"That's it... I've been reading a book for a long time about Muggle politics called "Hume on Partisan Politics", which discusses in detail how partisan politics in Great Britain is now formed. After reading it, I suddenly felt that we are magic The political arena in the world is so rudimentary that it doesn't even have a party... It's completely wrong."

"Pmrty? You mean, regular gatherings?" Percy wondered.

"You can understand that, because we need a regular channel of information exchange, and it's best to use a club, a small reception model," Lockhart explained.

"What's the exchange?" Percy was even more puzzled.

"There is too much to communicate... After we enter politics, whether we want to or not, we must represent at least one interest group behind us, otherwise we will not be able to gain a foothold in the Ministry of Magic and will only be reduced to a small role. I don't know. Have you read the book How Prefects Gain Power?"

Percy hurriedly replied, "I've read that book, and it's mainly about how to implement the principal's will so as to enhance his authority..."

"That's part of the means," Lockhart reminded him. "Being an assistant to a powerful person is a means of gaining power, but it's not safe, because since they can give you power, that means they can can take it back.

Seeing that he was speaking so frankly, Percy simply opened the skylight and said something bright: "Then, Professor Lockhart, what do you think is a better way to gain power?

"It's very simple, make yourself the spokesperson for more interest groups, so that no matter who is the Minister of Magic, he can't move you, because he has to take into account the opinions of a large group of people behind you. This is the secret of the party. ."

Percy's heart skipped a beat. "That sounds pretty good."

"Yeah, like your father, who runs the Muggle Items Abuse Department, no big deal, no small one. But he can turn the department into a fat mess whenever he wants."

"But that doesn't sound very traditional..."

"Forget about the **** tradition!" Lockhart uttered a rare foul language: Eight 28 purebloods' Malfoy tradition? But his family was granted land during the service of "William the Conqueror". For the next 700 years, the Malfoy family maintained a relationship with the Muggle upper class, and even intermarryed with them. The most ruthless of the Secrecy Law is his family, but now? They are a "pure blood family"! Ha ha! "

Percy was taken aback: "What else?

"Of course, Lucius Malfoy recently bought a plane secretly and painted it to look like an Australian protein dragon. Does he think no one else knows about it?"

Lockhart easily sold the piece of information he had found while chatting with Snape.

Percy shook his head again and again, he was not doubting Lockhart's words, he was just lamenting the duplicity of the pure blood family.

"Listen to me, it's a matter of time," Lockhart gushed. "In the future we'll be exporting high-end magic items to the Muggle high society, and importing machinery, telephones, and even subways and planes from them. Your father's position will become very important, there will be a lot of people going to him to "talk things", and as long as he is willing to make these friends, his status in the Ministry of Magic will increase very quickly. "

Percy seemed drawn to the prospect that Lockhart painted: ""So, we

how should I do it? "

"Coming up with slogans, forming parties, uniting comrades, outreaching interest groups, and then regular gatherings to discuss how to face some of what's going on in politics together, and how to get a higher status for 'one'. ' Lockhart said.

It was obvious that Lockhart was talking about some very boring things, but Percy was listening with enthusiasm at the moment - Lockhart was right, they were indeed human-like when it came to grabbing power.

"Excellent, Professor!" he said. "I will give you my full support."

Seeing him take the bait, Lockhart took the next step of agitation: "We can start doing this in school. You can start by helping me run a dueling club and make it a long-term project. As long as you do things fairly, then You can rely on the prestige of running the competition to become the next student president.

That way, when you graduate, you can take the 'hosted the big game' with you

Entered the Ministry of Magic with the resume of the "Student President". At that time, the Quidditch World Cup and the Triwizard Tournament under discussion should also start. The Ministry of Magic must be in great need of talents who have hosted games like you, and I will help you in the Ministry. Say something nice..."

Percy, overwhelmed by Lockhart's promise of a bright future, hurriedly took over all the work he had assigned, promising to do it flawlessly.

Before leaving, Percy suddenly remembered something.

"By the way, professor, can you lend me the book on partisan politics you just mentioned? I'll return it to you soon."

Lockhart graciously agreed: "Of course, I have three of those books,

I'll give you a copy. Every time I watch it, I have a new experience, and I believe you will too. "

"Thank you, Professor Lockhart."

Percy followed Lockhart to the office enthusiastically, and took the book away, making it look like he was going to study all night tonight.

Chapter 44 The duel is about to begin

For today's Lockhart, it is not very difficult to get a half-year-old child, at least Percy Weasley has completely changed his opinion of him and is willing to join his core club.

Up to now, Lockhart felt that his purpose of coming to Hogwarts had been accomplished—the lesser half, as long as the dueling club ran smoothly, he could wait until the day when he could reap the benefits.

By then, Dumbledore should have a showdown with himself.

The next day in class, Hermione and Harry deliberately observed Lockhart's state, and found that not only did he look as usual, but his energy was far better than before, and there was nothing wrong with him at all. Very different from last year's Quirrell.

Just kidding, he has just made a lot of money, and he is in a good mood. In addition, his career has also progressed. The readers wrote back that a group of poor Muggle-born students came to him to do work-study programs for him, even in the physical aspect. Fixed people are willing to help out, so Lockhart is enjoying himself.

In addition, the food at Hogwarts is far above the average British standard, and Lockhart is the kind of person who is good at maintenance. It would be strange if his complexion could deteriorate.

"It doesn't look like Snape's threats have any effect on him," Ron muttered softly.

Hermione replied without hesitation: "Of course, the professor didn't do anything wrong... I guess it was just a potion master outside the school begging him to do something, and Professor Lockhart really wanted the potion he made."

Harry and Ron exchanged a meaningful look, apparently

Things were different, but they didn't want to offend Hermione now. This is not only because

Because they don't want to spend three times as long doing homework in the future, but also because they've recently found Hermione to be more and more difficult to mess with.

For example, the magic that Lockhart taught them today is "Magic Missile", which is also a magic that casts a spell quickly and consumes little mana. Its effect is to turn a magic missile in the shape of a bird to hit the target, and the person hit by this magic is equivalent to being hit by a half-struck punch by a wizard, and injury is inevitable.

Ron thought that Hermione's strength would not be too strong, so the magic power must not be good, but when Lockhart asked them to hit the wooden target, Hermione suddenly used a "Ten Thousand Bullets", and instantly summoned him. 12 magic missiles smashed the wooden target into pieces under the terrified eyes of everyone.

Such an excellent performance naturally earned her praise and extra points from Lockhart, as well as the terrified eyes of the classmates around her.

Harry secretly tried it, and felt that the spell "Shoot 10,000 Bullets" was also quite suitable for him. Professor Lockhart said that this magic is very special. The power of a single magic missile is directly related to the strength of the wizard's body. The odd player is no longer as thin as he was before the age of 0, so he is more powerful than Hermione in use.

It's a pity that his magic control is not as good as Hermione's, so he can only summon 6 magic missiles at a time.

After the course, Lockhart started his own dueling club with his second-year classmates.

"...Starting this weekend, the dueling club will open in the school auditorium, and you'll have a great opportunity to put what's in the classroom into practice.

As for the opening time, it is after dinner every night, and on weekends, it can be anytime as long as you avoid meal time. Professor McGonagall, Professor Flitwick, Professor Snape, Mr. Hagrid, the gamekeeper, and I will take shifts from Monday to Friday evenings,

Although dueling club records do not count towards final exam scores, I may give extra points to the top performers at my discretion and grade them based on records. In the last month before the exam week, we will select the top eight based on the record points of each grade, and then use the final duel to determine the "Duel King'oo, do you have any questions?"

As soon as the words fell, the people of Gryffindor Academy raised their hands one after another.

"Miss Granger?" Lockhart said of his "favourite".

"Is there a rule for this duel? We can use any spell in the duel?" Hermione asked.

"This is what I want to add... After discussions with several of our professors, we decided to seal the spells that are too lethal and set up a "magic threshold" in the auditorium, that is, spells with a higher than a certain power are not allowed to be used . "

"Then what is this threshold?"

"In principle, the maximum power of the stun spell cannot exceed the power of the stun spell, and it is not allowed to hit the same person with two stun spells in a row. I think you know the reason, Miss Granger.

"Well, because after two or more stun spells, the regular counter-curse will no longer work, and it must be sent to St. Mungo's for reduction treatment." Hermione replied without hesitation.

"Miss Jack of all trades never disappoints," Lockhart praised.

Hermione felt that her face was burning, so she hurriedly sat down before the surrounding classmates noticed that she was abnormal.

Next is Ravenclaw's Terry Booth asking: "Professor, what exactly is that championship prize? I heard from the seniors that you will teach the duel champion black magic yourself?"

Lockhart replied amusingly, "Do you think it's possible?"

"It's a little weird, but... there's no wind and no waves, you know, Professor." Teri Xian

gotta get excited

Lockhart grimaced below.

"Well, you guys are really good at making inquiries. It seems that if you don't explain things to you, you will continue to guess like this - I will indeed have rewards, and as long as the top eight in the finals will have Reward, but the reward is not some black magic, but I will help that person "congeal the real name"! "

The classmates exchanged glances that seemed to be exactly what they were asking about the senior Hufflepuffs.

Lockhart's cheating obviously didn't have the desired effect. Except for a few interested people who inquired in advance, the other students were still puzzled. He had to explain to these little wizards again what "condensation" is in his own way. real name

This time, the atmosphere in the class suddenly became a lot warmer - children, almost everyone wants a loud nickname, especially when this nickname can also help enhance their magic and talent.

"I've figured it out, I'll call it 'Long Range Artillery'! "Ron said to Harry, beaming. "I'm Io, a diehard Chadley Cannons supporter."

Harry was also a little moved: "If...I mean if, the real name of a 'Wind Chaser', can I catch the Snitch faster when I play Quidditch? I don't like that "Scar" anyway. Head' nickname."

Only Hermione is concerned about other aspects: "It will cost a lot of money... I read from the book that this is a very difficult magic, if the willpower is not strong enough to condense the real name, then the wizard must drink the fortune. agent."

"Forget it, don't worry about money for Lockhart." Ron interrupted her. "He must have got it all done."

"It's done... yes, I almost forgot..."

Asking at the thought, Hermione immediately raised her hand boldly.

"Miss Granger?"

"Professor, what is your real magic name? It's not written in your book at all.

After she asked such a question, the students next to him also looked at Lockhart, and not only the girls, but almost all of them showed interest.

But Lockhart deftly walked around.

"It's a secret... no no no, I would never say it, even if you were one of my favorite students." Lockhart winked at her, "You can guess, you're right. Count me as a loser."

Chapter 45 Transaction Objects

After Lockhart's personal admission, the word "real name" spread throughout the next few days and quickly became a hot topic among the students.

Especially among female students, the topic has surpassed clothing and beauty products, and is second only to food and constellations.

At the same time, a fairly true gossip has spread - "Professor McGonagall said that Professor Lockhart would only tell his real name to his future wife. This is my Katie Bell from Gryffindor. I got it from there," Marietta Aikemo assured her friend.

After such a rumor spread, the trouble it brought to Lockhart can be said to be unprecedented—almost all the girls were trying their best to find out his real name, and they didn't even listen very well in class.

Taking into account his image relationship, he was not good at speaking harshly to these girls, so he had to turn to the prefects for help.

But the prefects were actually at odds with those people—they promised that if Lockhart secretly told them his real name: they would help Lockhart keep it a secret.

... They all said they were gone, so is that still a secret? Lockhart was dumbfounded.

But anyway, it's always good for students to be enthusiastic about the dueling club, so that he and the rest of the professor's preparations won't be in vain.

After a few experiments with Snape, Lockhart and the others finally made a batch of contact lenses coated with anti-magic discoloration potion, and it was no problem to resist some small curses.

And at Madam Pomfrey's suggestion, they also made some protective helmets for the fourth and sixth graders, because "you never know how much these kids can do.

I don't know how important (Mrs. Pomfrey

Probably because Lockhart used the "failure penalty" to let the students collect herbs every once in a while, Professor Sprout and Madam Pomfrey now have a pretty good sense of Lockhart.

Snape routinely asked Lockhart again "how's it going" while doing the contact lenses.

"It's tricky," Lockhart replied, and Jue Yaojing didn't even bother to answer my request, as if I told them that a pig was going to fly to Uranus. "

"Think more, and you have to hurry, Dumbledore has limited patience," Snape warned.

"Forgive me, what kind of ecstasy did Dumbledore give you to make you so obedient?" Lockhart asked deliberately, "If he's really in a hurry, then he should go to that vault by himself, I bet The two hundred goblins there can't stop him."

Snape was silent.

Obviously, he didn't want to answer the question.

After all, when he begged Dumbledore to protect Lily and her children, Old Deng asked him "what else can you give me", and Snape himself answered Dumbledore wAnything It will be all right.

If according to this agreement, it is okay for Old Dun to ask Snape to commit suicide on the spot, because life is obviously included in this "Anything".

"Maybe the principal has the principal's consideration, and it is not a wise move to turn against the goblin.

Snape dryly persuaded Lockhart to act quickly while saying things he didn't believe. If it wasn't for Lockhart's plan, he would be persuaded by such an empty persuasion.

Makeup, I will work hard, but you don't have too much hope. "Loja

Hard to catch.

"Really? But Dumbledore said that if you really want to do it, you can do it." Snape replied lightly.

Lockhart's heart _ tight - bad, been seen through

But on the surface, he still looks like a condescending child: "Really? That really looks down on me."

Snape snorted, then lowered his head to continue working on the coats of those helmets

After the equipment was almost done, Lockhart handed out the finished contact lenses, even the fifth and seventh graders.

"Even if you don't use it for duels, you can use it instead of windshields when playing Quidditch," Lockhart said to them. "Of course, girls can use it as a very ordinary color contact lens, you can try it. The color of the pupils that you usually want to match, such as green, red, gold, or pink...you can do it."

Everyone likes free stuff, not to mention that kids of this age like to be independent.

The girls happily accepted the "color contact lenses" given by Lockhart and began to discuss how to match their hats, while the boys also wanted to try it on the court to see if it was really that windproof.