novelslam Chapter 298 Rita's Report (Part 3)
Chapter 298 Rita's Report (Part 3)
Chapter 298 Rita's report (third update)
Although Rita is not a very good person, her creative speed is frighteningly fast.
They didn't meet until Saturday, but on Monday morning, William saw Rita's long report on the "Daily Prophet".
It really exists like a tentacle monster!
As for why the Daily Prophet agreed to report this kind of news... In Rita's words:
"The purpose of the Daily Prophet is to sell yourself. As long as you can make money, the news is hot, and the content...is not important."
So during breakfast, all the little wizards rarely calmed down, holding a glass of milk, and sipping the Daily Prophet.
On the headline of the newspaper, there was a photo of Lockhart falling in the dueling club, and a line of big red characters was printed on the photo:
【Is Lockhart still human? ! 】
Our special correspondent Rita Skeeter reports.
The eccentric Albus Dumbledore, the headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Witchcraft and Witchcraft and Witchcraft, has always dared to hire controversial teachers.
Last summer, he hired Lockhart, a third-class recipient of the Order of Merlin, as a professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts.
As soon as Lockhart agreed to the invitation, he immediately asked the school to replace the textbooks designated by the Ministry of Magic with his books.
As we all know, Lockhart's books are many times more expensive than textbooks on the market.
"My family is so poor that it's almost impossible to get rid of the pot, and there are a group of younger brothers and sisters who are waiting to be fed."
A little witch named Elena Kaslana cried, "In order to save money, I started eating tree bark during the summer vacation..."
(The reporter himself hereby urges everyone to pay more attention to the issue of poor little wizards and prevent them from eating indiscriminately... If you want to help little Kaslana, you can send Gallon to me and I will forward it on my behalf.)
Lockhart's way of cutting leeks was undoubtedly criticized by the majority of parents.
In a series of lessons that many described as "very scary", Lockhart also asked students to play werewolves, vampires to satisfy his ulterior eccentricities!
Lockhart also has violent tendencies.
"I was attacked, it was a Quidditch match, and he took the bone out of my thigh," said a student named Draco Malfoy.
"Otherwise, I would definitely lead Slytherin and win the game... My good friend Potter told me privately that Ravenclaw won is not honorable!"
However, not only did Lockhart not restrain himself, he even intensified his efforts.
He has repeatedly claimed: "No one understands the dark arts better than me"; "No one understands the headmaster of Hogwarts better than me"; "I understand the position of Minister of Magic better than anyone"...
However, considering that British wizards have long been accustomed to Minister Fudge's big mouth, these big words from Lockhart are not of any real harm. Politicians and literati are not bragging, can they still be politicians and literati?
But the reporter investigated with a skeptical attitude and found that the heroic deeds that Lockhart once claimed were all bragging and plagiarizing others, which is very problematic..."
"Good morning everyone." Lockhart walked into the guest table wearing a red robe.
"What's wrong." Lockhart touched his face, and he found that everyone's eyes were on him.
"Newspaper..." the good old Professor Flitwick couldn't help reminding.
"Oh, is it Hagrid's verdict? Did you mention me?" Lockhart asked excitedly.
"I mentioned it, the headline is you." Professor Snape grinned.
Lockhart picked up Professor Flitwick's newspaper, and when he read the content with absent-minded eyes, the "Daily Prophet" article trembled in his hand.
"Slander, this is all slander! Naked slander!" Lockhart tore up the newspaper angrily: "I want to send a wizard letter to that woman Skeeter!"
Lockhart went crazy and snatched the newspapers from several professors.
"Of course." Snape also handed the newspaper to Lockhart, his dark eyes gleaming.
"Give it all to Professor Lockhart, he needs to collect newspaper clippings..."
The Great Hall roared with Slytherin laughter, and Snape's thin lips twisted into a malicious smile.
"If you let me know who leaked these interesting things to that annoying woman of Skeeter... I am willing to donate my medicine storage room and let him choose whatever he wants."
William looked up and met Hermione at the Gryffindor table.
This is really good news... William is going to end this semester and ask the professor to fulfill his promise.
Soon, a group of owls flew in, and a large number of letters rained down on Lockhart.
"It must be a letter of comfort from my readers!" Lockhart picked up a letter and quickly opened it to read.
"...Ouch!" Lockhart just opened an envelope, a yellow-green liquid sprayed onto his hands, emitting a pungent gasoline smell, and large yellow-yellow blisters immediately appeared on his hands.
Lockhart cried out in pain, and tears came out immediately.
He wiped the pus off his hands with a napkin, but his fingers were covered with thick, excruciating sores that looked like they were wearing thick, bumpy gloves.
It turned out that this was a curse letter sent by a reader.
"I'm going home... I'm resigning... I won't be a Defense Against the Dark Arts professor anymore!"
Lockhart wept and ran towards the school hospital.
William shrugged, it's a bit late to say this now... The position of Professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts is also something you can do if you want, and you don't want to do it if you don't want to?
Even if everyone agreed, the dead Robert, Professor Quirrell, Tywin who was imprisoned in Azkaban...they couldn't agree!
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Lockhart was ill, very ill.
It was just a heart attack, for wizards from all over the country wrote cursing him.
The Defense Against the Dark Arts class suddenly lacked another professor, and it became a state of no one teaching.
Ever since William came to Hogwarts, the quality of the teaching of the Black Arts class aside, but almost every next school year, basically there is no one to teach.
With this status quo... there is no future for the British wizarding world!
For William they have no effect.
William has always assumed the responsibility of a personal tutor, taking several of his good friends to study.
With William's current level of magic, they are more than enough to teach Cedric.
At least not let their standards drop.
At the end of March, no one cared about Lockhart's problems.
Because Dumbledore left Hogwarts.
Of course, this also means that William and the others have basically determined the location of the secret room.
According to the agreement, Dumbledore was immediately dismissed by the school director contacted by Malfoy.
With Dumbledore gone, fear was spreading like never before, every face in the school looked panic-stricken, every laugh in the corridors seemed harsh, eerie, and quickly stifled.
During this time, William had been waiting for Fox's old phoenix, but it never appeared.
The diary seemed to have completely fallen silent.
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(End of this chapter)