Knowing One's Place

Chapter 731: Knowing One's Place

"Good morning, Bozo."

Rita Skeeter, carrying a crocodile-skin handbag, stepped into the Daily Prophet headquarters and greeted the short man sitting at his desk drinking coffee.

"Any news today?"

"Someone tipped us off that Dementors entered Hogwarts without the Ministry of Magic's approval. Dumbledore seems rather angry about it." Bozo pulled a piece of parchment from the pile of documents beside him and read from it. "However, the Ministry has sealed off the news for now, so the exact circumstances are unknown."

"What else?"

After accepting the coffee from her colleague and thanking him, Rita Skeeter listened intently as Bozo went over the stories worth investigating further.

"There's more news about Black. Someone spotted him again on the outskirts of London, but Black had already fled before the Ministry people arrived." Bozo continued, "As for the incident where a Hogwarts Hippogriff attacked a student, Mr. Lucius Malfoy intends to file a formal complaint and hopes to have the Committee for the Disposal of Dangerous Creatures handle it. We could go interview Mr. Malfoy."

"What about Albert Anderson?" Rita Skeeter asked after finishing her coffee. "Doesn't the Wizengamot intend to grant him the title of Wizengamot British Youth Representative?"

Rita Skeeter believed that Albert Anderson, who had won two international awards, was fully qualified. If even he was not qualified, then no one truly was.

"I think there is such a matter." Bozo's gaze fell on the parchment as he said softly, "But quite a few people don't want the public to know about it."

"This is yours."

As he spoke, Bozo took an envelope from a drawer and silently handed it to Rita Skeeter.

"How rare. I haven't received one of these in ages, and there's more than I expected." Rita Skeeter slipped the envelope