Hermione, join me as Minister of Magic!

The goblin Griphook was overjoyed: "Thank you for this noble lady!"

Although goblins always look down on Muggles and don't like wizards very much, they never refuse money to their door—Muggle gold is also gold, isn't it?

Of course, Mrs. Mason exchanged so much money at once not entirely for her son, but because she and Mr. Mason also had something they wanted to buy.

The potion that Lockhart gave her proved to be very effective, and after using the radiant, Mrs. Mason made a big splash at the rich ladies' salons, and everyone wanted to know what makeup she used to get the corners of her eyes. Crow's feet are all removed, which is much better than Paula and Lancome.

But Lockhart also warned them of the existence of the "Secrecy Act"-which stipulates that although wizards from Muggle families have the right to know and the right to use some magical products, they cannot resell or disclose them to the outside world.

Although it's a pity not to be able to show off how much to those eight women, the removal of crow's feet is the real deal, and "Mrs. Primpney's Beauty Pharmacy" at 275 Diagon Alley happens to sell related products, Lockhart told Mason Madam also has special effects for removing sarcoma, acne, blackheads, and birthmarks.

In addition, the Tuofan tailor shop on the south side of Diagon Alley also has some clothes cut out according to the Muggle fashion show, but the materials used are all enchanted, and some details can be changed on the spot.

After hearing about this, Mrs. Mason has already decided to bloodbath all the famous boutiques in Diagon Alley.

Except for those from poor families like Colin Creevey, the rest of the Muggle parents had more or less exchanged some currency and wanted to bring back some special products, and cosmetics were even more popular.

Lockhart leaned against the counter at Gringotts Bank, and credited Snape familiarly: "You will see later that those women will buy up beauty products, and middle-aged men will also Will want to borrow Vitality Tonic to get back on the mend...you can make some extra money again."

As the potions professor at Hogwarts, Snape must have sold products to potions shops in his spare time, and Lockhart was also helping him make money by doing so.

"Don't do too many unnecessary things, Professor Lockhart." Snape's expression improved a little, "Our time is limited."

Lockhart noticed that he said "don't do too much" instead of "don't do it" and that he actually called himself "Professor".

"Of course." Lockhart smiled, "I suggest buying wands and measuring robes separately first, and then go to Wiserek to prepare a magic suitcase after finishing these, and finally buy potion materials, robes and Textbooks, otherwise it would be hard to pretend to go."

"Okay." Snape said succinctly.

Because it takes a long time to try on the wand and measure the robe, Lockhart and Snape divided the people into two groups, one group went to Ollivander's wand shop first, and the other group went to Madam Malkin's. , exchanged, and finally reassembled at the Wieseac Brothers Magic Item Shop.

"Everyone must have at least a precise wand, a decent robe, and a large durable suitcase!" Lockhart shouted to the freshmen, "Let Professor Snape take you to see Popo and the Telescope." , I will buy the suitcase, this is an entrance gift for you!"

"You are generous," Snape said with a sneer.

Lockhart smiled without explaining.

Lockhart is willing to pay for something like this that doesn't cost much but can last for a long time.In this way, no matter which wizard looks down at his suitcase in the future, he will remember that it was a gift from Lockhart, which is extremely cost-effective.

Moreover, if Lockhart chooses to buy items like this that are not on the Hogwarts school start list, the unit price will be much cheaper than buying them individually.

When buying potion ingredients, Snape fulfilled his duties as a professor: as soon as he stopped there, the salesman brought out all the ingredients of the best quality, and he didn't dare to shoddy them at all. They are also careful when measuring, lest the potions master will revoke their "exclusive" status if they are dissatisfied.

They didn't prepare to take the children to the last place until almost everything was bought.

After - Li Zhan - Lihen Bookstore

In order to take care of the students from poor families, Lockhart deliberately raised his voice a little: "If possible, I suggest you go to the second-hand bookstore first, many seniors will leave their own notes on the old textbooks... Those who are willing to improve their homework Children can consider my suggestion."

After hearing this, the parents of several students were obviously relieved, and Colin Creevey also looked at Lockhart gratefully—the school’s bursary is only 50 Galleons, and the wand costs 10 Galleons— Root, potion materials cannot be discounted, new robes are not cheap, and they have to use second-hand items for other things, and Lockhart's proposal is to find a way for them to step down.

Moreover, the wealthy children who originally planned to buy new books also began to hesitate—even in the Muggle world, there is a tradition of buying old textbooks in the West, anyway, their elementary and middle school textbooks have not changed for decades.

"Okay, let's go to the second-hand bookstore first." Someone suggested this, and soon got a response from others.

Snape should have seen Lockhart's purpose, but it had nothing to do with him, and he didn't bother to say anything.

"I'll wait outside." He said to Lockhart, "You take them in." Lockhart gladly obeyed, so he led the little wizards to the thrift shop.After pushing open the shop door, before he could speak, he heard a sound of wind, and a Pobao flew towards his head.

He only had time to shrink his head: T Ganbao flew over, brushing his scalp, and then slammed into the wall next to the door, making a loud noise.

And a louder sound soon came, and it was a human voice one by one.

"Hit him! Daddy!"

Lockhart turned around and realized that it was the voices of two red-haired twin brothers.The two were happily surrounding the two entangled men in front of them, cheering for one of them.And a middle-aged woman shouted "Arthur

,do not do that! ", but there is no way to intervene directly.

And one of the two people who were fighting together also had red hair, and the blond man who was pressed on the bookshelf by the red-haired man and beaten was wearing a luxurious black robe with gold trim.

It's just that the clothes don't help me in close combat, the face deserves a beating or a beating.

Seeing this situation, how could Lockhart not know what "drama" he had caught up with?

Finally started.he thought.

Chapter 12 "Small" Interlude

In line with the principle that eating melons is not a big deal, after seeing who the two people were fighting, Lockhart pressed back the magic wand that had popped out of his cuff-this ejection device that can be controlled by twisting the wrist can make Lockhart saves 4/5 of his wand time.

"Get out of the way!"

Snape suddenly pushes Lockhart away from behind, then pulls out his wand) and points at the two still fighting.

"Let's relax!" he yelled.

The two men who were fighting hand-to-hand softened their feet and fell to the ground one after another.

Snape walked over quickly: "Lucius! When did you break your wand and learn to wrestle with the troll instead?"

"Severus?" The blond man climbed up from the ground in embarrassment: "Although I admit that I am a little disrespectful, the one who can only move his fist like a Muggle is definitely not me!"

Then he seemed to remember something again, quickly swept around, then picked up an old transfiguration textbook from the ground, and stuffed it into the hand of the little red-haired girl beside him.

"Here, little girl—take your book—it's the best thing your father can give you."

After finishing speaking, he hurriedly pulled Snape up again: ""Severus, long time no see, let's go have a drink together...Draco, follow up! "

— A blond boy with a malicious face noticed Snape: "Professor Snape! I didn't expect to see you here!"

Snape ignored him, but turned to Lockhart.

"Professor Lockhart, the distance we have traveled is not long, even the big hairy monster

You should know the way back..." Snape's tone was still emotionless.

"I understand." Lockhart said bluntly, "I will help them buy the books on the list, then browse around the shops, and finally send them back safely."

"Fine, I'm going to have a drink with an old friend, then I should go back to watch WT

Snape said "restore as before" to the shelf he turned over, and after restoring the damaged things just now, he made a gesture of farewell or expulsion to the Muggle parents, and followed Lucius Marr Fu walked out of the bookstore together.

Lockhart shook his head slightly when he was gone.

Snape was not such a cold person, but unfortunately he was influenced by the position of his buttocks.Between pure blood families and Muggles, he finally chose pure blood.

Of course the red-haired family all knew Snape, but they didn't want to greet him, because their family was "pure-blood scum", completely different from Snape, who pretended to be a pure-blood in name .

And just as they were leaving, the red-haired man's family quickly surrounded him and began to greet the man, but the way of greeting him was a bit rough.

"Arthur! I'm still here, you do this kind of thing! Fighting...Look at the good head you have given the children! Fortunately, there is no acquaintance here...healing as before!"

The middle-aged woman healed her husband's wound in the blink of an eye, but her temper also came up.

Seeing that his wife was about to get mad, Arthur quickly looked to the side: "Molly, there are people watching. This is Professor Lockhart, right? I just heard... oh, there are so many Muggles!"

What he saw was the huge procession behind Lockhart.

But his wife focused on the other side: "Professor Lockhart? Which Lockhart°"

Then she saw Lockhart's smiling face.

"Good afternoon! I'm Gilderoy Lockhart, I think you must be from the Weasley family! I saw your red hair." Lockhart greeted with a smile.

Molly Weasley let out a high-pitched scream.

But someone next to her screamed louder than her, and it was from a little girl

Hermione Granger covered her face, feeling like she was about to faint.

After a while, the Muggle parents who had bought all the books came to the Flo-Flynn Cold Food Shop under the strong invitation of Arthur Weasley, and invited everyone to drink iced cocktails or enjoy ice cream.

Lockhart insisted on paying for the dessert himself, and claimed that "this is an official business and should be reimbursed by Dumbledore"

Arthur Weasley knows that Hogwarts is unlikely to reimburse this, but he has to admit it, who makes the Weasley family's financial situation a bit embarrassing, but he likes Muggles and Muggles too much Technology has advanced, so he will never let go of such a good opportunity.

While Arthur was chatting with the parents of Muggle families, Mrs. Weasley and Hermione Granger were enthusiastically chatting with their heroes.

Oh my God!We have absolutely no idea!This year's Defense Against the Dark Arts professor will be you! Mrs. Weasley said exaggeratedly, "Percy has complained many times, saying that they haven't met a reliable professor for several years, and he can only teach himself Defense Against the Dark Arts. As a result, he only passed the WLs exam." "A (passing factory.o I think if you are here, it will not be a problem."

"It's hard to say, ma'am." Lockhart replied modestly. "The ability to resist the dark arts and the ability to be a professor are two different things."

"But I think if you can't do it, no one else can.

said Mrs Weasley eagerly.

Next to her, the girl with the brown curly hair nodded, as if she couldn't agree more with Mrs. Weasley's words.

"Professor Lolo Lockhart...I bought your complete set of books, I don't know...can you..." She began to stutter.

"Miss Granger, other people's experience is someone else's after all, and it is the part that other people want to show you, so just read it as a novel." Lockhart said kindly to her

In the self-introduction just now, Lockhart knew her name—one of the famous Potter's Iron Triangle, the most outstanding witch in the same grade, Hermione Granger.

If you add the freckled red-haired boy who is eating strawberry raspberry cream ice cream all over his face, then the trio of saviors has come to two.

——By the way, where is Harry Potter?I remember that he should have been taken to the Burrow by the Weasleys at this time, and then he was dragged out of Knockturn Alley by Hagrid because he failed to use the Floo powder.

Lockhart couldn't figure out why, but that didn't matter.No matter what happened to Harry, Dumbledore would bring him safely to Hogwarts.

He was even more curious about how Hermione knew himself.

Mrs. Weasley was originally a witch, so she knew she was normal, but Hermione shouldn't—because in the list of books he gave Dumbledore, he only marked the teaching aids used by Ms. Book Practical Defensive Magic and Its Restraint against the Dark Arts, and another reference book Old Forgotten Magic and Spells

It would be kind of bad if Hermione still got his complete set of books from somewhere - because things like what his favorite color is and what his secret ambition is now he doesn't even know, saying Indeterminate Hermione's response to "Gidero

o Lockhart" knew more than the current self.

——In addition to Ogden’s Old Hot Whiskey, which he also likes very much now

Lockhart waited for Hermione to continue, but Hermione didn't mean it.

"I-I-I mean...can you sign, sign for me, Professor?" She looked at Lockhart expectantly.

Lockhart was momentarily at a loss for words, and even felt a little emotional.

At least 80% of the matter that constitutes Hermione's thinking world is rational, and of the remaining 20%, apart from family and friendship, the name "Lockhart" can definitely account for the remaining 9%.

"No problem, where do I need to sign?"

"Just sign your autobiography."

Seeing Lockhart take out his peacock quill and sign Hermione's book in a fluttering manner, Mrs. Weasley's eyes also showed longing.

But then she gave it up again—her treasured copy of "Guideroe Lockhart How to Get Rid of Household Pests" was too old to be handy.

Gilderoy Lockhart didn't underestimate the Weasleys because of their family background, and considering his future plans, he had to rely a lot on Arthur Weasley.

Anyway, at least he is a pure blood.

Many people always think that the Weasley family is poor because their husband and wife are too loving and have too many children, but it is not - considering that the number of pure-blood wizard families is becoming increasingly scarce, having more children is not necessarily a disadvantage.

Their poor family is purely because Arthur and Molly "eloped" away, so they didn't get the support of both families when they got married.As for the embarrassment of life after marriage, it is also because Arthur Weasley "betrayed his bloodline", so he was punished.

He was vaguely rejected by other pure-blood families, and had no economic relationship with any redundant sources.

However, even if those pure-blood families were unwilling, in order to maintain the "purity" of the bloodline and not give birth to mentally handicapped children due to the marriage of close relatives, they still had to consider re-accepting Weasley.If Arthur was willing to "admit his mistakes," I'm afraid they would immediately stretch out their arms to embrace him and welcome him back home.

But it's a pity that the shitty "pure blood glory" may not be as important to Arthur Weasley as he figured out the principle of the plug.

Lockhart continued to display his communication skills and affinity. Apart from the Weasleys and the Grangers, he did not neglect the Muggle families, and he could pronounce each other's full name correctly.

In order to become a politician, Bill Clinton memorized [-] names when he was in college. Lockhart felt that it would not be difficult for him to memorize the names of thousands of wizards and their family members in the UK. cheat

And in the process of talking with the Weasley family, these Muggle-born wizards also learned more about Lockhart-they never imagined that this amiable professor in the wizarding world would actually Still a big shot.

His witty words and friendly attitude made people feel like a spring breeze. When they finally parted, all parents, whether they were wizards or Muggle families, thought that 5

As long as Lockhart is watching their kids at Hogwarts, they can rest easy

After leaving Diagon Alley, the parents of the new students felt that if the children of 12 families needed to be sent by Lockhart, it would be too much trouble for him.And all the things they bought have been stuffed into that magic suitcase, which doesn't take up much space, so the parents want to take this opportunity to get together, have a cup of tea together, and then take the children to stroll around London, Lockhart only needs to send those few students from poor backgrounds home.

Damn class.Lockhart grunted under his breath.

"So, the wonderful and exciting day is over!" Lockhart said to them, I will be waiting for you at King's Cross Station on September 9! "

After he left, Hermione looked at Ron Weasley beside him with a look of disgust.The most adventurous and chivalrous wizard of all time was sitting in front of you just now, and you were eating ice cream! ' she accuses.

Just when Lockhart was communicating with many parents, in the Lamb's Banner bar on Rose Street, Snape stared into Lucius Malfoy's eyes and asked something that made his hair stand on end.

So, Lucius, what exactly did you do in Diagon Alley just now? "

Chapter 13 Secret Transactions