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The famous best-selling author, Mr. Gilderoy Lockhart, is indeed an excellent wizard with both strength and knowledge.
Harry just flipped through the book "Walking with Trolls", and was immediately shocked by the ups and downs of the plot and the extremely professional knowledge in it.
In his opinion, Lockhart himself, who was able to write this book, knew as much about trolls as Professor Quirrell, and even had some unique insights.
So... other books are also his personal experience?
So he had actually seen a snowman?
That is a magical animal that is said to only be active in a specific area of the Celestial Dynasty. Scamander was not able to meet it when he went to the Celestial Dynasty last time. Why has he been so depressed about this for a long time!
Looking at the stack of various travel notes in front of him, Harry couldn't help secretly praising in his heart, this Gilderoy Lockhart really has real materials~
"He is indeed very attractive. A few days ago, because of his book signing here, the sales in our store have also skyrocketed~" Seeing that Harry seemed to be very concerned about Lockhart's works, the bookstore owner came together Came up to chat with him, "By the way, because this Mr. Lockhart, the Malfoy family and the Weasley family had a fight at that time~"
"Fight? Draco Malfoy and Ron Weasley?" Harry asked curiously.
"No, it's the adults of the two families, Lucius and Arthur."
"It turned out to be them?"
Harry was taken aback when he heard the words. He never thought that Lucius, who claimed to be a pure-blood with nostrils on the top of his head, would have a day of tearing him apart.
"Harry, do you know what I found out?" At this time, Hermione suddenly jumped over, "Mr. Lockhart, he is our Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher for the new school year!!"
"Really?" Harry's eyes lit up when he heard this.
If there is such a well-informed person to teach the black defense course, doesn't it mean that he can learn more about werewolves, vampires and snowmen, and many things that even Scamander doesn't know much about?
This is definitely good news for Harry, who has been completely aroused by Scamander to learn about magical creatures~
"Go home after shopping, and start to pack your luggage. I can't wait to go to Hogwarts immediately~"
It could be seen that Hermione cared more about Professor Lockhart than Harry.
Hmm... Harry suddenly felt that he was getting a little depressed again.
The two returned home all the way in this way, but just as they stepped into the living room, Harry suddenly froze in place.
"Harry...what's the matter with you?" Hermione tugged at Harry's sleeve and asked worriedly.
"It's okay, I just found out that my old friend came suddenly, I feel very happy~"
Harry smiled and walked towards the locker in the living room, where he heard a familiar magical voice.
"Dobby, since you're here, why are you hiding here~"
After opening the cabinet door, the one who appeared in front of Harry was indeed the kind and lovely house elf from before.
(psProfessor Lockhart, who has "real materials", met a student who was full of admiration and decided to go all out for his idol in the performance of the dueling club... Well, he should not be Killed...)
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"Dobby, why are you here?"
Hearing Harry's words, Hermione came over in surprise, and her face was also full of joy after seeing the elf in the closet.
"Dobby is coming..."
"Don't worry, sit up and talk slowly."
Looking at Dobby's appearance, Harry knew that he must have something to tell him, and it might involve some of his prohibitions.
"Is it your friend? Then I'll prepare some snacks."
Mrs. Granger is a kind person, and after the two children came into contact with the wizarding world, she knew that Harry and Hermione would definitely meet some 'special' friends, so she didn't find Dobby's appearance strange at all, but was still enthusiastic entertained him.
"Oh, sir's family is as kind as sir, and they are willing to treat Dobby with delicious food!"
Holding the steaming black tea in his hand, looking at the delicate snacks in front of him, Dobby started to sob again.
"You came to see Harry, what's the matter?" Hermione asked.
"Dobby heard that Mister met that devil again two months ago, and then..."
"Dobby, don't talk about this."
Harry shook his head at Dobby. He didn't tell the Grangers about the fight against Voldemort because he was afraid they would worry.
"Let's talk, let's go about our own business first."
When Mr. Granger saw this, he was very considerate and gave them a space to talk alone.
"Anyway... the sir is so brave and fearless, and once again overcame the difficulty, Dobby is really happy for the sir! But..." Dobby wiped his face with a pillowcase indiscriminately, "but Dobby still wants to warn the sir, even after this Dobby has to clip his ear into the oven door, and Dobby has to say... you can't go back to Hogwarts, sir!"
"Why?" Hermione asked in surprise, "All our things are ready, and school is about to start, you say you want to stop us from going there?!"
"No, no Miss, Dobby doesn't want to stop you!" Dobby shook his head vigorously, "Sir and Miss must stay in a safe place, if you return to Hogwarts, your life may be in danger! Please... Dobby came here early, but Mr. and Miss are not at home. Dobby can't break into Mr. Scamander's house, so he can only come here from time to time. Please, Dobby really I don't want to lose you..."
"Dobby, let's call it a day, and I'll tell you the rest." Seeing that Dobby was in a bad mood, Harry took the initiative, "During these two months, you predicted that something would happen at Hogwarts, So I thought we would be in danger, so I came to inform you, right?"
"Yes, sir, that's it!" Dobby nodded hastily.
"So... the reason why we are in danger is because we will be affected?" Harry asked again after thinking about it.
"Yes... yes! So, sir, please don't go to Hogwarts!!" Dobby kept bowing his head and pleaded, his worry for Harry was beyond words.
"I see." Harry nodded earnestly and promised, "Thank you for reminding me, Dobby, I won't put myself and Hermione in danger, you can rest assured about that."
"Harry..."
Hermione wanted to say something, but Harry stopped her by holding her hand suddenly.
"Really? That's really great!" Mistakenly thinking that Harry followed his own advice, Dobby couldn't help but dance, "That's great, so that Mr. and Miss will not be in danger. This is really Very good!!"
"That way you don't have to worry," Harry smiled and pushed the plate in front of Dobby towards Dobby. "If you're relieved, why don't you come and have some snacks?"
"Okay, okay! But Dobby can't stay for too long, he has to go back to his master's house to be punished immediately! Sir, miss, let's see you later~"
Dobby swallowed a piece of tea in his mouth, and happily dodged out of the room.
It can be seen that he was really happy after learning that the two of them chose safety, and even talked about being punished in a cheerful tone.
"Harry... don't you really plan to go to Hogwarts?" After Dobby left, Hermione asked with some confusion.
"Of course not, it's just that in the situation just now, I can only lie to him first." Harry shrugged helplessly, "Although Dobby is easy to panic, his intentions are actually right. He was begging us just now." , but his hand has been quietly raised, if I don't pretend to agree, he will probably cast magic in the room."
"He's going to release magic in the house?" Hermione was taken aback when she heard this, obviously knowing the consequences of Dobby's behavior.
"Yeah, when the Ministry of Magic detects the fluctuation of magic power, we will come here to find trouble with Zongsi's excuse. Even if we have a mouth, we can't tell." Harry nodded, "Although I don't care about the so-called expulsion from the Ministry of Magic. Warning, but I don't want to mess with these guys at all."
In the previous vacation, Harry had talked with Scamander about some of the Ministry of Magic's supervision mechanism for wizards, including Zongsi.
Zongsi, the official statement is that it is a spell used to detect underage wizards casting spells. After all, young wizards are not allowed to cast spells outside of school, so the Ministry of Magic must have a certain supervision mechanism to restrict it.
But according to Scamander and Harry Cope, Zong Si is actually a scam.
What the Ministry of Magic can really monitor is the fluctuation of magic power within a certain geographical range. According to the different situations of magic power fluctuation, the Department of Prohibited Abuse of Magic can quickly analyze what kind of spell is being used.
However, they can't tell who is using the spell. The reason why they can determine the user is because the magic world also has a household registration system similar to that of the Celestial Dynasty.
There are only two little wizards, Harry and Hermione, living in the area of the Granger family, so as long as Dobby releases magic, they will definitely be counted on them in the end.
But if it is an ordinary wizarding family, or a wizarding gathering place like Hogsmeade Village, young wizards can release spells at will, and if the Ministry of Magic really wants to investigate violations, they can only visit the door in person. Collect the little wizard's wand and cast a flashback spell to find out.
"Dangerous... Could it be Lucius Malfoy?" After pondering for a while, Hermione frowned slightly, "What kind of conspiracy is he planning to carry out at Hogwarts?!"
The only thing Dobby would keep silent was his master's affairs, and the clever Hermione guessed the real reason for this danger almost effortlessly!
After all, what can make Dobby feel extremely dangerous is definitely not something that idiot Draco Malfoy can do, and his father still has some possibility.
"What exactly is Lucius going to do at Hogwarts? We have to go to the school to start investigating. But since we know the news, we might as well inform Mr. Principal in advance so that he can make preparations."
Harry laid out a pen and paper on the desk, wrote the current situation directly into a letter, and entrusted Hedwig to leave early to bring the news to Dumbledore.
This is already the second time Harry has issued an early warning after Dobby's previous infiltration. Mr. Principal, who has learned from the pain at the end of last school year, should not let himself down this time~
(ps Yohoho, let me tell you, we will play three shifts in February, if we can do it, Sanmiao will try his best~)
Chapter One Hundred and Nine
On the first day of school, Harry and Hermione's journey to the station was not particularly smooth.
Because of Harry's insistence on not wanting the Grangers to come into contact with the wizarding world, the Granger siblings always used public transportation to go to school.
It's just that the subway didn't know what happened today, either the escalator was malfunctioning, or it stopped suddenly, and sometimes the door of the transfer station couldn't be opened, which wasted a lot of time on the road.
When the Granger siblings finally arrived at King's Cross Station, it seemed that it was almost time for the departure.
"It's finally here!" Hermione hurried towards the partition wall of platform nine and three quarters, "I really don't know what's going on today, it seems like the whole year's bad luck is concentrated on this day... "
"and many more!"
However, just when her little head was about to touch the partition wall of the platform, Harry suddenly raised his hand to stop her.
"Ah!" Feeling the impact suddenly, Hermione exclaimed subconsciously, but the pain that should have appeared did not follow, and she realized that it was Harry who used his hands to help her forehead.
"What's going on here, we can't get in?" Hermione reached out and groped the wall twice, but found that it seemed to be a real wall, not only hard, but also tightly stitched.
"It should be Dobby playing tricks, let's get out of here first."
Harry figured out the reason, but their behavior had already attracted the attention of the people around them, so they could only explain it to Hermione in another place.
"You mean, whether it's the blocking barrier just now or the subway failure before, it's all Dobby's fault?"
In an inconspicuous corner of the platform, after listening to Harry explain the cause and effect, Hermione realized that her unlucky situation today was not a natural disaster, but a man-made disaster.
"Dobby found out that I was lying to him, so he was a little angry. Of course, he was really worried, so he used this method to prevent us from catching the train."
Watching Harry make a subway failure all the way, and playing a blocking barrier at the last moment, Dobby is smart to do such a thing, but what really surprised Harry was Dobby's hiding ability and Ranged spellcasting ability.
Perhaps because the subway environment was too noisy, Harry really didn't notice Dobby's whereabouts at all; just now at the partition wall of the platform, he only heard a slight change in the sound of magic power, and then subconsciously stretched out his hand block.
If he hesitated even a second, Hermione would probably hit a wall.
"I just want to know how we can rush to Hogwarts!" Hermione pouted anxiously, "Hedwig is not here now, we can't even send letters to the professors!"
Coincidentally, Hedwig went to help Harry send a letter to Lao Deng two days ago. Out of consideration for his beloved pet and light packing, Harry didn't let him fly back immediately, but stayed in Hogwarts directly. Ci.
"Don't worry, anyway... The conventional method will definitely be late now; there are unconventional methods, it depends on whether you want to use it or not~" After a little thought, an inexplicable smile appeared on Harry's face.
"An unconventional method, tell me?" Sure enough, Hermione chose an unconventional way.
After a year of teaching by Harry's words and deeds, this girl who was a school bully who was fairly well-behaved was already serious about violating the rules.
As a loyal fan of Mr. Gilderoy Lockhart, Hermione would never miss the opportunity to meet him at the opening ceremony for the first time.
"Two ways, one is that we call Scamander right now, ask him to apparate over, and then use a portkey or other methods to take us to Hogwarts, so that we may be able to get ahead of time." Arrived in hours."
"The other way is relatively simple and rough... I will take you to fly there after I transform~"
"Then there's no need to ask," Hermione raised her eyebrows at Harry as a matter of course, "Of course I choose the second one!"
"I knew it…"
Harry shrugged helplessly and as expected, Hermione was really wild.
Rather than meeting her idol as soon as possible, what she hopes more is to let her... uh, take her to fly~
"Then there is another problem now." After learning of Hermione's choice, Harry pretended to be helpless. "Miss Granger, with your current weight, I probably won't be able to carry you..."
"Stop talking about my weight! Don't you know how to use the Shrinking Curse?!" Hermione stomped on Harry dissatisfied.
Even the shrinking spell was brought out, and Hermione was determined to let Harry fly with her.
"Then let's go, although casting spells here at the station won't catch us, but we still have to find a private room in the toilet, we can't take out our wands here~"
While speaking, Harry turned and left the platform.
"Toilet...Toilet?" Hermione was taken aback when she heard the words, "Men's or Ladies' room?"
"That must be the men's room~" Harry said as a matter of course, "Once you shrink down, others will not be able to see it. Of course I have to consider the convenience of my leaving."
"No!" Who knew, Hermione objected immediately, "After shrinking me down, you can transform directly, and then jump out through the toilet window, without going back to the platform at all!"
"Besides, I've never been in the men's room, but you must have been in the women's room, so you won't have any psychological burden at all~"