Chapter 9
Chapter 8: Novel Fire
Luke straightened his back and said loudly like a soldier, “I assure you, young master, you will have first-hand information!”
After speaking, he dispatched all the house elves in the castle as if he was directing a military operation, and they were slamming around the main office of the Daily Prophet.
Obviously, this method is very efficient. Moriarty got the latest “Daily Prophet” after finishing his morning tea.
The title was bolded in black, and it read: “How many secrets are there in the wizarding world that we don’t know about Gilderoy Lockhart’s new book ‘With Slytherin in Eastern Tibet’?”
Moriarty opened the newspaper and read: “The most popular best-selling author Gilderoy Lockhart returns to Diagon Alley with a new book, and holds a new book launch at Lichen Bookstore…”
A photo of Lockhart is attached below, and the Daily Prophet has copied all of Lockhart’s speeches at the book launch.
Moriarty read it with relish as if watching a live broadcast.
Today’s Lockhart wore a colorful ornate robe and had her hair wavy in blond.
“Me, Gilderoy Lockhart! Three-time Witcher Weekly Award for Most Charming Smile – don’t want to talk about that, but you know what? Salazar Slytherin’s last blood relative Compliment my smile!
oh oh! Wizards, I know you must be surprised, you may think I’m a liar, but no one dares to make fun of Slytherin – I mean, Salazar Slytherin, one of the Hogwarts Big Four, and Descendants survived and returned to the British wizarding world!
Quiet! Wizards, don’t be like Muggles who haven’t seen the world, although I first heard the news and your reaction was similar, haha. ”
Lockhart laughed at himself, which resonated with most of the wizards. He showed his bright teeth and attracted several witches to scream.
“But we’re wizards! Take out our wands, ladies and gentlemen!” Lockhart took out the wand first, “Oh, don’t point your wand at me, let’s pick up the wand and call Slytherin!
Yes, that’s right, you heard it right, calling Slytherin!
I know many of us are not from Slytherin House, but Salazar Slytherin is a big part of our ability to learn magic and go to Hogwarts!
When the Gaunts died, we thought Slytherin was dead, and when there were fewer wizarding families in Godric’s Hollow, we thought there would be no more Gryffindor heirs.
But when I saw the descendants of Slytherin in East Tibet, I was very sure that a new era would come! ‘ Lockhart flushed with excitement.
“Yes, yes, you guessed it, the era of revival!
Note, it’s a magic revival, not a wizarding revival!
Believe me, in a few years, people in Europe, America, Africa, Asia… all over the world will be cheering! ”
“You think the name I’m going to say the world cheers on is Slytherin?
No, no, the cheering name is called magic!
Slytherin belongs to magic, and we belong to magic too! And Moriarty Slytherin is the man who will lead the world to magic! ”
Lockhart raised his wand above his head and yelled at the crowd, “Now, let’s call Slytherin!”
“Slytherin!!!” The wizards shouted loudly while waving their wands, as if performing a ritual.
A small group of wizards shouted “Moriarty,” apparently realizing that the Slytherin descendant was named Moriarty.
“Very good, great!” Lockhart clapped his hands with satisfaction, he took out his latest novel from the bookstore, the novel was of moderate thickness, and the cover was a gray-haired boy riding a broom, wearing Lockhart’s clothes Beautiful pictures of the snowy mountains.
“You can come and buy the book. This time, “With Slytherin in Eastern Tibet” is a limited edition. A book costs twelve gold Galleons and twelve silver coins. I will stay here for three hours, for the sake of My fan signature.”
Lockhart winked at a group of witches, but the wizards were not in the mood to pay attention to Lockhart, and they rushed frantically to the bookstore, and the crowd became crowded and messy.
In order to squeeze into the bookstore, the wizard in the back had to cast a spell on the wizard in front. Two Slytherin students even chanted the spell: Oolong came out of the hole and summoned two black snakes.
Lockhart stood on a chair and said in a vehement manner: “Anyone who bought novels? Can you see if what I said is true? I am willing to take responsibility for what I said!”
The crowd became more crowded, and the wizard who grabbed the novel first threw a money bag to the clerk, wrapped the novel tightly in his arms with a robe, and Apparated away.
Many wizards do this because they are afraid that others will **** the novel from their arms.
But more wizards, especially the little wizards of Slytherin Academy, read the novels in Diagon Alley after they bought them.
“Oh Merlin!” a wizard who had read a few pages of the novel shouted, covering his mouth: “Parseltongue, Slytherin staff! It’s true! Moriarty is really a descendant of Slytherin!”
Immediately, a group of wizards stepped forward to take a look, and then the exclamations of wizards kept ringing in Diagon Alley.
“Look here,” a wizard said, pointing to a passage in the novel: “Moriarty wielded a Slytherin staff and manipulated branches to draw a magic circle on the snow, and Lockhart realized that it might be Slytherin’s family magic, in order to cooperate with Moriarty, Lockhart bravely rushed to the dark wizard…
Lockhart was confronted by the dark wizard’s wand, and seeing that a piercing hair was about to fall on his body, Moriarty roared: ‘Ice snake dance’…”
The wizard waved his wand vigorously, as if he was drawing a magic circle and shouted: “Moriarty defeated the dark wizard with a magic circle! I bet it must be the magic left by Salazar Slytherin!”
Many wizards echoed: “Yes, it’s not surprising that Moriarty summoned the ice snake, you must know that he is a Parseltongue!”
A witch’s voice came from the side: “Oh Moriarty~ He looks so handsome on a broom! He saved Lockhart! They are my two favorite people!”
She had seen the content near the end, and tilted her head to imagine: “Oh my God, I really want to see Moriarty playing Quidditch on a broom.”
Several wizards held the novel and analyzed: “I believe what Lockhart said now. Who would dare to believe that Moriarty is only ten and a half years old?”
“If it weren’t for the fact that there are a lot of detailed descriptions and a lot of battle descriptions in the novel, I would not hesitate to question the authenticity of this novel! But it’s a pity…” A tall and well-dressed wizard shook his head, “Murray The description of Yati’s description of the magic circle is too real, you must know that the magic circle recorded in the magic book in my family is not so detailed.”
After hearing this, several wizards frowned, and when they looked at the novel in their hands, they suddenly had a feeling that they couldn’t explain it.
At this time, the gang of wizards with the novel Apparition came back. They pushed aside the crowd with all their might. When they entered the bookstore, all they could see was “In Eastern Tibet with Slytherin”. They made no secret of their enthusiasm. Put a book in it!
“Oh no!” The well-dressed wizard suddenly had a flash of inspiration: “They are sent by the major families! The pure-blood family wants to divide up novels~www.readwn.com~ in order to learn Moriarty’s magic circle! ”
“Put that book down!”
The wizards broke out, and they finally realized what that unspeakable feeling was. Although they couldn’t speak Parseltongue, they might be able to learn magic circles!
After discovering the value of “In Eastern Tibet with Slytherin”, some wizards began to believe what Lockhart said, but more wizards rushed into the Lishen Bookstore again.
Lockhart shouted: “Hey, hey! Watch the image! I don’t expect you to read the whole story in peace, because I too, I can’t control my hand when I write the story, it shakes. stop.
But I hope you can keep your wizarding demeanor and don’t scramble and tear up this true treasure like a troll!
Look, now that you realize its value, you shouldn’t destroy it.
Oh damn, you stepped on my shoe…”
Lockhart bent down to put on his shoes again, and couldn’t help laughing when others couldn’t see it. The group of wizards who grabbed the books were invited by the Foley family, and they negotiated this.
When they saw the manuscript, the Foley family really wanted to steal Moriarty’s magic circle, but they gave up when they found that they couldn’t learn how to learn it, and cooperated with Lockhart’s press conference.
Lockhart raised his head and glanced around the crowd. More and more wizards were coming. There were no more customers in other shops in Diagon Alley, and even many shop managers were robbing books.
Suddenly he saw Rita Skeeter, and they both smiled.
Lockhart knew that the novel was popular, and Rita thought of the gold bricks she got a few days ago, and she had to write a good report.