Chapter 654 Excited Beetle

In the blink of an eye, half of January has passed. In this half month, a lot of things have happened in Hogwarts.

First of all, Hagrid was retained for observation. Not everyone felt sad about this matter, and even Hagrid himself did not take it seriously.

"To be honest, this is expected." Hagrid said to Harry and others who cared about him easily: "Umbridge just wants to drive Dumbledore's followers out of the school, but it doesn't matter. Even if I leave the school, I can still contribute to the Order of the Phoenix, and I am relieved that Grawp has you to help take care of him."

Then, a new education order was issued soon after. The Ministry of Magic prohibited teachers from providing students with any information that was not related to the subject they taught.

This caused strong dissatisfaction among students. Many people (mainly Gryffindor) began to confront Umbridge in various ways, even if she put them in detention.

Weasley's Magic Wheezes became the biggest winner. George and Fred's orders soared, and they were even scheduled for two months later.

Then it was Harry's Occlumency class. Compared with Snape's bad attitude, the mental fatigue was nothing to Harry.

The only exception was on January 9th, when Fish asked Harry to help bring his birthday present to Snape. Although Snape was still cold that night, he basically did not make any sarcastic remarks.

Harry actually had a lot of objections to Fish giving Snape a birthday present, but it was because the cat gave Snape a gift that his situation was better... This made Harry feel very complicated.

On the morning of the second Saturday after the Christmas holiday, Harry was doing homework in the library with Ron.

Even though so many things happened, the fifth-year curriculum was still heavy. Harry had to do homework, train for Quidditch, and participate in the activities of the Cat Club. He was so busy that he was dizzy, not to mention that he had to go to Snape to learn Occlumency tonight...

Just as Harry was rushing to do his homework with a frown on his face, Hermione came over with a tabby cat in one hand and a book in the other, and sat down opposite them.

She put Fish on her lap, then spread out the book that was as thick as a brick, and whispered without looking up: "After 1 o'clock this afternoon, avoid other people and go to the Room of Requirement."

"What?" Harry and Ron looked at her in surprise.

However, Hermione still lowered her head and pretended to be reading a book, "Don't look up!" She warned in a low voice: "I saw Umbridge on the way here, she may come at any time."

Harry and Ron quickly retracted their gazes and scribbled on the parchment with a quill.

"What's going on?" Harry asked in a lowered voice.

"You will know when you come." Hermione replied briefly, and then kept silent.

Harry wanted to ask again, but he caught a glimpse of Umbridge's pink short and fat figure from the corner of his eye, and he could only shut his mouth in dismay.

After Umbridge came in, she kept walking around Harry and the others. Madam Pince, the librarian, was very dissatisfied with this. She kept staring at Umbridge, but she didn't care at all and continued to walk around the library.

The students in the library all showed disgust, and some of them got up and left one after another, including Harry and Ron. Only Hermione was still reading her books calmly and stroking the cat lying on her legs from time to time.

After that, Umbridge simply sat in the seat where Harry had sat before, staring at Hermione with a pair of toad eyes with scrutiny.

Hermione ignored her directly and quietly flipped through the thick book in front of her.

After a stalemate with Hermione for a while, Umbridge snorted coldly and left the library arrogantly.

...

Soon after lunch, Fish came to the open space outside the castle alone. Because the temperature was low recently and the snow had been cleared, there were not many people in the open space. Instead, there were many people skating on the frozen Black Lake.

Fish turned into a cat, climbed up a tree and lay down, swinging his tail leisurely. It seemed that he just came out to bask in the sun as usual, so Umbridge observed for a while at the window and turned to stare at George and Fred.

However, what she didn't notice was that a beetle flew from a distance and landed on the cat's head.

After a while, Fish jumped down from the tree, slid back to the castle with a beetle on his head, and came to the Room of Requirement.

"Long time no see, Fish." Skeeter turned back into human form and greeted the cat with a smile: "Is the pen I gave you still working?"

"It's working... but it's a pity that Minerva confiscated it meow..."

(〃｀3〃)

Fish pouted and complained unhappily: "She said that you have to do your homework by yourself to learn something, and she won't let Fish use the quill you gave me meow."

"Oh, I can't do anything about it." Skeeter smiled and spread his hands, then asked: "Where's your girlfriend?"

"Hermione went to find Luna meow."

"Luna?" Skeeter didn't know who this person was, but he didn't ask much, but began to care about the cat's recent situation.

"Did Umbridge bother you afterwards?" she asked with concern.

"Of course not meow!"

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Maomao shook her head triumphantly, "Feishu, be careful! She can't catch Feishu!"

"It's better to be careful," Skeeter reminded: "According to the information I collected, this guy is not someone to be dealt with. In order to climb up in the Ministry of Magic, she has done a lot of shameful things. Things... and she is now cornered, so be careful of her jumping over the wall. "

Skeeter actually had some dirty information about Umbridge a long time ago, and when he knew that Fish was going to deal with her, Skeeter went out to collect it. What Umbridge did later It would be so easy to be discovered by the Ministry of Magic's investigation team, but Rita Skeeter played a great role in it.

But Fish wasn't worried at all. If Umbridge really jumped over the wall, Maomao could justifiably beat her up again! The last time Umbridge used Veritaserum on herself, she didn't react. What a pity!

Well...it's definitely not because the snacks Umbridge gave were delicious!

While the two were talking, the door to the Room of Requirement was pushed open, and Hermione and Luna walked in.

"Hello, Miss Granger." Rita Skeeter smiled and greeted Hermione, then looked at Luna, who was dressed strangely, and asked, "Won't you introduce her to me?"

"Luna Lovegood, a fourth-year Ravenclaw student..." Hermione paused and said, "At the same time, her father is also the editor-in-chief of The Quibbler."

"The Quibbler?!" Skeeter's voice rose two octaves, "So, you're going to let me put the report in this ridiculous magazine? Even if I want to, other people will believe that this story has always been A magazine known for nonsense?”

"My dad's magazine isn't talking nonsense!" Luna protested dissatisfied, glaring at her big eyes.

In fact, if she had the choice, Hermione wouldn't want to go to Luna, because she also felt that the magazine "The Quibbler" was unreliable, but the "Daily Prophet" was already controlled by the Ministry of Magic, and she really couldn't find anyone else who dared to publish the truth. of newspapers.

In other words... only "The Quibbler" dares to publish the truth about Voldemort.

Of course, Hermione couldn't say that when facing Rita Skeeter...

“Some people won’t believe it,” she analyzed calmly: “But there are big holes in the Daily Prophet’s report on the Azkaban prison break, and I think many people will wonder if there is a better explanation. If there is another explanation, even if it is published in a..." She glanced at Luna, "Well... a special publication, I think they will be willing to read it."

Rita Skeeter nodded thoughtfully, "It seems like you didn't ask Fish to contact me just because your head was hot."

"Okay, assuming I agree to write it," she asked after a moment of silence, "how much will I be paid?"

"I don't think Dad will pay people to write articles," Luna said dreamily. "They write because they feel honored. Of course, they also want to see their names in the newspaper."

Rita immediately made a disgusting face, "You want me to write in vain?"

"You want money, meow? Fei Xu can give it to you."

(ΦωΦ)つ

Maomao took out a handful of coins from his pocket and handed them over, "Are these enough?"

"Ah...that's not necessary..." Skeeter waved his hand and declined Fish's kindness.

At this moment, the door was pushed open again, and Harry and Ron quickly stepped in.

"Ha! Another client is here too!" Skeeter said with a smile.

Harry and Ron were also shocked when they saw Skeeter.

"Rita Skeeter?! Why are you here?"

If Harry were to rank the most annoying people, Rita Skeeter would definitely be in the top five, and he wasn't sure who was more annoying than Aunt Peggy.

"Rita is going to do an interview for us, meow!"

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Fish replied happily. Then Hermione added in detail.

"Report the truth about Voldemort's resurrection that night?! Of course I am willing!" After hearing Hermione's explanation, Harry agreed without hesitation.

Although everyone in the school believed them, more people were still kept in the dark by the Ministry of Magic. This made Harry very angry. He had long wanted to expose all this. If he could still take this opportunity to It would be best if Mric drives him away.

"How about it, Rita?" Hermione looked at Skeeter and said half-provocatively, half-suggestion: "If you are worried about the Ministry of Magic's retaliation, you can also choose to use a pen name."

"That person whose name must not be mentioned...is really back?" Skeeter confirmed with a serious expression.

"certainly!"

"Feixu didn't lie to anyone, meow!"

"Okay then... I will write this report, and..." Rita Skeeter nodded, opened her crocodile leather bag, pulled out a piece of parchment, and raised the shorthand quill, "Just use Published under my real name.”

She raised her eyebrows at the surprised Hermione and explained excitedly: "Although I may temporarily lose my job for a period of time after the article is published, my reputation will definitely increase a lot when the mysterious man announces his return. , and no one will think that I am talking nonsense...compared to what I can get, whether or not I get paid is nothing!"

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