After some exchange, although Arthur was silent after that, reluctant to mention more, Ivan still got some information about his origins.

It's just that the more news I got, the more confused I become...

Could it be that his father's affairs had something to do with Dumbledore, or was he simply killed by Dumbledore?

Ivan guessed, but soon felt that something was not right, for he had met Dumbledore alone several times during his time at school, and the old headmaster clearly had no problem with him.

Besides, if that's the case, it's unlikely that Althea will send him to Hogwarts...

Even Ivan wondered if his father would be a member of the Order of the Phoenix, so Mr. Weasley knew him, but he couldn't ask, because he shouldn't know about the Order of the Phoenix now!

Thinking all the way, before I knew it, I had arrived at the Blotted bookstore.

Perhaps because of the proximity to the start of school, it seems to be very lively, and there are a lot of people crowded outside the door.

When Ivan looked closely, he found that most of them were witches, from teenage wizards to dozens of old witches, with fanatical expressions and excited faces, all wanting to squeeze in from the outside.

"Oh my God! It's Mr. Lockhart's book signing! What a coincidence that we came! Hermione screamed with excitement as she looked at the banner hanging from the upstairs window.

Ivan looked over to where Hermione's gaze was, and found that the banner read, Gilderoy Lockhart's autobiography "I Can Magic" signed for sale, and the time was this afternoon!

"Gilderoy Lockhart? Who's that? Harry looked at the crowd in front of the bookstore and thought it would not be easy for them to squeeze in.

"You don't even know him?" Hermione was taken aback, and then continued like a cannon.

"Most of the books we're going to buy this year are written by him! I guess the new professor must be a big fan of Lockhart! ”

Hermione didn't stop for a moment, and introduced the two of them to Gilderoy Lockhart's "great achievements", such as the fact that he had won the Wizarding Weekly Most Charming Smile Award five times, had destroyed trolls with magic, traveled on the same ship with vampires, and was a third-class medalist of the Order of Merlin!

"Merlin's Medal? Isn't that the same as Ivan? Harry was stunned by Lockhart's "feats", but only understood the last sentence.

"That's right! I think Ivan will definitely be able to achieve the same accomplishments as Mr. Lockhart in the future! Hermione said excitedly.

"No, I'm not the same as Lockhart, I'm on the Order of Merlin, 2nd degree!" Ivan spoke quietly, indicating that he happened to be one level higher than Lockhart.

He didn't want to be told to be like Lockhart in the future.

Hermione continued to brag about Lockhart's words and paused, Harry almost laughed, he didn't have much of a cold for Lockhart, and seeing Hermione talking in his ear all the time, he was even more rebellious.

Hermione pursed her lips and stared at them.

At this moment, the crowd gradually dispersed, and Lockhart, who had finished the book signing party, was walking out the door, the flashes of cameras flashing around him, and from time to time several middle-aged witches were captured by Lockhart's smile and screamed excitedly.

Lockhart was about to respond to these fanatical fans, but when his eyes swept over Ivan's side, he suddenly seemed to have found some treasure, pushing away the reporters and the blocking crowd all the way to this side.

Ivan frowned, pulling Harry and about to dodge, but they were obviously a step slower, and Lockhart rushed up quickly, grabbed Harry's arm, and said in surprise.

"Isn't this Harry Potter?"

There was another shutter on the field, Harry was very uncomfortable with the glare flash, and what made him even more uncomfortable was that Lockhart kept clutching his arm.

Harry tried to break free, but Lockhart's arms were like pincers, tightly restraining him.

Harry had no choice but to cast a helping look at Hermione and Ivan...

Ivan shrugged his shoulders, saying that he could not do anything, and asked him to ask for more blessings.

Hermione, on the other hand, was a little too excited to walk after seeing Lockhart, and she was anxious to step forward and say a few words to Lockhart.

But Lockhart didn't pay attention to her at all, and even felt that the little witch who came up was a little in the way, and subconsciously pushed her into the crowd to the side and looked at Ivan Dao, who was standing behind.

"And you! Ivan Hals, the genius who developed the Wolf Poison Potion! ”

"What day is today, I have met so many celebrities!" Lockhart seemed very happy, paying even more attention to Ivan than Harry, and he unconsciously raised his voice.

After all, this is a little wizard who has stolen his headlines!

When Lockhart woke up early this morning, he thought that the headline he saw would be about his own book signing meeting, but he didn't expect to look through the entire Daily Prophet and couldn't find any relevant reports, all the pages on which were telling the story of Ivan Hals's genius!

God knows how sad this man was at the time!

However, Lockhart felt that he was not a cautious person, at least in front of the media, so he pulled the two of them to take pictures very kindly, and said to Ivan in the tone of promoting his juniors.

"I've read today's report, and I have to say it's amazing how much you can achieve at such an age."

Lockhart smiled, winked at Ivan, and teased in a brisk tone.

"I have to say you've got a good time! I was busy resolving the elf dispute last year and didn't have time to go to my werewolf friend and refine my research. ”

"You must know that I came into contact with werewolves three years ago, you can read my book "Wandering with Werewolves", I have been engaged in related research since then, but unfortunately you are still one step faster!"

Lockhart's speed of speech is surprising, especially the three sentences that do not deviate from his best-selling books, and the means of touching porcelain are even more than Ivan expected.

The corners of Ivan's mouth twitched, indicating that he had never seen such a brazen person!

However, Lockhart didn't feel anything wrong at all, and took out the style of his predecessors as members of the Merlin Knights and looked at Ivan.

"Read the newspaper to me and say you want to get the Merlin Medal? It wasn't an easy thing to do, and I got this honor after solving a lot of troubles [in the book]. ”

"Of course, if I am the recipient of the Order of Merlin of the Third Class, as your nominee, none of this is a problem." Lockhart swore that he was willing to recommend it to Ivan, or the kind that didn't charge money.