Chapter 25: The collapse of the plot

Still, Evan underestimated the Prophet's influence, and the morning after they agreed to the Prophet's reprint, he had barely had time to swallow a slice of bread when he saw a rain of owls pouring down.

"Look!"

I don't know who shouted, and all the students in the auditorium looked up one after another to see a surprising scene.

Like a downpour, countless owls flew into the Great Hall of Hogwarts, covering almost the entire ceiling.

"Hogwarts School auditorium, Mr. Evan Mason!"

Evan saw his name and address on an envelope carried by an owl, and he frowned and reached for the letter. But three, four, and five owls came down beside him with their wings flapped, and they crowded to and fro, trampling on the butter, and knocking over the salt shakers, all trying to be the first to give him the letter.

"What's going on?" asked Colin, surprised.

No one answered, and seven more owls fell, but this time they had come for Harry.

They screamed and flapped their wings, and the entire Gryffindor table stuck their heads out to look at it.

"I think I know what's going on, look at this!"

Hermione said excitedly, reaching into the pile of feathers and grabbing a long-eared owl with a long barrel wrap. But before she could open the package, more than a dozen owls flew in and instantly surrounded her.

Evan tore open the package Hermione handed her, revealing the latest issue of the Daily Prophet. He unfolded it, and the article about Harry's mother, Lily Potter, was placed on the front page of the front page, with the editor-in-chief of the Daily Prophet, Mr. Guffey, and the famous historian of magic, Mrs. Basshat.

Lockhart's photographs and novels occupy prominent positions in the entertainment and fiction sections, respectively. Even Hermione's two review essays have a lot of space, just below Rita Skeeter's special commentary.

"These are letters from readers, all of them. Hermione said eagerly.

The piece of paper she was holding was from a witch in her fifties, whose daughter had died in a flight accident when she was eight years old, and she sincerely thanked Hermione for her efforts to keep underage wizards safe. More letters came from Muggle-born wizards, who thanked Hermione for saying what they had always wanted to say.

Unlike Hermione's cookie-cutter thanks, Harry's side was much more touching. People used the most flowery statements to express their sadness at Harry's poor background.

As for Evan here, there are more voices of skepticism.

People complained that some of the things he wrote were not clearly described, such as how Voldemort failed, what the last spell Lily used, and who the brunette boy on the pendant was in her arms.

"The man said they had the right to know the truth. ”

Ron opened a letter for Evan and couldn't help muttering, "What the hell does he want to know, why didn't he ask the mystery man?!"

"Look at this, this woman suggests you go to St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Injuries and Injuries. Colin continued, "She seems to be a follower of the Mystery. ”

In fact, even more stressful than Evan is the classroom mat.

Almost every professor received a large number of letters, with Professors Dumbledore and McGonagall being the most prominent, and readers who had read Evan's article sincerely hoped that the professors would take better care of Harry.

In the face of an endless stream of owls, the two of them were overwhelmed.

Professor Snape next to them was much more straightforward, he pulled out his wand and waved it violently, and all the owls in front of him flew away in an instant.

Unlike Snape's rage, Lockhart was extremely excited. He received the most letters, and he took pleasure in taking them down and putting them away in a special pocket, so that he could quickly reply to the book lovers when he had free time.

In any case, the response to their article was overwhelming.

The adults were surprised and surprised that a few young wizards could write articles of this level, and most of them thought that what they said made sense, although the words were not accurate in some places, but considering the age of several people, this flaw was negligible.

Mr. Guffey, the editor-in-chief of the Daily Prophet, expressed his willingness to reprint all of Evan, Hermione, and Lockhart's articles for a long time, which greatly enhanced the reputation of Hogwarts Wizardry. Now, in addition to the young wizards in school, there are even adult wizards outside the school who are willing to subscribe to this newspaper.

Taking advantage of the first issue, Evan successfully launched the subsequent issues, each of which was printed in about 800 copies.

Things began to get normal, and the Hogwarts Wizardry became a part of the daily lives of several young wizards, receiving more and more submissions, making a small profit, and Hogwarts professors and students getting used to the owl rain every Wednesday breakfast.

Because he didn't have much gold galleons so far, Evan bought himself a small amount of potion materials and a new quill for Hermione after some careful calculations, and invested the rest of the money in Fred and George's research.

With an adequate supply of raw materials, the twins achieved good results.

In addition to the ever-increasing variety of magical fireworks, they have also developed telescopic ears that can be used to eavesdrop, quills that automatically spray ink, nosebleeds that make nosebleeds after eating, and fat tongue toffee that makes the tongue bigger.

These things are fun and of course full of dangers.

Fred and George received a large number of orders, and many young wizards expressed their anticipation for their new products. Percy and Hermione, though, don't let them give anything else that they haven't researched successfully. They had no choice but to experiment on themselves, which caused the twins to spend more and more time in the school hospital.

Madam Pomfrey, the head nurse, was so busy that she would have been busy every day, even without Fred and George from time to time.

Because since the beginning of October, there has been a sudden epidemic of colds in the school.

Ginny had been sick lately, and even Evan was not spared, and they were forced by Percy to drink some of Madam Pomfrey's pick-me-up, and then the two of them kept smoking in their ears for a long time.

Mental malaise from the cold, editorial review of newspaper articles, and increasingly heavy class assignments have greatly reduced Evan's focus on the secret room.

Thankfully, Ginny has been a little pale lately, but there is nothing unusual about her behavior, and she goes to the library every night to help Hermione sort out her manuscripts, so she shouldn't have time to open the secret room, or she hasn't been controlled by Tom Riddle.

Evan found time to talk to her, and Ginny said she had never seen a black diary.

This surprised Evan very much, if Tom Riddle's diary was not with Ginny, then where would it be, or if Lucius Malfoy didn't stuff the diary to Ginny at all, how could this be, maybe it was the butterfly effect brought about by his own crossing.

But anyway, the plot has changed, and Aven's biggest advantage is gone!

After worrying for a while, Aven didn't have a clue and had to put the matter aside.

Tom Riddle had better never show up, and as for how to destroy the Horcrux, that was something Dumbledore should be worried about.