After Dolly confirmed that they were indeed not there, Lockhart actually pulled Harry to take a photo.
At this time, Dolly finally spoke up and said, "Sir, my brother is about to cry."
Harry's face turned even redder. He wasn't crying!
Lockhart finally let go of Harry and whispered to him, "We can make the front page of the news. Smile nicely."
"And this lady, I know you."
Lockhart waved at Dolly and said, "Come over here too, let's take a photo together."
Without a second thought, Dolly refused, covering her forehead and saying, "I'm sorry, sir, I faint when I see the purple smoke from the camera."
It was a rather lame excuse, but Lockhart accepted it with a broad smile.
The original purpose of inviting Dolly was to calm Harry's anger. Now that Harry has calmed down, Lockhart's goal has been achieved.
As for Harry Potter's sister, how could she be as important as Harry Potter himself?
So Lockhart put his hand on Harry's shoulder, seemingly casually but actually clamping Harry, making him unable to move.
Harry was helpless, but he couldn't show his anger in front of the camera, so he could only put on a stiff smile.
He decided that when he got to school he would learn how to box from Dolly. At least if something like this happened again in the future, he would make sure Lockhart knew that he was also a man.
"Ladies and gentlemen," Lockhart said loudly, waving silence, "what a remarkable moment this is! I would like to take advantage of this wonderful occasion to make a small announcement, one which I have been keeping secret for some time."
"When young Harry walked into Flourish and Blotts today, all he wanted was to buy my autobiography. I offered to give it to him for free right then and there!"
The crowd roared with applause. Lockhart waited until the noise died down before continuing, "Little does he know that he will soon acquire something far more valuable than his humble book, 'The Magical Me.'"
"In fact, he and his classmates will get a real, magical me."
"Yes, ladies and gentlemen, I am extremely happy and proud to announce that this September, I will become the Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry!"
Lockhart finally let go of Harry, struck a pose, and enjoyed the cheers of the crowd.
Harry forgot about running away now. He didn't expect that what Dolly said was true.
Originally, Harry had some expectations for Lockhart, but now he felt that Lockhart was an absolute idiot.
After all, how could a normal person be so glamorous, loved by so many people, and possess such powerful strength and perfect character?
Well, except for his sister.
When Harry came to his senses, he was already holding the complete set of Lockhart's books, as if he was holding a mountain, and staggered back to Dolly.
Harry looked at Dolly as if to ask, "Do you want one?"
These were Lockhart's autographed books, theoretically worth a fortune, but Harry just wanted to throw them away.
Dolly rolled her eyes. She didn't bother to ask for it.
I like Lockhart and all, but I just don't want to spoil Hermione's fun.
Hermione was just a fan of an idol for the first time, and this idol would be out of favor in less than a month.
What a great experience this was, enough to make Hermione understand that men like Lockhart were not trustworthy, and good sisters like Dolly were the most trustworthy.
At that time, Dolly would hug Hermione from behind in her bed and comfort her, deepening their relationship. What a wonderful plan!
To achieve this goal, all Dolly had to do was be patient.
In contrast, it would be foolish to fall out with Hermione now over the issue of Lockhart.
Harry and Dolly had a good understanding of each other, and he laughed out loud when he saw Dolly's expression.
He was originally also having a headache because his sister said she liked Lockhart.
Even his sister likes Lockhart. Is it really possible that he can't see Lockhart's strengths?
Now he was certain that Lockhart was just a fool with a bright and beautiful appearance, and his sister just didn't want to ruin the atmosphere.
So Harry looked around and saw Hermione's expectant eyes.
Hermione really wanted to get Lockhart's autographed book, but she couldn't take away someone else's love.
Seeing that Hermione didn't say anything, Harry thought that Hermione wanted to buy the books herself. Finally, he turned to Ginny and stuffed all the books into her without saying a word.
Ron's family was short of money, so Harry bought another one for himself and looked at it with Ron, which would make things much easier for Ron's family.
Ron on the side gave him a thankful look. Harry felt that he had done the right thing and smiled happily.
But he didn't see that Dolly frowned.
Because she was impressed, and now it was definitely time for Malfoy and his father, Lucius, to make their appearance.
Malfoy was jealous of Harry's recent attention and rushed over to taunt him, and the children's conflict turned into a conflict between adults.
In the end, Arthur and Lucius had a big fight, and Lucius took the opportunity to stuff the diary into Ginny's hands.
But now, where is the Malfoy family?
This shows that the times... oh no, the plot has really changed.
After all, it was not inevitable that Lucius and Malfoy would run into Harry and Ron's family.
The main reason Harry and Ron were here today was because Ron's mother Molly was going to attend Lockhart's book signing event.
But for the Malfoy family, this was purely a coincidence, and there was no need for them to come today.
Dolly sorted out her thoughts and slowly let out a sigh.
The change in the plot is also expected. After all, the current Malfoy is not the original Malfoy.
After all, this Malfoy has been hit even harder by Dolly.
The Malfoy family also lost a lot of money. I wonder if they still have the money this year to replace the flying brooms for the entire Slytherin school through sponsorship and put Malfoy in as a seeker.
Last year, there was even the incident where Quirrell set his sights on Dolly before Harry.
It would be strange if the plot didn't change at all this year.
And the plot has been changed. At most, we need to investigate who has the diary.
The Tom Riddle in the final diary is the first soul fragment of Voldemort's youth. His purpose is to open Slytherin's Chamber of Secrets, release the basilisk to kill the students, and then get Dumbledore out of Hogwarts.
As long as Dolly grasps this point, everything will be easily solved.
Next, the book signing session ended successfully.
After Lockhart left, Molly reluctantly decided to take her family back.
At this time, Dolly and Hermione were each holding a large pile of books, and Hermione was still immersed in beautiful fantasies.
"What do you think he will teach us in the first class?"
"Our Defense Against the Dark Arts class was terrible last year!"
Dolly also said enthusiastically, "I guess it's an Shield Charm, or maybe a Disarming Charm?"
"He must be a master of spells. He knows so many spells."
"Of course. I've read a few of his novels. He relied on spells to escape those dangers."
Dolly curled her lips and continued to endure it. After all, school would start in a few days.
Soon the group prepared to part ways.
Hermione couldn't stay with Dolly because she had so many books.
Dolly gave the book to Ron for safekeeping, after all, Dolly still had to work.
Ron was reluctant at first, but Dolly whispered, "It's okay if you forget to return it to me when you get to Hogwarts. I can read a copy with Hermione."
Ron, who was originally going to read a book with Harry, became excited and realized that Dolly also had good intentions.
After thanking Dolly, he went to the Leaky Cauldron with his family and prepared to use the Floo powder to go home.
Hermione and Dolly also hugged each other goodbye, leaving Dolly alone and returning to Ollivander's Wand Shop.
She was about to start assembling her own wand.
Picking up the shaped fir wood and the thunderbird tail feathers that had been cut according to her feelings and needs, Dolly looked at the two materials, wondering how many times she had to strengthen them before their properties would appear.
Dolly now has 24 attribute points.
She decided to invest a maximum of 12 attribute points in this wand.
After all, this is an important wand that she will use to deal with sneak attacks and protect herself in the Muggle world.
Its status is naturally much more important than general attribute enhancement or magic enhancement.
If there are more, it would be better to let Dolly max out her strength or agility attributes. Dolly also has to consider increasing her magic attribute this year, and she cannot afford to waste more bone spirits in the second half of the year.
Dolly picked up the fir wood first and chose to strengthen this piece of wood.
After clicking on the attribute, the fir tree remained cold and dull, without any reaction at all.
Dolly shook her head; she had anticipated this outcome.
After all, fir wood is just an ordinary wood. It will only show magical properties after it becomes a wand. At most, its material is of better quality.
Dolly did not continue to strengthen it, expecting ordinary wood to have properties. She didn't know if all of Dolly's attribute points added together would be enough.
She immediately picked up the Thunderbird's tail feather and chose to strengthen it.
After clicking on an attribute, no attribute appears.
Dolly had anticipated this.
Although the Thunderbird is a very powerful magical creature, its tail feathers are where the magic power is most concentrated and excellent.
But if a tail feather could have random attributes, then items with attributes in the magical world would not be so rare.
In addition, this tail feather has been stored for who knows how many years, so this result is normal.
And Dolly was much more patient with this tail feather than with the wood.
She chose to strengthen again.
Because after being strengthened once, Dolly could already feel the magic power in her tail feathers becoming active.
After spending another 2 attribute points, this tail feather did not disappoint Dolly.
Dolly saw the attributes above easily.
Transfiguration +1
147 Master Transfiguration
This made Dolly fall into a state of excitement.
Her efforts paid off. With just this feather, she got the desired result: transformation.
As Dolly's most frequently used and most powerful magic, Transfiguration has demonstrated its most powerful qualities in Dolly more than once.
The only drawback is probably that this magic consumes too much mana, and Dolly needs to work hard to increase her mana as quickly as possible.
But this is also a good thing, isn't it?
At least it can prevent Dolly from going astray by randomly adding attribute points.
Do you want to add more next time?
Dolly hesitated again.
If you continue to add points, the consumption of 3 points at a time is already not low. If there are no attributes, Dolly can only continue to add points to prevent these 3 points from being wasted.
So the consumption comes to 4 points.
Dolly took a deep breath and finally chose to give up.
Maybe in the future she could create a magical artifact like the Elder Wand, but definitely not now.
For now, Dolly should focus on practicality.
What's more, the materials in her hand don't seem to be qualified to become artifacts.
Of course, this doesn't mean that Dolly's magic wand has reached its limit.
But Dolly had an idea, that is, after the strengthened materials are made into a whole, will the added properties still be there?
Dolly has already processed this thunderbird feather and does not need to process it further, so its properties will most likely be retained.
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