Chapter 219 The Dead Lockhart
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Rui Chen 3499
On the second day after Lockhart was taken away by the Aurors, the owls who flew into the auditorium in the morning brought the freshly baked "Daily Prophet".
After Dumbledore finished reading the newspaper, he let out a long sigh and handed the newspaper to Kong Nuo.
The moving picture on the front page of the newspaper was very familiar. It was a picture of Lockhart being escorted away by several Aurors.
Kong Nuo couldn't help asking: "You also specially arranged for someone to take pictures of him outside?"
Dumbledore shook his head, "Of course not, I don't know how the Daily Prophet did it."
"However, Rita Skeeter is indeed a well-informed reporter who will always discover incidents at the first time and expose various scandals."
"Rita Skeeter?" Kong Nuo touched his chin, the name of this person was very familiar.
He suddenly remembered that when Williamson and Prout took him to Diagon Alley last year, they had complained to Old Tom about this man.
He seems to be a person who can't tell the truth and likes to turn black and white.
The Thief in the Spotlight - Gilderoy Lockhart, Scandal Revealed! (1)", contributed by Rita Skeeter.
"6!" Kong Nuo couldn't help but praise, this title is very good.
After reading the entire report, Rita Skeeter's style can be determined, which is to add all kinds of embellishments to the original facts.
She vilified Lockhart who just graduated, and even imagined Lockhart's mental journey, shaping the growth path of a hypocrite.
The reports seem to be running on, now just making up Lockhart's first year and then publishing the first victim.
The second story was an interview with the victim, and it wasn't written by Rita Skeeter, so it was a lot more normal.
However, the half-truth and half-fake front page, coupled with the completely real and normal interview, can easily make people sympathize with the victim, and then deepen their hatred of Lockhart, the plagiarist.
He looked at the students in the auditorium, and found that many former book fans couldn't stand it anymore, and started tearing up books while crying.
"Principal, does this reporter have a grudge against Lockhart?" Kong Nuo asked.
After thinking for a moment, Dumbledore said, "Well... how should I put it? According to my understanding, Rita Skeeter likes to speculate on others."
"Maybe most of the people who have been speculated by her will have some resentment towards her? However, I think such reports are also beneficial, and can exercise a person's ability to judge right from wrong."
"Of course, Lockhart had a dispute with her before, and both sides had a heated argument in the newspapers. Now it seems that Rita Skeeter should have won."
"It seems that you have also been guessed by her?" Kong Nuo specially used the accent on the word "guess".
Dumbledore nodded, "Indeed, I remember that she had a report in the early years, saying that I served as the headmaster in the school, which was a kind of evasive behavior. At that time, I saw this report and thought she was still very keen."
"As expected of you." Seeing Dumbledore's calm expression, Kong Nuo stretched out his thumb, "If she dares to make up nonsense to me, I should have a talk with her about life."
As Dumbledore said at the Dueling Club, there are indeed some things that are more important than life.
For example - social death.
Lockhart is still being held in the Ministry of Magic, and a series of organizational departments such as Auror and the Wizengamot are interrogating him.
Following Rita Skeeter's serialized reports, just in school, all of Lockhart's fanatical fans have now turned black, and the holding rate of Lockhart's novels has dropped to zero.
Even when they were swearing at each other, once they cheated or something like that, they would use "You're pretty Lockhart" to insult.
The students did learn something from Lockhart's experience, and even volunteered to turn in suspicious items they found.
The reaction of the wizarding world to this incident was also great. Some readers even sent shouting letters to the school, crying and cursing Lockhart in the auditorium. The scene was extremely shocking.
In any case, what Dumbledore wanted to let the students understand, through the reports of the Dueling Club and Rita Skeeter, has basically achieved its purpose.
When Lockhart's related reports were over, Rita Skeeter did not stop, and actually shifted her target to Hogwarts and Dumbledore.
"Sunset will fade, is Dumbledore's decision wrong?" "
This title is the latest issue of the "Daily Prophet" report.
The writer is still Rita Skeeter, and she does have a lot of information, even Fudge's visit to Hogwarts during the Christmas holiday.
The whole report started from Fudge's visit to Hogwarts, distorted the conversation between Dumbledore and Fudge, and Dumbledore became a stubborn and rotten old man.
Perhaps because of Dumbledore's own great influence, the "Daily Prophet" did not put this report on the front page this time.
Perhaps because of the response from readers, the Daily Prophet made Rita Skeeter's story a front page again.
"Covering the sky with one hand, is the dictator in the school the factor that makes the campus unsafe?" "
This time, Rita Skeeter digs deep, and even digs out the secret room attack from 50 years ago.
He even started conspiracy theories, slandered the depth of Dumbledore's city, and used a series of incidents such as the Chamber of Secrets attack to seek power and usurp the throne and become the headmaster of Hogwarts.
"Aren't you angry?" Kong Nuo came to the principal's office and put this report in front of Dumbledore.
Dumbledore shook his head lightly, even with a slight smile on his face, "Why are you angry? The audience for conspiracy theories is not very large."
"Besides... as long as you have an understanding of the overall structure of Hogwarts, you can understand that there is a school board above the headmaster, and they will not believe such reports."
"But I have to say, the imagination of this conspiracy is really good, and I'm looking forward to her new report."
"By the way! Why is this Hagrid involved again?" Connor asked, "Is he the one who was slandered 50 years ago?"
Dumbledore nodded and said, "Yes, but he did violate the school rules, but the punishment was too severe, and he even broke Hagrid's wand."
"Tom is friends with many people, and Hagrid is no exception. And Hagrid is fascinated by dangerous creatures. At that time, he kept a forbidden creature."
"Prohibited creature? What is it?" Kong Nuo was a little curious about this.
Dumbledore closed an old book in front of him, stood up and stretched.
"You need to ask Hagrid about this. I just know that he is not the heir to the Chamber of Secrets. However, the creatures he raises are also very dangerous."
After Dumbledore finished reading the newspaper, he let out a long sigh and handed the newspaper to Kong Nuo.
The moving picture on the front page of the newspaper was very familiar. It was a picture of Lockhart being escorted away by several Aurors.
Kong Nuo couldn't help asking: "You also specially arranged for someone to take pictures of him outside?"
Dumbledore shook his head, "Of course not, I don't know how the Daily Prophet did it."
"However, Rita Skeeter is indeed a well-informed reporter who will always discover incidents at the first time and expose various scandals."
"Rita Skeeter?" Kong Nuo touched his chin, the name of this person was very familiar.
He suddenly remembered that when Williamson and Prout took him to Diagon Alley last year, they had complained to Old Tom about this man.
He seems to be a person who can't tell the truth and likes to turn black and white.
The Thief in the Spotlight - Gilderoy Lockhart, Scandal Revealed! (1)", contributed by Rita Skeeter.
"6!" Kong Nuo couldn't help but praise, this title is very good.
After reading the entire report, Rita Skeeter's style can be determined, which is to add all kinds of embellishments to the original facts.
She vilified Lockhart who just graduated, and even imagined Lockhart's mental journey, shaping the growth path of a hypocrite.
The reports seem to be running on, now just making up Lockhart's first year and then publishing the first victim.
The second story was an interview with the victim, and it wasn't written by Rita Skeeter, so it was a lot more normal.
However, the half-truth and half-fake front page, coupled with the completely real and normal interview, can easily make people sympathize with the victim, and then deepen their hatred of Lockhart, the plagiarist.
He looked at the students in the auditorium, and found that many former book fans couldn't stand it anymore, and started tearing up books while crying.
"Principal, does this reporter have a grudge against Lockhart?" Kong Nuo asked.
After thinking for a moment, Dumbledore said, "Well... how should I put it? According to my understanding, Rita Skeeter likes to speculate on others."
"Maybe most of the people who have been speculated by her will have some resentment towards her? However, I think such reports are also beneficial, and can exercise a person's ability to judge right from wrong."
"Of course, Lockhart had a dispute with her before, and both sides had a heated argument in the newspapers. Now it seems that Rita Skeeter should have won."
"It seems that you have also been guessed by her?" Kong Nuo specially used the accent on the word "guess".
Dumbledore nodded, "Indeed, I remember that she had a report in the early years, saying that I served as the headmaster in the school, which was a kind of evasive behavior. At that time, I saw this report and thought she was still very keen."
"As expected of you." Seeing Dumbledore's calm expression, Kong Nuo stretched out his thumb, "If she dares to make up nonsense to me, I should have a talk with her about life."
As Dumbledore said at the Dueling Club, there are indeed some things that are more important than life.
For example - social death.
Lockhart is still being held in the Ministry of Magic, and a series of organizational departments such as Auror and the Wizengamot are interrogating him.
Following Rita Skeeter's serialized reports, just in school, all of Lockhart's fanatical fans have now turned black, and the holding rate of Lockhart's novels has dropped to zero.
Even when they were swearing at each other, once they cheated or something like that, they would use "You're pretty Lockhart" to insult.
The students did learn something from Lockhart's experience, and even volunteered to turn in suspicious items they found.
The reaction of the wizarding world to this incident was also great. Some readers even sent shouting letters to the school, crying and cursing Lockhart in the auditorium. The scene was extremely shocking.
In any case, what Dumbledore wanted to let the students understand, through the reports of the Dueling Club and Rita Skeeter, has basically achieved its purpose.
When Lockhart's related reports were over, Rita Skeeter did not stop, and actually shifted her target to Hogwarts and Dumbledore.
"Sunset will fade, is Dumbledore's decision wrong?" "
This title is the latest issue of the "Daily Prophet" report.
The writer is still Rita Skeeter, and she does have a lot of information, even Fudge's visit to Hogwarts during the Christmas holiday.
The whole report started from Fudge's visit to Hogwarts, distorted the conversation between Dumbledore and Fudge, and Dumbledore became a stubborn and rotten old man.
Perhaps because of Dumbledore's own great influence, the "Daily Prophet" did not put this report on the front page this time.
Perhaps because of the response from readers, the Daily Prophet made Rita Skeeter's story a front page again.
"Covering the sky with one hand, is the dictator in the school the factor that makes the campus unsafe?" "
This time, Rita Skeeter digs deep, and even digs out the secret room attack from 50 years ago.
He even started conspiracy theories, slandered the depth of Dumbledore's city, and used a series of incidents such as the Chamber of Secrets attack to seek power and usurp the throne and become the headmaster of Hogwarts.
"Aren't you angry?" Kong Nuo came to the principal's office and put this report in front of Dumbledore.
Dumbledore shook his head lightly, even with a slight smile on his face, "Why are you angry? The audience for conspiracy theories is not very large."
"Besides... as long as you have an understanding of the overall structure of Hogwarts, you can understand that there is a school board above the headmaster, and they will not believe such reports."
"But I have to say, the imagination of this conspiracy is really good, and I'm looking forward to her new report."
"By the way! Why is this Hagrid involved again?" Connor asked, "Is he the one who was slandered 50 years ago?"
Dumbledore nodded and said, "Yes, but he did violate the school rules, but the punishment was too severe, and he even broke Hagrid's wand."
"Tom is friends with many people, and Hagrid is no exception. And Hagrid is fascinated by dangerous creatures. At that time, he kept a forbidden creature."
"Prohibited creature? What is it?" Kong Nuo was a little curious about this.
Dumbledore closed an old book in front of him, stood up and stretched.
"You need to ask Hagrid about this. I just know that he is not the heir to the Chamber of Secrets. However, the creatures he raises are also very dangerous."
