In the hall, most students had not yet noticed this special issue of the magazine.
But after the Gryffindor students pointed it out,
they began scrambling for the few copies available.
In the end, however, they all landed in the hands of older students from the various houses.
After all, very few people subscribed to such an obscure magazine. Almost every time, Luna Lovegood, a first-year Ravenclaw and the daughter of Mr. Lovegood, the editor of The Quibbler, handed out a few free copies to promote it.
Last time, the slander against Professor Holmes in the copies of The Quibbler Luna had given out had made some students dislike the somewhat dotty-looking girl. They believed her family's magazine relied entirely on nonsense to entertain certain people.
Hermione was full of disdain for the magazine. "Who would spend money on something that's nothing but absurd anecdotes and ridiculous little entertainment pieces?"
Ron offered his opinion as well:
"But the stuff about Lockhart and Professor Holmes in the last issue must have made them a fortune.
Otherwise, where would they have got the money to put out this special edition?
'Slytherin's Half-Blood Prince.'
Looks like some half-blood from Slytherin must have given him a great deal of money.
They really will write anything for money...
Just look at the faces of those pure-blood families in Slytherin..."
Harry thought that any Slytherin who dared call himself the Half-Blood Prince must be a match for that Lockhart.
Even right before his interrogation, he had insisted that they use his best photograph...
But then Harry remembered that the Sorting Hat had once wanted to put him in Slytherin. If he really had ended up there,
he thought he would certainly have given himself the title of Half-Blood Prince too, placing himself above those Slytherins who