"You are indeed Albert."
George was so shocked when he saw the headline in today's Daily Prophet that he dropped the potato he was holding in his hand.
"By the way, how on earth did he convince that woman Rita Skeeter?"
The Daily Prophet published an exclusive interview with the world's youngest wizard chess champion on its front page.
This interview cleared up all the scandals surrounding Albert.
"I guess it's definitely not Galleons that were used to deal with that woman."
Fred, who had just leaned over, gave his guess. "Based on Albert's habits, he probably has something on Rita Skeeter and is threatening her to correct her mistakes."
"I think so," George agreed.
Of course they knew that Albert had enough Galleons to deal with Rita Skeeter, but Albert was not a person who liked to keep it to himself. Just look at the fate of those Slytherin students who wanted to make trouble for him. The possibility of spending Galleons to deal with her was very low.
The most likely possibility is to directly grab Rita Skeeter's handle, force her head down, and let her solve the problem herself.
It has to be said that after being roommates for several years, the twins still know Albert's character very well.
"What handle?" Percy asked curiously. He also knew very well what kind of person Rita Skeeter was.
"How would we know? Go ask him yourself." George said after thinking for a while.
"But I think if you ask Albert, he'll probably tell you that he paid Rita Skeeter to settle the matter."
If Albert doesn't want to say it, he can find countless truths to answer your questions.
"I'm back."
Just at this moment, Mr. Weasley dragged his tired body into the house. He had been working overtime for several days in a row. Last night he even raided seven houses and found a lot of contraband.
"Dad, you're back." Percy stood up, took Mr. Weasley's briefcase and put it where he usually placed it.
"It's terrible, the Ministry of Magic is in a mess now," muttered Mr. Weasley.
"What's going on?" Ron couldn't help but ask.
"It's the exclusive interview with Rita Skeeter that is believed to have the potential to cause international disputes." Mr. Weasley sat at the head of the table, raised his hand and pointed at the newspaper George was reading, and said, "You will know when you read the last few articles, which are about Albert Anderson's trip to the United States."
A few people turned to the third page and soon understood why it was said that it might cause international disputes.
"I don't think Albert lied. In fact, he rarely lies to deceive others." George felt a little uneasy as soon as he finished speaking.
Albert really didn't lie much
He is just good at using true words to mislead others, so most of the things in the newspaper are probably true.
No lie.
Yeah, nothing wrong.
"Now, many wizards in the British wizarding world have a bad impression of the American Magical Congress and have even started discussing the different policies of the United States from those of other countries." Mr. Weasley took a bite of sausage and muttered, "If it wasn't for the newspaper saying that the American wizarding world is not allowed to use owls, I would even suspect that a lot of people have sent letters to Mr. Carter."
"They can use the international mail channel," George said without hesitation.
"Yes, it is."
Mr. Weasley muttered, "Someone in America is protesting about the large number of letters and parcels containing dark magic or dangerous items being sent there from England."
"That's great. I think Mr. Carter will be very surprised."
"This is not a good idea. It may cause international disputes." Mr. Weasley sighed helplessly as he looked at his sons who were gloating over his misfortune.
"Dad, I think what Albert said is true." Fred said seriously, "America is probably like that."
"That's right." Fred nodded in agreement. "In the last letter he wrote to us, he told us that he would not go to America again. He also warned us that it's best to stay away from America. Wizards who are not familiar with the laws there can easily commit serious crimes and be thrown into prison."
"We've never seen Albert so openly express his dislike for something," said Fred and George in unison.
Mr. Weasley was choked. In fact, many wizards didn't really know what the situation was in the United States, but the Daily Prophet emphasized a name: "Rappaport's Law".
Mr. Weasley felt that Rita Skeeter was just trying to use this as an excuse to cause trouble.
For example, the newspaper described the staff of the American Magical Congress, who deliberately made things difficult for others because of jealousy, and deliberately slandered the champion of the International Wizard Chess Tournament in the Ghost Daily, just because he defeated the American player who had the most hope of winning the Wizard Chess Championship
Did the American journalists deliberately distort the facts and fabricate scandals because Albert refused to be interviewed
Rita Skeeter even wrote this at the end of the interview:
The author felt a cold sweat for our young International Wizarding Chess Champion. If it weren’t for his cautious character, he might have accidentally violated the laws of the Magical Congress of the United States and had to spend the second half of this year in a US prison.
The author sincerely hopes that the MACUSA can consider Mr. Anderson’s proposal to print a guide for entering the American magical community to reduce the number of incoming wizards who inadvertently violate the laws of the MACUSA.
Look, are these what people say
No matter how you look at it, it seems like the MACUSA is deliberately luring wizards traveling to the United States to break the laws set by the MACUSA
However, once this newspaper was published, it caused many wizards to express sympathy for their young champion's experience in the United States.
Albert received many letters of comfort, and many people even sent him a lot of candy and other small gifts.
However, all these things were thrown into a forbidden box and sealed by Albert.
Just as they were talking about the newspaper news, Ron's untimely voice suddenly rang out, "Dad, I think Harry may be in some trouble. I have sent him 12 letters, but he has never replied to me."
"If Harry doesn't reply in the next few days, I will go to pick him up in person. As you know, I'm very busy these days!" Mr. Weasley said when he heard this.
Although he felt that this was a bit rash, he thought that if he went over and invited Harry in person, Harry's guardian would not refuse.
However, things changed much faster than Mr. Weasley expected!
Before leaving get off work that evening, Mr. Weasley heard from a colleague that the famous Harry Potter had violated the Statute of Secrecy, used magic in front of Muggles, and was warned by the Ministry of Magic.
However, Mr. Weasley had recently conducted a severe house search, and the matter needed approval from the Ministry of Magic, so the process was rather slow. He somewhat regretted not asking someone he knew to help him connect to the Floo Network.
Mr. Weasley didn't know that after learning this, Ron and his twin brothers were also discussing Harry's matter.
"I think Harry must have encountered some big trouble, otherwise he would not have used magic in front of Muggles. He must know that it is forbidden." Ron became more and more uneasy after learning the news.
"Maybe we can pick him up in person and bring him to our house." Fred suddenly said, and he took out the multi-purpose knife that Albert sent them, with a note on it: just in case.
"We can't use magic," Ron reminded.
"You can use Dad's car." George said without hesitation: "I think Albert is hinting to us that Harry may be locked up, so he thinks we will use the lock picking tool of this knife."
"Pry the lock?"
Ron was a little confused.
"That's a Muggle trick, a little trick we learned from Albert. There are many doors in Hogwarts School that cannot be opened with the Alaho-Opening Spell, but can be opened with Muggle tricks." Fred explained.
Based on his understanding of Albert, the fact that the other party gave them an all-purpose knife and attached a message like that meant that Albert probably knew through the prophecy that they would go to rescue Harry Potter.
Of course, to Ron, Fred and George just sounded like they were making excuses for themselves, but he agreed to use the flying car.
The car was modified by Mr. Weasley and could become invisible, so no one would notice a car flying in the sky at night.
"But how are we going to drive the car away quietly?" Ron muttered.
"Don't worry, I have a plan!" Fred said with a smile, "Go and help me look after Mom, George and I will get the car keys."
Late at night, Fred used the Flying Spell to get the car keys. The three of them sneaked downstairs to the garage, got into the modified Ford car, activated the invisible button, and let the car drive out of the garage and fly into the sky.