The shadow of a man, the name of a tree.

The book signing of Gilderoy Lockhart's first autobiography "I Can Magic" was extremely popular, and the entire Blotted Bookstore looked like it was about to be crowded, but there were still wizards gathering from around, this was the first time that McGoth had seen so many wizards crowded together outside the school and platform, and most of them were middle-aged witches, judging from the scene, Gilderoy Lockhart was a veritable friend of women.

Standing on the outskirts, they could hear a bookstore wizard shouting with a amplification spell, "Ladies, please be quiet...... Don't crowd people...... Get in line...... Beware of the ...... book" However, it was useless, and the excited housewives completely ignored the shouts inside, but the only good thing was that they all restrained themselves from using spells to cut in line.

"This is also ...... That's an exaggeration. Harry and Ron stared blankly at the crowd and sighed subconsciously.

"It makes me feel like I'm in the heart of London." Harry continued.

McGoth glanced at the two of them disdainfully, "What is this, when I have time, I will take you to China for the Spring Festival, so that you can see what is really 'lively'." ”

Just when Harry and Ron were attracted by his words, Hermione said excitedly that they could meet Gilderoy Lockhart in person, like a kind of idol fan.

The three of Magos heard the excitement in her tone, and looked at her as if they had discovered a new world, Hermione also noticed her gaffe, and looked at the three friends with strange faces, she forcibly suppressed the excitement just now, and answered in a flat tone, "I mean, almost all the books on the book list were written by him!" If you have any questions, you can ask him in person. ”

"But now how can we go in and buy books, don't you say wait until his book sale is over, then it will be half past four." Ron tried to squeeze into a slit in front of him, and the next second he was squeezed out.

"And looking at the scale of this endless stream, maybe it won't end at half past four."

"What then?" Harry stood on tiptoe and looked inside, but he was too short to see anything inside, "Why don't you come back tomorrow?" ”

Hermione was reluctant to hear Harry's suggestion, she really wanted a copy of Gilderoy Lockhart's autographed book, but she was too embarrassed to say that she was a fan of his.

McGoth didn't see Hermione's confusion and shook his head, "Wait, Ron's parents should be there soon, see what they say." ”

Speaking of Cao Cao, they heard Mrs. Weasley's shouting and the irrepressible excitement in her tone as soon as his words fell.

"Great, you're here." As she spoke, she looked up excitedly, "We can still meet him, and we can get a book that he has signed." Come with me. She hurriedly dropped the last sentence and squeezed into the crowd. McGoth amusedly glanced back at Mr. Weasley, who was full of frustration, and then hurried to follow.

The crowd that Ron didn't squeeze in for a second just now was different from Mrs. Weasley, it was completely crushing, and McGoth easily broke through the outermost group of wizards to enter the bookstore, and then lined up at the end of a line.

"Let's go buy books first, and then we'll come over." Looking sideways at the long line and wondering when it would be their turn, Magos said to Harry.

Harry nodded, and the others squeezed through the long line in front of them, and easily found the book they needed. They found it not because they were lucky, but because they looked at the bookshelves next door and found that the middle of each shelf was filled with Gilderoy Lockhart's books.

"It saves us a lot of time." Ron waved the books in his hand and said in a helpless tone.

"Should we ask him to sign every book we buy with his name?"

"You can try to ask for it." McGoth shrugged.

"It looks like we're still going to have to wait in line to check out." Harry gestured to the busy staff.

"That's easy, follow me." McGoth led them to one of the clerks and walked straight in front of him without queuing.

Just when Hermione thought they would be scolded, the clerk settled the bill for the person in front of her, smiled and said a few words to McGoss, and then helped them settle the bill first. The wizard who was supposed to be in his turn looked a little unhappy, but he couldn't say anything to the children, so he could only mumble to the clerk, who just smiled and didn't explain that the child had spent thousands of Galleons on books.

"So you know someone. It's okay, otherwise I don't know how long I'll have to wait. ”

"Well, let's get acquainted, let's go, go to your parents and wait for the autograph."

It didn't take long for them to buy the books, so the Weasleys didn't go far. They crawled into their midst.

The crowd slowly moved forward, and a bored Magos suddenly remembered that Viardindy had been tracking Harry. He patted Harry on the shoulder.

"Harry, when you were in Tumbledown Alley earlier, did Viadandy run straight in front of you?"

"yes, it's good that it ran out at the time, otherwise I wouldn't know how to get out. What's wrong? ”

"Nothing." McGoth looked at the little guy with his little head exposed, and asked in his heart how it determined Harry's position, but although the little guy had grown a lot, after all, he was only a young beast that had just broken out of its shell for less than two months, and even after so many years of ordeal, it was only will and wisdom that had grown, so his question was not answered except for the call of intimacy.

"Little guy, you can't just grow meat, your head has to keep up, go back and buy some walnuts for you to replenish."

Gradually, they finally arrived, and they could already see Gilderoy Lockhart standing here. He sat behind a long table lined with a row of books, on which several ornate peacock quills kept signing. The walls behind him were plastered with large photographs of his faces, all blinking at the crowd, smiling and showing their white teeth. He himself wore a robe as blue as forget-me-nots, matching his blue eyes, and a pointed wizard's hat playfully crooked over his curly hair.

"He looks even more handsome than in the pictures." McGoth felt that Mrs. Weasley's eyes were about to burst into stars. But then again, this guy's appearance is indeed high enough, two grades higher than the actor in the movie, no wonder he can be popular with thousands of women, looking at his face, McGos deeply understood a sentence, since he can eat with his face, then why do you need strength......

The autograph sales in the wizarding world are indeed much more high-end than in the real world, at least he doesn't have to write his name and write his hand, he just looks at the few women in front of him who may have been beautiful twenty or thirty years ago.

To be honest, McGoth still admires him very much, he can't see any impatience and disdain in his eyes, only sincerity and joy. In terms of swapping identities, McGoth doesn't think he can do what he does. He should enjoy being adored, so much so that it doesn't matter what his worshippers look like.

And McGoth also discovered one of his best skills, the Oblivion Charm. Not far in front of him, a short male wizard with a large black camera jumped up and down in front of him to take pictures. Every time the flash flashes blindly, puffs of purple smoke erupt from the camera. And every time this time, McGoth found that he always gave the perfect smile to the camera, even if the camera was on his side, as if he could predict the prophet. If the camera happens to take a picture of his back, he will also make a slight adjustment of his body, even if you can't see his back, you can guess that the photo is definitely a match for the photo. Taking pictures of him is definitely the easiest for videographers. It doesn't matter if you don't look for an angle, he will give you the perfect angle the moment you press it.

Harry was also curious about him, it was the first time he had seen such a star-like wizard, and he leaned out to look at him.

It was strange that McGoth had been observing for so long and he seemed to be unaware, and Harry had barely ten seconds before he noticed it, quickly getting up from his chair and walking towards them. The people at the front of the queue consciously gave way to a way.

"This isn't Harry Potter." Gilderoy Lockhart walked over and grabbed Harry's arm and pulled him forward, causing the audience to burst into applause. Harry was a little embarrassed by the crowd of onlookers, but he managed to put a smile on his face. He held his hand and let the photographer take a picture. The short male wizard frantically pressed the shutter again and again, and plumes of smoke drifted out of the camera, obscuring the view of the wizard behind him.

McGoth saw that Harry was trying to break free of Gilderoy Lockhart's grasp, but was unsuccessful, and then loudly announced that he would be teaching Defence Against the Dark Arts at Hogwarts, and there was once again loud applause and cheers.

Tohari's blessing, all of them didn't have to wait in line, although it was almost their turn, Lockhart was the first to sign autographs, and he gave Harry an extra set of his books.

Harry and McGoth walked out of the bookstore in a daze, and then gave the set to Ginny.

"Why did he ...... me so much?" Harry glanced back at the bookstore.

"Celebrity effect, his fame will go up a little bit more if he pulls you in."

"Professor Lockhart just likes Harry." Hermione was a little unhappy with McGoss's slander.

"Forget it, I'd rather not have this kind of liking. McGoss, you're also a celebrity, why didn't he hold you? ”

"What kind of celebrity am I, I guess in his eyes it's just a few times that I have made headlines with shit."

"Magos!" Hermione shouted a little angrily. "Professor Lockhart isn't going to be like that, and he's about to be our professor, you should give him the respect he reciprocates, he's not possessed by a mysterious man."

"Okay, okay." Magos made a face of surrender and grimaced like Harry when she looked away, causing them to laugh and Harry's unhappiness dissipated.