I don't buy it, what about you?

During the following week, Lynn visited the secret room every day under Green's guidance to practice the secret method of refining the alchemical circle from nothing.

With constant practice, although Lynn couldn't refine the alchemical set in a single thought like Green, the time it took to refine an alchemical set decreased from ten minutes to one or two minutes.

However, Lynn could only go so far. No matter how much he practiced, his speed in refining the alchemical circle from nothing remained stuck between one and two minutes.

After mastering the skill of refining the alchemical set, Lynn also learned various alchemical methods from Master Green, such as using alchemy to strengthen spatial stability, which greatly benefited Lynn.

Soon, more than a week passed, and only half a month remained before the start of classes.

This was also the time when Lynn planned to return to the United Kingdom and head to Diagon Alley to buy learning materials.

"See you next year, Master!" Lynn said as he put on his backpack and picked up a worn tea cup from the coffee table, one that looked out of place among the other teacups, bidding farewell to Green.

Upon learning that Lynn had been kidnapped on his way to France, Green deeply regretted not going to Rolle Manor personally to pick him up. Now that Lynn was planning to return to the UK, Green had deliberately used his status as a famous French alchemist to request a cross-border portal key from the French Ministry of Magic for Lynn to use.

Soon, the portal key was activated. Lynn felt a tug at his navel, and then his entire body was lifted into the air.

When Lynn landed, he was already outside the Leaky Cauldron.

Since the first thing Lynn had to do when he returned to the UK was buy textbooks for the upcoming school year, when Green had requested the portal key, he had carefully set the destination right outside the Leaky Cauldron.

"Major Lynn?!" a surprised voice called from not far away.

Hearing this, it was Irina who spoke.

Irina, who had returned from a trip to Scandinavia, also planned to go to Diagon Alley to buy learning materials. When she arrived at the Leaky Cauldron, she saw Lynn appear out of nowhere.

"Major Lynn," Irina said curiously, "Did you just Apparate?"

Lynn shook his head and replied, "I just returned from abroad and used the Portkey."

Irina nodded thoughtfully, then invited, "Major Lynn, you're here to buy textbooks, right? Why don't we walk together? By the way, I also want to thank you for using alchemy to hide my traces. It really helped; I'm quite busy!"

At Irina's invitation, Lynn gladly agreed.

Then, the two of them entered the Leaky Cauldron together.

However, just as they were about to walk to the back courtyard, Irina was stopped by Old Tom, who was cleaning a dirty wine glass with one hand.

"I remember, little witch, did you kick the trash bin out of place last year?" Old Tom stared at Irina and asked.

Upon hearing this, Irina suddenly felt guilty. She quickly apologized, "Sorry, sorry! I was confused at that time. If I caused any damage, boss, I'm willing to compensate!"

It was Irina's first time at Diagon Alley last year. After seeing the classic scenes from the original book, she recalled some popular internet memes. She couldn't resist kicking the trash bin.

She hadn't expected Old Tom to recognize her today.

And right in front of Major Lynn too! How embarrassing.

Irina felt a little embarrassed and lowered her head.

However, Old Tom had no intention of blaming her. He waved his hand and said, "Don't do it again."

At that moment, Lynn looked at Irina, who seemed so embarrassed next to him, with a strange look.

Man, last year I wondered who was so careless!

"Irina, watch out for the resin! Watch out for the resin!" Lynn teased her.

Although Irina was outgoing, she didn't dare to speak at this moment. However, her Bowtruckle popped its head out of her backpack and greeted Lynn, which was considered a hello.

"This is your Bowtruckle... is it your pet?" Lynn asked in surprise.

Seeing that the trash bin incident had finally been exposed, Irina nodded solemnly and said, "Yes, I found it while traveling in Scandinavia during the summer vacation. It wanted to follow me. So I brought it back!"

Lynn looked at the young Bowtruckle that had popped out of her backpack and nodded slightly.

Looks like Irina has raised this Bowtruckle well!

It's a bit chubby!

Lynn and Irina were buying items for the next school year according to the list provided by Hogwarts, and their final stop, where they spent the most money, was Flourish and Blotts bookstore.

In the magical world, perhaps the price of a magical book is enough to buy several ounces of dragon liver.

When the two of them left Flourish and Blotts, they found that the place seemed to be crowded. Many wizards were standing in front of the shop, looking inside.

In front of the upper window of Flourish and Blotts, they saw a large banner with four lines of text: The autobiography of Gilderoy Lockhart "Magical Me" is on sale, signed.

Looking at this banner from 12:30 to 16:30 that afternoon, the two of them finally understood what was happening here.

It seemed that that idiot Lockhart was signing books!

"Hmm... are you going to buy this year's Defense Against the Dark Arts textbook?" Irina tilted her head and looked at Lynn.

In Irina's subconscious, she already regarded Lynn as a time traveler like herself. In her opinion, Lynn also understood the true nature of Lockhart.

Of course, this was true.

Looking at Irina's cute expression as she tilted her head, Lynn spread his hands and said, "I don't want to buy it, how about you?"

Irina nodded and replied, "I won't buy it either."

Hearing this, the two of them looked at each other and smiled.

As for the few books written by Lockhart, they were somewhat amusing to read as novels, but if you wanted to learn from them about Defense Against the Dark Arts, you might as well just fall asleep and daydream!

Besides, if they wanted to read novels, wouldn't it be better to go to the Muggle world and read novels that cost only a few dollars each?

Why buy such a magical book that costs dozens of galleons?

At that moment, Lockhart's voice came from Flourish and Blotts.

"Ladies and gentlemen," Lockhart shouted, gesturing for everyone to be quiet, "What an extraordinary moment this is! I want to take advantage of this wonderful occasion to announce a little matter I've kept suppressed. There were days when I didn't speak about it."

"When young Harry entered Flourish and Blotts today, he just wanted to buy my autobiography! I would have given it to him for free on the spot…" Lockhart said loudly.

"But he doesn't know," Lockhart continued, "that he will soon receive something far more valuable than his humble work, Magical Me. In fact, he and his classmates will get a real taste of what it means to be a wizard. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, I am very happy and proud to announce that this September, I will be the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry."

At Flourish and Blotts bookstore, Harry was reluctantly dragged by Lockhart, used as a tool to promote Lockhart's fame.

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