Chapter 7: The Blotted Bookstore
"Very well, Harry, since you have decided to use this summer vacation to improve yourself, then first, you must prepare your tuition fees."
"It's not expensive, it only costs 100 Galleons. Harry, you know, people have to pay an equal price for knowledge. ”
Rhine smiled and said an "astronomical amount".
Of course, this money may indeed be a huge amount of money for a wizard from a poor family, but for Harry, it is actually not expensive.
Harry didn't say yes immediately, but thought about it.
He's not the kind of person who spends lavishly, and in order to successfully complete seven years of school, he has to be budget-conscious.
However, Rhine's new knowledge was too interesting and tempting for him to learn at Hogwarts.
"Well, Mr. Embers, I'll bring 100 Galleons to-morrow. But now I have to go to my friends, I accidentally got separated from them, and I think they must be worried about me now. ”
Eventually, Harry agreed.
In fact, the person Rhine wanted to teach most was not Harry, but Hermione.
In Rhine's impression, Harry may be more talented, but his ability to learn is not too strong.
And Hermione is different, the top student among the top students, she must learn quickly.
Perhaps, he can extend more possibilities on the basis of the knowledge of his own church.
If given the chance, Rhein would be happy to bring Hermione in and join Harry in the extracurricular class.
On the way to Diagon Alley, Rhein closed his eyes and looked at the tech tree's interface.
Influence (37/100); Science points: 0.
……
The growth of influence, too slow.
Rhine couldn't help but think about the future.
If you only rely on yourself to make magic weapons and promote the development of magic technology in the wizarding world, then the growth of influence is definitely the speed of a turtle.
In this way, it is necessary to get more people on board, and more people to become part of the boom in magic technology.
This is something that Rhine had thought of for a long time, and today he met Harry by chance, and this idea was put into practice.
It's really not for that 100 gold Galleons, as we all know, Rhine is not the kind of vulgar person.
Leaving Diagon Alley from the small alley, the originally depressed scene in front of me was immediately replaced by prosperity.
Unlike the desertion in Tumbledown Alley, there are a large number of wizards walking on the streets of Diagon Alley.
If you open a small shop here, you can be sure that business will not be too bad.
As soon as he arrived at Diagon Alley, Rhine saw a small witch looking left and right at the door of the Blotted bookstore not far away.
She has thick and unkempt brown curly hair, bright brown eyes, and a confident aura all over her body, which is the unique temperament of a school bully.
That's right, this is an evaluation from a scumbag.
The scumbags have a special ability, that is, they can always recognize which one is the top student at first sight.
Rhine is a former scumbag, the kind that can't be saved by a night battle.
"Harry!"
The little witch came running up and down and greeted Harry as she ran.
There is no doubt that this little witch is Hermione, Hermione Joan Granger.
"Hey, Hermione!" Harry finally felt a sense of relief when he saw his acquaintance.
Hermione jumped in front of Harry, stood still, and then looked at Rhine to her left.
Her eyes blinked, and she seemed to suddenly remember something, and said in surprise: "Mr. Embers? Are you Rhein Embers? ”
This time it was Rhein's turn to be surprised, he didn't expect that Hermione, who had no intersection at all, could call his name accurately.
When did I become so famous?
Thinking like this in his heart, the corners of Rhine's mouth couldn't be suppressed, and he rose wildly.
"That's right, I'm Rhein Embers. Hello, Miss Granger. ”
On the side, Harry asked Rhein's doubts, and he asked Hermione, "Hermione, how did you meet Mr. Embers?" ”
Hermione gave her signature confident smile and began to give Harry Cop:
"Mr. Embers, the winner of the last Hogwarts Sunshine Boys, was on the front page of Witch Weekly. The newspaper commented on him as ......"
Rhein's smile froze.
it? Shut up!
"Ahem, Miss Granger, I think it's time for you to go in, don't keep your friends waiting too long."
Rhein quickly interjected, interrupting Hermione's popular science.
The "Hogwarts Sunshine Boys" are held every four years, a month before the Quidditch World Cup.
At that time, Rheinland fought very easily and won the championship with an overwhelming number of votes and a single photo.
However, in the Daily Witches, it was commented that his sunny and handsome cheeks were a perfect contrast to his achievements. The first time we saw someone who could pull up the votes to nearly ten times the number of votes for second place, and he did......
In Rhine's view, the important thing is not what is sunny and handsome, but the phrase "a perfect contrast with his achievements".
This is a compliment, this is clearly a crazy belittlement.
If Hermione was allowed to continue, the image of the great shore that he had just established in Harry's mind would be broken.
I don't know which reporter wrote it at the time, but I really know how to write it, and I put it on the front page.
Listen to me and thank you!
After Hermione was interrupted, she glanced at Rhein with a smile, and her eyes seemed to dance with a prank that had succeeded.
Deliberately, right...... Rhine replied with a stiff smile and urged:
"Miss Granger, I heard that there's a signing party at the Blotted Bookstore, and I just want to join in the fun, why don't we go in and talk about it?"
Hermione then remembered that there was one more important event today, Mr. Lockhart's signing was about to begin.
"Harry, come on, everyone's worried about you!"
Hermione said, pulling up Harry's sleeve and walking briskly towards the Blotted Bookstore.
Rhein followed and walked slowly into the Blotted Bookstore.
The bookstore was almost overcrowded, and the concentration of carbon dioxide in the air was significantly exceeded.
"Harry, thank goodness, you didn't go far."
It was Molly Weasley, the Weasleys' mother, a middle-aged woman with short blond hair, who spoke.
She pulled Harry to look left and right, relieved to see that he was okay.
At this time, Gilderoy Lockhart's signing session had already begun.
Lockhart, dressed in a suit, stood behind his desk, enjoying the flash of the camera in the hands of the Daily Prophet reporter and the frenzied gaze of fans.
Suddenly, Lockhart's smile vanished, as if surprised.
"I didn't expect it...... Harry Potter? ”
Following Lockhart's gaze, I saw Harry, with a somewhat dark face, standing in the middle of the crowd.
The old man who was a reporter for the Daily Prophet hurriedly pulled Harry out and pushed him to Lockhart.
"Ladies and gentlemen, what an exciting time. Our little Harry came to the Blott this morning to buy my autobiography, "The Enchanted Me". ”
Lockhart said, smiling as he won Witch Weekly's "Most Charming Smile Award", which caused a round of applause.
Rhine looked at this scene and felt a little funny, this Lockhart is simply a living treasure.
Remember, this person has no other skills than a "Forgetting Spell".
But it was with this Oblivion Charm that he stole a lot of wizards' adventures and wrote his own autobiography.
It's really the wizard's version of "Wen Copyist".
Oh yes, if memory serves, Lockhart was also accepted as a Defence Against the Dark Arts professor at Hogwarts this semester.
Rhine couldn't understand what Dumbledore was thinking.
The only explanation I can think of is probably ...... Mistaking this celebrity as an admissions brochure for Hogwarts witches?
Rhein was not interested in this signing at all.
He searched through the shelves, and after a lot of effort, he finally found a brand new notebook.
Since it was time to teach students, it was necessary to have textbooks, so Rhine planned to write one by hand.
At that moment, something seemed to be going on at the door, and the Weasleys were all gathered there.
Rhine thought about it and walked over as well.