Harry Potter and the Great Old Ones

"Oh, you're here, great." Mrs. Weasley said! She was breathing rapidly and patting her hair constantly. "We will see him soon..."

Gradually, they saw Gilderoy Lockhart.

He sat behind the desk, surrounded by large photos of himself, the faces in the photos all winking at the crowd, flashing dazzling white teeth.

The real Lockhart wore robes as blue as the forget-me-not flowers that perfectly matched his blue eyes. The pointed wizard's hat was playfully tilted on his curly hair.

A short, grumpy man held a large black camera and jumped back and forth taking pictures.

Every time the flash flashed blindingly, streams of purple smoke spewed out of the camera.

"Get out of the way," he yelled to Ron, backing up to get a better angle. "This is for the Daily Prophet."

"Oh, that's amazing." Ron said, rubbing the instep of his foot that was so painful from being stepped on by that person.

Gilderoy Lockhart seemed to hear Ron's complaints. He raised his head and looked in Ron's direction, and then his eyes arrogantly swept over the people around Ron——

There was a middle-aged woman who was as dirty as Ron, a little girl with messy hair, a pretty cute little Asian boy, and a little boy standing next to him who was gray-headed and a little thin.

Gilderoy Lockhart looked at Harry carefully from head to toe, then suddenly jumped up and said: "Oh Merlin's beard! Isn't this Harry Potter?"

The crowd automatically moved out of the way, murmuring excitedly. Lockhart rushed forward, grabbed Harry's arm, and pulled him forward, and the crowd burst into applause.

Harry felt a little feverish on his face and looked at Tiera for help...

But then he was flashed by the short man's flashlight, making Harry feel a little dizzy.

Lockhart held Harry's hand tightly and let the photographer take pictures.

The short man pressed the shutter button frantically.

"What a beautiful smile, Harry." Lockhart himself also showed off his bright teeth. "We can both be on the front page."

When he finally let go of Harry's hand, Harry's fingers were numb.

Harry wanted to sneak back to Tiera, but Lockhart still had an arm on his shoulder, holding him tightly to his side.

"Ladies and gentlemen," Lockhart said loudly, waving everyone for silence, "what an extraordinary moment this is! I want to take advantage of this wonderful occasion to announce a small matter that I have been suppressing for some time.

Never said anything."

"When young Harry walked into Flourish and Blotts Bookstore today, he just wanted to buy my autobiography. I was willing to give this book to him for free on the spot." There was another round of applause.

"But what he doesn't know is that—" Lockhart continued, shaking Harry so that his glasses slid down to the tip of his nose.

"He will soon get something more valuable than his humble work "Magic Me". In fact, he and his classmates will get a real, magic me!"

"Yes, ladies and gentlemen, I am extremely happy and proud to announce that this September, I will become the Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry!"

The crowd clapped and cheered, and Harry found himself holding the complete set of Gilderoy Lockhart's works, which was so heavy that he staggered a little when he walked.

He finally managed to get out of the center of public attention and came to the wall——

Tiera had long been crowded there by the restless crowd.

"Here are these for you." Harry wanted to put the book into Tiera's hand but Tiera didn't take it, "I'll buy it myself -"

"No, Harry." Tiera said, "I have already bought my book and asked the owl to send it back."

"What about these books..." Harry asked at a loss. This was the first time Tiera refused to accept his gift.

"Let's go, let's sell them to the witches outside." Tiera took four books from Harry, held them with one hand, and tugged on Harry's sleeve with the other hand, and came to the waiting room to sign.

At the end of the long sales queue——

Later, Ron and Hermione also received signed books from Gilderoy Lockhart, as did the Weasley twins.

Harry's nine Gilderoy Lockhart books sold for a total of 180 gold galleons——

A shrewd witch cut it from 270 gold galleons to 180 gold galleons, but Tiera did not suffer any loss. She left the witch's contact information. Tiera showed her identity as a Hogwarts student, and now

It has been so long since the autograph session, and the news that Gilderoy Lockhart is about to take up his post at Hogwarts has gradually spread out——

So Tiera promised to sell her autographed photos for two gold Galleons and five silver Sickles after school started—

Tiera has a camera, and the film he needs is provided by this witch.

The three books in Hermione's hands sold for a total of 170 gold galleons, which almost caught up with Harry's nine books, because Hermione asked Gilderoy Lockhart to sign four books in addition to his autographs.

Additional words were left -

"You Are the Most Beautiful Girl - Gilderoy Lockhart" sold for forty gold galleons.

"Your beauty is heart-stirring, and I can't help but be intoxicated under your pomegranate skirt - Gilderoy Lockhart" This book sold for fifty-five gold galleons.

"Your smile is like spring clouds, your voice is like summer nightingale, your skin is like winter ice and snow, you are my muse, my Venus - Gilderoy Lockhart"

The highest price was paid for seventy-five gold galleons.

There is also a book: "You are the smartest wizard I have ever met - Gilderoy Lockhart", which Hermione keeps.

Also doing the same are George, Fred and Ron Weasley.

Ron only sold two of the copies he had.

George and Fred saw business opportunities. One stood in line, while the other ran to the end of the line holding a book -

Unfortunately, the witches quickly figured out their idea. George and Fred only sold seven copies for fifteen gold galleons before being angrily chased away by the owner of Flourish and Blotts Bookstore——

They don't even make as much as Hermione.

"Let's go! Tiera, let's go shopping!" Hermione said proudly, grabbing Tiera's sleeve.

Tiera:???

Do you really think of me as your concubine?

Let me tell you, I sell my smile but not my body.

Perhaps because Lucius Malfoy was frightened by Tiera pretending to be Voldemort, the Malfoy father and son did not come to Flourish and Blotts Bookstore, and they were not even in Diagon Alley.

When Tiera was just shopping, he noticed through the Mark of the Dark Lord that Lucius Malfoy and Draco Malfoy had already disappeared within Tiera's sensing range.

Without the arrival of Lucius, naturally there would be no fight between Lucius and Arthur Weasley.

But Dobby still stayed behind Tiera from a distance.

Several children - mainly Tiera, Harry, Hermione and Ron walked along Diagon Alley again in the afternoon.

Ron bought a few candies and two delicious dragon sausages.

Harry bought Tiera a new cauldron——

It's just right for making hot pot, Tiera thought.

Hermione, on the other hand, dragged a few people back to Flourish and Blotts Bookstore after the book signing, and invested half of the first pot of gold she earned in books——

He also gave Tiera a few books of "The Encyclopedia of Alchemical Techniques", "The History of Potions", "Black Facts" and...

"How to Court a Witch"

Tiera:???

With a question mark on his face, he put the last book "How to Pursue a Witch" back on the bookshelf.

"The only thing in my heart is studying, and studying makes me happy." Tiela said, "I don't want to fall in love."

Tiera saw a somewhat angry look in Hermione's eyes. She looked directly at her and said, "I don't want to fall in love with anyone."