Rita Skeeter's Animagus form was a beetle, and it was not easy to find an inconspicuous bug.
Especially since she knew that Elwyn was very strong in magic, Rita Skeeter was more afraid of him and would not come near him easily.
Although she was ostentatious, she was more cautious and rarely appeared around Wizards with strong magic.
This was also the main reason why her Animagus form had not been discovered despite her eavesdropping.
Although she continued to wait and try her luck, she would catch Rita Skeeter sooner or later.
In the original work, that was how Hermione succeeded.
This woman was too greedy and did not know where her bottom line was. It was not surprising that she was caught!
However, Elwyn did not have that much time to play hide-and-seek with her, and he did not want Rita Skeeter to cause more trouble.
When he saw her confronting Harry and Hermione, he suddenly had an idea and thought that he could take the initiative to lure her into the trap.
Waiting was not the solution. Taking the initiative to attack would solve the problem sooner.
This was a trap that Elwyn had deliberately let Rita Skeeter see the research notes related to black magic.
He was sure that she would not give up on this delicacy that had been delivered to her mouth and would definitely come back to investigate.
The little Wizard Elwyn Mason, who was currently in the limelight in the magic world, was secretly researching forbidden black magic. Just the thought of such a heavyweight news report was enough to excite people, and Rita Skeeter would not give up.
In fact, she had been investigating in this direction recently, and it was also the big news that she had been preparing for.
Rita Skeeter had long been investigating the reason why Elwyn's magic was far stronger than his peers and even most Wizards. She did not know about the existence of the Magic Stone and Slytherin's locket, so she naturally thought of black magic.
Some black magic could quickly increase a Wizard's strength in a short period of time, just like what Lord Voldemort had done in the past. He had used forbidden black magic to carry out an evil transformation on his own body and become as powerful as Dumbledore's The Dark Lord in one fell swoop.
However, no matter how she investigated, there were only rumors about Elwyn using black magic.
There was no way to confirm it, and there was no value in processing it.
Even if Elwyn had used some restrictive black magic that was not banned by the Ministry of Magic, it was not something worth making a big deal out of. No one would find it strange.
He had used similar magic during the first match. Rita Skeeter already knew that what she needed now was forbidden evil black magic.
The black magic that Elwyn had brought out was completely forbidden. Just from the two pictures, one could tell that it was exactly what Rita Skeeter needed.
Since the other party had seen this, he wasn't afraid that she wouldn't take the bait.
He put away the parchment and looked up to see Ron, who was sitting opposite him, staring at him with a strange look.
Elwyn smiled, but Ron took a step back. Perhaps he had just seen the parchment.
Hermione was the only one who knew about Elwyn's black magic research. Harry and Ron were not aware of it.
Even though Ron might have seen it, Elwyn did not intend to explain anything. After all, he would not really cast this evil spell.
Researching black magic and learning to use forbidden black magic were two completely different concepts. Elwyn was researching these things to understand the principles behind it, to better learn black magic defense techniques and related ancient magic knowledge, and not to torture someone's soul.
Moreover, this kind of thing would only get worse the more he tried to explain it. It would be better to let it go.
Ron took a deep breath and tried his best not to look at Elwyn. He lowered his voice and said in a worried tone, "You shouldn't have said that just now, especially you, Hermione! You must have offended her. She's going to deal with you next! "
"Then let her try!" Hermione said indifferently. She was so angry that her whole body was trembling. "I'll give her a taste of my power! I'm a silly little girl? Hmph, I'll make her pay. First for Elwyn and Harry, then for Hagrid. "
"Don't provoke Rita Skeeter!" Ron said nervously. "I'm serious. She'll dig up everything about you!"
"I don't care. My parents don't read the Daily Prophet, and I don't care about the rumors she said. She won't scare me into hiding!" Hermione said. "I'm not as weak as Hagrid. Let her try."
"Alright, alright. We'd better be careful. Don't expose anything. I'm leaving!" Ron paused and glanced at Elwyn. "You know, I've arranged to meet Lavender at Madam Paddy's Teahouse. It's almost time!"
He stood up, waved, and left the tavern in a hurry. His expression didn't look good.
"We should leave too. We'll wait for Sirius at the Screaming Shack!" Harry said. "He should be here by now!"
"Wait a minute, Harry. Let's sit for a while. I still have something to figure out!" Elwyn said, waving the quill in his hand.
Harry sat down and told Hermione about Rita Skeeter.
About a few minutes later, a big fat beetle crawled into the tavern through the gap in the window.
It slowly approached Elwyn along the ceiling, ready to see what the boy was writing!
Elwyn had already sent it. His right hand was calculating a complicated magic formula.
His left hand quietly held his wand and pointed it at the ceiling.
The beetle carefully crawled to the top of Elwyn's head. It was about to succeed!
Before it could see the specific content of the parchment, it was suddenly hit by a gust of air. The muscles all over its body quickly petrified and lost their vitality!
With a thud, it fell down and landed on the table.
The marks around the beetle's antennae were exactly the same as the ugly glasses Rita Skeeter wore.
Yes, it was Rita Skeeter's Animagus form.
Rita Skeeter was shocked to find that she had been hit by the Petrification Curse. Then she saw Elwyn looking at her with a smirk.
She felt like her brain short-circuited. It took her a long time to realize what had happened.
Her heart sank. It was over. She had actually been caught by these three brats.
Looking at Elwyn's expression, he obviously knew that she was an illegal Animagus.
"Strange, why are there insects? It's winter now!" Harry said, noticing the big beetle in front of Elwyn.
"This is not an ordinary beetle!" Elwyn said with a smile. He took out a glass bottle and threw the beetle into it. "Hermione, don't you want revenge? Haven't you always wondered how Rita Skeeter could eavesdrop on Hagrid's secret conversation?"
"What are you talking about, Elwyn?!" Hermione looked at the glass bottle in his hand strangely. She got closer and observed it carefully. She seemed to have thought of something and said in disbelief, "You mean, this beetle is …"
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