Chapter 306
Greengrass
Chapter 306 Greengrass
When a ship leaves land, it becomes an isolated island in the vast ocean.
Fortunately, the Location Friends Book always helps Wade point in the right direction.
A peregrine falcon would be too conspicuous far out at sea. Weed landed on the ship after nightfall.
The sea water at night is as dark as the abyss. Most people cannot appreciate such a sea surface, but only feel fear.
Therefore, there were almost no people walking on the outer deck. Wade randomly found a secluded place to transform back into human form, straightened his collar, raised his head and took a sip of Polyjuice Potion. After the transformation was completed, he walked out of the darkness.
The interior of the building is much more lively, with many passengers coming for fun. The ship also has a variety of facilities, such as stadiums, swimming pools, bars, theaters, shopping malls, children's playgrounds, etc.
Even though it was late, the ship was still brightly lit and full of people. Vader was now dressed as "Wenar", wearing a well-fitting dark blue suit, and he was not conspicuous among them.
He held a book in his hand with a location parchment between it. Vader looked at the red dot on the paper and searched around for a while before he saw Rita Skeeter.
The woman was lying on a lounge chair by the pool, enjoying a massage and skin care service, with a layer of green stuff covering her face.
If he hadn't seen her golden curly hair, Wade wouldn't have been sure that he had found the right person.
Wade sat on a chair outside and waited for a while, when his ears suddenly caught a sound -
"How can Muggles tolerate such a slow pace..."
He turned his gaze and unexpectedly saw someone he knew—
Daphne Greengrass of Slytherin.
The blonde girl crossed her arms and said with a look of disgust.
Next to her was a younger girl who looked very similar to her. She was unusually pale and seemed a little sickly.
The girl said, "I think it's nice... It's lively and fun on the boat, isn't it?"
"But the Portkey is so fast! Astoria, if you hadn't insisted on taking the ship, we would have arrived in America at noon yesterday." Daphne complained.
"The portkey is uncomfortable, I don't like it." Astoria said stubbornly, "And I told you that you can go to America with your mother first using the portkey, and I will take the ship with my father. It's you who don't want to."
"But you're my sister!" Daphne said angrily. "The ship is full of Muggles, and Dad has to work. If I'm not with you, who can you talk to?"
Astoria stopped talking.
After a long moment, she muttered, "Why is no one talking to me? There are probably thousands of people on this ship!"
"Those are Muggles!" Daphne poked her forehead angrily.
The two sisters walked past Wade, playing and laughing.
Not far behind them, there was a blond couple following. Both of them had the same arrogant and indifferent expressions, as if they were out of place in this environment.
Only when he looked at his two daughters did a look of loving kindness appear in his eyes.
Wade looked away, and waited until the men had passed before looking back.
He was somewhat surprised that such a family claiming to be pure-blooded would appear on an ordinary person's ship.
If he remembered correctly, Greengrass was different from Malfoy who was guarding the family wealth. Mr. Greengrass should have a relatively important position in the Ministry of Magic.
While thinking, Wade suddenly smelled a pungent fragrance.
"Rita."
"Hmm?" Rita Skeeter, who was in a good mood, was admiring her face in the mirror. Suddenly, she heard someone calling her name and looked around. "It's me." Wade raised his hand and said simply, "Gray."
Rita Skeeter's eyes lit up, and she walked over quickly and sat next to Wade, staring at his face, and asked with interest: "Transfiguration? Or Polyjuice Potion?"
Vader glanced at her and said, "Of course it's the Polyjuice Potion. What makes you think I can master such advanced Transfiguration?"
Skeeter smiled and said, "Of course I wouldn't think so if it were anyone else, but you've surprised me enough. I don't mind a little more."
As she spoke, she wrote down the words quickly, the feather pen in her hand leaving lines of words on the paper quickly.
Vader could see that her hands were just pretending and the quill was actually moving on its own.
"If you write about me, I'll burn your notebook and some other stuff along with it," Wade said, his chin in his hand.
"Hahaha, how could that happen?"
Skeeter laughed dryly and quickly stuffed the notebook into his alligator handbag.
"I remember you were supposed to be monitoring those werewolves down there..." Wade frowned and said, "How long has it been? Even if something happened over there, you wouldn't know."
Skeeter's face turned pale, and he shuddered as he suddenly remembered those green eyes glowing in the darkness.
"I... um... I need to rest for a while too."
Skeeter stammered in defense, then said in an exaggerated tone: "You know what? I found out a big news!"
"What news?"
Vader asked disinterestedly, wondering if he had made a mistake in entrusting Skeeter with the surveillance.
While her Animagus form is convenient... this person's personality is not suitable...
Skeeter came closer and lowered his voice excitedly, "Do you know Umbridge? Dolores Umbridge, a high-ranking official at the Ministry of Magic?"
Wade raised his eyebrows and looked over.
Skeeter smiled mysteriously.
"She is also on the ship, along with several officials from the Ministry of Magic... I heard someone say that Umbridge has been having an improper relationship with Minister Fudge, and that her father is a cleaner and her mother is a Muggle... It's ridiculous, and she has been claiming that she is from the Selwyn family..."
Skeeter curled his lips in disdain, his eyes sparkling, as if his hair stood up in excitement because of this gossip.
She couldn't help touching the quill again.
"What's the purpose of all the people from the Ministry of Magic coming to the ship?" Wade asked. "Why don't they use the portkey?"
Skeeter paused for a moment, and then said after recollecting for a moment: "It seems to be to accompany an official from the French Ministry of Magic? The official wants to take this ship... Also, Fudge seems to be planning a large-scale event and wants to involve the American Magical Council..."
This was the news that Vader was really interested in, but unfortunately when he asked further, Skeeter didn't quite understand.
Her entire motivation seemed to be in collecting gossip.
Wade sighed in disappointment: "What did you find out about those werewolves?"
"Oh, well..."
Skeeter dug into his alligator handbag and pulled out a notebook. He grinned and said, "I wrote it all down—you'd be surprised!"
(End of this chapter)