Study Days at Hogwarts

  Chapter 510 is in the newspaper

  Ron Weasley's summer vacation was not pleasant.

  Not long ago, because of asking Percy to borrow an owl, he had a bad quarrel with the other party.

  Since the last phone call, Ron has completely lost contact with Harry.

  Hermione said in the letter that Harry's uncle might hate wizards very much, so he forbade Harry from contacting friends in the wizarding world, and suggested that Hagrid visit Harry instead of them.

  Ron also felt that Hermione's proposal was very good, so he wrote a letter to Hagrid, but his owl Errol was very old, and he couldn't bear to let it fly too far to deliver the letter.

  Since Percy became a prefect, the family bought an owl, so Ron wanted to ask him to borrow the owl.

   It was just that Ron was very annoyed that Percy kept finding some poor excuses to reject him again and again.

   "Percy still doesn't want to borrow an owl." Fred, who was playing wizard cards with Ginny, looked up at Ron who was going downstairs in a panic, and asked.

   "Hermes has gone out to deliver the letter." Percy explained casually.

   "Don't tell me, you have endless letters every day." Ron checked Errol's situation, and after hearing Percy's words, he turned his head and glared at him, "Please come up with a good excuse for lying."

  In the end, Ron was still reluctant to let the old Errol go out to help him deliver the letter to Hagrid. It is a severe test for an old owl to cross most of Britain.

   "I have." Percy blushed and stared at Ron and said, "As for who I send the letter to, it has nothing to do with you."

   Ginny glanced at Percy secretly, but she knew who Percy was writing letters to during the summer vacation.

   "Is there no news from Harry yet?" George took a sip of his drink, picked up the Daily Prophet on the counter, and sat down beside Fred.

"No."

  Ron thought it was the trouble he caused when he called Harry last time.

  At that time, it should be Harry's uncle who answered the phone. The tone of that person was very bad, or extremely bad.

   "Hermione thought that Harry might be stuck at home, and the uncle who adopted him hated wizards, so Hermione suggested that Hagrid help us visit Harry."

  Ron didn't know that Hagrid actually wrote several letters to Harry, but he never got a reply. He suspected Harry was in trouble.

   It's just that Dumbledore reminded him before that if it's not something important, don't disturb Harry's life, so Hagrid didn't think of going directly to Harry.

  Of course, if Hagrid knew about Harry's situation, he would probably visit the Dursleys in person.

   "When I have money, I will definitely buy an owl myself." Ron stuffed the letter back into his pocket and muttered softly.

   "Rich? You have no hope." Fred joked with a smile, "In the future, when we have money, you can come and help us work!"

   "Do you have money?" Ron curled his lips dissatisfied.

  Of course he knew what Fred and George were up to, but he didn't understand where these two guys had the confidence. Given their family's situation, they couldn't help them at all.

"It's not something you should worry about." George took a sip of his drink and opened today's Daily Prophet. The drink he just drank was sprayed out by him, and Percy who was sitting across the table was drenched. Face.

   "What the **** are you doing!" Percy growled.

   "Look at today's headlines!" George ignored the furious Percy, spread the Daily Prophet on the table, and greeted the others excitedly.

"What's wrong?"

  Fred was the first to move his head, and then his eyes widened in surprise, "It's really Albert, that guy actually went to France and won himself an international wizard chess champion."

  The Weasley children gathered at the table to look at the black and white photos on the headlines.

   That is a photo of Albert holding the International Wizard Chess trophy.

  Ron looked at the text under the black-and-white photo, and read it softly: "Albert Anderson from the United Kingdom defeated all opponents and became the youngest champion of the international wizard chess competition in history."

  Looking at the handsome young man in the photo, Ron only felt sour in his heart.

  The opponent is obviously not a few years older than himself, but he has already won the honor of the International Wizard Chess Champion.

  What about yourself?

  Actually, if possible, Ron also wants to participate in the International Wizard Chess Competition, and also wants to get this honor like Anderson.

  Unfortunately, everything can only be thought in the heart, he can't even go to France, let alone participate in the international wizard chess competition.

   "I remember, last time that guy wrote a letter saying that he was going to the United States with someone else, and told us not to send him letters!" Fred muttered, "Actually, he wrote the wrong address!"

   "Children, what are you doing?" Mr. Weasley, who had just got off work, came in from the door and asked the children gathered at the table.

   "We're watching the news that Albert won the International Wizards Chess Championship." Percy was still wiping his cheeks with a handkerchief, "I never knew he was so good at Wizards Chess."

   "It's just that you don't know it." Fred sarcastically said

   "Reporters from the Daily Prophet are looking for him everywhere now, and want to do an exclusive interview with him." Mr. Weasley knew a little bit of the inside story, "No one knows where he has gone now."

  “He seemed to say he was going to America.”

   "Dad, why did Albert go to France and win an international wizard's chess championship." Ron was curious about this. He knew that Albert was a Muggle wizard and was more troublesome than them in certain things.

   "It seems that someone took him to France." Mr. Weasley actually didn't know much about it. "It is said that Mr. Bud Broad, one of the former international wizard chess champions, recommended him to participate in the competition."

"Is that Mr. Brod?" Fred and George looked at each other, "I remember that Albert had a very good relationship with him. In the first grade, Albert often went to Mr. Brod's for afternoon tea." .”

   "What's the matter, Percy?" Ginny asked in confusion, noticing the change in Percy's face.

   "Look here." Percy motioned everyone to read the fourth edition.

   "Albert is a Muggle wizard, and there are always some people who can't see him well."

  Mr. Weasley's tone showed a bit of disgust: "They think he used magic, because it is impossible for an underage Muggle wizard to go to France to participate in the international wizard chess competition."

  At this moment, everyone's faces were not very good-looking, and there was no doubt that they were full of malicious accusations.

"Of course, this matter was suppressed very quickly." Mr. Weasley comforted, "Of course Fudge would not allow such an article to appear. The UK won the championship with great difficulty. Isn't this a slap in the face ?”

"Mr. Bud Brod revealed in an interview that he asked an old friend to send Albert to France to compete..." Mr. Weasley pointed to an interview on the Daily Prophet and said, "Many people are very concerned about that The voice is very dissatisfied."

   "Albert knows many famous wizards." Fred said suddenly: "He often has correspondence with those famous wizards, and it is normal for someone to defend him."

"No, it's very abnormal. In fact, just now, the Department of Prohibition of the Misuse of Muggle Items received a large number of reports, and some people reported that the group headed by Malfoy had hidden a large number of dark magic items in their homes." Mr. Weasley There was a hint of excitement in his tone, "The superiors even directly issued a search warrant, allowing me to take people to their homes for surprise inspections."

  …

  …

  In the kitchen of McDougal's house, Katrina hurried in with the Daily Prophet.

   "What's wrong?" Mrs. McDougall looked at her daughter suspiciously.

   "Have you read the headlines of today's Daily Prophet?" Katrina asked.

"Sit down and talk about something." Isobel took off the apron, put a cup of milk tea in front of Katrina, picked up the Daily Prophet, read the headlines, and said to his mother, "Katrina probably wants to say My boyfriend won the World Wizards Chess Championship!"

   "Your boyfriend?" Mrs. McDougal was not surprised that her daughter had a boyfriend.

  In fact, she heard Isobel mention it last time. It was a boy named Albert Anderson, who was also said to be a brilliant genius.

   "As expected of my daughter, she has a good eye." Mrs. McDougal looked at the newspaper and said to Isobel, "If you have a chance, you can invite him to our house to play."

   "Yes." Isobel responded.

   Just then, a woman's voice came from the fireplace.

   "It seems that there is another urgent matter tonight." Mrs. McDougall glanced at the clock, "I may have to work overtime, and I won't be able to come back at night."

   After speaking, she got into the fireplace and disappeared.

  Isobel and Katrina looked at each other, they had seen this situation countless times.

  Katrina recalled what Isobel said just now, and her expression suddenly became a little subtle.

  The two sisters were sitting at the table talking about something in the newspaper, but they were quickly attracted by a photo on the third page.

  In the photo, a beautiful French girl is kissing Albert on the cheek, and there are two other beautiful girls beside her.

  The Daily Prophet helped Albert fabricate a romantic history through a photo.

   "Isobel, you have to be careful, that guy might secretly date other girls without telling you." Katrina stared at the photo for a long time before she raised her head and said to her sister.

  No way, Louise's passionate meeting kiss was too deceptive.

"You think too much!"

  Isobel was quite calm and didn't take this matter to heart at all.

   "I don't think foreign girls are so enthusiastic." Katrina pouted and said, "I just don't want you to be deceived."

"The Daily Prophet always likes to catch rumors and create fake news to attract everyone's attention." Isobel pointed to the author of this article, "Rita Skeeter always likes to tell stories and distort the facts everywhere, don't you is that clear?"

  Katrina couldn't understand why Isobel was so calm and didn't take this matter to heart at all.

   "Okay, don't worry, even if they are really rivals in love, they have no chance of winning." Isobel said calmly, "What's more, they are not even rivals in love."

   Of course Katrina doesn't know, Isobel can ask Albert through the double-sided mirror at any time, if she wants. As for how to ask so as not to make Albert feel uncomfortable, Isobel naturally has his own way.

  Besides, Isobel doesn't believe this is true. What kind of person is Albert? After getting along for so long, will she, the photographer, not know?

   On the contrary, it was the younger sister's reaction, which was a bit beyond her expectation, and Isobel couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

   Well, I didn’t miss a chapter, the story of France, there will be a later one.

  (end of this chapter)