Hermione, join me as Minister of Magic!

After making up his mind to run for the Minister of Magic, Lockhart finally settled down and began to plan his own development route.

The Minister of Magic is a good job. Not only is he the head of many magical civil servants, but he is also the chief justice of the Wizengamot. Even that idiot Fudge was able to award himself a first-class Medal of the Order of Merlin when he was a minister, which can be described as a high position.

It is precisely because of this that there are many people who want to do this, and there are many great wizards with ideals.Although Lockhart's foundation is not bad, it is still very difficult to get a position.

Even if this is just the political circle of the magic world, he should have his own interest groups, a relatively good circle of contacts, a fundamental base of voters who support him, and the support of civil servants and the legal profession.And all he can rely on at present is his own "prestige" and the "business ability" he has cultivated from his childhood as a staff member.

force"

That's why he still decided to accept the offer from Hogwarts when he knew that the Chamber of Secrets incident was about to break out and his situation would be very dangerous.

Hogwarts is the alma mater of almost everyone in the British wizarding world. In order to establish his authority among the young wizards of the future, Lockhart must create an image of "facing difficulties" for himself. Just for a year.

As long as he survives this year, he can go to the Department of Magical Accidents and Disasters, use his forgetting spell to become an amnestic, and officially enter the political world.

As for Voldemort's Rebellion... He could only choose to deal with it bravely and stand firmly on the side of the White Magic World for this kind of thing that could not be avoided no matter what.

While there are some risks, the rewards are equally huge.

As long as he finds a way to survive this period of time, after the famous Harry Potter overthrows Voldemort, he can use his "prophet" advantage to operate and plan, take over Rufus Scrimgeour's position, and go On the post of Minister of Magic.

After he has stayed in this position enough and earned his fame and fortune, he will pass the position of Minister of Magic to Hermione Granger and continue to control the political world.

Anyway, Hermione is also a huge admirer of Lockhart.

Dumbledore might or might not have seen what Lockhart was thinking, but none of that mattered.

Anyway, Lao Deng just wanted to turn Harry Potter, the savior, into the shape he wanted as much as possible before Voldemort returned.As long as Lockhart didn't get in the way of his goal: Dumbledore probably wouldn't mind if he went a little too far with some things.

Therefore, in this year's plan, Lockhart set himself the goal of becoming a qualified Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, establishing his own influence among the students, and then trying to hold on to his own life as much as possible, not to die in a snake. Blame the sneak attack, and then go to the demon safely > go to the past/ren°

For this goal, he needs to improve his magic strength as soon as possible, and he can no longer be a guy who can only forget the curse.

There is also the need to carefully prepare lessons, not to reveal the truth in one lesson like the original owner. Lockhart intends to maintain his glorious image for a whole year.

But before that, he had to go home to appease his mother, and at the same time prepare for the task assigned to him by the principal.

This was the first task Dumbledore gave him, and Lockhart didn't want to mess it up

Chapter 3 The Energy Behind The Three Broomsticks

After coming out of Hogwarts Castle, Lockhart was not in a hurry to return to London, but first went to Hogsmeade, a magical town next to the school.

Of course, he didn't come here for no purpose, but to impress the parents of those students, so he had to come here to purchase some things, and at the same time make a preliminary preparation for his ambition.

After shopping around for a long time, he stuffed the things he bought into his suitcase that had been cast with the traceless expansion spell, and came to the biggest bar in the town, Three Broomsticks, contentedly.

Almost as soon as he entered the bar, one of the people inside spotted him.

"Gideroy Lockhart!"

The hostess of the bar left aside the guests who were greeting her, and came straight to the door.

"Good afternoon, Ms. Rosmerta."

Lockhart flashed his trademark smile and saluted the hostess.

Rosmerta's eyes lit up: "You haven't been here for a long time, recently I... oh, - is everything going well?"

Lockhart blinked his left eye lightly, or more like a wink: "Thanks to you, it couldn't have been smoother...do you still have the wine I kept?

"Of course! I keep it in the best place in the cellar. How...is it the same? A large old Ogden's Fire whiskey with ice pucks and two scoops of soda?" Rosmerta asked eagerly.

"Of course, or... have you invented any unique little recipe recently?" Lockhart asked knowingly.

"Of course, do you want to try it?" Rosmerta asked proudly.

Lockhart smiled: "I'm very shy, and I don't always refuse the kindness from a lady, especially a beautiful lady."

"Still so glib!"

Rosmerta scoffed, and then walked towards the bar.

Probably because of what they said just now, the guests who were thrown away by Rosmerta just now were a little dissatisfied.

"Hey! I also want to drink the wine made by Rosmerta himself!" A wizard who was not wearing a wizard hat and showed a bald head shouted.

Rosmerta slipped past him nimbly: "Yes, a Gold Galleon-cup, otherwise we won't talk about it."

"What? It's so expensive? Then why is that little boy okay?" the wizard shouted.

Rosmerta's preference for Lockhart is almost obvious: "If you can kill a werewolf with your own hands, and you can taste the same wine in different years and origins, I will also be happy to mix a glass for the hero in my heart."

Seeing the wizard looking at him, Lockhart didn't say much, but directly found a seat on the side and sat down.

Although he didn't like the atmosphere of this bar, Ms. Rosmerta was the person Loja wanted to make friends with.

If he remembers correctly, the social circle of this woman in the original book is astonishingly large. Not only many young wizards from Hogwarts know her, but even the professors at Hogwarts have a good relationship with her, and even Even Fudge, the Minister of Magic, and the goblins adore her, even inviting her to sit down for a drink when they visit.

Of course, this may also have something to do with her beautiful figure and face.

In short, as long as we have a good relationship with her, when Lockhart needs to see someone in the future

You can make a transfer through Rosmer Tower, which will be much more convenient.

Besides, being with a lady who is pleasing to the eye is always sensually relaxing, isn't it?

The snarling wizard just now seemed to want to come over to make trouble, but Lockhart secretly pointed the wand stuffed in his sleeve to that side, and then the wizard sat back on his seat and began to drink dull wine.

Lockhart quietly breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that no one around him noticed his movements.

What he had cast just now was a silent version of the Confusion Charm, making the wizard think he was a heavy drinker and in a good mood today.

Lockhart had to find a way to re-plan his spell system after he realized that he had inherited the original owner's memory and his basic spell-casting skills were astonishingly poor.

There is no way, let alone fighting against Voldemort and Death Eaters, even if he wants to protect himself or maintain his "glorious image" every day, he has to find a way to improve his magical strength,

Although there is no so-called "spell slot" in DND, a person's energy is limited, so even if he has learned all the spells and understood the principle of the spells, a wizard will still have spells he is good at and spells he is not so good at.Even for an all-round wizard like Dumbledore, Transfiguration is his bottom-of-the-box skill.

The Oblivion Curse is Lockhart's forte, so his magic system must be configured based on this.

Because the core of the Forgetting Curse is to confuse the memory and thinking of the target, as the "pre-skill" of the Forgetting Curse, Lockhart found that he is also quite talented in confusing and hypnotizing spells.In addition, there are some spells on the spiritual level, such as the bloodthirsty spell that irritates people, the slow spell that slows people's thinking, and the spells that cause people to hallucinate. Lockhart is also very fast to learn again.

In contrast, Lockhart's mastery of Transfiguration was a disaster.

In addition to a series of transformations, such as elemental fireball, water prison, and hurricane

etc. After trying it, Lockhart found that he couldn’t do it at all, but the Iron Armor Curse, Flying Curse, and Cutting Curse of the spell system were much better. The situation of using it is better, but it is far inferior to spiritual spells such as the forgetting spell.

That's why the Confusion Curse he secretly used on that bald wizard just now was not discovered." Even though there are obviously many people present-these are the results of Lockhart's meticulous training these days.

Looks like I'm more or less capable of fighting, Lockhart thought.

Those who engage in organizational work like him don't have a particularly strong backing. If they don't have any real skills, how can they convince the people below?

After entering the inner bar, Rosmerta quickly re-emerged with a silver plate, and placed a glass of wine and a plate of Scottish butter biscuits on his table.

"Lambert didn't trouble you just now, did he?" Rosmerta asked with concern.

"Is his name Lambert... No, he is busy drinking, maybe he has something on his mind." Lockhart raised his glass.

Rosmerta glanced over there: "He does have something on his mind...his lover ran away with someone else."

"Oh?" Lockhart suddenly became interested, "Tell me about it, drinking dry wine is so boring."

"Bad guy!" Rosmerta cursed with a smile, but she didn't refuse.

Spreading gossip is one of Rosmerta's instinctive hobbies, otherwise she would not choose to open a bar.

She happily told Lockhart: "Lambert originally had a childhood sweetheart, a witch named Yennefer, but recently she fell in love with a white-haired long-haired Muggle, who seemed to be called Gerald What the heck, I dumped him, so even people who bring him a little more handsome recently have to go up and find trouble."

"That's pathetic," said Lockhart sympathetically.

"But how can I see schadenfreude from your face?" Rosmerta broke him.

"Nothing."

He took a sip of the wine he served, and firmly denied Rosmerta's accusation—this is the basic quality of a civil servant, and he would never say anything that would make him responsible.

Then he changed the subject: "Well... I'm not surprised that you added a little honey to it, but you added a little cherry juice? It's strange, but the taste is very good, and the light sauce in the old wine It tastes great."

Rosmerta was indeed distracted: "My God, that's right! I really want to cut off your tongue, make it into a magic mouth and store it up, so that I can taste the newly brewed wine for me every day."

Lockhart didn't dare to take her words as a pure joke, since this is the wizarding world.

But he is indeed very confident in wine tasting, because this thing is a classic topic in political clubs, if he doesn't know how to taste wine, it will be difficult for him to climb up.

Seeing that the timing was almost here, Lockhart proposed his intention to come.

"Rosmerta, I recently discovered a good opportunity to earn gold in the Muggle world, but I don't have a lot of British pounds, that is, Muggle currency, can you introduce me to Mr. Ragno of Gringotts Bank ?"

If Lockhart remembers correctly, Ragnor is one of the leaders of the goblins in Gringotts—and Bill Weasley tried to persuade him to join the alliance when he was fighting Voldemort, but he failed in the end.

Rosmerta showed a disappointed expression: "I knew you wouldn't come to me just because you have nothing to do."

"How?" said Lockhart with cheeky basics, "I have to earn

You have to get enough Galleons to visit the beautiful Rosmer Tower frequently. Your spending here is really not cheap. "

"You get what you pay for, you order the most expensive wine every time you come here, so don't blame me for the expensive things here. Look at those little wizards, they drink butter beer with a Sickle and a bottle very happily .”

"Butterbeer... forgive me, that's a calorie bomb. As an iconoclast, I have to keep in shape." Lockhart grimaced.

"Really?" Rosmerta subconsciously glanced at Lockhart's chest, and saw the outline of muscles from the slim-fitting coat.

Indeed, no matter whether they are skinny or potbellied, wizards do not need to use their muscles very much, so except for Quidditch players, it is rare to see a good figure. Obviously, I am afraid that the magic potion does have muscle-enhancing agents.

But Lockhart was an exception. He paid great attention to self-care, so even though he was 28 years old this year, his appearance and figure were no different from those of young people.

Rosmerta felt a little hot all over his body.

"Maybe I can help with this," she said, "but Mr. Raguenot is very busy. Even if he is tempted by gold, it will take him a while to find time... Do you want to stay here tonight?"

Chapter 4 Lockhart with both ends

In the morning, Rosmerta woke up from his sleep.

The first thing she did when she opened her eyes was to subconsciously look at her pillow, but she found that there was no one there, and the pillows and quilt beside her were as neat as new.

Sure enough... was the madness last night just a dream?

She rubbed her temples and slowly sat up, ready to get out of bed to tidy up the counter, waiting for the door to open.

However, she found a glass of clear water on the bedside cabinet, with a note under it.The letters on the note are all written in flying and phoenix dances, which is Lockhart's best signature cursive calligraphy.

"Dear Rosa: You were so good last night!

Seeing that you were sleeping soundly, I didn't want to wake you up.But today I have an appointment to go home to see my mother, so I have to leave early. It's a pity that I can't give you a smile with the morning sun and dew.

I added two drops of Buffy Brain Refreshing Toner to the water at the bedside. There is breakfast prepared for you on the bar. I used a concealment spell to prevent it from being eaten by the cat outside your store. You used the revealing spell to transform it just fine.

Looking forward to a more wonderful meeting next time, I hope it will be next to the waterfalls in Seljalands, or in the hot springs in Pamukkale.

Love you Gilderoy Lockhart"

"Hmph, sweet talk, it's as if it's true!"

After reading the message, Rosmerta crumpled the note while muttering, and walked towards the trash can in the bedroom.

But after walking a few steps, she hesitated, and she straightened the paper and

He folded it up and stuffed it into a dark box deep in his closet.

Then, she hastily put on a coat, didn't eat breakfast, but went straight to the attic of her own shop, and began to write letters to the fairy Ragnol.

As a responsible civil servant, Lockhart's nature is very similar to that of the original owner - pushy and unscrupulous in order to achieve his goals.It's just that the current Lockhart thinks that the bottom line is a little bit higher, and he is more intelligent and superior than the original owner.

Since Rosmerta likes the feeling of wandering among many important people, then Lockhart gave her what she wanted. Anyway, there is no shortage of things like courtesans, and he doesn't think this kind of Women are difficult.

But compared with the woman he met by chance, another woman is more important to him now, and that is his mother, Mrs. Lockhart.

On the way home driving his "Lotus" car that was enlarged with the traceless expansion spell, Lockhart has been thinking about how to deal with the "mother" in his body

It can be said that Lockhart's pushy character in the original book was all created by Mrs. Lockhart.

Because Lockhart's father is a Muggle (non-magical person), and his mother is a witch, and among their three children, only Lockhart is a boy, and has magical talents, while the two sisters have no at all.

So of course, whether it is "the only wizard" or "the only male", Lockhart has enjoyed most of the love from his parents since he was a child, and his pushy and vain character was also developed at that time of.

But it is a pity that after entering Hogwarts, he was assigned to Ravenclaw, where geniuses gather... It can only be said to be a tragedy.

Frankly speaking, he is not stupid, otherwise he would not be sorted into LaVine by the sorting hat

Crowe, but his cleverness seems to be used on "how to make yourself stand out", and his classwork can only be said to be average, and this gap makes his personality even more extreme

So much so that after graduating, he used all means to become famous, and began to inquire about the deeds of celebrities, and used the forgetting curse to plunder, and put all the achievements of others on himself-isn't this due to the character he cultivated since he was a child?