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These words seemed to have some magical power. Mr. Lovegood was no longer in pain instantly. He stood up from the ground and patted the eye-catching yellow robe:
"Luna, I didn't see the Scimitar-Horned Snorlax. But I think it must have noticed that we were looking for it, so it sent this little gift."
"You're so awesome, Dad." Luna happily turned around twice.
The conversation between the two made Harry even more confused.
Could it be... that the bump on that man's head was caused by me hitting him with the goblin?
Harry looked around and soon found the goblin walking back cursing on the ground nearby.
That's right...the goblins are all here.
But why did he say that it was a crescent-horned beast that smashed it...and what was that crescent-horned beast?
Harry scratched his hair and suddenly felt like a Muggle who knew nothing.
Ron and the others beside him had similar expressions.
The only exception was Kyle, who asked curiously:
"Mr. Lovegood, did you find the Scimitar-Horned Snorlax this time?"
"Just a little bit." The man said regretfully, "We only found traces of it in the valley to the south. It seems that it should have gone to another place."
"I just found this." Luna also raised the half leaf in her hand, "This is the leftover food of the Snorlax... Dad, it must have passed by here when it left."
"You're right, Luna." Mr. Lovegood sighed, "We shouldn't have left."
"Can you show me that leaf?" Kyle asked suddenly.
"Of course." Luna happily handed the things in her hand to Kyle, "Are you also interested in the Scimitar-Horned Snorlax?"
"In fact, I'm interested in all magical animals."
Kyle took the leaf and looked at it carefully in the moonlight...but soon, his expression became a little strange.
Bite marks like these... If Mr. Lovegood and Luna could take the time to go to the Burrow, they should be able to find what they are looking for.
This leaf is clearly just a potato sprout that was half-bitten by a goblin. It's everywhere in the garden in front of the burrow. If you really want it, you can buy it by the pound.
"Kyle, hold still. There's a scorpionfly next to your nose... oh, it's gone again."
"What?" Kyle returned the potato sprouts to Luna: "What are leeches..."
"A flying elf." Luna said, "The scorpion likes to dance around those who are relatively smart, disrupting their thoughts and making them forget what they want to say. It's rare."
"Dad, did you just see it?"
"I must have missed it when I was sorting my clothes just now," said Mr. Lovegood regretfully.
Kyle didn't really care, after all, they often say names that are hard to understand. Not to mention him, even if Newt came, he would have to go back with a head full of questions.
"Mr. Lovegood..." Kyle changed the subject, "Luna should also go to Hogwarts this year."
"I just received the admission letter three days ago." He said happily, "This is really a pleasant thing. I am currently collecting materials to make her a pair of magical glasses as a gift."
"You can see the harassment flies when you wear it..." Luna said.
Kyle pulled up the corners of his mouth and gave a polite smile.
In fact, he didn't want to touch any of the Lovegood gadgets because it would make him look stupid.
……
The three chatted for a few more words, and then Mr. Lovegood hurried away with Luna.
On the way back to the Burrow, Harry couldn't help but ask, "Ron, who are those two people?"
"The Lovegoods," Ron said, "They live in a chimney-like house in the north, with a big wooden windmill at the door.
Oh, and Mr. Lovegood is also the editor-in-chief of The Quibbler.”
"Singing the Quibbler?"
"It's a very strange magazine." Ron explained, "A lot of the content in it is nonsense, so basically no one reads it."
"Oh." Harry nodded as if he understood, and continued to ask, "By the way, the harassment she mentioned... horsefly? That's its name, right? What exactly is it?"
While speaking, he subconsciously touched his ears again.
"Oh, and the Scimitar-horned Beasts... How come I've never heard of them before? Are they also a kind of magical creature?"
"You don't have to worry about this."
Ron waved his hand indifferently, "That's the crazy girl Luna. Everyone knows that there are no harassment flies in the wizarding world."
"Crazy girl?"
"Well, that's what everyone who knows her calls her. She's just as fond of talking nonsense as that magazine."
Ron said with his hands behind his back, "In fact, few people are willing to contact the Lovegood family, and only Kyle will talk to them.
But I bet even Kyle wouldn’t understand what they’re saying.”
Although it was a bit impolite, Harry thought back to Luna's performance just now and inexplicably felt that the name "crazy girl" was really appropriate.
"What a strange family," Harry muttered, "Have they always been like this?"
"It was better before. We even had meals together, but since two years ago..."
Ron suddenly looked around and lowered his voice and said, "They have become like this since the explosion two years ago. Mom invited them to visit our home several times, but they were rejected every time."
"explode……"
"It is said that a magic experiment went wrong." Ron sighed and whispered, "Kyle has reminded them many times before that they should be careful when doing magic experiments. Even I remembered it..."
"Ron!"
At this time, Ginny came over angrily and said dissatisfiedly: "Have you forgotten that mom doesn't allow us to tell this to others."
"I remember..." Ron argued, "but this is Harry, not someone else."
Normally, Ginny would have blushed and run away after hearing Harry's name, but this time she just stood there without moving, staring at Ron with unfriendly eyes.
"Okay, I won't say anything..." Ron turned his head away and muttered softly.
(End of this chapter)
Chapter 250 Course Selection
A week after returning from Paris, on a fine morning, Kyle finally received the letter from Hogwarts.
That day he went downstairs for breakfast as usual and found Fred and George waiting for him in the living room.
After more than a month of hiding, they now wish they could spend the whole day in Kyle's attic studying those "quick-acting skipping candies".
Chris didn't find it noisy.
In fact, he was quite welcoming to Fred and George...it was quite nice to have some fun so early in the morning.
"A letter from school?" Kyle picked up a yellow parchment envelope with green writing on it from the table.
"Yes, it was just delivered a few minutes ago." Chris said.
"Five minutes," said Fred.
"We happened to encounter an owl when we went out..."
"Kyle, take a look, you'll be surprised."
Kyle said nothing and read the letter carefully.
In addition to telling him to take the Hogwarts Express from King's Cross Station to school on September st, the letter also listed a list of new books he needed for this year.
Third graders should read:
Intermediate Transfiguration, by Emery Switch.
The Standard Book of Spells: Grade 3, by Miranda Goshawk.
The Break with the Ghost, by Gilderoy Lockhart.
Running with Ghouls by Gilderoy Lockhart.
Holidays with a Dominatrix...
……
The following seven books are all written by Gilderoy Lockhart.
Although he had known this would happen, Kyle couldn't help rubbing his forehead after seeing this exaggerated book list.
Gilderoy Lockhart's books are not cheap, basically five Galleons each. Each of them needs to sell seven books, which is thirty-five Galleons.
This is not a small amount of money, almost half a month's salary for Mr. Weasley.
And this is just the cost for one person. Even if only half of the people in Hogwarts would buy new books, Lockhart could easily earn tens of thousands of Galleons.
The accumulation of several generations of the Potter family's hard work may not be as much as what he earned this time.
No wonder Lockhart took the job... In front of tens of thousands of Galleons, even the notorious Defense Against the Dark Arts professor didn't seem so scary.
In front of Jingaleon... a curse? Oh, it's just an illusory legend!
After reading the list of books, Kyle pulled out a second piece of parchment from the envelope.
"Why do you have one more than us..."
Fred was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized: "Oh, I almost forgot, you are a third-year student and need to choose courses."
Kyle looked at the parchment.
Third-year elective courses:
(Choose at least two courses and purchase the required textbooks before the start of the semester.)
Arithmancy, Numerology and Graphics, by L. Wakefield and M. Carneiro.
Divination, "Seeing the Future through the Mist", by Cassandra Wabrsky.
Care of Magical Creatures, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, by Newt Scamander.
Muggle Studies, The Life and Habits of a British Muggle Family…
And the last one, the ancient runes.