Hermione, join me as Minister of Magic!

"If he really didn't want to go, then the deviation wouldn't exist at all," Lockhart said.

Dike's, doesn't exist anymore. ’ Mrs. Mason agreed very much.

"This is undoubtedly a good thing." Lockhart followed her words, "Parents have planned the future for their children, and the children will go on step by step, and they will always get the expected benefits in the end, although there will be no surprises. , but there will be no surprises, and the harvest will be guaranteed due to drought and flood.”

Mrs. Mason didn't expect him to say that - she thought Lockhart meant it

Convince the couple and let their son go to Hogwarts to study.

Because it was too unexpected, she didn't know what to say.

But Lockhart didn't stop there: "Of course, I know that your husband is running a brilliant construction company, he is highly respected, and everyone responds to him. I believe your child will inherit his talent and will be able to use it well in the future." this class takes over

Mrs. Mason was embarrassed by what he said: "No, no, it's not that good. Sam doesn't like to socialize very much. His father and I have always been worried that he will have no social circle in the future."

"It sounds like a good seedling who specializes in technology or law, and he must be outstanding in schoolwork." Lockhart continued to praise.

Listening to Loha talking about his children, Mrs. Mason became excited: "Sam's spelling and Latin are indeed okay, but his art, mathematics and science are not so satisfactory. I'm afraid I can't be an architect, but if Going to business school, we are worried about socializing, so we want him to use his strengths to improve Latin, and then take the civil service exam [=]JJ Bei...

Lockhart knew exactly what she was talking about—although Latin is not a compulsory subject in British public schools, it is a compulsory subject in those "high-end" private schools, and many civil service exams are also compulsory. Tested in Latin—British class solidification is so simple and crude that outsiders are embarrassed to point it out.

She talked on and on for several minutes, and Lockhart listened patiently, nodding and echoing every now and then to show he was paying attention.

It wasn't until the end that he interjected while Mrs. Mason was taking a breath: "I see...Hogwarts also has Latin studies."

"Hogwarts also has Latin?" Mrs. Mason asked curiously, "Making tricks... Why do schools that study magic learn Latin?"

Lockhart sighed: "It seems that you have misunderstood us deeply... In fact, if you want to master ancient runes, magic principles, or communicate with foreign wizards, you need a high level of Latin. Many spells Both need to be pronounced in Latin, like..."

As he spoke, he took out his wand and waved his finger at the teapot: "Wingardium Levisa (Wingardium Levisa)!

Although Lockhart is not familiar with many spells now, and he only picked up some of them after various exercises, but the Levitation spell is the foundation of all spells, and Lockhart still has no problem using it. After all, he was a Hogwarts student who graduated normally.

Seeing Mrs. Mason staring dumbfoundedly at the rising teapot, the smile on Lockhart's face grew brighter.

Io you heard that, it's a typical Latin incantation.If your child is proficient in Latin, he will have a huge advantage in school. "

No matter how many things a person hears, it is not as shocking as what he sees. Mrs. Kemeisen began to think seriously.

"It would be a good decision if Hogwarts made Latin a compulsory subject, but what use are these things? Lift up the teapot?" Her tone began to change.

"Of course it's impossible to just lift things up. Our people also have to work and live!" Lockhart waved his hand and put the teapot down. a present."

Lockhart pointed his wand at a point in the air, and summoned the vial he had stored in advance out of thin air.

This medicine bottle is a square shape made of crystal, the decoration is very simple, and it contains an emerald-like clear liquid, which looks very dazzling.

"It's a small bottle of Buffy's mind-boosting potion, and just a few drops can give you a big boost."

It improves the thinking and memory, makes learning and work more efficient, and has no side effects, so a small bottle costs 5 Galleons—that is, gold coins. "

Seeing that Mrs. Mason was puzzled, Lockhart added another sentence.

"Is it so magical?" Mrs. Mason stared at the small bottle and asked.

If she hadn't seen the car that could drive herself and the teapot that flew out of thin air just now, Mrs. Mason might still have doubts, but now she was dubious.

"Of course, this is one of several side-effect-free potions recognized by Extraordinary Pharmacists. Potions is also one of the compulsory courses at Hogwarts. Some students make a living from it after graduation, earning a lot of money." Lockhart Encouragement, Mang, besides that, they occasionally make some radiant lotion that can eliminate wrinkles..."

"Eliminate what?" Mrs. Mason raised her tone suddenly, and her voice became a little urgent.

"Wrinkles." Lockhart repeated again: "Wrinkles and gray hair are the enemies of women, and witches don't like them either, and such potions on the market are usually very popular."

He casually summoned a bottle of pink ointment from the air: "This is it, you only need to use it once, and you won't see any wrinkles for about a week. Ms. Rosmerta, the hostess of the three broomsticks strongly Recommend this, she's been running the bar for years, but bless Merlin, when I went by yesterday, she's still the same as a 17-year-old girl - in every way."

Mrs. Mason could hardly take her eyes off the bottle of pink ointment.

"How much does this... cost?"

"It's cheaper than Buffy Brain Refreshing Potion, only 1 Galleon and 15 Sickles... Oh, I hope you know, I'm not a drug dealer, but a professor." Lockhart forcefully brought the topic back.

It was only then that Mrs. Mason realized that she had been rude: "...you are right."

"I just showed you one of the many possibilities for school graduates,

Of course, going to Romania to raise dragons or go to Egypt to work as a spellbreaker may be too far away from your life, but you have met the people from the Ministry of Magic, haven't you?

Our Ministry of Magic has a direct line to the British Prime Minister's office, and some things will be reported directly to the Prime Minister.In addition, there are Gringotts Bank, the Daily Prophet newspaper, Wizard Radio, St. Mungo's Hospital, the courts, and even magic travel vehicles. oo In short, we also have a lot of work. "

Mrs. Mason nodded, indicating that she understood.

Seeing that the time was ripe, Lockhart finally started his general attack.

"Of course, I'm not saying this to prove anything, I'm just raising such a 'possibility' to you and your children. "

"Possibility?" repeated Mrs. Mason.

Lockhart has instilled too many things in her mind for a while, she has to think about it——Mu Mu

Dyke's, possibility. Lockhart repeated, "Of course, your arrangement for your child's future can be said to be perfect, but that is only one of the countless possibilities for your child's future. Is this path the "best solution" for your child?" , no one knows.

But like Latin, magic is one of many gifts your child possesses, and it is such an extraordinary and rare gift that if you force your child to It's hard for me to say it's the right choice to give up such a "possibility" that could bring him greatness."

After speaking, Lockhart took a sip of tea and let Mrs. Mason think for herself.

Mrs. Mason thought about it for about a minute before slowly opening her mouth again.

"So... besides Potions and Latin, what else is taught at Hogwarts?

Seeing her let go, Lockhart added without losing the opportunity: "Too many, Latina

Wen belongs to a branch of ancient runes, in addition to spells, transformation, herbalism, astronomy, flight, defense, protection of magical creatures, etc... Believe me, these tasks are not easy, we Hogwarts and Like Eton College, it also implements elite education. "

Mrs. Mason hesitated: "It sounds like only Latin, herbal medicine and astronomy can be used as "specialties" to apply to universities? "

F like riding and the like, you need to learn by yourself. "Lockhart laughed in his heart: "Latin is a compulsory language for civil servants, and identifying plants and studying astronomy are also noble hobbies. Of course, you can apply to the university. "

"If I remember correctly, Hogwarts only teaches them until they are seventeen?" asked Mrs. Mason again.

"Yes, it just happened to be connected to your university, and the six-month middle school course was taken with Buffy Brain Refreshing Agent. Your child is equivalent to six years of ordinary children's study."

"In that case, I will discuss it with my husband when he comes back." Mrs. Mason was finally moved. "Also, you are sure to teach at Hogwarts, right?"

"Yes." Lockhart replied without hesitation.

"Great, I hope to ask Sam for his opinion when he comes back. In fact, Sam was very dissatisfied when he heard that we hid the letter from Hogwarts..." Mrs. Mason said with a wry smile.

"Understandable." Lockhart said to himself, sure enough.

Children, when they heard that they could learn magic, who would think about what to learn—the quadratic equation.

"Then it's settled. If you still have any doubts, you can talk to Mr. Dursley. They have a nephew named Harry Potter, who is currently studying at Hogwarts and will start his second year this year. Yes." Lockhart added.

"Dursley." Mrs. Mason remembered something: "That Vernon who sold the drilling rig

o Dursley? "

Yes. " Lockhart confirmed her guess.

"I didn't know they had a nephew!" Mrs. Mason exaggerated. "That guy was pestering my husband every day, selling him his drills, and inviting us to his house at the end of this month. I didn't know they were too. People there!"

"Uh, they're not... Forget it, you can find out for yourself." Lockhart felt that it was better to say less about this.

"I understand your opinion. If there is a responsible teacher like you in the school, I can rest assured of Hogwarts."

Although Mrs. Mason didn't say it clearly, the meaning behind her words was already biased, and Lockhart could naturally hear it.

"Then I will wait for the good news... After you make a decision, you can borrow that Harry Potter's owl to send a letter to Hogwarts. I will visit again in mid-August and take your children to buy the new term. Need textbooks and other materials...the list is listed in the letter, if you buy it according to the minimum configuration, it will be less than 8 galleons, which is 60 pounds, if you need to prepare more - some robes, potions, books or pocket money for children For money, it’s better to prepare 300 pounds.”

After hearing this figure, Mrs. Mason didn't even bat an eyelid: "It's not expensive. I spend about this much on clothes for the whole family every weekend."

Lockhart smiled: "In this case, I will leave another book... the name is "I Can Be Magical", which is my own autobiography. I am also from a mixed-race family. I grew up in a Muggle environment. After leaving Hogwarts, it has developed fairly well so far, I hope it can help you understand the wizarding society."

After that, he stood up and offered his farewell.

If there are no accidents, this child should be taken down steadily, and he doesn't want to waste time hooking up with a good young woman.

And the next person he was going to meet was another Muggle-born student—

Colin Creevey.

The milkman's kid could have stayed out of the matter, but he chose to stand up bravely in the sixth grade, and finally died on the front line against Voldemort, leaving only a few magic photos he had taken, which are the most distressing in the book One of the characters, Lockhart can't help but not pay attention.

After he left, Mrs. Mason found out that he had left the two bottles of medicine and the book on the table.

She hesitated for a moment, then carefully picked up the bottle of pink ointment—how about giving it a try?

— Two days later, Harry Potter, who was depressed because he hadn't received any letters from his friends until now, was sitting in the closet reading a book, when he suddenly heard Uncle Vernon let out a loud cry

"Harry Potter! Come down now!"

Startled, he hurried down the stairwell.

But unexpectedly, when he appeared in front of his uncle, he found that Uncle Vernon was not very angry.

"Sit down," he said to Harry. "Now tell me, what the hell is your juggling school...?"

Harry couldn't believe his ears—what medicine did this guy take today?

Chapter 7 Connecting Two Worlds

According to his plan, Lockhart spent two days visiting the Muggle families of the 12 future young wizards, and captured them all without missing a single one.

Good image, excellent eloquence, and the affinity that Lockhart is trying his best to maintain, these have added a lot of points to him in front of these parents.

The rich care about the "possibility" for their children to enter the wizarding world, the middle class cares about the connections their children may make through it, and the poor only care about whether it will allow their children to rely on "this craft" to beg for food. Lohar Especially playing through all these.

Especially Colin Creevey, after his father stubbornly asked Lockhart to "show his skills" and saw the magic with his own eyes, he embraced his son with great joy and began to ask about Hogwarts bursary matters.

"Anything is better than delivering milk anyway," he had told Lockhart.

This kind of "a penny can't beat a hero" type of remarks also made Lockhart sigh, no matter which world he is in, such things as class exist.

"Call me after you get to Hogwarts." He said to Colin Creevey, "I'll teach you how to make a magic photo potion so that the people on your camera can move."

"Hmm!" Colin stared intently at the moving photos on "I Can Be Magical".

After meeting twelve people and sending out twelve autobiographies, Lockhart took another solid step on the road to continue expanding his influence.

As for the "small money" of various gifts, Lockhart didn't care at all.

According to the scale of St. Mungo's Hospital and the Ministry of Magic in various magical towns, it is estimated that the number of wizards registered in England and Scotland is not many, and it may be only a few thousand.

Upper Wales and Ireland are less than [-]

—A population of less than 6500 wizards is really like a small spoonful of pepper sprinkled in a bucket of noodle soup in front of a population of [-] million in the UK, which doesn't even add much flavor.

Lockhart has published several books in total, and the total sales volume is less than [-]. This is still in the case of selling abroad. The manuscript fee he can get is not much if converted into pounds. No matter how much he wants To make money, you have to sell the bird snake egg yolk shampoo that you endorse.

Although the money may be at the level of a well-off family on the Muggle side, compared with many people in the wizarding world, especially compared with the situation of the Weasley family, it is already considered a family.

Considering that the ancestral locket of Voldemort's family was only sold by his wife for ten Galleons. oo Lockhart could even tell Voldemort that he could buy 365, and then use a different locket to wipe shit every day. Just throw it away.

The reason why the wizards are so poor can only explain one thing - that is, their population is really too small. Although the individual productivity can be said to be extremely strong, the serious shortage of the total economic volume prevents any production from being produced. Scale effect, which can not drive productivity improvement.

For example, the potion that Lockhart gave as a gift, if the Muggles had such a formula, they would have already started to produce Buffy's Brain Refreshing Potion and Radiance Potion on a large scale.

They will plant and breed medicinal materials and magical creatures on a large scale, research a set of methods for extracting effective substances with high utilization rates, and then use computers to control stirring, temperature and feeding, and then ask wizards to infuse magic power.

But what about wizards... months of collecting materials?Do only one ton of Ganbao at a time? !It will take another month to make a medicine?What are you kidding!Do you still want to make money?

The wizards knew that this situation must not be resolved if it continued, but there was nothing they could do, so they had to do everything possible to find a solution.

They are very worried that Muggles will hunt witches and witches everywhere as they did in the Middle Ages when they become more powerful.Especially after the Muggles invented the atomic bomb and went to the moon, this fear reached its peak.

Wizards, but so far no one has been able to go to the moon!

That's why Greenwald and Voldemort came into being, because they catered to the general thinking of wizards-that is, to strike first.

Although Dumbledore is great and heroic, he did not propose any solution.While it was noble to refuse the power that was readily available, it was, in other words, an evasion of responsibility, and he admitted it himself.

Just defeating "evil" does not mean that everything will be fine. As long as the ecology of the wizard-Muggle relationship is not resolved, who knows if there will be a new Dark Lord in the future?

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Sure enough, this kind of matter still has to be resolved by the "true savior"—that is, Brother Yu.Lockhart thought rather narcissistically.

It's just that he has to eat one bite at a time. He must first prove his ability to Dumbledore before he can let him support him in politics, and then acquiesce in his development of power in Hogwarts, otherwise everything will be out of the question.

Lockhart called his owl and began to write.

"Dear Principal:

The parents of the 12 Muggle families have all agreed that their children will be admitted to Hogwarts. I will take them and their parents to Diagon Alley in mid-August to buy the necessary items.