Hogwarts becomes host

"If it takes a while," Ron said optimistically, "they will leave after buying the books."

"I don't think so." Daphne said with a wry smile, "They don't want to leave at all. On the contrary, I really want to leave here. There are too many people and it's so noisy."

"Then you go back first. I will buy the book for you." Elaine said, "Anyway, you have to get the book first. I think we can forget about queuing up for autographs. There are too many people."

"Mrs. Weasley is probably in the queue," Harry said, pointing to the crowd. "She likes Lockhart just as much as these people. I think we should be able to find her along the crowd."

They squeezed into the crowd, and no one asked for books to be signed. The queue stretched from the door to the back of the bookstore, where Gilderoy Lockhart was signing books and selling books. He was wearing a fancy sky blue dress. He was wearing a colorful robe that matched his blue eyes, and he played with his golden curly hair from time to time.

A short man held a large black camera and jumped back and forth to take pictures of Lockhart. Every time the flash flashed dazzlingly, the camera puffed out streams of purple smoke.

"Get out of the way," he yelled rudely to Ron, "This is going to be published in the Daily Prophet."

"It's amazing." Ron said, rubbing the sore instep of the man's step.

"Oh, Elaine, you are here."

A somewhat artificial female voice sounded, and Elaine turned around and saw Rita Skeeter looking at her with a smile on her face.

She wore a magenta robe, her hair was styled into delicate, stiff, grotesque curls, and she wore bejeweled spectacles. It seemed that she had just finished the interview. She was busy putting the parchment and quill pen into her crocodile leather handbag, and her brightly painted fake nails flashed in the light.

"You came earlier than I thought. I remember we were at about two o'clock, but it's no problem. My work here has just ended, and Mr. Lockhart is very cooperative," Rita said. "These are your friends"

"Yes, he is my classmate." Elaine narrowed her eyes, "Um, you just said we had an appointment at two o'clock, why didn't I know?"

"I don't know that the letter was sent by an owl two weeks ago. It belongs to the head of the Shafiq family. There is also the coat of arms of the Shafiq family on the envelope. I was interviewed at Flourish and Blotts Bookstore at two o'clock─" Rita's eyes grew more and more confused. Yue Liang said, "Interesting, you didn't know that with this letter, someone pretended to be the Shafiq family. Could it be that your father, Adair Shafiq, really survived and is still alive?"

"It seems so, but it's not a good place to talk here, so be it." Elaine sighed, "Miss Rita has just finished working, maybe she should find a seat outside, order a drink, eat something and take a rest. After buying textbooks with my classmates, I went over to find you, Qian Shafiq’s family invited me.”

"Oh, I'm so sorry." Rita smiled and closed the crocodile leather handbag, not looking embarrassed at all. "Then I'll leave first. See you later."

She twisted her butt and left. Ron, Harry, and Hermione stared at Elaine in confusion. Elaine didn't explain much, and Daphne looked at Rita's back thoughtfully.

"Don't look, Mrs. Weasley and Ginny are over there."

They met up with Mrs. Weasley, who insisted on getting Lockhart's autograph, so everyone had to queue with her except Elaine and Daphne. When it was Mrs. Weasley's turn, Lockhart recognized him. Harry, used this to create a lot of publicity.

Daphne felt uncomfortable. It seemed that there were too many people, which caused the mental isolation of the meditation stone to lose its effectiveness. Elaine took her to a quiet corner to stay. Ginny then came to the two of them holding the newly bought crucible.

Elaine looked at the clock. It was now ten o'clock. Adair made an appointment with Rita at two o'clock, so he planned to do it at two o'clock.

No, not necessarily, maybe he would take action at any time, he just asked Rita to come and stand by.

I hope that guy won't be too exaggerated, etc., because he has to warn Adair, and Mr. Weasley was sent to somewhere by Lupin, so who is going to fight and cause trouble with Lucius?

Suddenly a very serious problem was discovered, Elaine frowned and thought.

"Oh, aren't these Shafik and Greengrass?" A lazy voice sounded. Elaine raised her head and looked face to face with Draco Malfoy, who had the usual mocking smile on his face. . "You two really got together."

"Yeah, are you itchy?" Seeing his smile like that, Elaine felt like she was getting very angry. "I was in a very bad mood today and was about to hit someone."

"I heard that there was something wrong with the Shafik family." Draco Malfoy choked. He seemed not to have expected that Elaine would be so strong. "We are both pure-blood families. I don't think we need to be so tit-for-tat. Can't we live together peacefully?"

"I think the Malfoy family is the one who is going to have problems." Elaine said seriously. "I'm sorry, the death of the Shafiq family was caused by the Death Eaters. Even if I want to coexist peacefully, it's not me who has the final say on the Shafiq family."

Before Malfoy could respond, Harry, who had finally escaped from Lockhart, and Ron, who was holding a stack of books, had already walked over side by side.

"It's you." Ron looked at Malfoy, as if he saw something disgusting on the soles of his shoes, "You must be surprised to see Harry here, huh"

"What surprised me even more was that I actually saw you entering the shop, Weasley." Malfoy retorted, "I guess your parents will go hungry next month in order to buy these textbooks."

Ron blushed. He threw all the books into Ginny's cauldron and pretended to rush forward to hit Malfoy. Harry and Hermione who had just walked over quickly grabbed his clothes tightly from behind.

"Draco, it's time for us to go, Miss Shafik." Lucius Malfoy appeared from behind the bookshelf. He put a hand on Draco's shoulder, with the same sneer on his face as his son. . "I heard that you had a dream that your father was still alive. Not many people can escape from the Dark Lord. My condolences."

"I think it's quite a lot. The Longbottoms and the Potters escaped three times." Elaine said calmly, "If I could, I hope it was a dream, but unfortunately it wasn't. He was jumping around lively."

"It's true, none of us have seen him. Are you sure he doesn't just dance in your dreams?"

"Perhaps he is hiding around the corner, or outside Malfoy Manor, preparing to surprise you." Elaine shrugged, "Just like twelve years ago, you suddenly attacked Shafiq Castle and gave him a surprise. "

"That's really interesting, but I think he should go back and visit Shafiq's house before he comes to visit me." Lucius said, "If we don't go back and take care of it, my daughter may one day destroy all of our treasury. "

With a clang, Ginny's cauldron flew out.

Elaine suddenly rushed towards Lucius and hit him in the chest with a kick, knocking him down and hitting the bookshelf behind him.

Dozens of thick spell books were scattered on the ground, and a large group of people turned their heads to look at them in surprise.

"You──" Draco also received a kick before he finished speaking, and Ron whistled.

"Merlin's socks, stop it," Mrs. Weasley screamed.

Lucius struggled to get up from the pile of books, coughing and taking out his wand, but Elaine didn't give him a chance and kicked him several times to knock him over.

If you are up close, fighting skills are much faster than magic spells, unless the opponent uses wandless spells.

The crowd backed away in panic, knocking down more bookshelves.

"You crazy girl, damn it——" Lucius rolled around on the ground in a panic and distanced himself. Elaine was about to pursue him, but many books floated up on their own and became a wall of books blocking her in front of her. "How dare you──"

"What's there to be afraid of?" The book wall collapsed, and even though Lucius had drawn out the wand and pointed it at herself, Elaine still stood and stared at him without changing her expression. "Why, an adult man got so angry after being beaten by an underage girl that he planned to use magic?"

"You're talking nonsense." Lucius was in a very embarrassed state. The black robe on his body had several footprints and the corners of his mouth were torn. He held the wand tightly. The crowd on the side stared at the two of them nervously. The bookstore clerk seemed to be about to cry. . "You were the one who started it, you are so uneducated──"

"The entire Shafik family was killed by you Death Eaters, and no one taught me manners. Who told you to have such a bad mouth?" Elaine snorted and glanced at the crowd from the corner of her eye. Nott's short figure said to She made a gesture and got out. "What, have you forgotten how to cast a spell?"

"" His cheek twitched, but Lucius still didn't use magic to attack Elaine in public.

Since Elaine is underage, she can act recklessly, but Lucius cannot. If he seriously competes with Elaine, he is bullying a child, not to mention using attack magic on a child in front of everyone will not look good on his face.

"Draco, let's go." He couldn't think of a way to teach Elaine a lesson, so he simply dealt with it coldly, so Lucius tossed his robe, put away his wand, and pulled his son away. He didn't even notice the little baby in his robe. The diary has disappeared, and I just want to leave the bookstore immediately and use the Apparition to leave. "We are a family that understands etiquette and we don't want to get involved with a crazy person."

However, someone still wants to cause trouble for him, and he can't leave.

Before Lucius Malfoy led his son out of Flourish and Blotts Bookstore, the low sound of horns and the brisk sound of flutes rang in everyone's ears. The melody composed of the two spread throughout Diagon Alley, and the crowd subconsciously Looking around, Lucius immediately pulled out his wand and looked at Elaine warily.

"It's not me, look at what I did, I didn't do anything." Elaine spread her hands, "Can't you tell if there are magic fluctuations in my body? Don't think of the Shafiq family as soon as you hear the music."

"Humph."

It is true that ordinary wizards cannot use music to control magic like the Shafiq family, but if they want to, they can play a large piece of music with a wave of their wands. The effect is not much worse, but there is no illusion.

But Lucius couldn't calm down anymore. With the cheerful melody of the music, everyone clearly heard the declaration of a certain man.

Everyone looked at Elaine in surprise, including Hermione, Harry and Ron. The three of them looked the most astonished, while Daphne only frowned slightly.

"Gentlemen and ladies──my name is, Adair Shafiq"

"Twelve years ago, the man who tortured the Death Eaters and provoked Voldemort on the radio, the head of the Shafik family, was defeated in the duel with Voldemort and disappeared."

"After hiding for twelve years, I'm back."