Hogwarts: I'm Harry's older cousin

Chapter 116, 114 The Arrogant Brother: Father, You're a Disgrace!

Chapter 116, 114. The Arrogant Brother: Father, you're a disgrace!

It was FiloNet again. Dudley and his friends arrived at Diagon Alley through the fireplace in Longbottom’s old house.

Although you can buy them elsewhere, Diagon Alley is always the place with the most abundant supplies for Hogwarts.

Since it was just buying school supplies, which was a simple matter, Ms. Augusta did not come along.

Most of the items needed for second grade are the same as last year, so if you buy them, you don't need to buy them again.

However, we need to buy new textbooks; we've already finished the first-grade curriculum.

Flourish and Blotts always has the most complete selection of books, except for rare or unique copies; you can buy almost any book except for those that are prohibited.

However, Flourish and Blotts was unusually crowded today.

A large crowd had gathered outside, and a huge banner was displayed upstairs:

Gilderoy Lockhart will be signing and selling his autobiography, "The Magician Me," today from 12:30 PM to 4:30 PM.

"Lockhart?"

Neville muttered the name, then turned to Dudley and said in a dry voice, "Brother D, I have a bad feeling."

Dudley nodded, confirming his guess: "I think your hunch was right. It seems he is our Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher."

Sure enough, as soon as Dudley finished speaking, an extremely excited male voice came from inside Flourish and Blotts.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I am extremely pleased and proud to announce that this September, I will be the Defense Against the Dark Arts instructor at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry!"

Neville: Damn it!

Hermione: "Luckily, I already had a Plan B."

Thinking this, Hermione glanced silently at the other two books on her reading list: "Dark Forces: A Guide to Counterattack" and "Defense Against Magic in Action".

"Look! It's Potter, Harry Potter!"

Someone in the crowd shouted out, and then the three of them saw a man dressed like a peacock, embracing poor Harry and taking pictures.

Under the flashes of the cameras, Harry had a tense expression and didn't look happy at all.

Harry felt he had been incredibly unlucky lately since leaving Dudley's side. He had been living quite well at the Weasleys' Burrow, a small and unpretentious house that was very comfortable, and Mrs. Weasley's cooking was excellent, second only to Dudley's.

Then some weird thing suddenly appeared, babbling incoherently about punishing him and preventing him from enrolling in school. He disagreed, and the thing disappeared. Then a series of strange incidents began to occur at the humble dwelling, and the key point is that he was present at each one.

I finally made it to the agreed time to buy the book, but then I ran into some kind of book signing event and was dragged there to take pictures.

He doesn't like being famous, even though he is indeed a celebrity in the wizarding world.

"Hey, what are you doing here? Give it back to me."

Her angry shouts attracted Harry's attention.

Then he saw Dudley, who was holding a large black camera, and a short man next to him was trying to take the camera back from him.

Unfortunately, even if he jumped, he couldn't reach Dali's shoulder.

"This was filmed for The Daily Prophet, you know? The Daily Prophet!"

After several failed attempts, the short man glared angrily at Dudley.

"So what?" Dudley said, not yielding to the other party's use of the Daily Prophet, but instead becoming even more unconvinced. "I think even the Daily Prophet should get permission before filming. Harry doesn't like you filming him."

The Prophet Press, which previously refused to publish Dudley's novel, is a third-rate, trashy newspaper under the Daily Prophet, which has no discernment.

"You're not Mr. Potter, how do you know?"

He roared and tried to push Dudley away, but ended up falling flat on his backside.

"D-bro!" Harry called out excitedly, then suddenly remembered Lockhart beside him.

This is their new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, and Mrs. Weasley says he's very capable; it's best not to offend him.

To Harry's surprise, Lockhart was not angry at all; on the contrary, he was even happier.

"Hey, look who I found!"

Lockhart's eyes lit up when he saw Dudley: "Jerry, the author of Dragonlance Chronicles."

He released his grip on Harry, and while introducing Dudley with exaggerated yet natural gestures, he moved closer to him.

"It narrowly beat my new book, 'Me Who Has Magic,' to win the title of most popular novel this time."

Lockhart's boastful words displeased Hermione.

She was a staunch supporter of Dali's novels.

That wasn't a slight advantage; it was a complete and utter domination!

Dudley wasn't surprised that Lockhart knew him.

After all, this guy has been the bestselling author in the wizarding world for many years. I really don't believe he didn't have some connections.

Moreover, Dudley received the Order of Merlin, Third Class, in front of all the teachers and students of Hogwarts at the first-year year-end banquet.

Although that thing isn't worth much, very few people have received this medal in recent years; last year, he was the only one to receive it.

"What a day it is today, that I've run into two celebrities in this small, humble bookstore."

Lockhart walked up to Dudley, intending to pat him on the shoulder as a senior and encourage the junior, only to find that Dudley was half a head taller than him.

"I'm really sorry my shop is so small." The owner of Flourish and Blotts was indignant, but on the surface he still smiled.

"Come on, let's take a picture together," Lockhart offered.

"Mr. Lockhart, I think it's unnecessary."

A very decisive refusal.

Dudley knew, of course, that he was promoting his new book.

If he can get Dudley and Harry to take a picture together, tomorrow's headlines will undoubtedly be: "Great News! Jerry and Harry Potter Appear Together, All for Lockhart's New Book!" or "Shocking! The Relationship Between the Mysterious Jerry and Lockhart is Actually..."

He doesn't like being used.

Moreover, his current focus is on Hogwarts.

A commotion arose in the crowd.

"There's a fight going on over there!"

Inside Flourish and Blotts, two adult wizards were wrestling, while twins nearby were shouting something, seemingly cheering them on.

"Beat him up, Dad."

"Smash his nose! Smash his nose!"

The Weasleys and the Malfoys had a conflict.

"Aren't you going to say something, Draco?"

Ron walked over to Malfoy and gestured with his lip toward the two parents who were wrestling.

After the Wizard Chess challenge, Ron and Malfoy's relationship subtly changed a lot.

Although we'll still bicker and argue a lot, that's normal.