Chapter XXIII: The First Issue of the Newspaper
The punishment was quickly decided, and everyone involved in the fight was locked up.
Harry, Aven, and Hermione were sent to reply to his admirers because of Lockhart's insistence, while Ron, Colin, and Neville helped Filch clean up the silverware in the prize showroom.
With the exception of Malfoy, who had to clean out Snape's office, the rest of the Slytherin and Gryffindor Quidditch teams had to clean up the Quidditch field, which was not an easy task because Fred and George had thrown too many big eggs.
At dinner, Harry looked frustrated, and he told the others that it must have been a bad thing to help Lockhart reply, and that he would rather polish silverware or clean up the Quidditch field.
Even more frustrated than him was Hermione, who said with a grumpy expression, "Look at the good things you guys have done, it's a nightmare with only one day left before the official publication of the newspaper, and everyone is locked up." Aven, you shouldn't be so impulsive, and so is Ron, you're still spitting slugs out, and it's not worth it for Malfoy's sake. ”
Hearing Hermione's accusation, Ron didn't know how to answer.
He lowered his head and muttered to Harry that Hermione seemed more excited than anyone else during the fight, and now he blamed the others for being too impulsive. Of course, his voice was low, and no one heard him except Aven, who was sitting next to Harry.
"Don't get excited, Hermione!" Fred reassured, "after all, we won, didn't we?"
"This is the first time we've attacked someone openly with a big dung egg, and the effect is amazing!" George looked at the Slytherin table with satisfaction, there was a foul smell everywhere, and no one wanted to go near it.
"To celebrate this victory, we should have a party. The two men said together.
"Throw the dirty stuff at someone, I should have written to tell your mother about it!" Hermione looked at them angrily.
"Leave them alone, Hermione!" Evan hurriedly interceded for the twins, "They're here to help us, after all, Malfoy told you and me to be mudbloods first." ”
What does that mean exactly? Of course, I could hear it being very rude. Hermione looked a little more relaxed.
"A very vicious word. Ron explained, "Mudblood is a defamatory term for Muggle-born people, those whose parents don't know magic. Some wizards, like the Malfoys, always feel superior to others because they are so-called purebreds. ”
"Discrimination by blood. Evan added, "That's why Voldemort used that to slaughter Muggles in the first place. ”
At the hearing of the mysterious man's name, the table fell silent suddenly, and many people shuddered, especially Ginny, who looked terrified.
"Leave this alone, what are we going to do now?" Hermione was the first to recover.
"I have a way of convincing Professor Lockhart to let us go early. ”
"Really, Aven!" Harry raised his voice sharply.
"Of course, Harry, but sacrifice you to stay there. ”
Hearing Aven's words, Harry grew frustrated again.
When they arrived at Lockhart's office after dinner, Evan begged Lockhart to let him and Hermione go back to writing the manuscript, citing that they had a lot of work to do before the official launch of Hogwarts Wizardry and Wizardry.
Lockhart readily agreed to Aven's request, after all, in his eyes, this is a newspaper run by admirers just for himself.
Ignoring Harry's pitiful gaze, Evan pulled Hermione by the head and left without looking back, and the two of them rushed to the library with a large pile of parchment.
"That's a lot of work!" Evan smiled wryly, "By the way, we can ask Ginny to come over and help, she shouldn't be punished and confined." ”
"She's gone to help Fred and George clean up the Quidditch grounds, which are full of dung eggs, and I feel sorry for her two brothers. ”
"Alright, Hermione!" Evan sighed, "Fred and George are still good, everyone likes them. ”
"I'm not saying they're bad, but if there weren't so many pranks, maybe"
"Uh, Hermione, I just wanted to ask, what are you writing about?" Seeing that Hermione had the intention of continuing, Evan hurriedly changed the subject.
"An article calling attention to school violence. Hermione paused, "But after listening to you explain what the Mudblood means, I'm going to replace it with defending the legitimate rights and interests of Muggle-born wizards, and my mission tonight is to get it, and I'll leave the rest to you!"
With that, Hermione got up and went to the library to look for books on the subject.
Evan rearranged the advertising board by himself, and replaced today's fight with a front-page headline.
Time passed in the blink of an eye, and for the past two days, Gryffindor was in a festive atmosphere.
Many people had heard of the Saturday afternoon scuffle, and although it ended out to be evenly matched, just by looking at the stinking Slytherin students, you knew that it was actually Gryffindor who took advantage.
The gossip was all over the place, and Evan was once again in the spotlight, cheering everywhere he went, especially the scene where he knocked Malfoy into the air, and there were at least a dozen versions circulating in the school.
In addition, Ron, who has been spitting slugs, is also the object of discussion, and everyone is talking about what kind of magic spell can have such an effect, and almost all the books about magic spells in the library are borrowed.
In fact, with the exception of Slytherin, the students of the other three houses were regretting not seeing it with their own eyes.
As a result, there is a lot of anticipation for the upcoming first issue of Hogwarts Wizardry and Wizardry, as it is reported that the newspaper will detail the beginning and end of the battle and the spell that Ron used.
On Monday morning, Evan got up early, and they came to the door of the auditorium with newly printed newspapers, and handed them out whenever they met.
Following a predetermined strategy, this issue of Hogwarts Wizardry and Wizardry is completely free, with the names of all the staff, the authors, and how to order them. Fred and George even made up a song, but it was so ugly that Professor McGonagall, who rushed to eat the morning and evening, was sharply stopped. But this did not dampen the enthusiasm, and apart from the open boycott of Slytherin, the newspaper was quickly sold out by others.
In the auditorium, everyone was reading the newspaper or discussing its contents.
Except for the Slatling table, they were out of place in the atmosphere around them, no one spoke, and everyone ate breakfast with gloomy faces, as if attending a solemn funeral, and the atmosphere was low and terrible, making people shudder.
Because he had expected this to happen, when the newspaper was printed, Evan didn't count them at all. He walked up to the faculty chair with a dozen thick newspapers and delivered newspapers to each professor.
Dumbledore happily accepted, Professor McGonagall pursed her lips but looked very proud of Evan, and Professor Flitwick and Professor Sprout also took the newspaper with a smile;
The trouble was Snape, who had a gloomy face and glared at Aven fiercely, as if he had no intention of dealing with him at all, just like the Slytherin students.
However, after Evan pretended to be careless and showed him the headline of the newspaper article about Lily, Snape still took the newspaper with a look of disgust.