[HP] Astringent

There was a Muggle Studies class on the first day of school, and Vanessa was waiting in the classroom early.Today is very weird, everyone does not say hello when they come in, but pretends to whisper to the people around them casually.

"It's class time now, please be quiet." She knocked on the podium.

This time the classroom was arranged like a Muggle classroom, and everyone put away their wands and picked up pens and paper.The second section is science, and she hopes to take everyone from mathematics and physics classes in Muggle junior high schools.But because little wizards lack basic education, they cannot understand many simple math problems.Vanessa had to start with fourth grade class.

This part is obviously not as interesting as the previous class, and the children's hearts are hung on the Triwizard Tournament, this class has become a torment for them.

"Even if you don't like it, I have to say that at the end of February, each of you will use the method I taught to calculate the force required to support an object with the Levitation Charm."

"What's the use of this, can't we just use the floating spell?" Ron asked.

Hermione was very dissatisfied with him interrupting the classroom order, and said sternly: "If you take arithmetic and divination as an elective, you will know the necessity of calculating these things!" She and Ron tacitly stopped mentioning the quarrel at the dance, But the relationship between the two has always been somewhat unnatural.

"Thank you Miss Granger for your answer, two points for Gryffindor." She smiled slightly, "Who remembers the formula for finding gravity?"

The students below raised their hands sparsely, and she called a Ravenclaw girl to get up and answer.

"Very good, two points for Ravenclaw. Today we are going to review what we learned before the holiday..." She turned around and drew a schematic diagram of a square on the ground and force analysis on the blackboard.And when she turned around, she could clearly feel the little wizards pointing at her.When she turned her head, everyone looked down and took notes.

After going through it several times, Vanessa said impatiently, "Who can explain to me what's going on?"

Ron said hesitantly, "It's really nothing. Look at it, everyone just thinks...you are very capable."

"what are you saying?"

Hermione took out the "Wizard Weekly" that Neville hid in the table hole, and handed it to her: "You can read it yourself."

Vanessa snatched up the paper, it had a photo of her dancing with Blake at the ball, she was so close to him, it looked like they were kissing from that angle - it was because the music was so loud she had to get closer It took some time to tell Blake that she didn't want to dance anymore.

The title is "She may become the godmother of the Savior, except for the most noteworthy gossip in the Triwizard Tournament - Part [-]".As she flipped through the pages, Rita Skeeter introduced Vanessa's life in her powerful prose: "The well-known hero Sirius Black is in charge of security for the Triwizard Tournament this year. His handsome face His legendary experience and distinguished family background made him replace Gilderoy Lockhart as the winner of the "Wizard Weekly" Most Charming Smile Award, and he is also the wizard with the highest number of votes so far." Vanessa laughed shoulders when she read it Sensational, "Just like his name, he is the brightest Sirius in the night sky, and as soon as he enters Hogwarts, he is coveted by Vanessa Weasley, an older female teacher who is lonely but still charming. Yes , who wouldn't be moved by it, but only Vanessa tried to steal the hero's heart with dirty and despicable means. After she offered to ask for a kiss at the ball and was rejected, she even tried to control this powerful man with a love potion wizard……"

Vanessa just thought it was funny: "What kind of mess is this? Are there so many people who believe this kind of nonsense?"

"This reporter is full of nonsense." Harry comforted her, "Don't worry, we all know what kind of person you are."

Ron asked curiously: "But, did you really inherit so much? You never told us you were so rich!" Harry and Hermione glared at him.

"what?"

Vanessa then reads on, five full pages devoted to her feature report: "We have reason to suspect that she used the same trick to seduce a suave, wealthy Muggle billionaire shortly after their engagement , the rich man died unexpectedly. According to people familiar with the matter, she relied on a will that is difficult to discern the authenticity (it is well known that a young wizard who has not graduated can easily forge a Muggle will) all of the rich man's family property - three A mansion, two wineries and a deposit of 300 million pounds (about 60 Galleons)..."

"If it's true, it's comparable to the Malfoy family." The Slytherin boys said enviously.

"If I'm so rich, why do I still come here to teach?" Vanessa returned the magazine to Neville, but her mood was obviously affected by the report, "It seems that I need to check everyone's learning results, the questions on the blackboard It’s just a random quiz, give it to me before get out of class ends.”

The students were wailing, but Vanessa turned a deaf ear to it: "For those who can't answer before the end of get out of class, add a paper for homework." Suddenly no one made a sound.

Vanessa didn't bother to pay attention to Rita's nonsense. Even though she received countless letters with jinxes every day, she didn't feel the need to explain it to others.The only time Snape burned the envelopes for her was when undiluted babo tuber water poured out of one of them and almost spilled it into Snape's coffee mug.

She was stopped by Hermione as soon as she walked into the auditorium on Thursday morning - the article is out in its second series: "According to a close friend of Vanessa Weasley's school days, she has been passionate about Seduce a male classmate with a prominent family background. According to incomplete statistics, during her seven-year student career, she has dated a total of twelve boys from different colleges and grades, four of whom are members of the Quidditch team, one prefect, one Name..." Vanessa never contacted the so-called friends back then when she returned to the UK. I heard that they were all married, but some couples had a bad relationship, and some had poor families.In the past, he couldn't even memorize the formula of potions, but he remembered these bad things about himself clearly.

"However, her good looks and clever means are not easy to catch her every time. Some people have already seen through her stupid, ignorant and unprogressive nature. According to people familiar with the matter, she was in a Slater in the fifth grade. Mr. Lin suffered repeated setbacks."

Vanessa blushed instantly, and she rolled up the magazine with both hands.Hermione carefully pulled the magazine away, because it was borrowed from Seamus.

"Vanessa, is she writing about that Mr. Slytherin?" She and Ginny gave the unknown gentleman a friendly nickname.

"What Slytherin?" Ron interrupted.

Ginny pulled him aside: "It has nothing to do with you."

Vanessa narrowed her eyes, Rita completely irritated her, but this method is too low-level, she has plenty of ways to deal with this woman.

"Vanessa, don't you have breakfast?" Dumbledore just walked in and said with a smile.And Snape was right behind him.Snape probably wouldn't read such a boring weekly magazine.She wasn't so lucky, however, because Dumbledore went on to say, "Interesting article isn't it, Rita's writing is as good as ever."

"Yes." Her eyelids twitched twice, "I also like what she wrote a few years ago, when confronting the first generation of the Dark Lord, you just stand on the dueling field, and Grindelwald conjures There are reports of White voluntarily admitting defeat."

Dumbledore's eyes were bent, he stroked his beard and said, "There is always truth in the absurd."

"I have something else to do, I'll go first."

"Where are you going?" Harry asked.

"library!"

Ron shrank his neck and whispered to Harry, "How did she become like Hermione?"

The next Monday, Vanessa finished her breakfast early, and she was waiting for this morning's newspaper.This is a war without gunpowder. Although she suffers from the fact that her contacts are basically in the United States, as long as there are no accidents...

After drinking a cup of hot milk and two pieces of bacon, Vanessa put down her knife and fork and waited quietly for the arrival of the owl.The first one to arrive was the Daily Prophet. She opened the second page of the international news article, and on the top was a big headline—"The Daily Prophet or a Daily Lie—On the Decline of the British Magic World after the War."

Vanessa first asked Ira Hill, the editor in charge of her, to help contact the head of the international section of "New York New Times", one of the newspapers with the largest circulation in the magic circle in the United States, and published an article criticizing British newspaper practitioners in order to gain attention. of all kinds.To know what they are most willing to report, it is definitely a scandal in another country.

Then she browsed through the Daily Prophet for nearly ten years, and found five veteran journalists who were once famous but were later squeezed out by Rita, and three of them were willing to help her write articles.This is a mutual benefit, and if they succeed they can return to the top, Vanessa will also have contacts in the British publishing industry.

Today's article is just the first shot, and others will be published one after another in the next few days.

"Nice job, Vanessa," said Dumbledore, browsing the papers.

Vanessa picked up the newspaper, and blinked triumphantly: "It's just a small trick for a small group to isolate others. I'm good at it." She picked up the corner of her robe and couldn't wait to go back to the office.This is just the beginning, this is a once-in-a-lifetime time to build a good relationship with the publishing house.Even if Dumbledore didn't mean it, the war will always start, and it will come in handy to have the right to speak in the public in advance.

As the week went on, Vanessa received fewer and fewer Howler letters—she didn't care, because after listening to the Howler letters at breakfast two days in a row cursing her for seducing Black, Snape never No more eating in the auditorium.But some people would rather believe hype than solid evidence.So some people firmly believe that she used money to bribe reporters to report on Rita's black material, trying to cover up her despicable behavior.Rita also started writing news in this area, and at the same time gave up digging Vanessa's relationship history as a student, which made her feel relieved.Just when she was about to stop, Rita shifted her focus and published another article "Dumbledore's Major Mistake", which accused Hagrid of being a half-blood giant and condemned Dumbledore's education policy.This is a very serious accusation. You must know that all giants in the magic world are discriminated against no less than werewolves. It is difficult for them to be respected and even more difficult to find a job.

"I must find out how she knows! Harry and Ron said that on the night of the dance, they overheard Hagrid talking to Mrs. Maxime about it when they were walking around, but there was no one around!" Hermione Lifting her head from the book that recorded the monitoring magic, she lowered her voice and said to Vanessa.

The two were sitting in the library at the moment, and Hermione temporarily put down the SPEW plan to help her deal with Rita.

"It's really strange. The photos that appeared in my report must have been taken by people in the auditorium at that time, but Rita was not invited to the party that night!" Read—Tracking Chapter" and hand it over.

"Let me think about it, there must be some magical device similar to monitors and cameras."

"Don't forget there is another way to sneak into Hogwarts!"

"You mean?" Hermione immediately understood what she meant, "Sirius!" She swept all the books on the table into her bag and ran away in a hurry.

Vanessa then wrote a letter, and she decided to repeat the old tricks-now that the anti-discrimination laws in the United States are more advanced than those in the United Kingdom, she asked someone to contact several real half-blood wizards, some of them were with werewolves, giants, Veela and even Goblins, and they now have steady jobs with the help of the authorities.She hopes to open a small column in the "Washington Gossip Weekly" to introduce their "love story", and then the British reporter will exaggerate how well the anti-discrimination work in the United States is done.

As soon as the report came out, Hagrid was so moved that he hugged her on the classroom mat and cried, "You and Hermione are always so caring." Vanessa persuaded him for a while before letting him sit back and eat a little Mouth rice.At least it turned out well, he no longer hides in the hut and is afraid to go out to meet people.

The three of Harry rushed to the Potions classroom by stepping on the tail of the school bell.Harry felt that he didn't need to take exams this semester, which was simply the best benefit of being elected as a warrior, because judging from Snape's current attitude towards them and those who had a good relationship with Black, it would be a miracle that they could pass this year.He couldn't figure out what the love potion thing had to do with Snape, why he should go to such lengths.Could even Blake's public embarrassment irritate him now?

They dillydally set up the cauldron and continued to brew the intelligence enhancer.When Snape was writing this recipe on the blackboard last class, he hypocritically reminded him to give Blake a drink after finishing.

Harry noticed that Lavender had taken a magazine from Dean's bag while Snape was checking Malfoy's potions.She looked down in fascination, and even let out a small sob.The sound clearly caught Snape's attention.When Parvati was about to kick her chair to remind her, Snape had already quietly walked behind her.

Harry looked that way as he mashed the scarab.Snape just pulled the magazine away and threw it directly onto the podium.

After class, Snape took the confiscated book, and on the cover was an old photo of Vanessa more than ten years ago. She was sitting on the stage, wearing an old patched smoke-gray robe, looking at the The audience is surrounded by readers who want to sign.

The name of the magazine is "Century Gossip Weekly". At first glance, it looks like an unknown small magazine on the verge of bankruptcy, making up its numbers by piecing together boring lace news.But because of the photo on the cover, he actually spent an afternoon reading the report.It was an interview ten years ago, and Vanessa told about her experience after graduating from Hogwarts.

Vanessa donated her fiancé's money to charity, and one of the mansions in the suburbs of London was converted into an orphanage, named White Orphanage after her fiancé.The winery stayed, and the profits were invested in the operation of the orphanage.A small part of the money was given to Porter's uncle and aunt. In the end, she took the 200 Galleons left by her mother and went to the United States alone.

An old friend of his father's, Austin Green, took her in and took her on adventures together, and they sold the things they found during their adventures in exchange for money.In the first few years, she did not buy a new robe.Two years later, Vanessa's back was scratched trying to pull out a Ukrainian iron-belly dragon scale. For this reason, she lay in the hospital for half a year and almost failed to recover. (The magazine quoted a photo from the news report at the time. Vanessa lay unconscious on the hospital bed, clutching a piece of gray dragon scale tightly in her hand, the clothes on her back were shabby, sticking to her bloody back. Together, right where Vanessa's tattoo is now.)

Worried about killing his old friend's daughter, he persuaded her to find a normal job. After the quarrel, the two broke up unhappy and parted ways ever since.Instead, Vanessa fell in love with this job wandering on the verge of life and death, and started her own adventure.Later, a senior editor took a fancy to her and helped her become an adventure writer.She just started to live a slightly better life.

After the reprinted interview, some reporters wrote follow-up reports.They found the White Orphanage, and the current director, Ben Hall, was a Squib.He met Vanessa 12 years ago, when he was discriminated against everywhere and couldn't find a suitable job.One day he was drinking in a tavern, and Vanessa was worrying about the orphanage.Because the original dean wrote her a letter, saying that a strange child who was abused by his parents came to the orphanage-all kinds of supernatural phenomena always appeared around him.Vanessa quickly determined that this was a little wizard through the contents of the letter, but she seemed to have her own reasons for not wanting to return to England.

After talking with him, Vanessa decided to ask him to help him go to England, take care of the little wizard, and help him hide his magical ability.However, if you want to work in the Muggle world, you need a professional qualification certificate. Charity organizations are different from hiring him. Vanessa takes a part of her meager income every month as his salary.Later, she became famous, and 30.00% of each manuscript fee was donated to the orphanage.Although she never went back to see it once.

When the original dean retired, Hall became the successor.In order to repay Vanessa, he worked harder to manage the cash.Now this orphanage has become the most special in the whole of Britain, because besides Squibs, there are Muggles whose brothers and sisters are wizards. This orphanage also helps some children who are discriminated against because of their status as wizards.

Snape closed the magazine.

He'd known Vanessa since fifth grade and knew all too well what she had been.She had to wash her hands ten times after touching a slug, and she was too scared to get close to a few explosive snails fighting.In the past, he didn't know how many ups and downs she had gone through to become what she is now, but now that he knew, he still couldn't figure out how she survived the first few years.Maybe that's why she couldn't quit drinking.

He remembered Vanessa saying that when she grew up she wanted to marry a rich man and be a housewife.He was doing his arithmetic and divination homework with the quill Vanessa had given him, and he didn't hesitate to laugh at her lack of manual skills.Last Christmas, she was still poor at handmade, but she promised to give him a perfect scarf this year.This year he didn't even receive any wool ends.

In the past year, Vanessa managed to regain her youthful squeamishness. Sometimes when the potato chips were finished, the new bag was on the shelf, but she was too lazy to get off the sofa and insisted on helping him after he came out of the laboratory. she handed.

Now she said that she can no longer accept that she is kind to her for no reason.

The author has something to say:

It's not easy for the professor's progress bar to advance...but it's coming soon~

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* Ukrainian Iron Belly

The Ukrainian iron belly is one of the largest dragons in the world.It is known to weigh up to six tons.Ironbelly's body is round, and compared with Vipertooth or Longhorn, its flying speed is slower, but it is very, very dangerous. When it lands from the air, it can crush houses into dust.Its scales are shiny gray, its eyes are dark red, and its claws are exceptionally long and vicious.They have been the subject of surveillance by Ukrainian wizarding authorities since 1799, when an Iron Belly swept a shipping ship out of the Black Sea.

When Harry Potter and his party sneaked into Gringotts to steal Horcruxes, there was a Ukrainian iron belly guarding there.Later, Harry and others rode it and flew out.