After the first task of the Triwizard Tournament ended, Elegant Wizard Clothing Store sent someone to retrieve the Dragon Suit. Mike Dabo offered to design a complete set of formal robes for Albert and his dance partner for the Christmas ball, but Albert refused. It was not as though he lacked formal robes. The main reason he had been willing to wear the Dragon Suit for the first task was because it made him feel safe.
Ignoring the stunned look on Mike Dabo's face, Albert bade him farewell and turned to leave.
Mike Dabo had never expected Albert to refuse outright, and his reason left him feeling stifled: I already have formal robes. There is no need to trouble Elegant Wizard Clothing Store.
Could the formal robes designed by Elegant Wizard Clothing Store really be inferior to the ordinary stuff he had bought for ten Galleons?
Albert did not care what the other man thought. He did not particularly like Mike Dabo anyway. The man simply wanted to profit from Albert's fame.
Over the past few days, news reports about the first task had been everywhere. Naturally, the Daily Prophet would not miss out, and Rita Skeeter's report once again appeared on the front page.
She showed no mercy as she kicked Karkaroff while he was down, embellishing the story to her heart's content.
The front-page article was roughly about a terrible judge, a Durmstrang headmaster willing to stop at nothing for victory, and how he had been driven from office by his students.
The back pages included interviews with other students.
Rita Skeeter had thoroughly ruined Karkaroff's reputation.
Of course, Miss Beetle had shown some restraint. She had not mentioned in the article that Karkaroff was a Death Eater, or else this "Mr. One Point" would truly have become