Rita Skeeter's New Report

It's Thursday, and Ryan got up early from his dorm room.

An owl flew in, bringing a copy of the Daily Prophet. Ryan skipped over what he considered boring advertisements and went straight to his favorite part: gossip.

It has to be said that, sometimes even Ryan has to admit, Rita Skeeter's gossip articles are really interesting, stripping away the glamorous facades of some seemingly respectable people and revealing their ugly side.

After all, most people in the wizarding world don't even have the chance to be gossiped about by Rita Skeeter; only famous figures like Harry Potter are likely to be.

Sure enough, the homepage featured a picture of Harry that Rita Skeeter had taken from who-knows-where.

Harry Potter's difficult childhood

Harry Potter, the boy who defeated You-Know-Who, should have had a childhood like that of a prince, in the eyes of everyone in the wizarding world.

At that time, countless wealthy and gentle wizarding families were more than willing to take him in, treating him as their own child, or even better.

But Hogwarts headmaster Albus Dumbledore opposition and insisted on placing the orphaned child in a Muggle family— Harry's aunt and uncle, the Dursley.

Dumbledore claimed that it would be a better choice for him to stay with his relatives.

But if we're talking about kinship, wizarding families are usually very close, and even Malfoy, who was suspicious and claimed to be under the Imperius Curse after the death of the You-Know-Who, could be considered a relative of the boy.

Dumbledore's reasoning seems somewhat untenable.

Let's continue.

Harry Potter's cousin Dudley Dursley, was also a wizard.

The Sorting Hat once announced with great alarm the evil tendencies of Dudley Dursley, and even openly proclaimed Azkaban.

As everyone knows, the Sorting Hat doesn't lie.

So why put our savior in such a Muggle family? Was Dumbledore afraid of Harry Potter's uncontrollability?

"Harry Potter has extraordinary magic; even Peeves doesn't dare to approach him. He even knocked Professor Quirrell down twice. I dare say Dumbledore was afraid that Harry Potter was stronger than him," revealed Draco Malfoy, a first-year student at Hogwarts.

"When Harry Potter came to Diagon Alley, it was Hagrid — Dumbledore's confidant—who took him shopping," said the bald wizard at the Leaky Cauldron, who wished to remain anonymous.

"That lucky Weasley, he was in the same carriage, the same dormitory, and the same house as Harry Potter," said an unknown Hogwarts student.

As far as we know, the Weasley family always been staunch fans of Dumbledore, and Arthur Weasley even secretly joined Dumbledore's Society.

Moreover, after Harry Potter defeated Defence Against the Dark Arts Professor Quirrell of the Defense Against the Dark Arts twice, Dumbledore returned to teaching decades later.

We have reason to suspect that Albus Dumbledore may have placed Harry Potter in an evil Muggle family in order to influence and suppress Harry Potter.

This also had a negative impact on our the Boy Who Lived, as evidenced by his two public attacks on the professor in class.

Next week: Harry Potter at Hogwarts – A Peculiar Orientation.

"This is really interesting," Ryan remarked, reaching out to touch something.

"It's a real shame. Jerry is too dangerous to bring to Hogwarts, and besides, it's not time to hunt Tom yet." Ryan smiled slightly. Harry Potter has woken up. I wonder what he'll think when he sees this report?

While Rita Skeeter's arguments were all absurd, and Dumbledore did not intentionally arrange for the Weasley family to get close to Harry, the general direction was correct. Dumbledore did have his own purposes, but more importantly, he wanted to protect him.

Today Harry noticed that everyone else was acting strangely; most people walked around him in the hallways, avoiding his gaze.

Some people covered their mouths with their hands and whispered among themselves as he walked by.

Finally, during dinner in the Great Hall, Harry discovered the reason: it was a report—from the Daily Prophet, which Anthony had subscribed to.

"Who is this Rita Skeeter? How can something like this make the newspapers?" Harry was surprised, and before he could even get angry, Harry felt a little ashamed and even a bit relieved. He had indeed been living a miserable life because of Dumbledore.

However, he was quite certain that Ron, a guy he could see right through, wasn't as complicated as Rita Skeeter thought.

Draco Malfoy, sitting on the Slytherin table at the other end of the Great Hall, called out.

"Hey, Potter! Potter! How are you? Are you alright? You're not going to ambush us, are you?"

"Damn it! Potter! Now you know who truly deserves to be your friend!"

"Hey! Weasley! Isn't it fun to listen to your dad and befriend Potter?" Draco Malfoy continued, even gesturing to Ron when Harry ignored him.

"Shut up! Malfoy, Ron, are you alright?" Harry said.

Seeing that even Harry was defending Ron under these circumstances, Malfoy's smile vanished, his pale face flushed slightly, and he left without eating. Crabbe and Goyle, who were standing nearby, also hurriedly grabbed some bread and jam and followed him out.

Harry didn't pay much attention to Malfoy's departure, but he did catch a glimpse of the Weasley Twins leaving the long table laden with breakfast.

"Harry, I, I, you don't think I did it on purpose—" Ron stammered.

"Ron, I believe you. The details don't lie," Harry comforted him. Ryan, standing to the side, looked bored. Even after all this, they still couldn't break up their relationship.

Sure enough, if one of them were a woman, then Ginny and Hermione would have no chance.

But that's not quite right. Although Harry wasn't as precocious as his father, he was just as attracted to good looks.

Harry wouldn't even look at someone who isn't beautiful.

Furthermore, he would overlook the beautiful women around him. Hermione was too reserved, and he didn't have Krum's eye for beauty. Ginny was Ron's sister, and he wouldn't consider her a woman he could date.

If Ron were a woman, he probably would have overlooked Ron because he was too familiar with her.

Just like Ginny, if Hermione hadn't encouraged Ginny to date more boyfriends and made her be affectionate with them in front of Harry wouldn't have realized that Ginny was already a beautiful young woman.

As Ryan sighed, he followed behind Ravenclaw's group toward the greenhouse outside Hogwarts Castle.

Today is the last Herbology of the week. Today's lesson is probably to let Ryan and the others observe the Herbology from this morning. I wonder how Draco is doing now, and whether he has been pranked by the twins.

"Merlin, bless the poor little dragon (a nickname for Draco)." Ryan suppressed the urge to use Phoenix Vision to see ahead; good things should be saved for last.