In the end she bought the telescope from us for 280 Galleons, but we bought it for only £98, nearly 14 times the net profit, and no tax.

There is also a solar calculator, Professor Victor of digital divination said that it has a great effect on this subject. They should be included in the list of students' teaching supplies for the coming year. One for each person... We have to sell each of these calculators. 10 Galleons and one Nat less is a sin.

We also plan to sell cars and dresses in the future... that's a lot more money than mowing the neighbors' lawns during the summer vacation. "

Lockhart stunned: "What a genius! If all wizards were like you, the wizarding world would have been modernized long ago, not like it is now, no matter what business is still like a workshop."

"If everyone was like us, we wouldn't make any money, Professor," Finchley grimaced.

"Anyway, this is a revolution." Lockhart did not hesitate to praise himself, "The essence of business is to communicate with each other. Another day, I will introduce the Weaseac brothers and the Weasley brothers to you. I believe you will be able to produce a lot of sparks of inspiration."

"Thank you Professor." Justin O Finnery said hurriedly.

Sure enough, the "love of learning" is good, not only was he not punished, but he was praised by Lockhart, and he was blown away after going out.

As he walked out of the office with the candy, Justin suddenly and mysteriously added

"Professor, you've been tracking down Slytherin's secret room recently, right?" Lockhart was taken aback: "Yes, how did you know?"

"You are a professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts. Unless the headmaster handles it himself, this matter must be your priority."

o Although there are some misunderstandings in this, it is basically true that Dumbledore is the most

Nearly did put me in charge of keeping a part of the school in order. ' Lockhart admitted.

"Well, there's one thing I want to tell you." Justin Fenlieri lowered his voice, "I very much doubt that Harry Potter is the heir to Slytherin.

Lockhart felt the thunder rolling in: "Why do you say that?"

"Because they've been sneaking around a lot lately, many of us have seen them going in and out of the abandoned girls' bathroom on the second floor, and it happens that the last two attacks were found not far from there on the second floor... You said, Three second-year students, what are they doing there every day? Maybe there is the entrance to the secret room, I remember you said that the descendants of the Gunter family remodeled the toilet pipes."

Lockhart was amazed at the fact that Justin Fenraeli's crooked beating was in the location of the secret room that even the three Savior trio had not discovered, and now he was casually saying it, even though the reasoning process was very outrageous.

"Maybe one of them fell in love with 'Weeping Myrtle,'" Lockhart joked.

"Haha." Justin O Finnery was obviously amused, "Of course, I'm just guessing, maybe they have some other secrets there."

Lockhart decided to excuse Harry and them.

"Yeah...but I happen to know what they're doing there, they're making a pot of potion," Lockhart said. "If you open one of the bathroom stalls, you'll find a small pot of potion. Burning with an unquenchable fire.

Findlay did not doubt Lockhart's words.

"So... oh, I didn't mean to frame anyone, Professor. We Hufflepuffs don't always like to get into other people's business, you know.

"I understand, Justin," Lockhart said softly.

Justin Fenraeli breathed a sigh of relief, and then he didn't bring it up again.

Lockhart could see that although Justin Fennery had doubts about Harry and the others, he didn't take it too seriously, or else he wouldn't hide in the corridor near the old bathroom and watch Xiao Huang book.

But this is really interesting, even Fenraeli found that the attack site is around the second floor, why can't the savior find it? And carelessly put the pot on there?

Just as he was thinking, there was another knock on the door of the office.

"Professor Lockhart! There is another attack, please go and take a look!" the person outside the door shouted.

Lockhart was taken aback - he had obviously evacuated Justin! Why are there still people being attacked?

But after some understanding, he was relieved: it turned out that Nick, who was almost headless, was just a ghost who was attacked this time.

Since it is impossible to die again, Nick is just petrified and can also be restored with Mandela Herbal Water.

Although I can spy on passing students, I have no way of reminding the ghosts penetrating the walls, which cannot be counted. ' Dumbledore explained to Snape.

Chapter 76 A lonely Christmas

So far, the basilisk attack in the Chamber of Secrets has not actually killed anyone, but its impact has been more than one hit.

It was Filch's cat who was attacked for the first time. Although everyone said it was a pity, they were probably happy to see it happen.

The second attack was a first-year student, and while the attack on a student was an ominous omen, students could take comfort in the words "Muggle-born students are attacked" and "first-year students have no ability to fight" Own.

But this time it's a ghost - although the ghost's killing ability is not very strong, but everyone must admit that the ghost is also a very difficult to deal with.

Because there are not many magic spells that can work on them, especially the magic that acts on the entity will not take effect 100%, and the magic that acts on the neural consciousness is also halved, and only some powerful black magic can hurt one. ghost.

But Nick, who was almost headless, seemed to be no different from the cat and the first-year student in front of the attacker, all of whom were suddenly petrified with a shocked expression on his face, and he didn't even have time to react.

The students finally realized the seriousness of the problem—the attacker might not be so easy to deal with.

If the attacker's magic level can instantly petrify a ghost, then using the same method to defeat a seventh grader probably won't take much time.

- Time, the students began to panic - in addition to exploring Slytherin's secret room, the most popular move is to buy amulets in exchange.

If there is a market, there will be merchants. In addition to Eddie, the famous Ravenclaw profiteer, the Weasley brothers of Gryffindor also joined the battlefield. I don’t know where they got it.

- A large number of amulets, sold in public.

Even the little wizards of the "Muggle Gang" asked their families to help, and bought a lot of amulets from the Muggle world, such as Saturn ornaments, blue ribbons, scarab pendants, etc., and the sales were not bad. . It's a pity that no one bought the cross, and this batch of goods fell into their own hands.

Because of witch hunts in the Middle Ages, wizards have a deep-rooted disgust for crosses, so it is generally believed that crosses are unlucky. How could anyone buy crosses as amulets?

Neville Longbottom bought a large number of things such as amethyst and matchmaker tails, which cost him a lot of pocket money.

The wind of amulets intensified, and Lockhart had to face the little wizards to conduct science.

He told them that everyone should not believe in the metaphysics of amulets, but should rely on scientific principles and hope for those reliable magics.

Instead of buying so many useless things, it is better to honestly put on the contact lenses prepared for the dueling club, and wear a dragonskin cloak with a stiff collar, so that the possibility of survival will be higher.

As a result, after he said this, the little wizards became more polite.

The top black magic confrontation master Gilderoy Lockhart actually thinks that everyone needs to be fully armed?

Lockhart didn't know why, because he didn't want to see the little wizards spending money, he casually satirized two amulets and was passed on like this by them. His original meaning was obviously not that.

But the resulting panic effect is that before the Christmas holidays, almost all students have booked train tickets for the Hogwarts special train, so that the special train that was originally only going to be 3 carriages had to be temporarily changed to 6 carriages.

Harry Potter naturally stayed at Hogwarts, if possible, he

He didn't want to go back to 4 Privet Drive for the rest of his life, and Ron and Hermione stayed with him.

Snape saw this very clearly: "The compound decoction is almost ready, and no matter what their goal is, they will do it within a few days."

Percy stayed, too, claiming it was for the running of the dueling club during the holidays, and to live with the school in times of distress.

But Lockhart knew that Percy had forgotten about his mother before marrying a wife. He's going to spend Christmas with his girlfriend Penello, so he doesn't want to go home.

As a teacher at Hogwarts, Lockhart will of course stay at the school, but he is going to use the two days to do some personal work, such as going out to discuss new books and investments.

Of course, the Christmas Eve party was still to be attended. Even Trelawney's social phobia had to attend the Christmas party. Lockhart had no reason not to attend.

Because he had already returned home on Thanksgiving, Lockhart did not go back specifically, but sent back his Christmas gifts and greeting cards, and told his parents about opening a new book.

Also sent back with the gift were drafts of his new book—Lockhart's mother was often his first reader, so no one knows better than Lockhart's mother what exactly witches like. At one point, he would place great value on his mother's readers' opinions.

After sending gifts to his family at the Owl House, Lockhart set about preparing Christmas gifts for colleagues and students.

Of course, the headmaster, several deans, and colleagues had to give gifts. In addition, he had to take care of the students who had participated in the dueling club, as well as the students he had brought out from the Muggle family. Considering that he will have a good relationship with his boss in the future, Lockhart has to send something to Peacegood.

Of course, it is easy to send things to the boss. You can send them by throwing a bottle of expensive wine.

Colleagues need him to pay more attention to do what he likes

For example, he gave Professor McGonagall a Quaffle-shaped keychain, gave Snape a mechanical automatic balance with gas cylinders that could weigh gas, and Professor Sprout got a copy Muggle Michelin food recipes, as for Flitwick, the old dean, Lockhart lost a magic music box that can play 7 tunes

The same goes for the principal. Of course, Lockhart would not foolishly send a pile of wool socks to Dumbledore. People say that the "socks" he wants actually refer to family affection. If the socks are given to Dumbledore as a gift, I am afraid that the old bee will only roll his eyes.

So Lockhart chose a clockwork record player for Dumbledore, and attached a vinyl record of Mark Noeffler's GingHme.

If it is difficult to choose gifts for adults, it is even more troublesome for young wizards, because they are very concerned about the uniqueness of their gifts. If they just throw away a bunch of candy cookies like everyone else, then they will undoubtedly feel that they have received ignore.

Lockhart had to go to Diagon Alley and Harrods on Wednesday to buy gifts for his students, and finally got the goods before the evening.

It's not easy being a heartthrob, Lockhart said with emotion.

Chapter 77 Christmas Presents

Compared with previous years, the owls at Hogwarts this year have a lot of leisure, because the people who should go home have already gone home as early as yesterday, so the gifts from the little wizards do not need to be sent by them.

However, this also means that the opportunity for them to earn "extra income" has disappeared. No one uses them to send letters. If they want to eat, they can only catch mice by themselves.

Just as they were grinding their claws and preparing to kill the voles in the farmland next to Hogwarts, their savior appeared.

"Tsk... so many little wizards have gone home this year."

Lockhart came to the owl house with a large bag of presents.

While the owls were waiting eagerly, he took out a large pile of chicken and fed the owls full.

Hagrid had been working as a supervisor in the dueling club for the last Wednesday night, so the farm had to slack off a bit, and as a result, the roosters on the chicken coop died inexplicably.

Hagrid was annoyed and wanted to get rid of the chicken carcasses - because chickens killed by weasels or minks (in his opinion) were not edible, he had to pay for it himself These chickens at Hogwarts.

Lockhart knew that it was Voldemort who wanted to prevent the basilisk from being inexplicably disturbed, so he killed the roosters ahead of time. No matter who was the guard, it was useless. Hagrid was wronged.

So he made the excuse that Hagrid was the referee because of the problem, so he bought these dead chickens cheaply and fed them to the owls.

Watching the owls tearing at the chicken, Lockhart really wants to save the world

The Lord can move faster.

Regardless of the original work, it seems that no one died because of being attacked by a basilisk, and not even a cat lost his life. The whole is still at the level of children's literature, but these roosters have been ignored by some people intentionally or unintentionally. If you go into detail, all the lives that Voldemort killed in the book "The Chamber of Secrets" are these few roosters.

how? Isn't the life of a rooster not a life, only that of a cat and a dog? After eating and drinking, the owls stretched out their legs with satisfaction, and let Lockhart tie the gifts to their legs one by one, and went straight to the destination.

Unlike the wizards who went home, students who remained at Hogwarts could receive gifts directly from Lockhart, which house-elves were responsible for delivering to their pillows at night.

After Lockhart delivered the things, he went back to his room and slept soundly. When he woke up the next day, he found that his bed was already piled up.

It seems that not only is there a lot to give, but a lot is also received.

Gifts from students from wizard families are mostly handmade products, such as magical musical instruments, handmade chocolates, etc., while Muggle families have more wine, accessories, pipes, etc. Although the gifts are not expensive, they are very suitable for a person. These things are really precious to teachers.

Harry gave Lockhart a handful of automatic shavers, and he didn't know when he bought them; while Ron's was a little more rudimentary, and gave Lockhart a pair of slap-and-explode cards with the The pattern seems to be drawn by himself; the Weasley twins have a new product they have just developed - a Weasley fireworks box with twenty bursts; Cedric gave Lockhart a trekking pole, whether it is packed or not. Worn silver tip, said to restrain vampires.

Compared to these boys' gifts, Hermione's gift was a little more thoughtful - a lilac-purple, hand-knitted scarf, and the decorative beads on the corners of the scarf were stuffed with herbs that could bring peace of mind, girl. 's attention is evident

In addition to the students, several familiar professors gave Lockhart something

Professor McGonagall gave Lockhart a whole pack of magic paper, and Lockhart recognized at a glance that it was the special paper airplane used to transmit messages within the Ministry of Magic. As long as the message and the recipient were written, it would automatically fly to Destination, faster and cleaner than owl.

If it weren't for the fact that they were all one-offs and were easier to intercept than owls, they would have replaced owls as a dedicated communication tool between wizards.

What Professor Flitwick gave was a magic scroll, which recorded a magic with a moving picture, called "Eagle's Radiance", the effect was to make the caster appear more radiant and charming.

Lockhart decides to use this magic when he's running

Although Snape usually speaks with a gun and a stick, the gift he gave is really unequivocal, and it can even be said to be the most expensive gift Lockhart received today.

It was a small vial of clear, turquoise potion—Ultimate Enhancer.

As the name suggests, the general enhancer can only increase the physical strength of the drinker, while the intellect can make the drinker's thinking extremely clear, and will never be confused

Although neither can be considered weak in potency, they are only dwarfed by the ultimate enhancer, /" pale in comparison.

It can make a wizard's magic power reach the strength of the magic explosion in a short time, and after drinking it can permanently increase part of the magic power limit of the wizard, and the side effect is only physical weakness within an hour after the effect of the drug has passed, which is very precious , money can not buy.

This favor is too big. Lockhart said heartily.

In addition to these acquaintances, a large group of witches that Lockhart didn't even know also sent gifts. These gifts were of various kinds, and there were even a few pieces of underwear among them, and it looked like they were worn.

Lockhart responded by tossing them all into the fireplace, so that at least they could be put to good use.

Others are from some business partners, such as the Whitsunday Book Company, whose gift is a newspaper.

It was a "Daily Prophet" on the 24th, and the sixth edition above used a full half of the page to create momentum for Lockhart's new book, saying that the famous Gilderoy Lockhart was even at Hogwart. Ts is still taking risks as a teacher. He is currently looking for the legendary Slytherin's secret room, and he has already mastered some important clues. It will be written in a new book after the investigation is clear. Please look forward to m

The reason why they came up with this newspaper was to show Lockhart the sincerity and strength of the publishing house, and to tie this powerful author firmly to his company.

Sure enough, Lockhart was very satisfied when he saw this newspaper, so let's hand them a book too!

However, it was not only Gilderoy Lockhart himself who saw this newspaper, but even some Hogwarts little wizards noticed it.

In the Gryffindor lounge, Hermione, who was reading a newspaper, suddenly let out a scream.

"What's wrong? Hermione?" Harry and Ron, who were playing chess, asked quickly.

"Look at this advertisement! It says that Professor Lockhart has found a clue to the secret room and is ready to reveal the mystery to all readers next year!" Hermione said, pointing to the advertisement on the Daily Prophet.

Harry and Ron's attention was drawn instantly.

""Really? Harry asked curiously. "If the Professor already has the location of the Chamber of Secrets, why didn't he just go and get the Slytherin heir out?" "

"Who knows, maybe he's just blowing... don't stare at me like that, Hermione, book writers always exaggerate a little bit, don't they... I mean, even though he's Lockhart, but...