A Certain Magical Hogwarts

Chapter 206 The Daily Prophet's Secret Manipulation

Harry died again, and Ron died with him.

However, the two were not killed by Voldemort, but rather fell to their deaths when they jumped down from the trapdoor.

William could imagine the scene:

Harry opened the trapdoor and bravely looked at Ron.

He wanted to hear Ron, disguised as Jack, say, "You jump, I jump!"

Unfortunately, Ron, transformed into Leonardo DiCaprio from Inception, made a slight, clean, and decisive refusal.

In the end, Harry could only laugh it off and jump, and Ron, realizing his mistake, followed suit.

then……

Two loud thuds followed, and before they even had a chance to cry for help, they were smashed into a bloody pulp.

They died a horrible death!

Harry's death was inevitable, but William never expected that without Hermione's help, he and Ron would end their journey at the trapdoor.

Are those two out of their minds? Seeing such a deep hole, didn't they know to find a rope?

I really don't know whether to call it courageous or foolish!

This time, the basilisk didn't kill many people.

The match ended in fifteen minutes; it didn't even last until it came on the field.

During the game, Cedric's shooting percentage was too poor. He shot from the half-court line, but missed every time, which seriously disrupted Ravenclaw's tactics.

The team's scoring linchpin kept missing shots, and Cho was also affected. Slytherin's Seeker caught the Golden Snitch in just fifteen minutes.

In just fifteen minutes, Cedric brilliantly fulfilled his role as an "actor".

He shattered his opponents' confidence, broke his teammates' mentality, and shattered the youth of the Ravenclaw students!

Waaah... My youth is over, I'm never watching football again!

After Cedric landed, he was slapped hard by Penelope.

At the time, Cedric had not yet recovered from Polyjuice Potion, and many wizards were saying that William had toyed with Penelope's feelings, which was why she was so angry.

William didn't go back to his dorm that night; he didn't want to get beaten up, so he just slept in the Room of Requirement.

When he woke up the next day, he was back in his bed in the Ravenclaw dormitory, and everything was the same as before.

William approached Cedric again and reassured him that he wouldn't be beaten.

William felt bad about Cedric always getting beaten up, so he decided to find his twin brother to compete for him in a while.

William's daily routine is quite healthy. He set a small goal: a seven-day cycle, five days of study and two days of play, strictly adhering to the class schedule.

William's lying skills have reached the Max level; he can always come up with the most plausible reason to trick the professor into teaching him.

The hardest one to fool is Professor McGonagall, a passionate Quidditch fan. Only by watching a Quidditch match can one learn from her.

William had no choice but to repeat the same process as before: ask Dumbledore to write him a note.

William primarily studied Animagus under Professor McGonagall.

It takes several years to transform into an Animagus, turning a person into the animal most suited to them, but failure is also possible, so transformation requires courage.

Advanced transfiguration can also forcibly turn a person into an animal; Professor McGonagall can turn William into a cat at any time.

However, this transformation is only temporary and is different from the long-term retention of form in Animagus.

With Professor McGonagall's help, William continuously transformed his body, preparing to raise his transformation level to a new level in this cycle.

Once he leaves the time loop, we can proceed directly with the preparations for the Animagus.

William also went to Snape's medicine hut to brew potions.

He has Professor Snape's key, which Cedric and the others took during the Forbidden Forest incident, and it comes in handy now.

William would occasionally take Hermione on adventures, and the girl would always look shocked, as if she was afraid that Snape would trap them inside.

However, Snape won't come; he's heartbroken and in tears every day because of Potter's death.

William would occasionally go to the principal's office, offer feigned comfort to Snape, and then shed a few drops of eye drops.

This is always his source of happiness.

William planned to save these memories once the time loop ended, and send them to Snape after graduation.

Of course, William was also unhappy.

Saturday happens to be the day of the Daily Prophet's lottery draw.

The Daily Prophet's raffle has five prize categories.

The first prize is 2200 Galleons, the second prize is 700 Galleons, the third prize is 44.3 Galleons, and the participation prize is a bar of soap with Dumbledore's image on it.

If these prizes are not drawn, they will accumulate into the grand prize until the grand prize is drawn.

Currently, no one has claimed the grand prize for seventeen consecutive months, and the amount has accumulated to a staggering 2 Galleons.

Saturday night was the draw day, and after William learned the numbers, he sent an owl to buy the set of numbers the next morning.

Unfortunately, when the lottery results were announced that evening, the winning numbers for the grand prize published in the Daily Prophet had changed!

On the third day, William did not buy the winning numbers, and the numbers reverted to the original set.

Similarly, William also bought first prize tickets several times, and the numbers would change at night.

William now realized that this was a deception of consumers; the first and grand prizes were probably bought up by internal employees!

It's a shady operation!

Fortunately, the second and third prizes were not rigged.

William decided to wait until the time loop ended, then claim the two sets of prizes according to the numbers.

It's at least seven hundred Galleons!

As for the soap with Dumbledore's head, whoever wants it can have it.

William spent six months in Professor Babling's office, and his level of ancient runes improved considerably.

Then, he gradually reduced the frequency of his visits. Although he could see long legs every time, it was always the same scenery, which became boring.

William had a pretty good idea of ​​the professor's personality; she was a woman with a terrible temper and a fondness for snacks.

William had a rough idea of ​​Babling's identity; in any case, she wasn't human.

William was speechless; Dumbledore really did recruit all sorts of people.

During the time loop, William also met many classmates.

Hogwarts was only so big, and William only faced the same few people every day, so he made friends everywhere.

William's reputation speaks for itself. Back in school, he was a mysterious figure, spending most of his time outside of class in the library and the Room of Requirement.

Many people want to get to know him, but they don't have the opportunity.

William was suddenly surprised to find that there were actually so many students at the school.

What surprised William the most was that those Slytherin students who usually seemed to dislike him were actually quite easy to get along with when no one was around.

For example, Malfoy... William's most loyal client.

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