Chapter 491: The Only Choice
"What are you laughing at. Ron asked Fang Ze.
"It's just a liar. Fang Ze said to Ron, "Everything he has is a lie. ”
"There are so many books and achievements, how can they all be cheated, who would be so stupid to let him cheat. Ron was a little unconvinced.
"Confusion Charm. Fang Ze told Ron the reason, "He used the Confusion Charm to tamper with other people's memories, and then took their achievements for himself, and the other party didn't know that it was his own. ”
"It's still like this. "It was as if Ron had been opened to a new world. "Didn't he be discovered when he did this?"
"The status that can be found is too high, too lazy to do anything to him, so as not to be entangled by him, there is a saying that you have not heard, it is none of your business, hang high. ”
"Is that what even Dumbledore thinks?" asked Ron, confused.
"Of course Dumbledore wasn't, after all, he was a respected man. Fang Ze sneered, "Didn't he recruit Lockhart to be a teacher?" Such a teacher can just teach Harry what is inconsistent, let him realize a little bit of the dark side of this society, and then let Harry brush up on a wave of prestige and expose the liar teacher. ”
Just as Fang Ze was reasoning with Ron, a short, grumpy man holding a large black camera jumped up and down to take pictures in front of him. Every time the flash flashes blindly, puffs of purple smoke erupt from the camera.
"Get out of the way," he yelled at Ron, backing away for a better angle, "this was for the Daily Prophet."
Ron wanted to give in, but the man stepped on Ron's instep, which made Ron feel very unhappy.
So he decisively pushed the man and asked the man to take the photo crookedly.
"What are you doing!" the grumpy man turned to look at Ron.
"You stepped on my foot. Ron said without flinching.
It was at this time that Gilderoy Lockhart heard the commotion on this side. He looked up and saw Ron, then Harry. He stared at Harry for a moment, then jumped up and shouted, "Isn't this Harry Potter?"
The crowd moved out of the way, whispering excitedly. Lockhart rushed forward, grabbed Harry's arm, and pulled him forward, causing the audience to burst into applause. Harry had a fever on his face, and Lockhart held his hand for the photographer to take a picture. The short man frantically pressed the shutter, and puffs of smoke drifted onto the Weasleys.
"What a beautiful smile, Harry. Lockhart himself showed off a mouthful of shiny teeth, "We can both go to the first edition." ”
When he finally let go of Harry's hand, Harry's fingers went numb. He tried to slip back to the Weasleys, but Lockhart's arm was still on his shoulder, holding him firmly by his side.
"Ladies and gentlemen," said Lockhart, waving his hand to silence everyone, "what an extraordinary moment! I am going to make an announcement on this wonderful occasion about a little matter which I have not said for some time. ”
"Young Harry walked into the Blotted Bookstore today just to buy my autobiography?? I'm willing to give him this book for free on the spot??" "But he doesn't know," Lockhart continued, shaking Harry so that his glasses slipped to the tip of his nose, "he's going to get something more valuable than his clumsy work, and in fact, he's going to get a real, magical me." Yes, ladies and gentlemen, it is my great pleasure and pride to announce that this September I will be the Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry!"
Harry hated such occasions very much, after all, he was actually an introvert since he was a child, because he was bullied by his uncle's family, but Ron didn't think so.
But whether Lockhart got his current fame through deception was too good for Ron to feel surrounded by the crowd around him.
Fame.
By the way, there is also fame.
Ron looked at Lockhart and Harry, who were surrounded by the crowd, and after Ron's status, money, and strength, he set himself a goal to gain fame.
The crowd applauded and cheered, and Harry found himself in his possession of Gilderoy Lockhart's complete book, so heavy that he walked a little shaky. With great difficulty, he stepped out of the center of public attention and came to the wall, where Ginny was standing beside her new cauldron.
"Here's for you," Harry said to her vaguely, pouring the book into the cauldron, "I'll buy it myself." ”
"You must love that, Potter?" A voice he would never mishear. Harry straightened up and greeted Draco Malfoy, the usual mocking smile on his face.
"The famous Harry Potter," Malfoy said, "can't help but make front-page news even into a bookstore." ”
"Don't talk nonsense, he doesn't want that!" Ginny said. It was the first time she had spoken in front of Harry, glaring at Malfoy.
"Potter, you've got a girlfriend!" Malfoy said in a long voice. Ginny's face flushed, and Ron and Hermione squeezed over, each holding a stack of Lockhart's books.
"Oh, it's you," Ron looked at Malfoy as if he saw something disgusting on the soles of his shoes, "you must be surprised to see Harry here, huh?"
"What surprised me even more was to see you enter the store, Weasley. Malfoy scoffed, "I guess your mom and dad are going to be hungry next month to buy those things." ”
Ron blushed and threw the book into the cauldron before charging at Malfoy. Harry and Hermione tugged at his clothes from behind.
"Ron!" Mr. Weasley squeezed over with Fred and George, "What are you doing? The people here are crazy, let's get out." ”
"Ahhh "It's Lucius. He placed one hand on Draco's shoulder, a sneer on his face that was identical to his son's. "Lucius. Mr. Weasley nodded coldly.
"I heard that my brother is very busy with official business," said Lucius, "so many raids, I think they paid you overtime, right?" He reached into Ginny's cauldron and pulled a tattered copy of the Beginner's Guide to Transfiguration from between the new, shiny Lockhart books>.
"It doesn't seem to be. Oh my God, if you can't even get a good pay, what's the good of being a scum among wizards?" Mr. Weasley's face was redder than Ron and Ginny's.
"We have very different ideas about what the scum of wizards is, Malfoy. He said. "Of course," said Mr. Malfoy. His pale eyes flickered, and his gaze fell on the Grangers, who were watching them with fear. "Look at the friends you've made, Weasley, I thought your family had fallen to the limit. ”
Mr. Weasley couldn't take it anymore and was about to lunge at Mr. Malfoy, but there was one man who was quicker than him.
It was Ron, who once again offered to complete the task given by Fang Ze in exchange for having Hagrid's physique for a short time.
The mighty Ron kicked Lucius in the waist and threw him straight to a bookshelf.
The thick spellbook of the notepad slammed into Lucius's head, and Fred and George shouted in the back, "Good job Ron." ”
Ron was about to make the next move, but Mr. Weasley grabbed Ron and rushed forward first.
Although the Malfoys are well-known as the top family, to be honest, Weasley doesn't seem to be afraid of Malfoy.
Because the Weasleys are also purebloods. And the pure-blood families in the wizarding world are actually very, very few now, so little that the wizarding world can no longer afford to lose a pure-blood family.
So as long as Mr. Weasley didn't kill Malfoy in public, he wouldn't have to worry about much retaliation afterwards.
Other pure-blood families won't sit idly by.
Come to think of it, the Malfoys' desire to get revenge on the Weasleys is only two ways, one is that the school uses its seat on the board to get Percy, Ron, and the twin brothers in trouble.
But under Dumbledore's watch, this was largely impossible. And the Ministry of Magic hemp.
Do you really think that a wizard like Weasley, who is only curious about Muggle items, can become the Minister of Magic because of his outstanding ability, just kidding.
I want to know that it is because of the bloodline of the Weasley family, the pure-blooded magic family, and it is no exaggeration to say that it is the nobility of the wizarding world.
This is why the Malfoy family, Lao Tzu rebelled with Voldemort, and after the first failure, there was no, and then the whole family rebelled with Voldemort.
After the second defeat, the whole family was still fine, not even Azkaban entered.
Not to mention the nonsense that the Lucius family saved Harry from prison because they helped Harry, the souls of those who were killed by the Malfoy family are probably not at peace.
So, looking at the status of purebred families in the wizarding world from this point of view, it is understandable why Mr. Weasley was able to beat Lucius violently.
Because the Weasleys were only poor, their status in the wizarding world was not inferior to Lucius's.
Just as Ron was about to rush forward again to help his dad fight, a loud voice drowned out all voices: "Spread out, gentlemen, spread out." ”
Hagrid strode over with a floor full of books, pulling Mr. Weasley and Lucius apart in the blink of an eye. Mr. Weasley's lips cracked, and Lucius had been smashed in one eye by the Toadstool, and he was still clutching Ginny's worn-out Transfiguration textbook. He shoved the book into her hand, his eyes shining with a vicious light.
"Wow. Little girl, hold your book. This is the best thing your dad can give you??" He broke free of Hagrid's arm, waved to Draco, and rushed out of the store.
"You shouldn't have paid attention to him, Arthur," Hagrid reached out to smooth out Mr. Weasley's robe, nearly lifting him up, "this guy is terrible, their whole family is, everyone knows it. The Malfoys' words are simply not worth listening to. Their blood is bad, that's what happened. Let's go, let's get out. ”
The group went back to the fireplace to use Floo Powder to get home, but Ron was a little unhappy with Hagrid's interference.
It was the Malfoys who provoked them first, but why did Hagrid help them?
Ron spoke to Fang Ze in his own brain.
Hagrid didn't help Lucius. Fang Ze said to Ron, "He just pulled you all away. ”
In that case, if he chooses not to help each other, it is equivalent to helping Lucius. Ron said, "I almost could have knocked out Lucius and Draco, father and son. ”
"You Weasleys can not be afraid of the Malfoys, but Hagrid is afraid. Fang Ze smiled and said, "Hagrid is a Hogwarts employee, and he is not a professor yet. The Malfoys are the school's trustees, and they can't fix you, but they have a way to fix Hagrid, so Hagrid has to come and persuade him. ”
"Status. Ron said vaguely, "I need strength and status right now." ”
"You're too young. Fang Ze said, "Either wait for another twenty or thirty years, and when you become an excellent wizard, maybe you will gain status." ”
"That's too far. Ron, who was only eleven or twelve, was not interested in the achievement that Fang Ze said could only be achieved at the age of thirty or forty.
"There's another way. Fang Ze said to Ron, "As long as you get what I want, then I can naturally let you get everything." ”
"What do you want. Ron looked at Fang Ze and asked.
"Fresh wizard souls, all kinds of magical items, and countless resources. Fang Ze put a list of what he needed in front of Ron's eyes.
"So much. Ron was stupefied, "Even if it's the entire wizarding world in the UK, it's not enough to mine resources and craft magical items for you all the time." ”
"Do you only have the British wizarding world in sight? Fang Ze said mockingly to Ron, "What about Europe, what about the United States." ”
Hearing Fang Ze's words, Ron swallowed and spit, not daring to imagine.
Even Voldemort is nothing more than a shock to the British wizarding world.
"What do you want so many things for? Ron looked at Fang Ze hesitantly and asked, "I always thought you were a prank god or something. ”
"Didn't I say that?" Fang Ze looked at Ron and said, "I'm a merchant who runs a Taobao store, and if I can sell anything, I naturally need to import a lot of items. ”
"Then why did you find me? Ron said to Fang Ze, "I'm just a kid. ”
"An accident, I don't want to look for you. "Fang Ze has enough circumstances to influence Ron externally now, and he wants to push it from the inside now.
"One year, I'll only give you one year, and if you can't achieve my and your minimum trade goals, I'm going to leave you. ”
"Don't. Ron blurted out.
The current Otherworldly Ring is a golden finger for Ron. And people who are accustomed to using gold fingers cannot imagine the day when there will be no gold fingers.
"If you want to keep me forever, then speed up your progress. Fang Ze looked at Ron and said, "Money, strength, fame, status, you will have everything when the time comes." ”
Summer vacation was coming to an end, and Harry was looking forward to returning to Hogwarts, but a month in the Burrow was the happiest time of his life. Thinking about the Dursleys and the treatment he might receive the next time he returned to Privet Road, he couldn't help but be jealous of Ron.
But Ron hadn't had the time to deal with Harry lately, and after talking to Fang Ze, Ron got tangled.
Now, if he really can only trade with Fang Ze for a year, it seems that he can only take the path of the Dark Lord.