New Professor at Hogwarts

Xia Ran stood up and followed the crowd slowly down the stands, chatting casually with several professors around her.

Several warriors were taken to the temporary medical tent. After simple bandaging, they came out and arrived at the center of the field. By this time, the scoring had been completed.

"You all did a great job!"

Ludo Bagman said in a loud voice, with a face full of joy, as if he had just passed the test of an adult fire dragon three times in a row.

"Okay, I have a few more words to say. First of all, the second project will start at 9:30 am on February 24th next year. Before that, you can take a long break, but we I’ve left some questions for you.”

"If you look down at those golden eggs you're holding in your hands, you'll see that they can actually open... See the seam there? You must unravel the clues provided in the eggs, which will tell you about the second project What is it, you can be fully prepared! Is everything clear? Is it no problem? Okay, let’s go and go to the celebration banquet.”

"Cedric, congratulations." Xia Ran patted Cedric on the shoulder. The young man grinned and looked very happy. A circle of Hufflepuff students surrounded him, looking even happier than Cedric. .

Professor Sprout was also in the crowd with a smile on his face, and many girls from other colleges congratulated Cedric.

After Harry, Ron, and Hermione congratulated Cedric, they got out of the crowd and were caught by a woman.

It was Rita Skeeter. She was wearing a bright green robe today, and the stenographic pen in her hand matched the color of the robe.

"Hello, Harry." Rita Skeeter greeted, looking at Harry with a smile on her face, "I wonder if you can say a word to me? Your schoolmate became a warrior and successfully won the Golden Egg, how do you feel now? Do you think the referee’s score is fair? Don’t worry, just say it!”

"Okay, I can have a word with you." Harry said angrily, "Goodbye!"

After saying that, he, Ron and Hermione walked towards the castle together.

"Don't leave in a hurry, Harry." Rita Skeeter stopped the three of them and asked with a smile on her face, "Do you feel jealous of Cedric? It feels like he has taken away your share of glory. ?He's a despicable thief? Burglar?"

The three of them were immediately very angry.

When Xia Ran and his group were passing by and returning to the castle, they happened to hear these words, so they stopped and said, "Rita, you need to pay attention to that pen of yours."

The three Harrys discovered that Rita Skeeter had put the shorthand pen back into her purse at some point, and said unmoved: "Xia Ran, what, do you have any news to tell me? About Dumbledore Lucky? He is a treasure trove of news!"

She looked at Xia Ran with burning eyes.

"What's the point of asking for so much news?" Xia Ran rolled her eyes and said, "You can't publish it in the Daily Prophet anyway, so all this hard work is in vain."

Rita Skeeter's face seemed to slump.

Indeed, Fudge of the Ministry of Magic is trying his best to control public opinion. Any newspaper published by the Daily Prophet must be reviewed by Fudge's trusted officials in the Ministry of Magic in advance to confirm that there are no hidden dangers or information that should not be published before it can be published on a large scale. , mailed to all parts of the wizarding world via owl postman.

She has collected a lot of news materials, but there are really not many that can be used after being reviewed.

"Let's go, don't stand there in a daze." Xia Ran said lazily, urging several students to return to the school castle quickly.

At this time, Rita Skeeter seemed to be interested in Hagrid and asked: "Rubber Hagrid, gamekeeper and professor of Care of Magical Creatures?"

"Yes, what's wrong?" Hagrid asked doubtfully.

"Do you have time?" The cunning light in Rita Skeeter's eyes flashed. "I mean, are you willing to accept an exclusive interview from me? If you can allow me to be on the side next time you have class, There’s nothing better than sitting in.”

"What?!" Hagrid showed great joy and agreed immediately, saying, "Of course, welcome! Very few people come to interview me. People are not that interested in magical creatures."

"Oh, that's because they won't appreciate it." Rita Skeeter's tone did not contain much curiosity.

"Well, I have class tomorrow, at nine o'clock in the morning, right on the edge of the square, next to the Forbidden Forest. If you are really interested..." Hagrid said.

"I will arrive on time." Rita Skeeter waved her hand and said goodbye to the group of people, "See you tomorrow, Hagrid. Goodbye, Xia Ran."

Hagrid had a silly smile on his face, patted the wrinkles on his clothes, frowned and said, "I have to wear good clothes tomorrow and be published in the newspaper? Hey, I have never dared to think about it like this."

He couldn't help but giggle again.

"Hagrid, be careful, Rita's pen will not report truthfully." Xia Ran warned.

"Yes, I understand." Hagrid nodded casually and walked directly to his cabin, obviously not taking Xia Ran's warning to heart.

Xia Ran shook her head helplessly, thinking that this was not a big deal, and she no longer put too much energy into it.

…

After the first round of competition, the next day's newspapers, no matter which newspaper, "Daily Prophet" or "The Quibbler", or some other small newspapers, all reported on this Triwizard Tournament. After all, This is the first Triwizard Tournament in more than a century!

"Surprise! An adult fire dragon appears in the Triwizard Tournament!"

"Exploration and thinking about adult fire dragons and fire dragon eggs!"

The latter report was, of course, "The Quibbler," for which Mr. Lovegood is said to have written to Charlie asking for some information.

However, these news did not seem to be timely for long. Within two days, many more news appeared, covering up the original information about the Triwizard Tournament. One of the news was about Hagrid.

"Rubber Hagrid, a half-giant, whose mother abandoned her husband when he was a child, made Hagrid very sad. According to exclusive news from this newspaper, Hagrid is very fond of Harry Potter because of this." He took care of it, because Hagrid seemed to think that Harry Potter was also a child in a miserable situation and gave Gryffindor a lot of points for no reason. This made the students in the other three houses angry, but they dared not speak out when they were angry - —Hagrid is very smug, arrogant, and very fond of using force..."

Hermione read and said sadly: "Oh, no, this is all about discrediting Hagrid."

"Who wrote the article?" Ron asked.

"Let me see...Rita Skeeter." Hermione rummaged through the article's byline.

"It's her, no wonder." Ron nodded clearly and said, "That's a crazy woman who makes trouble out of nothing and never reports the truth. Hagrid should never have agreed to let her attend the Care of Magical Creatures class in the first place. "

"Hagrid is here." Harry suddenly saw a tall figure walking into the great hall, raising his hand to say hello.

Hagrid, however, acted as if he hadn't seen him, his expression was dull, and he walked to his seat numbly, eating breakfast in silence without saying a word.

"Poor Hagrid," Professor Flitwick sighed.

"Professor Flitwick, please show me the newspaper." Xia Ran said, taking the "Daily Prophet" handed over by Professor Flitwick.