Late Night in Hogsmeade
At night, in an alley in Hogsmeade.
Now that it is approaching late at night, the originally busy Hogsmeade has become much quieter, and the alleys are even deserted.
At this moment, Rita, in her Animagus form, stopped at the entrance of the alley.
In the afternoon, she received a letter that was very polite on the surface, but actually full of threats and inducements.
The letter asked her to wait for a meeting in this alley.
There was no way she could ignore it. She is an illegal Animagus, and this fact was firmly grasped by someone, so she had no choice but to rush to the alley as the letter said.
But she is not a woman who can be easily manipulated.
While thinking, she continued to lean against the shadows to cover her figure.
Fortunately, her Animagus form was a beetle, which allowed her to hide easily.
As time passed and the appointed time approached, there was still no figure in the alley.
This made her slightly anxious.
After a while, suddenly:
Step! Step! Step!
The sound of rapid footsteps came, and Rita watched as a figure wearing a gray wizard's robe walked into the alley.
She quickly followed up.
If she guessed correctly, this should be the wizard who asked her to meet.
Soon, the wizard stood in the middle of the alley, leaning against the wall, motionless.
And the beetle she had transformed into quickly flew over.
After getting closer, she took a closer look at the wizard's appearance.
He had gray hair, an unfamiliar face, and his wizard's robe was only the most ordinary style.
This gave her a bad feeling.
But after thinking about it, she decided to go ahead with the original plan.
Then:
"Stupefy!"
Rita instantly changed her form, quickly waved her wand, and cast a stunning spell.
The gray-haired wizard had no time to react before he was hit by the spell and fell to the ground.
Seeing this, Rita walked up to the gray-haired wizard, put away the wand from her waist, lifted him up, and leaned him against the wall.
Looking around at the dark alley, she cast multiple spells in succession:
"Confundus!"
"Lumos!"
A transparent ripple waved with the wand, covering the surrounding area and setting up illusions to prevent others from entering. Immediately afterward, a ball of light appeared, and the originally dark alley became brighter.
Under the light, Rita once again looked at the gray-haired wizard with an ordinary face and a very strange appearance. She reached out and took out a bottle of milky white magic potion - Veritaserum.
Waving her wand to control the comatose wizard to open his mouth, Rita carefully put three drops of Veritaserum into his mouth.
Immediately afterward:
"Aguamenti!"
Rita waved her wand, and a stream of water poured out, waking up the wizard.
"Who are you?" When the wizard just woke up, he looked at the strange witch in front of him with horror on his face.
Rita had no intention of answering the gray-haired wizard's question and asked directly:
"Who are you? Do you know who I am? What are you doing in the alley?"
A series of questions were directed at the gray-haired wizard, who was about to curse.
As if Rita's questions had triggered something, the Veritaserum quickly took effect.
The gray-haired wizard felt his hands and feet stiffen, his brain heavy, and his consciousness a bit blurry.
Immediately afterward, his face twitched, and his tongue seemed to move uncontrollably.
The wizard was horrified to find that he could not control himself and began to answer the questions of the strange woman in front of him.
"I am Lyle Sorge. I don't know who you are. Tonight, a wizard came to me and asked me to wait in this alley and give a witch the envelope in my hand."
The wizard answered Rita's question.
After hearing this, Rita frowned and sighed softly.
"Why!"
Sure enough, this wizard was just an errand boy.
She had noticed the wizard's ordinary appearance and clothing, which indicated he was not of significant importance.
Looking at the horrified gray-haired wizard, Rita continued to ask:
"Where's the envelope?"
The wizard said uncontrollably: "It's right... right in my trouser pocket."
Rita, with a look of disgust, reached into the wizard's trouser pocket and took out the folded envelope.
She opened the envelope, glanced at the contents, and put it back.
Folding it according to the original crease, she put it back into the wizard's trouser pocket.
Looking at the panicked wizard, Rita once again took out a bottle of light green potion and put a few drops into the wizard's mouth to remove the effect of the Veritaserum.
Then:
"Obliviate!"
Rita waved her wand and skillfully shot an amnesia spell into the wizard's mind.
While clearing his memory, she controlled the gray-haired wizard to return to the position where he was just standing.
Looking at the dull-eyed wizard, Rita inserted his wand back into her waist. While canceling the spell, she transformed into a beetle again.
Observing the state of the gray-haired wizard.
At this moment, the gray-haired wizard, Lyle Sorge, felt his eyes go dark and his head a little dizzy. When he opened his eyes again, he found that he was still in the alley.
There was nothing unusual, so he muttered to himself that drinking was harmful to his health and continued to wait in the alley as instructed by his employer.
The employer said that as long as he delivered the envelope to the witch, he would get some money.
The beetle transformed by Rita was very satisfied when she saw that the gray-haired wizard had no abnormality and secretly praised herself for her craftsmanship.
She could become a famous reporter in the wizarding world not only because of her good writing skills but also because she was an illegal Animagus.
Her Animagus form as a beetle allowed her to spy on the privacy of many wizards, enabling her to write sensational news articles.
Of course, she excelled at exaggerating and distorting those private parts, as this was the easiest way to attract readers.
And as an illegal Animagus, secrecy was crucial.
Otherwise, once her identity was revealed, she would be sent to Azkaban.
And when she was peeping, sometimes she accidentally revealed her identity as an Animagus.
Her usual method was to cast an Obliviate spell to destroy all evidence.
So her identity had never been revealed.
This time the other party was so cautious and hired an errand boy.
This was not typical of a pure-blood family, who were usually arrogant, but it was normal for them to come here.
Well, Rita had a guess about the person who wrote to her.
She had just written a bad report on Lockhart's research results, and the other party came over to praise her and asked her to continue writing.
Who else could it be besides the pure-blood family?
With a flash of thought, Rita flew out of the alley and transformed back into her wizard form, hiding her appearance.
As if she didn't know anything, she entered the alley and completed the task.
After a while, Rita held the envelope in her hand and watched the gray-haired wizard leave, lost in thought.
Since she didn't see the culprit this time, next time she must see the culprit in person.
As long as she saw the person in person, all traces of herself could be cleared.
She must not leave any clues, otherwise, even if she didn't enter Azkaban, she would be controlled by others for the rest of her life.
Thoughts flashed across her mind, and Rita walked towards the entrance of the alley.
Then:
"Stupefy!"
"Not good!"
A familiar white light appeared, and thoughts quietly emerged in Rita's mind. Her eyes suddenly went dark.
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