Today, Flourishes and Blotts Bookstore is quite busy, with people gathering at the door, mostly young women and girls.
When Charles got closer, he understood what was going on. It was Gilderoy Lockhart holding a book signing event.
He was not interested in this guy, so he bypassed the crowd and prepared to walk into the bookstore.
At this moment, Lockhart shouted loudly: "Next, I will give away a set of books signed by me to one lucky reader, including "Holiday with a Dominatrix", "Traveling with a Vampire" and "With a Werewolf".
"Travel Trilogy" composed of "Wandering Together"!"
The girls and wives surrounding him instantly screamed with excitement. They kept taking pictures. Under the flash, Lockhart looked like he was enjoying the atmosphere.
He glanced around, just in time to see Charles walking over and about to walk from him into Flourish and Blotts Bookstore.
"Oh, what an impatient gentleman!" Lockhart said to Charles, "Well, this set of "Travel Trilogy" is given to you!"
When he finished speaking, the real readers let out a disappointed sigh.
Charles didn't notice at first, until Lockhart thrust three beautifully-covered books into his arms.
He raised his head and saw the smiling face that Lockhart had made after long training, and his face suddenly darkened. This reminded him of his experience of being taken to Voldemort's office to copy books for a month.
Lockhart naturally didn't know what he was thinking, and said proudly: "Haha, our lucky readers are so happy!"
Charles pushed the book back and said expressionlessly: "I don't want it, and I'm not your reader."
Lockhart stiffened as if under a petrification spell, but his well-trained smile soon returned. He pushed Youshu over and said, "It doesn't matter, everything has a beginning. I believe you will soon be right."
I'm interested."
Charles said with a cold face: "Sorry, I'm not interested in men."
Lockhart had never encountered this situation before. He felt that he had been embarrassed in front of readers and reporters, so he forced a standard smile on his face and said angrily in a low voice: "Take it and leave, otherwise I will
I can’t guarantee what spells my wand will cast!”
He thought that this would scare a young man who was just starting to grow a beard, so he let go, thinking that the other person would subconsciously catch it.
"Boom!"
The three books fell heavily to the ground. Charles didn't even look at them, but walked directly over and walked into Flourish and Blotts Bookstore.
Everyone in front of the bookstore seemed to be under a spell, like stone statues. Some reporters subconsciously pressed down their cameras.
Lockhart put the book back awkwardly and said jokingly to the readers: "Oh, he is French and can't understand English."
Next to the crowd, a middle-aged woman with blond hair narrowed her eyes slightly and raised the corners of her mouth, like a hound smelling the scent of prey, and walked into Flourishes and Blotts Bookstore.
"Oh my God! "The Invisible Book of Invisibility", I don't want to hear this name!"
The manager of Flourish and Blotts suddenly let out a wail, startling the clerks and customers nearby, and Charles was also frightened.
"Two hundred books! Two hundred books! They're all gone. That's a thousand galleons!" The manager kept crying there.
Charles was speechless as he listened on the sidelines. At that time, the manager was out on business. The two hundred copies of "The Invisible Book of Invisibility" were moved into the store by temporary workers. When they were to be sold, the temporary workers were no longer in the store.
The manager finally said: "Look for it on the bookshelf. If you can find it, I can give you any book in the bookstore."
Charles felt like an exclamation point appeared on the manager's head.
He searched around the bookstore, and all the bookshelves were full. When someone bought a book and took it out, the same book would fly in to replace it.
"Bang!"
There was a sound above the head that caught Charles' attention. A book that flew to the bookshelf on its own seemed to have hit something when it passed over the bookshelf, but it looked empty.
The corner of Charles' mouth twitched. Shouldn't "The Invisible Book of Invisibility" be placed on the top of the bookshelf?
"Hello, can I do an interview with you?"
When the blond woman saw that there was no one around Charles, she immediately went up to talk to him.
Charles looked at the person in front of him, thinking about it, and asked: "Who are you?"
The other party replied: "I am Rita Skeeter. I think you may have heard of this name. Do you choose to accept my invitation?"
Charles looked at this Western reporter carefully. His ability to fabricate contradictions to attract attention and create rumors was similar to Dumbledore and Voldemort's accomplishments in curses, and he suddenly became wary.
"What do you want to interview?" Charles had a playful smile on his face, "About a beautiful beetle?"
Skeeter's face suddenly froze, and he said nervously: "I don't know what you are talking about."
Charles continued to ask her with a smile: "I'm looking for a book about registering Animagus with the Ministry of Magic. Beautiful lady, can you help me?"
Skeeter immediately calmed down after the initial panic, looked around, and asked in a low voice: "How do you know."
Charles replied nonchalantly: "I don't know everything, I only know what I know."
In his opinion, this reporter's role is very important, provided that she can be held accountable.
The current situation is very clear. Charles pointed out Skeeter's weakness at the beginning, so that she did not dare to act rashly.
But this does not mean that Skeeter can be completely controlled. It only makes her have great worries.
Charles knows very well that what this kind of people do is to pour dirty water on big shots to gain social and economic benefits.
In other words, the rule of law in wizarding society is not perfect. If it were a Muggle society, especially the United Kingdom, her grave would have been filled with birds and flowers.
To cooperate with this kind of person, in addition to sticks, you also need carrots.
Charles smiled and whispered to her: "Miss Skeeter, I will give you a Christmas gift. You will definitely be satisfied."
Skeeter asked cautiously: "What is it?"
She also knows what she is doing, but like Lockhart outside the door, she knows how to avoid risks and will not touch those characters who will lead to death.
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Charles pointed to the door of the bookstore and whispered to her: "Gilderoy Lockhart is actually a liar. The contents in those books are other people's experiences. He heard them from the victims and regarded them as his own experiences."
Come write, the victim can no longer confront him."
Chunqiu's calligraphy skills are eye-catching, so he can certainly do it.
The victim's inability to confront can be understood as a loss of memory or a loss of life.
At this time, Skeeter's eyes widened.
Nowadays, Lockhart is in the spotlight. He has won numerous awards over the years and has a large number of book fans in the UK. It is said that even Dumbledore reads his books, and she also has a book in her own family.
If the truth is as this young man said, once it is revealed, behind the so-called bestsellers are human lives, what a big news!
"Are you telling the truth?" Skeeter was still a little doubtful, "I don't quite believe it."
Charles said to her nonchalantly: "Anyway, I have told you this matter. Whether you believe it or not is up to you."
"And do you think I am the only one who knows about such a secret thing? Do you think someone has already followed the clues in the book to investigate and prepare to send the criminal to Azkaban?"
Skeeter thought about it and thought it made sense.
Big news is a rare resource, and there is a huge gap between the first report and the second report. Not being the first means failure.
Moreover, these stories are very convenient to investigate. Even if you fail, the journey will be in vain at most, and the thing wizards are least afraid of is running around.
Skeeter quickly left Flourish and Blotts Bookstore and apparated directly home on the street.
She just wanted to use Lockhart to deliver books to make some small news, but she didn't expect to get clues to the big news from Frederick Wesson.
Charles didn't tell her his real name. Anyway, he was wearing a thick hat and scarf in the cold weather, so she would be able to recognize him in the future.
Next, Charles continued with "The Invisible Book of Invisibility". He used a levitation spell to levitate himself, reached out to touch the top of the bookshelf, and touched many things that looked like books.
"Thank you so much!" The manager of Flourish and Blotts Bookstore excitedly held Charles's hand, "If it weren't for you, I might have had to find them many years later!"
"If you want me to give you any books, just ask."
Charles thought for a while and said: "I want a book about making automatic quills."
The bookstore manager said it was no problem and went to a nearby bookshelf to find him a copy of "The Magic Quill".