380. Provoking Rita Skeeter

The holidays are over, and it's a new week.

The field was covered with a thick layer of snow, and a string of water beads formed on the windows in one breath.

After the herb class, the students were reluctant to step out of the warm greenhouse and go to the Forbidden Forest for a magical creature conservation class. Of course, this doesn't include Field and Rolf, who always thought that a couple of laps with those snails would definitely warm them up, and that they might get some 'complete material' along the way

During this time, Rolf's Potions research broke new ground, his twin brother got him the recipe for 'Burning Fuel' in Ilfamoni, and after obtaining the Tail Snail material, he made a series of improvements and made good progress, and now he and Field are eager to get more Tail Snail materials.

Field and Rolf were the first to reach Hagrid's hut, but Hagrid was not there. An elderly witch with gray hair and a slight protruding chin was there to greet them.

"I'm Professor Graplan. Your Professor Hagrid Rubeer is a little uncomfortable. I'm a substitute teacher for your magical creature conservation class. Professor Graplane finished succinctly, motioning for the students to follow her.

Harry and Ron asked Hagrid what was going on, and Professor Grapeland motioned for everyone to stop asking and follow her.

Not going to the pumpkin patch on the edge of the Forbidden Forest means that the content of this lesson is not about fried snails. This made many of the students almost cheer, and made Field and Rolf frown.

Field looked around helplessly, and saw Malfoy on the Slytherin side, and they were whispering, not sinisterly laughing.

Following Professor Graplan, they walked past Beauxbatons' makeshift stables, the tall silver-maned horses huddled together and shivering.

"I think Professor Graplan, you should feed these silver-maned horses some malt whiskey every day, Hagrid used to feed them every day, and they needed that wine to keep them warm. Rolf's words weren't loud, but they reached everyone's ears.

Professor Grapeland glanced away at Rolf, then walked on, "Indeed, it seems that I was negligent, and Hagrid Rubeus is a qualified administrator. ”

The students chatted in pairs and threes, only to realize that their administrator and teacher of the magical creature protection class still had a lot to offer.

When they came to the edge of the Forbidden Forest, next to a huge tree, the tall and beautiful Pegasus appeared in front of everyone.

"At least ten feet tall, with a chestnut mane, strong limbs—oh my god - this is Iserom!" Hermione exclaimed.

"Yes, it's Iseron—is this?" Professor Grapeland asked, looking at Hermione.

"Hermione, Hermione Granger, Gryffindor House. ”

"Very well, Miss Granger. Gryffindor plus 3 points. Professor Grapeland began to introduce the Pegasus in front of him.

"We're going to talk about Pegasus in today's lesson. Just passing by the stables, you have seen the largest of the pegasi, the silver-maned horse, also known as the rune horse, the largest and strongest of the pegasi, just like the one before-" Professor Graplane looked at Rolf.

"Rolf Scamander. Rolf said.

Hearing Rolf's last name, Professor Grapeland paused for a moment, and then continued: "As Mr. Scamander said, silvermane horses live in the Mediterranean region and generally prefer single malt whiskies, which are very strong. ”

"And the one in front of you, the Itheron, is the native Pegasus of England, and their call is very similar to that of the fire dragon, and the witches and witches of the Middle Ages were proud to have an Itheroon as a mount. ”

Professor Grapeland spoke eloquently about Pegasus, and most of everyone's attention was on her, except for a few people, such as Field and Harry, who were still thinking about Hagrid's question.

Field walked slowly towards Harry's Gryffindor circle, where Harry was confronting Malfoy, smiling evilly, Malfoy threw Harry a newspaper, and Harry was reading.

"What's going on?" said Field, who stepped forward and asked Harry.

"Hagrid has an accident! Rita Skeeter did it!" Harry grimaced as he handed the newspaper to Field.

Field opened the Daily Prophet and read it quickly. Then the more I looked, the more angry I became.

Rita Skeeter's article portrays Hagrid as a pure-blooded giant, finds information about Hagrid's biological mother, and implicates the giant with the dark wizard, then exaggerates the giant's ferocity and bloodthirstiness, and then cites Malfoy's attack on Buckbeak in a magical creature protection class last year to prove that Hagrid is not fit to be a teacher, and finally points the finger at Hogwarts Headmaster Dumbledore.

Field was lost in thought until the end of the lesson, when Rolf came to remind him that it was time to join the castle.

"How did that woman get there? Hagrid probably wouldn't have told her himself. Hermione said in surprise when she got Hagrid from Harry.

"Maybe she heard Hagrid and Madame Maxime at the ball, just like us. Ron said, looking at Harry.

"No way, Dumbledore has banned her from Hogwarts, Hagrid said. Hermione said.

"Maybe she has an invisibility cloak, like mine. Harry guessed.

"What do you think, Field?" Suddenly, Hermione turned to Field.

Field's train of thought was interrupted, and he looked up at the Harry trio, frowning slightly.

"We were going to Hagrid after dinner, and I needed to know something. ”

So, after dinner, the trio of Field, Rolfe, and Harry left the Great Hall and walked through the meadows covered in snow and ice to Hagrid's hut.

Harry knocked on the door, a dog barking from his teeth, but Hagrid didn't open the door.

"Hagrid, it's us, open the door, we know you're there. Harry shouted.

The cries of the teeth grew louder and louder, and they even began to scratch the door with their claws, but the door did not open the whole time.

"Go back, Hagrid is hiding from us. Field spoke, and led the way to the castle.

For the rest of the week, Field didn't see Hagrid again, Professor Grapeland continued to substitute for him, and Malfoy continued to tease Harry with strange noises during each class, and Field was really afraid that Harry would give him a petrification charm.

Field's time was still mostly spent on rune tattoos, and Ginny was with him every day, which made Field a little unhappy. After all, the lively and active Ginny is different from him, an otaku, and it is indeed difficult for him to be bored in the house every day.

In mid-January, it's a new Hogsmeade Day, and Field puts down what he's been doing to get ready to spend the day with Ginny.

That morning, Cedric came looking for him.

"The other day, I wrote to my dad about Mr. Bagman. Cedric said.

"What did he say?" asked Field.

"Dad said that guy was a fool, and he was a good gambler, he lost all his money in the Quidditch World Cup before, and he owed a debt to the goblins who lent usury, and the goblins went to the Ministry of Magic to make trouble. It seems that he should have placed a bet on the Triwizard Tournament this time, and it is likely that Harry and I won, so he told me the clue about the golden egg. Cedric said.

Field nodded, before he suspected that Bagman was controlled by Barty Jr. before he told Cedric the clues about the golden eggs, but he quickly denied it, with Cedric's knowledge, he could recognize at a glance whether a person was controlled by the Imperius Curse, obviously Bagman was not at that time. And now the news from Diggory's clues has confirmed Field's idea even more.

"Now that you know the secret of the golden egg, it shouldn't bother you. Field asked with a sigh of relief.

"Yes, I knew it on the night of the Santa Ball, it was much easier than the first project. Cedric said confidently.

Field nodded, indeed as far as the second event was concerned, Mr. Bagman took the trouble to tell Cedric that it was completely redundant, and even if he didn't know what the second project was until the start of the game, Cedric could handle it well.

Saying goodbye to Cedric, Field and Rolf go to the foyer of the castle together, meet Ginny and Luna, and the four of them leave the castle together.

But just as they passed the Black Lagoon and were about to walk towards the castle gates, Harry and the three chased after them.

"Oh, Field, Rolf, are you finally willing to leave the lab and come out for a walk?" Ron said in an exaggerated tone, "and sure enough, having a girlfriend is different." ”

Ginny blushed and gave Ron a blank look, while Luna just smiled and looked at Rolf beside her.

The group converged and continued on their way, and as they passed Durmstran's boat, they saw Krum jumping from the boat into the lake in a pair of shorts.

"Oh my God, is he crazy? It's January. Harry exclaimed.

"It's a lot colder where he's coming from, and I think it's pretty warm for him. Hermione explained.

Hearing Hermione's words, Harry's face suddenly turned cold. Hermione seemed to realize something, too, and said no more.

Ron saw that the atmosphere was not right, and immediately began to change the subject, "Okay, I hope he's okay, there's a big squid in the lake." By the way, Harry, did you find the clue to the golden egg? Time is running out. ”

"Well-," Harry said weakly, "almost, I've got an eyebrow." ”

Field looked at Harry's expression and shook his head slightly, Ginny seemed to sense something, and she whispered, "Field, you have to warn Harry, otherwise he may be in danger at that time." ”

Field was stunned for a moment, then nodded with a smile.

"Harry, if you're still clueless, I'd suggest you take that golden egg and swim in the Black Lake, just like Krum did earlier. ”

Field's words left Harry a little confused, he was making a fool of himself. But the clever Hermione seemed to understand something, and she asked, "Field, you guessed something, right?"

"I used to run around the castle twice a morning, and a week ago, when I was running past the Black Lake, I saw Krum jumping into the Black Lake with a golden egg, and for the next week he spent two hours swimming in the Black Lake every day. Saying this, Field listened, everyone present was not stupid, everyone already understood what Field meant.

Harry looked at Krum, who was not heading out in the black lake, and nodded slightly.

When they came to the streets of Hogsmeade, everyone spontaneously began to pay attention to Hagrid's movements, but they didn't find anyone, and everyone suggested going to sit on three broomsticks, after all, Hagrid was a regular visitor there.

The tavern was crowded as usual, many of them were Hogwarts students, and everyone found a table to sit down, and Field volunteered to go to the bar to buy a drink.

When Mrs. Rostamo was asked at the bar about Hagrid's whereabouts, the glamorous proprietress complained that she hadn't seen Hagrid for a long time, and that the dragon's head mead in his shop had been out of stock for a long time.

After a few small talks, Field walked towards the long table where Harry and the others were, holding and carrying a full butterbeer.

Ginny stepped forward and took a few beers from Field's hand and gave them to the group. At this point, Field went to find that Harry was no longer on the table.

When Ginny was questioned, it was revealed that he had been called by Mr. Bagman.

"There's no Triwizard Tournament project, what is he doing here, and now the Ministry of Magic is about to become a mess, and he doesn't go to help and hang out in Hogsmele. Field, under Ginny's guidance, found Harry and Bagman in the corner, while a group of elves not far from them looked at Mr. Bagman with resentment.

Well, seeing all this, Field completely figured it out, this guy should be being forced into debt by the elves, and Harry is his shield.

They were laughing and drinking butterbeer with Ginny, and after a while, Harry returned.

"What are you talking about? for so long. Ron asked.

Harry sat down, took a sip, and whispered, "He wanted to tell me the secret about the second project, and I said I already knew it." ”

Everyone nodded in unison, and Hermione looked in the direction Mr. Bagman had left, and the elf followed.

"Why is he with those elves, aren't the elves supposed to deal with the Department of Magical Creatures Management and Control?"

Everyone looked at Field, who shrugged his shoulders and said he didn't know.

"Hermione, wouldn't want to form another '.' Guild, Ugly Elf Protection Society - the name sounds good. Ron said half-jokingly.

"The elves don't need protection, Ron, I don't think Professor Span needs to give you the history of magic this year. There's so much about the history of the Goblin Rebellion, and you don't know it. Hermione sarcastically said.

"Don't be noisy, Mr. Bagman said, he's coming for Mr. Barty Crouch, who hasn't been to the Ministry of Magic for a week. Harry explained.

Field's heart trembled, he knew that it should be Barty Jr. who killed Crouch, and the plot was still developing in the original direction.

Everyone chatted for a while, and then prepared to disperse, after all, there are several couples here now.

Field and Ginny packed up their things, and when they reached the door, they saw Harry and Rita Skeeter facing each other.

Harry's face flushed with excitement, and he roared, "What else would you do but fabricate the facts, you know that Hagrid is just a half-blood. ”

Rita Skeeter's smile flickered slightly, she opened her crocodile leather bag, quickly took out her shorthand pen, and said, "Harry, would you like to have a good conversation with me about Hagrid? ”

"Harry, don't let her fool you, you can't trust any of her words this woman says except to make up stories. Hermione said in an airy voice, stepping forward and holding Harry's arm as if she were walking outside the door.

"Yo-the scheming little girlfriend is finally on the throne, it's a really good subject, shoot it, hurry up Saeki. Rita Skeeter motioned for the photographer to take a picture of Harry and Hermione.

The fat wizard named Saeki quickly lifted the camera, but a small lightning bolt was ushered in. He went numb for a moment, and then the camera fell to the ground, and suddenly a figure walked in the doorway, stepped on the camera, and then a puff of green smoke came out with sparks.

"Damn-" "Damn-"

The photographer Saeki and the figure who came in scolded at the same time. Then the two of them were stunned together.

"It's Malfoy – that's great. Watching Field slowly put away his wand, Ginny next to him covered her mouth and snickered.

Enraged, Saeki grabbed Malfoy by the collar and lifted him half a man.

"Bastard, what do you want to do?" Malfoy angrily kicked Saeki's fat belly and broke free, and his two bodyguards, Goyle and Crabbe, reacted at this time and rushed forward.

"Stop!" Rita Skeeter yelled, "what are you two fighting, he was the one who attacked Saeki just now." She pointed at Field with a quill and said.

"Hey, ugly woman, turn your pen in the direction, or don't blame me for being rude, I don't have a habit of having people point at my nose. Field said with a cold face.

Skeeter was stunned for a moment, then looked at Field, the stiff muscles on his face twitched a few times, and lowered his hand. "Oh, it's Ellie's youngest son, and your mother and I used to be very good friends. We ........."

Field pouted and interrupted Rita Skeeter: "He is worthy of being an expert in rumor-mongering, and he can be so justified in talking nonsense." My mom never had a friend like you. ”

Skeeter's face finally became untenable, and he said to Field with an angry face: "No matter what you do, you just broke the camera, you have to apologize and compensate." ”

Ginny hugged Field's arm a little nervously, and said angrily, "You guys just shot Harry and Hermione first, and you didn't get their permission yet." ”

Skeeter looked at Ginny with a mocking look on his face and said in a mocking tone, "I just want my readers to see some truth, which is my best strength as a journalist, and I haven't taken pictures yet." ”

Ginny blushed at what Skeeter said, and Field patted her hand to reassure her, no matter how smart a girl is, she will inevitably suffer if she talks to such an old oilman.

"Ugly woman, you have to warn you, if you want compensation, I think you'll have to ask the Mr. Draco Malfoy in front of you, because he smashes the camera. Field pointed at Malfoy.

"Why? You shot down that camera, what does it have to do with me. Malfoy said with an indignant expression.

"Malfoy, I think you should be smarter, this Mr. Saeki's camera is broken, he was trampled on by you, this is an indisputable fact, so you should pay for it, that has nothing to do with me, in fact, after the camera hit the ground, I don't think it was damaged. Field said in a moment's time.

"Nonsense, it was already broken when it fell. Malfoy said angrily.

"Uh-oh," Field's shrugged, "Malfoy, how do you prove it?"

Field's words made Malfoy angry for a moment, the camera on the ground was now in pieces, and he had still stepped on it, so he couldn't prove that he had broken it before he stepped on it.

Rita Skeeter couldn't stand it anymore, and she interjected, "Anyway, it was because you attacked Saeki that the camera fell to the ground, and it should be you who should be compensated." ”

Field slowly turned his head, looked at Rita Skeeter playfully, and said to Ginny: "Look, what I just said is right, this ugly woman is doing nothing but spreading rumors, and now she is actually talking nonsense with her eyes open in front of so many people." ”

Rita Skeeter looked angry and said angrily, "Where did I open my eyes and tell nonsense?"

Field looked at her with a cold face, and said word by word: "Just now, you said that I was talking nonsense when I attacked this person named Saeki. ”

Everyone in the tavern looked at Field suspiciously, most of the people present were Hogwarts students, they basically knew Field, and most of them could be regarded as his friends, but just now they all saw Field attacking the photographer named Zoeki, and now Field denied it, which made it difficult for them to understand.

"The one I just attacked was Draco Malfoy, who had just entered the door, and this one named Saeki was there to help Malfoy block my spell. Field's words made the Hogwarts students present stunned, and all of them had smiles on their faces.

"Nonsense, why are you attacking him?" retorted Skeeter loudly.

Field looked at her like an idiot, "All of Hogwarts know that I have a deep grudge against Draco Malfoy, and it's not the first time we've attacked each other at school, just now he rushed through the door with a dead face, and I'm already going to attack me, so that's why I strike first, isn't that normal?"

"You—" Rita Skeeter's face flushed.

"What you're — that's a fact, and there are at least a dozen people present who can attest to it. After Field's words, most of the students in the room nodded in unison.

"Do you think it's the right thing to do to sneak up on another student in public?

"Yes, you can't take care of your business, and Professor Dumbledore is naturally in charge of our Hogwarts affairs. So, now, please get out of the way and get out of the way. With that, Field took Ginny and left the door.

"Oh, by the way, in fact, I'm still very familiar with the structural materials of the camera, do you want me to use the repair charm to help you fix it, I charge a very cheap fee, only 100 gold gallons are fine. Field left this sentence before leaving the house.

Behind them are Rita Skeeter and Malfoy with constipated expressions.