The weather in the Harry Potter world was quite pleasant; a gentle breeze touched one's face, and even in August, there was no dry heat.
Passing through the dilapidated Leaky Cauldron, Yang Tao and Harry arrived in Diagon Alley.
"Harry, come to the Leaky Cauldron less often in the future. Even if you want to go to a bar to pick up girls when you're an adult, don't come to this rundown place. I suspect I just stepped in dog poop."
Although a digitized body wouldn't get dirty, there was still a psychological feeling of disgust.
"I know."
A good day started with stepping in dog poop…
Fortunately, Yang Tao's personality was quite easygoing, and he adjusted quickly, forgetting the dog poop and the idea of installing some TNT to blow up the Leaky Cauldron from his mind, and began to survey Diagon Alley.
Because the new school term was about to begin.
As the largest wizarding shopping center in Britain, Diagon Alley was bustling with people.
Adult wizards in robes led their children, purchasing various necessary items.
"Harry!"
A surprised voice came from the side, and Ron excitedly ran to Harry's side.
"Harry, I never thought I'd run into you here."
Then Ron greeted Yang Tao: "Mr. Yang, hello."
"Little Ron, long time no see."
Harry looked at Ron and asked somewhat confusedly: "Ron, why are you in Diagon Alley? Don't you have your brother Percy?"
Ron's clothes, wand, textbooks, and even his formal wear for banquets all belonged to his brother.
Ron's smile froze on his face as he said: "This year Ginny will be attending Hogwarts as a first-year…"
Ginny was the biological child; Ron must have been adopted.
Yang Tao silently complained from the side.
At this moment, Ron's mother led the Weasley twins, Fred and George, as well as the Weasley family's beloved daughter, Ginny Weasley, over.
The Weasley family all had red hair, blue eyes, fair skin with freckles, and their mother, Molly, also had red hair.
However, her and Ginny's eyes were brown, not blue.
When Molly saw Harry, a surprised expression appeared on her face, and she enthusiastically walked forward to give Harry a big hug: "Oh, Harry, it's so good to see you. Are you here to buy your school textbooks?"
Molly's enthusiasm made Harry a little unaccustomed to it at first, but the benevolent Molly wouldn't make him dislike her.
"Mrs. Molly, I came to buy some things, including textbooks…"
Yang Tao stood by, and he always felt that Molly's gaze towards Harry was quite like a mother-in-law looking at her son-in-law.
Perhaps it was due to some preconceived notions.
At this moment, Molly also noticed him standing by, and she also enthusiastically grabbed his hand and shook it, saying: "I think you must be Mr. Yang. I specifically went to Hogwarts before to find you, wanting to thank you for taking Pete… Scabbers away."
"Otherwise, I really don't know what would have happened. Unfortunately, Headmaster Dumbledore said he couldn't find you."
Yang Tao also experienced Harry's feeling.
Mrs. Molly was simply too enthusiastic.
"You're welcome, it was just a mutually beneficial exchange, Mrs. Molly."
"Mr. Yang, would you like to buy things for the children together?"
Looking at Harry chatting with Ron, Yang Tao felt that making a sacrifice was very necessary.
"Harry!"
As Hermione ran over from the side, several question marks flashed in Yang Tao's mind.
'Is it Harry's reason or my own reason?'
No need to think, when they go to buy books later, they will definitely encounter Lucius Malfoy and his son.
This was inevitable, otherwise Lucius wouldn't have been able to stuff Voldemort's notebook into Ginny's backpack.
Because of this, a bold idea arose in Yang Tao's mind.
The blood of an enemy, the flesh of a servant, the bones of a father… plus a Horcrux containing a remnant soul, tsk tsk.
A brand new Voldemort would be resurrected.
The problem now was how many Horcruxes were left…
The group arrived at the entrance of Flourish and Blotts.
At this time, Flourish and Blotts was exceptionally lively, and there was even a white banner hanging at the entrance of the bookstore.
[Gilderoy Lockhart New Book Signing and Sale in Progress…]
Gilderoy Lockhart was an internationally renowned figure and author, recipient of the Order of Merlin, Third Class, honorary member of the Anti-Dark Arts League, and five-time winner of the Witch Weekly's Most Charming Smile Award. He wrote many works that were very popular in the wizarding world.
What Yang Tao admired most about Gilderoy Lockhart was his thick skin and his unparalleled Obliviate charm.
All his books were actually collected from wizards who had truly experienced these events, not his personal experiences, and then he used the Obliviate charm to make them lose their memories.
He was purely a petty person seeking fame.
Both Molly and Hermione's faces showed expressions of seeing a celebrity when they saw the banner…
"Children, let's hurry inside. Oh my goodness, I never thought I'd be able to see Mr. Gilderoy Lockhart…"
Molly excitedly pulled the children beside her towards Flourish and Blotts.
Harry was somewhat unaccustomed to the lively scene and turned his head to ask: "Sir, shall we go in?"
"Gilderoy Lockhart is this year's Defense Against the Dark Arts professor, but he is a fraud. Besides the Obliviate charm, his other spells are even worse than Ron's level."
Harry's face showed an incredulous expression. Although he didn't like Gilderoy Lockhart, he knew a little about him, after all, the other party's reputation was extraordinary.
"How is that possible? If he's worse than Ron's level, he wouldn't even be able to graduate from Hogwarts."
Yang Tao looked at Harry and explained with a smile: "There isn't only Hogwarts in the world, and not all wizards necessarily go to a magic school."
"You go in, Lockhart will definitely give you a brand new set of books when he sees you…"
Harry had no intention of chasing stars and said somewhat helplessly when he heard him: "I don't want the books he gives…"
"His books are this year's textbooks…"
Upon hearing this, Harry paused and took out the envelope that the owl had delivered yesterday. Sure enough, the author's name behind all the books was Gilderoy Lockhart.
"..."
Looking at Harry walking into the bookstore, Yang Tao's face showed an expression of watching a show, and he followed him in, but he didn't go deep into the crowd. He just stood far away near the entrance, waiting for Harry and the others to come out.
Soon, a noisy sound came from the front. It was clear that Gilderoy Lockhart had discovered Harry in the crowd.
He showed a surprised expression and said: "I never thought… Harry Potter!"
Harry was excitedly grabbed by the clothes by a wizarding journalist. He was Lockhart's exclusive journalist, mainly responsible for publishing positive reports about Gilderoy Lockhart.
"Harry Potter!!"
Excited, he wanted to pull Harry to Lockhart's side, but he pulled Harry hard, and he didn't budge.
A low-level wizard with just over ten health points trying to pull Harry, who had 800+ health points, was clearly dreaming.
However, Lockhart also reacted and directly came out from behind the table and walked to Harry's side.
"Everyone, please make some room."
Then he leaned down and said to Harry: "Smile brightly, and we're guaranteed to make headlines."
Harry was inexplicably handed a stack of miscellaneous books.
He felt his mind was a bit slow to process, and seeing Ginny standing beside him staring at him, he casually handed the books to her: "Ginny, they're for you."
A hint of joy flashed in Ginny's eyes, but before she could say anything, Mrs. Molly, like an eighteen-year-old fangirl, reached out and took the books Harry handed over, saying: "Children, you go wait in the back for a bit, Harry, I'll take your books to get them signed by him."