Chapter 407 Crisis
Principal Dumbledore didn't even know what expression he should use to express his feelings now.
Sure enough, you still have to smile, right?
Even if life is so bullshit, you have to smile.
Not to mention whether the report is true or false, as a well-known newspaper, its reporters did not even have a photo of the scene when writing the news...
After all, you have some professional ethics. The editor also knows that there are not enough pictures to make up the text, so why don't you even bother to take out the pictures and just edit it?
Shaking his head, Principal Dumbledore had roughly understood what was going on, and agreed to the Ministry of Magic's request for a visit. He apparated to the office and waited for people from the Ministry of Magic to arrive.
The investigators quickly left the office. There was no need to ask more about things that were nothing at first. They were just going through the motions under Fudge's pressure. As for Fudge himself...
He didn't dare to meet Dumbledore at all.
But what was unexpected was the reaction of the Daily Prophet.
Rita Skeeter is totally on fire.
Since Dumbledore was known as the first white wizard, no one would report any negative information about him.
This is a kind of respect and a kind of fear.
But Rita is different.
She directly put a big black hat on Dumbledore and was mentally prepared to die for it, but the fact was that Principal Dumbledore had no intention of arguing with her, which made Rita even more unscrupulous.
"Dumbledore's Lies", "Dumbledore's Conspiracy", "What You Don't Know about Dumbledore", "Dumbledore: What is the Truth of Everything"...
More and more reports were generated under her writing, and countless jaw-dropping titles were pinned on Dumbledore.
Rita even found evidence that the first Dark Lord had a personal relationship with Dumbledore. It was obtained from an old witch named Bathilda Bagshot. The name sounded really familiar. Could it be that she was a dessert seller? Grandma?
Rita Skeeter, who was so excited about the great attention she received, used some less than honorable means to obtain the information and sent the newspaper to the old woman.
Being old and frail, Mrs. Bagshot almost fainted.
Fortunately, after seeing the newspaper, Dumbledore immediately went to visit the old man, otherwise he would have been separated from him.
Dumbledore was very angry, so he asked some friends to help, causing a lot of trouble for the "Daily Prophet".
But this is the number one newspaper in the wizarding world after all, and it is not so easy to be banned.
In the end, Rita Skeeter was suspended for a month for the minor reason of "possibly using illegal potions on non-interrogators", and the Ministry of Magic even pretended that the matter did not exist.
Principal Dumbledore's majesty is disappearing, which makes many people feel uneasy, but there is nothing they can do about it.
"Hermione, are you interested in visiting a school girl?" Robert invited Hermione who was reading a book.
Hermione put down the book and looked at him suspiciously, "Senior sister?"
"Luna." Robert explained, "Luna Lovegood, I remember her family lives near here. If you are free, maybe we can go see the scenery together."
Hermione became interested, "Are there any other wizards around here?"
"Yes." Robert nodded, "Ottery St. Catchpole is a village where Muggles and wizards live together. In addition to the Lovegood family, Cedric also lives here. By the way, If you want to meet the wizard who turned the turtle into a big monster, we can also drop by for a visit."
Hermione blinked, "I thought Ginny and her family were the only ones here."
"Man! I thought you were going to visit your neighbors?" Fred suddenly appeared, "Do you need a guide?"
George stretched out his hand and said, "Just 1 Sickle."
Robert slapped his paw away, "Go, go, who wants to take you over to play."
The twins ran away laughing.
After reporting to Mrs. Weasley, Robert and Hermione headed towards the Lovegood house.
"Ride a broom?" Hermione looked at the broom in her hand doubtfully, "Is it okay?"
"Hurry up like this. If you walk, it might take a long time." Robert checked the two broomsticks. They were the Nimbus 2000 he had given to the twins before. Before the Firebolt and 2001 appeared, it was the most popular among all Quidditch players. The equipment I hope to get.
As the broomstick flew across, the empty blue sky made people feel involuntarily open. Hermione couldn't help but spread her arms and made a hug in the air.
"So this is what flying in the valley feels like!" she shouted loudly, "it feels great!"
After climbing over a hill, there seemed to be a small wooden house among the low mountains. Hermione pointed there and asked, "Is that that one?"
It was a bungalow, not high. Robert looked at it and felt that the house was not quite what Luna told him.
"Probably not. Let's look further forward." Robert thought for a while and said, "It seems that their family lives on the top of the mountain."
After flying forward for some distance, they finally found the target they wanted.
A black, huge column-like building stood there, with a circular wall on the top of the building. Robert looked carefully and realized that this thing was a bit like a "rook" in a chess piece.
No wonder it is called a "big car".
"That should be it." Robert pointed to the castle, "We'll land there."
As the broomstick slowly landed, everything in the castle was in full view.
In the open space in front of the castle, the winding paths are covered with all kinds of strange plants. Some are common magical plants, and some are ordinary plants. They are planted in the yard and appear to be well taken care of.
Two old crabapple trees bent by the wind guard both sides of the castle's front door. Small pink and white flowers are dotted among the green leaves, and a large canopy of mistletoe with white fruits grows.
After all, it was their first visit, so they did not land directly in front of the castle, but chose to stay outside the courtyard.
After putting away the broomsticks, they walked to the courtyard gate and saw three hand-painted signs nailed to it.
The first piece reads: "The Quibbler"
Editor-in-Chief: X. Lovegood
Piece 2: Pick your own bunch of mistletoe
Block Three: Don’t Touch the Airship Li
The blimp plum is an orange-red radish-shaped fruit - it is the small thing that Luna sometimes wears as earrings. They hang upside down on the bushes. Some wizards believe that the blimp plum can improve the ability to accept abnormal things. Robert thinks , Mr. Lovegood must have been convinced of this, for there was a bush in their garden covered with blimp plums.
"Well..." Robert tilted his head and looked at Hermione, "It seems we are not looking in the wrong place."
Congratulations to the senior high school senior for getting out of trouble. There is also a recommendation vote from Mr. Schbowen.
