After Lupin left, Lockhart stood at the bottom of the stairs and shouted, "George, Fred, are you there?"

"What's the matter, Professor. George and Fred apparitions down.

"How many times have you said it, don't apparition behind others!" Lockhart led the two of them to the kitchen.

"You're going to open a shop in Diagon Alley, what about that Hogsmeade?"

"We're thinking about it too. ”

"Do you want to turn it off? ”

"There's still a lot of money left, don't close that Hogsmeade shop, let Remus take care of it, or he will have nothing to do." Lockhart reluctantly compromised, "A thousand Galleons is enough." ”

"Of course that's enough!" the brothers exclaimed in surprise.

"I don't want your shares this time, you can just give Lupin half of the income from the Hogsmeade store as a salary, and give me half of it. Lockhart thought for a moment, "What is Lupin's salary now?"

"Twenty Galleons a month, Professor. That shop in Hogsmeade only earns two or three hundred Galleons a month!"

"Then go up to fifty, that's it, you guys go and get busy with the business of opening the store, remember to supply Lupin's shop!"

After dealing with the matter, Lockhart felt that there seemed to be nothing more to pay attention to, so he went back to his room. He wrote a letter to Hermione, after all, it felt weird to leave his "lover" at home on a trip with his real girlfriend. Although he hasn't done anything about this "lover" yet, Lockhart still has to comfort her.

After two days of boredom at the Order of the Phoenix headquarters, Lockhart leaves, and he's now going to pick up Pandora.

The Minister of Magic's home is still under the Loyalty Charm, and resets insiders every time someone visits, but Pandora has had Connelly send Lockhart an invitation, so he enters it without a hitch.

As soon as there was a knock on the door, Lockhart didn't have time to think about what to say, and the door opened, and Pandora seemed to be waiting for him early.

"Professor," Pandora whispered to Lockhart as she put her arm around him, "they've all agreed, you don't have to force me away. ”

"Well, I don't have anything to say. Lockhart relaxed, too.

"Gildero, you're here!" the Minister of Magic was actually at home today.

"Mr. Minister, you are at home today, where are Pandora's parents?"

"They're going to work," Connelly gestured to Lohar, "Come with me, Gildero, I have something to say to you." ”

Lockhart glanced at Pandora, only to see her nod at him, and followed the minister to the balcony of the study upstairs.

"Gidero, I'm glad you and Pandora have such a good relationship. Cornelius Fudge's old face smiled, and he said to Lockhart, "But it's too ...... for you to travel so far It's so inappropriate. ”

Lockhart was about to say something, but the Minister of Magic continued to say as if talking to himself: "It's a pity that the situation in Britain is very chaotic now, and the influence of the Death Eaters is pervasive from the top to the bottom, I, the Minister of Magic, am really frightened......"

"Sir, as long as you make good use of the Auror Department and maintain a good relationship with Dumbledore, it shouldn't be too difficult to deal with the Mysteries......" Lockhart said this, but he didn't quite believe it himself, "If you just want to keep your family safe, please forgive me, Scrimgeot is better suited to deal with this situation than you." ”

Fudge's face turned red all of a sudden, but he quickly calmed down, but he didn't get angry: "Gildero, we're a family, I know you're right." But, you know, the Ministry of Magic, under my leadership, suppressed the Dementor riot and the Death Eater escape last year, killing many of them. ”

The Minister of Magic was still convinced that he was the one who led the operation, and it seemed that his memory modification was indeed the pinnacle of his own efforts—Lockhart thought to himself.

"I was afraid that even if I resigned, the Death Eaters would not let me go, so I had to continue to sit in this position!" said the old man helplessly, "So, Gildero, when Pandora said that you were going to take him on a trip, I immediately supported her, and taking her away was tantamount to ensuring her safety this summer vacation." ”

Lockhart understood, and quickly said, "Sir, don't worry, I will protect Pandora well." All you have to do is deal with the Death Eaters. ”

Connelly nodded, "How long are you going?"

"It's been more than a month. ”

"Everything and documents are ready. ”

"Yes. ”

"Then go ahead, have fun, and take good care of Pandora. Connelly's words were finished, and he breathed a sigh of relief, "I don't think I can get any news from the British wizarding world over there, so you bring this." When you come back, if this thing doesn't raise the alarm, it means that the situation is still under the control of the Ministry of Magic, and if the alarm is raised, then take Pandora directly to Hogwarts, only there is safety. ”

Lockhart was surprised to take the crystal ball handed over by the minister, has the situation deteriorated to this point?

"You can go, I'm going back to the Ministry of Magic. With that, Connelly turned back and went into the fireplace of the study, and a flash of green light flashed, and the man was gone.

Lockhart gathered his things and went downstairs. "Honey, are your things packed, let's go!"

"Alright, it's all here!" Pandora patted the bag in her hand, she couldn't wait.

"Let's go. ”