Simultaneous travel: I have forged an immortal name in the heavens

"Miss Granger."

In the train compartment, tea sets were laid out. Yang An, who was sipping tea, saw Hermione barging in rashly. He raised an eyebrow and said, "Long time no see. How was your summer vacation?"

"Fortunately."

Hermione nodded, hesitated for a moment, opened the door of the carriage and walked in, "Can I sit here?"

"Why not? Just sit anywhere." Yang An shrugged.

"Yeah." Hermione nodded, sat down opposite Yang An, and seemed to be hesitant to speak.

"What, what's the matter?"

When Hermione saw Yang An asking, she raised her pretty face under the messy brown hair.

There was hesitation in Hermione's beautiful eyes before she finally asked.

"Have you read the Daily Prophet lately?"

"Daily Prophet, what's wrong? What's the big news? Why is Harry Potter asking me this?" Yang An raised his face, closed the book in his hand, and said calmly.

Hermione observed Yang An's expression, then handed the Daily Prophet in her arms to Yang An, her tone unable to conceal her anger.

"Take a look."

These Daily Prophet are snippets, covering all the articles published by Rita Skeeter.

Yang An took the newspaper, glanced at the headline, and then glanced at Hermione who looked a little upset.

Instead of flipping through it immediately, he raised an eyebrow.

"Rita Skeeter, I know this female reporter."

"Really?" Hermione asked immediately after hearing this, "You know her?"

"know."

Yang An nodded and said slowly.

"During the summer vacation, she wanted to interview me through Mr. Bock, but I was traveling in France at the time, so Mr. Bock declined."

"Oh, I see." Hermione then remembered Yang An's identity. He was also a senior consultant of Birmingham Company.

"No wonder." Hermione said angrily, as if she had realized the truth.

"What's wrong?" Yang An poured himself a cup of tea and took a sip.

Hermione said angrily, "This Rita Skeeter has published more than ten articles in the newspaper, all of which confuse right and wrong, describing Harry as a mediocre guy who relies on his parents' reputation but is actually reckless and incompetent."

"And Ron. He is innocent, but the newspapers portrayed him as the murderer behind the incident."

Hermione kept on talking, obviously very angry, and although Rita Skeeter didn't mention her, she attacked Harry and Gryffindor at the same time.

Hermione cared a lot about both her friend's reputation and Gryffindor's reputation.

But what surprised her was that Rita Skeeter scolded everyone but didn't mention Yang An, and even used an entire article to praise him.

As a matter of fact, most of Hermione knew it.

But I still don't understand.

But after listening to Yang An's words, Hermione had another answer.

Yang An is a senior consultant of Birmingham Company, and his status is different, so Rita Skeeter dare not discredit him.

This kind of bullying the weak and fearing the strong, as well as confusing right and wrong, refreshed Hermione's understanding of reporters.

Seeing Hermione was furious, Yang An asked, "Did she slander you too?"

"That... not really."

Hermione hesitated and shook her head, looking puzzled. "Not only did she not slander me, but she said a lot of good things about me."

"Why is that?" Hermione was puzzled. Even Dumbledore was called a fool by Rita Skeeter.

Yang An poured the tea and handed it to Hermione, "Perhaps praise is the greatest slander."

"." Hermione didn't understand.

Yang An didn't explain much.

After hesitating for a moment, Hermione chose to stand up and said, "Thank you for the tea, but I think I should go see how Harry is doing. Sorry..."

"It's okay." Yang An made a gesture of invitation.

Watching Hermione leave.

Then he picked up the newspaper she left here and briefly flipped through it.

"Tsk, those words are quite sharp."

Although Yang An instructed Burke to ask Rita to attack Fudge and Dumbledore's prestige, there were no specific instructions and it was all up to her to do.

Yang An had just seen the newspaper at this moment, and he knew why Hermione was so angry.

However, Hermione would probably be harmed innocently.

Yang An nodded at the table.

When all the Gryffindors were being criticized, only Hermione was praised by Rita Skeeter, and then everyone's attention would be directed at her.

But Hermione obviously hasn't realized this yet.

"I'm sorry." Yang An shook his head slightly. He would not give up his plan to damage the reputation of the Ministry of Magic and Dumbledore just because Hermione was affected.

He also represents the interests of half-bloods and most Muggle wizards.

So I can only feel a little sorry for Hermione who was implicated.

the other side.

Hermione also noticed something slightly wrong, because in the past when she passed by the Gryffindor carriage, most of them would greet her.

But this time it's different.

Wherever Hermione went, the Gryffindors stared at her with strange eyes, as if they didn't know her.

Some people even slammed the door when Hermione passed by.

Hermione looked very strange, but she didn't think much about it.

Until I met Neville.

"Hi Neville, do you know where Harry and his friends' carriage is?"

Hermione greeted Neville, but found that there was something strange about his expression.

"What's wrong with you?" Hermione finally felt something was wrong. Although her relationship with Neville was not as good as that with Harry and the others, it was still pretty good. Especially in the first grade, Hermione helped Neville find his pet toad.

It would be fine if others just ignored her, but why did Neville also have a weird expression on his face?

"Why aren't you talking to me? What happened?" Hermione asked directly, impatiently.

Neville finally couldn't resist the guilt in his heart and motioned Hermione to enter the carriage first.

"What's going on?" When Hermione came in and saw Neville carefully close the door, she frowned and asked.

"Hermione, have you read the Daily Prophet?" Neville asked hesitantly.

"Of course, I see, that Rita Skeeter is completely making it up, so what?" Hermione asked impatiently. She didn't want to beat around the bush with Neville.

"Have you read your copy?" Neville asked again, choosing his words carefully.

"Mine? Of course." Hermione shrugged, "I'm also curious why I wasn't criticized by that reporter."

"That's right." Neville breathed a sigh of relief.

"What kind?"

Seeing that Hermione still didn't understand, Neville had no choice but to explain, "Everyone thinks there's something wrong with you, Hermione."

"Me?" Hermione was stunned. "That's right." Neville simply told the truth, "Everyone thinks that all Gryffindors are criticized by Rita Skeeter, but you are not. They think you are not a real Gryffindor, and you should go to Ravenclaw."

"Oh my god." Hermione finally understood why those former friendly classmates looked at her with strange eyes and seemed so strange.
Hermione said angrily, "But I didn't do anything, and this is bullshit, that Rita Skeeter made it up."

"I know that too. I believe in you, Hermione. You are a true Gryffindor." Neville tried to comfort Hermione, "but everyone is upset because of the criticism, so..."

"So you're taking your anger out on me?" Hermione laughed angrily, her tone becoming a little sharper.

Neville remained silent and just kept his head down.

Seeing this, Hermione felt a sudden sense of disappointment, a strong sense of disappointment.

Obviously, she just wasn't criticized, and for some reason she was praised by Rita Skeeter, just one sentence.

But he was treated like a traitor.

"Then why didn't they ask me in person? Why didn't they question Yang An? He was boasted about by Rita Skeeter for a whole page."

"I believe you Hermione, please don't be like this." Neville said in a panic, then scratched his head and said, "Maybe it's because Gryffindor and Slytherin don't get along, plus Yang An is really powerful. What I want to say is, did he really put out the Fiendfyre that burned the entire camp by himself?"

"I heard from my grandmother that Fiendfyre is a very terrible black magic. Even many powerful wizards cannot extinguish a large area of ​​Fiendfyre. The only way to extinguish Fiendfyre is to wait until there is nothing burning around. Then Fiendfyre will go out on its own."

Hermione opened her mouth. Finally she nodded, "Yes, I saw it with my own eyes."

"What?" Neville's eyes widened, a little unbelievable, "Did you see it with your own eyes?"

"That's right." Hermione sighed. She couldn't deny that Yang An was indeed a hero. If Rita Skeeter had only written about Yang An, Hermione would even secretly cut out the report and keep it.

"Yang is indeed very good, but Rita Skeeter shouldn't have arranged Gryffindor, Harry, and Dumbledore like this." Hermione said angrily.

"Hermione, I think you should think about yourself first." Neville couldn't help but said, "I have heard from several people that you should leave Gryffindor and go anywhere."

Hermione's eyes widened, she didn't expect her classmate to say that.

But soon, Hermione calmed down and said, "It's okay. By the time we get to school, this matter should be over soon. I'll go see Harry first."

Neville thought it might not be that simple, but there was no other solution, so he nodded and said, "Harry is in the front carriage, go ahead."

Wait until Hermione hastily opened the door of the box where Harry was.

I found Harry, Ron and Ginny were all there.

"Harry, are you okay?"

Hermione asked immediately.

Fortunately, Harry's attitude towards Hermione was not like those other uninformed classmates. Harry was a little surprised, "Hermione, why are you here?"

"I came to see you," Hermione said to Harry, nodding to Ginny and ignoring the embarrassed Ron.

"Sister Hermione, are you okay?" Ginny seemed a little embarrassed, but still greeted her warmly.

"I'm fine," said Hermione angrily, "except for a bunch of idiot classmates."

Ginny also sighed when she heard that, "I know how you feel. We feel the same way."

"You guys?" Hermione asked in surprise.

Upon hearing this, Harry spoke up and told them about their experiences. It would have been fine if the other three college students were deceived by Rita Skeeter's words.

But even some Gryffindor students looked at Harry strangely, especially Ron. Many people avoided him and kept their distance from him.

"Do these people really believe that Ron did it?" Harry couldn't believe it. How could people be so stupid?

"I just ran into Yang."

Harry hesitated and continued.

As a result, Ron, who had been keeping his head down and saying nothing, suddenly raised his head as if he was stressed and said, "Don't talk about him!"

Hermione was startled and looked at Ron.

But Ron was panting and looked panicked.

"What's wrong with him?" Hermione was a little confused. If Ron still hated Yang An, he shouldn't have such a panic expression.

"Ron gets nervous as soon as he wakes up and hears your name," Harry said with a wry smile.

Ginny glared at Ron with some disappointment. She had reason to be angry. After all, Ron's incident caused Mr. Weasley to basically lose his job and the family had no income.

Hermione felt a little strange, but didn't take it to heart.

She then learned about the changes in the Weasley family during this period.

"How could that be? Why would Mr. Weasley be investigated?" Hermione asked in confusion.

Why did everything become like this?

"A lot has happened this summer," Harry said silently. He had thought about being less noticeable, but he didn't want to be like this.

"Rita Skeeter."

Hermione thought for a moment, then raised her head and said firmly.

"Hmm?" Harry looked at Hermione.

Hermione quickly explained, "It's all because the Daily Prophet published the report by this female reporter that caused the entire wizarding world to misunderstand."

"If she can come forward to clarify the matter, perhaps it will be possible to save your reputation, Harry, as well as Mr. Weasley and Dumbledore."

Harry was stunned for a moment, then clapped his hands, "Yeah, I never thought of asking this woman who made up stories to come out and explain herself."

But at this point, Harry felt a little distressed, "But we can't find her at all. We will return to Hogwarts. Besides, even if we find her, how can she listen to us?"

Hermione's eyes flickered, "I might have a way."

"What method?" Harry asked curiously.

Hermione didn't say it directly.

"Let's wait until school comes."

Seeing this, Harry had no choice but to nod.

Hermione looked at the train which was gradually departing and felt a little confused for a moment, not knowing what the future would be like.

If Yang An is willing to help, there should be a turning point.

But what reason did she have to ask Yang An for help? After all, public opinion was now in Yang An's favor, so what reason did he have to help Harry redress his wrongdoing?

Hermione fell into deep thought.

Night falls.

The train finally arrived at Hogwarts Station.

When the students got off the bus, they seemed to unconsciously distance themselves from the Gryffindor students around them.

Seeing this, the Gryffindor students naturally couldn't tolerate it like this, and it seemed that a conflict was about to break out between Slytherin and Gryffindor.

"What are you doing?"

A cold voice was heard, and a huge figure clad in black appeared at the station step by step.

"Professor Snape?"

Many Slytherin students shut up, and Gryffindor students also didn't want to offend Snape, but the two sides were still staring at each other angrily.

"Professor Snape, why are you here?"

Just then, Yang An waited until most people had gotten off the car before he slowly got off. He happened to see Professor Snape and couldn't help but speak.

More eyes were focused on Yang An.

Snape took a deep look at Yang An and said in a deep voice, "Come with me, I have something to tell you."

(End of this chapter)