Chapter 015: Rich Marks Bookstore (Part I)

The store finally regained some order, and a long winding line lined up from the doorway to the back hall of the bookstore, and the Weasleys' large population stood out in the crowd.

Hermione and Ginny immediately ran over, but Catherine sneaked around the corner and ran up the stairs.

"It's spectacular!" Catherine lay on the edge of the railing, looking at Tracey, who was standing on Molly's shoulder, looking extremely arrogant, and sighed helplessly, she just wanted to help the Weasleys so that her pet could follow Molly, but this posture was too big, or that Bluebird had a soft spot for the Weasleys' fortunes.

Ginny's return caused a series of exclamations from the Weasleys, Catherine's excuse made Harry speechless, fortunately the clever Hermione covered it up in time, maybe it was the induction between the twins, Harry looked up and found Catherine's trace, in the face of his sister's bright smile, the black-haired boy had to pout helplessly, and then was hugged by Molly.

Seeing that Harry was almost suffocated, Catherine stuck out her tongue, took two quick steps back, and hid in a place where she couldn't see on the first floor, but suddenly heard a familiar laughter, Catherine looked up and found that her Slytherin classmates were lying on the railing on the second floor, looking at her brother's jokes, only a blonde girl was looking at her with curiosity on her face.

Catherine smiled and nodded to her, and walked up to the second floor, only to notice another little blonde girl.

I have to say that this one is really eye-catching, she has messy and dirty waist-length hair, a strange expression that looks as if she is always in a state of fright, and her whole body exudes a super weird temperament. And her behavior was even more bizarre, she read an Arabic version of Egyptian Mythology upside down, but muttered an unknown poem in Greek.

"Crazy, blind, irrational passion,

It's always hard for others to understand.

But if a man does not—

At least once,

And when he finally lay down,

There will always be a hint of regret.

So rush out and give it a try!

Ignore the surprised gazes of the world......"

As Catherine walked past the little girl and turned her gaze back to her classmate, the voice that had not subsided for a long time suddenly made her realize what the poem was talking about, and she couldn't help but turn her head to look at the strange little girl, but Draco's actions made her give up the act.

"Catherine!" Draco waved his hand and raised an eyebrow, "We're really destined today!" ”

"It reminds me of what she said when I first met Daphne." Catherine walked up to her classmates and smiled gracefully.

"Although I don't know what happened to the other two times, the 'inevitable' of the third time is clearly here." Daphne smiled and gestured to Lockhart, who was downstairs surrounded by a large number of photographs of herself.

"I suspect that the new Defence Against the Dark Arts professor is his book salesman," Theodore said coldly, pushing his glasses, "if it weren't for the fact that other books weren't suitable for teaching, I'm afraid that the list would be even longer." ”

"I don't understand why those women are fascinated by his rows of buckteeth?" Blaise glared at Lockhart, who was talking enthusiastically with fans, "Draco, this guy can't be a distant relative of your family, right?" ”

"Draco's family doesn't have such sassy relatives!" Before Draco could react, Pansy rushed to defend him, "It's going to provoke bees and butterflies, and shamelessly flirtatious—"

Draco's face sank suddenly, for Pansy's most common negative comments from his father's youth were exactly what Pansy had said, and the Slytherins, who were familiar with the secrets of the nobility, knew all about it.

Daphne immediately lowered her head and talked to the blonde girl beside her, Theodore and Millicent turned their faces away, Blaise raised her head and looked at Draco with a smile, Goyle and Crabbe were dazed, Pansy hadn't realized that something was wrong with her words, Catherine couldn't help but smile when she saw this.

"Who is this little girl? Didn't anyone tell me about it! ”

Pansy, who was interrupted, glared back at Catherine in displeasure, and then realized that something was wrong with the atmosphere, and then realized that she had made a mistake, and hurriedly apologized to Draco secretly.

"This is my sister, Astoria Greengrass," Daphne immediately exclaimed, "and she's the new student this year." ”

"It's a pleasure to meet you, Miss Greengrass." Catherine smiled and said, "I wish you a brand new journey at Hogwarts. ”

"Thank you for your blessings," Astoria said politely, but in a cold tone, "Miss Catherine." ”

Catherine was puzzled, but Lockhart's shouting interrupted her train of thought.

"Everyone, please be still." Lockhart suddenly stood up and shouted, his left hand holding Molly, "Before the autograph session began, I said that the hundredth lady I received today will receive my books for free, and now I am honored to announce that this lady is our lucky one." ”

The audience erupted in applause, the short man was taking pictures of Lockhart and Molly, the Weasleys, the Grangers, and Harry were all watching in amazement, and Molly herself was stunned, at a loss.

"My dear lady, what is your name?" Lockhart habitually showed his most charming smile.

"Molly—Molly Weasley." Molly had never tried to get so close to her idol, and she felt as if she was going to faint.

"Mrs. Weasley, would you like to buy my book?" Lockhart's teeth were dazzlingly white.

"I want five-no-eight-that-can-I buy nine?" Molly stammered.

"When—of course!" Lockhart's smile seemed to freeze, "Do you have children attending Hogwarts?" ”

"Yes! Yes! All seven of my children go to school there. Molly said proudly.

"Seven!" Lockhart repeated in surprise.

"Yes, but two of them have graduated, five are still in school, and three of my youngest son's classmates, of course, I myself adore you very much, and I very much, I hope to have a set of your books." Molly introduces him to her children and Harry.

Lockhart glanced at Harry for a moment, then finally stared at Harry for a moment, and shouted, "Isn't this Harry Potter?" ”

The crowd immediately whispered excitedly, and Lockhart grabbed Harry's arm and pulled him behind the table, along with Molly.

Lockhart whispered something to Molly, and the short man frantically pressed the shutter.

"Famous Harry Potter," Draco snorted, "and even entering the bookstore can't help but make headlines." ”

Catherine didn't laugh, it seemed that the combination of Tracey and Lockhart was enough to set the ice on fire in an instant, and Harry couldn't get rid of Lockhart's restraints, so he had to stare at her pet.

"Ladies and gentlemen. What an extraordinary moment for Harry Potter and the lady to come here today to buy the copy "I Can Magic", and this lady is the lucky one today! Lockhart exclaimed, "I am going to make an announcement on this wonderful occasion about a little matter, which I have not said for some time. ”

"Harry Potter and his classmates will soon be rewarded with something more valuable than the clumsy "Magical Me"—a real, magical me. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, it is my great pleasure and pride to announce that this September, I will be a Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry! The crowd applauded and cheered.

"No, this is going to be our professor." Draco exclaimed, and the Slytherins' faces sank.

"Dizzy, there's another guy fighting with me for a woman!" Blaise spat fiercely.

"No wonder!" Theodore pushed his glasses and lamented his prophetic insight, "I am the new professor!" ”

"Hopefully he's a little better than that Professor Quirrell." Daphne lamented.

Lockhart gave Harry his complete set of books, and then had eight more sets brought to his desk, and Harry took the opportunity to escape the center of attention, ran to the wall, and poured the pile of books into Ginny's new cauldron.

"Oh," Pansy immediately called out her discovery, "has our savior found a girlfriend?" ”

"Girlfriend?" Catherine remembered Ginny's appearance and couldn't help but laugh, "Maybe." ”

"It's the Weasleys, I doubt it," Draco sneered, "if it weren't for her mother's luck in getting the free opportunity, they wouldn't have starved for a month for buying this pile of books." ”

Catherine didn't answer, she saw the Weasleys and Granger staggering out through the crowd with nine sets of signed books, and at the door of the bookstore, a wizard with long platinum blonde hair walked in.

"Ahh My dad came to pick me up! Draco looked back excitedly, "How about coming to my house for the rest of the summer?" ”

"Okay!" Pansy immediately cheered, Blaise shrugged indifferently, Daphne and Theodore nodded reservedly, and the rest of the group naturally nodded in return.

"I'll have to ask Professor Snape." Catherine spread her hands helplessly, "He seems to have some plan. ”

"Godfather-" Draco frowned, and finally could only say, "Give me an answer, you know my mother expects you to stay at my house all the time." ”

Pansy's face changed suddenly, and the others looked at Catherine thoughtfully, but a sudden exclamation from downstairs interrupted everyone's train of thought.

Arthur and Lucius didn't know why, but they actually fought with their bare hands in front of the public.

They crashed into the shelves, the spell books fell, the twins coaxed, Molly screamed, people panicked and knocked down more bookshelves, the clerk yelled loudly for them to stop, and everyone else was scared to get out of the way.

"It's really a fight!" Catherine exclaimed, Draco had rushed downstairs to try to help his father, but the stairs were blocked and he couldn't get down.

"Spread out, gentlemen, spread out......" Hagrid strode over to the floor and parted them, Arthur's lips were broken, Lucius was smashed in one eye, he shoved Ginny's old deformed textbook into her hand, broke free of Hagrid, waved at his son, and angrily rushed out of the store, a terrified Draco hurriedly caught up with his father and asked about his injuries.