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Chapter 442 Knockturn Alley and Lockhart
After Harry was picked up from home by Ron and his twin brothers in a speeding car, he spent a few days happily at Ron's house.

Although Ron's attitude towards him during this period made Harry feel very strange, and he always felt that Ron seemed to have something against him, but every time he asked Ron, Ron would not say anything.

But because Ron's other brothers and Mrs. Weasley were kind to him, Harry didn't pay much attention to these things.

By Wednesday, Mrs. Weasley woke them up early in the morning.They each hastily ate five or six meat sandwiches and put on their coats.Mrs Weasley lifted a flower pot from the kitchen mantelpiece and looked into it.

"Not much, Arthur," she sighed, "I have to do some shopping today, well, the guests first! Harry, you come first!"

She brought the flower pot to him.

Harry froze, everyone looked at him.

"What should I do?" he stammered.

"He hasn't used Floo powder to travel," said Ron suddenly. "I'm sorry, Harry, I forgot."

In fact, Ron didn't forget it, he just deliberately didn't remind Harry, and was going to watch him make a fool of himself.

"Never used it?" asked Mr. Weasley. "Then how did you go to Diagon Alley to buy school supplies last year?"

"I went by subway."

"Is it?" asked Mr. Weasley brightly. "Is there an elevator? What the hell?"

"Don't ask now, Arthur," said Mrs. Weasley. "Harry is much faster with Floo, but, my God, if you've never used it before."

"He's all right, Mother," said Fred. "Harry, let's see what we do."

He picked up a pinch of shiny powder from the flower pot, went to the stove, and threw the powder into the flames.

With a whoosh, the fire turned green and rose higher than Fred.He walked right into the fire, yelled "Diagon Alley!" and was gone in the blink of an eye.

"You've got to get those words right, boy," Mrs. Weasley said to Harry, and George put his hand in the pot too, "and don't come out by the wrong oven door..."

"Don't go wrong with what?" Harry asked nervously, and the flames roared up, engulfing George with him.

"You know, there are many kinds of magic fire, you have to choose correctly, but as long as you speak clearly"

"He'll be fine, Molly, don't be nervous," said Mr. Weasley, taking some road powder as well. "But darling, if he gets lost, how are we going to tell his aunts and uncles?" "They won't be in a hurry," said Harry reassuring her. "Dudley will think it's a good idea for me to disappear down the chimney." You don't have to worry about it." "Well, you go after Arthur," said Mrs. Weasley, "and remember, when you walk into the fire, tell where you're going."

"Close your eyes," said Mrs. Weasley, "there's soot—"

At this time, Ron wanted to remind Harry not to move, but he stopped when the words came to his lips.

Harry took a deep breath, sprinkled the powder into the fire, and walked forward. The flames were like a hot wind. He opened his mouth and immediately inhaled a big mouthful of hot ash.

After Harry left, Mrs. Weasley looked at Mr. Weasley and asked hesitantly, "Did Harry just call Diagon Alley?"

"No." Ron replied.

The reason why Ron is so sure is because Fang Ze told him in his mind the last trading task that he owed himself.

Rescue Harry from Knockturn Alley.

"What a troublesome guy, is he the savior in the prophecy or a baby who needs constant care from others." Ron walked into the fire while facing, and quickly shouted in a voice that his parents couldn't hear, "Turn over Down the alley."

After a whirlwind, Ron appeared in the fire in Knockturn Alley, but now there is still a distance from Harry's position, so Ron has to rush there as soon as possible.

There were many malicious people looking at Ron along the way, but Ron didn't care at all, after all, he was a murderer.

And now that he has a new magic wand, and can use the magic of Shenfeng Wuying, which can kill people at will, his heart has begun to swell.

There was an old wooden street sign hanging in front of a shop selling poisoned candles, with Knockturn Alley written on the wooden pavement.But it didn't help, Harry had never heard of this place.He thought he might have swallowed a mouthful of ashes in the Weasleys' stove and hadn't spelled out the name of the place.He tried to stay calm, thinking about what to do.

"Aren't you lost, dear?" A voice suddenly sounded in his ear, which startled him.

An old hag stood in front of him, holding a plate of what looked like a whole piece of dead man's fingernail.Looking sideways at him, baring his mossy teeth, Harry backed away hurriedly.

But as Harry backed away, the old witch also followed Harry, she seemed to see that Harry was alone.

A little wizard, very interesting material.

The old hag smiled as she began to try to get her wand out of her sleeve.

At this moment, another boy's voice sounded. "Harry."

Harry turned his head quickly and realized that it was Ron who was calling him.

"Ron, why are you here!" Harry exclaimed in surprise when he saw Ron.

The old witch was a little nervous at first, but when he saw that Ron was just a child, he immediately smiled.

Here comes another one.

The old witch thought happily.

At this moment, Ron took out his wand from his sleeve, and shouted at the old witch, "Shenfeng Wusha!"

A transparent blade hit the old witch immediately, and the old witch hurriedly used protective magic to protect it, but because Shenfeng Wuying is a black magic, the effect is very powerful, so the old witch's skin still left a hole because of her identity.

A lot of blood gushed out from the old witch's wound. The old witch looked at Ron with hatred, and immediately used Apparition to leave Knockturn Alley. If he didn't leave, he might become someone else's prey.

"Ron, what are you doing?" Harry looked at Ron in surprise, and didn't know what to say for a while, after all, he never thought that his friend was so powerful.

Moreover, the magic that can make people bleed just now looks especially terrifying.

"Stop talking." Ron looked at Harry impatiently, and then said to him, "Hurry up, or there will be bigger troubles in a while."

After Ron finished speaking, he quickly asked Harry to leave Knockturn Alley with him. Although Ron had suppressed other malicious people in Knockturn Alley just now, he couldn't help but a stunned young man would come out of nowhere.

So Ron hurriedly pulled Harry away from Knockturn Alley.

Harry and Ron came out of Knockturn Alley when they saw Hermione, Fred, George, Percy, and Mr. Weasley running quickly down the crowded street.

"Harry," gasped Mr. Weasley, "we hope you only missed one furnace door..." He polished his shiny bald head.

"Molly is going crazy, she'll be here soon."

"Where did you come from?" Hermione asked.

"Knockturn Alley," Ron said sternly.

"Great!" exclaimed Fred and George together. "The adults never let us go."

"We didn't go very far. I met Harry at the gate of Knockturn Alley." Ron actually wanted to brag, but when he saw Mrs. Weasley running towards this side in a hurry, he said I dare not say it.

Mrs. Weasley's handbag was swinging violently in one hand, and Ginny took her other hand and struggled to follow. "Oh, Harry, oh dear—you can go anywhere." Breathless, she took a coat brush from her bag and began to brush the soot off Harry.Mr. Weasley took Harry's glasses, used his magic wand a little, and returned them like new.

Several people chatted for a while, and Harry wanted to talk about Ron's performance in Knockturn Alley, but Ron pulled Harry's clothes, and Harry didn't dare to say anything.

Several people then went to Gringotts to withdraw money. Mr. Weasley was still curious about how Harry walked out of Knockturn Alley, but soon after entering Gringotts, his attention was immediately diverted , because he saw Hermione's parents standing awkwardly at the counter that stretched across the marble hall, waiting for Hermione to introduce them.

"Ah, you're Muggles!" said Mr. Weasley cheerfully. "We must have a drink! What's that in your hand? Oh, you're exchanging Muggle money. Look, Molly!" He pointed excitedly at the ten pound note in Mr. Granger's hand.

"See you here later," said Harry to Hermione, as the Weasleys and Harry were led by another Gringotts goblin to their underground vault.

The trolley driven by the goblin travels on small railway tracks and passes through the bank's underground tunnel to various vaults.Harry thought the speedy ride was very enjoyable, but when the Weasleys' vault opened, he felt even scarier than Knockturn Alley.Inside was a very unremarkable pile of silver Sickles, with only one gold Galleon.Mrs. Weasley fumbled around, and finally plucked all the coins into her bag.In his own vault, Harry felt even more embarrassed.Trying not to be seen, he hurriedly swept handfuls of coins into a purse.

Ron also saw Harry's actions, and remembering that Harry had a rich inheritance from his parents, he couldn't help feeling a little jealous.

In terms of family, the Potter family is definitely not as famous as the Weasley family in the magic world, but the Potter family's legacy is really too rich.

In fact, any pure-blood family is richer than the Weasley family.

Ron thought of the more than 900 Galleons he had saved in another silver vault at Gringotts, and really wanted to take it out now, but he knew that when he couldn't explain the origin of the money, he couldn't help it. Take it out and spend it.

After all, it was a thousand galleons. No one would throw such a huge sum of money anywhere and let an eleven or twelve-year-old child pick it up.

In the past, Ron was only worried about his lack of money, but now he found that when he had money, there were still many, many troubles.

The group parted on the marble steps outside the bank.Percy mutters about buying a new quill, and Fred and George see their Hogwarts friend Lee Jordan.Mrs. Weasley and Ginny were going to a shop that sold used robes.Mr. Weasley insisted on taking the Grangers to the Leaky Cauldron for a drink.

"Gather at Lihen Bookstore in an hour and buy textbooks for you." Mrs. Weasley explained and left with Ginny. "Don't go to Knockturn Alley!" she shouted after the twin brother.

Harry, Ron and Hermione wandered the winding cobbled streets.The gold, silver, and copper coins were ringing happily in Harry's pocket, begging to be spent.So he bought three big slices of strawberry peanut butter ice cream.They happily ate ice cream and strolled in the alley, browsing the dazzling array of shop windows.Ron stared longingly at the full set of Chudley Cannon robes displayed in the window of the Quidditch boutique, and made sure to buy one when he was at school and no one was looking after him.

thought Ron.

But at this time, he didn't consider at all that there was no way for him to come to Diagon Alley in Hogwarts.

At a magic joke shop, they meet Fred, George and Lee Jordan.They are buying "Dr. Philippa's self-igniting, water-blooming magical fireworks" in large quantities.In a junk shop piled high with battered wands, rickety copper scales, and old medicine-stained cloaks, they found Percy engrossed in a very dull book: How Prefects Gained Power ".

Looking at it all, Ron thought, he used to not have money for a snack on the train, but the twin brothers had money for joke merchandise.

And Percy, the pride of his parents, was all about power, but never thought about how to take care of his younger brother at school.

This family really treated themselves too badly.

The resentment in Ron's heart grew stronger.He suddenly thought of the Dark Lord's mark that Fang Ze asked him to plant on the corpse.

Perhaps, if he became the Dark Lord, then all of these, money, rights, and strength, would not be lacking.

Ron was taken aback by the idea, although he kind of yearned for it now.

An hour later, they walked towards Lihen Bookstore, and there were far more people going to the bookstore than them.They were surprised to find a large group of people crowded outside the store, all wanting to go in.A big banner was pulled up upstairs: Gilderoy Lockhart autobiography <I Can Be Magic> signed for sale today 12:30-4:30 pm "We can meet him face to face!"

Hermione exclaimed, "I mean, he's written nearly all the books on the list!" The crowd seemed to consist mostly of witches of Mrs Weasley's age.A weary-looking wizard stood at the door and said, "Ladies, be quiet.. don't crowd and watch out for books"

Harry, Ron and Hermione slipped through the gap.The line zigzags from the door to the back of the bookstore, where Gilderoy Lockhart is signing books.They each grabbed a copy of Breaking with the Ghost, and sneaked to where the Weasleys and the Grangers were queuing.

"Oh, it's great you're here," said Mrs Weasley.She was short of breath and kept patting her hair. "We'll see him soon"

Gradually, they saw Gilderoy.He sat behind a desk, surrounded by large photographs of himself, all faces winking at the crowd, teeth gleaming with dazzling whiteness.

The real Lockhart wore a forget-me-not blue robe that matched his blue eyes.The pointed wizard hat was worn playfully on one of the curls.

This person is quite powerful, and Ron found that most of his textbooks were written by this person, since he couldn't afford to be jealous.

After all, this is something the Dark Lord can't do.

At this moment, Fang Ze suddenly laughed in Ron's mind.

(End of this chapter)