CH 210

Chapter 210 “The Fall of an Idol”

The next day, at nine o’clock in the morning. Jerry finished his meditation practice and returned to the room from the suitcase.

“Sure enough, no matter where it is, reporters are the fastest in this kind of thing.” Hearing the noisy voices outside, Jerry knew that last night’s actions had already taken effect.

As soon as he opened the door, he saw the door of Lockhart’s room a few rooms away from him, and several reporters from the Daily Prophet had already blocked the door.

“Mr. Lockhart, please open the door and explain whether you used the Oblivion Curse to steal other people’s experience and write a book. Is it a fabrication or a real thing, and is “The Real Lockhart” a book you wrote?

“I said, I don’t understand what you are saying. Everything in my book is my own experience. What is “The Real Lockhart”? There has never been this book. I only have an autobiography book!” The door didn’t open, but Lockhart’s distraught voice came from inside.

Just then, two young wizards in suits came to Lockhart’s door, “Mr. Lockhart, we are the Aurors of the Ministry of Magic, and now please follow us to the Ministry of Magic for an investigation.”

Seeing this, Jerry smiled, passed the Aurors and reporters blocking Lockhart’s door, and walked downstairs to the first floor of the Leaky Cauldron. He was going to try breakfast at the Leaky Cauldron. In all his time at the Leaky Cauldron, he hadn’t tasted the food at the Leaky Cauldron once.

“Uh… no wonder business has been bad.” After taking a bite of steak, Jerry couldn’t help frowning.

Although he likes to eat well-cooked steaks, that doesn’t mean that the steaks can’t be chewed. Well-cooked doesn’t necessarily make them stale. Diagon Alley is the only magical street in London and the largest gathering place for wizards in the UK. The Leaky Cauldron is the only bar in Diagon Alley, the only place where you can eat seriously.

In such a place, the daily business is moderate. It can be seen that the management level is not very good, and the drinks are probably better.

However, Jerry ate all the steaks following the principle of not wasting food. Although the steak was too old to be eaten, his teeth were not comparable to ordinary people’s. After all, he could eat the rock cakes made by Hagrid.

“Jerry, Jerry!” Jerry had just finished his breakfast and got up from his seat when he heard a familiar voice coming from the door of the bar.

He turned his head to look. It was Hermione who had agreed with him in the letter to come and buy second-grade textbooks today. He saw Hermione waving her little hand at Jerry and then rushed over excitedly and hugged Jerry.

“Long time no see, Jerry!”

“Long time no see, Hermione. Oh, you look taller!” Jerry patted Hermione on the back and said in surprise.

During two and a half months of summer vacation, Hermione seemed to have grown taller. Sure enough, girls developed earlier than boys. Hermione was born on September 19, 1979, and Harry was born on July 31, 1980. In terms of age, Hermione is nearly one year older than Harry.

If Hermione had been born twenty days earlier, then she would have received the admission letter not last year but the year before. Therefore, shortly after the start of school, when Harry and the others are still twelve years old, Hermione should be considered thirteen years old, which is the age at which girls develop and grow the fastest.

“You have changed more than me!” Hermione compared and found that she was not even where Jerry’s eyes were.

At this moment, a cough came from behind Jerry. It was her father, Mr. Granger. Seeing this, Hermione hastily and elegantly bowed to them.

“Good morning, Hermione’s parents.”

“Good morning, Jerry. A boy and a girl together seemed to, ouch!”

As soon as Mr. Granger spoke, Mrs. Granger pinched him in the back, “Don’t listen to him. I heard from Hermione that you take good care of her in school and you are also the best student in school. So, it’s good that both of you get along very well.”

Seeing Mrs. Granger’s smile, Jerry froze for a moment but subconsciously nodded.

“That’s why Jerry and I are very good friends.”

From the first meeting in Diagon Alley at the beginning of school to the train and in the Hogwarts library, Jerry communicated with Hermione the most. Although up to this time, with his magical knowledge and background, Jerry has been of little help to her.

“We should go to Gringotts to exchange for Galleons.” Jerry blushed slightly and pulled Hermione towards the magic wall in the backyard of the Leaky Cauldron.

“Jerry, are they coming to Diagon Alley today?” Watching Jerry use his wand to open the passage leading to Diagon Alley, Hermione asked Jerry.

“Ron wrote me back saying that they will use Floo powder to go directly to Diagon Alley to purchase today. However, I suggest that he better change to an owl. I feel that if his old owl sends another letter, it’ll be just a problem.” When Jerry answered, he also complained about Errol.

As soon as he set foot on the street of Diagon Alley, Jerry immediately felt that something was wrong.

Because it was different from usual, everyone was buying the items they needed in front of various shops. At this time, many wizards gathered together in twos and threes, talking about it while flipping through a very luxurious-looking book.

“What happened?” Hermione looked puzzled.

“Who knows? But I think it might have something to do with that wizard named Gilderoy Lockart.” Hermione shrugged.

“Gilderoy Lockhart? That famous author? What happened to him?” Hermione eyes lit up immediately. For someone like Hermione, who generally loves reading, a great author like him is her idol.

“There’s…something wrong with him.” Jerry recounted the questions he heard about those reporters after he went out this morning and the last scene where he saw Auror appear and take Lockhart away.

Hermione’s first reaction after hearing this was that it was not something good. She didn’t doubt what Jerry had said. She was shocked to know that the idol she admired turned out to be a liar, a despicable person who could only use the Obliviate Curse to steal other people’s experiences.

“Don’t think about it too much. Let’s wait for the news from the Ministry of Magic. Some things are really hard to say until the results come out.” Jerry comforted Hermione when he saw that Hermione’s mood seemed to have dropped a lot.