”
Nick stopped the band and strode over to the podium, into a cold blue spotlight.
"It is with great sorrow that I departed lords, ladies and gentlemen"
Before he could finish his sentence, a hunting horn sounded, and the ghosts looked around excitedly, and Nick's expression looked a little pained.
Suddenly, twelve ghost horses burst into the walls of the underground classroom, each with a headless rider on it. All the attendees applauded warmly, and Evan and the others also clapped their hands, but as soon as they saw Nick's face, they quickly stopped.
The twelve ghost horses ran to the center of the dance arena, stood abruptly, stood upright on their hind legs, and then kicked their hind hooves and charged.
At the foreground was a large ghost, with a bearded head tucked under his arm and blowing a trumpet. He jumped off his horse and held his head high in the air so that he could look at the crowd from above, and everyone laughed.
He strode towards Nick, who was almost headless, shoving his head into his neck as he so-so.
"Nick!" he yelled, "how are you, is your head still hanging there?"
He let out a rough laugh and patted Nick on the shoulder, who was almost headless.
"Welcome, Patrick. Nick said bluntly.
"Living!"
Mr. Patrick saw Aven, Harry, and Hermione, and jumped high in feigned surprise, only to have his head fall off again, and everyone burst into laughter.
"Very interesting. Nick, who was almost headless, said with a straight face.
"Leave Nick alone!" shouted Mr. Patrick's head from the floor, "and he's still upset that we didn't let him join the Hunters, but I want to say, look at this guy!"
"I think," Harry said hurriedly after noticing Nick's meaningful gaze and remembering his agreement with him, "Nick is very scary!"
"Haha!"
Mr. Patrick's head cried, "I guess he told you to say that." ”
Then, ignoring Harry, he began playing a game of overhead hockey with the rest of the Headless Hunters, and everyone turned to watch with no one paying attention to Nick standing on the podium.
Seeing Nick's pitiful appearance, Evan sighed and felt the need to do something.
He stepped up to the podium and stood next to Nick, making a loud thud with his wand that drew everyone's attention back to it.
"Good evening, everyone, as a special guest tonight, I would like to say a few words from the perspective of a living person. ”
The ghosts all looked at Evan curiously, wondering what the little wizard was going to say, a speech by a living man, which seemed to be much more interesting than the Headless Hunters game.
"As a ghost, Sir Nicholas may not be as frightening in appearance as Mr. Patrick, but he is a very respectable nobleman, even in the living world. ”
There was a murmur of chatter below, and many ghosts were skeptical of what Evan was saying.
"In order for more people to commemorate his death and thank him for his selfless help to me. Evan continued, "I have decided to invite Sir Nicholas to be a special correspondent for Hogwarts Wizardry and Wizardry, and to publish his life in the newspaper. ”
The discussion became louder, and everyone was curious about the work of "special correspondents".
The life of ghosts is so boring, although they have endless lives, but they have no senses, the long years consume their passion, their memories gradually fade, and many ghosts have nothing to do, they stay motionless in dark corners all day long, and finally forget who they are.
It's horrible, everyone is desperately looking for things to do, but there are few options, which is why the Headless Hunters are so popular.
But not everyone's head and body are separated, and the vast majority of ghosts still have nothing to do all day long.
The newspaper correspondent that Evan spoke of offered a new direction, but what Hogwarts Wizardry and Wizardry was, he had never heard of before.
"Hogwarts Wizardry and Wizardry is a newspaper dedicated to young wizards in front of school, and it has sold 800 copies per issue, and it is steadily increasing. "We have an in-depth relationship with mainstream media outlets such as Daily Prophet, Wizard's Weekly, and Contrarian, and this article about the life of Sir Nicholas will be published in Daily Prophet at the same time. ”
As soon as Aven's voice fell, the pot almost exploded below.
Nick's life, which was almost headless, will appear in the Daily Prophet, which is an unprecedented honor for a ghost who has been dead for hundreds of years.
Everyone stared straight at Nick, with envy and jealousy.
It took a full minute for Nick to react, and he looked at Evan excitedly, thanking him for all he had done for himself. I believe that if he could cry, he would have cried bitterly by now.
Aven's words help Nick earn the respect of all the ghosts, and the death party is back on track, with no one paying attention to Patrick and his team of headless hunters.
The ghosts came up in turn to congratulate Nick, and then floated around Aven, Harry, and Hermione, eagerly asking if there were any vacancies for the "special correspondents" job.
Naturally, Evan does not refuse to come, and the more press releases, the better.
There are nearly a thousand ghosts scattered all over the UK, and if they and their friends can be persuaded to help them gather news, Hogwarts Wizardry will soon surpass the Daily Prophet.
Seeing how enthusiastic these ghosts were, Evan was even considering finding someone to take care of the record, recording their life deeds and various magical studies.
However, this work is too large and boring for ordinary young wizards to be able to do, so let's wait until we have the money and can hire specialized staff.