Hogwarts: What are the four great masters doing?

That's right.

In fact, he was using the method Gryffindor had taught him at the moment to deal with those dark wizards who had their own ulterior motives.

"You don't have to smash all the rocks that are blocking your path - I certainly wish I could, but it's not realistic."

"Most of the time, you just need to completely eradicate the few that refuse to change... The remaining debris will naturally disappear into the dust."

"And when darkness fears light, they become harmless shadows—they become timid, no longer dangerous, and may even become part of our fight against darkness!"

Chapter 161 Mr. Lockhart took the blame on his own initiative. What a good man he is!

Mr. Weasley did not comment much on Ryan's declaration of war against pure-blood families.

"Regardless, Weasley will be forever grateful to you, Ryan."

He expressed his gratitude without making any promises regarding possible retaliation from the pure-blood families—because that was unnecessary.

Because when the war really starts, Weasley is always the first to join the fight.

After expressing his gratitude, he tied up Anos Dohorov and the dark wizards, and said goodbye to his wife and children in front of the crowd.

It was only at this moment that Mrs. Molly finally seemed to lose control of her emotions.

"Fabian, Gideon..."

She covered her eyes and sobbed softly, murmuring the names of her two long-dead brothers.

Arthur hugged his wife, and several Weasleys gathered around their mother.

Harry and Hermione stood by and watched, their eyes reddening unconsciously.

Ryan naturally did not interrupt them.

"I almost forgot about you guys."

At this moment, he just turned his head and looked at the other two parties present.

"Mr. Malfoy, and... Draco, long time no see - how was your summer vacation?"

He smiled and waved hello to the Malfoys.

But as soon as he raised his hand, he saw Lucius Malfoy tense almost subconsciously.

The already pale complexion of the always confident and arrogant Malfoy family head turned even more bloodless at this moment.

"Dobby! Get us out of here!"

He stepped back repeatedly, making panicked noises.

"Yes."

So the next moment, the house-elf snapped his fingers lightly.

"clatter!"

As a crisp sound rang out, the two people and a house-elf disappeared from the spot in an instant.

Only Ryan was left standing there with a look of surprise on his face.

"Oh..."

That's right.

At this moment, Ryan really didn't know what to say.

He obviously hadn't expected that Lucius Malfoy would be frightened like this by him.

He didn't even utter a harsh word, and ran away in such a hurry without caring about the so-called nobility of the pure-blood family.

But soon, Ryan understood in his heart.

Just as Mr. Arthur said before - he turned Anos Dohorov into a werewolf, and the degree of intimidation caused by this incident to the pure-blood families was really too terrifying.

And at the same time...

"Ryan!? What did you say to Malfoy and the others? Why did they..."

Harry and Hermione also came over at this moment.

"Oh, nothing..."

After hearing their questions, Ryan smiled and recounted what had just happened.

So, Hermione and Harry both widened their eyes in surprise after hearing this.

"Really... Malfoy was bragging about how great his father was... To me, he was just a scared golden hamster."

Hermione's comment was unexpectedly sharp - it was obvious that Anos's "Mudblood" just now reminded her of Malfoy last year.

"That house-elf..."

Harry muttered softly.

"What's wrong, Harry?"

When Ryan looked at him with a puzzled look, he hesitated and said, "I've seen him—during the summer vacation..."

"Oh?"

So Ryan also raised his eyebrows: "Really? Are you sure?"

Of course he was a little surprised.

"Ah."

Harry nodded.

While the three of them were discussing in low voices, Hermione's parents also came over.

So Hermione introduced her parents to Harry and Ryan, but the latter was obviously unable to get over what had just happened.

"Well, Mr. Elias... We've heard about this before, but just now—that was astonishing."

They were actually a little nervous when they spoke to Ryan.

"Oh, no, of course not."

Ryan quickly explained: "In fact, I am usually a very kind person - Hermione can testify... That was just an accident..."

He said so.

Then, he seemed to feel that it was not credible, so he took out some candy from his pocket and tried to prove that he was still just a child: "Want to try it?"

"Oh, no thanks – too much candy will hurt your teeth, and… there are too many people here."

Mr. Granger, a dentist, rejected Ryan's kindness and looked around awkwardly.

And just as he said - accompanied by the killing curse just now, plus the dark wizard and Anos Dohorov still lying on the ground.

At this moment, more and more wizards have gradually gathered nearby.

The Grangers were clearly not used to this kind of attention.

It wasn't just them - even Hermione was visibly uneasy at the moment.

But it was at this time...

"It doesn't matter, I have a solution."

Came Mrs. Weasley's voice.

Ryan turned his head and saw that the Weasley family seemed to have finally stopped being sad.

Mr. Arthur was now taking Anos and the dark wizards away quickly - this attracted the attention of most of the onlookers around.

"Quick! Let's go while we have the chance!"

Mrs. Weasley now whispered.

But Ryan couldn't help but complain: "If you want to get rid of the onlookers by attracting attention, I must tell you that it doesn't make much sense..."

He was experienced in this, having been onlookers quite a few times in Hogwarts last term.

In the end, he came to the conclusion that the onlookers' attention might be temporarily attracted, but it would be drawn back sooner or later.

"Oh, of course it's not that simple."

But Mrs. Weasley was full of confidence.

She seemed to be in a very good mood.

"Briefly attracting attention certainly won't get us out of the spotlight, but if someone more dazzling shows up... the situation will obviously be different."

As soon as she said this.

Instead, his children were a little stunned.

"Someone more dazzling? Than Ryan?" *2

The twins looked at each other.

Outshining Ryan Elias... Is there really such a person in the world?

So, twenty minutes later.

Flourish and Blotts Bookstore.

Gilderoy Lockhart is busy at a book signing.

"Mr. Gilderoy, I'm a fan of your books... Oh, your writing is really great - those adventures... I believe your new book must be very exciting too. You are the greatest adventurer!"

A young witch said excitedly.

"Thank you for the compliment, beautiful lady."

Lockhart put on a well-placed smile and skillfully signed his name in the book with a quill.

"Mr. Gilderoy, you are so handsome—can I take a picture with you?"

A middle-aged witch also appeared very excited.

"Of course, beautiful lady! But maybe we have to wait until after the book signing... You know, I can't keep my fans waiting, and my wizard robes for today's photo shoot are still backstage."

Lockhart smiled once again with just the right amount of smile, which made the middle-aged witch almost scream.

After signing again, Lockhart looked up at the long queue that stretched out the door of Flourish and Blotts.