He Was Paying Far Too Much!

If you ask which place in Hogsmeade is the most chaotic, it's undoubtedly the Hog's Head.

Although the boss Aberforth, looks very much like his brother, their personalities are completely different.

As an unorthodox wizard, he often engaged in lucrative side jobs.

What makes money quickly? It's all written in the Ministry of Magic's laws!

Aberforth frequently smuggled illegal goods in order to make money.

Otherwise, where do you think Dumbledore got the Whomping Willow seeds from back then?

Where did Hagrid get the Manticore to hybridize with and create the Blast-Ended Skrewt?

How could students possibly buy illegal, high-proof spirits?

Although goat farming was Aberforth's main business, and running a bar was a pretense, it's undeniable that:

He's the all-powerful Little Black of the Wizarding World, with countless connections and always managing to get his hands on things that are hard to come by.

Therefore, it's not hard to understand why Hog's Head, a gathering place for all sorts of people, is so chaotic.

But this is also the safest place in Hogsmeade.

Safer than anywhere else.

Because Aberforth is Dumbledore's foolish little brother...

It's that simple.

Therefore, William scheduled his meeting with Rita for this very moment.

When Hermione and Anne arrived at the bar, the sign at the entrance was still as dilapidated as ever, with a boar's head painted on it.

It's like the Gao Village famous ancient Chinese village) incident.

Strolling into the bar, the windows are bright and clean, a small window shows someone getting ready... cough cough, of course that's impossible!

Hog's Head was not only dirty and chaotic, but also reeked of a strong muttony smell.

Thick grime covered the bay windows, allowing almost no light to penetrate, and a few candle stubs burned on the rough wooden table.

Aberforth was sitting in a chair, holding his wand, rolling up the wool of a goat... and then his bangs appeared.

There was also a goat next to it, with its hair tied in a small, upright topknot.

"..."

Anne decisively undid her topknot and then glared fiercely at Hermione.

In her opinion, Hermione knew that Aberforth would braid goats like that, and just now in the carriage, she deliberately tricked her into changing her hairstyle.

That's terrible!

I'm determined to break you and your brother up!

"I need a room." William deftly launched a Galleon.

"Sure, but you have to buy a bottle of Firewhisky."

When Aberforth saw William arrive, he began to force a sale.

This kid's rich... a real tycoon, might as well take advantage of him.

The three of them went up to the second floor and entered a small room.

Aberforth brought up the wine and then left.

Hermione cast a spell at the door to prevent anyone from eavesdropping.

William and Anne then played Gwent.

He won three games in a row, which made the little girl so angry that she went to play with Hermione.

After waiting a short while, a beetle finally flew in.

Rita transformed back into herself and reappeared on the chair.

She poured herself a glass of whiskey first, then glanced around at her surroundings, a look of disgust on her face.

"William, you shouldn't have asked me to come here, it's too filthy!"

"It's safe here," William chuckled. "You don't want to be discovered, do you?"

Rita didn't speak, but instead glanced at Anne to the side. Anne's eyes widened, and she grabbed the crocodile skin handbag, rummaging through it.

"Is this Anne Stark?"

How about it?

As Stark's sister, are you under a lot of pressure?

What are your thoughts on your brother's relationship with Miss Granger?

Do you hate her?

Rita's occupational hazard kicked in again.

"This is none of your business," Hermione said coldly to Rita. "You can put that thing down."

Rita was about to pull out a green quill pen when her expression turned as if she had been forced to drink foul juice, and she closed her purse again.

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"Okay, okay! Just kidding, Miss Perfection is still so serious."

I thought we'd become good friends after all the collaborations we've had lately.

Rita took a large sip of whiskey, then frowned.

Why did she feel there were small particles in the wine?

Rita chewed for a while; it had a strong muttony smell and also contained grass seeds.

She picked up the bottle again and looked inside... at the tiny black particles.

Why are there black tapioca pearls like those in bubble tea in alcoholic beverages?

Rita was utterly confused.

Wait... the smell of mutton, grass seeds, Little Black particles?

Ugh!

Rita vomited.

Who owns this shop? I'm going to kill him!!

Rita went to vomit for two minutes before returning. She took a mirror out of her crocodile skin bag and touched up her heavy makeup.

"Speak up, what do you two want from me?" Rita just wanted to get her stomach pumped right now.

"You've been showing up too much lately," William said, getting straight to the point.

"I heard you went to a party last week?"

This was naturally Dobby's suggestion; William had been having it monitor Rita.

"I need to make a living too. I haven't been active for almost a year since that report last year," Rita, somewhat disgruntled.

Her recent reports have gone viral, earning her a lot of money. In fact, based on these two reports, some people are even calling her the Bell Ringer."

Earning so much money but not spending it... that won't do!

Rita is someone who enjoys life, and she wouldn't want to be locked up in a house all the time, like being in prison.

"Do you know that many people are looking for you?" William said.

"Whether it's Fudge or Voldemort's people."

Rita shuddered when she heard William mention the name "Voldemort."

Whether it was the resurrection of the You-Know-Who or the Death Eaters' prison break... William had given her the location to take those photos.

Although she took those photos from a distance after transforming into a beetle, she also felt the terror of the two men even more deeply.

You asked Rita if she was afraid of being captured by Death Eaters, and of course she was.

"You said you would guarantee my safety." Rita stared at William.

"Yes, the safe house you're living in now, I specially cast the Fidelius Charm' on you, and there's also a House-elf taking care of you."

"As long as you don't appear in front of others, you won't be in any danger at all," William said softly.

"Did you know? I've received reliable intelligence that Voldemort has sent Wormtail to track you."

This information was naturally provided by Professor Snape.

Rita was already somewhat frightened. She remained silent for a moment, then said tremblingly:

"Or send me to France. Isn't Cregan, the newly appointed French Ministry of Magic, your good friend?"

Before the impending wizarding war ends, Rita has no intention of returning to the United Kingdom!

"Of course I can send you to France, or even to United States," William laughed.

But you also have a second option.

What choice?

"For the next year, do not appear in front of anyone."

Your only task is to transform into a beetle and spy on the Death Eaters for me.

As for you, as my spy, I'll give you a "Sunshine Award"—a reward of 200,000 Galleon.

"Hiss... 200,000 Galleon... "Rita gasped.

If I get my hands on it, I'll never have to worry again.

Rita really didn't want to stay in the United Kingdom anymore, especially not as a spy for William, gathering intelligence from the Death Eaters.

But what was that saying again:

He gave so much!

After pulling off this job, I won't have to work for at least several decades.

Rita agreed without even thinking.

William smiled with satisfaction.

"There is one last thing. After Minister Fudge steps down, I will initiate a trial for him and Umbridge."

"You can slowly release all the evidence I asked you to gather about the two of them!"

Once Fudge steps down, William will thoroughly destroy both of them, giving them no chance to escape punishment.

You think stepping down is the end of it?

May he spend the rest of his life in Qincheng Prison... ugh, Azkaban!

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