Damon didn't expect that he could meet someone who knew all about him in the wizarding world - even though these two people were Muggles.
"It's me, uncle and aunt, hello, I'm Hermione's classmate, you can call me a Damon."
"Oh my God, it's you! When you stopped performing, we felt a little regretful. For a second, you are so talented."
Hermione's parents became interested, but I don't know but this interest was because of Damon's former identity and because they finally saw someone they were "familiar" with in the wizarding world.
Hermione didn't expect this. While trying to interrupt her parents' enthusiasm, she was also curious, "Do you know who Damon is?"
"Of course, he is a famous musical prodigy. We went to see his performance together. Maybe you forgot."
Hermione recalled, suddenly covered her mouth with both hands, stared at Damon with spacious eyes:
"Oh my God! I didn't recognize you at all! You are Damon White!"
The main reason that was she couldn't combine the musical genius in the Muggle world with her classmates at wizarding world.
It had been, two years, and Damon had changed a lot in both height and appearance, so it was normal that he could not be recognized.
"Yes, of course I am Damon White."
"Why, is the Damon also famous in the Muggle world?"
Arthur Weasley also came up, obviously very interested in everything in the Muggle world.
This also became a topic of discussion between him and Hermione's family, and two families soon blended harmoniously.
An hour later, they walked towards Flourish and Blotts, and it turned out that many others were also heading to the bookstore."
"They were surprised to find a large crowd gathered outside the store, all hopeful to get in. A large banner was hanging above:
Gilderoy Lockhart
signed and sold his autobiography,
The Magician,
Today from 12:30 to 4:30 p.m.
"We can meet him in person!" Hermione shouted. "I mean, almost all the books on the list are written by him!"
She is a loyal fan of Lockhart.
Moreover, it seems that she is not only fan present.
Mrs. Weasley's breathing became rapid, and she kept patting her hair. "It's Lockhart! We'll be able to see him in a while."
They lined up together, ready to buy their books and, incidentally, to catch a glimpse of Lockhart. He was a handsome and fashionable wizard, dressed in robes as blue as forget-me-nots, perfectly matching his bright blue eyes. His pointed wizard hat sat playfully askew on his curly hair..
A short, grumpy man with a large black camera rushing back and forth, clicking pictures.
Every time the flash flashed dazzlingly, a stream of purple smoke came out from the camera.
The line was long, but the sharp-eyed Lockhart recognized Harry and Damon in the crowd and invited them directly to the stage, so that their group did not have to continue to line up.
But the price was.
"Look who's here! Isn't this the savior Harry Potter, and the youngest master of Transfiguration in the wizarding world, Damon White?"
He pulled the arms of the two, letting them like stars surrounding the moon, and he stood in the middle, showing off his bright teeth.
"When the savior Harry and the master of Transfiguration Damon walked into Flourish and Blotts today, they just wanted to buy my autobiography - I am willing to give this book to them for free on the spot -"
Amidst the warm applause, he proudly announced a heavy news:
"But what they don't know is that they're getting something far more valuable than today's signed copy this September, I will be joining Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry as the new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher!"
The crowd cheered and cheered. Hermione clapped so hard her palms were turning red, Harry's fingers had gone numb, and Damon, disgusted, kept his distance from this "pretentious monster" Lockhart.
They put the books and they got into Ginny's cauldron - so that the Weasley family could buy fewer books.
At this time, a hand suddenly reached into Ginny's cauldron and pulled out a tattered "Beginner's Guide to Transfiguration" from the brand new and shiny Lockhart's books.
"Oh - how pitiful, our Mr. Weasley is so busy with official duties, but he can't even afford textbooks?"
Lucius Malfoy, with his son Draco, looked at the whole family in front of him with sarcasm.
"Lucius, what are you doing here?"
Facing Mr. Weasley's questioning, Lucius did not respond, but just said to his son:
"Don't be as pathetic as him when you grow up. He works so hard but can't even get a good reward. How pathetic, he is simply a scum among wizards."
Mr. Weasley's face turned redder than Ron and Ginny.
"We have completely different views on what is a scum among wizards, Malfoy!"
"Of course," Lucius' light-colored eyes turned and fell on the Grangers who were looking at them nervously.
"Look at the friends you make, Weasley, I thought your family had fallen to the limit."
He didn't notice that when he said , his son was looking at him with a strange expression on his face, and his eyes were faintly cast at Damon.
"Clang"!
Ginny's cauldron flew out, and the furious Mr. Weasley rushed towards Lucius and knocked him into a bookshelf. Dozens of thick spell books fell on their heads.
The two wrestled until Hagrid left them.
"Here, little girl - take your book - this is the best thing your father can give you -"
Lucius took advantage of the chaos to stuff a seemingly ordinary diary into Ginny's cauldron, and Damon saw it.
This diary was one of Voldemort's Horcruxes - the diary of Tom Marvolo Riddle.
While the two parents were discussing, Damon quietly reached into the crucible and took out the seemingly ordinary diary.
"Sorry, I accidentally put my diary in there just now."
Facing Ginny's puzzled gaze, he smiled and explained. Ginny's face flushed immediately.
After getting the diary, Damon had no interest in exploring it. He used magic to construct a thin film to seal it and threw it into the suitcase.
When they returned to the fireplace of the Leaky Cauldron, everyone had calmed down a lot.
The Grangers were going back to the street where the Muggles lived on the other side of the city, the Weasleys kindly invited Harry and Damon to visit their home again, and accidentally, they could also experience the feeling of using "Floo Powder".
They had no reason to refuse.
However, worried about the influence of the Horcrux, Damon did not set out with them, but returned to the inn alone.
"Fawkes, please help me inform the teacher and let him come to me immediately when he has time, okay?"
He stroked the Phoenix Feather Ring on his finger and whispered.
The silver ring overflowed with dazzling firelight, and the phoenix's shadow flashed across the surface of the ring.
Indistinctly, Damon seemed to hear a crisp phoenix cry.
As the top magical creature, the phoenix is also a top-notch expert in information transmission.
In just three breaths, an explosion sounded in the room.
Dumbledore directly Apparated here.
Almost as soon as he appeared, his voice sounded, with great seriousness - Damon would notify him through Fawkes, obviously he encountered a problem that was difficult to solve.
And the things that Damon, who defeated Quirrell, could not solve were completely able to attract Dumbledore's attention - he rushed here almost as soon as he got the news, regardless of what the officials of the Ministry of Magic around him would think.
"What happened?"
"Relax, Professor it's a good thing."
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