Chapter 430 Mass Cheating and Mass Celebration

"Principal, it's so late..."

In the camp of Ilvermorny, Egilbert, who was hurriedly woken up, still looked a little sleepy at the moment, and the robe he put on in a hurry had a lot of wrinkles.

"There's no time to explain, Albert," the old principal looked nervous, "How many galleons did you give to that female reporter?"

"Female reporter?"

Egilbert was confused. He had been in contact with many officials from the Ministry of Magic during this period, but what about a female reporter? Why would he find a reporter when he was so free? Ilvermorny's Galleons were not so much to waste.

"That's Rita Skeeter, the well-known female reporter who was just specially arrested. How many galleons did you give her? Did you leave any identification credentials or give her the money directly with her true appearance?"

The old principal asked nervously.

The matter was of great importance, and he had just received news that the famous female reporter had been arrested overnight - if their names appeared in relevant reports, Ilvermorny would be disgraced to Europe this time.

"No, I haven't made friends with any reporters. She's a big mouth. Even Dumbledore dared to criticize her. I don't want us to become the news one day - why was she arrested? She almost took over the top three some time ago. Where is the official announcement of the tournament?”

"Who knows, it is said that he was arrested on the spot for infiltrating illegally. Someone originally planned to protect him, but the Auror Office personally took action and conducted a surprise interrogation overnight. It is said that the house has now begun to be searched."

"It's actually quite normal for a reporter to show up and intrude. Can I go find out the details?"

"Well, thank you for your hard work, Al."

The old principal nodded.

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"Did that idiot Rita break into Professor William's office?"

Karkaroff was wrapped in his coat and smiled extremely happily, "I knew that sooner or later she would fall to her bad habits."

"As a reporter, she accused some officials of the Ministry of Magic, Dumbledore, and occasionally made some inappropriate comments about us - now there are probably a lot of people who want to kill her..."

"What, the house was ransacked? Tsk tsk... That's it. I hope she doesn't have the habit of leaving dirty information. If the privacy of any important person is found from her home, she may not survive to enter Azkaban."

"How are the arrangements for Hagrid's people watching?"

"Well, good, keep going - date, hehe, it's really romantic."

Karkaroff smiled and said, "But I don't believe Mrs. Maxim is that kind of person. Maybe I have to go and have a look."

"You can't... you can't. Don't underestimate that Hagrid. I have observed it these days. He is now cultivating an extremely dangerous new magical creature. I believe this is Albus's demonstration to us."

"Who knows what is in the Forbidden Forest? I don't want you to become the second Rita. What did that idiot think? You dare to drill into the place where the Triwizard Tournament information is stored, and you are still caught doing it..."

"I'm ready to go. I hope I'm lucky enough tonight and don't have to go on a real date or explain how boring I was all night..."

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"Did you hear that Rita was arrested?"

In the Gryffindor common room, today's news spread quickly.

This news made Hermione who usually didn't gossip very much. Although Rita was hateful, but...well, she actually didn't hate the report that 'Miss Granger is stunningly beautiful'...

"Isn't she a big reporter? Why was she suddenly arrested?"

"I heard that she was arrested in Professor William's office. She tried to sneak into Professor William's office and was caught."

The twins who were the most well-informed were already announcing their discovery today like trumpets.

"That Rita is said to be the most powerful transfiguration master. She even learned how to use Animagus like Professor McGonagall!"

Fred told the story vividly, as if he had seen it with his own eyes instead of hearing about it from his good friend Lee Jordan, although Lee Jordan also learned about it from the portrait.

"Animagus?"

"It's that very, very powerful Animagus. It is said that there are only seven Animagus. She secretly practices!"

"Then, isn't she awesome?"

"Yeah, Professor William's office was almost razed to the ground!"

George said it with confidence - he saw this with his own eyes when he was watching the excitement. At that time, tables and chairs were still being moved.

"So powerful? He is indeed the master of the highest level of transformation."

"Eh? Professor William's office was destroyed?"

"Yeah—we saw it with our own eyes."

"Then, isn't it a paper?"

"Yes, paper!!!"

There was ecstasy on the faces of the fifth graders. They even thanked Ms. Rita a little. If she hadn't destroyed those papers, wouldn't it be...

This news that most students loved to hear quickly spread in the lounge, turning the lounge into a sea of ​​joy.

When Harry returned to the lounge with an uncontrollable smile, he found that the entire lounge was immersed in a strange carnival.

"what happens?"

He finally found someone he knew and asked loudly.

"Professor William's office was destroyed, we don't have to do the papers anymore!"

The fifth grader in question had a heartfelt smile on his face.

"Destroyed? Is the professor injured? Who did it?"

"Rita, that reporter Rita, she did it, and then she was caught by the professor and sent to trial - someone just said that if the professor is busy with the trial, I'm afraid he won't have time to issue papers in the next month!"

Because the child who was talking was too happy, the whole conversation was confusing, and Harry only managed to figure things out in the end.

Fortunately, he quickly discovered Ron, who now had a proud smile on his face.

"That Rita reporter was caught!"

"You're not the first to break the news, Ron."

Harry responded happily to Ron - to be honest, he was very happy that Rita was caught. At least he didn't have to worry about more reports about Miss Granger's stunning beauty.

Thinking of this, he remembered the embarrassment he encountered today, and couldn't help but want to ask Hermione.

But Ron was there, and he was a little reluctant to talk about it publicly.

Fortunately, Ron quickly found a target to share his joy with. He saw Lavender in the crowd and couldn't wait to go over and talk to her.

As Ron ran away, he breathed a sigh of relief, sat down, and tried to change the topic to today's events.

But how to speak made him unable to make a decision for a while.

"That's right, Hermione, I...I went on a date today."

"Um."

Hermione, who was in a slightly irritable mood, was a little distracted.

Harry, who was asking for trouble, turned his head in embarrassment and didn't know what topic to pick for a moment - he even wanted to rub his nose.

"That's right, that, I..."

"What do you want to say, Harry?"

Just when Harry was struggling, Hermione, who finally came to her senses, discovered something strange about Harry.

"It's just that there were some failures..."

When Harry was just about to describe his date, Ron suddenly ran over and said in a low voice, "Sorry, Harry, I almost forgot, Hagrid asked me to tell you, secretly before twelve o'clock tonight Sneak away to his cabin."

"Hagrid?"

"Yes, he told me so, I almost forgot - sorry, I have to go back."

After saying this, Ron hurried back, leaving Harry stunned.

The conversation was interrupted and he didn't know how to continue.

"First go and prepare for going to Hagrid's place in the evening, and then we'll talk about your date."

"Well, you have to help me, Hermione."

Harry's tone was extremely sincere, as if he had begged Hermione to let him refer to his homework.

"ok, ok, I got it."

Hermione waved her hands slightly annoyed, and then sat alone in the corner. After a while, a red-haired girl slipped over and sat next to Hermione.

"Did he go on a date?"

Ginny's tone was full of despair, "They are all saying that Hagrid was not here when he came to look for Harry. Some people said that Harry and that Qiu went to the teahouse..."

Looking at poor Ginny, Hermione felt a headache...

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"What do you want Hagrid to do with me?"

Harry, who was wearing an invisibility cloak, was walking on the road, with today's date and Hagrid's message going back and forth in his mind, making it impossible for him to make a rational judgment.

Fortunately, the normally dark road was now illuminated by Beauxbatons' huge carriage, which made it not so difficult to walk.

The invisibility cloak became his best defense at this moment, making him extremely calm and giving him more time to think about the problem.

However, even if he reached his destination, he still didn't understand it.

"Are you here, Harry?" Hagrid whispered, opening the door and looking around.

"Yeah," Harry said, ducking into the hut and taking off the Invisibility Cloak over his head, "What's the matter?"

"Let me show you something." Hagrid lowered his voice as much as possible. This was not an easy thing to do.

‘Mysterious. ’

Harry commented quietly, then noticed a huge change in Hagrid.

His expression was extremely excited, and there was a huge artichoke stuck in his button. His usually messy hair was neatly taken care of, and it looked like he had spent a lot of time and energy on it.

'Kind of like... Ron in the morning. ’

Harry ultimately refused to associate this image with himself.

Suddenly he no longer wondered what Hagrid was going to show him, but he became seriously curious about whether Hagrid was going to go on a date.

However, he still asked cooperatively, "What do you want to show me?"

"Follow me, don't make any noise, and cover your body with the invisibility cloak." Hagrid said, "We don't take Fang with us, he won't like it..."

Hagrid was still telling the truth, which made Harry's curiosity even more serious.

Fortunately, Hagrid's next move directly made the matter clear.

After giving instructions to Harry, he easily made an appointment with Madame Maxime from the Beauxbatons carriage.

Judging from her unsurprised smile, Harry could conclude one thing. She was not surprised at all by Hagrid's arrival tonight, just like the scene where Ron met Lavender by chance.

‘Did Hagrid ask me to come out in the middle of the night to watch him go on a date? ’

Harry thought with a smile - he had nothing urgent to do at the moment, and he just lacked people to observe.

The professor once said that you should either ask more or look more. Although it is not appropriate to use it here, Harry thinks it is still of some use - the most important thing is that Hagrid personally invited him, so he could not leave without permission. .

What if, although it was just a hypothesis, what if Hagrid wanted to use him as a reference when he couldn't handle it?

It was not easy to chase the pace of the two little giants, but fortunately, the pace of the two was not that fast, and Harry could barely keep up with them.

But this journey was obviously beyond his imagination. They went around and around along the border of the Forbidden Forest, until they reached a corner where even the castle could not be seen.

At this time, a roar was faintly heard, followed by the roars of a large number of wizards.

This made Harry pull out his wand and start thinking - Hagrid wasn't planning to take the lady to see the magical creatures he raised on a date, was he?

'It's like something Hagrid can do...'

Harry scoffed without any self-awareness.

But his laughter soon ceased, for he soon found the source of the roar.

Dragons - fire dragons, four of them were so fierce that more than forty wizards could barely control their activities.

Based on the little knowledge he had about these creatures, he didn't recognize what kind they were, but based on the training he had received, he was definitely the kind of dragon that was ready to run away at the first sight.

They were imprisoned in a field surrounded by thick wooden boards, standing on their hind legs, roaring and snorting—balls of fire sprayed from their open mouths with fangs. out, shooting into the dark night sky.

"It's not easy to gather these four big guys together. Hagrid, you should avoid them. Their breath is at least forty feet!"

However, Harry didn't notice this sentence at all. He felt something was wrong around him - not far from him, there was a weak snort that was aggravated by too much surprise.

He tightened his grip on the wand, trying to overpower the opponent first.

However, the other party seemed to have achieved his goal and was ready to leave - Harry quickly recognized the other party who had escaped from the Disillusionment Curse.

It was Karkaroff. He glanced at the place near Harry warily, then shook his head and left quickly.

‘He’s coming – yes, the first level! ’

Harry thought clearly, 'The fire dragon is the title of the first level, the unknown fear! ’

'Okay, now we know everything, Madame Maxime... Karkaroff... and me...'

Harry thought mockingly.

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"We investigated something very interesting overnight!"

In the camp of Ilvermorny, Egilbert reported excitedly.

"whats the matter?"

"That Rita, she collected a bunch of dirty information, and it was all discovered by the Auror - it is said that it even included Dumbledore's and the current Minister of Magic Fudge's."

"Well done! Amber!"

"Now, even if she wants to bite back, we can't be involved. Then we can concentrate on obtaining information about the Triwizard Tournament!"

The old principal patted him on the shoulder, looking forward to the future.