Hermione, Be the Minister of Magic with Me!

Who was so daring to attack Ministry of Magic officials in the camp area?

However, Lockhart was relieved immediately, because the person who made him be careful was Arthur Weasley, and the twins Fred and George of the Weasley family were on the way.

The two of them carried a wooden stick on their shoulders, and below the wooden stick hung three buckets full of water.

The bucket was obviously heavy. The twins walked staggeringly while carrying the bucket. The water inside was spilling all the way, and the two of them were about to hit Lockhart.

"Oh, oh... Children, slow down!" Lockhart hurriedly dodged, "longer the rope for hanging the bucket, take small steps, and don't take such big steps.

Chapter 260 No Promise

The twins staggered and put the buckets in front of the family's camp, and then, without even bothering to apologize to Lockhart, immediately sat down on the grass without image, gasping for breath.

"It's all Daddy's fault!" Fred complained, "Even if you can use magic to lift water

Mr. Weasley ignored his son's complaints: "That's impossible, that's against the law, we can't use magic in Muggle camps... Gilderoy, thanks for your help, you've been busy lately?"

"Fortunately, before the start of the game, the minister allowed me to go out for a walk." Lockhart pointedly pointedly.

The Weasleys didn't get it, but Arthur got it.

He took off a sausage grilled on the fire, looked carefully in front of him, and nodded with satisfaction.

"Don't worry, Fudge will figure it out... we'd better get a tummy tuck and a sausage before the game?"

Lockhart was not polite either, he sat down and took the sausage

"Thank you." He took a bite at the sausage, letting the fragrant oily smell diffuse into his mouth. "I didn't eat anything at the welcome reception, so I went to talk."

Lockhart glanced around and found the remains of more than 30 matches lying beside Arthur. It seemed that he had put a lot of effort into trying to set a fire the Muggle way.

So Lockhart took out a lighter from his arms after thinking about it.

"Here, Arthur." He flipped open the metal lid of the lighter and lit it

Then handed it over.

Mr. Weasley took the lighter in his hand curiously, and was immediately attracted by it: "What is this?"

"Dunhill lighters, the Muggle brand that supplies the British royal family, can be ignited with kerosene or alcohol," Lockhart explained.

"Oh, that must be expensive..."

"Not at all, this is something I got from their club." Lockhart said without blushing. "To be honest, I don't know what the price of this thing is."

The shape of the lighter is quite beautiful, and Arthur tried it in his hand and couldn't put it down.

"You keep it for now," Lockhart said quickly. "I don't usually watch football, so I don't have to camp on the Muggle side. I used to use magic tents when I ventured outside."

Arthur was a little embarrassed, but he was absolutely reluctant to let go of the new toy, so he invited Lockhart to eat roast chicken on the fire.

Lockhart glanced left and right and found that there was no one else in the camp except Mr. Weasley and Gemini, so he asked a question.

When Sirius and Harry invited a few of them to go for a ride on their newly bought sports car, and also said that they would stop by the souvenir stand, Molly was a little worried and went along. ' Arthur told him.

"A sports car?"

Lockhart thought to himself that Sirius still bought a sports car, and he didn't know whether he bought a civilian version of a sports car or a third-hand or fourth-hand car of some old luxury cars, and then refurbished it himself.

"Then why don't you two go?" Lockhart looked at the twins in confusion, don't tell me you don't want to go by car. "

He didn't ask the question of how a sports car could hold so many people. Sirius was definitely not the kind of person who followed the rules, and the Traceless Stretching Charm was definitely cast. But sometimes people have to learn to pretend to be confused, and Lockhart thinks it's better not to ask such questions.

As a result, Fred and George looked at each other and shook their heads firmly together.

"No, we're afraid we won't be able to resist spending money when we go," George said.

\"Spend money? You shouldn't be short of money, right?" Lockhart asked strangely.

Fred: "If we all go to the souvenir stand together..."

George: "Then it's hard for us to hold our hands off those things.

"No, no, that's not the point. The point is that even if we hold back, they will buy it for us."

"But in doing so, we owe them a favor...and it's not like we're out of money."

\"That would be embarrassing."

\"So the best option is not to go."

The more and more Lockhart listened, the more confused he became. "If you have money, why not buy it?"

Mr. Weasley answered Lockhart's question for his two sons: "Because the two of them are trying to save money to open a store, they're building up capital... Molly isn't too happy about it, so don't tell her this later. "

Lockhart was gorging on the chicken. He hadn't eaten at all at the welcome party, and he was starving now.

\"Opening a shop is a good thing, why is she not happy?"

Makeup also wanted us to work at the Ministry of Magic. "Fred sighed, "but it's so boring, we don't want to go in, and when we tell the truth, she

Fired up. "

Mr. Weasley actually agreed with his two sons:

"...the Ministry of Magic is really boring, but I think the real reason she's angry is not because of this, but because you both only got three 'Owls'

"It's not our fault!" The twins said in unison, "If you have to ask Professor Lockhart about this, it's all his fault. This year's exams in March have made it more difficult!"

Seeing that Lockhart stopped eating chicken and looked at him inquiringly, Mr. Weasley quickly scolded his two worry-free sons: "Nonsense, didn't you two get your Defense Against the Dark Arts? Is it? It's obviously the hind legs pulled by other subjects."

Lockhart was a little curious: Mang had more than Defence Against the Dark Arts, what subjects did they pass? "

"I got an E for Charms, an E for Defence Against the Dark Arts, and an A for Protection of Magical Creatures, the rest are either P or D, and T for Ancient Rune and Digital Divination..." Weasley The gentleman sighed, "To be honest, no institution, company or farm would hire them for this achievement. If they didn't open their own shop, they would really only be able to work in the Ministry of Magic."

"It's better not to go to the Ministry of Magic or not, that's where the unpromising people like us go," Lockhart said to the Twins.

Mr. Weasley and Lockhart looked at each other, then laughed in unison.

Although they knew they were joking, the twins took Lockhart's words very seriously.

"Isn't it?" Fred said, putting down his chicken bones. "So we're going to have to open a shop, and if we can win this game... oh George, how much can we win."

George took out a large piece of paper from his arms: "I see... Ireland vs Bulgaria, excluding the situation of overtime, in 120 minutes, the odds of Bulgaria win, draw and lose are 3.14, 3.06 and 1.95," Goblin bookmaker\'is more optimistic about Ireland... If we buy Ireland to win, we won't actually make much money, not even double. "

Looking at the odds table in his hand, Lockhart secretly marveled that the guy Gonook was shrewd enough to copy the rules of the Muggle gaming industry.

"What, did you buy the Bulgarian win? Go triple?" he asked curiously.

"No no no..." Fred said wagging his fingers, and looked smug,

"We're not crazy enough yet, Ireland will win."

George's smile became more sly: "Yeah, so we bought an add-on - Ireland won, but it was Klum who caught the Snitch in the end."

"In this way, according to the limited player rules, the odds can be increased to 5 times the original, and we can get 9.75 times the odds."

Dike, we've got all our savings."

"A total of 07 Galleons and 10 Sikos." Fred Lulu gave a pitiful expression, "If we guess wrong, we will eat dirt."

"Scared? No wonder you dare not go to the souvenir stand." Lockhart was taken aback. "How did you guess... guess such a result?"

Hearing this, the twins were not just proud this time, they simply turned their noses up.

"The Irish Chaser is too strong!"

"The goalkeeper is also the best goalkeeper in half a century."

"Although Bulgarian Seeker Krum is stronger..."

"But Ireland's Lynch is the best at tangling, if he concentrates

Blocking and entanglement, preventing Krum from rushing to the speed, Krum has no chance.

As long as Ireland leads by more than 160 points, Lynch will relax his stalking of Krum. "

\"At this time, Krum's stronger strength can be exerted."

Lockhart understood: "In other words, Lynch will let Krum get the Snitch when he wins."

"Yes, that's it." Fred gave a thumbs up, "Professor Lockhart, don't tell those goblins."

George added, "We're telling you this because we trusted you. The goblins are numerically sensitive, but they don't know Quidditch."

"Absolutely not." Lockhart promised to promise, "Besides, there are not many people like you who know how to do it."

The twins were happier after hearing his words: "\"When we get the money, we'll go

Diagon Alley for rent! "

Lockhart did a rough calculation and found that if the twins actually won the game, they would have made more than a thousand Galleons, even after the 20% accidental income tax imposed by the Ministry of Magic, they fell into their hands In addition, the original principal is more than 900. According to the monthly rent of 150 Galleons for an ordinary store in Diagon Alley, as long as the twins do not spend money randomly, they may really be able to open a store in Diagon Alley by their own strength.

Mr. Weasley wasted no time pouring cold water on it: "Don't try to think of good things, boys, if Ireland loses, you'll have nothing."

"Absolutely not!" George said with disgust on his face, "Dad, can't you say something auspicious? If we really lose a big boy, then we really have to work in the Ministry of Magic."

Mang Pao is yours, it's your money anyway, as long as your mother doesn't mind

Just do it. Mr. Weasley looked unimpressed. "I couldn't handle you two years ago anyway. Percy went to the Ministry of Magic, Ron and Ginny..."

"Percy?" Lockhart remembered something. "By the way, which department did Percy go to? Why didn't I see him? I thought he was going to report to me."

"Department of Management of Magical Creatures, where a new \"Economic Creature Concentrated Storage Office\' has been established, he said that it is easier to get promoted from the new department... This is also learning from you. "

Having said that, Weasley winked at Lockhart.

Lockhart didn't think he was embarrassed at all, but laughed.

Chapter 261 Admission

The four of them devoured their food while chatting, and waited for Mrs. Weasley and the other children to return towards the end of the evening.

Sirius' loud voice could be heard clearly by Lockhart even from a distance:

"Listen, Harry...that girl doesn't have 'I belong to a boy' written on her forehead, so if you feel it, just go for it, express yourself as much as you want, and it doesn't matter if you fail , because it means there must be something better..."

Mrs. Weasley's sullen voice followed: "Sirius, they are still children! The main task now is to study!"

"But you and Arthur are obviously in fifth grade..." Sirius immediately retorted.

After everyone returned to the door of their tent noisily, they found that there was one more person here.

Mrs. Weasley was overjoyed: "Gildrow, you're here too! Why haven't you been a guest at the Burrow? Percy has been talking about you for a long time... Just in time, help me talk about these kids."

Lockhart looked at Harry's flushed face, guessing that he must not have noticed the disappointed Ginny behind him.

"I think it's necessary to try, Molly." He decided to say a few words to Harry: "Even a relationship that is doomed to fail is a relationship, and as long as you talk with your heart, children can learn a lot from it. Especially waiting. When they graduate you want them to get married and you find out—you can't expect them to spend their entire student life like an ascetic and suddenly learn how to fall in love after graduation."

If someone else said it, Mrs. Weasley might not have listened, but Lockhart

The effect is somewhat different.

"But...their studies oo" She hesitated.

"So, we should teach them how to control themselves when their feelings are warmed up. As for academics, I believe that only irresponsible men will not realize the importance of their academic performance, money and social status to the family. Are you that kind of person, Harry?"

Harry Potter shook his head subconsciously: "No, I'm not."

Only then did he realize that he had been tricked again.

Lockhart laughed with the people around him, and even Sirius joined the hilarious ranks, making Harry even more embarrassed.

"Well, maybe I should try...but honestly, if their academic performance and school performance were about as good as Percy's, then maybe I'd be more comfortable with them," Mrs Weasley said.

"That's a disaster." Fred whispered to George "quietly", but the voice was just loud enough for everyone present to hear.

Lockhart slowly stopped his laughter, then stepped forward and formally greeted Harry and the others.

"How was your summer vacation? I heard you went to Italy, Harry? Hermione, Ron, how about you?"

"It's okay, the sun is very good." Harry looked at his two little friends and said, "When Sirius and I went to Italy, it was just in time for the Assumption of the Virgin in August, so we went to the beach and danced the beach. I also ate chicken stewed with green peppers and took pictures...

\"Sounds good." Lockhart showed a fascinated expression.

"Yeah, he also brought us frozen melons and biscuits from Italy." Hermione added, "I tried it after I got to the Burrow yesterday, and it tasted good, I think it's better than the French custard pudding. "

"Did you arrive yesterday?" Lockhart was a little surprised, "I thought you two would get along for a while during the summer vacation."

Ron seemed a little embarrassed to hear this - because of Banban, he and Hermione fought a cold war last semester until the end of the semester, even if it turned out that Hermione was right in the end, but he was still embarrassed-probably lacked. An opportunity to take risks to ease the relationship.

In the end, Harry persuaded him in the letter to use the Quidditch World Cup to ease the relationship, and Ron agreed only after he found the steps.

He didn't know what to say for a while, but Hermione eased his embarrassment.