Hogwarts Dances with Dragons

After leaving the underground vault, everyone separated for the time being.

"I'll take Ginny to buy wands and robes. We'll meet at Flourish and Blotts Bookstore in an hour to buy you textbooks!" Mrs. Weasley explained, and then shouted at the twins who were leaving: "Don't go to Knockturn Alley!"

When Hermione saw Alvin who was exchanging banknotes with Mrs. Granger in the Marble Hall, she rushed forward quickly and slapped Alvin on the head frantically with the traceless stretch bag in her hand.

"Hermione!" Mrs. Granger yelled, "What are you doing?"

"I'm making him pay for the embarrassment I just caused!" Hermione gritted her teeth and whispered.

"Damn it..." Mr. Granger also breathed a sigh of relief: "It's a nightmare!"

After telling what he saw in the underground vault, Alvin was speechless for a while, and Mrs. Granger was even more embarrassed: "That was indeed a nightmare..."

Everyone left Gringotts, and Hermione and Alvin took the Grangers for a walk on the cobbled winding path.

"Strawberry peanut ice cream, no butter, thank you..."

Several people came to Florin's cold drink shop. Alvin asked for a strawberry ice cream, and Hermione asked for one with butter.

When passing by the Quidditch boutique, several people saw Harry and Ron leaning out of the window, with Ron staring at the Charlie Cannon uniforms reluctantly.

"Charlie's artillery is outdated. They are the remnants of the old era, Ron. There is no broom that can carry them in the new era." Ivan said garrulously.

Ron raised his eyebrows: "Really? They will definitely witness their glory again, so which team do you like?"

"Holyhead Harpies." Ivan said casually.

"Oh, man, the Harpies are just average." Ron shook his head.

"Yes, but their team members are all beauties." Ivan spread his hands, and Harry and Mr. Granger laughed. Hermione elbowed Ivan angrily.

"Okay, Mondlos Magpies and Puddlemere United are the two strongest teams." Ivan shrugged: "I promised Wood that if he can join one of these two teams, I will Inject capital in the form of shareholders to buy the fastest broomsticks in the world for their entire team.”

Ron said sadly: "It's nice to have money."

Ivan wondered: "Didn't I give you a gold brick? It's enough for you to buy a broom."

"It's better to keep it..." Ron shook his head: "Maybe it will be the capital for me to start a business in the future. Fred and George plan to do something with those two gold bricks. They have recently been studying magic fireworks..."

"Hmm~ They have been studying magic fireworks." Hermione crossed her arms and said displeased.

A few people were walking and chatting, and Alvin and Hermione introduced the shops and products in Diagon Alley to the Grangers.

Mr. Granger is very interested in the wizarding world. He always drags Hermione and Alvin to ask questions, such as whether brooms will scratch their butts. At this time, Harry will explain to him that there is an air cushion on the broom. , no matter how you sit, the cushion will firmly support your buttocks.

There are also some daily problems, such as how to light the magic world without electricity, what is the principle of Floo Network, etc.

As the crowd walked, the team expanded. They met Fred, George and Lee Jordan in the Jumping Magic Joke Shop. Percy was in a junk shop filled with rags and old cloaks, reading attentively. This book "How Prefects Gain Power".

"The prefects of Hogwarts and the careers they pursue after leaving school." Ron read the description on the back cover aloud: "Sounds quite fascinating."

"Go away!" Percy said angrily.

"Of course, Percy is ambitious. He has already planned it... He wants to be the Minister of Magic..." When the people left, Ron whispered: "I hope he will come to trouble Alvin when he becomes the Minister. , like Fudge..."

An hour later, everyone walked towards Flourish and Blotts Bookstore. When they arrived, they found that the outside of the store was full of people, mostly middle-aged witches.

There is a large banner hanging on the second floor of the bookstore.

'Gilderoy Lockhart

autobiography for sale

"I Can Magic"

Today 12:30-4:30 pm

Everyone lined up excitedly when they saw Mrs. Weasley pulling Ginny.

A tired-looking wizard stood at the door: "Ladies, be quiet...don't crowd...be careful with the books..."

Several people squeezed into the crowd, and Alvin saw the blond man in the crowd signing books and snorted: "So weak..."

"Feel it..." Harry nodded.

He has become proficient in entering the meditative state, and his perception of magic has also reached a proficient stage, and he can naturally feel the magic fluctuations in Lockhart's body.

What should I say...

The magic power reserves are similar to those of ordinary people, but they are very scattered. Let alone fighting, the frequency of magic use is probably not high.

Not to mention compared to Aurors, even if Mrs. Weasley was pulled out of the crowd and dueled with him, she could press him to the ground and rub him...

Gilderoy Lockhart wore a robe as blue as the forget-me-not flowers, and a pointed wizard's hat tilted on his wavy blond hair.

"Waste of time." Ivan shook his head.

"Waste of money!" Ron hated it.

"Get out of the way!" an irritable short wizard shouted at Ron, holding a camera in his hand and looking for the best shooting angle: "This is for the Daily Prophet!"

"That's amazing..." Ron muttered.

Lockhart heard the movement here, raised his head, glanced at Ron and Ivan, and finally fell on Harry's face.

"Isn't this Harry Potter?" he asked excitedly.

The crowd suddenly gave way and murmured excitedly. Lockhart rushed forward, grabbed Harry's arm, and tried to pull him to his side.

Harry's feet seemed to have roots under his feet and remained motionless. It was obvious that he didn't want to have anything to do with this flamboyant guy.

Then, he was pushed out by Alvin and Ron.

Harry: "..."

He felt that all the embarrassment in his life was over today...

Lockhart held Harry's hand and pulled him to his side, revealing his big white teeth that were as shiny as Metky's, allowing the photographer to take pictures wildly.

"What a beautiful smile, Harry." He praised: "We can both be on the front page!"

When Harry returned to the crowd, Ron smiled and gloated: "What a beautiful smile, Harry~"

Harry: "Go away..."

"Ladies and gentlemen!" cried Lockhart. "What an extraordinary moment this is! I want to take advantage of this wonderful occasion to announce a small matter, which I have been suppressing for some days and have never thought about. explain--"

"When young Harry walked into Flourish and Blotts today, he just wanted to buy my autobiography - I was willing to give this book to him for free on the spot - but he didn't know..." Lockhart said loudly: "He will soon He will get something more valuable than his humble work "Magical Me". In fact, he and his classmates will get a real, magical me."

"Yes, ladies and gentlemen, I am extremely happy and proud to announce that this September, I will become the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry!"

The crowd suddenly cheered, only Ai Wen and a few others were dumbfounded.

"I plan to search for traces of Voldemort as soon as possible and return to Aslant as soon as possible." Ivan looked complicated: "I wish you good luck."

Hermione: "..."

Lockhart separated the crowd and gave his set of books to Harry. Then he looked at Alvin and Ron aside, hugged Harry, grabbed Ron's arm with the other hand, and pulled him to his side. Scared, Scabbers jumped out of Ron's arms and slipped onto his shoulder.

"You are Harry's friends, right? I'm very approachable. Come take a photo with me and smile happily. Maybe I can bring you to the headlines!" Lockhart said cheerfully, and no one noticed that his eyes were scanning. When it was spotted, it flickered slightly.

Ivan ignored Ron's look for help, took Hermione's soft little hand and got out of the crowd.

Then, click!

Lockhart takes Harry and Ron - and a rat - into the newspapers.