[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-transfiguration-master-of-hogwarts":3,"chapter-the-transfiguration-master-of-hogwarts-the-transfiguration-master-of-hogwarts-chapter-252":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","The Transfiguration Master of Hogwarts",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2320957,4539,"Chapter 252: On the Edge of the Storm","the-transfiguration-master-of-hogwarts-chapter-252",252,"\u003Cp>“My friend is furious with you and asked me to teach you a lesson—though I didn’t expect to uncover so many surprises.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Who is your friend?” Rita Skeeter asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You don’t need to know who my friend is, and I dislike your reporting—I hate seeing what your readers love to read.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So, regarding my purpose here...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I apologize! I will stop all false statements about your friend!” she said quickly, forcing a flattering smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"All false statements about everyone!\" the leopard-headed man emphasized, slipping the notebook into his robe. \"Otherwise, its contents will appear everywhere.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, yes, I’ll make sure of it.” Rita Skeeter didn’t hesitate for a moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Thank you, Rita.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The leopard-headed man stood, bowed with polite formality—though his leopard-headed smile was deeply unnatural—and vanished in a flash of lightning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a while, Rita Skeeter slowly rose from the floor. She examined the room carefully; no one was there. She quietly opened the window and door, glanced left and right—nothing outside—then slammed them shut.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A string of venomous curses spilled from her lips; she cursed the man just now with the foulest words she’d ever known.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ll get revenge! Revenge—but who is he?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No sooner had the words left her mouth than a brilliant flash of lightning struck her again; her eyes widened in terror as she once more transformed into a human electric bubble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s a lesson!” A voice suddenly rang in Rita Skeeter’s ear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her lips trembled as if to speak, but this time she clamped them shut immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Above Hogwarts Castle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The storm winds battered the eagle’s body, yet it darted nimbly through the gales, its speed untouched.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He quickly spotted the familiar window, dove straight in, shifted into a butterfly, and glided silently onto his bed, then resumed his human form.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For this punishment, he used his innate Transfiguration to manifest two Pokémon body parts—but both were easy to conceal, and even if discovered, he had ways to explain them away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet today’s gains exceeded expectations: he hadn’t realized there were so many unregistered Animagi—he’d encountered two in just one month. But the greatest prize was Rita Skeeter’s notebook; with this leverage, he no longer feared her stirring up trouble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The matter had been handled perfectly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The window rattled as a gust of wind slammed against it; Allen reached out from behind the curtains, waved his wand, and the window slammed shut with a bang, sealing out the storm and darkness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next day, Rita Skeeter returned to Hogwarts for another interview with Allen; she had lost all the confidence she’d shown yesterday.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Allen granted her the interview. He knew he couldn’t stop the Ministry’s publicity campaign, so he cooperated—after last night’s lesson, she wouldn’t dare write anything outrageous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita Skeeter looked drained, but she completed the interview. Allen noticed no tricks from her Quick-Quotes Quill this time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Allen had become famous—more famous than ever.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next day’s front page of the Daily Prophet reported Minister Fudge’s visit to Hogwarts, highlighting Fudge’s recent support for the Muggle orphan—Allen Finis—and detailing Allen’s achievements: he had improved five spells, assisted Professor Flitwick in rediscovering the long-lost Sensory Charm,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>published over a dozen papers, and ranked among the top students each term. The article lauded the Ministry’s support for Hogwarts students and announced new educational initiatives.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Allen remained calm. He had long understood why Fudge had come to Hogwarts and insisted on meeting him: the recent Black scandal had overwhelmed him, forcing him to manufacture news to divert public attention. Allen was merely a tool in this scheme.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But while Allen stayed calm, the other Hogwarts students did not. They knew Allen was talented, but none expected him to be secretly publishing papers—so many of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I owed the Ministry a lot of money, and improving spells brought rewards, so I devoted myself to it—and somehow, I actually made progress,” Allen said modestly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A group of young wizards surrounded him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hogwarts erupted in a wave of spell-improvement enthusiasm. Hermione even carved out time to join—but they all failed. Spells aren’t that easy to improve!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I see I’m a quick learner, but my creativity still falls short,” Hermione sighed, abandoning spell improvement. She decided to try modifying the Transfiguration Charm instead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Allen seized the chance to offer to teach her Memory Charms—but to his surprise, Hermione refused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I have too many classes this term, and Memory Charms won’t be on the exam. I’ll wait until next year—I won’t take so many classes then,” Hermione said when declining.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This instantly killed any desire Allen had to persuade her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet the Ministry’s strategy succeeded: public attention was indeed drawn to Allen’s deeds. Some marveled at his accomplishments; others doubted their authenticity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita Skeeter’s interview with Allen was published on the next day’s Daily Prophet front page—clearly, the Ministry had prepared a full publicity campaign to shift public focus.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though some parts were still exaggerated, the article was largely truthful. Allen was satisfied with Rita Skeeter’s change in tone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as no newspaper claimed he and Harry were lovers or that he was climbing the social ladder by associating with pure-blood families, he could accept anything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the publicity about Allen sparked a new round of debate: the two most discussed figures now were a pure-blood traitor and a Muggle-orphan prodigy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>People began debating blood purity again...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(https:\u002F\u002F)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Please remember the original publishing domain: . Mobile reading URL:\u003C\u002Fp>",898,"2026-06-20T16:09:24.693Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","0e9595ab322b68a32c8b03fedc475c52aa0da429e721cda79a0993f1eefdfc73","the-transfiguration-master-of-hogwarts-chapter-253","the-transfiguration-master-of-hogwarts-chapter-251",284,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-transfiguration-master-of-hogwarts-cover.jpg"]