Chapter 153: How did Rita know?

Just listening to how Dumbledore enlightened Hagrid, Dumbledore popped out this sentence.

"You're killing the donkey after the mill, Headmaster."

John immediately jumped up and protested loudly.

Dumbledore blinked, pretending not to hear.

Many people did come today, but they all ate closed doors, even Dumbledore himself ate closed doors.

He didn't break in like John, but gave Hagrid some time.

But as a result, just after he left, he saw this child John, holding a wand, breaking in directly.

It left him stunned.

Must say, young people always have young people's ways.

Then he also quietly followed over.

Seeing John make Hagrid laugh with a few words.

Only then did Dumbledore speak and join them.

Hagrid felt much better after their trouble.

He sniffed his nose and spoke to Dumbledore.

"Dumbledore, thank you... and John, thank you both."

Hagrid's voice was still a bit choked, but a long-lost smile had appeared on his face.

"I can give you a week off, but next Monday I hope you can return to your normal post."

"After all, your students are all worried about you."

Dumbledore continued to say with a smile, and Hagrid nodded.

"Hagrid!"

At this time, several familiar voices came from outside the house.

It was Harry, Hermione, and Ron.

They also rushed over in a hurry.

But they were stunned as soon as they came in, because they didn't expect Dumbledore and John to be there too.

"Uh, Professor."

Seeing Dumbledore, they immediately greeted him.

Dumbledore waved his hand gently, signaling them not to be restrained.

John even made a scissors sign at Hermione, and Hermione rolled her eyes.

Harry noticed that although Hagrid's eyes were red, his expression wasn't too heavy, and the heart that was hanging finally let go.

"Look, Hagrid, everyone is worried about you."

Dumbledore said softly, and Hagrid also looked at Harry and the others, and sniffed his nose again.

"Hagrid, we saw that report, you don't need to care about that woman's words, her words are no different from a toad croaking."

Harry also immediately comforted Hagrid.

Ron immediately nodded in agreement: "Exactly, Hagrid, ignore her!"

Hermione also stepped forward and said seriously: "Hagrid, Rita will definitely suffer retribution, don't be defeated by her."

Hagrid looked at the group of children in front of him, wiped his nose messily with his rough hand, and then nodded.

"You little guys... thank you."

The three of them all surrounded him and hugged Hagrid's arm tightly.

The scene was quite moving for a while.

If one ignored John, who was playing with Dumbledore's wand on the side, the atmosphere at this moment could be called warm.

This was what he had in his hand when he saw Dumbledore transform the sofa just now, John was curious to look at it up close, and then Dumbledore very generously lent it to him to play with.

"... Headmaster, isn't it uncomfortable to use this wand? It has a row of little bumps."

In order not to disturb the emotional moment of Harry and the others, John specifically leaned into Dumbledore's ear and muttered softly.

Dumbledore looked at John speechlessly; this wand is a treasure that countless people dream of, and you actually dislike it.

"Hmm... sometimes it is quite uncomfortable to look at."

But after pondering for a moment, Dumbledore still nodded in agreement.

"Right."

Saying this, John took out his own wand and handed it to Dumbledore to see.

"Look, this is what you call a work of art."

"This color, this pattern, this feel."

Dumbledore took John's wand, nodded, looked at it carefully, and then evaluated.

"Indeed, it looks much better than my wand."

"How about we swap?"

Dumbledore smiled, pushed his half-moon glasses, and then joked.

"That won't do."

John shook his head very decisively.

Before, he didn't know what level the wand in his hand was.

But after seeing many people's wands, he didn't know anything else, but just in terms of appearance, his wand could beat everyone.

"My wand has magic bonuses; with it, you can have stronger power."

Dumbledore saw John's attitude and became energetic, continuing to tempt him.

But John still shook his head.

"How much can this kind of external bonus add? It's better to practice a few more moves yourself."

"But being handsome is a lifelong thing."

After listening, Dumbledore was stunned for a moment, and then couldn't help but smile and shake his head.

Obviously, John didn't think a wand could have any blessing; he believed more in the power he possessed himself, rather than relying on so-called external bonuses.

But Dumbledore didn't explain too much about how much this wand could add.

After Harry and the others finished their emotional moment, John also returned Dumbledore's wand.

"Alright, I won't disturb you; I still have things to deal with."

Dumbledore stood up and smiled at the few people.

Then, without waiting for them to say anything, he turned and walked out of Hagrid's hut alone.

Only then did Hagrid greet Harry and the others to sit down and chat.

Only after chatting did they know.

It turned out that Harry and Ron had come once at noon today; Hermione didn't know at the first time, so she didn't come.

At that time, Hagrid was the same as when John came, hiding in the hut and refusing to come out.

But they didn't "break" in like John.

Speaking of this, Hagrid also looked at John resentfully.

Only then did the few people know that Hagrid's hut was broken into by John...

Otherwise, they would have had to eat a closed door when they came to see you.

The method is not advocated, but it is really useful.

John shrugged, not caring about Hagrid's complaint.

"By the way, Hagrid, since you've been hiding the half-giant matter so well, why would Rita know?"

At this time, John thought of the report again and asked Hagrid.

Harry and the others heard John asking about things he shouldn't, and their faces changed, fearing to stimulate Hagrid.

But Hagrid didn't have the excitement they imagined, but frowned and said.

"I don't know, I have never told anyone about this."

"Except some time ago..."

"I told her when I was talking to Madame Maxime..."

Hagrid's voice slowly lowered, and Harry and the others looked at each other; could it be that Madame Maxime told Rita about this?

But soon Hagrid shook his head again and said softly: "It couldn't be her, she is not that kind of person."

But besides Madame Maxime, who else could it be?

"When you met Madame Maxime, there was no one else nearby, right?"

"No."

Hearing John's question, Hagrid shook his head again.

John pondered for a moment and nodded thoughtfully.

If Hagrid firmly believed that Madame Maxime would not leak the secret, and there was no third person at the scene.

Then either the news was not leaked from Hagrid's mouth, but someone found out Hagrid's background and followed the vine to dig out the truth;

Or someone eavesdropped on that conversation.

Rita Skeeter, the "legend" of the industry.

You might question her morality and professional ethics, but you cannot deny that the information she obtains has high fidelity.

Then how did she obtain that information?

There are too many means to obtain intelligence in the wizarding world, and the vast majority have been known by wizards and have precautions.

Under these circumstances, she can still succeed repeatedly, indicating that her means must be those that cannot be detected by conventional precautions.

What could it be...

John's gaze drifted and landed on the windowsill, where there was a pitch-black beetle that had been there since he came in. ===== CHAPTER 154 =====