Hogwarts: I am Voldemort.

Chapter 157 Lockhart's Signing Event

Harry wasn't having a good time at the Weasleys, and it wasn't because of the Weasleys.

He might have been happier if he hadn't met Dobby, or if Dobby hadn't said the thing that bothered him, but it was different now.

"Harry is too thin and too quiet."

Looking at the children playing outside the window, Mrs. Weasley said to her husband, "The Muggles must have abused him."

"We have to be nice to him and take him to Diagon Alley in a while, Molly, he'll be fine," Arthur Weasley replied.

"How's Percy doing at the Ministry?" asked Mrs. Weasley again.

"Very well, Molly, I think he's a better fit there than I am," Arthur said with a wry smile.

……

Harry swore he'd never use Floo powder again.

If he hadn't met Hagrid, he wouldn't have known how he would get out of that weird narrow alley—before this, he never knew that there was such a place beside Diagon Alley.

"Knockturn Alley, Harry, I've always wanted to go there, but Mom won't let me." Ron approached him and whispered, "Fred and the others often go there, and Mom can't control them."

"There's really nothing to do there, Ron," he replied to Ron, expressing a lack of interest in them.

"What's the matter with you, Harry, you always seem absent-minded." Ron asked puzzled.

"It's nothing, maybe because Hermione is going to transfer schools, we lost a friend." Harry said perfunctorily.

"What's good about her, Harry, forget about her, let's go to the Quidditch boutique, there are a lot of good things there." Ron said excitedly.

Harry shrugged, followed Ron's footsteps indifferently, and walked towards the Quidditch boutique.

An hour later, Harry and Ron came to Lihen Bookstore, where they had previously agreed to meet with the Weasleys.

"Look at what that is?" Mrs. Weasley was almost suffocated with excitement, and he said to Mr. Weasley, "I'm going to see Lockhart's autograph signing. You take the children to buy books."

A group of people crowded in front of the bookstore, and a banner was drawn in front of the upstairs window:

Guidro Lockhart
autobiography for sale
"I Can Magic"

12:30-4:30 pm today
"Molly, the book signing meeting is inside, we have to go in." Mr. Weasley was not angry, he pointed to the inside and said, "The children will choose their own books, and I will help her choose Ginny's." .”

"Okay, let's go in then." Mrs. Weasley said impatiently.

Everyone rushed in and began to choose the books they needed, and all of Ginny's books were found by Mr. Weasley from the old book section—their family was indeed a little poor.

When Mr. Weasley and the children returned to the signing party, Mrs. Weasley was already queuing up, and many women like her were waiting excitedly.

Harry was obviously not interested in this, but Ron seemed a little excited, the twin brothers... they didn't know where they went.

After waiting for a while, Gilderoy Lockhart, the best-selling author in the wizarding world, arrived late. Through a row of large photos of himself, he came behind the table and smiled at the crowd with dazzling white teeth.

"Wow~~~"

The crowd exclaimed, causing Lockhart to smile even more. He smoothed his robe of the same color as the forget-me-not flower, posed in various poses, and took pictures with the cameraman of the "Daily Prophet" beside him.

It was a short, grumpy man, holding a black camera, bouncing around and shooting, and every time the shutter was pressed, the camera would emit a puff of purple smoke.

"Get out of the way," he yelled at Ron after a jump, as Ron blocked his retreating position.

"It's amazing." Ron said, rubbing his foot that was sore from being trampled by the photographer.

Lockhart heard it just in time, and when he turned around, he saw Harry.

Ron: Am I transparent?
Lockhart yelled and pulled Harry to his side, and began to tell the story he and the Boy Who Lived had to tell, before sending him a set of autographed books.

Finally, he also announced that he will enter Hogwarts to teach.

This caused another commotion, and Mrs. Weasley took Ginny's hand excitedly and said, "Great, Ginny, great, you have a great Defense Against the Dark Arts professor."

Ginny didn't quite understand this yet, she just felt a little pain in her hand, so she tried to pull it back.

Then, after Lockhart pulled the savior and sold a wave of feelings, he began to officially sign the sale. People became even crazier, and the team rushed forward.

Mrs. Weasley was undoubtedly very excited, but she still maintained her rationality, protecting her little daughter tightly.

And Ginny...

She was afraid that her small basket containing the books would be knocked over, so she desperately protected it.

But the crowd at the back was a bit serious, which forced her to hold on to the handle of the basket. As for the basket, it was already behind her.

She felt that the basket was squeezed hard, which almost made the basket fall out of her hands, but fortunately she held it tightly.

Not long after, the crazy crowd finally calmed down, and Ginny finally held the basket in her arms.

Hope nothing is missing...

Thinking of this, she looked down at the basket and rummaged through it—it seemed that nothing was lost, but there was an old, blank diary.

It might be a gift from Lihen Bookstore. After all, I bought a lot of old books... She thought about it, but she didn't care too much.

……

Malfoy Manor.

"Everything is going well, Lucius."

Old Turner came to Lucius and whispered, then looked not far away at the guy with dark brown hair and bushy eyebrows, and asked Lucius, "What is he doing here?"

"The great Mr. Rufus Scrimgeour, Director of the Auror Office of the Ministry of Magic, Headmaster Dumbledore's dog, he thinks there is something related to black magic in my place, so he came to search."

Lucius said with a bad face, "Mr. Scrimgeour, I heard that you have a disagreement with that headmaster, but now it seems that is not the case."

Scrimgeour, who was ridiculed by Lucius for a while, did not show any anger. He just kept a cold face and directed his subordinates to carefully search everything in the manor.

"Will there be any trouble?" Old Nott asked Lucius in a low voice.

"No, they are the ones in trouble." Lucius said.

As soon as he finished speaking, there was an explosion in the manor castle.

Then a figure smashed through a window on the upper level of the castle and fell to the ground fiercely - the man struggled on the ground, and he didn't look dead, but he needed to go to St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Injuries and Disorders after all.

"When did the people in the Auror Office dare to search Malfoy Manor?"

A majestic figure stood at the broken glass, condescendingly scanning the staff in the Auror office.

"If you don't leave, I will at least take away the souls of three people with the Death Curse as a reward for you. Damn it, Lucius, don't you know the Unforgivable Curse?"

"I want to prove the innocence of the Malfoy family, Father. Even though I know it will tarnish the family's reputation, I am still willing to cooperate with the Ministry of Magic." Lucius pointed his wand at his throat, letting his voice spread throughout the manor.

"Go to the Ministry of Magic on the horse, if you don't leave, I will kill you." Old Malfoy roared, "You can try it and see if I will do what I say."

Scrimgeour's face was gloomy and terrifying, but he looked at Old Malfoy who was clearly out of order, and after hesitating for a while, he led the people from the Auror office to evacuate.

And before that, they found nothing.

Damn Dumbledore, actually provided false information... The head of the Auror office thought.

　Thank you for the support of all book lovers, Junding has risen by more than 200, thank you everyone, for the new week, please count the votes, for the sake of Luna and Ginny, who do you think is the heroine of the two?

　　
　
(End of this chapter)