The Lonely Dragon of Hogwarts

"Boom-"

After returning to the magic suitcase, John uncorked the glass bottle.

At this time, the beetle had been tortured to the point where it had completely lost its vitality.

It was lying on its back at the bottom of the bottle, with only a few black legs still swinging.

Without any mercy on his face, John poured it directly onto the table and stretched out his wand.

"Om-"

As the magic power surged out, it acted on the beetle.

The beetle's body began to twist and deform, and finally turned into the strange-looking Rita Skeeter with strange makeup in John's impression.

But this Ms. Skeeter was no longer as refined as she had been when they first met.

She still maintained the half-dead posture of the beetle, lying on her back. There were many bruises on her body and face, and her complexion was as pale as paper.

"What you're doing is illegal...I'm going to the Ministry of Magic to sue you..."

Rita Skeeter murmured weakly.

And John sat on the chair.

Dobby brought a cup of black tea at the right time.

John took a sip and said with a smile:

"It turns out that you are still an 'illegal Animagus', and your form is still a beetle! Tsk! This is really suitable for infiltration. This is how you relied on to sneak into Hogwarts, eavesdrop on intelligence, and conduct Was it secretly filmed?"

Rita Skeeter continued to murmur as if she didn't hear John's words:

"Lock you to Azkaban..."

John's expression gradually became serious.

He stared hard at Rita Skeeter and said in an accentuated tone:

"It seems you haven't grasped the situation yet, Rita Skeeter.

Please open your eyes and take a good look around.

This is a completely enclosed [Seamless Stretching Curse] space, with multiple magic spells attached to the outside, prohibiting all prying eyes.

And I believe no one else knows that you, as an 'illegal Animagus', sneaked into Hogwarts secretly, right?

This means that even if I kill you here, no one will find out. "

"You don't dare... I investigated you, John Shafik." Rita Skeeter said with a mocking face, "You have indeed achieved many achievements and are the best student in Hogwarts. Almost everyone in the school All the students adored you, and you even helped Snape capture Sirius Black.

But you are still just an underage wizard.

You've never killed anyone.

I never believe that a guy like you dares to kill anyone.

So... don't scare me!

Letting me go honestly is your only choice.

No!You still have to apologize to me!

Give me a large amount of compensation!

Otherwise I will write you down as despicable...ah——"

Before Rita Skeeter could finish her words, Dobby screamed and jumped on her, punching her and turning her unfinished words into screams.

"Dobby, you are not allowed to insult the master! No! No!"

Dobby said with red eyes, shaking his fist in Rita Skeeter's face.

After all these years of discipline, Dobby was now completely tamed by John.

In terms of loyalty alone, he is even far superior to most house elves on the market.

And John had no intention of stopping Dobby.

He was thinking about whether to kill Rita Skeeter directly.

This is definitely the most direct and effective way to solve the problem.

In the past, John would never think like this, but would directly attack the guy who ruined Michelle's reputation.

But now it's different.

His relationship with Michelle has undergone a qualitative change.

The sweetness brought about by his recent relationship with Michelle has gradually softened John's originally cold and firm heart.

'If Michelle knew that I killed Rita Skeeter directly because of these things, she would be sad, right? '

The idea just popped into John's mind.

A huge amount of related ideas and information will appear continuously and automatically.

At this time, Rita Skeeter had completely lost her previous fearless attitude under Dobby's beating.

She could feel that Dobby didn't hold back at all when he beat her.

She could also feel that John really wanted to kill her directly.

Fear began to spread in my heart.

She started screaming for mercy.

But even when her screams began to fade, Dobby still didn't stop.

Rita Skeeter was desperate.

She is going to die soon!

"Stop."

Finally, the voice that Rita Skeeter had dreamed of came from John's mouth.

Dobby immediately stopped and stood aside, breathing heavily.

Rita Skeeter struggled to climb off the table, knelt at John's feet and begged with tears streaming down her face:

"I was wrong! Lord Shafiq! Please...please spare me!"

"Let me ask you." John said expressionlessly, "Have you been relying on [Animagus Transformation] to secretly spy on us?"

Rita Skeeter nodded and said:

"Yes! It's me. I already know I was wrong. I will definitely not..."

John interrupted:

"I don't have to kill you, but you have to drink this."

While talking, John took out a test tube filled with transparent liquid from his deformed lizard skin wallet.

Rita Skeeter took the test tube, looking pale and reluctant to drink it.

Seeing this, John winked at Dobby.

Dobby immediately stared with a pair of red eyes again, preparing to pounce on him.

"I drink! I drink!"

Rita Skeeter was panicking.

While shouting, he drank all the liquid in the test tube, and then said with a crying face:

"what is this?"

John relaxed all over and smiled lightly:

"Poison, I invented it myself. It will absorb a small amount of magic power in your body and continue to exist in your body. Every month, you must come to me to get the reliever. If you stop taking the medicine..."

John did not continue speaking, but smiled and made an explosive gesture.

Rita Skeeter's body trembled.

"Do things for me from now on. Use your ability to monitor Crouch, Bagman and Moody, and send me their every word and deed in the form of documents. In addition, regarding Michelle and Regarding Hagrid, you must write another article to clarify it and apologize."

John continued, "Of course, you can also choose to tell the Ministry of Magic all this directly, and let the 'professionals' rescue you and send me to Azkaban. But I think... you are not that stupid, right?" "

Rita Skeeter nodded vaguely.

Of course she's not that stupid.

It would do her no good at all to tell the Ministry about this.

You must know that John is a popular person in front of Mr. Minister, and he has no bad record at all.

And what about her?

A traffic reporter who lies constantly and has no integrity at all.

There is a high probability that the Ministry of Magic will not believe what she said.

So what if the Ministry of Magic really believed it?

This would indeed send John to Azkaban, but she would be doomed as well.

Because her basis for exposing John was to self-destruct.

The crime of 'illegal animagus' is nothing in itself.

But she used this ability to do many bad things and stole the privacy of countless people.

Once these things are revealed, her career will be ruined, and she herself will be sent to Azkaban.

However, although I can't go to the Ministry of Magic.

But she still had to save herself.

In a daze, Rita Skeeter was thrown out of the magic suitcase by John.

As soon as she came out, she left Hogwarts with hope and arrived at a pharmacy she was familiar with in Knockturn Alley.

Here, she underwent all-round testing by the shopkeeper and was given almost every known antidote.

However, everything is useless.

The old potion master who was said to have been a core member of the 'Extraordinary Pharmacist Association' didn't find anything unusual in her at all.

The final judgment made by the old potion master was: Rita Skeeter was either not poisoned at all, or she was poisoned by an extremely strange mysterious poison that had never appeared before and for which there was no solution for the time being!

But hearing these words was like a bolt from the blue to Rita Skeeter's ears.

Not poisoned?

How can this be?

You know, John is Potions Master Snape's most valued student.

His talent in potions is astonishing.

It’s not surprising that such a magic potion genius and smart person can make magical potions!

She herself must have been poisoned!

Because at this moment, she could already feel something twitching in her stomach, causing her entire internal organs to ache slightly.

Rubbing her belly, Rita Skeeter looked up at the sky with an expression of despair.

She knew very well that she would really be controlled by John from now on!

……

Two days later, an article from Rita Skeeter spread throughout Hogwarts through the Daily Prophet.

on this article.

Rita Skeeter sincerely reflected on the mistakes she had made and clarified that all her previous news about Michelle and Hagrid were 'Fake News'.

Her abnormal behavior caused a sensation in the magic world of the country.

Harry, Michelle and others excitedly held up newspapers to spread the word. Hagrid's heart dropped completely and he bravely walked out of the hut.

"It seems like she's quite sensible."

After reading the report, John threw away the newspaper in his hand and said with a smile.

"how did you do it?"

Snape's voice suddenly sounded.

John looked back and saw that Snape was also holding a copy of today's "Daily Prophet" in his hand.

Snape was on his and Michelle's side.

Snape also got angry about the rumors about Rita Skeeter and tried to use his own power to fight against the rumor makers.

Therefore, John had no intention of hiding it and directly told what he had done.

Upon hearing this, Snape's eyes suddenly lit up.

He didn't care about the excessive things John did to Rita Skeeter, but said happily:

"You have developed a new poison? And the effect is so special? Take it out and show it to me. It's amazing!"

Seeing Snape's excited look, John chuckled twice and said:

"In fact, there is no such thing as poison."

Snape looked puzzled and said:

"what?"

"I mean," John said, "what I gave Rita Skeeter was just plain water."

Snape was stunned for a moment and said with a strange expression:

"So, Rita Skeeter is scaring herself? You are really...smart."

Both John and Snape couldn't help laughing as they imagined Rita Skeeter's expression twisted with fear.

After laughing for a while, Snape patted John's shoulder, stood in front of the window and stared at the black lake in front of John:

"The second project starts tomorrow. Are you ready?"

"Of course!" John clenched his fists and said, "There will be no accidents this time."

Snape nodded, looked into John's eyes and said seriously:

"be careful!"