Chapter 571: A terrible report

The following week, Ivan asked Professor Lupin to help him select a list of classical musical songs.

He tucked them into beautiful shell products and prepared to take them underwater and deliver them to the water people.

In the midst of her busy schedule, November soon arrived and Rita Skeeter finally published her report on the Triwizard Tournament.

With the publication of this report, Ivan's quiet life was immediately shaken.

Rita Skeeter was a master of rumorology. Her article was not so much a report on the Tournament as it was a highly colored history of Ivan and Harry's life.

Since Ivan did not agree to her interview at the time, Harry remained the primary source for the story.

Much of the front page of the paper was devoted to a photo of Ivan and Harry together, secretly taken.

The entire article, which continued on pages two, three, four, six, seven, and twelve, had revolved around Ivan and Harry, Ron's name had occasionally been inserted into it, Fleur and Krum's misspelled names had been squashed into the last line of the article, and Cedric had not been mentioned, as if no such person existed.

In Harry's words, this article gave him a sick, burning sense of shame in his stomach. Rita Skeeter had denounced him by saying a lot of things he couldn't remember ever saying in his life.

I guess it was my parents who gave me the strength and courage that kept me going to this day.

I know they would be very proud of me if they could see me now.

Yes, sometimes at night I still cry for them, I'm not ashamed to admit it.

But Rita Skeeter had gone beyond turning her "er's" into long, sickening sentences. She had also interviewed other people about him.

Harry has finally found love at Hogwarts. His close friend, Colin Creevey, says Harry is rarely seen outside the company of one Hermione Granger, a stunningly pretty Muggle-born girl who, like Harry, is one of the school's top students.

Then Rita Skeeter went on and wrote: According to our reporter's in-depth investigation, Miss Granger appears to be in an ambiguous relationship with another famous Hogwarts boy, Ivan Mason.

Ivan was fascinated by Miss Granger; and the two often avoided Harry and the others to be alone.

It remains to be investigated whether Miss Granger is playing with the feelings of the two boys or if

Ivan is actively pursuing Miss Granger, but as things stand, gentle Harry obviously knows nothing about it.

In a word, she has depicted the relationship between Ivan, Harry and Hermione as a tangled love triangle.

Also, from Rita Skeeter's words, he more or less implied that Ivan was very fickle in this part of the article. In the circumstance that Harry and Hermione had developed a romantic relationship since first year, he ignored the friendship and stole Hermione from his good friend.

If this page was nothing more than shadowy speculation, the next was a full-blown explosion.

Rita Skeeter's purpose was very obvious. She wanted to besmirch Ivan's reputation; it was the price Ivan had to pay for offending her.

She chose a good starting point. First, she played the emotional card and portrayed the lonely, hard-working image of the savior Harry.

This also matched what most people in the wizarding world knew of Harry and was something that elicited their sympathy. In such circumstances, it was a wonderful and difficult thing for

Harry, with his miserable life experience, to find his first love.

So, at this point, the relationship between Ivan and Hermione emerged.

The next page adds a touch of vinegar, depicting the ambiguous relationship between Ivan and other girls, such as Fleur, Gabrielle, Luna, Cho, Ginny, and so on.

He lists all the girls with whom he interacts. In his description, Ivan seemed to be pursuing several of them at the same time. His relationships were unusual; he dated several girls at the same time. True and false, it was hard to tell, according to Rita Skeeter.

Reading her article, Ivan seemed to go beyond imagination. Not only was he taking the initiative to pursue girls his own age, but he was also starting to pursue his sisters at the same time, and younger girls like Gabrielle.

Not to mention wizards in the outside world, Hogwarts students felt a sudden awakening after reading it. After reading this article, they seemed to have just discovered that Ivan's private life was very chaotic.

At the bottom of this page, Rita Skeeter also speculated as to why Ivan was able to do that.

He suspected him of secretly making love potions and aphrodisiacs, which caused girls to lose their wits and become obsessed with him.

He asked the school to investigate the matter and ban the abuse of drugs and magic by young wizards.

Of course, he remained positive about Ivan's magical power.

After compiling Ivan's messy private life, the next page turned to the subject of the Triwizard Tournament, addressed to Ron.

Ron was also one of the champions he portrayed the most. Rita Skeeter described Ron's poor performance at school, which wasn't too much to add to the story, because Ron's usual behavior was bad enough. She didn't have to make it up; she could use it as is.

After a brief introduction, he began to question Ron's qualifications as a champion.

In Rita Skeeter's opinion, such talented young wizards as Ivan and Harry did not become champions, while Ron was able to become one, obviously because someone was acting behind the scenes at this tournament.

Ron's father's role in the Ministry of Magic was also highlighted, and Rita Skeeter believed it was due to the good relationship between Mr. Weasley and Dumbledore, Mr. Fudge and Mr. Crouch.

At the end of the article, Rita Skeeter hoped that the Ministry of Magic would give an explanation to everyone and said that she would continue to pay attention to the matter.

This report was really terrible, like throwing a huge stone into the still lake, which suddenly bursts into waves.

Now, no matter where Ivan, Harry, Ron and Hermione went, there were people pointing fingers at them.

In this case, the outcome was not too negative for Ivan.

Ivan's reputation and strength were there, and the young wizards still looked up to him.

The boys had expressed their admiration and envy for Ivan's ability to date so many girls at the same time, and at most a few sour words. The girls looked forward to communicating with him. There were many people who were in love with Ivan. If Ivan made love potions, they were hoping to get some too.

As for Harry, Ron and Hermione, the impact of the report was not so easy.