The Magical Principles of Natural Philosophy at Hogwarts

"Why are you wearing this?" Erwin asked, pointing to the brooch.

It's a bit strange that the items a little girl carries with her are actually equipped with detection functions.

"My dad gave this to me."

"Who is your father?"

"Xenophilius Lovegood, editor-in-chief of The Quibbler."

Editor-in-Chief? It is normal for magic items to have such intelligence functions. Newspaper practitioners in the magical world occasionally need some disgraceful means to obtain exclusive news.

"The Quibbler?" Melanie suddenly became energetic. "I recently wrote a novel. Can it be published in your magazine?" she asked eagerly.

Erwin's mouth twitched. This female vampire was so bored that she not only read entertainment tabloids, but even wrote them herself.

"The Quibbler" is the highest-selling publication in the British wizarding world. Yes, it is more popular than the official newspaper "The Daily Prophet", which shows that the majority of the people like it. But in Erwin's view, it is a weird story.

The combination of a storytelling club and a women's magazine is really unattractive.

"Well, I will suggest it to my father, but I can't guarantee whether it will be adopted." Under the rather eager eyes of the other party, Luna responded with some reluctance.

"Thank you then." Melanie smiled sweetly.

"Stop." Erwin said ruthlessly and even cruelly: "You are not allowed to publish your work."

If this female vampire mixes some code words in the published text, she can pass the message to the outside world. This is an obvious security risk.

Melanie's face immediately changed, and now she had the expression of a pitiful little animal, which would soften even the toughest of hearts.

But Erwin was completely unmoved, he was used to it.

Luna, who was sitting in the middle chair, looked back and forth between the two of them, feeling that their relationship was strange.

"Okay, Miss Luna Lovegood, please relax." Erwin pointed the wand at her again, "The Oblivion Curse is essentially harmless. As long as you don't resist, I can accurately remove only these few..."

Minutes of memory, but if you don’t cooperate, I can’t guarantee absolute safety.”

"Please don't use the Forgetting Curse on me." Luna looked directly at Erwin with her blue-grey eyes. There was no fear or panic, only calmness, "I will keep it a secret."

"Just verbal assurances won't convince me."

"I have no friends. The other students in Ravenclaw call me a crazy girl. Even if I tell them, no one will believe me."

"This is not enough. The fact remains that there will be no risk after I use the Forgetting Curse on you." Erwin said with some fun.

He actually meant that they could continue the conversation. If he was determined to erase the other person's memory, he would have done it directly, just like he did to Brother Yan.

Luna seemed to understand. She glanced at her classmate La Ge who was still in a coma, "I only heard someone shouting for freedom, and then you were talking about house elves. Judging from the current situation, you

There must be a big quarrel with the Malfoy family?"

She remained calm throughout and did not yell, which is rare for a twelve-year-old girl.

She also seems to have a temperament beyond her years.

"You can say that." Erwin did not deny it.

"My father also hates those pure-blood families who think they are superior. He has some dirty information about the Malfoy family. I can let him share it with you."

Erwin seemed to be a little moved, but how credible is what a little girl said? Can she really convince her father? In fact, this issue can be ignored, because Erwin knows that Luna's father is

After becoming the editor-in-chief of "The Quibbler", he had the idea not to remove Luna's memory.

The reason is very simple. If he wants to realize some ambition in the magical world, public opinion channels must be taken into consideration, and he should start thinking of ways to start from now on. Just run his own newspaper. The investment is high and the return is extremely low, or it will definitely continue to lose money.

, after all, even the "Daily Prophet" is a loss-making business that the Ministry of Magic has been paying for.

Even though The Quibbler is only at the level of a street-stall magazine, it is a fact that its sales exceed those of the Daily Prophet, and its influence cannot be ignored.

Worth making friends with.

He has previously determined his policy in the magical society, which is to make more friends, and there is no limit to the means of making friends.

The most effective way to gain a foothold is to form your own interest groups.

"Why are you unwilling to accept the Oblivion Curse?" Erwin asked.

"Because I hope my soul will not be affected," Luna replied without thinking, she continued to look at Erwin, "and I don't want to forget this experience. I hate the feeling of being manipulated by others."

"But you are at my mercy now." Erwin pointed out unceremoniously.

"Yes, that's why I'm very unhappy." Luna said with a serious face, "If my memory is also erased, then I can't accept it, not to mention the impact it may have on my soul."

"You actually know that there is a relationship between memory and the soul?" Erwin thought it was quite amazing. Yes, the knowledge related to the Forgetting Curse can be extended to the direction of the Soul-stealing Curse.

Many adult wizards don't know this.

Erwin suddenly felt that this little blond girl looked a bit like him, but of course just a little bit.

He changed the subject, "Although you have said so much, essentially you still lack a strong guarantee. It is impossible for me to give you complete trust when we have only known each other for a few minutes, so I am sorry..."

"I can give you a strong guarantee."

Luna hesitated for a moment and took off the necklace from her slender neck. There was a locket on it. She was still fixed on the chair and unable to move, so she stretched out her hand and motioned for Erwin to take it.

The locket, which still contained the girl's body temperature, was lifted up by an invisible force and flew towards Erwin. He opened it and found a photo inside.

Above is a witch with a face quite similar to Luna's, smiling playfully.

"Your mother?" Erwin closed the locket.

Luna nodded, "She died when I was nine years old."

The fact that it can be worn by a girl shows the importance of this locket to her. This is indeed a strong enough guarantee.

"I will keep it for you temporarily." Erwin did not feel embarrassed at all for taking advantage of the mother-daughter relationship. "You can exchange it back for something of equal value at any time, but if I find out that you have leaked the secret,

Or if there are related rumors, then I can only say sorry."