The Hogwarts library is said to be one of the largest in Europe.

With tens of thousands of books, hundreds of shelves, and countless narrow passages, the scale is somewhat prohibitive.

On Saturday morning, Jon Hart appeared inside the library...... In his spare time in the mornings and at noon, he would try to rush to the library to search for the few books he needed.

Unlike the full library in the previous university, there were not many students in this huge library, only about twenty people, and they were all old faces.

After all, the learning atmosphere at Hogwarts is really not good.

As soon as Jon entered the library, he saw Hufflepuff sophomore Justin Finchrie, who was pointing to himself and talking to a girl with curly brown hair, who was followed by a red-haired, follower-like boy.

The curly-haired brown girl listened to Justin for a few words, then walked over to Jon.

"Ahem...... Hello......" She softened her voice, "You're Jon, Jon Hart?"

"Uh...... Yes......" Jon nodded, feigning surprise, "May I ask who you are?"

"I'm Hermione, Hermione Granger, and Wendell is my father. The girl organized the language and said, "I think you've heard my name......"

"Oh, you're Dr. Granger's daughter?" Jon interrupted Hermione with a look of realization.

"That's right......" Hermione nodded.

"It's a blessing!" Jon shook Hermione's hand warmly, "It's a shame I didn't see you in Diagon Alley in the first place......"

"I'm sorry too. Hermione smiled a little reluctantly, then asked, "How are you doing at school this week...... Mainly, I don't know where the Hufflepuff break room is, and I haven't been able to find you since the sorting ceremony...... Yesterday Justin said you come to the library every morning, so I waited for you here......"

"It's okay!" Jon shook his head, then looked excited: "Hogwarts is amazing, I swear I've lived for more than ten years and I've never seen such amazing magical ......"

He sighed for several minutes, and Hermione echoed as she reminded him of a few Hogwarts precautions.

That is, until the red-haired boy coughed behind her and whispered, "Hermione, let's go, Harry's Quidditch training is about to begin." ”

"I'm sorry, I have something to go!" Hermione smiled apologetically at Jon, "If there's anything wrong with Hogwarts, you can come to me......"

"Uh-huh!"

Hermione and the red-haired boy hurried away.

As he left, the red-haired boy gave Jon a strange look:

"Who is he?"

"Uh...... The son of a friend of my father...... During the summer vacation, my father told me to take care of him when I came to school. ”

"Oh, yes? I don't think he needs much care!"

When the two of them left, Jon breathed a sigh of relief, and with his father's relationship, it was inevitable that he would know Hermione Granger. Thankfully, Hermione had no intention of introducing him to her two friends.

......

"Jon, you know Gryffindor jack-of-all-trades!" Justin Fenreli asked, walking briskly over to him.

"Hello, Justin......" Jon greeted him, vaguely "Acquaintance!"

"Miss Hermione Granger is so powerful...... Justin didn't dwell too much on this issue, but sighed, "Why is it that I was also Muggle-born, I feel like I can't catch up with her in my life?"

"Forehead ......"

The two of them were walking around the library and chatting in a whisper:

"The first Quidditch match is about to be played and we play against Ravenclaw...... Ravenclaw were last year's Quidditch Cup winners, but their previous Seeker, Lena Heidi, graduated, and they found a new Seeker, a third-year student...... I don't think she's a match for Cedric......"

Jon led the way in front of him, and before he knew it, he led Justin to the forbidden section of the library.

Listening to the familiar, familiar footsteps of cloth slippers behind him, Jon suddenly raised his voice and asked, "By the way, why do so many students resent our administrator Argus Filch?"

The footsteps of the cloth slippers behind him suddenly stopped.

"Filch?" Justin shrugged, "It's mostly the Weasley brothers from Gryffindor, they've been talking about how bad he is, and to be honest, I haven't had much contact with him......"

"I think Mr. Filch is a good person!" Jon said with a smile, "Pretty responsible...... Don't let us run around the school in the dark, because we might be in trouble when it's dark, and we can't ask for help, and don't let us go to places like the Forbidden Forest, didn't Professor Flitwick say at the opening banquet that there are very dangerous creatures in the Forbidden Forest?"

"That's just as well!" Justin nodded thoughtfully.

"And I heard from the fat friar that the former administrator, Apollion Pringer, would punish the students with caning, and when Mr. Filch became administrator, the flogging was abolished and replaced by confinement...... To be honest, I think he still cares about us deep down......"

Abolishing flogging was Dumbledore's idea, and the real Filch was in favor of flogging...... But what does this have to do with Jon Hart, he's just a first-year student who has heard a few rumors and knows little about Hogwarts.

"Maybe......"

The footsteps of the cloth slippers behind him sounded again, and then Mrs. Irma Pins, the librarian, walked over, a feather duster in her hand.

"Oh, kids...... This is the forbidden book area, I don't think it's the place for you to come!" Mrs. Pince thought for a moment, put down the feather duster in her hand, and said as kindly as possible.

"I'm sorry, ma'am......" Justin apparently knew how terrible the angry Mrs. Pince was, and fled in panic.

Jon dragged his feet behind, looking at the look on the librarian Irma Pince's face that was completely different from his usual face, and he knew that his plan was more than half successful.

Irma Pins, the Librarian, and Argus Filch, Hogwarts Castle Keeper, are a couple who adore each other...... This was a secret at Hogwarts, but not for him.

"What else, Mr. Hart?" asked Mrs. Pince, smiling.

"Yes...... Madame......" Jon plucked up his courage and said, "Actually, Professor Lockhart told me to come to the forbidden section to find some books!"

"Professor Lockhart?" said Mrs. Pince, then a look of reverence.

It's only been his first week, and Professor Gilderoy Lockhart hasn't yet been revealed at Hogwarts, so his title of "Friend of Middle-Aged Women" still stands, and Irma Pins is no exception, and a big admirer of Lockhart.

"Do you have his permission to sign it, Mr. Hart?" asked Mrs. Pince.

"Not yet...... After all, Professor Lockhart hadn't decided which books he needed, he just gave me a general direction......" Jon said calmly, "So Mrs. Pince, can I look for it in the forbidden section?" I swear I'll only look at the title of the book, and I won't open it rashly! When I find it, I'll take the list and go to Professor Lockhart to sign it." ”

If it was another student, Mrs. Pince heard that there was no permission to sign it, and immediately told him to get out.

But as it happens, Jon Hart is one of the students she likes very well.

"Oh, I heard Miss Lovegood say that you were Professor Lockhart's favorite student in Defense Against the Dark Arts class, and I don't think you're lying!" Mrs. Pince nodded and smiled, "I allow you to look here, but don't open the books in the forbidden section, there are a lot of things in it that are dangerous for you first-year students." ”

"Yes, ma'am!"

......

Shortly before noon, around eleven o'clock, Jon hurried to Professor Gilderoy Lockhart's office on the fourth floor, a note in his hand.

He was lucky that Lockhart was in the office at this time.

On the walls of the office were countless frames of Lockhart's photographs, brightly lit by many candles, several of which even had his signature on them, and a large stack of photographs on the desk......

"Hello, Mr. Hart, what's the matter?" Professor Lockhart looked at him with a smile on his face.

Apparently, he remembered this student who had a good "grade" in Defense Against the Dark Arts class and was very attentive to the class.

"Yes, Professor, in fact I read your books this week and had some problems. For example, I don't understand much of the chronic-onset ghoul venom you see in Travels with Ghouls, your resistance to dominatrix's mind control in Vacation with Dominatrix, and your spell to finally destroy the werewolf in Wandering with Werewolves......" Jon asked calmly.

Lockhart froze there, a little speechless. A few of Jon's questions seemed to be a bit out of the box for him.

"Of course, I'm not here to ask you!" Jon said hurriedly, as his eyes rolled, "I think you could easily answer these simple questions, but you didn't write them down in your book, so you must have wanted us to explore them ourselves......"

"Yes!" Lockhart blinked, "No, I mean you're right, Mr. Hart...... I really want you to explore the answers to these questions for yourselves, and you are indeed my best student!"

"So I thought — want to borrow a few books from the library. Hope to get some background from it. Jon held up a note in his hand, "But the problem is, these books are in the forbidden section of the library, so I need a teacher to sign the note." ”

Lockhart nodded, "Of course, I can't stop a seeker from exploring the truth." ”

Without thinking, he took the note from Jon's hand, and signed it with a big, flowery name.

At the same time, I didn't even read the contents of the note.

"Thank you, Professor!" Jon quickly retrieved the note.

"You're welcome, Jon......" Lockhart waved his hand in an angry manner, "Study hard, you have a good chance of achieving something close to mine in the future!"

"I'm honored, Professor!"

......

After getting the signed permission, Jon didn't bother to go to lunch, and ran to the library as soon as possible.

Mrs. Pince was about to leave.

"What, what's the matter?" she gave Jon a surprised look.

"Yes, ma'am...... I've found the books Professor Lockhart needs and I've got his signature!"

As he spoke, Jon handed over the note.

"That's right...... It's Gildero's signature, I've seen it in the Witches' Weekly......" Madame Pince blushed, and carefully tucked the note into her chest pocket.

"Come with me, Mr. Hart...... I'll take you to these books right now!"