Chapter 471 Dedicated Rita Skeeter

When everyone returned to Stoat Mountain, the noisy sound disappeared from their ears in an instant, leaving only the crisp chirping of insects.

Cedric wanted to go to the other side of the village, so he separated from them after descending Stoat Hill, while the others continued walking forward.

In the cold moonlight, everyone passed through the village of St. Catchpore, chatting and walking along the wet path towards the Burrow.

"You said you saw Gilderoy Lockhart?" Harry asked in surprise, looking at Kyle.

"I just took a glance, and I don't know if I saw it wrong." Kyle said, "But the man's teeth are indeed white and bright, and he also has blond hair, very similar to Lockhart."

"You must have read it wrong," Ron said. "Lockhart is still in St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Injuries and Injuries at the moment. How could he possibly go to the Quidditch World Cup?"

"No." At this time, Mr. Weasley, who was walking at the front, suddenly said: "If I remember correctly, he was cured a week ago... right when Fudge visited St. Mungo's.

"And when he comes back, the ministry will have a lot of money."

"Lockhart donated it?" Ron asked doubtfully.

"It doesn't count as a donation to the Ministry of Magic." Mr. Weasley said. "I also heard someone mention it when chatting. It seems that Lockhart realized his mistake and decided to donate all the property of Gringotts. , to compensate those whose experiences he had stolen and to help them regain their memories.

"In addition, he also transferred all the sales rights and shares of all books to the Ministry of Magic to help wizards who have damaged memories and need treatment.

The two people in the same ward with him were the first batch of beneficiaries. "

"The entire property... plus the income from all the books?" Ron was surprised: "None of his books are cheap. How much does this cost? Is Lockhart willing to give it up?"

"I don't know the specific situation."

Mr. Weasley said, "But that should be the case. Anyway, his book can be resold, but the names in it have been changed to the people who actually did those things."

"So, Lockhart is okay now?" Harry asked.

"Needless to say." Ron curled his lips, "Think about it, last year when he was a professor, everyone in the entire Hogwarts bought seven of his books, which is tens of thousands. It's so big, plus what I saved before... those Galleons can definitely pile up into a mountain.

In front of so many golden Gallons, I think everyone will forgive him..."

"But this is wrong!" Hermione frowned: "He should be punished."

"No, I think this is the biggest punishment." Ron said.

Losing tens of thousands of galleons in one fell swoop... just thinking about this kind of thing made Ron feel a twinge of pain.

Anyway, in his opinion, there is no more terrible punishment than this.

Mr. Weasley didn't speak either.

In fact, regarding Lockhart, his original thoughts were the same as Hermione's, but when he thought that the Longbottoms could benefit from this, his thoughts were shaken.

This can be regarded as a coincidence. After Lockhart was sent to St. Mungo's, he was placed in the ward where the Longbottoms were, and they naturally became the first batch of beneficiaries.

Kyle nodded beside him.

Probably Lockhart didn't want to stay in St. Mungo's forever, nor did he want to go to Azkaban, so he simply chose to spend money to buy peace.

However, from the fact that he could still go to the Quidditch World Cup, it seemed that the former Defense Against the Dark Arts professor had something on his side and did not hand over all the money.

His books are very popular. As long as the donated gold is shocking enough and guaranteed to satisfy everyone, no one will care even if he secretly hides it.

The few people chatted all the way and soon passed through the village of St. Catchpole. When they reached the end of the path and turned a corner, the Burrow suddenly appeared.

A shout came from the path.

"Oh, thank God, thank God!"

Mrs. Weasley had obviously been waiting for them, and ran over directly wearing slippers. Her face was pale and nervous, and she was holding a rolled-up "Daily Prophet" in her hand.

"Arthur, I was so worried. Fortunately, you are all fine..."

She stepped forward and hugged Mr. Weasley, and the newspaper fell limply from her hands to the floor.

Kyle picked him up casually.

[Horrifying scenes at the Quidditch World Cup]

The title is catchy, and underneath it is a large photo of a panicked crowd and a messy camp.

"Is it so fast?" Kyle said in disbelief: "The matter has just ended now, and it has been reported?"

"The owl arrived half an hour ago." Mrs. Weasley said. "I was wondering why the newspaper was delivered at this time... I didn't expect such a big thing to happen. Merlin... the Dark Mark..."

Kyle opened the newspaper.

Several heads behind him also came together, everyone wanted to see what the newspaper said.

This newspaper is much thinner than normal. It was obviously produced at short notice to gain popularity. The contents above are all related to the Quidditch World Cup.

"The Ministry of Magic is panicking...security is lax...dark wizards are on the loose...serious dereliction of duty...shame..."

Ginny read the above article and shouted angrily: "Didn't the person who wrote this article see that even people like Dad who are on vacation are rushing to the front?"

"She won't see it...even if she sees it, she won't write it down." Charlie pointed to a name in the newspaper, "Look who this is, Rita Skeeter, the articles she wrote are almost all fabricated."

"This woman is specifically against the Ministry of Magic." Percy said angrily, "and she must know that almost everyone in the Ministry has gone to the Quidditch World Cup camp, so she published this newspaper overnight."

Harry looked up...at the name Rita Skeeter.

He remembered that the report about him driving to school last year was also written by this woman.

"Okay, don't worry about it, I'm glad you're all right." Mrs. Weasley led them towards the house.

In the small and crowded kitchen, she made a cup of hot cocoa for everyone, but Mr. Weasley insisted on changing it to aged fire whiskey.

More than ten minutes later, Mrs. Weasley brought another large plate of sandwiches, which was the fastest thing that could be made.

But at this time, no one was in the mood to care about what to eat.

After enduring for so long, with dragons and riots, everyone's spirits were tense. Now they suddenly relaxed and returned to a familiar and safe place. It was inevitable that they were a little depressed and just wanted to lie on the bed and have a good sleep.

Mrs. Weasley seemed to understand this, so she didn't ask anything. After everyone finished eating, she drove them upstairs, leaving Mr. Weasley alone here.

Kyle went back to his own house.

The lights were on in the room, but no one was there.

There was a plate on the table with a few pieces of steaming fried eggs and bread, and a copy of the Daily Prophet next to it, which was exactly the same as the one he had just seen.

I think Chris and Diana should have rushed back to the Ministry of Magic overnight after receiving the news.

It can be imagined that because of Rita Skeeter's report, the Ministry of Magic should be busy in the next few days.

But what Kyle couldn't figure out was that Chris and Diana, one was from the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures, and the other was from the Department of Mysteries. What did this riot have to do with them? They actually went back to the Ministry of Magic overnight.

It's impossible that there are veela and leprechauns participating in the riot.

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