Chapter 193 The Master of the Forgotten Spell, a Despicable and Shameless Villain

"Harry!"

"Ginny!"

"Harry!"

The group of people scurried around like flies, just shouting around, but no one could be found in the crowded Diagon Alley.

"Wait, let's stop for a moment."

Lin Xia felt that it was not an option to continue searching like this, so she turned to ask the Weasley twins.

"Let's sort it out one by one first. Will Harry come to Diagon Alley with you?"

George thought for a moment: "We wanted to come together, but there was something wrong with him passing through the Floo network and he didn't teleport to Diagon Alley with us."

Lin Xia raised her eyebrows and said, "I also used the Floo network to come here. What place name did Harry read?"

Fred recalled, "Diagon Alley, Diagon Alley, Diagon Alley...Knockturn Alley! Yes, he meant Knockturn Alley!"

George immediately said: "Fred, don't talk nonsense. Knockturn Alley is too dangerous for us. It is a dark and dangerous place, and a lot of black magic items are sold in it!"

Fred: "I'm not sure, but Harry did not reach Diagon Alley through the Floo Network. He most likely went to Knockturn Alley!"

Knockturn Alley is not far from Diagon Alley. The two alleys are actually adjacent to each other, but the wizards who come and go are different.

Lin Xia asked again: "Where is Ginny? Is Ginny with you?"

George: "That's for sure."

Fred: "Ginny came with us."

George: "Before we get separated."

Fred: "She's been following us."

Lin Xia asked: "What about your parents? Can you find your parents?"

George and Fred looked at each other, "We know this, mother must be in the bookstore, waiting for Lockhart's autograph!"

"Lockhart?"

Lin Xia and Cedric looked at each other. This name seemed a bit familiar.

On the way to Flourish Blossom Bookstore, the two of them finally thought about it, mainly Lin Xia.

"Isn't this the new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor at the school?"

Cedric said: "By the fourth grade, we no longer have the Defense Against the Dark Arts course, and we don't pay much attention to the professor."

Lin Xia asked curiously: "Then what do you study?"

Cedric hesitated, but George and Fred quickly stopped him.

George: "Cedric, you can't tell her everything just because she is your junior classmate. We have sworn not to mention it to younger students."

Cedric hesitated: "But Lin Xia is an excellent student."

Fred: "What, are you going to trample on the promise we made? How can you treat us like this-"

George added: "Professor."

Lin Xia: "...Okay, I won't pry anymore, you can shut up."

Go to Flourish and Blotts Bookstore.

They were surprised to find a crowd of people in front of the bookstore, and a large banner was hung at the door:

Gilderoy Lockhart

Signed autobiography for sale

"Magical Me"

Today 12:30pm-4:30pm

"Of course we can meet him in person!" Hermione exclaimed excitedly, "I mean, almost all the books on the list were written by him!"

Hermione's voice was very recognizable. As soon as Lin Xia arrived at the bookstore, she heard her voice and looked over.

The bookstore was crowded with witches of Mrs. Weasley's age, and some younger witches were also queuing up.

A very tired-looking wizard stood at the door and said: "Ladies, be quiet... don't crowd... watch out for the books..."

Lin Xia looked to the other side. Outside the bookstore, uh, standing with them were a group of wizards.

This group of wizards were also elderly, and they were watching with helpless expressions as their wives/daughters crazily squatted in front of the bookstore, just to get an autograph from Lockhart.

"Wow!" she exclaimed, "Is this a star-chasing scene in the wizarding world?"

George: "I hate to admit it."

Fred: "But Lockhart does have his own charm."

George: "Although I think he wrote an autobiography."

Fred: "It smells of falsehood."

Suddenly, Lin Xia saw a little girl squeezed between Hermione and Mrs. Weasley, and asked, "Is that the Ginny you are looking for?"

George and Fred's eyes lit up: "Yes!"

After a while, Ron also appeared, and he was forced to join the crowd of enthusiastic fans.

But it wasn't for Lockhart's autograph, he had to buy his book and study it when he entered second year.

Although Ron didn't understand why he had to buy Lockhart's autobiography when taking Defense Against the Dark Arts class?

On the other side, when Lin Xia and others were looking for Harry.

Harry had arrived at a shop in Knockturn Alley.

The fireplace in this shop was connected to the floo network. As soon as he stepped out of the fireplace, he came to the shop.

This seems to be a wizard store, but nothing here seems to be on the shopping list of Hogwarts School.

Harry saw a withered human hand placed on a mat in a glass folder, next to it was a stack of blood-stained cards, and a glass eyeball that was motionless.

A ferocious mask stares down from the wall, various human bones are placed on the counter, and rusty, tooth-like instruments hang from the ceiling.

He seemed to also see a purple, relatively normal-looking necklace, placed next to the human hand bone.

Harry was sure at this moment that this was definitely not Diagon Alley. There was no such shop in Diagon Alley!

We must leave here as soon as possible!

As he thought so, he suddenly heard a sound from outside, and Harry quickly hid in an armor.

"Don't touch anything, Draco."

An arrogant voice sounded, Harry didn't recognize this voice, but he knew Draco.

With Lin Xia acting as a peacemaker next to him, and Draco's excellent grades, he was considered Hermione's friend. They stayed with Hermione and could also talk to Draco.

The tall adult wizard with the same hair color as Draco came here to sell things.

Harry was very angry when he heard it!

The adult wizard has been belittling the Weasley family, saying that they are in collusion with Muggles.

But the nobles are different. The nobles hate anything that touches Muggles.

Draco was walking around and saw the withered human hand and wanted to take it down to have a look.

Suddenly at this moment, he heard someone calling his name.

He looked a little more cautious and gradually approached the place where the sound came from.

In the dark armor, two vivid human eyes suddenly appeared in the eye area. They were two emerald green eyes.

Draco was immediately startled and screamed.

Harry blinked at him frantically: "Draco, it's me!"

Lucius and the owner of Borgin and Burke's magic shop, Mr. Borgin, turned their heads and looked puzzled.

Draco immediately pointed at the withered human hand, "I was startled by it just now, it looks really interesting."

"Ah, the hand of glory!"

Mr. Borgin shouted, throwing down Lucius's list and running to Draco, "Put a candle on it, only the person holding it can see the light, it is the best friend of thieves and robbers, your son has good eyesight, sir."

Lucius said coldly: "I hope my son is better than thieves and robbers, Borgin."

Mr. Borgin immediately said: "I'm sorry, sir, I don't mean that-"

Draco interrupted: "Father, I want to go to Diagon Alley to buy some books."

Mr. Borgin flattered: "I also have books here-"

"Come on, Borgin, my son doesn't need to read those books." Lucius said, nodding at him: "You go first, I'll wait for you at Flourish and Blotts."

While the two adults continued to talk, Draco waved to Harry who was hiding in the armor and asked him to come out quickly.

The two little wizards ran out immediately.

The situation outside was not necessarily better than in the store.

Everyone was wearing tall, loose wizard robes, and their expressions were solemn.

Some people's faces were normal, but some people's noses, eyes, and mouths were all grotesque, as if they had experienced a serious magical accident.

Draco was brought to Knockturn Alley by his father.

When he went out alone, he also felt that something was wrong with this place.

They passed through a narrow alley, thinking they could get out, but it led to a dark cave.

There was a big cage inside, with huge black spiders.

There were two ragged wizards staring at the two of them and whispering, and Harry and Draco felt a chill.

"Are you two lost, dear?"

A voice suddenly sounded in their ears, and an old witch stood in front of them, holding a stack of things that looked like dead people's nails in her hands.

Her eyes were slanted, and she squinted at the two of them, revealing her moss-covered teeth when she spoke.

Draco and Harry quickly stepped back.

"Harry, Draco, what are you doing here?"

This loud voice made the hearts of the two young wizards beat fast, and the witch was also startled, and her nails fell on the back of her feet.

Hagrid picked up both of them with one hand each and left the place.

They heard the old witch's curse, chasing them through the winding alleys until they came to the bright sunshine.

Harry and Draco saw a familiar snow-white marble building from a distance, with the words: Gringotts Bank written on it.

The two finally felt relieved.

When they came to a safe place, Brother Hagrid put them both down, and he vigorously brushed the coal dust off Harry's body.

"Why did you go to that place? That's Knockturn Alley, not a good place."

Draco: "My father went to Borgin's to sell some Muggle-related items, and he took me there."

Harry: "Uh, it might be my first time using the Floo Network, and I was a little nervous, so I called the wrong name."

"Harry! Draco! Why are you together!" Hermione's cheerful and lively voice came.

The two looked over, and behind her were Lin Xia, the Weasley twins, and Cedric.

After a while, the head of the Weasley family also came, and he ran over breathlessly: "Harry, where have you been? Molly is going crazy!"

Harry and Draco looked at each other, and Harry whispered guiltily: "Knockturn Alley."

The Weasley twins cheered: "It's that kind of place, the adults never let us go!"

The head of the Weasley family frowned, "I won't let you go now, that place is too dangerous!"

After a while, Molly also came and asked Harry about his well-being.

Ginny next to her was carrying a heavy bag, which seemed to be full of books.

The person was also found, and Lin Xia said: "I'm going to buy something."

Draco immediately said: "I'll go with you."

Cedric also said: "I'll go with you too."

Hermione looked around, a little hesitant, and finally chose to stay with Harry and Ron.

They hadn't seen each other for a summer vacation, and there were too many things they wanted to share.

The group waved goodbye to each other: "See you tomorrow at Hogwarts!"

After everyone left, Lin Xia asked Draco: "Why did you go to Knockturn Alley? I heard that it's not a good place, and there are many prohibited items sold there."

Draco shrugged, "It's not me who wants to go there, it's my father who wants to go there to sell Muggle items."

"Muggle things?" Cedric was a little surprised, "I remember that the Malfoy family is a pure-blood noble family. Aren't nobles very disgusted with anything Muggle? How come there are Muggle items?"

Draco pointed at Lin Xia helplessly, "That was in the past, not now.

Lin Xia's parents like things invented by Muggles very much. My mother is very familiar with Lin Xia's mother, and she also bought a lot of Muggle things under the influence of her.

My father couldn't beat my mother, so he was forced to keep them.

This time I heard that the Ministry of Magic is going to conduct a thorough investigation Some prohibited items, my father took this opportunity to mix those Muggle items together and sell them. "

Draco said again: "Although I doubt whether Mr. Borgin will accept them, even if no one accepts them, my father will throw them away as garbage. "

Lin Xia smiled: "This is just a temporary solution, Draco.

When Aunt Narcissa reacts, she will not argue with your father, but will just quietly buy a bunch of Muggle items again. "

Draco curled his lips: "That's not something I can control. "

Cedric asked curiously: "But prohibited items... do you have them at home?"

Lin Xia said lightly: "Don't forget the background of the nobility. Which noble family doesn't have old things that have been passed down from thousands of years ago? But those things will not be thrown out, and they would rather hide them in a dark warehouse. "

They passed by Flourish and Blotts again.

There was a short wizard holding a large black camera, jumping around to take pictures of Lockhart.

Only then did Lin Xia see Lockhart's true appearance, not the billboard outside.

He wore a blue robe like the forget-me-not flower, which matched his blue eyes very well. The pointed wizard hat was playfully tilted on his wavy golden short hair.

At this moment, the compass in Lin Xia's mind suddenly turned and stopped at the "Fuqi" column.

Fragments of information flashed by.

Going on an adventure with others, the companions all lost a large part of their memories... He was a master of the forgetfulness spell, and he cursed his companions... All of Lockhart's strength came from his companions... Hypocritical, despicable and shameless villains...

The information flashed by, and Lin Xia looked up at Lockhart with a deep look.

Cedric's voice came from his ears: "I seem to understand why middle-aged witches like him. He does have extraordinary appearance capital."

Draco raised his head proudly: "It's okay. I won't be worse than him when I grow up."

"Oh, isn't that Harry Potter?" Lockhart suddenly called out.

The crowd automatically made way, and Harry and others who had already left, somehow returned.