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On the eve of Halloween, Dumbledore, who had traveled far and wide following Lockhart's trail, finally returned to his loyal Hogwarts.

He had already investigated everything thoroughly, and two Aurors from the Wizarding World followed behind him—Kingsley Shacklebolt and Nymphadora Tonks!

The two of them had come to arrest Gilderoy Lockhart and escort him to the Ministry of Magic for trial.

Originally, there should have been a fourth person behind Dumbledore: a reporter from the Daily Prophet.

After all, Lockhart was a famous writer throughout the global Wizarding World and the recipient of a Second Class Order of Merlin!

When someone like that was exposed as a huge fraud who had stolen others' memories and taken over their lives, the Daily Prophet naturally wanted to report on it properly!

But this was, in the end, a scandal. The members of the Order of Merlin, in particular, felt as though they had been slapped hard across the face!

As the most authoritative wizarding organization in the Wizarding World of Britain and even Europe, the Order of Merlin had always carried immense prestige and honor!

But now, earning an Order of Merlin seemed absurdly easy. All one needed was money, or to be a great fraud. It truly made the award's reputation plummet!

Thus, certain members of the Order of Merlin stepped in. They stopped the Daily Prophet and leaked some undisclosed information to Rita Skeeter, the reporter who never acted without profit and especially loved embellishing stories:

Recently, the Ministry of Magic had been dispatching people everywhere, seemingly searching for someone or something!

As for why the Daily Prophet reporter, who should have come along, was ranked fourth, it was naturally because besides the two Aurors, there was also a handsome wizard with an effortlessly elegant air following Headmaster Dumbledore.

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