The pile of scandals in the newspaper still caused Albert some trouble.

Fred, George, and Lee Jordan also sent joking letters to Albert, congratulating him on winning the International Wizarding Chess Championship.

To get out of trouble, Albert gave an exclusive interview to Rita Skeeter.

The interview took place at Lady Padef's teahouse in Hogsmeade, which was open all day, but there were few customers.

In the teahouse, Albert flipped through the latest issue of the Daily Prophet, and only after hearing the chair being pulled up did he slowly raise his head, look at the witch who appeared in front of him, and asked, "Miss Rita Skeeter?"

The witch's blonde hair was delicately curled, she wore jeweled glasses on the bridge of her nose, and her fingers were clutched in crocodile leather handbags, and her nails were painted red.

If it was Rita Skeeter when she was young, she would have been a fashionable and beautiful girl, but she was already old.

"Yes, it's not easy to interview you once, Mr. Anderson. ”

Rita Skeeter sat across from Albert, also looking at the young genius wizard in front of her. To be honest, the other party's gaze made her very uncomfortable, and she had the illusion of being seen through.

"Actually, I don't like interviews, and I don't like to be too ostentatious. ”

Albert took a sip of milk tea and said with a smile: "However, you and your peers always like to fabricate facts, and they still cause me some trouble, so I came to see you." ”

"People always like to watch some ......" Rita Skeeter couldn't help but squint, she had never seen such a difficult teenager.

"I know," interrupted Albert, "to catch the reader's eye, and I certainly know that I have the same problems in France and in the United States, and your colleagues love it." ”

With that, Albert's eyes fell on the quill pen that was writing and drawing in his notebook.

"Leave the pen alone, Mr. Anderson, tell me about ......"

"I suggest you don't use it to record the words between us, that might not be very kind to you. Albert withdrew his gaze from the quill pen, interrupted Rita Skeeter very rudely, and said to himself: "I know very well what kind of journalist you are, and I know very well that the purpose of the newspaper's existence is to sell itself, whether the contents are true or not. ”

As he spoke, Albert drank the milk tea in the cup, looked at Rita Skeeter with his fingers intertwined, and suddenly showed a strange smile: "Everyone has their own secrets, and you are no exception." You are a ...... Illegal Animagus, right!"

The last sentence Albert spoke so softly that only he and Rita Skeeter could hear it.

"What ......"

Rita Skeeter's eyes widened, and her tone was full of disbelief, and she almost knocked over the black tea in front of her, "I don't know what you're talking about!" she took a deep breath and said coldly.

"Let me see, what's your Animagus?"

"What did you do to me?" Rita Skeeter had a very bad feeling and quickly looked away, not daring to look directly into Albert's eyes again.

"Oh, so it's a beetle?"

Albert muttered softly, "So, you often use the Animagus to get around?"

Under the frightened and incredulous gaze of the female reporter, Albert nodded to himself and said, "Yes, the Animagus is indeed very suitable for espionage. ”

"You ......"

Rita Skeeter was trembling all over, she felt that the person in front of her was simply a terrible devil, and she could easily see through herself.

The corners of Albert's mouth curled slightly, and he said softly, "Don't doubt it, I'm a regent." ”

"It's useless, no one will believe it. Rita Skeeter's lips twitched, as if it had taken a great deal of effort to say it.

"If you've investigated me, you should know that I know a lot of famous wizards, and I have a good correspondence with them, and if I write them a letter, trust me, Azkaban Prison will be a welcome welcome one. Albert laughed maliciously: "I think there should be a lot of wizards who hate you, they will definitely take the opportunity to fall into the ground!"

"Well, what do you want?" Rita Skeeter clenched her fists, she really wanted to cast an amnesia spell on the other party, write another vicious article, and discredit the other party, but she quickly gave up the idea and slumped weakly in her chair.

"If you don't want to, you can order the quilt again, and we'll talk about the next thing. ”

As he spoke, Albert took out the money bag from his pocket and pushed it in front of Rita Skeeter, and said calmly: "I hope you can help me wash away those damn scandals, I can answer some of your questions, and I will give you a fee." ”

"That's all?"

"Of course not, I hope that in the future, when it comes to my news, you just need to simply ignore it. If you really need it, write to me, instead of making it up and getting me in trouble. ”

In fact, this last point is the reason why Albert asked Rita Skeeter out.

He needs to control public opinion, at least not to stop the kind of inexplicable reporting.

Rita Skeeter opened her mouth, and her gaze fell on the money bag, which was about twenty Galleons.

It's not a lot of money for Rita Skeeter, but she can undoubtedly keep her secret, avoid jail time, and make a small profit by completing her job in the Daily Prophet.

On top of that, she had no choice.

Although it felt ridiculous for Rita Skeeter to compromise with an underage wizard, she knew that compromise would not hurt her much, at least the other party would pay hush money, which was not a shame.

"Okay, okay. ”

Rita Skeeter reached for the money bag and stuffed it into her crocodile leather handbag, took out a quill from it, and began to ask questions.

"I heard that Mr. Bud Broad recommended you to participate in the International Wizarding Chess Competition, and that your wizarding chess was also taught by this former champion?"

"Mr. Broad was the Defence Against the Dark Arts professor at Hogwarts, and that's when our friendship began......"

Albert began to reminisce about that history, but it was complicated to Rita Skeeter's ears, and she felt as if she had witnessed the birth of a genius, and Mr. Broad undoubtedly knew about Albert's talent, so he pushed him behind his back, and the two formed a deep friendship.

Later, Albert burst out of his mouth a bunch of wizards' names, all of whom are very famous wizards in many fields.

Apparently, he hadn't lied before.

"Where's the pretty French lady?" said Rita Skeeter, after asking a few more questions, on another subject of interest to her.

"Louise Delacour?"

"So that young lady's name is Louise Delacour?"

"Actually, I'm more familiar with his father, who was a famous potions master, and we had a correspondence. "At that time, I met Mr. Hertock Dagworth in France, and in the course of casual conversation he learned that I also knew Mr. Delacour, well, the father of Miss Louise, and invited me to visit him, and we happened to meet halfway through." ”

"As for that photo, it's just a French kiss. Albert recalled, "At the time, the reporter was probably filming Mr. Dagworth's handshake with Mr. Delacour, probably by accident that photograph." Later, as you know, I became the youngest international wizard chess champion, and your peers probably thought they needed to create some gimmicks to attract everyone's attention, so they made it up, after all, everyone likes gossip news. ”

"I see, what about the pretty American girl?"

In fact, Rita Skeeter was very shocked by Albert's circle of friends, of course she knew who Mr. Dagworth was, and if she could become a friend of the Potions Master, her level in Potions would definitely not be low. ”

"She is the granddaughter of Mr. Nicholas, an American alchemist, who is also very fond of alchemy, and Mr. Sierra and I met each other by chance when we went to visit Mr. Nicholas. ”

Albert thought for a moment and said: "When I was about to return to England, I asked Miss Catherine to take me to Wizard Street in the United States, to buy some special products from the American wizarding world to give to a friend, and that photo was taken at that time, because I refused an interview with an American journalist at that time, so he, like his colleague in France, fabricated a scandal at will, and they didn't need to be responsible anyway, and everyone likes to see this kind of thing." ”

Rita Skeeter was a little disappointed, things were not much as she expected, and she wanted to find some breaking news, so she continued to ask, "I heard that you had some unpleasant conflicts in the United States with an employee of the Ministry of Magic at the time. ”

"An unpleasant conflict?" Albert said with a little recollection, rather helplessly, "not an unpleasant conflict, but a very helpless misunderstanding." ”

"Misunderstanding?"

"That Miss Catherine gave me a kiss as well. Albert said helplessly, "The young employee who received me seems to be Miss Catherine's admirer, and it is not difficult for you to guess that the jealous lad has deliberately caused me some trouble within the scope of his duties." In the end, I was searched and my luggage was messed up. ”

"I think a reasonable apology is necessary. Albert said calmly, "After all, I should have been very cooperative in all the examinations, and his suspicions caused us unnecessary trouble." ”

"Jealousy, abuse of power, distortion of facts, nonsense. ”

"As for why the newspapers say that. Albert shrugged his shoulders and said, "I think it was probably because I beat the American who had a good chance of winning the championship!"

"Distort the facts and deliberately provoke contradictions. Rita Skeeter became more and more excited as she wrote, and continued to ask, "Is there anything you would like to say about this trip to the United States?"

"The magical society in the United States is different from the magical society in Europe, and even in most countries, they have a lot of strict laws. For example, after you go to the United States, you need to go to the Magic Congress to apply for a temporary wand permit as soon as possible, otherwise you will break the law. ”

Albert thought for a moment and said, "I suggest that the Magical Congress of the United States print a guide to the entry of the Magical Society of America, detailing some of the legal rules that need to be strictly followed after going to the Magical Society of America, I believe that this will reduce the work of the Magical Congress and greatly relieve the pressure on the prison."

"After all, not all wizards have been like me in learning about the American magical society before going to the United States. Albert put down the milk tea he had drunk and said calmly.

"I will write an article that satisfies you. Rita Skeeter put away the parchment, her face full of excitement.

"When you're done, remember to send me a first draft. Don't forget, Miss Rita Skeeter. With that, Albert got up and went to the counter to pay, then borrowed the fireplace from Madame Parddev's teahouse and flew straight to Diagon Alley.