Chapter 173 Malfoy and Weasley
It’s strange, this summer, she and Susan always quarreled when they were together, but once they were apart for a while, their relationship became inexplicably close.
The friendship between girls is really unpredictable.
Ye Ting shook his head, said goodbye to Luna and the others, turned and walked deep into the bookstore to find the books he needed.
As Luna said, his goal this time was books about the [Tracking Spell], because the twins’ plan to imitate the Marauder’s Map was completely ruined, so they placed their hopes on Ye Ting again.
And Ye Ting, recently, happened to have a strong interest in this kind of magic. His understanding of the [Tracking Spell] is still at the stage of fur, so now he can’t wait to study it in depth.
Only after studying this well, he can analyze the principle of the Marauder’s Map and transform it into a smart watch.
As a senior member of Flourish and Blotts Bookstore, Ye Ting is a VIP customer here, and the books he has bought can be piled up into a small mountain.
Therefore, when the bookstore manager heard that he was coming, he immediately came out to greet him.
The manager led Ye Ting through the crowd in the bookstore and came to a corner in the back half.
There was a bookshelf here, which was full of rare books about the [Tracking Spell].
Ye Ting began to select books and then placed them on a slightly old small table next to him.
“Tracing Shadows: [Tracking Spell] Skills that Aurors Must Master” and “Wizards, Traces and Maps”…
Just as Ye Ting was immersed in this ocean of knowledge, an unexpected person appeared.
At the corner, he saw Luna’s father.
Mr. Lovegood always liked to wear strange clothes. At this moment, he was wearing a black robe with the white words “The Quibbler” printed on it.
It seems that Luna’s unique dressing style is indeed deeply influenced by her father.
At this time, Xenofilius Lovegood was sullenly following a group of reporters, muttering from time to time, complaining that Lockhart’s book signing event did not invite him, the famous editor-in-chief of The Quibbler.
After all this time, he gave Luna to Ye Ting today in order to make time to interview Lockhart.
Lovegood never missed any opportunity to make money. After all, The Quibbler was not a very popular magazine, and its performance was not very good. It was not easy to support his daughter Luna with it.
For a single father, money is never enough!
At this moment, a burst of hurried footsteps broke the silence in the corner, and Lockhart suddenly came over.
He was wearing a robe of the same color as the forget-me-not flower, which matched his blue eyes. The pointed wizard hat, playfully tilted on his curly hair, added a few unruly styles to him.
“Haha, Ye Ting, we haven’t seen each other for a long time!”
Lockhart patted Ye Ting’s shoulder enthusiastically, and it looked like an old friend who had not seen each other for many years.
However, in fact, they had only met three times, and each communication was just a brief greeting.
Lockhart did write a few letters to Ye Ting.letters, but without exception, they all invited him to attend the new book launch, but he declined them all.
“You came to my launch after all? What an honor!” Lockhart was so excited that he seemed to have won the lottery.
Ye Ting was a second-level medal winner, and his arrival would give him another chance to take advantage of the popularity.
But Ye Ting immediately denied this statement: “No, I just brought my friends here to shop and buy some books.”
“Books? My books, right? Come on, I’ll give you a few sets, it’ll only take a few minutes. Just think about it, how much the audience will like us two Merlin medal winners standing together!” Lockhart tried to invite again.
At this time, a short man with a bad temper, holding a large black camera, jumped around Lockhart, trying to capture the “precious” photo of the two medal winners.
Ye Ting put his right hand behind his back and waved it gently.
An invisible electric current shot towards the camera.
The next moment, the camera sparked, then blew out a puff of purple smoke, and then there was no response.
Ye Ting recalled the previous report with Lockhart. At that time, he had not yet received the Order of Merlin, and was only a candidate for the award, but Lockhart had already used him like a dog-skin plaster to get attention.
Although those newspapers did not write it directly, the words between the lines implied that he was Lockhart’s fanboy… How could he swallow this breath?
This time, he learned to be smart and did not want to be the plaything of unscrupulous reporters again.
“Oh (bgbf), the camera suddenly stopped working?” The short man looked confused and was busy checking his precious camera.
“What’s going on? The press conference is about to start, and the camera is broken at this time… You are not reliable!” Lockhart frowned, anxious like an ant on a hot pot.
Suddenly, his eyes fell on Lovegood beside him.
Lovegood also carried a camera and looked quite professional.
“Hey, Ye Ting, is this your friend? Is he also a journalist?” Lockhart asked with a wink.
“I’m the editor-in-chief of The Quibbler.” Xenophilius replied coldly, his displeasure was obvious.
He hated being looked down upon, especially by someone like Lockhart.
“The Quibbler… well, the name is quite unique, I haven’t heard of it.”
Lockhart didn’t care about Xenophilius’s attitude at all, and said to himself, “But do you mind taking a few photos for me later? Maybe your newspaper will use my photo as the cover, and sales will soar!”
He thought Xenophilius was Ye Ting’s friend, so he showed some goodwill, hoping to get closer to him.
Ye Ting couldn’t help laughing. He pretended to acquiesce to this, secretly looking forward to seeing a “wonderful” article about Lockhart in The Quibbler.
Ye Ting knew the Lovegood family’s attitude towards Lockhart very well, and he would definitely not say anything good at that time.
Lovegood snorted proudly, and then followed Lockhart with satisfaction.
Just then, there was a commotion outside.
It turned out that Malfoy and Mr. Weasley were fighting!
The hatred between these two people has a long history.
In the past, both of themThey were still considerate of their appearance and would not really fight. At most, they would show their teeth and wag their tails like two cats meeting each other.
But this time, they really fought!
Lucius Malfoy did not use his wand. He first threw a book at Arthur’s head.
Then, he rushed towards Arthur like a crazy beast, with his teeth and claws bared, and punched him fiercely.
Arthur Weasley also did not use his wand. Compared with Malfoy’s “turtle fist”, he was obviously more proficient in ground joint skills.
He first quickly choked Lucius and twisted him to the ground.
Then, he started to punch him on the ground, and every punch made Lucius scream.
However, Lucius was not an ordinary person. When he failed to hit him, he immediately turned around and tried to launch a surprise attack from behind Arthur in a riding posture, looking for the opponent’s flaws.
Arthur was like a cunning fox, occasionally using the insidious move of “monkey stealing peaches”, each move was fatal and achieved something.
Lucius was not to be outdone, he grabbed Arthur’s hair and tried to enlarge his Mediterranean baldness as a weapon for counterattack.
The two were evenly matched and the fight was difficult to resolve.
They are worthy of being lifelong enemies under Britain’s excellent matching mechanism.
While Arthur Weasley and Lucius Malfoy were fighting a 1v1 real man battle,
Not far away, there was another slightly inferior battle going on.
I saw Draco jumping up, kicking his legs quickly, and then hitting Ron and the twins with a “turtle punch”.
Although this set of moves was very gorgeous, it seemed weak.
Young Draco fought one against three, and although he tried his best, he eventually fell into a disadvantage.
Fred took the opportunity to strangle his neck with his arm and firmly controlled him in his hands.
After Draco was put around the neck, he still raised his feet and kicked around quickly, like a trapped beast making its last struggle.
Finally, he spit out a mouthful of saliva, which fell accurately on Harry’s face like a parabola.
The fight lasted only three minutes because there were too many reporters, who kept taking pictures and flashing lights that were dazzling.
Today is Lockhart’s new book signing event!
Lockhart didn’t care about it, and even grabbed a few reporters and asked excitedly: “Can you write about the fight in the report? They all fought for my autograph! This is caused by my charm!” (To read the exciting novels, go to Faloo Novel Network!)
A long-standing battle, like a summer rainstorm, came and went in a hurry, but left a deep impression in everyone’s eyes.
This is not an ordinary street fight, but a contest between two middle-aged wizards who are very important in the British wizarding world.
Afterwards, Lockhart even brazenly claimed that the fight was all because of him…
The complicated hatred and grudges between the three men, the emotional entanglement between two generations.
Such explosive news, so many explosive points, naturally attracted media coverage, and it was on the headlines of the Daily Prophet that day.
During the last period of summer vacation, the newspaperThere were endless reports about this incident on the paper all day long, deeply analyzing the reasons for the hostility between Wesley and Malfoy.
There are also those so-called wizard “experts” who attribute this fight to the epitome of the Anglo-French feud.
The Wesley family has a head of flaming red hair and freckles all over their faces. They are typical Celts and native wizards of Britain;
The blond Malfoy family is a branch of the Germanic people and a descendant of the Normans. Their ancestor Armand Malfoy once followed William I, Duke of Normandy, to “enter the pass” and completed the conquest of England by the French feudal lords.
Because of his merits in following the dragon, Armand Malfoy was able to get a large piece of land in England, and then took root for generations and passed it down to this day.
Perhaps, the ancestors of Arthur Wesley and Lucius Malfoy had a fierce battle at a certain historical moment, and they had an indissoluble feud for generations.
This statement is not groundless, but has a deep historical origin.
However, the real trigger of this melee was that Arthur Weiss participated in the drafting of the Muggle Protection Act shortly before he came.
This law is intended to protect innocent Muggles from accidental harm in the magical world.
As the director of the Office of the Prohibition of Abuse of Muggle Objects, Arthur, holding this decree, has the right to conduct a thorough search of the Malfoys’ manor.
Lucius was forced to rush to Borgin and Burke’s and get rid of all the dark magic items in his home.
The conflict erupted like a volcano.
Lucius wrestled with Arthur in public. In addition to venting his anger, he also had a sinister plan.
– He wanted to take advantage of the chaos to give Tom Riddle’s diary to Ginny, trying to use it to open the door of the secret room and destroy Arthur’s career in one fell swoop.
Once Arthur’s child is found to be related to the persecution of Muggle-born students, Arthur himself will inevitably be severely criticized and questioned by the public opinion, and may even face the dilemma of suspension for investigation.
Of course, Lucius may not know that the diary is a Horcrux, nor may he know the function of the diary. He only knows that it is the work of Voldemort when he was young, but that is enough.
Lucius has a good plan, but what makes Ye Ting puzzled is that he took advantage of the chaos to look through Ginny’s books, but failed to find the diary!
This is very different from his “memories” in his previous life!
Did Malfoy change his mind temporarily?
Or did something else happen?
In any case, Ye Ting’s influence on the so-called “plot” of this world has begun to show.
This is also helpless. After all, he is a living person, and every subjective action of his may trigger an unpredictable butterfly effect.
Since the diary has disappeared, Ye Ting is unwilling to dwell on this matter too much, and goes home after buying things.
Before leaving, he took the initiative to invite Hermione to have ice cream as Luna had said before.
Hermione was really happy about this. The girl sincerely felt that it would be better if Susan and Luna were not around. []
The next day after returning from the trip to Diagon Alley, Susan and Ye Ting said goodbye and leftThe manor went back to her home.
It’s not that she didn’t want to continue “living together” with Ye Ting.
The main reason was that the magic enhancement potion carefully prepared by the Bones family was finally brewed, and she had to return to the family to undergo the magic enhancement ceremony.
Therefore, Ye Ting was the only one left in the “Windy Manor”.
He didn’t care about this. During the days of living with the girls, he ate, drank and played with the girls every day, wasting a lot of energy.
Now, he can finally relax and study the knowledge related to the [Tracking Spell].
Although the [Tracking Spell] sounds simple, in fact, it contains a series of complicated spells, mysterious magic and obscure magic words, which are worth his in-depth exploration and careful study.
So, Ye Ting prepared to keep himself in the manor next, ignoring everything outside the window, and focusing on studying the [Tracking Spell].
For this reason, he even rejected the invitations sent by the Weasley family and Harry to visit the Burrow and play ball with them. .
