"I don't think you need Mr. Lockhart, I'm afraid you won't be my nominee." Ivan shook his head and refused without hesitation.

"What? Have you found a candidate? Lockhart raised an eyebrow, somewhat surprised, but he didn't mean to give up, but continued to speak.

"You must know that I am a recipient of the Order of Merlin of the Third Class, a well-known figure in the wizarding world, and there are very few people in the entire Merlin Knights that I don't know..."

Lockhart was bragging about himself when Harry interrupted.

"Ivan's nominee is Professor Dumbledore! Mr! ”

Lockhart's continuous words paused, no matter how arrogant he was, he didn't dare to say that he was even more famous than Dumbledore.

At this moment, Harry remembered Ivan's previous words and mended again.

"And Ivan was awarded the Order of Merlin of the Second Degree!"

Lockhart's confident smile froze on his face.

He, the recipient of the Order of Merlin of the Third Degree, is not qualified to nominate a recipient of the Order of Merlin of the Second Degree!

This is also the reason why Ivan just bluntly said that Lockhart can't be the nominee...

"Ahh This.. That's right. Lockhart was embarrassed for a while, but the cheekiness he had honed over the years made him quickly adjust, and said with a regretful expression.

"It's a pity, I was about to say that I had a good conversation with the Grand Master of the Knights of Merlin a few days ago, and I wanted him to nominate you, but I didn't expect Dumbledore to take the lead."

"Then I'm really thankful..."Ivan complained speechlessly, thinking that Lockhart was really a talent, and he could come back on his own, and he even climbed to the head of the Merlin Knights, and he was not afraid that the other party would expose his lies when the time came.

"No thanks, it's something I should do to bring up my juniors!" Lockhart swung Ivan's shoulder, taking Ivan's sarcastic words as a thank you to herself.

Perhaps because of the successive deflated in front of Ivan, Lockhart did not dare to show off his words next.

After announcing that he would become a Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher at Hogwarts next school year, Lockhart left in style amid the applause of everyone and the doubts of a few people.

This made Ivan have to sigh at the brainlessness of these fanatical fans, obviously Lockhart's words just now are full of loopholes, and anyone with a discerning eye can see that this guy wants to rely on himself to die, so as to gain a wave of popularity, but these fans insist that Lockhart is planning to promote his juniors out of good intentions.

"I think Defence Against the Dark Arts class will be terrible next school year." Harry looked at Lockhart's figure in the distance and grumbled dissatisfied.

Although he and Lockhart had only been in contact for less than ten minutes, the other party behaved like a funny and absurd clown, constantly playing with himself, which really made him unliable.

"How can this be? Professor Lockhart is still very good, he is so good in the book, maybe he is just a little anxious today! Hermione defended Lockhart softly, her eyes a little red and swollen, apparently because she was very sad after being pushed away by Lockhart.

Ivan shook helplessly, not knowing how to tell Hermione that Lockhart was a liar, after all, he didn't have any evidence in his hands, so it was better to wait for this guy to be exposed next school year.

Not unlike Hermione, who seems to think Lockhart is a good person, and Mrs. Weasley.

She had been in a hurry to get Lockhart's autographed book, but was blocked by the crowd in the bookstore, and now when she came out, she talked about Lockhart's charming temperament, which made Mr. Weasley a little jealous.

"Hals, is there anything else you have done after you bought the book? If you have time, how about visiting the Burrow? Mr. Weasley handed Ginny another set of old books and turned to Ivan.

"Yes, Ivan, come and play at our house," George and Fred also looked expectant.

"No, I'd like to read more books here." Ivan hesitated for a moment, then shook his head in refusal.

Although he really wanted to take a look at the legendary Burrow, he had already planned for the next time, and he didn't want to change his fortune temporarily.

The most important thing is that if he goes to live in the Burrow for a few days, Althea will be left alone in the family.

"Okay then." Arthur looked a little disappointed, but he didn't force it.

Mrs. Weasley took the opportunity to teach a few of the family's little ghosts.

"Look, look! You all know how to play all day long, when do you want to come to the bookstore to read a book? Especially you George, and you Fred! If you have Ivan's spirit of learning, I will not object to any research you do at home! ”

Under some reprimand, Ron, George, and Fred looked at Ivan with resentment, and the latter said that he was helpless to lie down and couldn't help.

After everyone had finished buying the textbooks for the next school year, Ivan waved goodbye to everyone, Hermione wanted to stay and read together, but unfortunately Mr. Granger had other things to do later, and Hermione was not worried about staying here alone.

"Strange, why didn't you see Malfoy and his father?" Seeing off the Weasleys, Ivan looked around and saw no sign of the Malfoys.

Later, he realized that it might be because of him that Malfoy Sr. did not go to the Burkinbock store to discuss the sale of dark magic items, so he might have finished buying books and went home first.

It wouldn't be bad if old Malfoy didn't come over to make trouble, Ivan thought, and turned back to the Blotted bookstore.

After Lockhart left, it was noticeably deserted, with only a handful of parents who had come with their children to buy books.

The owner of the Blotted Bookstore is a very kind, middle-aged witch with a pair of round-framed glasses, who is flipping through a book in her hand, and looks like an intellectual lady.

But when Ivan got closer, he saw that on the cover of the book he was holding was Lockhart's big smiling face, and his teeth were so white that they were clearly visible.

Obviously, this is another Lockhart fan, Ivan is a little helpless, no wonder he invited Lockhart to come here for a book signing event.

"Madame, may I ask if I can read books with you these days?" Ivan asked, adding a sentence considering the importance of magical knowledge.

"If it's not convenient, I can pay for a certain amount of reading!"

"Do you want to read a book here? Of course! I mean, you can watch it whenever you want, there's no need to pay extra, you are welcome to come here whenever you want. The shopkeeper witch put down the book in her hand, she glanced at Ivan with some surprise, and replied happily.

"Thank you!"

Ivan nodded politely, and then strolled around the bookstore.

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