Harry Potter: The Atypical Alchemist

After a while, Hermione also finished changing the money, but Weasley and the others hadn't come out yet.

So Stone patted Hermione on the shoulder:

"You wait for them here, I'm going to buy books first."

"Well - you don't like them?" Hermione asked timidly.

"I don't mean that." Stone waved his hand quickly, "I'm just not used to acting with too many people."

It was fun chatting with Mr. Weasley, but as he said, he wasn't used to a chattering environment.

More importantly, he doesn't like meaningless waiting, especially for unfamiliar people.

"Then...shall I come with you?"

"No, you can play with them. I'll wait for you in the bookstore."

Stone, who saw Hermione's dilemma, did not put her into a choice between two options.

"Okay then, bye."

"Ah."

After bowing slightly and bidding farewell to the Grangers, Stone left Gringotts.

There were a lot of people crowded at the entrance of Flourishes and Blotts Bookstore, and a large banner was pulled out in front of the upstairs window that read:

Guidro Lockhart

autobiography for sale

"Magical Me"

12:30-16:30 pm

It was just early twelve o'clock, and Gilderoy Lockhart hadn't arrived yet, so the entrance to Flourish and Blotts Bookstore was crowded, but not overwhelming.

"This is Lockhart again. He has quite a few fans."

While muttering, Stone squeezed into the bookstore.

When he finished buying the book, he understood why Gringotts had opened up the quota... Each of Lockhart's books cost ten gold galleons, and the only exception on the book list was "Standard Spells, Level 2" ”, and the rest are all Lockhart’s books, seven in total!

"It's really profitable."

Grabbing all the books he would need for the semester, Stone climbed the stairs.

He just saw some wordless books on the second floor.

The so-called wordless book refers to the ‘texture of a book, the core of a notebook’, and is prepared for those in the wizarding world who are preparing to publish a book, or who need to write a book.

And he happens to be the second type of person.

Ever since he saw the heirloom books of the Ramadan family, an idea has been lingering in Stone's mind - to write a book about talismans.

Although he has recorded all the talismans he designed and seen, he only recorded them in his notebook. A notebook is a place for divergent thinking. It is inevitable that there will be a lot of writing and drawing. It is not formal enough and is far from other people's books.

After this idea was conceived, he has been keeping an eye out for similar wordless books, and this time he finally found them at Flourish and Blotts Bookstore.

Selecting, Stone selected a thick black patent-cover book.

What he didn't notice was that it was already past 12:30, and the people downstairs were already crowded. Gilderoy Lockhart was already sitting behind the signing table prepared in the bookstore.

"This......"

There was no way to get down on the first floor of the bookstore, and Stone was in trouble.

"Stone~"

While he was in trouble, shouts of joy came from the door of the bookstore, Hermione was jumping to say hello, and the Weasley family followed her.

"Ah."

Stone responded and continued to look for a way out.

Hermione's voice was not quiet, and the bookstore was quiet for a moment. At this moment, Lockhart noticed Stone, and also noticed Hermione...Harry Potter next to him.

"Ouch! Ouch!"

He stood up, walked quickly to the door, grabbed Harry's arm, then returned to the stairs and grabbed Stone.

"The savior Harry Potter and the Young Alchemist are here to attend my book signing, welcome!"

As he spoke, he dragged the two of them behind the signing table. He glanced at the book in Stone's hand and said loudly:

"Mr. Capet purchased a complete set of my books - oh no, there is still one missing, "Magical Me"..."

As he spoke, Lockhart realized something was wrong and changed the topic:

"I see, you must want to wait in line for my autograph, right?"

Maybe he was satisfied with Stone's attitude, or maybe he was pleased with himself for making amends. In short, Lockhart showed a 'charming' smile, and then with a big wave of his hand, he piled the new books on the table into Stone's arms:

"Because you are my fan, I will give away this entire set of books for free."

Then, he waved behind him, and the same book was stuffed into Harry's arms:

"So, I, the winner of the Most Charming Smile Award, Harry Potter the Savior, and Mr. Stone Cappy, the Outstanding Young Alchemist, let's take a photo...smile."

"..."

If you were confused at first, after listening to Lockhart's words, no matter how stupid you are, you can react.

‘It turned out to be just for fun. ’ Stone thought.

The next moment, another thought came to his mind:

‘Haha—it turns out that I can be considered a socialite. ’

At Lockhart's urging, Stone smiled the standard smile he had learned in the Muggle world.

Just rub it and save 80 gold galleons. No matter how small the mosquito is, it is still meat.

"Crack—click—"

After a photo, Stone and Harry lost their use value and were half-sent off and half-pushed away from the signing table.

This was in line with Stone's wish - just in time to go out.

Following the crowd and being pushed to the door, Stone saw Hermione's adoring, even fanatical eyes.

This look in Stone's eyes made him a little hot.

Are you still admiring the way I appear? No way, how long has it been?

Hey.

When he was feeling complacent, Stone suddenly noticed something was wrong with Hermione's eyes. They were not focused on his face, but on his arms.

It's the signed copy of "Magic Me"! ! !

Suddenly, the blood in Stone's heart went cold.

"Here, here, here -" He took out the top book angrily and threw it to Hermione.

"Are you really giving it to me?" Hermione's eyes sparkled, "It's a new book!"

"for you--"

"Then let me buy you another one?"

"No, I won't look at it anyway."

This is indeed true. After learning that Gilderoy Lockhart was the compiler of this semester's textbook, Stone actually looked up to him.

But because of what happened just now, this man's image fell to the bottom with Stone.

...It's not Hermione, it's about the autograph session.

For a writer, book signings and promotions are all normal things.

But this kind of hype-like marketing... shows that the content of the book is not good, or that Lockhart himself is a profit-oriented person, and may even have both.

Stone also knows not to be too extreme when judging a person.

But there is no way, you are not good enough, and you still steal my fans...

I can't stand this.