Archaeologists at Hogwarts

Chapter 130 New book fans

Professor Highmore's early departure ended the photo-taking process. Harry was really surprised that he didn't take action on the spot, but when he thought that Lockhart was recruited to the school by Professor Highmore himself, it was inevitable that he was asking for trouble.

In any case, Harry finally no longer had to be blinded by flashbulbs. He held a set of Gilderoy Lockhart's works in his hand, and he poured them all into Ginny's new cauldron.

"These are for you," Harry said vaguely, "I'll buy them myself -"

"You must like this, Potter?" said a voice he could never mishear.

Harry straightened up and looked face to face with Draco Malfoy, who had his usual mocking smile on his face.

Draco was also here to buy new books. He originally didn't plan to show up, but after seeing Professor Hemmer finally leaving, he couldn't help but get ready to take action.

"The famous Harry Potter," Malfoy said, "cannot even enter a bookstore without being front-page news."

"Don't talk nonsense, he doesn't want that!" Ginny said. This was the first time she spoke actively in front of Harry and glared at Malfoy.

Harry looked at Ginny in surprise. Malfoy said in a long tone: "Potter, you found a girlfriend!"

At this time, Ron and Hermione also crowded 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: "I can't believe you still dare to show up in Diagon Alley. Why, Professor Highmore didn't give you another lesson?"

Are you very unwilling?"

Malfoy immediately darkened his face: "What about you, Weasley? Buying such a pile of books will probably make your parents hungry for a while."

Ron blushed, threw the book into the cauldron, and was about to rush towards Malfoy. Harry and Hermione grabbed his clothes tightly from behind.

After a while, Mr. Weasley arrived, followed closely by Lucius Malfoy, and they soon started to quarrel.

Lucius saw Mr. and Mrs. Granger who were following Mr. Weasley. He said contemptuously: "Look at the friends you have made. Weasley, I thought your family had fallen to the limit."

With a clang, Ginny's cauldron flew out. Mr. Weasley threw himself at Mr. Malfoy and knocked him into a bookshelf. The scene suddenly became chaotic. The twins yelled and Mrs. Weasley screamed.

Tell Mr. Weasley not to be impulsive——

Then, a louder sound rang out, and a thick smoke filled the bookstore. This familiar scene made Harry and the three of them stunned. Even Lucius Malfoy was stunned. He quickly shouted

Said: "Draco, come here -"

Before Lucius could finish speaking, a small object jumped out of the smoke, scurrying back and forth. Lucius felt like he had been hit many times, followed by Mr. Weasley, who felt

Something was stuffed into his pocket.

The smoke disappeared just as quickly as it came. Hagrid burst into the crowd and separated Mr. Weasley and Mr. Malfoy in the blink of an eye.

Mr. Weasley's lip was cut, but Lucius looked much worse than him. His whole face was bruised and swollen, as if he had been beaten hard.

The twins were shocked, they didn't expect their father to be so powerful.

"Is it boxing?" Fred asked excitedly: "Dad, have you practiced boxing secretly?"

Mr. Weasley pressed his pocket, and Lucius thrust the old Transfiguration textbook into Ginny's hand. His eyes flashed with viciousness, but they were not directed at Ginny, but towards Ginny.

The crowd, but the most suspicious figure was not found.

He broke free from Hagrid's arm, waved to Draco, and rushed out of the shop.

It was only then that Mr. Weasley opened his pocket and took out a piece of parchment with the names of various dark magic items written on it - it was a list.

"This seems to be the piece of parchment that Lucius took out in Borgin and Burke's shop." Harry, who was looking at him, whispered: "Professor Hemmer really never misses any opportunity to teach Malfoy a lesson.

"

"Hammer?" Mr. Weasley asked doubtfully, "What does this have to do with Hammer?"

"The smoke bomb just now." Ron said: "It's almost exactly the same as what happened at the train station during the holiday - but this time Professor Hemmer must have been smart and didn't take the initiative to show up again."

"Oh My God"

Mr. Weasley finally realized what this parchment meant, and it could even be regarded as Malfoy's clue.

"I have to go back to the Ministry of Magic quickly." He said hurriedly: "My dear, can you send the children back alone? It will be too late by the time Malfoy finds out that this parchment is missing."

Toby, who was watching this scene from a distance outside the store, threw the bottle into the trash can. Al, who had returned from the sneak attack, jumped back on his shoulder and followed Toby as he staggered away.

Toby first saw the Malfoys and his son in Gringotts. After discovering that the two men were acting suspiciously, he quietly followed them to Knockturn Alley, where he happened to find Harry who had just come out of the fireplace.

, also learned about the parchment from Harry, and Toby was also eyeing the parchment, and finally found a suitable opportunity in the bookstore.

Although the plan was successful, Toby was not happy at all.

His book signings were terrible.

In comparison, Lockhart's autograph session was a huge success.

The most irritating part is that he took the initiative to recruit Lockhart into Hogwarts, but he didn't expect that he would be so unhappy in the end.

But it's too late to say anything now. Lockhart has just announced that he has become the next Defense Against the Dark Arts professor, and his attitude towards Highmore has also changed. It is obvious that he has seen great influence from the famous Harry Potter.

Business opportunities - can bring more sales to his new book.

In the ancient magic office, Toby and Al sat opposite each other on the sofa, both with extremely serious expressions.

"Ancient magic received less attention than we thought. Wizards no longer need complex spellcasting methods such as magic circles. Even the success of the self-casting wand cannot attract them."

"ah."

"Huh? Hasn't this been reported yet?"

He picked up the Daily Prophet and took a look at it, and found that there was indeed no news related to Cedric in it, and his automatic magic wand was not known to everyone.

Later, Toby took another look at the best-seller list in the newspaper - Gilderoy Lockhart's "Magic Me" was at the top of the list and has been for a long time, but Toby's own "Ancient Times" was at the top of the list.

"Magic and Magic Circle" but not even a shadow can be seen, and it is not even qualified to be included in the list.

Although this has become a textbook for first-year freshmen, the number of freshmen is not large and it cannot bring much sales.

Toby put the newspaper back on the coffee table with a heavy look.

Five minutes later, he picked up the newspaper and took another look and found that the list had not changed at all.

Ten minutes later, there was still no change in the list.

Twenty minutes later, the newspaper had been torn into pieces and scattered on the floor.

"That's unreasonable!"

Toby stood up angrily. He didn't care about Cedric's automatic casting wand, but he couldn't tolerate the wizards' lack of attention to the magic circle.

Proving the power of ancient magic is related to Toby's long-standing philosophy. In the past, Toby was busy with archeology and had no time to compile it into a book, but now the result is something that Toby cannot accept no matter what.

Al also said angrily: "Yeah! Yeah!"

"It's not just about the magic circle." Toby narrowed his eyes and said, "There is also this damn bestseller list. Shouldn't such an important list use a transformation spell? Isn't it worth paying attention to?"

At this time, an owl flew into the office, interrupting the conversation between the two.

Al was responsible for feeding the owl water, and Toby impatiently opened the package in the owl's talons, and was the first to find a piece of parchment, which was full of neat handwriting.

"Could it be another letter from a book fan?"

Toby muttered and looked at the letter. He was quickly attracted by the content of the letter——

[Dear Professor Heimer, can ancient magic bring people back to life?]

Toby read the letter in silence. In the package was a gift from the sender - a newspaper.

The name of the newspaper is a bit strange, it's called "The Quibbler."

Toby looked at the sender's name again - Luna Lovegood.

This made him think deeply.

After a while, he said: "Get ready to go, Al."

"ah?"

"Next, I guess there will be a lot of things for us to do."