v2 Chapter 21： embarrassed harry

While Lockhart's book launch was in full swing, Harry and the Weasleys came to Diagon Alley.

When Harry came to Diagon Alley, something went wrong: when using Floo powder, he called Diagon Alley Knockturn Alley (Knockturn Alley), so he came to Knockturn Alley by accident. Borgin - Bork Magic Shop. Knockturn Alley and Diagon Alley don't sound alike, and if Harry hadn't choked on a puff of soot, he wouldn't have gone wrong.

Borkin-Bock Magic Shop is an antique shop in name, but due to the nature of the owner and the characteristics of the antique industry, this shop often handles some very punishing business. However, because the owner of the shop, Mr. Bo Jin, is very good at dancing, although he has been walking on the edge of the law, he has never overturned. He even escaped the Ministry of Magic's major raid some time ago unscathed.

Harry came to such a black shop.

Here, he also saw the Malfoys who came to talk business: Lucius Malfoy sold his belongings to Mr. Borgin to avoid the inconvenience of the Ministry of Magic's censorship, but the two were on the price. Never got together.

In the end, Harry managed to sneak out and reunite with the Weasleys with the help of Hagrid: the Weasleys were going crazy, and such a big Potter disappeared all of a sudden.

The Fred brothers carried an oversized backpack alone. After confirming that Harry was safe, they immediately squeezed over and winked at him to inquire about the situation of Knockturn Alley. The result was very straightforward, and Mrs. Weasley was directly beaten by Mrs. Weasley with her handbag.

Since Harry is safe and sound, everyone's purchasing activities can naturally proceed smoothly. Everyone went to Gringotts first, and after dividing the money, everyone split up. Fred and George, with their bags on their backs, disappeared in a blink of an eye, and they didn't even ask Mrs Weasley for money. The Weasleys accompany Ginny to buy robes, and Percy to pick out a new quill.

As for Ron, he had to hang out with Harry - his request to buy a new wand was denied. Ron's boyhood was really miserable. From childhood to adulthood, he has been under the shadow of several excellent older brothers, and at the same time he is forced to use the old goods eliminated by his older brothers. Even worse, in contrast, the little sister Ginny was able to use first-hand goods.

Luckily, there was a strawberry peanut butter ice cream that Harry bought for comfort, and the two of them ate ice cream that, in Tom's opinion, tasted almost heretical, while admiring the robes of the Chadley Cannons through the window.

They saw Fred and George while they were shopping at the Bouncy Magic Joke Shop, the two of them were sneaking around talking to their good friend Lee Jordan, and after a while, Fred handed over a brown paper bag Lee Jordan, in terms of size, should be a complete set of Lockhart.

Fred and the others quickly opened up sales. Many boys at Hogwarts were a little dissatisfied with Lockhart. After all, they had to pay thirty-five Galleons for no reason. At this time, Fred's appearance with low-priced books is also in line with people's hearts.

Fourteen sets of books sold out in less than ten minutes. There are also many clever mixed-race wizards and wizards from Muggle families who immediately borrowed a friend's reprinted book to copy it outside. On this day, the print shop near the Leaky Cauldron in London was packed.

It even alarmed the Ministry of Magic. However, after investigation by the employees, they found that the little wizards did not violate the secrecy law. The first copy they took was a copy book printed by a Muggle Press. The clerk thought it was a new fantasy novel by which author? - Muggles' imaginations are far more exaggerated than Lockhart's.

According to incomplete statistics from the Ministry of Magic, at least 300 copies of the Complete Works of Lockhart were copied in one day.

What the Ministry of Magic did not find was that a clerk quietly kept a photocopy. In the not-too-distant future, a British novelist by the pseudonym Gerald Lockhart suddenly became popular. His seven-part series "The Adventures of Lockhart" became popular in the UK because of the rigorous structure of the world view, the delicate and real brushstrokes, and the unrestrained imagination. However, the true identity of this person is as unknown as Lanling Xiaoxiaosheng.

Later, everyone dug up, it turned out that the author of this strange book was just an ordinary print shop employee. He wrote these seven books while sitting in a cafe after get off work every day. In a flash, the employee became a household name as a children's writer, and there was even a movie mogul remake of Lockhart's adventures for release.

As a result, the actors invited only had good looks, and their acting skills were too poor. In addition, the writer did not pay attention to the filming of the film at all, and the reputation of the final film was completely destroyed. Later, he released a Lockhart-themed game, which also received a flood of negative reviews. Later, he tried to continue to write Lockhart Adventures 8-The Return of the King, but also fell into endless interruptions due to the flood of negative reviews...

Since the secrecy law is not violated, the Ministry of Magic doesn't care - many employees are happy to turn a blind eye, after all, no one wants to spend half a month's salary to buy textbooks for their children. UU reading As for Lockhart, his focus today is on the signing. And this kind of thing, he can't go deep.

Ron and Harry walked into the Flourish Bookstore - they were also going to buy a copy of Standard Spells, Level 2, Harry and Ron squeezed into the bookstore through the small gap left by the door, and they saw Mrs Weasley was Standing in line, she was short of breath at this time, and she was constantly flapping her hair.

But to their surprise, they saw Tom maintaining order in the line and Hermione checking out at the cashier.

"Tom? Why are you here? And Hermione?" Ron asked in surprise.

"Summer job, earn some extra money. Harry, Ron, how's the holiday going?"

"It was terrible at first, a guy named Dobby—"

"Harry Potter!" Lockhart jumped up from his chair, he just caught a key word keenly, he raised his head, glanced at Ron and Tom, and then locked firmly on Harry face.

He pushed aside the fence immediately and rushed to Harry - Lockhart had a lot to do with his book signing today, and he had heard from his book lover, Mrs Weasley, that Harry Potter was living at her house now. , and they'll come to Diagon Alley on Wednesday. Why didn't the little wizard come to Lihen Bookstore to buy textbooks after he came to Diagon Alley?

So Lockhart set the signing on the same day, trying to block the famous savior Potter, so that the two would definitely be on the front page of the newspaper.

Lockhart grabbed Harry's arm and pulled him to the front of the stage. Lockhart's fans spontaneously applauded. Mrs. Weasley drummed especially enthusiastically. Harry felt embarrassed that he had cancer and social phobia. and occurred. He had felt the same way before when he had withdrawn money at Gringotts with Mrs Weasley.

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