Harry Potter and the Attack of the Squibs

"Your new book?"

Lockhart looked at Lu Ke in surprise.

Lu Ke nodded: "For our new book, the publishing house is already looking for reliable authors. Of course, we will not only publish a few books forever, but will also continue to launch new books in the future."

Lockhart stammered an explanation: "But without me, how would you have a new book?"

Lu Ke smiled: "There will always be new books in the Adventure series."

Lockhart nodded: "When I leave Hogwarts, I will consider it..."

Then he left the castle in despair.

William watched Lockhart's back disappear at the gate of the castle with a look of helplessness, and then sighed: "Lu Ke, can't you be more polite to him? I called you here to save this cash cow, but you directly He was kicked out..."

Lu Ke smiled and sat on the sofa: "He is still a cash cow for the publishing house, he is just on a year-long vacation. Why should you worry?"

William turned around and looked at Lu Ke, with a confused look on his face: "Are you really so sure that everything will go smoothly?"

Lu Ke nodded: "Yes, I will just be a professor at Hogwarts for one year. As long as Lockhart is not a Death Eater, then he will definitely leave Hogwarts after one year for some inexplicable reason. It’s business as usual.”

William sighed: "I still don't understand why Dumbledore would choose such an arrogant man. He is not afraid that Mr. Lockhart will lead bad students?"

Lu Ke sighed: "You should sometimes regard Dumbledore as Harry Potter's grandfather. In this case, many of Dumbledore's behaviors can be explained."

William was silent for a moment: "Aren't you afraid that Dumbledore will kill you to silence you?"

Lu Ke smiled: "Dumbledore is not a dark wizard, he has a firm stance."

William nodded: "So, even Lockhart can be related to Harry Potter. Why?"

Lu Ke pointed to a Lockhart book on the table: "Look at this handsome adventurer. He is narcissistic, annoying, and lacks self-awareness."

"Have you ever thought about what Harry Potter, the savior, the one who is always praised by those around him, would most likely become if he turned evil?"

Lu Ke smiled: "Dumbledore tried his best to find a Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher for Hogwarts. If you have read Lockhart's works carefully..."

Speaking of this, Lu Ke gave William a meaningful look.

William opened his arms nonchalantly: "I haven't read it. I never read anything that is full of self-promotion. Every time I see the sentences in it, I feel sick."

Lu Ke nodded: "If you read Lockhart's works carefully, you will find that his methods of subduing evil magical creatures are correct and very creative, and his descriptions of rare magical creatures are also consistent with the facts. So actually, he is an adventurer."

William had a look of disbelief on his face: "Are you trying to flatter Lockhart? That's so disgusting, Lu Ke."

Lu Ke shook his head: "Otherwise, why did Dumbledore choose Lockhart? Does Dumbledore really think that students at Hogwarts do not need to learn things related to defense against dark arts? Just as Voldemort has reappeared, the danger is approaching. when?"

William fell silent.

"so……"

"Dumbledore really had a good reason to choose Lockhart?"

Lu Ke nodded: "Don't underestimate Lockhart, he is very special and even irreplaceable."

William shook his head: "I thought I could get rid of him..."

Lu Ke glanced at William.

William nodded: "I understand what you mean. I actually asked you to come this time. One more thing is... let's go and talk to the Daily Prophet newspaper office."

Lu Ke let out a long breath: "Have you finally made up your mind?"

William nodded: "It was you who forced me, Lu Ke. I originally only wanted to slowly make money with Lockhart, but you just threw away my money tree."

Lu Ke smiled: "You will never regret it."

William shook his head, and then walked out of the castle with Lu Ke.

After apparating, they arrived in the city of London.

Lu Ke looked around blankly: "Where is this?"

This is a huge building that looks very spacious inside.

William smiled: "This is inside the Ministry of Magic. We were here last time, weren't we?"

Lu Ke nodded, then looked gloomy.

William changed back to Johanna Ogulius: "Don't look like this, Lu Ke, are you still angry about what happened last year? This is so disrespectful."

Lu Ke sighed: "At that time, you said you were waiting for me at the Ministry of Magic, but you were actually going to convince Fudge to support you in becoming the principal of Hogwarts, right?"

Johanna Ogulius nodded: "Isn't this obvious? There is no need to be angry about this."

Lu Ke was silent for a moment: "Why do we go to the editorial office of the Daily Prophet and come here?"

Johanna Ogulius smiled and turned back into William Shafik: "Because the editorial office is inside the Ministry of Magic."

Lu Ke was stunned for a moment: "Really?"

William nodded and led Lu Ke forward along the corridor: "Because the Daily Prophet could have been anywhere, but they soon discovered that the closer to the Ministry of Magic, the better, because this is where news happens most often. So they just rented a room in the Ministry of Magic, and the Ministry liked how easy it was to publish notices in the newspapers, which is called everyone getting what they want."

Lu Ke nodded and followed William into an incredibly small room.

This is the famous Daily Prophet.

In the room, three people were sitting, and above them, there was a lion with a wide mouth, and notes were constantly spraying out of its mouth.

Those are just different pieces of news, and the three people sitting under the lion are editors. They are responsible for filtering and splicing the news into a newspaper.

The Daily Prophet is published once a day, never missing.

William opened his arms to the three people: "Guys, I brought someone who can really solve the problem, my publishing house manager."

Then he pushed Lu Ke in front of him.

The three people raised their heads together and glanced at Lu Ke.

"Is he the one who tricked Lockhart?"

Lu Ke shook his head: "Our contract with Mr. Lockhart is completely in line with the spirit of the contract, fair and reasonable, and there is absolutely no such thing as who cheated whom."

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