"One of the champions from Hogwarts is the renowned Chosen One himself-Harry Potter. I have already published my interview with Mr. Potter in the Daily Prophet, and readers who subscribed to this year's Daily Prophet have surely seen it."
"Now, then, I would like to discuss the other champion from Hogwarts-Su Er Bones."
Su Er had known Rita Skeeter would stir up trouble, but he had not expected this woman to be so petty, or to take revenge so quickly.
Harry had been the one to snap at her, yet she had turned her sights on him.
"Some readers may not know that, after the selection and before the first task officially begins, the Triwizard Tournament has a routine procedure: wand examination."
"What I would like to discuss is something interesting I discovered during the wand examination."
"Mr. Bones seems to harbor feelings of admiration for Miss Delacour of Beauxbatons. Throughout the wand examination, Mr. Bones kept gazing at Miss Delacour with adoring eyes. Of course, even I must admit that Miss Delacour of Beauxbatons is indeed very beautiful."
"Interestingly, in my subsequent one-on-one interview with Miss Delacour, I learned that she apparently feels no aversion toward Mr. Bones. On the contrary, she is quite fond of him."
"Cough, cough, cough..." Su Er choked on his saliva when he read this and could not help looking up to check Hermione's expression. Sure enough, the girl was a little jealous. When Su Er looked over, she frowned and glared at him.
"Uh, I can explain," Su Er said quietly, but Hermione shook her head and said evenly,
"It's all right. Keep reading."
Seeing that there seemed to be nothing unusual about Hermione's manner of speaking, Su Er inwardly breathed a sigh of relief and continued reading. Anger welled up inside him.