Of course, they couldn't just say that the Lord Voldemort had returned. No one was willing to believe it.
Forcibly announcing the truth would only arouse the public's disgust.
Especially in the current situation. Under Foggy's guidance, the world of magic was almost one-sided in condemning Dumbledore, Elwyn, and Harry.
Everyone thought that the three of them had gone mad, spreading frightening rumors and destroying the peace and stability of the world of magic.
Public opinion needed to be guided. Since Foggy and the Ministry of Magic could do it, so could Elwyn and the others.
Needless to say, what they were going to announce was the truth and could stand the test of time.
Step by step. Putting aside the Dementors, the fact that Harry had been attacked by a Dementor would arouse the interest of some people.
Ordinary people didn't trust the Dementors and were very sensitive. An uncontrollable Dementor would attract their attention.
This was just the beginning. Next, Elwyn planned to report on the Ministry of Magic's recent stupidity and mistakes, as well as the suspicious aspects of the Death Eaters. He would put pressure on public opinion and spread the knowledge of Defense Against Black Magic at the same time.
It would naturally be best if he could achieve the desired effect in one go.
Even if he couldn't, he could still attract everyone's attention.
The Ministry of Magic's explanation of the series of effects brought about by the return of the Lord Voldemort would definitely have a lot of loopholes.
As these loopholes piled up bit by bit, the public would be dissatisfied.
Elwyn believed that when there was a large-scale prison break in Azkaban a few months later, they would be able to launch an all-out counterattack.
At that time, the Daily Prophet, which had always been lying, would be completely trampled under Elwyn's feet. If a newspaper was proven to have lost its authenticity, no matter how old it was, no one would be willing to buy it.
Elwyn was even thinking about whether he should get a sum of money to buy the Daily Prophet.
"Two uncontrollable Dementors went to Muggle's neighborhood and attacked Potter. Because of this, he will be brought to the Ministry of Magic for trial. That sounds interesting," Rita said. "You want me to bring this matter to the Ministry of Magic?"
She pushed up her glasses and looked at Elwyn with her sharp eyes. She already knew what he wanted to do.
"That's your specialty. It's because we believe in your abilities that we're here to cooperate with you." Elwyn said.
Rita was indeed very good at making baseless accusations and creating rumors.
She knew what the public needed, and what she wrote would naturally gain their trust.
Take Lady Weasley for example. She kept saying that Rita's articles were nonsense, but she believed in the other articles that Rita had written.
Rita Skeeter had this ability. Otherwise, Elwyn and the others would not have specially asked her to write this report.
"Okay, do I have the right to say no?" Rita asked shrewdly.
"I don't think so!"
"You know what you're doing. We'll report you as an unregistered Animagus." Hermione put down her drink and added calmly, "The Daily Prophet may pay you a lot of money to write about life in Azkaban from the inside, to confirm if the Dementors are still under the control of the Ministry of Magic."
Hearing Hermione's words, Rita's mouth twitched.
If he knew that the two people in front of him were also illegal Animagus, how would he feel?
"All my articles can be published in the Hogwarts Magic Newspaper in the future? You're willing to pay me the same as the Daily Prophet? "
"Of course, I can write a column for you, but only if you can't write for the Daily Prophet in the future," Elwyn said.
"Okay, give me the information about Potter's attack, and I can give you the article tonight." Rita took the material from Elwyn's hand and started writing on the parchment with her automatic writing quill.
From the looks of it, she planned to finish the article at the Leaky Cauldron.
Although she did not like Elwyn and Hermione, there was no need for her to go against money.
After communicating with Rita, Elwyn and Hermione entered Diagon Alley and walked towards Lihen Bookstore.
They were going to look for books on making flying broomsticks and see if there were any other books that they were interested in.
Without considering the gold and the weight, Hermione seemed to want to buy the entire Lihen Bookstore.
Because the two of them were dealing with Rita together, the relationship between her and Elwyn was not that tense. Especially when she put all her attention into the magic book, she completely forgot about what happened last night.
From time to time, she would ask Elwyn for his opinion on the book and decide whether or not to buy it.
Seeing Hermione's expression, Elwyn realized that it was more useful to divert attention than to explain directly.
Especially when you're shopping with your girlfriend, paying the bill first will make her feel better, and she'll forgive your small mistakes.
In the end, the two of them bought hundreds of magic books and left an order list before leaving Lihen Bookstore.
"What are we going to do next?" Elwyn asked, carefully observing Hermione's expression. "It's still early, we don't have to rush to Lupin's place. How about we go to Florin's Ice Cream for a while?"
Since Hermione had returned to normal and did not mention what happened last night, Elwyn naturally would not bring it up.
"I need a new robe, you need one too!" Hermione said, hesitating for a moment. "My other clothes are a little small. My mother used to accompany me to buy them every summer, but this year, she gave me a sum of money because I don't have time …"
Indeed, this was very necessary.
Because of their growing bodies, they all grew very fast, and the clothes became small and unfitting after a year.
Elwyn's clothes from the previous year were already difficult to fit, and a large part of his wrists was exposed.
As for Hermione, she needed to buy new clothes, including underwear, or it would be uncomfortable to have them strapped on her body.
Elwyn had discovered this when they were traveling in Egypt. Almost all of Hermione's clothes were kept by her.
"The school robe can be bought from Madam Morkin's robe specialty shop, as for the other clothes …" Hermione said hesitantly. "These clothes have to be tried on in person to determine if they fit. I want to take a look at Muggle's shop. There are more styles there."
She was too embarrassed to say that she wanted to buy underwear, and only vaguely said that she wanted to buy other clothes.
Every year, Hermione went back to buy clothes with her mother during the holidays. This year, she accompanied Elwyn to Egypt and naturally did not have time.
She had originally planned to let Lady Weasley buy it for her, but this kind of thing really needed to be tried on in person to be sure.
Moreover, she had seen Ginny's underwear, and the style in the magic world was not to her liking.
If it was Elwyn, it did not seem to be a problem for him to accompany her …
In fact, if Harry and Ron were here, they would definitely tell Hermione to prepare a few more robes. There was no need for other clothes in school.
Elwyn understood that Hermione wanted him to accompany her to buy underwear.
It was not a problem to accompany her, but there was a problem. He did not have much experience in this area.
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