Chapter 637 - 638: Holds Rita Skeeter; Apparition

Rita Skeeter's Animagus form was a beetle, and it was not easy to find an inconspicuous bug.

Especially knowing that Evan's magic power was very strong, Rita Skeeter was more afraid of this and would not come to his side easily.

Though she was a flashy person, she had a cautious character and rarely appeared around wizards with high magical powers.

This is also why she has been eavesdropping everywhere, but her Animagus form has never been discovered.

However, if she waited and took her chances, she would catch Rita Skeeter one day.

That's how Hermione succeeded in the original story.

This woman is too greedy and does not know where the bottom line is. It is not surprising to be caught!

But Evan didn't have much time to play this hide-and-seek game with her, nor was he prepared to let Rita Skeeter cause more trouble.

When he saw that she had just confronted Harry and Hermione, he suddenly thought he could take the initiative to lure her into a trap.

Waiting wasn't an option, but taking the initiative would solve the problem sooner.

This is a well-dug trap; Evan intentionally let Rita Skeeter see those several research notes on Dark magic.

He can be sure that the other party will not give up this food delivered to his mouth and will certainly be unable to resist coming back to investigate clearly.

In the magic world, popular young wizard Evan Mason secretly researches forbidden Dark magic. This kind of heavyweight news report, think about it, is enough to make people excited; Rita Skeeter could not possibly give up.

In fact, she's been investigating in this direction for a while now, and it's the big story she's been preparing for.

Rita Skeeter has long been investigating why Evan's magical strength far exceeds that of his peers and even most wizards; she did not know about the existence of the Sorcerer's Stone and the Slytherin locket and naturally thought of Dark magic.

Some Dark magic can quickly make a wizard in a short period, just like Voldemort did back then, under the forbidden Dark magic on their own evil transformation, a power comparable to Dumbledore's Power.

But no matter how she investigates, Evan uses Dark magic; this kind of thing is only a rumor.

Neither can be accurate and also has no processing value.

Even if Evan used some restricted Dark magic that was not banned by the Ministry of Magic, it was not something worth making a fuss about and would not make people feel strange.

He used similar magic in the first match scene, and Rita Skeeter knew that what she needed now was forbidden evil Dark magic.

The Dark magic Evan took out was completely forbidden, and just from the two pictures, it was exactly what Rita Skeeter needed.

Since he let the other party see this, he was not afraid that she would not take the bait.

He put the parchment away and looked up to see Ron sitting across from him, staring at himself with an odd look.

Evan smiled, but Ron flinched a little; perhaps he had just seen those parchments.

Hermione was the only one who knew about Evan's dark magic research; neither Harry nor Ron knew anything about it.

Despite the possibility of being seen by Ron, Evan didn't intend to explain anything. He wouldn't really cast this evil spell anyway.

Researching Dark magic and learning to use forbidden Dark magic are completely different concepts. Evan studied these things to get the principles, learn Dark magic defense techniques, and relate ancient magic knowledge rather than torture someone's soul.

Besides, this kind of thing is the more you describe it, the more Dark it gets; it's better to let it go.

Ron took a deep breath, trying not to look at Evan. He lowered his voice and worriedly, "You shouldn't have said that, especially you, Hermione! You've offended her, and she will come after you next!"

"Then let her try!" Hermione said uncaringly, shaking with anger, "I'll give her a taste of her own medicine! Am I a silly little girl? Well, I'll make her pay for it. First for Evan and Harry, then for Hagrid."

"Don't mess with Rita Skeeter!" Ron said nervously, "I'm serious. She'll dig up everything about you!"

"I don't care; my mom and dad don't read the Daily Prophet, and I don't care about the rumors she says. She's not going to scare me into hiding!" Hermione said, "I'm not as fragile as Hagrid; let her try."

"Well, we'd all better be careful not to expose anything, my go!" Ron paused momentarily and glanced at Evan, "You know, I have an appointment with Lavender to meet at Mrs. Pardew's Tea House, and it's almost time!"

He stood up and waved, leaving the tavern panicked, his face looking bad.

"We should leave too and wait for Sirius at the Shrieking Shack!" Harry said, "He should be there by now!"

"Just wait a minute, Harry, we'll sit here for a while. I've got a few things to figure out!" Evan said, shaking the quill in his hand.

Harry sat down and talked to Hermione about Rita Skeeter.

About a few minutes later, a large, chubby beetle crawled along the windows' cracks towards the tavern's inside.

It slowly descended the ceiling towards Evan's position, ready to see what the boy was writing!

Ivan had already sent it down. His right hand was constantly calculating complex magic formulas.

His left hand quietly held his wand and pointed it at the ceiling above him.

The beetle carefully climbed above Ivan's head and was delighted it was about to succeed!

Not waiting for it to see the specific content of the parchment below, suddenly struck by a stream of air, the body's muscles quickly petrify and lose vitality!

With a pop, it fell heavily, landing on the table.

The markings around the beetle's tentacles were identical to the ugly glasses Rita Skeeter wore.

Yes, it was Rita Skeeter in her Animagus form.

Rita Skeeter was shocked to realize that she was under a petrification spell, and the next thing she knew, she saw Evan looking at her with a smirk.

She felt like her head was short-circuiting, and she froze for a long time before realizing what had happened.

Her heart sank. It was over. She was actually caught by these three brats.

Especially by the look on Evan's face, he already knew that he was an illegal Animagus.

"Strange, what's with the bugs? It's winter?!" Harry said, noticing the large beetle in front of Evan.

"This is no ordinary beetle!" Evan smiled, taking out a glass bottle and throwing the beetle in, "Hermione, don't you want revenge? Haven't you always wondered how Rita Skeeter overheard Hagrid's secret conversations!"

"What are you talking about, Evan?!" Hermione looked strangely at the glass vial containing the large beetle in his hand, leaned in closer to scrutinize it, and, as if something had occurred to her, said in disbelief, "You mean to tell me that this bug is."

"Yes, that's her!" Evan tapped the glass bottle with his wand, cast a few imprisoning spells, and handed it to Hermione, "Over to you, Hermione. I'm sure you'll help her realize that rumor-mongering is a very bad thing!"

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"I should have thought of that. Dumbledore wouldn't allow this woman into Hogwarts, but she was still able to show up in the school and eavesdrop on so much information, " Hermione said, her voice trembling slightly as she looked up at Evan.

"Only what?!" Harry asked, still not sure what was going on.

"Harry, Rita Skeeter is an Animagus who can turn into a beetle!" Hermione said, her breath catching, "She must be illegal; there are only seven registered Animaguss in the twentieth century!"

"You guys are kidding!" Harry said in disbelief, staring at the glass jar on the table.

"Hermione's right, she's an illegal Animagus." Evan said, shaking the glass jar vigorously, "Rita Skeeter flies around all year long looking for material to make a big deal out of and relies on this to stay out of everyone else's way."

As Evan shook it, the beetle inside the glass jar shook violently.

It was thrown from one side to the other, hit the glass wall heavily, and fell in a heap.

The beetle buzzed angrily through the glass and tried to change back to its original form, but the magic on the bottle prevented it.

"What are we going to do with her now, Evan?" Hermione said, scrutinizing the beetle inside the bottle.

"You can keep this bottle. Keep her for a while!" Evan said, "If she's not honest, shake the bottle hard to teach her a lesson and see if she can change her bad habit of slandering and insulting others."

"No problem, leave it to me!" Hermione said calmly, putting the bottle in her book bag.

She had been worried that this was not a good idea, but when she thought about who Rita Skeeter was and what she had done, she felt that something needed to be done.

Rita Skeeter deserved to be taught how to make up articles to discredit others.

Next, the conversation shifted from Rita Skeeter to Animagus, which Hermione also wanted to learn.

Not to mention Harry, who had been envious of Evan's Transfiguration after seeing it in the Cauldron Bar.

Animagus, a very deep Transfiguration, can change the wizard into some animal.

Each sorcerer could only change into one animal, and the animal change was related to personality and weight.

Unlike daemons, which may change, each sorcerer's Animagus will remain in the same form for the rest of their life.

The first transformation process is very dangerous. There is a high risk of getting carried away, so the Ministry of Magic has strict control over Animagus, requiring all Animagus-transformed animals and characteristics to be registered in the Ministry of Magic Abuse of Magic office to be monitored.

However, Harry's father, Jaime, Sirius, Peter the Dwarf, and Evan and Rita Skeeter are all illegal Animagus, not registered with the Ministry of Magic, and can do whatever they want with Animagus.

There is no need to worry about being detected while in the shapeshifting state, and the spell is very useful in detecting, hiding, escaping, and minimizing the effects of dementors.

In addition to the knowledge of shapeshifting, learning Animagus requires a lot of magic power to support the first time you shapeshift.

Magic power is the most difficult problem, but it can be provided by philosopher stones, and this problem has been solved.

With the help of Tom Riddle's journals, Evan could study all of the corresponding theories in his first year.

Helping Harry and Hermione master Animagus Transfiguration was technically not a problem.

Evan took out his research notes and let the two of them familiarize themselves with the principles of this spell first.

After they had mastered it all, he would help them with their first Transfiguration.

Sirius also had a lot of unique experiences in Animagus Transfiguration, so he could also ask Sirius for advice.

According to Hermione's learning speed, Evan expected that she would be able to complete her Animagus Transfiguration by the end of the summer.

Harry would take a little longer, as his Transfiguration foundation was poor, and he would probably have to wait until next summer's vacation to master it.

When Evan, Harry, and Hermione arrived at the Shrieking Shack twenty minutes later, Sirius was already there!

He looked even more tired than when he saw him before, dusty and puffy, as if he had just rushed over from the battlefield.

Auror's job was not as glamorous as it looked to outsiders. The level of danger and workload was far beyond imagination.

"Evan, we'd better hurry. There are a lot of things we need to practice!" Sirius said gently, "Although your strength is very strong, you can't perform Apparition and Transformation in Hogwarts school. There is no way to practice. I have to ensure you have enough ability to pass the exams. Otherwise, I won't allow you to use the spell."

Sirius helped Evan to tamper with the Ministry of Magic's test so that he could use this spell even in the year of not being a year, without worrying about being monitored by the Ministry of Magic, but he had to make sure that Evan could Apparate.

Seeing the other party's serious expression, Evan nodded and took out his wand.

Because it involved the transformation of space, Apparation was very dangerous.

If he hadn't mastered this spell, he wouldn't have used it so easily; it would have been a pure death wish!

Harry and Hermione sat in front of the steps of the Shrieking Shack and watched Evan and Sirius practice.

"You should have already reviewed the essentials of Apparation casting, but I'm going to say it again, Harry, Hermione, and you two memorize it by heart!" With a wave of his wand, Sirius said, an old wooden circle immediately appeared on the ground, "The most important thing to remember when Apparation is the three ds; let's start practicing with shifting. Now, please focus your attention inside the barrel circle."

Evan gazed at the grayish circular ground inside his wooden circle and focused his attention.

Shifting is the so-called instantaneous movement, specifically reflected in the battle, which can let the caster instantly disappear from the location and appear in another place, and compared to the Apparation, shifting distance is closer, only in the field of vision within the scope of movement.

It consumes relatively little magic but requires precise control of magic and quick reflexes.

Like silent spellcasting, shifting is a very skillful combat technique.

It is easy to say but very difficult to use in real-life situations.

Many wizards can master Apparation but are unable to use Shifting to fight.

In a tense battle, the slightest distraction may result in being struck by the opponent's magic.

Undoubtedly, the mastery of shifting spells is very helpful to wizards so they don't have to rely on their bodies to dodge clumsily in battle.

With this spell, many unexpected tactics can be developed.