Elwyn had expected this to happen. He had warned Percy to pay more attention to Mr. Crouch's abnormal condition.
If Percy had reacted quickly enough to report the situation to his superiors, he would have been a hero.
But it was useless. As George had said, he could not wait for Crouch to hand over all the work in the department to him.
Percy did not care about Elwyn's warning, nor did he care about Mr. Crouch's actual condition. He only wanted to prove himself at work.
Hermione was also very sad about what Percy had said to Mr. Weasley. She had the best relationship with Percy among all of them.
"They were quarreling so much that Mom was restless," Ginny whispered.
"You know, sniveling and sniveling. She rushed to London and wanted to talk to Percy, but Percy slammed the door in her face. I don't know what he did when he saw Dad at work. He probably pretended not to see it, "Ron added.
Like Harry, recent events had annoyed him.
There were a lot of things going wrong at home. Because of Percy, everyone was frowning.
Elwyn and Hermione went to Egypt for a holiday. He was trapped in this old house for the whole summer and could not go anywhere.
He was clearly close to the Order of the Phoenix, but he did not know anything and could not do anything.
Everyone treated them like children and did not let them participate in the affairs of the Order of the Phoenix.
What happened last semester also made Ron feel indescribably sullen. Although the top three competition was a conspiracy, he was still one of the warriors, but he did not get the glory he deserved.
In fact, the whole top three competition became a joke in the end.
Krum was controlled by the Soul Snatching Curse, and Ron was attacked by him and fell into the grass full of water monsters. He was afraid at the sight of the lake. He was not the worst one. Cedric was said to have become a vampire and dropped out of Hogwarts. His whereabouts were still unknown.
With Elwyn's help, Hibiscus Chinensis was fine, but there was nothing outstanding.
In the end, Harry and Elwyn were pushed out. The two had witnessed the resurrection of Lord Voldemort and became true warriors.
Everyone's eyes were focused on them, and no one paid attention to the poor original warrior.
Ron did not know who to blame. If he could become a little stronger, this situation would not have happened.
"In short, Percy took the Daily Prophet's words seriously and did not believe what we told him," Fred said.
"He is a complete fool. He does not want his family, but believes those messy reports," George said.
"This situation will not last long …" Elwyn said, ready to chat with Lupin to understand the current situation of the newspaper.
He had already made up his mind to fight the public opinion war and take the opportunity to expand the scale of Hogwarts Magic Newspaper.
As he had said before, this was a challenge, but at the same time, it was also an opportunity for Hogwarts Magic Newspaper to surpass the established media.
"Right, what did the Daily Prophet say about Harry being attacked by the Dementors?" Hermione asked.
"Nothing. They did not mention a word about the Dementors attacking Harry."
"Take a look for yourselves. This is the Daily Prophet for the past month." Ron said, taking out a large pile of newspapers. "It is still the same nonsense as before, describing Dumbledore as an old madman, Elwyn as a little wizard who does not know the immensity of heaven and earth, and doing dangerous magic experiments, and as for Harry, he is a fool who is trying to attract attention, thinking that he is a tragic hero or something."
Elwyn picked up a piece of newspaper. It was an unfounded report about the exposed crucible.
In the second half of the article, it was mentioned that only Elwyn Mason and Harry Potter could make up such a lie.
They seemed to have made up their minds to mention them no matter what was reported, and treat Elwyn and Harry as a joke.
Elwyn quickly threw the newspaper aside, but Hermione was reading it carefully.
"Just as I thought, they did not dare to report the attack on Harry." Hermione said quickly, scanning the newspaper in her hand. "Think about it, an out-of-control Dementor is something they do not want to see. They did not even report that Harry violated the International Secrets Act. I guess they are waiting for the day Harry is fired, and then they can do whatever they want... "
Hermione stopped, realizing that what she had said was not very good.
"What I mean is, if Harry is fired, obviously..." she continued hurriedly. "In fact, he will not. As long as the Ministry of Magic still abides by their own laws, the situation will not be disadvantageous to him."
Then, the topic returned to Harry's trial.
"When are we going to pick up Harry?" Elwyn asked. "We can't let him stay at the Dursleys' all the time, can we?"
"I don't know, they won't tell us," Ron said discontentedly.
"This is the time for our new telescopic ear invention!" Fred said. "They are going to have a meeting in the kitchen."
"All we have to do is put this thing in, and we can hear what they are saying..." George held up a thin rope-like object.
"Don't let Mom find out!" Ginny reminded them worriedly.
"Don't worry, we know what to do." Fred said with a smirk. "We have exclusive information. Tonight, Snape is going to read a report here. It is top secret, as long as..."
He suddenly stopped. There was a sound of footsteps in the corridor, and they heard Lady Weasley and Moody talking.
With another explosion, Fred and George both disappeared. They had just learned how to Phantom Appear.
Now, no matter where they went, they could just Phantom Appear, suddenly disappearing and reappearing in the house without taking a single step.
A few seconds later, Lady Weasley appeared at the bedroom door.
"Sorry to disturb you, my dear!" She said, her eyes falling on Elwyn. "We have just decided to pick up Harry tonight. Elwyn, can you come with us? We need a guide. Only you have been to his aunt and uncle's house... "
"No problem!" Elwyn stood up hurriedly and put away his wand.
"You and Hermione just came back from Egypt. You need to rest." Lady Weasley continued, "But Remus has something to do tonight and can't pick up Harry. Moody said they are missing one person, so there must be enough guards."
"This is a critical time. We must be vigilant at all times," Moody said gruffly as he followed them in.
He looked as scary as before, with long white hair and a large piece of flesh missing from his nose.
At the airport earlier, he had insisted on verifying Elwyn and Hermione to make sure they were not impersonating Death Eaters.
"You are going to pick up Harry. I want to go too," Ron said hurriedly. "I have been to that Muggle's house before."
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