v2 Chapter 22： Curse, what curse? Wait a minute, this doesn't feel right

Lockhart never cared about other people's feelings. He motioned his photographer to take pictures frantically. Puffs of smoke came out of the camera, "fixing" Lockhart and Harry to the negative.

"We must be on the first edition, come on, smile a little more naturally." Lockhart showed his shiny teeth, and by the way gave Harry a little trick to smile - I've won five Wizards Weekly best smiles. The Charming Smile Award, which Lockhart likes to talk about.

But even after taking pictures, Lockhart didn't let Harry go.

"Ladies and gentlemen, look at me, I'm announcing something!" Lockhart waved his hand to calm everyone down. He first gave Harry an autobiography and his full set of books, and then he There's a big announcement: he'll be the new Defence Against the Dark Arts professor at Hogwarts.

Lockhart hopes to win Harry over with this, so that he can continue to gain the popularity of the Savior. In his opinion, he should have a good opinion of himself for giving Harry valuable books and headlines. But he miscalculated, Harry himself did not lack these dozens of Galleons, and what Lockhart did made him extremely embarrassed.

When Lockhart was at the peak of his life, a somewhat dissonant voice shattered his fantasy.

"Mr. Lockhart, what about the curse left by the Dark Lord?"

"Curse? What curse?" Lockhart showed a trace of confusion.

"It's the curse left by You-Know-Who!" Tom's acting skills were full at the moment, "It is said that You-Know-Who wanted to return to Hogwarts to teach as a professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts, but the great Mr. Dumbledore saw through his Conspiracy, rejected him. Enraged Mystery thus cursed the position, and no one could teach for more than a year!"

After saying this, the bookstore fell into silence. Most of the middle-aged women present had experienced that era, and what Tom said was true: from a certain point in time, the professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts at Hogwarts It does change every year.

Everyone only talked about it in private before, and this was the first time someone said it in public.

"Many of those professors have suffered misfortune or even died, such as last year's Professor Quirrell!"

The fans under the stage were also distracted by the topic, and they started to talk about it one after another.

"Professor Quirrell? I remember as if he taught Muggle studies before..."

"That was a long time ago. Later, Mr. Dumbledore asked him to be a teacher of Defence Against the Dark Arts, but he did pass away!"

"I heard that it was possessed by a mysterious person—"

"No, the Ministry of Magic said he died from poaching unicorns."

In short, although everyone has different opinions on how Quirrell died, one thing is recognized: Professor Quirrell, who was still alive before, died less than a year after taking over as a professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts.

Then the topic couldn't stop, and people searched for the fate of the previous Defence Against the Dark Arts professors from their memories, and were shocked to find that this position was really a high-risk occupation, and many people retired and injured themselves because of this. Incapacitated and even dead - even a professor who was killed by a wild boar!

Listening to the speech below the stage, Lockhart's expression almost couldn't hold back, but his good professionalism allowed him to keep the smile on his face, he took a deep breath, and then laughed.

"Why are you laughing, sir?" a fan asked cautiously.

"That's really a coincidence, because according to the plan, I really only teach books for one year! The world is so big, and I want to continue to see it, so if I insist, this curse is also established on me."

The fans in the audience nodded, feeling that this was very reasonable.

"Don't worry, everyone," Tom stood up when Lockhart was about to get out of the way, "as everyone knows, Mr. Lockhart is an adventurer who is proficient in lifting curses. He once mentioned in "Break With a Ghost" , he solved the curse of the female ghost with only three spells, no one in the UK, or even in the world, knows better than Mr. Lockhart how to solve the curse."

While talking, Tom danced with his hands as if he was playing an accordion. He looked like a fan of Lockhart.

This time, Lockhart was roasted on the fire by him. For the first time, the young Lockhart felt what "one fan is against ten blacks" and what "fans are responsible for acting as idols".

"Ah this..." Lockhart just wanted to be on stage, but the fans offstage were already divided into two factions and quarreled. One faction believes that the curse was left by the mysterious man, and even Dumbledore couldn't lift it. You black fans, let Mr. Lockhart solve it. Isn't it difficult for him?

The other faction thinks, my good fellows, you are the ones who are gangsters. You people don't believe in Mr. Lockhart!

The two factions soon quarreled, and the situation got out of control for a while.

In the end, Lockhart could only shout and make everyone look at him.

"I, Lockhart, recipient of the Order of Merlin 3rd Class Order of Merlin 3rd Class, Honorary Member of the Defense Against the Dark Arts, five-time winner of the Witcher Weekly Most Charming Smile Award— Of course I hate to talk about this, because I don't banish Wanlen's ghosts with a smile - I'll do my best to break the curse with Professor Dumbledore!"

The fans in the audience applauded one after another, and some even burst into tears. At this time, Lockhart's eyes were also full of tears. In the end, tears of excitement fell from the corners of his eyes, and many fans also cried, and the atmosphere of the signing ceremony reached a climax.

Lockhart was remorseful at this point: I'm stupid, really, I shouldn't have accepted Dumbledore's invitation in the first place, if I didn't accept the invitation, I wouldn't be a cursed professor, I wouldn't Being held up by so many people to solve this horrific curse...

At this moment, he just wanted to say one thing to the little boy: I thank your eighth ancestors - Tommy, eh, Jimmy? Timmy?

Lockhart couldn't even remember his name.

He was thinking, should he find an excuse to resign from Dumbledore? If you have an excuse, which one is better?

But he had no way out the next day, because the Daily Prophet used a front-page headline to report his book signing at the Blossom Bookstore, and also focused on the cursed teaching position at Hogwarts. Let's take a look at the professors who suffered because of this, and at the same time announce the news of his appointment as a professor...

This is not the worst, because the next day, Dumbledore issued an unprecedented statement in the newspaper - no statement will be made, and a professor will be recruited every year in the future! So Dumbledore said there was no such curse at Hogwarts, and the stories of the previous professors were purely coincidental. He was looking forward to working with Mr. Lockhart to prove it.

Lockhart just felt that the sky was falling.

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