Hogwarts: What are the four great masters doing?

"matter?"

Lockhart was visibly stunned.

But then he saw the enthusiastic and expectant crowd around him.

then...

"Of course!"

He answered loudly: "Oh, in fact, although I didn't participate in Ryan's great undertaking today...but what can be hidden from a keen adventurer?"

He said this, then immediately changed the subject: "As for closeness... Ryan and I are of course close. In fact, there is one thing that I think is almost time to announce."

He gave a 'headline-craving' smile and pulled out a letter from his pocket.

The reporters' cameras and lenses immediately followed - Harry even saw that the wizard riding the flying carpet in the sky was taking pictures at such a tricky angle that he almost fell off the carpet.

At this moment, the reporters could barely see the sender written on the letter, which made everyone exclaim in surprise.

"Albus Dumbledore!"

That's right.

The sender of the letter was clearly Dumbledore's name.

"Yes."

"Headmaster Dumbledore invited me to be the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor at Hogwarts next semester—I mean... of course Ryan and his professor would be close, right?"

He said this, and then got more flashes as he wished.

This made Lockhart raise his head even more excitedly, with a smug smile on his face.

"..."

At this moment, Ryan was also extremely surprised.

"Next semester's Defense Against the Dark Arts professor, besides old Barty Crouch... the remaining one is actually Lockhart!?"

This was obviously something he had not expected.

In addition, Lockhart's performance also made him feel very confused.

Judging from the other party's works, he judged that the other party should be a very powerful wizard - extremely comprehensive in all aspects, and may even be close to the legendary threshold.

But after actually meeting him, he found him to be rather pretentious, with average spell skills, and he seemed to... really like being the center of attention.

In particular, the other party actually hinted that what Ryan did today was related to him - this was absolutely false.

This made Ryan almost suspect that the other party was a liar.

But now, Lockhart took out Dumbledore's letter again.

"Could he be Dumbledore's man? Is he here today just to help me out and attract the attention of the pure-blood families?"

Ryan had some doubts in his mind, but he felt something was wrong.

Everything that happened today - whether it was his accidental entry into Knockturn Alley or his subsequent encounter with Anos Dohorov - was all accidental and coincidental.

Did Dumbledore even anticipate this?

For a moment, Ryan felt like he was looking up to a mountain.

So at this moment...

"In that case—Mr. Lockhart, why don't you take charge of this?"

Ryan whispered tentatively.

"Ok?"

Lockhart was naturally stunned after hearing this.

Then, he smiled warmly: "Of course! Of course no problem!"

"it is good!"

So Ryan nodded.

Then, he looked at the reporters and onlookers around him and said loudly: "You can ask Mr. Lockhart about everything today!"

After saying that, he quickly gestured towards the Weasleys and the Grangers.

Several people hurriedly left and headed towards Blooming and Blotts Bookstore.

On the contrary, Lockhart was surrounded by reporters at this moment.

"Mr. Lockhart!"

"Mr. Lockhart!"

The raucous cheers made Lockhart feel as if he were the center of the world.

“Lian Elias—what a good kid!”

He sighed in his heart.

It was hard for him to imagine that Ryan would give him such fame and attention.

"Mr. Lockhart!"

At this moment, a reporter rushed in front of him: "Regarding what happened in Diagon Alley today, are you saying that you completely foresaw it?"

"Of course—as I said, a great adventurer is always prepared for everything."

Lockhart nodded - although he still didn't know what Ryan had done to attract attention, but... who cares!

Everyone's watching him, and that's the best situation!

"Can I understand that you are willing to take responsibility for what happened today?"

"Of course... huh? Responsible? Responsible for what?"

Lockhart nodded, but then felt something was wrong.

At this moment, another female reporter wearing glasses and manicure came over.

Lockhart recognized the reporter—Rita Skeeter, a well-known journalist with whom he had been interviewed several times.

He has also always liked the other side's exaggerated reporting style, which is very much in line with his preferences.

but...

"Aren't you afraid that the Dohorov family—or rather, the wizards of the pure-blood families—will be dissatisfied with this and even retaliate?"

"I mean... they actually dared to use the Killing Curse in Diagon Alley. As a great adventurer, perhaps you have some special way to deal with this evil spell?"

At this moment, Rita Skeeter's question made Lockhart realize from the bottom of his heart that something was wrong.

"No...wait—no, what's the killing curse? What's the pure-blood family?"

He wanted to ask.

But obviously, it was too late.

In the surging, almost unstoppable crowd.

A rumor has begun to emerge.

That is - Gilderoy Lockhart was also involved in what happened in Diagon Alley today.

He is a comrade of Ryan Elias and is determined to fight against evil and pure-bloodedness.

And it is under such circumstances...

"Mr. Gilderoy Lockhart is such a good man—he completely took the blame for Ryan and drew attention to himself."

Harry, who had already arrived at Flourish and Blotts and started buying textbooks for the next semester, also sighed softly.

"Isn't it?"

At this moment, Hermione felt both regretful and excited.

Unfortunately, she didn't get the new book signed by Lockhart himself.

The excitement lies in...

"I can't believe he's going to be our professor next semester!"

She chirped.

"Yeah...it's really hard to believe."

At this moment, Ryan was whispering.

The same thing - he still thought Gilderoy Lockhart was a strange person.

but...

"Who cares? He'll be the professor next semester anyway—if there's a real problem, he'll definitely be able to tell."

He muttered to himself.

Then he lowered his head and looked at the book "Exploring Ancient Ruins with Forest Elves" in his hand.

It was only then that he noticed the cover of the book.

On the cover, which is a mixture of colors and looks a bit overly gorgeous, is an ancient relic, and on the relic is a female forest elf.

This is a special magical intelligent creature.

They are magical creatures that naturally occur in the forest. Each of them has a tall and thin body and is born with powerful magical abilities. They are also the prototypes of the elves in Muggle history.

However, the forest elves are even more closed-minded than the centaurs.

They live in the forest and rely on forest products for survival. They rarely appear in human society, so they are not very well-known in the magical world.

Ryan had seen this tribe before when he was traveling with the Four Giants, but as he was still young at that time, he only remembered that the tree honey in the forest elf tribe was extremely sweet.

As for the others, he naturally didn't have much in-depth communication with them.

But at this moment, he unexpectedly discovered.

The forest elf on the cover seemed familiar to him.

She has a thin but tall body, green eyes and black hair, and her face is extremely delicate and beautiful, with the breath of nature.

"Did I see her a thousand years ago... No, it doesn't seem so..."