[HP] Walk in Thorns and Flowers

A week later, Lockhart's new book came out, and Lockhart himself was as busy as a worker bee every day.So, after completing the potion homework, Christo was stuffed back to McMillan's house.McMillan looked at his daughter's little face that was no longer fair, and felt distressed that he wanted to grind Jin Gallon into powder and apply it to Christo's face.Mr. MacMillan was very fond of discussing adventures.

August 21st was Kristall's birthday, and Hermione had received the invitation a week earlier.When the witches met at Macmillan Manor, they hugged each other happily.Hermione's gift was a set of Muggle chemistry lab utensils, which Kristoff loved, and had been looking forward to seeing Mr. MacMillan go home so that he could cast the perfect protective spell on the fragile glassware.Ernie's gift was a large box of chocolates stuffed with blueberries, and Cedric's gift was the record of the female singer who had recently had an affair with Lockhart.In contrast, Mrs. McMillan's gift is very unpopular with Christo-"Ladies Rules", a thick book, more powerful than any potion book Christo brought home. Even thicker.

Of course, Mrs. McMillan doesn't think so. In her opinion, this is the most valuable gift for her daughter's 12th birthday.After asking countless times, Christo was finally able to watch her dear mother walk out of her bedroom.She and Hermione stayed in the room, chatting while listening to the new records they had received.Only then did Christo learn that Harry was being teased by a house elf.Momo was packing presents for her little master, when she heard such a statement, her big eyes showed great disgust.

"You will be punished for betraying your master!" To the surprise of Christophe and Hermione, Momo obviously believed that this was not a silly prank by the elf's master.

Hermione looked at Momo thoughtfully and asked, "Why are you so sure that it betrayed its master?"

Momo clenched her fists excitedly: "House elves can't speak ill of the master, and can't reveal the master's secrets to others. If Momo does this, Momo will definitely hit the wall in shame and anger. Momo can't wait to die .”

Christo quickly touched Momo's head: "I know my Momo is the most loyal--" She turned her head to look at Hermione, with a slight worry in her eyes, "Could there be something wrong in the school?" Good things are waiting for Harry, right?"

Seriously, aside from Lockhart, she hadn't thought of any creature that might have hurt Harry.

Hermione was Muggle-born after all, and didn't take what the house-elf said to heart. "Who knows?" she said nonchalantly, flipping through Crystal's Ladies' Rules, "would the chocolate frog be stuck in his throat, or would he die trying to drink his own potion? "

Christo thought for a moment and said seriously: "I think the latter is more likely."

Hermione's hand holding the foot of the page stiffened, she turned her head with a helpless expression: "Kerry, I'm just joking."

Christo smiled mischievously, she simply inferred that Harry's Potions was not very good.

Crack! Momo suddenly appeared in mid-air, and she said excitedly in her high-pitched voice, "Master Kerry, Mr. Lockhart is here."

Christo's eyes lit up all of a sudden, didn't Gildero say that he has been too busy to get out of his head recently?Hermione opened her mouth wide and asked incredulously, "Kerry, is Mr. Lockhart referring to Gilderoy Lockhart?" "Yes, dear little Hermione, it's him—"" Huh, Kerry, why didn't you tell me he'd be here today - oh my god, my hair sucks -" Hermione grabbed her wand and cast a spell on her shaggy hair, which immediately fell obediently. down. "I just found out, too. He clearly said that he would not be free before the new book signing - Hermione, don't look at me like that, I think I forgot to tell you, I'm friends with Gilderoy, and occasionally Will be his little assistant." Hermione looked at her in surprise: "That's great! I mean, he wrote most of the books on the list!"

They went downstairs together.Christo saw Lockhart who was talking to Mrs. McMillan at a glance, and she immediately jumped over like a bird, put her arms around his neck and said loudly: "Hand over the gift!" "Kerry!" Mike Milan shouted slightly reproachfully.Kristo stuck out her tongue, let go of her hands, and reluctantly sat back on the sofa. "Morning, Mrs. McMillan, Mr. Lockhart." Hermione also sat down, and Christo noticed that she was a little nervous.

"You're Hermione Granger? I often hear Kerry mentioning you, cute little girl." Lockhart said, Hermione's face turned pink all of a sudden. "Yes, thank you, sir." "This is my new book - "I Can Be Magical"" Lockhart took out a quill, signed his name on the title page, and handed the book to To Hermione, "I think you'll like it."

Christo looked at him anxiously, she had been waiting for her gift.

Lockhart stretched out his hand, rubbed Christo's bangs, and said with a smile, "Okay, little one, let's see your present." He took out a long and narrow wrapping bag from his purse, and Christo She exclaimed in surprise: "Could it be a broomstick!" She leaned forward and couldn't wait to start unpacking it.Lockhart said triumphantly: "Nimbus 2001 - the latest and greatest broom in the Nimbus series, you're sure to like it!"

He guessed right, Christo was fondly playing with her new broom.Mrs. McMillan on the side frowned at her daughter's impoliteness: "Kerry—"

"Mom, I'm going to test fly my new broom." Christo ran out with a smile on her face holding the broom, "Gidero, thank you, do you want to come and see, I fly pretty well, Come on, little Hermione - let's fly together."

"Christopher!" Mrs. McMillan's calm expression showed a crack, but Lockhart waved his hand: "It's okay, Mrs. McMillan, the little girl must be lively to be cute—I'll go and see the future How well your little Seeker flies, don't worry, Christo is very measured." He showed his signature eight-teeth bright smile, his gray-blue eyes blinked, and Mrs. McMillan didn't care about anything. Can't tell.

Lockhart left that day because of work matters.And Hermione was left in the manor by Christophe.Mrs. McMillan liked little Hermione very much. If Christo could be half as serious as little Hermione when she was learning the rules of ladies, she wouldn't suddenly have strange small lines on her forehead.For this, Christo also admired her friend very much.As long as she is studying, she will have a serious attitude. Hermione is indeed a good student.

The signing will be coming soon, and Christo, as the little assistant mentioned many times in the article, must also be there.At ten past nine, Lockhart appeared at MacMillan Manor.Today he is wearing a silver-gray open-neck liner woven with silk threads, revealing the thin neckline of his white shirt, like cherry blossoms in layers.A robe of the same color as the forget-me-not was draped inside and outside, which just matched his blue eyes. The short blond hair had obviously been carefully taken care of, exuding a light luster.

Christo laughed involuntarily. Her family Gildero is indeed the most handsome person besides her father, but she will never tell him, lest he look narcissistic again.She had packed her luggage last night, and said goodbye to her dear father at breakfast. Her brother's class hadn't finished yet, so he didn't go on the same journey with her.

Mrs. McMillan's beautiful eyes were moist again, and she hugged Christo again and again: "My little princess, you must study hard at school, you must pay attention to safety, you must listen to Uncle Lockhart, and remember to write letters often. return."

"Understood, Mom." Christo nodded helplessly. Last night, she listened to her mother nagging for a long time.

Putting a kiss on her daughter's tender and tender face, Mrs. McMillan stretched out her arms and hugged Hermione again. She said kindly: "Little Miss Hermione, Auntie likes you very much, and she will come to visit you often in the future. The school will trouble you to take care of Krisdo."

Hermione nodded seriously: "Don't worry, Auntie, I will."

After the three said goodbye to Mrs. McMillan, they went directly to Diagon Alley.

Along the way, Hermione talked with Lockhart very reservedly, and Christo tried her best to maintain a more natural expression.Although she knew that Hermione liked Lockhart, she really wanted to laugh seeing Hermione like this.If she told Hermione that Lockhart hadn't cleaned up before, gosh, she could have imagined Hermione's blushing face as she wanted to defend herself but couldn't tell.

They met Hermione's parents outside the Leaky Cauldron, where Crystal handed Lockhart the Polyjuice Potion, which contained a piece of Cedric's hair that she had asked Ernie to get.When Lockhart appeared in front of them again, the Hermione family was taken aback.

"It's amazing!" Mrs. Granger exclaimed, and Hermione had already curiously grabbed Crystal's hand and asked what kind of potion it was.

They entered Diagon Alley together.Since the Grangers were going to exchange currency, Hermione had to say goodbye to Crystal. "I'll save you a spot at the front." Christo promised her friend.

Hermione immediately gave her a big hug: "Thank you so much, Keli!" She turned her head quickly again, looking at Lockhart with bright eyes: "See you later, Mr. Lockhart."

Lockhart nodded with a broad smile.Seeing Hermione turned around, Chris couldn't help laughing: "I'm so used to you smirking on Cedric's face, I really want to take a picture of it as a souvenir, it might be good to scare him. "

Lockhart scratched Christo's nose angrily: "Where are you stupid?" He took Christo's hand and said as he walked: "While there is still time, go and get the things you need this year. Shopping done. And, Keri, tell me about Cedric by the way."

They went to Mrs. Malkin's robe store first. During this holiday, Chris grew a lot taller. The original wizard robes were worn like Muggle skirts. The clothes prepared by Mrs. McMillan were too formal and gorgeous. Lisdo had to re-customize the wizard robe.She stood on the small bench and waited boredly for the tape measure to finish the measurement. From time to time, Gildero took a piece of clothing and gestured on her.

"How about this one? It's very similar to your eye color, and the design of the neckline and cuffs is very beautiful." Lockhart finally found a satisfactory one and began to ask aloud.Christo glanced at it, and replied: "It's okay, Gilderoy, you put it aside first, and I'll try again after I measure the size." She didn't expect Lockhart to act so quickly, waiting for the tape measure to fly away. When she left, there were already four pieces of clothes piled up beside her.If it weren't for the fact that she really needed new clothes, she would have ignored them without hesitation.

She randomly picked out a piece of clothing and went into the fitting room. When she came out, several new clothes appeared on the pile of clothes.She walked to the mirror speechlessly, and Lockhart happened to appear holding a silver-gray cloak. He immediately put down the cloak in his hand, walked over, and straightened the strangely shaped square collar for Christo.

"It's very beautiful, miss. The color matches your skin tone very well. The irregular square neck gives people a bright feeling, and the cuffs are gathered so that it is convenient for work..." The mirror chattered, but Christo's attention was caught by others. Something attracted—Malfoy walked in, and he seemed to have grown a lot, his pale face was now a tinge of pink, and his platinum blonde hair seemed to grow back a little to his shoulders.

Christo turned around and waved at him: "Hey, Malfoy, how is your summer vacation?"

Malfoy spotted her almost immediately, and his face became very strange: "Hi, Christo—" He hesitated to speak, and after a while, he said, "It's not bad."

"I really like the third potion homework!" She was about to discuss it with Malfoy, when Lockhart patted her on the head, "Kerry, pay attention to the time."

The clock on the wall showed that it was already 12:30, and Lockhart's signing would start at [-]:[-].Christina said to Malfoy with some disappointment: "See you later." She hadn't discussed potions with anyone for a whole summer vacation, and she couldn't catch one—forget it, she picked up a new dress and rushed into the room. into the fitting room.