Chapter Ninety-Eight: Transactions
Lockhart knew that the visitor was not good, and he frantically searched his mind for the faces he remembered.
I don't know.
Could it be some extreme fan?! Or black powder?!
"I'm here this time because I have a deal I want to talk to you about."
The man sat down on the couch on his own, then motioned for Lockhart to sit down.
This is not your home, Lockhart directly drew his wand, and made no secret that he was ready for battle. Of course, if the door behind him hadn't been shut, he would have chosen to run directly.
"Don't worry, wait. I'm not here for a pointless duel with you! ”
"Your actions are not the same as what you say!" Lockhart fought back his anger.
"I know, but if I don't, you'll probably just kick me out as a fan!" The man sat on the couch and smiled helplessly, he pulled out a black and yellowed wand and threw it directly on the coffee table, indicating that he had no intention of fighting.
Seeing this, Lockhart was relieved and sat down on the other side of the coffee table against the door.
"You can call me Quirrell!"
"Quirrell?" Lockhart remembers a man who was a classmate of Ravenclaw House when he was a student at Hogwarts, but they were not in the same year and did not have much in common. The previous one in his position seems to be called Quirrell.
"Deal? What can you give me? Lockhart sat back and spread his hands, the room filled with pictures of himself, all of them smiling at Quirrell on the couch with eight teeth at the same time.
He Lockhart has been very successful!
Quirrell laughed when he saw his style. Ignoring the photos, he leaned forward, "As human beings, we have to do something more meaningful, don't we?" ”
In other words, Quirrell was saying that what he Lockhart was doing now was worthless.
Lockhart put away his smile and stared at Quirrell's face with some shame, "Hehe, who do you think you are?" Quirrell? Does anyone know you? How did you negotiate a deal with me? ”
Quirrell looked at his face and smiled, which made Lockhart feel that he was powerless and inexplicably down. But he didn't expect the person on the other side to apologize to him instead.
"Sorry! Maybe I'm misworded. I mean......
We might be able to achieve great things, and that doesn't conflict with your goals, does it?
I don't have much time, so I'll just get straight to it. ”
"I'm listening, and I want you to say something that will move me!" Lockhart clenched his wand and didn't relax.
"Gilderoy Lockhart. All you want is fame, it's simple. I'm giving you a new spell that I haven't announced, it's so powerful that you can sign it and announce it! And you don't have to worry about me jumping out afterwards, I can stand up and not break the curse.
After you announce this spell, the guarantee will also be written in the history books! What do you think! Quirrell had a look on his face that had already grasped Lockhart's expression!
And the fact is that Lockhart was moved when he heard what the other party said was written in the history books.
He has a very clear positioning for himself, and he is now at most an entertainment practitioner, in other words, a traffic star. Not even as good as the guys from the Weird Sisters.
Those guys can at least be art practitioners.
And he, what he has is only fame. He is certainly not as incompetent as the outside world suggests, but he is also not as powerful as he portrays in his book. He's just an ordinary adult wizard, maybe a little better than some of the guys in the Ministry of Magic who can't even cast the Iron Armor Charm.
It is very difficult for a person like him to achieve his dream and leave a strong mark in history. And now, the person in front of him has given himself such a chance, so he only needs to figure out two more things.
What do I need to do and whether he says this spell is really that powerful.
"So what do I have to give?" Lockhart couldn't hide his willingness to trade, and asked eagerly.
"You just need to do something for me! It's a small thing, but it has to do with you teaching at Hogwarts! ”
"Hogwarts? Then you better give up, I won't do anything illegal under Dumbledore's nose, and I told him that I will only teach for a year. Lockhart said, looking at Quirrell with a dangerous look in his eyes.
However, Quirrell seemed to have a mind-reading technique, and he said directly, "You'd better destroy your mind, you can't get the spell I said by any other means!" ”
Lockhart didn't look like his own careful thoughts were being pierced, but continued to look at Quirrell without moving his eyelids.
Quirrell continued, "Again, you don't need to do anything lawless! All you need to do is keep an eye on one kid at Hogwarts, a second-year Gryffindor.
It's not that hard, is it! Quirrell tempted.
"It's not that hard, if only to observe him! And what about the spells you are talking about? Why do you think that it will have an effect in society that will stay in the history books? "Lockhart didn't care what that spell did, he just wanted it to be powerful, whether it was black magic or white magic.
As long as it's a powerful new magic, the benefits it can give him are unparalleled.
"I can't tell you, but we can make an oath!" Quirrell laughed.
Seeing this, Lockhart hesitated, and his hand holding the wand was now relaxed and collapsed on the arm of the sofa, thinking about the stakes.
He also knew about the mysterious man cursing the Defence Against the Dark Arts class, and if he had a choice, he would definitely not want to take over this mess. After all, no one can teach in this seat for more than a year.
But Dumbledore caught him, so he asked him to replace the Defence Against the Dark Arts professor for a year, and he had to come, otherwise he would probably have to be spurned by everyone.
So his initial plan was to completely mess up and pretend to be crazy and stupid during this year's teaching period. It wasn't in the rules of his cooperation with Dumbledore, Dumbledore only had someone to sit in the position, and he didn't care if the children could learn or not.
Lockhart doesn't understand it, so it's a big deal to just delete this course, and then re-skin it, such as "Black Arts Analysis Class", "Self-Defense Defense Class" and the like?
Instead of being completely rotten, he accepted Quirrell's trade, and there was nothing wrong with making some extra money when he was rotten!
It's just staring at a child. This guy in front of you can't be from some big family!
And then he used me as a private investigator and let himself pay attention to his illegitimate son?
Lockhart felt like he had grasped the truth of the matter-
Thinking of this, he stood up and looked at Quirrell.
"Come on! I agreed, but we should be more 'rigorous' in the words of the oath! ”
Quirrell was also happy to take his wand and stand up, "Come on! ”
Then the two of them just stood and stared.
"Here you go!" Quirrell said
"I won't!" Lockhart said with a natural expression.
Quirrell sighed, disappointment on his face. Then he reluctantly began to wave his wand, which was not his, and it was extremely uncomfortable for him to use, so he tried to do as much as he could. But I didn't expect Lockhart to be so useless.
After all, it is indeed not difficult to make an unbreakable oath.
"Gilderoy Lockhart will be ...... Hogwarts"
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"After that, Quirinus Quirrell will give Gilderoy Lockhart a spell."
"This year's Christmas delivery happens to be in the middle of the semester, brand-new, unpublished, unknown to a third party, and can cause a sensation." Lockhart reminded in a five-in-a-row.
Quirinus Quirrell will then hand Gilderoy Lockhart a new, unpublished, and wizarding spell that no third person knows about this Christmas.
……
"...... after the transaction is completed"
"And as of today, Quirrell will not reveal any more information related to that spell to any third party in any way." Lockhart reminded again.
"You're so 'rigorous'!" Quirrell cursed inwardly, his head full of bruises.
He resisted the urge to interrupt the spell and beat Lockhart right now, and continued, "As of today, Quirinus Quirrell will not reveal any more information related to that spell to any third party in any form. ”
The oath is fulfilled.