An hour later, they walked towards the Blotted bookstore, which was far more than a few of them. They were surprised to find a large crowd of people crowded outside the store, all wanting to enter.

It wasn't until they saw a large banner pulled upstairs - Gilderoy Lockhart signed for the sale of his autobiography "I Can Magic" from 12:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. today that they knew what was going on.

"We can meet him in person!" Hermione exclaimed, "I mean, almost all of the books on the list are written by him!" ”

Hermione became a little fan of Gilderoy Lockhart, and the excited look on her face was no different from those crazy little fans of the 21st century, and for some reason, Maple was a little unhappy.

What's the big deal, if you really want to fight, Maple feels like she can beat him right now.

Isn't it just bragging, even if the things in the book are really done by you, what can you do, labor and management have just wiped out a wave of vampires who are ready to eat children!

The majority of the crowd seemed to be witches of Mrs. Weasley's age. A weary wizard stood in the doorway and said, "Ladies, be quiet! Don't crowd! Watch out for books! ”

Speaking of which, Mrs. Weasley is also one of Lockhart's biggest fans, and she has several Lockhart books at home. Although she herself knows how to use magic to get rid of garbage pests, she always reads Lockhart's book and does it the same way. Even if what is written in the book is not much better than what she usually does, she still enjoys it.

Lockhart, although he doesn't have any real material, is also a capable person.

In addition to the oblivion spell that he is proud of, he has a knack for how to attract readers' attention, as well as grasp the mentality of fans and arouse their interest. Although he doesn't understand the theory of the fan economy, he has indeed made a lot of money by taking advantage of the lethality of the fan economy. If it comes to the secular world of the 21st century, this guy may be more able to mix and become a member of the big V bloggers, traffic anchors and even entertainment stars.

The zigzag line runs from the doorway to the back of the bookstore, where Gilderoy Lockhart signs books. Harry, Ron, and Hermione slipped through the cracks, grabbed a copy of "Breaking with the Female Ghost" each, and snuck to the Weasleys in line.

But Maple didn't come with them, and he didn't want to give the guy he didn't like.

"Oh, you're here, that's great." Mrs. Weasley said. She was breathing heavily, and kept patting her hair. "We'll see him in a moment."

Mrs. Weasley's face was excited, and so was Hermione's flushed cheeks.

Gilderoy Lockhart sat behind a desk, surrounded by large photographs of himself of his faces, all blinking at the crowd and showing their white teeth. The real Lockhart wears a robe as blue as a forget-me-not flower, matching his blue eyes, and he has a smile on his face.

His smile is a temptation for fans to scream, but Maple finds the fake smile disgusting. Because this guy is a big liar, and he attracts all the beautiful witches around him.

Maple is angry, the consequences are serious, and it seems that Lockhart, the big liar, may be out of luck before he goes to Hogwarts.

A short, grumpy man holding a large black camera jumped up and down to take pictures in front of him. Every time the flash flashes blindly, puffs of purple smoke erupt from the camera.

"Get out of the way," he yelled at Ron, backing away for a better angle, "this was for the Daily Prophet." ”

"It's amazing!" Ron said, rubbing the instep of the man's foot.

You're amazing, you're amazing!

Ron probably has this mentality, he can't eat grapes and says that grapes are sour.

There was a strange voice among the fans, which made Lockhart notice it immediately. Instead, it was the crowd of fans in the crowd, and Lockhart kept smiling at them, but didn't really notice any of them.

These guys have always cared about the whole fan as a whole, because this is his source of wealth, this is his customers, his God! But don't expect him to look at a particular fan alone, as for those who think that the admirer has noticed him and sees himself as the most special, it is a paranoia attack, because he treats everyone equally!

Lockhart noticed Ron, and then saw Harry. But Hermione, the only fan of the three of them, he turned a blind eye.

"Isn't this Harry Potter?" Lockhart shouted excitedly.

The crowd moved out of the way, whispering excitedly. Lockhart rushed forward, grabbed Harry's arm, and pulled him forward, causing the audience to burst into applause. Harry had a fever on his face, and Lockhart held his hand for the photographer to take a picture. The short man frantically pressed the shutter, and puffs of smoke drifted onto the Weasleys.

"What a beautiful smile, Harry." Lockhart himself showed off a mouthful of shiny teeth, "We can both go to the first edition." ”

Since you want to make headlines, do it!

While the photographer kept pressing the shutter, Maple quietly released his solid-like Black Bat Patronus.

The Patronus obeyed Maple's command and crept through the crowd to Lockhart's back. Quickly came from behind him to his neck, stretched out his ugly mouth and kissed Lockhart.

The Patronus Bat then vanished, but it was all caught on camera, and Lockhart was unaware, still immersed in the dream of taking pictures with Harry that made him headline.

"Ladies and gentlemen," Lockhart said loudly, waving to silence everyone, unaware that he was going to make a fool of himself, and in order to make his name better, Lockhart announced that he was going to become a professor of Defence Against the Dark Arts at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and gave Harry a copy of his entire book.

This guy also thought that he would be able to prove his talent to his fans by being taught a Defence Against the Dark Arts class at Hogwarts. He didn't know that the position of the Defence Against the Dark Arts class was cursed, and it had to be changed every year, so as long as he was a wizard, as long as he was not afraid of danger, he could take it.

In fact, at this time, Dumbledore had not officially decided on the candidate for the Defence Against the Dark Arts class, because he was still trying to find other suitable candidates before the start of school.

Lockhart has no self-knowledge at all, he doesn't know the dangers of Defence Against the Dark Arts class, and he is worried that Dumbledore will rebel and not give this position to himself, and he will be stupid to use this method to general, so that Dumbledore can't regret it.

The crowd applauded and cheered, and Harry managed to squeeze out of the crowd and out of the center of public attention to the wall, where Ginny was standing beside her new cauldron.

"Here's for you," Harry said to her vaguely, pouring the book into the cauldron, "I'll buy it myself." ”

"You must love that, Potter?" A voice he would never mishear. Harry straightened up and greeted Draco Malfoy, the usual mocking smile on his face.

"The famous Harry Potter," Malfoy said, "can't help but make front-page news even into a bookstore." ”

"Don't talk nonsense, he doesn't want that!!" Ginny said. It was the first time she had spoken in front of Harry, glaring at Malfoy.

"Potter, you've got a girlfriend!" Malfoy said in a long voice. Ginny's face flushed, and Ron and Hermione squeezed over, each holding a stack of Lockhart's books.

"Oh, it's you," Ron looked at Malfoy as if he saw something disgusting on the soles of his shoes, "you must be surprised to see Harry here, huh?" ”

"What surprised me even more was to see you enter the store, Weasley." Malfoy scoffed, "I guess your mom and dad are going to be hungry next month to buy those things." ”

Ron blushed and threw the book into the cauldron before charging at Malfoy. Harry and Hermione tugged at his clothes from behind.

"Oops, I don't think I saw you on a vacation, Malfoy, you seem to have grown a lot!" Maple and the Weasley brothers came over with a wicked smile on their faces, "That's great, I've learned a lot of new spells this summer, and I haven't had a chance to practice them yet." It just so happens that I don't have a rival, and when we get back to school, we can have a good fight. ”

Maple said as he fiddled with his wand in his hand, Malfoy's face turned white, and the Weasley brothers and Ron laughed.

"Kids, what's going on?" Mr. Weasley said at this point.

"Ahh It was Lucius Malfoy, with a sneer on his face and a somber and resentful look at Mr. Weasley's loss of a large sum of money.

"I heard that my brother is very busy with official business, so many plagiarisms. I guess they pay you overtime, right? Lucius said as he reached into Ginny's cauldron, pulling a newer copy of the Elementary Transfiguration Guide from the middle of the new, shiny Lockhart book.

The book is not very shabby, but it is still second-hand. Mrs. Weasley bought new ones for Ginny's wand and robes, as well as the cauldron and cauldron, but the textbooks could still be saved.

"Oh my God," Lucius said with a deliberately exaggerated expression of surprise on his face, "that you don't even give your children any more scraps you picked up from the garbage!" Have you made a fortune, Weasley? ”

"Looks like you've finally gotten your senses, Weasley, and know how to get yourself a little bit of a boon from the seizures!"

"Your family's filthy and smelly money, Mr. Weasley is not uncommon." Maple stepped forward and said, "The Transfiguration Textbook is flying!" ”

"It doesn't matter if the textbook is old, what matters is the knowledge inside! But Mr. Malfoy, it surprises us that you're still standing here instead of Azkaban. It seems that you have spent a lot of money to settle it, how about it, does it feel good to have a lot of wealth at home, and the flesh does not hurt? ”

"Draco, who is he?" Mr. Weasley's family laughed, feeling that Maple's words were very relieved, but Lucius's cheeks twitched, and he looked down and asked who his son Maple was.

"My name is Maple Arribas, the one who took control of the Silent One!" Without waiting for Draco to speak, Maple spoke directly and generously about his identity.

"Boy, you" Although Lucius didn't want his son to provoke the wizard who controlled the Silent One, he also didn't allow the other party to directly bully him, and Maple was so sarcastic by name that he immediately couldn't help but want to threaten, and then teach Maple a lesson.

"Hang the Admiralty upside down!" However, Maple was faster than him, except that he retracted his hand and wand into his sleeve when he cast his spell, and only the tip of his wand was exposed at the cuff. At the same time, after hanging Lucius Malfoy upside down in the sky, he exclaimed loudly to Mr. Weasley: "Mr. Weasley, your magic is amazing, such a guy just owes a pump!" ”

"Yes! Dad, you're awesome! The Weasley brothers immediately became aware of it and shouted in an exaggerated voice.

Malfoy's cheeks twitched, and that would work! It's so shameless!

Hermione's face was worried, but Harry and Ron were excited to see Malfoy's dad in trouble.

Snape and Lucius were figures of the same era, and he naturally knew the spell. After reciting the mantra and landing on the ground, Lucius immediately recited the incantation to Maple and counterattacked.

"Armor protection!" As an important general under Voldemort, Lucius was given a Horcrux by Voldemort, and his strength should not be underestimated.

Maple cast the Iron Armor Charm unharmed, but he knew that it was because Lucius didn't dare to cast powerful black magic in public, but he didn't use the Super Iron Armor Charm either, so it didn't prevent him from taunting Lucius.

"Mr. Malfoy, it seems that your so-called noble blood does not seem to allow you to break through me, what about the defenses that Mr. Weasley has given me!"

"Draco, let's go!" Lucius's face was about to explode, but he couldn't do anything with Maple now, so he could only leave in anger.

Seeing his father look like this, Malfoy was even more scared of Maple, and secretly made up his mind to stay away from this guy when he arrived at school.

To the cheers of the Weasleys and Harry, Maple received four more points.

It was just that after a while, Maple suddenly felt as if he had missed something.

When he remembered it, Maple couldn't help but feel a little annoyed.

Lucius seemed to take this opportunity to put Voldemort's diary with Ginny, and used the diary to frame Ginny, so that Mr. Weasley's daughter, who had been promoting Muggle protection laws, opened the secret room and mutilated Muggle-born wizards. But now all this has been messed up by Maple, which makes Lucius sad more than being insulted. Similarly, Maple was also very unhappy, and after changing the plot without authorization, he forgot to find a way to snatch the diary from Lucius Malfoy.

It's too bad to know who Lucius will give the diary to.