Rita Skeeter's blonde hair was made into delicate, stiff, grotesque curls.

Paired with her fat face, it looks like a toad with a wig curl.

On the bridge of his nose was a pair of jeweled glasses, and his fat fingers were clutching a crocodile leather handbag, and his nails were more than two inches long and painted red.

When she was in the second grade, Zhang Xiao had an intersection with her, which was at the debut of the Qingluan Club for the first time donating 32 flying broomsticks.

The woman tried to use her shorthand quill pen to write a love-hate relationship between herself and the so-called family—similar to a thunderstorm.

Of course, I was taught a good lesson by Zhang Xiao.

Zhang Xiao's eyebrows were raised, giving her a signal, Rita understood, and she smiled stiffly:

"Well, let's start our interview with a team of people, and I think readers will be curious to learn about this mysterious school."

Yes, sensible!

The two came to another small room in the interior of the room, Zhang Xiao looked at it, this should have been a broom room, but at the moment there was an empty desk and two chairs here.

There is a window through which the warm sunlight shines brightly into the room.

Rita Skeeter's thick fingers clenched the crocodile leather pouch tightly, and the smile on her face was gone, only fear and nervousness.

"What are you looking for me to do? I haven't published any reports about you. ”

Zhang Xiao smiled and beckoned her to sit down:

"Don't be afraid, you're doing a great job, and every time you publish a report, you bypass the person I told you."

Rita Skeeter breathed a sigh of relief when she heard this, this little wizard was really a little scary, and he was already very strong and domineering in the second grade.

Now three years older, people also have the appearance of a young man, looking kind and angry, as if he is gentle and elegant, but Rita Skeeter has seen I don't know how many big people she has seen, and her eyes are vicious.

I can't see that this little wizard in front of me really has the strength to shut up forever.

The reason why she dared to arrange those characters before was because of her intelligence and vision, she knew who could arrange and who could arrange what, and she would never touch it if she couldn't move.

In addition, turning into a beetle really eavesdropped on a lot of black material, and these factors together made her like a fish in water in the newspaper industry.

Especially when she came to Hogwarts, she immediately heard about the terrible parting clouds and the heavenly palace, and became more and more frightened and afraid.

After waiting anxiously for a while, he heard the little wizard on the other side speak faintly:

"Do you have anything you want? Or something to crave? ”

After a while, Malfoy saw Zhang Xiao and the famous columnist walking out of the room smiling.

The two parted after saying something, and Rita searched for a target in the crowd again, and when she found a suitable one, she dragged them into the small interview room for an interview.

"Zhang, what did you say to her? She's not a nice person, she's good at writing exaggerated things, but strangely enough, there's some real secrets in her reporting.

You have to be careful, if you say something, she will immediately misinterpret your meaning and concoct a report of gibberish. ”

Finally, Malfoy added a sentence to support his claim:

"Back then, she also wrote about our family, and it took a lot of effort for my dad and a lot of gold gallons to shut her up."

Zhang Xiao patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile:

"Thanks, Draco, I know."

Malfoy nodded, no more.

Well-I really didn't expect that this woman's hobby is voyeurism and writing gossip, and her favorite is the half-truths and half-truths she writes to spread out.

It's almost a 'Mimon' in the wizarding world, but she doesn't start from 'men and women', she sells black materials.

So after Zhang Xiao promised something that billions of people could see what she wrote, Rita Skeeter almost fainted with excitement.

He immediately expressed his willingness to pass on some news to Zhang Xiao - about the Death Eaters.

By the way, Zhang Xiao is going to introduce Rita Skeeter to The Sun and become a columnist, and Lucius has such a way in his hands.

"Dumbledore!" Rita Skeeter suddenly spoke loudly, looking overjoyed, and she hurriedly let go of an Ilvermorny student who had been fooled by her, thinking that she would be on the front page of the Daily Prophet the next day, and that she was about to become a star.

"How are you?" As she spoke, she walked over and stretched out a large, manly hand to Dumbledore, "Have you read my summer article about the International Council of Wizards?" ”

"It's awesome!" Dumbledore said kindly, his blue eyes as if remembering something, "I especially like to read the part where you describe me as an old madman, the part where you splash and roll in the meeting. ”

Rita Skeeter didn't look embarrassed at all, as Zhang Xiao guessed, she knew who wouldn't care about her nonsense, and it was clear that Dumbledore was that kind of person.

"I just wanted to point out that some of your views are a bit outdated, Dumbledore, can I interview you - you know, our readers have become crazy about the Super Goblet of Fire.

Every day there would be countless owls flying in the newspaper headquarters, eager to know every detail of the tournament, and they would write to them - damn it, why hasn't that tournament started yet? Why we don't know any details.

So as one of the leaders of the Goblet of Fire, should you respond to these expectations? ”

"It's normal that I'd love to hear your interview, Rita." Dumbledore said, smiling and polite, "But I'm afraid we'll have to talk about it later."

The wand detection ceremony is about to begin, and I have to preside over it. ”

After saying that, he left directly, beckoning the warriors to sit down,

In front of the long table with several desks spliced together, the headmasters and officials sent by the Ministry of Magic were already sitting around, and in the center was Ollivanders.

The official sent by the Ministry of Magic was Ludo Bagman of the Department of Physical Education, who stood up with a happy smile on his round face:

"Well, this wand test is to ensure that all the participating players' wands are functioning properly and that there is no damage, otherwise it will be over if there is an accident in a high-intensity battle, after all, the backfire of the wand is not a small accident.

Next, I would like to ask Mr. Ollivander to conduct a wand test for everyone, on a school-by-school basis. ”

As soon as Ollivander's name came out, a whispered exchange of voices rang out in the classroom, and as one of the few wand masters in the world, Ollivanders enjoyed a high reputation, although he considered himself the best.

But there are still a few people who have a similar reputation, such as Durmstrang's students, who bought them from a master named Grigovich, as well as other schools.

Seeing that everyone was ready, Ludo Bagman began the roll call, and one by one the young wizards stepped forward, Ollivander's voice was not loud, but it was loud enough for everyone to hear.

He skillfully examined the wands of the young wizards, and confidently reported the material, length, nature, and core of each wand.

It was also at this time that many young wizards knew that there were so many strange materials and rod cores in the world.

For example, wizards from Castrobusche used Bethlehem wood, mahogany, flat phoenix wood, ebony, and wands made of banyan branches.

The core of the rod is also very strange, such as the crown feathers of the winged snake, the nerves of the caiman, the spider silk in the belly of the human-faced spider that never spits silk, the translucent dorsal spines of the Arkansas White River Monster, the feathers of the ptarmigan, and the hair of cats and leopards

There are also some very unique wands that can catch everyone's attention at once.

Now, for example, Ollivander examines Fleur's wand: "Nine and a half inches...... Strong is good...... Made of maple wood...... It contains...... Oh my God......"

"Contains a baby's hair." Fleur said, "It's my grandmother's hair." ”

Fleur really has Meiwa blood, although everyone rumors that she is Meiwa, but no one has confirmed it after all.

Ron's eyes were misty, and he muttered, "Harry, sure enough, Meiwa can have children."

Harry:.

Finally, Ollivander tested the Orchid Bloom magic wand with a special detection spell and said:

"Next. Let me see. Well, yes, it's Hogwarts' turn. ”

Several people hurriedly stood up and lined up to deliver their wands.

"Ah, these are my works, aren't they?" He was visibly excited: "Yes, I remember it very well"

He reported everyone's wand data like a treasure.

"Mr. Diggory twelve-and-a-quarter inches...... Made of oak wood...... Good elasticity. The unicorn's hair"

"Mr. Malfoy ten inches, hawthorn wood, unicorn hair, very elastic, by the way, you are the only unicorn hair in the Malfoy family, to be honest, I was surprised at first, the Malfoy family wands are all custom made in my family"

"Oh, Mr. Longbottom, I'm glad you got a new wand, I look good, very good, very well maintained!"

"Fourteen inches, willow, unicorn hair. Mr. Weasley, I'm glad you changed your wand, in fact I've been urging your mother to change your wand, and I don't think your talent can be played out with your brother's old wand. ”

Ron's face flushed slightly.

"Miss Granger is fourteen inches, it's vine wood, and the core of the staff is the dragon's heart tendon cord, and it's a really good wand."

"Finally. Mr. Potter"

Ollivander carefully put his wand in front of his eyes and admired it, taking longer than the others.

"Yes, yes, yes. I remember it clearly. ”

It was a moment before he sighed and returned the wand to Harry, announcing that it was in very good condition.

Finally, he set his eyes on Zhang Xiao, and Ludo Bagman was just about to announce, but he heard Ollivander's voice:

"Oh—Mr. Bagman, please wait a moment."

In the midst of everyone's bewildered gaze, Ollivander pulled out a box, and when he opened it, there was a new pair of white silk gloves and a new eyepiece.

After putting on his gloves and eyepieces, he said in an excited and expectant voice:

"Please, Mr. Zhang, let me see again, the best work of my life!"

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1. Commuter pass 2. Recommended ticket

(End of chapter)