Hogwarts: What are the four great masters doing?

He felt tired, but at the same time extremely satisfied.

"Excellent."

He sighed in his heart.

That's it, everyone should love him, he should be the center of attention...

"Wow!"

But at this moment...

Lockhart heard the boiling voices coming from outside the door.

"Oh, are there another large number of book lovers coming?"

So Lockhart felt even more satisfied.

He loved this feeling - being noticed and respected.

But soon, he heard whispers.

Well... to be exact, there were so many people whispering that the whispering became quite loud at this moment!

"Lian Elias..."

"Just now... pure blood... incredible..."

Lockhart caught a few key words.

Among them, the name 'Ryan Elias' made him jump up from the autograph table!

"Sorry, the book signing may have to be suspended for a while."

He smiled charmingly and spoke gently.

Then, under the watchful eyes of book fans, he quickly walked to the entrance of Flourish and Blotts—his long, exaggerated lilac wizard robe made him extremely conspicuous.

Then...

Lockhart saw the crowd.

It was an astonishing number of people that almost filled the entire Diagon Alley.

In fact, even Lockhart had never seen so many wizards and witches before - he even wondered if all the wizards in Britain had gathered here.

Lockhart even saw countless reporters holding cameras in the crowd, and wizards flying on brooms to watch the fun.

And in the center of that exaggerated crowd was a group of people with embarrassed expressions.

Lockhart's eyes immediately caught sight of the little wizard in the center.

The white cat on the shoulder, the blue eyes, the outstanding appearance - of course Lockhart recognized who it was.

Ryan Elias.

The heir of Hufflepuff, now recognized by the wizarding world as the successor to Dumbledore, and the hottest new star in the wizarding world in the past year.

So Lockhart could be sure that the exaggerated crowd that had gathered must have come for him.

"Merlin's headband—he really knows how to turn heads, oh..."

The gathered crowd made Lockhart's heart burn with passion.

Then he immediately came to his senses.

He straightened his wizard robe and used his wand to comb his hair, making it smoother and more silky.

Then he went forward to meet him.

And at the same time...

"Mom, we told you this wouldn't work!"

"Mr. Gilderoy Lockhart has a good reputation, but compared to Ryan..."

Gemini was not at all stage-shy and spoke to his mother in a carefree manner.

"...There's no reason."

At this moment, Mrs. Weasley was very confused.

Well - yes, among middle-aged and elderly wizarding wives, Mr. Gilderoy Lockhart is extremely influential.

Before turning to adventure novels, one of his first works, Gilderoy Lockhart's Guide to Household Pest Control, was hailed as a must-read for wizarding housewives.

And Ms. Molly Weasley is a die-hard fan of the other party.

But clearly, among the young people - although Lockhart was also influential.

But compared to the 'Heir of Hufflepuff' that almost caused a stir in the wizarding world in the past year, it is obviously far inferior.

"By the way, why are there so many people?"

But at this moment, Percy frowned - he didn't like this overly noisy atmosphere.

"Even the Ministry of Magic Conference doesn't have this many reporters."

Charlie on the side glanced at it and said: "Ministry of Magic Conference? Who would want to watch that kind of boring bureaucratic speech? Only you would be interested."

He astutely pointed out that his brother's hobby was extremely boring.

Then, he pointed to a wizard not far away, wearing a golden eyeball pendant and floating in the sky on a flying carpet, taking photos. "I recognize that logo—a reporter from the 'Tutankhamun Magic Newspaper'... It's an Egyptian magic newspaper with a branch in Devon. I've come to the reserve for an interview before."

"I bet the reporters here have all gotten the news that Ryan caught those dark wizards."

In fact, Charlie's guess was absolutely correct.

Since what happened to Mr. Anos Dohorov just now happened directly in Diagon Alley, there was almost no possibility of hiding the news.

Even in the relatively closed wizarding world, news about Diagon Alley spread quickly.

And there is no doubt about it.

Ryan Elias, a fugitive dark wizard, the patriarch of a pure-blood family who turned into a werewolf, used the Killing Curse in public, and Harry Potter - any one of these keywords could make up a big news.

Not to mention that all these keywords are gathered in the same event.

So at this moment, almost all the reporters from major magic newspapers in the UK are rushing to Diagon Alley, which has caused this exaggerated flow of people at the moment.

At this moment, people like Ginny, the Grangers and Hermione, who had rarely seen such a scene, had already lowered their heads.

The only exception was Ron - at this moment he was like a fish in water, waving his hands to signal to the reporters around him.

of course.

If we really have to say who are the calmest at this moment, it is naturally Ryan and Harry.

As the 'Heir of Hufflepuff' and the 'Boy-Who-Lived', they had become accustomed to the spotlight since the previous school year and behaved very calmly.

"You said you saw that house-elf? The one at Malfoy's? At your aunt and uncle's?"

Even now, they still had time to chat.

Ryan continued to ask about what Harry had just mentioned.

"Yes."

Harry seldom told Ryan about his aunt and uncle's family.

But now is an exception.

"I remember his name seemed to be Dobby, last month..."

He briefly talked about what happened to him last month.

At the time, he was still living with his aunt and uncle, and according to the requirements of Ryan and Dumbledore, he had to endure that hell for a month.

And one day, his Uncle Vernon and Aunt Petunia were meeting two important guests.

"That elf appeared in my house and said that there would be danger in the castle next semester and asked me not to go back to the castle..."

Harry was speechless when he said this: "Of course I don't agree - I don't even know him."

"So he then threatened me and ruined the meeting with my aunt and uncle with the cake."

When he said this, he felt both pain and happiness.

The pain was that his aunt and uncle blamed him for what Dobby did that day.

"Oh?"

And after hearing Harry's story.

Ryan raised his eyebrows thoughtfully.

"The Malfoy family's house elf comes to warn you of danger..."

It's fun, no doubt.

Because at this moment, Ryan also realized that today's situation was indeed a bit weird.

Many ancient pure-blood families have house-elves.

These magical creatures were the losers of the past Wizarding Wars and were enslaved by wizards as a result - all the ancient wizarding families that once participated in the Wizarding Wars are proud of this.

It can be said that house-elves themselves are a symbol of pure-blood family identity.

But at the same time, most pure-blood wizards look down upon house-elves - in their eyes, they are just lowly servants.

So normally, pure-blood families would not take their house-elves out for a stroll - that was neither decent nor noble enough.

But today, Malfoy and his son appeared in Diagon Alley with their house-elves.

And now the more crucial thing is that Ryan also heard that this house-elf had once gone to find Harry and told him that there would be danger in the school next semester.

"Yes, there will certainly be danger next semester—the pure-blood families are definitely hatching a conspiracy."

Both Ryan and Dumbledore had already known this.

But here’s the thing…

"The elf knows the details of the conspiracy - perhaps he heard what Malfoy and the other pure-blood families were plotting."

"But this is unlikely. If there's even one person with brains in a pure-blood family, they shouldn't let other intelligent beings stand by and watch."

"So, the more likely reason is... that the house-elf is also part of the pure-blood family's conspiracy."

House-elves possess special, extremely convenient magic and are absolutely obedient to the wizarding family they serve.