The Admiral of Hogwarts

About a week after returning to London, on a clear morning, Hugo and Hermione received a yellow parchment envelope at the breakfast table, with their address and names written on it in green ink. In addition, there was a sealing wax imprint with the Hogwarts school crest.

Upon seeing the contents of the envelope, Hugo and Hermione quickly devoured their breakfast in a few large bites. After a hurried greeting to their parents, they clutched the letter and ran to the study, where they used a small knife to pry open the sealing wax and open the envelope.

The letter was not much different from the letters Hogwarts sent to students in previous years, but this year's list of required books to buy was noticeably half again as thick as last year's. Hugo's first thought upon seeing the list was that Hogwarts was requiring them to buy several years' worth of books all at once.

But after carefully examining the contents of the list, Hugo discovered that most of the professors' new books were the same as in previous years and didn't have much change, except for Gilderoy Lockhart, who was supposed to be the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor at Hogwarts this year, who had listed a large number of his own works. The books he listed were more than all the other professors' required textbooks combined.

"That peacock seems to be treating his job as a professor at the school as a good opportunity to sell his books, after all, textbooks are a must-buy," Hugo muttered to himself as he looked at the book list. "As a Ravenclaw graduate, Lockhart shouldn't be stupid, but now he's completely blinded by fame and fortune."

There are many reasons why humans make foolish decisions, and one of the most common is that their eyes are only fixed on certain benefits, and as a result, they forget or actively ignore various dangers. For example, the curse on the position of Defense Against the Dark Arts professor at Hogwarts is not a secret, but obviously Lockhart didn't take it seriously.

But then again, the benefits here are indeed great. Books are very expensive in the Western world, and books in the British wizarding world are even more expensive than books outside. Lockhart's requirement that all students in all seven grades buy a set of his works could indeed make him a fortune.

"Damn it, why are they all this fraud's books? Are this year's teachers fans of that fraud?" Because she happened to meet Lockhart's victims during her vacation in the United States this summer, Hermione, who knew some of the truth, naturally had a very poor impression of him. So, upon seeing the book list, she whispered a curse, even referring to Lockhart directly as a fraud.

"Actually, these books are still good, after all, Lockhart asked about those stories in great detail. So the things recorded in the books should be real," Hugo shrugged and said. "But if I remember correctly, a set of these books is not cheap."

"We're not short of money—are you worried about other people?" After hearing Hugo's words, Hermione quickly understood what her twin brother wanted to say, after all, not all Hogwarts students are rich, and paying such a fee at once is no small matter for their families.

"Yes, so Firefly and the others have come up with a way to deal with this situation, but it needs your help—" Then Hugo told Hermione about a plan he had previously discussed with the ship girls to address the current situation.

Soon, Hugo and Hermione arrived at Hood's shop, and then discussed the issue of Lockhart's books. According to their idea, although Lockhart requires everyone to buy his complete set of books, it is obviously impossible to teach different grades and different classes at the same time. Therefore, these textbooks are not always in use.

So Hugo, who had seen various sharing economies in his previous life, naturally considered developing a sharing economy at this time, turning these so-called textbooks, which were very likely to only be used for one year as in the original text, into shared commodities, so as to reduce everyone's economic burden as much as possible and, by the way, brush up everyone's goodwill.

After all, to obtain destiny points, you need to change the original plot as much as possible. Not to mention how many destiny points this change, which was never mentioned in the original novel, can obtain. Just the fact that establishing a good relationship with a group of students and gaining prestige is conducive to making everyone inclined to their own views is enough for Hugo to take action in this regard.

After everyone had a brief discussion, they also realized that the difficulty of achieving this goal was not small. Therefore, all Hogwarts students and student parents present were asked to contact as many classmates and parents as possible, and ask them about their views on the inclusion of this complete set of novels in the textbooks.

The real core task was carried out by Firefly. As someone who established an enthusiastic and helpful image among the lower-grade students of Gryffindor last year, she will be the public initiator of this action. Responsible for writing a petition to Headmaster Dumbledore and submitting it.

In addition, the Sirens, who are now publicly running stores in Diagon Alley, will also try to contact the Daily Prophet and ask the Daily Prophet to publish some articles by investing in GG in order to create momentum in the society.

In just three days, a large number of letters were sent by owls or postmen to the backyard of Hood's shop. Obviously, both students and parents felt that the inclusion of these novels in the textbooks was incomprehensible. After all, over the years, Hogwarts professors have formed a set of rules for selecting textbooks, and these novels clearly do not meet these rules.

Not to mention that the price of this set of novels is really too expensive, which is a considerable expense for most working-class families. Therefore, it can be seen from the replies that many parents are obviously dissatisfied with this year's teaching materials. So now that someone is willing to take the lead in finding a way to solve this matter, they are naturally willing to write a letter expressing their support.

Unlike ordinary human society, wizards in the magical world are more impulsive when it comes to such things. For example, after a major accident occurred at the Quidditch World Cup in the original text, a group of adults sent Howler letters to the Ministry of Magic and even the Minister of Magic, criticizing their incompetence, so soon Hood received hundreds of letters complaining about the textbooks.

So at noon on the third day, just as Hugo and Hermione had completed another sparring practice at Hood's and were starting to enjoy afternoon tea, there was a knock on the door. Soon, Hood, who had gone to open the door, walked in with an old man, and upon seeing the old man, Hugo and Hermione, who were enjoying afternoon tea in the living room, immediately stood up.

"Good afternoon, Headmaster Dumbledore," they all stood up and greeted the headmaster, with expressions of surprise on their faces. Although they had previously thought that after causing such a large momentum, whether the school or the Ministry of Magic would send someone to negotiate, they did not expect it to be Dumbledore.

"Good afternoon, children," Professor Dumbledore said, looking relaxed, "Okay, everyone, sit down, there's no need to stand here. Are you having afternoon tea? I don't think you would object to an old man like me having afternoon tea with you."