Archaeologists at Hogwarts

Chapter 125 Gilderoy Lockhart
It was easier than Toby imagined to contact Gilderoy Lockhart, who lived in the Leaky Cauldron at the entrance to Diagon Alley.

Toby wrote a letter to Lockhart, and after getting an answer, he threw a handful of Floo powder into the fireplace of the ancient magic office, arrived at the Leaky Cauldron, and was led by the boss Tom to room 12. The door, where Lockhart lives.

Toby knocked on the door twice, pushed the door open and walked in after getting an answer.

Lockhart looked exactly like he was pictured on the cover of the deworming book, handsome, with wavy blond hair and bright blue eyes.

"Hello?"

Lockhart subconsciously stood up and sat back on the chair. Judging from the expression on his face, he seemed to be quite frightened by Toby's appearance.

"Is there a problem?" Toby asked puzzled.

"Oh, no, no." Lockhart responded quickly, showing the same hearty smile as in the photo, his teeth glistening.

"I just thought it was going to be Dumbledore who came looking for me—"

"The headmaster is very busy." Toby strode up to Lockhart, shook hands with him solemnly, and shook his body tremblingly: "I also have other things to be busy, so let's make a long story short. Come—Mr. Lockhart, I wonder if you are interested in coming to Hogwarts as the new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor?"

Lockhart pulled out his palm forcefully, his face was blushing, but it was miraculous that the smile on his face did not change at all, even the degree of the corners of his mouth was measured by a ruler.

"Sorry, I refuse."

"Then we will set the entry time at--what did you say?!"

Toby's complexion suddenly sank, his hair drooped in front of his eyes, and he showed dark eyes: "Mr. Lockhart, we agreed in advance in the letter, you can obviously refuse me in the reply, don't you mean .Are you kidding me?"

"Oh, nothing!"

Lockhart jumped up from his chair suddenly, and he backed away slowly, keeping a safer distance from Highmore.

"I thought Hogwarts was just planning to use my published books as teaching materials. The letter didn't say anything about making me a new professor."

"This is just a euphemism. I believe you should be able to understand the meaning of these words. But, Mr. Lockhart, can you tell me why you don't plan to come to Hogwarts?"

"Oh, it's actually because of."

Lockhart looked left and right, and his eyes were fixed on the table in the room. There was a large pile of parchment full of handwriting on it.

"It's because I'm busy with the new book!"

Lockhart seemed to have found the backbone, he picked up the pile of parchment and waved it in the air: "Look, this will keep me busy for a while, and I will definitely miss the entry deadline for next semester."

But Lockhart realized that he seemed to have used the wrong method. After he raised the manuscript in his hand, Toby suddenly stared at him with bright eyes.

"New book? What a coincidence, I also have a new book coming out—wait a minute, what's this?"

Toby walked to the table, and he picked up a book that had obviously been flipped through and looked at it—it turned out to be his previous book "Ancient Magic".

"I didn't expect you to be my book fan?"

Toby's eyes suddenly became much kinder: "How about it, Mr. Lockhart, do you need me to sign your autograph?"

"Oh, of course!" Lockhart immediately handed over a gorgeous quill, and he watched Toby write a line of text on the cover of the book—[For the new professor at Hogwarts—Gidero Lockhart].

Then Toby wrote his signature below.

Lockhart suddenly didn't want the book anymore, he stammered, "Mr. Highmore, I haven't agreed to go to Hogwarts—"

"What is this?"

Toby interrupted Lockhart's narration, and he found something new on the table—two daily prophets, one of which reported the news of Quirrell's murder, while the other was his own. The trouble he caused Lucius at the train station, and the article clearly shows that he himself is the most suspicious suspect.

"I see."

Toby finally understood why Lockhart had acted so afraid of himself from the start, and why he was so resistant to coming to Hogwarts as the new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor.

It's all written in the newspaper.

"I think there may be some misunderstanding in this." Toby said: "Not only about this position, but also about your misunderstanding about me. Well, Mr. Lockhart, have you ever thought about harming someone? Or maybe It's been done."

Lockhart was taken aback, and he quickly replied, "Of course not."

"Then you don't have to worry about what happened to Quirrell, it's entirely his fault." Toby continued, "Aside from that, are you a pure-blood supremacist?"

"I'm a half-blood wizard." Lockhart stammered, "It makes no sense to support pure-blood supremacy. And I'm still from Ravenclaw College, not Slytherin. Unlike you."

"Then you don't have to worry about what happened to Lucius." Toby smiled and said, "Of course, it would be better if you won't fight me, and I believe you won't do that." yes, right?"

The smile on Lockhart's face froze: "So, it's you who did the train station—"

"Oh, don't say that!" Toby interrupted with a wave of his hand: "I won't admit it. But, I believe that no one would want to encounter an attack method that can't be discovered by the Ministry of Magic. of."

Facing Toby's gaze on him, Lockhart couldn't help but feel that the other party was threatening him, and if he refused, it would definitely end badly.

"Okay, I promise." He finally had to say.

"That's really great." Toby didn't expect that his bad name could play a role in recruiting new professors, and now he can finally give an explanation to Principal Dumbledore.

But Toby didn't leave immediately, instead he continued to ask: "Mr. Lockhart—oh, no, it should be Professor Lockhart now. Do you have time to share your experiences related to adventure? Some locations are of interest."

Lockhart froze for a moment, then he averted his eyes, and while he continued to deal with it, he crept closer to the table in the room - where his wand was resting.

At this moment, the door of the guest room was knocked again.

The editor-in-chief of the "Daily Prophet" - Barnabas Guffy walked in with a big belly, a philistine face on his face, and shouted with a laugh: "Dear Mr. Have you held a signing event yet? I highly recommend Lihen Bookstore—well, who are you? Toby Highmore? Are you Toby Highmore? Interested in an interview? I can send my best reporter -"

Toby was not in the mood to deal with the boss of a newspaper. He ignored him, and finally greeted Lockhart: "So, see you at Hogwarts."

After he walked out of the guest room, Al, who had never been seen, quietly appeared, holding a ring-shaped device in his hand, and kept quiet all the time.

Al jumped on Toby's shoulder: "Yeah."

"Didn't you find any traces related to black magic?" Toby nodded and said, "That's good."

Toby's performance just now was just a cover, and of course he had to check the foundation of this new professor when he got serious.

Naturally, he didn't want to introduce another wizard with evil intentions like Quirrell.

"However, what about the signing?"

On the way to Gringotts, Toby suddenly thought this was a very interesting idea.

"Maybe, I should also hold a signing event."

(End of this chapter)