When Ricciardo returned to Hogwarts, it was white and winter.

The Christmas decorations have not yet been taken down, and the Great Hall looks beautiful, with not only two Christmas trees hanging from frost, heavy friezes hanging from the ceiling, evergreen pepper parasitic trees that crisscross the ceiling, but also snowflakes falling from the roof.

The students hadn't all returned, and Hogwarts was so quiet that you could hear the sound of snowflakes falling from the castle to the ground—no wonder the Weasley twins were still thinking about being clean here?

The Weasley brothers were in the middle of the night: the cold air was filled with laughter and words, the sound of fireworks exploding, and the sound of snowballs hitting his face—the last of which Ricardo had experienced since he first arrived at the school.

"Long time no see,"

"Professor Silva,"

"Please forgive us for our rudeness,"

"We just want to,"

"Let's study how magic fireworks work."

Ricardo: "...... are you taking me for a fool?"

First of all, what does fireworks have to do with throwing snowballs?

Secondly, the campus studies fireworks...... Is this preparing to bomb the school?

"What are you going to do with the fireworks?" Ricardo ignored the previous question with an obvious answer and asked as he wiped the snow from his face.

Presumably his lack of accountability made them let their guard down, and one of the Weasleys triumphantly said to him:

"It's a very useful thing! It can be sold to friends who want to play pranks, it can be used to add a little joy to life, and most importantly, it can allow us to put it in a letter to the professors later, and think about the scene when the old bat received this gift...... Hmmmm...... George, what are you doing covering my mouth...... Well, please when I didn't say the last one, Professor Silva. ”

"I'm sorry Professor Silva," said the other of the twins, George Weasley, earnestly, "please don't take this guy seriously." Or, selectively forget what he just said. ”

"Hey," Ricardo smiled slyly, "guess I heard it?" ”

Weasley Twins: ...... You guess I don't guess.

At this time, the winter wind blew, and the Weasley twins looked left and right, and suddenly saw a floating advertising paper not far away, and their eyes lit up, and they ran over in unison, picked up the advertising paper and handed it to Ricardo: "Professor! You see! ”

Ricciardo did not deny that they wanted to divert the subject, and took the paper, which was impressively printed with Gilderoy Lockhart's headshot.

Gilderoy Lockhart vs Albus Dumbledore

Date: January 1993, exact date to be confirmed

Location: TBD

Synopsis: It's a thrilling duel! This is the first time that Headmaster Dumbledore has made a grand move since the defeat of Grindelwald in 1945! Don't miss the dueling between magic rookie Gilderoy Lockhart and the number one wizard in the wizarding world!

“……”

Seeing this, Ricardo already knew what was next, and he couldn't help but hold his forehead: this showy guy actually wanted to step on Dumbledore's fame and come to power! I didn't even have the time and place to start printing advertisements, but I really have your Lockhart!

He obviously told Lockhart not to make a public announcement, at least not to let people outside the school learn the news from any other channels other than students, but this guy kept agreeing, and was told by Hogwarts posts!

At that time, even if it is reported by the outside world, he can say that "it was the advertising paper that was picked up by those people, and it has nothing to do with him"!

This doesn't seem like a big deal, at least it won't involve Ricardo himself, but in fact, people can guess who Dumbledore is dueling in minutes!

Ricardo didn't care if he was famous, and he was even a little afraid of being famous. Not because of anything else, trouble, he just wants to live, to protect Hogwarts with all his spare energy, and then to study magic seriously, other than that, any fame and fortune are a burden.

So now, in the eyes of the outside world, his highest achievement is only to kill Fenrir, defeat dozens of werewolves, and then counter this point surrounded by several powerful dark wizards - it looks strong, but can be heaped to death with crowd tactics.

But if he shows that he can fight Dumbledore - even if it is only a few tricks and stand clearly at Hogwarts (in the eyes of the outside world, it is equivalent to standing with Dumbledore...... Even if other forces are tempted, he is too troublesome.

The devil knows what the British Isles are intricate and what bends they are about, and he is really scared of the French guys.

But...... Ricardo quickly loosened his furrowed brows.

Afraid of what? Having already met the basic food and clothing, what else is there to fear? This is not the time when he graduated and is unemployed, he is not afraid of anything with such a job, it is a big deal to really mess with Dumbledore - although he is resistant to this, after all, who would like an old man who manipulates children and has a deep sense of government?

Anyway, just because he doesn't think he's in trouble, doesn't mean he can't clean up the trouble.

"What, my colleague wants to challenge Headmaster Dumbledore, what's wrong with that?"

Clearing the tangled in his heart, Ricardo looked at the Weasley twins and asked with a smile.

"Who is this?"

"This is Headmaster Dumbledore!" The Weasley twins waved exaggeratedly.

"And who's that?"

"That's Gilderoy Lockhart, who even the elves can't handle and pulls Harry's bones off!"

They looked at each other and shouted in unison:

"How dare that guy challenge Dumbledore!"

"Why not?" Ricardo asked rhetorically, "Dumbledore can't be challenged?" ”

"That's legendary!"

"The master who defeated the first and second generation of the Dark Lord!"

"How could poor Professor Lockhart, who was reading a textbook in class and asking people to come up and perform, try to challenge him?"

"It's not going to be a soul change, is it?"

"Could it be that Professor Lockhart has been taken away?"

"I suspect so, too!"

"Alright, alright," Ricardo shook his head, "I encourage this kind of unknowable dream anyway, and Headmaster Dumbledore wouldn't want to kill Mr. Lockhart anyway." Since Dumbledore is so strong, then he must have controlled the duel within the range he can control, right? ”

"Okay, it's not too early, let's go eat first, I'll trust my colleagues and my principal anyway."

He patted the George Weasley on the shoulder and turned around and walked up the stairs.

……

After a brief placement of his luggage, Ricardo made his way to the restaurant. There were already a lot of people waiting here, and the sound of silver and porcelain colliding was ringing in their ears.

It's just that the old headmaster doesn't seem to have returned.

Ricardo took a deep breath, the tip of his nose filled with the rich aroma of roasted meat and potatoes. He walked over to Flitwick and sat down,