However, something bad still happened. A few days later, Hermione ran to Lockhart's office and gave him a magazine, which Lockhart picked up and flipped through.

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"Hermione, are you really playing with Harry and Krum's relationship?" Lockhart asked badly.

"Professor, you're making fun of me too!" Hermione seemed a little angry, "and I'm showing you the reports about you."

Lockhart had to look down—"The Defence Against the Dark Arts professor at Hogwarts brought his little dance partner into his own office after the Christmas ball, only to come out hours later... ·"

Lockhart was shocked, how did he find out?

"Professor, who did you bring back to the office?" Hermione asked sourly, "This is not good~, you finally broke the curse and held this position again."

"It's all nonsense, Hermione, don't you stay in my office for a long time too?"

"I'm here to help you reply to fans!"

"Then I brought other students in to help with my homework." Lockhart directly refused to acknowledge the account. "It's not good for you, Hermione, the reputation of the little girl has been badly spread. Let's see who wrote it. report.”

"It's that Rita Skeeter, please always have her! I even suspect that she also has an invisibility cloak and has been hiding in the scene." Hermione's deduction was reasonable, but Lockhart knew what was going on.

"The most troublesome thing is, look here." Hermione turned the magazine a few pages.

"Hagrid is a half-giant. He still admits it himself? Oh, what did he think." Lockhart touched his forehead.

"Professor, Hagrid said he will resign this time because the parents think he is not safe." Hermione seemed to be really anxious, "You have to help Hagrid, you are his friend too, right?"

"Okay, Hermione, go ask that reporter and say that Harry is willing to accept an exclusive interview, and I'll show you how to deal with such a bad woman." Lockhart was indeed going to do something for his friend Hagrid.

Hermione's eyes lit up, "Good professor, I knew you had a way!"

Hermione invited Rita Skeeter to an alley in Hogsmeade, and seemed a little surprised when she saw Lockhart and Hermione waiting for her: "My God, Miss Granger, is it You also have an affair with this Professor Lockhart? That's really big news! I'm a little envious of your charm. Harry Potter, isn't it an exclusive interview?"

In response to her was a wand, Lockhart held it against her and ordered her to drink something.

"It's disgraceful for you to persecute reporters like this! I'm going to report to the Ministry of Magic--um-um-" Lockhart refused to listen to her nonsense, and directly poured her Veritaserum. At a certain moment, he felt that he was more than Death Eaters still want Death Eaters - I'm sure Hermione Granger, who was stunned next to him, would agree.

So, in the next time, the reporter told everything about her identity as Animagus, her press card was obtained by cheating and so on. In the end Lockhart ordered her to become a beetle, then grabbed her and put it in a bottle and handed it to Hermione: "I don't care what you do, I hope she won't write anything against us in the future, believe me You can fix it all."

"The way to teach you is really simple and rude..." Hermione said woodenly, "How did you know there was something wrong with her."

"Nothing can stop the magical Gilderoy Lockhart." Lockhart dashingly left Hermione behind and left under her watch.

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