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Chapter 236 Flying Car
Chapter 236 Flying Car
Harry wasn't a fan of Lucius, who looked like a cold and cunning old man, and disliked him from the bottom of his heart.
Lucius pulled Malfoy away, as if he had come specifically to see Harry's scars.
When they went to buy a new robe, Draco asked his father, "Why did you drive away our house-elf Dobby?"
"You're right, Draco, I failed once. But you can't fail again, and the Malfoy family can't accept failure."
Lucius answered irrelevantly, "So I want to test his magnanimity for you, for the Malfoy family, and for any pure-blood family I can win over."
Malfoy couldn't understand his father's words. Ever since his first day back home and their conversation, Lucius had done a few strange things, such as banishing the Malfoy family's house-elf, Dobby. The day before banishing Dobby, he casually pulled Malfoy aside and started talking about Dumbledore, Lane, Harry, and others at the kitchen door.
But his father must have had his reasons for doing this—Malfoy trusted his father and didn't ask any further questions.
What he didn't know was that before Lucius pulled him aside to talk, Lucius had been secretly standing in front of the kitchen, loudly plotting to secretly put extremely evil magical items into Hogwarts to purge students who were not worthy of admission.
Dobby, trembling with fear behind the door, learned that Harry Potter, the savior of house-elves, was also at Hogwarts. His courage to protect Harry Potter overcame his fear of survival. He went on a great adventure and was eventually expelled from the Malfoy family and successfully joined Hogwarts, hoping to protect Harry Potter with his life there.
Looking at his son, Draco, dressed in a brand-new robe, Lucius noticed that Draco had grown taller.
His hands were in his pockets, and in his pockets was a diary that looked like it had been there for a long time.
I'm already a loser, but the Malfoy family needs to succeed, and Draco needs to succeed too—he told himself over and over, sticking to his convictions.
As he led Draco away from Diagon Alley, he saw the Weasleys, the Grangers, and Harry Potter and Hagrid's large group leaving Diagon Alley in a grand procession.
His hands moved back and forth in his pockets, and even Malfoy could feel his father's hands trembling, but until the very end, Lucius remained standing still.
He looked at Lucius with concern: "Father?"
"Let's go. We'll go to Knockturn Alley," Lucius said.
Malfoy watched in horror as his father made a deal with the cloaked dark wizard, allowing the wizard to deliver an item into Hogwarts School.
Initially, the dark wizard was reluctant, not to mention Dumbledore, who hadn't made a move in many years. Just Ryan, who had just attacked, was enough to shatter his spirit and make him lose all desire to provoke him.
But Lucius gave too many Galleons—the dark wizard weighed a bulging leather trunk containing a thousand Galleons lying quietly inside: "Fine, I'll do it!"
Back on the island, Ryan and Penelope were debugging a fully automated weapon: "School starts on September 1st."
"What kind of person is the new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor?" Penelope knew that Ryan had already been appointed as the headmaster's assistant and had received the headmaster's authority from Dumbledore, so naturally he could no longer serve as the defense against the dark arts professor.
"He might be a conman. But he's a top-tier conman." Ryan thought about Dumbledore's opinion of Lockhart and truthfully explained his guesses to Penelope.
"If the headmaster is already certain he's a fraud, why did he let him teach Defense Against the Dark Arts?"
"The curse hasn't been lifted yet, and if Lockhart really can make other people's stories his own, it means he has some outstanding abilities. Either he's good at fabricating and deceiving, or he's very good at memory—" Ryan said, "Memory, thinking, brain, emotions—these top-level areas shouldn't be something a complete wizard should be good at."
Penelope suddenly realized: "So, our next professor is going to have some kind of extraordinary encounter?"
"It's not just a lucky encounter; don't you think Mr. Lockhart is an excellent speaker? He's far more useful than those bureaucrats in the Department of Foreign Affairs."
Ryan believed that if Lockhart was indeed skilled at fabrication, then having him write about and promote the wizarding world would be twice as effective.
It was all arranged perfectly. Penelope knew perfectly well what Ryan was doing. She was certain that once Lockhart had gained his reputation through despicable means, he would definitely use harsh methods to make him work: "If Lockhart really did get his current reputation through despicable means, then he deserves it. Lock him up in a dark room and make him write articles."
The two threw themselves back into their work, hoping to get results from this experiment as soon as possible, whether successful or not, since the opening ceremony was about to begin.
Several important events occurred during the opening ceremony for the new students.
The first major event was that Lockhart became the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor.
The second major event was that Ryan Wales, who was originally the acting Defense Against the Dark Arts professor, was transformed into the headmaster's assistant, although there had never been such a position before.
The third major event was the absence of four people from the Sorting Ceremony and the Opening Ceremony: Ryan and Penelope, Ron and Harry.
Dumbledore said that the first two were conducting imitation studies and might not be able to escape.
Even Dumbledore didn't know what had happened in the latter two cases.
Until a car flying through the air appeared in the Muggle newspapers, until a roar came from the Whomping Willow in the school, until two disheveled figures were caught red-handed by Filch and taken away by Snape.
Everyone then realized that the famous savior Harry Potter and his friend Ron were driving a flying car, traversing mountains, lakes, and rivers all the way to Hogwarts, which was a serious violation of the Muggle Articles of Prohibition.
"That's so cool!"
Some people praised it.
"Why didn't you invite us to such an interesting event!" George and Fred sighed in regret, lamenting that they had missed a great opportunity to have some fun.
Percy looked grim. He was already preparing to write to his mother. He wasn't angry because he was now very close to Ryan, but because he and Ron had violated school rules and the law.
Instead, she was furious that Ron was so clueless, not knowing to send letters by owl or to make phone calls using a communicator!
He was furious. Ron was clearly brainless, just trying to show off! Harry, on the other hand, had the ability to show off, because Harry was now strong! He had the ability to protect himself! What did his foolish brother have!
Dumbledore and McGonagall had already gone to deal with the matter on the podium, while Lockhart, who was new to the job but still couldn't contain himself, was talking non-stop: "In fact, I have a lot of suggestions for dealing with disobedient young wizards. If the headmaster takes me with him, I'm sure I can handle this matter very well."
The other professors looked at him with disdain, because even disregarding their relative strength, Lockhart's position was clear from their discussions and exchanges on magical issues: he knew nothing, was completely ignorant, and his magical attainments were at most equivalent to those of an ordinary adult wizard, no more.
On the other side, Professor McGonagall, Professor Snape, and Headmaster Dumbledore watched the two trembling little quails together.