"Nonsense, there's no danger there." Hagrid thought without hesitation, "The centaurs aren't there, neither are the unicorns or giant spiders, just some hinkpunks, thorns, and a bunch of South Americans. monkey frogs and a litter of cute wolf cubs."

"...It seems that our definition of "dangerous" is not the same, so we don't argue, in short, I want you to help me to watch, don't let them enter the woods, although I think they are all smart people. ' Lockhart shook his head slightly.

"The second thing, I'm going to set up a dueling club. Are you interested in coming to the auditorium every Wednesday night to see and be a referee?"

Hagrid obviously didn't expect that he would make this request: "Referee? Me?" Dy, I believe the spells of the students shouldn't hurt you. "

Hagrid shook his head, "I can't do that, I'll screw it up."

"How can it be messed up, the rules are already in place. If I'm really worried, I'll talk to the student president and the prefects, they'll help maintain order.

"Well...but, why me? What can I do?" Hagrid was puzzled.

Lockhart smiled: "You don't need to do anything, you even just need to stand there and show your anti-magic ability, those little wizards can only be obedient. As for why... I don't think you can live forever They're just gamekeepers, Hagrid.

Chapter 32 Harry's School Labour

Hagrid didn't immediately agree to Lockhart's request, but said he had to think again.

Lockhart knew that he still had a mental block called "I'm still a criminal", so he didn't force it, but said goodbye after leaving a large bucket of three broomsticks of mead as a gift.

"Think about it, Hagrid," Lockhart said to him as he left. "You're someone I've always liked since I was in school, and I don't think you should just stay here, and so must Dumbledore. want."

It can be seen that this sentence really moved him.

After Lockhart came out, he went to the venue to take a look at Ravenclaw's training. When he found that they were practicing Pokov's decoy technique, he went over and asked why he didn't use Ravenclaw's traditional eagle-headed triangle attack tactics.

Davis answered him with an exaggerated expression on his face—because Slytherin had replaced seven Nimbus 2001s, and now they could only see afterimages as they flew through the air.

"I don't know why they do it," Davis said in a puzzling tone. "It's just a game. They're willing to spend so much gold. I'd rather spend it on a dance or a trip around the world. ."

Most of the other Ravenclaw players agreed.

This is Eagle Academy—although the people in this academy undoubtedly possess superhuman intelligence, in addition to their intelligence, their pragmatic awareness is also extraordinary, and it is difficult for you to stuff anything other than knowledge and exploration into it. their minds, such as the collective spirit.

To put it nicely, this is called independence and free spirit; to put it uglier, it is extreme egoism.

It's like the D.A (Defense Association) who betrayed Harry's group, both

Not the most obnoxious Zacharias Smith, nor Ron's paranoid Michael Kona, but Cho Chang's best friend, Ravenclaw's Ikemo, just because her family is at the Ministry of Magic work, and her family didn't want to offend Fudge.

Another example is the final battle of Hogwarts: Hufflepuff and Gryffindor both left a lot of people to participate in the battle, but Ravenclaw left only a handful of people.

You must know that the reason why Slytherin didn't keep anyone was because their relatives were basically on the Death Eaters' side. It was the greatest goodwill for them not to help the Death Eaters attack Hogwarts. But to say they were more united than Gryffindor.

Such a result is too ironic for the self-proclaimed smart Ravenclaw. They should be the smartest group of people, but they did the stupidest stupid thing and developed it to the end. They became a bunch of cynics.

"There will never be a shortage of smart people in this world," Lockhart said with a sigh, "but if a person wants to gain glory and glory, he must always do something stupid in his life, otherwise smart will always be just a little smart, That's what I figured out after so many years of ups and downs."

Seeing the confused expressions of the players, Lockhart didn't explain much, put down the condolences such as windshield glasses and chocolates he brought, and left there.

Different people have different ways to deal with it, and the best way to deal with egoists is to cut down on nonsense and just make deals.

Because they are too shrewd, it is best for the relationship to stay at the level of teacher-student relationship, and there is no need to go further. Just like the owls in the Hogwarts Owl Shed, no matter how much they are fed, they can only be used to deliver letters.

After dinner, Lockhart piled up all the letters from readers that he had accumulated for a long time, waiting for the arrival of Harry Potter.

To tell the truth, it was quite refreshing to have the savior write the envelope for me.

However, Harry obviously didn't like this kind of work, so it was obvious that the school work started at 8 o'clock in the evening, and he didn't knock on the door until 7:59.

Lockhart opened the door for him: "Good night, Mr. Potter! I hope you haven't eaten too much, because there are more than two hundred letters to answer this evening, and we have to use a lot of brains.

"More than two hundred?" Harry asked desperately.

The impression that Lockhart left on him before was not bad, on the one hand, because Lockhart rescued the two of them under the beating willow, and on the other hand, the course without books was always impressive, plus He Min Sui thought for a long time, "This is not punishment at all, if this is also punishment, I would rather be punished by me", so he had somewhat unrealistic expectations.

But now Lockhart himself has ruined his little extravagance.

- A letter from a reader, even if you don't think about it, will take at least a minute or two to read it, and if you add the time to write the letter, it will probably take a minute or two as well.

So here comes the question. If two people reply 200 letters, if it takes 3-5 minutes to reply to one letter, how many hours will it take in total?

Just as Harry was about to ask if the reply was "what format" Lockhart added.

"Every letter must be answered seriously," he said seriously.

Harry suddenly felt that he was afraid he was going to be all in this Saturday night.

Dike's, Professor. Harry replied dryly, "but I'm… completely inexperienced and don't know how to respond." "

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All it takes is patience and familiarity with the process, and the rest of the work will only be discovered when you do it. "

"Really?" Harry asked dryly.

He was a student, and now he was being punished, so no matter how unreasonable Lockhart's demands were, he had to obey.

"Of course." Lockhart's tone became more and more relaxed, "Each letter contains a sentiment or appeal of the sender. As a person who bears the expectations of many people, it is necessary for you to learn how to deal with your own fame. Come and pay attention, it will be very helpful for you in the future."

Harry gets annoyed when he hears this.

"I'd rather not have them, I mean these expectations," he said.

Lockhart responded, "Because you don't feel like you should have them?"

Harry answered him without hesitation: "Yes! Well, of course I don't mean being famous, it's just... unlike you, I never remember what I did, or what they thought I did. , I don't remember it myself, it's a strange feeling."

Halfway through speaking, Harry suddenly remembered that Lockhart was also a famous person, and hurriedly began to take back the words.

"It turns out that it is better to fight with your own hands than to fly out of thin air.

' Lockhart understood what he meant.

"Yeah, that's who I am, and I don't really like being too visible.

Harry was overjoyed when he heard that someone could understand him.

"It seems that there is a discrepancy between what other people expect from you and what you expect from yourself, and of course it's not your fault," Lockhart said regretfully.

"And I probably don't live up to my name," Harry added.

Lockhart thinks that someone more worthy of the name may be standing in front of you, but you are

do not know.

"But unfortunately, there is no way to avoid working in school, even if I personally think it is excusable. If you have made up your mind to avoid being exposed, then you should also learn from now on how to be polite. Under the circumstance of rejecting other people's "excessive curiosity" prying. "

Chapter 33 The Savior's Public Relations Lesson

Whether or not the "Savior" of Harry O Potter is not worthy of the name is actually easy to cause debate.

First of all, it must be affirmed that he is indeed very talented in Defence Against the Dark Arts

He is agile and determined, able to resist Imperius Curses, has a unique knack for using less powerful little spells, and can be said to be a good player even among Aurors (magical detectives).

But in addition, his academic level of magic is not high, and his magic power is not deep. Although his confrontation ability is stronger than ordinary people, he is also a professional master level, just like Kingsley and Delixi.

His peak level might be able to compete with Bella, but he was completely suppressed by a true master like Snape who had already entered the master state. It is estimated that he could not beat Mag and Flitwick, let alone Dumble. Lido, Greenwald, and Voldemort are legendary wizards.

When using Dumbledore to take him to the locket, what he said when talking about why the boat could carry the two of them together was, "Your magic is nothing compared to me"

You know, Harry was over 16 years old at that time, and he will soon be an adult.

If "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" (stage play) is also included in the official design, then Harry, who has been in adulthood for a long time and has experienced many battles, can't even defeat the underage child born by Voldemort and Bella. Daughter, the strength is evident.

What's more, he doesn't have any special leadership charisma and courage, and even his youngest son will not be well disciplined in the future.

But he is the "protagonist", so he can get the treatment of cheating, and the name of this cheating is "love"

"First look at the first letter from the reader, Ms. Gladys, she's an admirer of mine..." Lockhart opened a letter and began to demonstrate to Harry.

"I've been trying to figure out why she's so fanatical, but you see, in this letter she volunteered to say that when she was young, she always wanted to be with her loved ones, to leave all shackles behind and travel the world with only a wand. , to explore the legendary secret realm, whenever she sees my book, she will recall her original dream..."

"And then?" Harry asked curiously. "What happened to her."

"Then didn't go because I was too busy with work... sad adult." Lockhart's answer left Harry speechless for a moment.

"So you should know by now how her readers should respond to letters," Lockhart reveled.

"…know what?" Harry asked inexplicably.

Lockhart sighed in his heart. Although compared with Ron and Hermione, the savior's emotional intelligence is not low, but due to the relationship between knowledge and upbringing, he may have to go further than Cedric. improve.

"Simply, when Ms. Gladys saw my book, she would start to assume that if she had really decided to stick around the world, she would have encountered as many anecdotes as I did—in other words, she Use my words to satisfy her own "magic eyes" heart,

"Um...are we talking about answering letters, sir?" Harry still didn't understand.

Lockhart had to make it clearer: "So our correct approach is to respond to each other's expectations, indicating that your readers will always be with me, and most of my courage to explore the unknown comes from the readers who support me. I hope you Stay tuned for my travels and experiences."

"But...she can't really give you any support."

"Maybe not now, but as a public figure, you shouldn't be cold-hearted towards people who can't give you your face. Whether you like it or not, you're a public figure now, Harry. Even if you don't like it, There are still a lot of people who like this feeling, such as your little friend Ron, and me."

"Sorry, Professor." Harry quickly apologized.

"No no, you don't need to apologize. I just want to state a simple truth - since we have unintentionally become the embodiment of the dreams and courage of others, then even if it is to make the world better, we should continue to maintain us. character," Lockhart said.

"To make the world a better place?" Harry repeated.

"Of course it's both an honour and a duty, and the power of example is endless, Harry."

Little Harry sighed in general: "But it would be… not only tiring, but also overwhelmed: I don't know what to do to meet other people's expectations, and I'm not sure if I can do it."

"This is up to you. Before meeting other people's expectations, it is more important to think about what you want to do. You can like Quidditch, make friends, and talk about girlfriends. Often innocuous and even positive for the image.”

At this moment, Lockhart fully fulfilled his duties as a "professor", incarnating as an old man who taught his younger generation earnestly.

"Okay... let's get started, you can slowly understand this truth in your reply. The few quills on the table are automatic sketch pens, and the handwriting is also my handwriting, you only need to tell them roughly how to reply, and they will Appropriate content is automatically written - I bet a lot of writers want a pen like this.

Although writing a letter does not require you to strain your wrists, you still need to think about the reply, but you can use some routines in this regard.

Letters from readers are usually divided into the following types:

One is the fanatical fans, who only write to express their admiration or disparagement of you, and are completely cathartic. Usually you don't need to pay attention to him, at most politely say thank you to the admirer, and return an autographed photo - I have a lot of that stuff

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The second is to ask you for some details out of curiosity after seeing your deeds. I can go back and forth in person, you just need to pick it out;

There is also a third type, readers already see you as a good teacher and friend, so they will comment on their own life and even some social things, and then ask you for advice on this. You need to use a lot of brains for this kind of reply, and try not to give stupid answers. Even after this kind of letter is answered, I will hide it in my box and wait for it to be used later.

The last one is very valuable - they will give you valuable opinions, ask you to improve, hope you will become better, and cherish this kind of readers. "

Harry was already dumbfounded: "There are so many differences, sir, I'm a little worried..."

Lockhart made a helpless expression: "But you don't have to be too pessimistic, according to my experience, most of the letters are to vent their emotions, just reply politely.

"Yes, sir." Hahe II looked at the table.

Chapter 34 Snape's Threat

Although he didn't have to write it himself, Harry thought a lot about these replies.

No way, although as Lockhart said, it is true that the vast majority of readers are only here to express their fanatical admiration, but other letters are still not easy to answer.

"I'm going to give you the task of sorting these letters as I said...you've got to learn how to absorb public opinion," Lockhart said.

It took Harry a lot of work to distinguish between really valuable letters and consultation letters, and it's unclear whether he learned anything in the end, but he knew his brain was about to explode.

Is there really only two hundred letters... I'm afraid there are a thousand?

Harry secretly made up his mind that no matter what he wants to do in the future, he will never be a "public figure", and leave these things to the people he likes.

Such as Professor Lockhart.

Just as Harry was in a daze, there was a sudden knock on the door of Lockhart's office.

"Who is it?" Lockhart called to the door.

"I, Snape, the color changing potion you want." Snape's voice rang out at the door.

After hearing this voice, Harry, who was sleepy, shuddered and suddenly woke up.

Lockhart got up and went to open the door for Snape.