Hogwarts: I Became the Third Dark Lord.

"That's right, congratulations Wentworth. You've already made it onto the Daily Prophet twice before your first year is even over, and this time it's on the front page, even though you were just there for the ride."

As he spoke, Green handed Wentworth the Daily Prophet. Wentworth took the newspaper and immediately noticed the photograph on the front page.

It must be said that Rita Skeeter, as a well-known journalist, although her path to fame was somewhat less than honorable, still possesses solid journalistic skills, as can be seen from this candid photo.

In the photo, Wentworth stares with wide, surprised eyes, hiding behind Dumbledore. This was the scene last night when Rita Skeeter first appeared. Because no one knew who had suddenly appeared, and Rita Skeeter had used a camera flash, it looked particularly eerie in the dark night.

That's why Dumbledore specifically shielded Wentworth behind him.

This is a perfectly normal action, but when this photo is linked to Rita Skeeter's report, it gives off a strange feeling.

In this issue of the Daily Prophet, Rita Skeeter's article had a very eye-catching title: "The Mystery of Dumbledore Rejecting the Minister for Magic."

To be honest, Wentworth herself couldn't resist reading on to find out more after seeing this title, let alone other readers.

At the very beginning of the article, Rita Skeeter wrote that, according to a high-ranking official in the Ministry of Magic, the Ministry of Magic had invited Dumbledore to serve as Minister for Magic in the United Kingdom on several occasions, but Dumbledore had refused each time.

Dumbledore's reason was that he also had to serve as the headmaster of Hogwarts, and if he were to also serve as the Minister for Magic of England, it would be too much for him to handle.

Many people might wonder, is it possible that the Minister of Magic of the United Kingdom is less attractive to Dumbledore than a school headmaster?

Rita Skeeter then wrote extensively about several possible reasons why Dumbledore might have refused the position of Minister for Magic in England.

But in the end, Rita Skeeter wrote this:

But yesterday, reporters discovered another possible reason. Late last night, Dumbledore took a new student from Hogwarts to a dense forest in southern England.

As for why Dumbledore would bring a new student here so late, Dumbledore himself told the reporter that it was a secret!

Moreover, the reporter's investigation revealed that this was not the first time Dumbledore had taken this new student out late at night. The last time, Dumbledore even took this new student to watch the Quidditch World Cup final during Hogwarts' teaching period.

As for why Dumbledore always brought this new student along, after careful observation by the reporter, the most striking feature of this new student was his good looks. Although he was still young, the noble and elegant temperament he possessed could not be restrained by his age.

Last night, something else happened in the dense forest where Dumbledore was. A group of wizards wandered into the woods by mistake, which enraged Dumbledore, and an unknown spell, comparable to dark magic, swept through the forest.

The destructive power of this spell even prompted Rufus, the newly appointed head of the Auror Office at the British Ministry of Magic, to personally lead a large number of Aurors to the scene, barely managing to bring the situation under control.

But after this, of the group of wizards who had mistakenly entered the dense forest, only one remained, and he was even cursed with a forgetting spell, leaving him with no memory of what had happened that night. We have reason to suspect that someone didn't want him to tell the world what he had witnessed.

Upon seeing this, Wentworth threw the newspaper in his hand onto the table in front of him. Even without looking at the back, Wentworth could tell the sinister intentions behind this report.

Last night, when Wentworth saw Rita Skeeter appear at the scene, he guessed that Rita Skeeter might write something wrong, but he did not expect her to be so bold as to try to ruin Dumbledore's reputation for life!

Chapter Seventy-Nine: Conversation at the Pig's Head Bar

Seeing Wentworth looking somewhat dazed, Cedric and Green exchanged a glance. Then, Green sat down next to Wentworth, put his arm around Wentworth's shoulder, and said:

"Don't worry, Wentworth. I don't think anyone at Hogwarts will believe what's written in the newspapers!"

But Wentworth then countered with a question:

"What about the people outside Hogwarts? I don't want Headmaster Dumbledore to be criticized by others because of this. After all, no matter what, Headmaster Dumbledore accompanied me to touch that Portkey last night for my safety!"

Cedric, however, quickly said from the side:

"Wentworth, the professors warned us last night that we must keep your story a secret to avoid causing panic among the students. Please don't tell anyone what happened yesterday!"

Hearing Cedric's words, Wentworth nodded and then said:

"Of course, I know what I should and shouldn't say. I think I can use other methods to persuade Rita Skeeter to rewrite an article and correct the errors in this report!"

Wentworth then took out his quill and stationery and began writing a letter on the spot.

Seeing this, Cedric asked curiously:

“Wentworth, what are you doing? Writing to Rita Skid? I advise you to give up on this method. I’ve heard my father talk about that journalist; she’s famous for writing articles like this. She won’t listen to your explanation!”

Wentworth, without turning his head, said:

“I’m not writing to that kind of person. I’m writing to my family so that the elders can have a good talk with Rita Skeeter!”

Meanwhile, in Hogsmeade Village, not far from Hogwarts, Rozier, disguised as Ilona and wearing a black veil, entered the Hog's Head pub.

Rozier frowned, looking around the somewhat dirty-looking bar. His gaze swept across the room and stopped on a masked man in a secluded corner.

Then, Rozier went straight to the table in the corner and sat down next to the man in the public eye.

"Abernathy, why did you choose such a run-down and filthy bar? I don't want to stay here for even a second longer!"

Indeed, the newcomer was none other than Abernathy in disguise. Abernathy pulled out a glass, got up, ordered a butterbeer from the bar, returned, handed it to Rozier, and said:

"Of course, it's for concealment! In this bar, covering your face is a very popular thing, so our current outfits won't attract too much attention!"

Hearing Abernathy's explanation, Rozier sighed, then took a sip of his butterbeer, while Abernathy eagerly asked:

"We've read your letter from last night. How's Wentworth doing now?"

Rozier glanced around to make sure no one was looking at him before slowly speaking:

"Dumbledore and Wentworth activated the Portkey together last night, and they returned late at night. Wentworth seemed unharmed except for being a little tired."

Hearing Rozier's words, Abernathy finally breathed a sigh of relief and slowly nodded, saying:

"That's good, that's good! Have you figured out who left the key to Wentworth's bed? Also, where did Wentworth and Dumbledore go last night? What happened?"

When asked by Abernathy, Rozier remained silent for a moment, then slowly shook his head.

"How could you..."

Abinesi was about to say something, but after thinking for a moment, he swallowed his words and finally said through gritted teeth:

"This matter cannot be left unresolved! Attacking Wentworth is tantamount to declaring war on our Majustic Party! Have they thought we've become too weak to wield wands after so long without making a move?"

Just as Abinesi was ranting and rave, he looked up and realized that Rozier's attention seemed to be on him, not on him, but on what was behind him.

Seeing this, Abernathy turned around curiously and saw that behind him, someone was holding the latest issue of the Daily Prophet, and on the front page of the newspaper, there was a picture of Dumbledore and Wentworth.

Upon seeing this, Abernathy immediately stood up, walked over, and snatched the Daily Prophet from the man's hand.

The man was taken aback, then slammed his palm onto the table. But just as his palm was about to land, it suddenly turned upwards, and a golden Galleon landed in his hand.

The man looked at the Galleon in his hand with a look of surprise, immediately put it back in his pocket, and then turned and walked out of the Pig's Head Bar without saying a word. Abernathy, holding the Daily Prophet, also walked back to his seat.

Afterwards, Rozier and Abernathy huddled together and carefully read the article signed Rita Skeeter.

However, their focus was different. Abernathy's attention was more on the photograph, while Rozier's attention was on the article itself.

Abernathy pointed to the photograph and whispered to Rozier:

"Look at this photo. Behind Dumbledore and Wentworth, a large area of ​​forest has been burned down. It's clear that Dumbledore fought with his opponent. Although it's obvious that Dumbledore won in the end, his opponent was clearly no ordinary wizard. Otherwise, with Dumbledore's strength, he wouldn't have caused such a commotion."

Rozier, pointing to the last paragraph of the article, said to Abernathy with some resentment:

"While I like this article's critique of Dumbledore, she shouldn't use Wentworth to criticize him! Wentworth is going to take over the UMNO party in the future! I don't want people to say that the UMNO leader had a history with Dumbledore!"

The two then discussed for a long time. Abernathy even planned to infiltrate the British Ministry of Magic to find the surviving wizard and see if he could find clues about the mastermind behind it all, but Rozier stopped him.

"I'll try to find out something from Wentworth. If necessary, I'll reveal my identity and have him tell me what happened last night!"

In the end, Rozier made the final decision and sent Abernathy back to tell everyone to be prepared, because no one could provoke the UMNO without paying the price!

However, just as the two were leaving the Pighead Bar and about to part ways, an owl suddenly landed in front of them from the sky and brought them a letter!

Chapter 80 Wentworth's Letter

A few minutes earlier, Wentworth watched as the owl with his letter tied to it circled over Hogwarts once before screeching away.

"That owl seems to be flying in the wrong direction. Could it be lost? I always feel that using an owl to deliver messages is unreliable!"

Even so, Wentworth had no better way to contact Rozier and Abernathy than to hope that the Hogwarts owl could deliver his letter to them.

Wentworth, of course, had no idea that Rozier and Abernathy were in Hogsmeade, not far from him.

Rozier and Abernathy exchanged surprised glances as the owl descended from the sky. Rozier reached out and took the letter the owl had sent, opened it, and saw that it was written by Wentworth. The two of them couldn't help but show their delight.

"It seems Wentworth already guessed what we're thinking, sending an owl to bring us the answers we most want to know first thing this morning!"

Abernathy said with a big smile.

Rozier, however, wore an expression of utter certainty and said:

"Of course, you must know that he is going to inherit our Wushi Party in the future! And it's my fault for losing my composure. I almost forgot that Wentworth inherited the master's prophetic talent. He must have already made plans!"

Afterwards, Rozier and Abernathy quickly and carefully read Wentworth's letter. When they saw what Wentworth had written in his mind—that the people who had ambushed them at the location of the Portkey the previous night were a group of wizard hunters from America—a fierce glint flashed in both Rozier's and Abernathy's eyes.

Rozier said even more bitterly:

"It's those damned rats again! We contacted them back then, but they said they preferred freedom and refused to join us in fighting for the greater good. If we hadn't had more important things to do at the time, there probably wouldn't be any wizard hunters now!"

"And now, they actually dare to attack our UMNO leaders? I think it's time to tell them that rats should act like rats!"

As the two continued reading, and came across Wentworth's letter stating that the Aurors from the British Ministry of Magic had arrived at the scene to search for clues and were now likely pursuing the wizard hunters, Abernathy said with some concern:

"Damn it, will those wizard hunters be found by the British Aurors? They have to die at our hands! I don't want to let those Dementors in Azkaban get away with this!"

Upon hearing Abernathy's concerns, Rozier smiled dismissively and said:

"Don't worry, those wizard hunters won't be found by those Aurors so easily, otherwise they wouldn't have survived this long!"

"As the saying goes, cats have their ways, mice have their ways, and dark wizards naturally have their own ways! Abernathy, once you get back, you must organize a team as soon as possible and find those damned wizard hunters before the British Ministry of Magic does!"

"Wizards that the Aurors cannot find, we, the Witches' Party, will find! Wizards that the Aurors cannot kill, we, the Witches' Party, will kill! We will kill without burying, and proclaim this to the world—this is the Witches' Party!"

Upon hearing Rozier's words, Abernathy nodded emphatically.

"Huh, there's another letter?"

Rozier was surprised to find that there was another sheet of paper on the board, which Wentworth had obviously added after he finished writing the letter.

Upon opening it, I found Wentworth's article about today's front-page headline in the Daily Prophet, along with an article by reporter Rita Skeeter.

When Rozier and Abernathy saw what Wentworth wrote in the letter—that Rita Skeeter was an illegal Animagus who would turn into a beetle—Rozier and Abernathy exchanged a glance, both seeing the astonishment in each other's eyes.

Wentworth wrote in the letter that Rozier, Abernathy, and others should use Rita Skeeter's secret to blackmail her into rewriting an article in the Daily Prophet to erase the impact of today's article.

Considering that Dumbledore and Wentworth did indeed appear together in that dense forest late at night, and there are photographic evidence to prove it, there is no way to deny it. Wentworth even made a special note at the end that if necessary, he could step forward and say that going to that dense forest was his idea and that he insisted on going.

Seeing this, Abernathy frowned in confusion and asked, puzzled:

"Rozier, what does Wentworth mean by this? It sounds like Wentworth is trying to exonerate Dumbledore. Isn't it better if Dumbledore's reputation is damaged?"