Chapter 201 The Cautious First Issue
"What? There's a new trailer?"
When Lockhart was indulging in the good atmosphere of the club, the newspapers handed over by the students directly blew him out of his good mood.
He hurriedly took the Daily Prophet handed over by a fan - yes, the Magic Legend Magazine activated its cash capabilities and bought the front page to advertise.
Anyway, the Daily Prophet accepts all comers, and there is almost no conflict between the sales of magazines and newspapers. I am very happy to accept this job.
"Yes, Professor," the fourth-grade girl said happily - she was also a loyal reader of the legend, but it was a pity that Dumbledore was a little too old. It would be great if it was written in the book that he had just graduated. .
"It's surprising, and I have to say it's an excellent book that gives us a glimpse into Dumbledore's adventurous career."
Lockhart showed his perfect smile - although in his heart he desperately wanted to cast an oblivion spell on that so-called praise potato, his personality prevented him from performing such a powerful act.
Moreover, the most critical question is, who would criticize the praise potato hiding behind Dumbledore in public! Especially at Hogwarts - he had already figured out how to get by, and he couldn't make such a mistake.
"Yes, Professor, you must have followed in Dumbledore's footsteps and embarked on an adventurous journey. Because of your idol worship, you can take risks and fight without hesitation, right!"
Right! That damn, vile, hateful praise potato! That bastard who deserves to go out and meet fire dragons and dementors!
That's what he knows!
Those readers are too lazy to tell who is ahead and who is behind. Just think about the timeline, and don't care if it was written earlier or later, or who created the track of the wizard's adventure biography. He directly became Dumbledore. The pursuer and imitator!
Absolutely outrageous! What a despicable act!
But, can he say no?
"Of course..." Although he gave the praise potato seventy-eight times of forgetting spells in his heart, Lockhart still said softly, "It is Dumbledore's story that inspires me. I can only recover day by day after enrolling in Hogwarts." It takes a day's work to become an excellent explorer, but at that time we were still looking for Dumbledore's footprints from a pile of historical materials, which was not as convenient as it is now."
A good adventurer cannot read without knowing Dumbledore's deeds. Similarly, he cannot deny Dumbledore's biography - the toad lies on the instep and is disgusting even if it does not bite.
After fooling around for a long time and almost passing the time, Lockhart returned to his office full of resentment and sadness.
"Go to hell with praising potatoes, go to hell with magical legends, go to hell with the damn secret room!"
He directly smashed one of his favorite ornaments against the wall, watching it fall to the ground and smash into pieces, and then he lost some of his anger.
News of the secret room spread among the students, and Myrtle's women's bathroom was searched by many people, but it had nothing to do with him!
It's not like he didn't go to Professor McGonagall to find out the situation when the toilet was closed, but he was dismissed directly. He thought about going in by himself, but failed.
Then before he could convince Professor McGonagall, the door suddenly opened, and the so-called secret room that had disappeared for a long time appeared. It was eaten up and wiped clean. By the time the news spread and was basically confirmed, he couldn't even get a mouthful of soup. !
He can erase the memory of a wizard, but he can't erase the memory of the entire school and put himself in it, right?
But the current situation is that he hasn't even fully understood what is in the secret room, let alone come up with a story that can make him feel participatory.
Big news has nothing to do with it, but what about small news?
Harry Potter basically gets into fights every week, and it's true that he and the top grader are friends, but if a student in this grade gets into a relationship dispute - well, his books are just waiting to be thrown away as trash.
The biggest buyers, housewives, are not happy to see a group of Hogwarts juniors fall in love. He is a best-selling author and knows who his main supporters are.
No matter how small?
No matter how young you are - the adventure story of Professor Lockhart coming to Hogwarts is not a children's work, and no one cares about it.
Therefore, not catching up with the secret room incident kept him in a low mood, but just when there was no progress on his side - his opponent actually came up with the second part!
Bastard stuff!
How to fight this? Lockhart enters Hogwarts and has no output. Will a legend be reopened and come out on top?
This is not advertising, this is digging his roots!
But - how to use the secret room incident?
It would be great if it was discovered by students... Just write that Lockhart's students dug out the secrets of the castle under his encouragement - but now the question is, who participated, what will be gained, and how many people will know about it? People know…
The students on duty in Professor McGonagall's office must know - but there are too many people, not to mention who knows how much Professor McGonagall and Dumbledore know. If they attack, everything will be over...
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"What should I do..."
Lockhart fell into deep thought and began to flip through the newspaper.
The advertisement that occupies the home page is clearly displayed there. The photo of Dumbledore when he was young looks extremely handsome.
"It's grand...definitely not ordinary grand...except for the secret room, how should we deal with it?"
This question is not an ordinary one... Lockhart leaned against the wall, lost in thought.
'The secret room is basically impossible to provoke... If it cannot be big, you can only use a small one. It cannot be suppressed by a big one, so you can only look for it in the subtle places...'
'Ah, subtlety... no, false subtlety. No one pays attention to the subtlety alone, but... coupled with the appeal of Harry Potter...'
Don’t write big words, just write small ones, and use students’ daily life instead—not even a whole book, just one section per week, just write about Hogwarts Diary...
Lockhart's Hogwarts Diary - Not an adventure, but a life!
Hmm... If the sales are good, I will publish a hardcover series of books later to make a profit, and then write about teaching in the daily newspaper every weekend, write about how Lockhart teaches students in accordance with their aptitude, write about Lockhart's lovely students (especially Harry), write about Lockhart's relaxation and reflection when not in the middle of an adventure...
Small essays make people popular, and no one will blame them even if they become popular. With the daily life of Hogwarts and the daily life of Harry Potter, can they still become popular?
'Lockhart, you are an incredible genius! ’
He couldn't help but praise himself - it was very simple to contact the Daily Prophet to open a column for himself.
'Gu Gu...'
There was an alarm in his stomach, and Lockhart realized that he hadn't eaten for a long time - but it didn't matter, just a little potion to celebrate, just a little bit.
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"A legend is about to begin again?"
"Yes, I told you, Sirius," Harry couldn't hide the excitement on his face - he had told Sirius a legendary story many times before, but the content of the second season was far away. No deadline, I didn’t expect to start now!
"This should be digging for secret treasures outside the school!"
Harry said confidently.
"No, I went to learn alchemy."
Sirius blinked.
"How is that possible? It must be a secret treasure - a legendary treasure from various places. Ron has said a lot about it!"
Just this afternoon, Ron and Harry learned about many legendary treasures in the wizarding world during a break from reading. Dumbledore must have done this!
"Ron? He probably didn't study the history of magic well either..."
Sirius had a smile on his face.
…
It’s not like I don’t study hard anymore, I just copy my homework recently.
"Yes, I know that if you study carefully, you will find that Dumbledore published a large number of epoch-making alchemical operations after graduation, which are required to be tested..."
Sirius leaned back with his hands and looked confident - his history of magic is E!
"Then what else should I write?"
"I don't know, I'm not the one who praises potatoes...but I also hope he writes faster."——
"A new book is coming out?"
Dumbledore looked at the extra letters he had and naturally found the source - an advertisement in the Daily Prophet. Of course, the broadcast of Magic Radio is indispensable.
“…”
Looking at the pile of letters, he had no desire to reply.
Manuscript review – no longer necessary.
If he needs to, it will naturally be censored, but since he can ignore Rita's attacks, he can also let other people's friendly biographies go - it can't be any worse.
He really wanted to know how the magical legend would describe his past...especially that one.
"Let's see...how the story goes?"
Dumbledore sighed...
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[Gellert Grindelwald, I looked at three hundred futures you worked hard for - none of them were successful, and I found a way to defeat you among six hundred interception methods.
——Albus Dumbledore. 】
? ? ?
Looking at the title on the cover of the magazine, Dumbledore, who was a bit timid at first, widened his eyes.
What is this? ? ?
He was lost in thought.
After the commercial, he hesitated and thought for a week, but finally did not have the courage to watch it in the auditorium and chose to stay in the office to receive comments.
However, this cannot be said to be okay - it can only be said that they are not close to each other at all.
This seemingly contradictory sentence appeared on the cover instead of the title, turning all hesitation and fear into nothing.
Even holding the Elder Wand, Dumbledore couldn't help but feel a little suspicious - who could do such a thing!
Turn to the homepage...he began to read 'myself' story.
Not even Ariana…
But the place and time are right...no doubt it was cut...
Dumbledore frowned, but soon discovered some fragments of life...but did not mention specific characters, used some beautiful words to describe their existence, and even disappeared at every turn in most of the plot.
The main perspective is all on him - there is no doubt that those fragments will gradually reduce and disappear in the future...
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"That's it..."
Dumbledore closed the book - the author undoubtedly noticed something, but completely covered it up in his own way.
If he hadn't experienced it personally, he would only be obsessed with the mysterious divination, Grindelwald's power, and those messy assumptions about the future of the magical world.
But okay, Ariana...
That's it...
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"Wow!"
Magic legends were passed on one after another - the temptation for new books was still great.
It didn’t take long to discover the protagonist of this volume.
Dumbledore's previous dazzling achievements seemed to be nothing in front of Grindelwald.
A person who knows everything at a glance, knows everything at once, has strong appeal, overwhelms professors, convinces examiners, and has established a reputation among all students from the lower grades should not be too cool.
Especially everyone Dumbledore knew thought so.
…
"Dumbledore must be better and more powerful. Those people don't know how powerful he is!"
"That's right! The first version of a legend said it, and Dumbledore didn't show it off!"
"But Dumbledore made mistakes, but Grindelwald didn't!"
"Didn't you lose to Dumbledore in the end?"
"After three hundred impossible attempts! It proves that Dumbledore was actually deceived. He was willing to believe that he could succeed. After being deceived three hundred times, he decided to go against him!"
The new legendary combat power almost succeeded Dumbledore, but the audience didn't have much opinion - after all, they said it at the beginning and finally found a way to defeat him.
And they are not just stepping on Dumbledore - don't you see that everyone thinks Dumbledore is inferior to Grindelwald?
Judging from the forecast, even Dumbledore admitted it was good!
All in all, the appearance of the new character Grindelwald is really a gimmick - he even doesn't appear in the whole story, and it makes people feel that he is really awesome just by living in other people's mouths.
A person who has never made any mistakes...how powerful is that?
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"Um, can you please do that for a moment?"
Andrew shouted openly - there were too many people reading under the sunset today, which made it impossible for him to do his daily training.
Fortunately, the suppressive force still existed. After discovering that it was him, the second-year student ran away almost instantly.
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'Damn it, I don't know if I've read the advice I gave you...'
He didn't know how to arrange for the girl named Ariana who died in Dumbledore's graduation year - he originally planned to set her up as a guiding elf-like existence, but finally gave up and inserted her into the daily routine. Among them, even the name is hidden.
It all depends on Dumbledore's review comments - generally speaking, they will be submitted before the advertisement is placed. If there is feedback, it will be added before Dumbledore officially goes to Paris.
'Don't think about that anymore, you have to practice hard...I will probably change the manuscript later...'
Anyway, he is used to it... This part is something that requires caution. If it weren't for a coincidence, he would never want to write this kind of biography. It doesn't matter if he made it up casually when he was a student, but when it comes to family members, he needs to be careful and careful. .
However, he handled it fairly well, it just depends on the feedback...
Let’s start practicing…
After many experiments, he finally suppressed his distracting thoughts and began formal practice.
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"Today's results are almost nothing..."
Scope deformation...what exactly is assessed?
Andrew sighed, cleared up the already stiff lawn, and turned to leave.
(End of chapter)