At 11:30 noon, the four CLBT people successfully met at the entrance of Diagon Alley. After a summer vacation, Sergey had grown a lot taller and looked taller than Joel, while Eddie had a faint tendency to develop horizontally.
His shoulders were broad and thick, and he looked like a football player.
"Have you read the list?" Eddie waved the parchment. "It's all Gilderoy Lockhart! Who is he?"
"A best-selling author," Joel shrugged. "Like us, he has received the Order of Merlin, Level 3."
"So many people!" Ellen was a little surprised when she saw the huge crowd of people in front of Flourish Blossom Bookstore.
"When the CLBT Magic Course was in its heyday, there weren't so many people queuing up to buy it, right?" Eddie was a little sour.
"Gilderoy Lockhart will be signing copies of his autobiography "Magical Me" from 12:30 to 16:30 this afternoon." Joel looked at the banner on Flourish and Blotts Bookstore and read in a low voice.
"I think his teeth are a bit queasy..." Eddie held his stomach, and Lockhart on the poster frequently showed off his white teeth and flowing blond hair.
"Actually, he is much better than you," a girl's voice suddenly came from behind the four of them. Joel turned around and found that it was the original Iron Triangle, and Hermione was holding a copy of Lockhart's autobiography and looking at them angrily, "Although you
Both of you have received the Merlin Order of Merlin, Level 3, but in terms of knowledge and ability, you and he are not on the same level."
"I admit that you have opened up the teaching aid material market, but you just borrowed the existing exercise materials from various schools and the Ministry of Magic and explained and analyzed them. However, what Mr. Lockhart wrote was his own personal experience, and there are many in it.
The experience can be used as a reference and has extremely high practical value."
"Excuse me, are we familiar with each other?" Eddie frowned and spread his hands, while Allen on the side smiled stupidly.
Hermione blushed. Ron and Harry on the side saw that she was still trying to argue, so they quickly pulled her to queue.
"Why are there only women in the queue? They're all quite pretty." Eddie looked at Yingying Yanyan in the long line of autograph signings, and his heart was extremely sour. Joel had no doubt that Eddie could spit out a stream of acid when he opened his mouth.
The liquid is comparable to the sour throat in Warcraft.
"For one thing, I think Lockhart is inferior to me in appearance." Joel frowned, wondering why the girls at Hogwarts didn't pursue him.
Oh, except Haylis.
Thinking of her, Joel began to worry again.
After hearing Joel's narcissistic words, the three roommates all cast their eyes on him and looked at him from head to toe.
"I think so," Eddie rubbed his chin and nodded, "I have to say you are the most handsome boy I have ever seen, a hundred times more handsome than Lockhart."
Joel didn't know if there was any personal emotion involved.
Allen also nodded, and Sergey pursed his lips and stabbed him, "I think it's because you are too short now and haven't developed well yet."
14-year-old Joel is just over 1.7 meters tall. He looks thin and not as masculine as Lockhart.
"Are you going to wait in line for a book signing?" Allen asked.
"Of course not," Eddie glanced at the long queue with disgust, "I will never ask Lockhart for an autograph in my life."
The four of them turned around and inserted themselves into Flourish and Blotts Bookstore through the crowd. The four of them finally saw the face of Gilderoy Lockhart.
He sat behind a wooden table, surrounded by huge photos of himself. The faces in the photos were all blinking at the crowd, flashing dazzling white teeth.
The real Lockhart wore a sky-blue robe that matched his blue eyes, and a blue pointed wizard hat tilted playfully on his golden curly hair. There was a reporter from the Daily Prophet beside him, holding a hand.
Holding up the camera, he took a handsome photo of Lockhart from time to time.
"Hurry up," Eddie said without even looking at Lockhart, and walked into the bookstore. "After buying the book, I want to buy some ice cream. It's really too hot today."
The four of them hurriedly purchased a complete set of Lockhart books - these are all on the new semester's book list, and then several elective course textbooks - students can choose to buy according to their actual situation. Joel bought a set of runes
Complete explanation of the text, "Introduction to Arithmetic Divination" and "Daily Life of Muggles".
The manager of Flourish and Blott Bookstore had a tired look on his face, and when he was checking out for them, he did not forget to look at the grand signing event outside the store.
There was a sudden noise from the long line of autograph signings, causing several people outside the store to turn their heads to take a look.
Lockhart stood up, hugging the helpless Harry and smiling brightly at the camera.
After taking a photo, he pulled Harry, who was like a puppet, into a different position and showed his white teeth to the camera again.
"Ugh..." Even though he had lowered his voice, Joel still heard the sound of vomiting from Eddie, who was obviously disgusted by Lockhart's behavior.
"Very narcissistic, right?" The bookstore manager was familiar with them, and grinned when he saw Eddie's reaction, "But girls just like him, they are willing to spend money to buy Lockhart's
For his autobiography and the brand he endorses, if I invite him here to do a book signing, it is a sure-fire deal."
Joel had to admit that Lockhart was very good at managing his own image. This was not only the maintenance of his external image, but also his attitude towards fans. As long as you liked him, he would stop and say a few words to you, by the way.
Show your charming smile and take a photo with you.
He also likes to ride on the popularity of celebrities. For example, the boy in front of him who survived was treated like a puppet by Lockhart and took countless photos in front of reporters.
"Ladies and gentlemen, please be quiet and listen to me," Lockhart said loudly. He pressed his palms down to signal everyone to be quiet. Joel found that this was exactly the same action as Dumbledore's speech before the beginning of school.
"This is the first book signing event for "Magic Me" in the UK! I have held one before in New York, USA, and their performance was as good as yours."
"Today, I would like to take this wonderful occasion to announce a small thing, which I have suppressed for a while." Lockhart showed his white teeth again, and his hand around Harry's shoulders suddenly tightened.
.
"This September, I will accept the invitation from Professor Dumbledore, the principal of Hogwarts, and officially become the new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor at Hogwarts!"
The signing team cheered enthusiastically.
"Gildroyd's ability makes it easy to apply for the position of teacher at Hogwarts, right?"
"Didn't you hear Mr. Lockhart say that Professor Dumbledore personally invited him?"
"As expected of Mr. Gilderoy... Should we change our name to Professor Lockhart now? The students are so lucky this year to receive Professor Lockhart's careful guidance."