Chapter 44: At The Burrow

Harry read the report in the Daily Prophet carefully. It said that Gilderoy Lockhart was once a best-selling author, but in fact, all the content of his works was plagiarized, and he was also proficient in the Memory Charm, and many original authors had their memories erased by him. And recently, when he was invited to visit the United States, he tried to plagiarize the story of an American writer again, but unfortunately failed and was caught, and was thrown into a local prison. And the Ministry of Magic, based on the confession provided by the US side, found several former victims, confirming Lockhart's crimes. Both sides agreed to arrange the handover as soon as possible. After all, British wizards still have to be tried by British law.

Harry glanced at Lockhart's former list of works and thought that the readers in the magical world really had unique tastes.

And "The Quibbler" said that Lockhart's trip to the US this time was completely a carefully planned persecution, and he was deliberately harmed. Although this magazine analyzed many suspicious points in the event in detail, there was no substantial evidence, and everything could only be said to be the editor's conjecture. The most important thing was that, regardless of whether Lockhart was designed by anyone, the crimes he had committed could not be denied.

"Alright, I understand why it's called 'The Quibbler'." Harry said tactfully. "Perhaps Mr. Lovegood just looks at problems from a different angle than we do, but it is indeed difficult for everyone to understand such a person."

"Right!" Luo En said. "Like someone like Lockhart..."

His words were interrupted by a painful wail before he finished speaking.

"Oh, it's the ghoul in my house." Luo En said with some embarrassment. "My room is just below the attic."

"Cool!" Harry used this word for many things in the Wei Wei Silai house. "Zhang Qiu has a spell that can summon a ghoul, and you have one directly in your house! It's too magical!"

"By the way, Harry." Luo En said hesitantly. "What do you think of my room?"

Harry noticed during the process of going upstairs that the Wei Wei Silai house didn't seem to have guest rooms. He guessed what Luo En wanted to say all at once, so he said: "Great, I mean, this is very magical, wizards should live in such rooms, can I sleep with you?"

"Of course." Luo En was very happy. "I originally thought so."

When eating that day, Harry found that Jin Ni and Ivy had become good friends, and they looked very close.

It seems Ivy is prepared to live in Jin Ni's room, he thought secretly.

Harry was actually a bit confused. The Wei Wei Silai house looked very spacious from the outside, with a large piece of land that could be used, but they deliberately built the house very narrow. Perhaps crowded rooms can deepen the bond of family affection? Harry didn't seriously study psychology, but by comparison, he was more willing to believe that this was a quirk belonging to wizards.

Even the great Dumbledore would like snacks that are hard to understand like cockroach clusters. If you accept this point, then the living habits of the Wei Wei Silai family don't seem so strange.

In the afternoon, Harry and Luo En chased gnomes in the garden. Harry found that Luo En's physical fitness and reaction were incredibly good. He could always catch gnomes quickly and accurately, and then throw them very far. And when Harry was a bit out of breath, he found that Luo En hadn't even broken a sweat. Harry could feel that at Luo En's age, his physical fitness could already rival his former gym teacher. Perhaps this is the knight bloodline? Harry felt very curious.

The next day, Harry finally saw Tang Tang Nade, the new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor who helped Luo En train a body of muscles. Tang Tang Nade had slightly curly blonde hair. He didn't wear a wizard robe, but wore a suit and a red tie, looking very handsome.

When he took off his coat, Harry could see his sturdy figure through the shirt, and a scar looming on his back. Harry remembered that he also had the identity of an American Auror, and a trace of respect for the profession of Auror arose in his heart.

Along with Tang Tang Nade were two children, one was a little boy who was 70% similar to him, and the other was a little girl with pale skin, who looked a bit surprised, and also seemed a bit dazed.

"You must be Harry Potter, right?" Tang Tang Nade greeted. "Let me introduce, this is my nephew Cui Ge, and this is Miss Lu Na Lovegood. They heard that you came to The Burrow, and clamored to come over to see you."

"Hello, Lu Na." Harry greeted. He only noticed then that Lu Na was wearing two radish-shaped earrings. "Hello, Cui Ge."

"My name is Cui Ge." The little boy said. "But I prefer friends to pronounce it as 'Trigga'."

"Why?" Harry had never heard of this pronunciation.

"Because Lu Na (Moon God) and Cui Ge (Cui Ge) are Bestmatch!"

Luo En leaned into Harry's ear and said: "See, crazy."

Harry nodded in deep agreement.

After greeting, Cui Ge and Lu Na didn't know where they went to play. Harry decided to stay and participate in Tang Tang Nade's private tutoring.

Tang Tang Nade first took them to run laps. Harry had such an experience and could keep up. While running laps, Tang Tang Nade introduced the "records he saw in an ancient book." He said that Luo En was a descendant of the Knights of the Round Table, and a lot of his magic was immersed in his body, closely combined with muscles. So Luo En's magical talent might not look outstanding, but once he started physical exercise, the effect would be very significant.

Just like powerful spells often need to mobilize emotions, this kind of knight training must abide by the virtues of a knight to exert the greatest effect. This is why he suggested that Luo En swear allegiance to Harry. Tang Tang Nade believes that a knight needs a clear goal. He also always intentionally or unintentionally mentioned that the opposite sex will induce knights to fall, and being too close to female classmates will waste Luo En's talent.

Harry's intuition told him that these were all nonsense, but rationally, he was willing to believe these statements, and even vaguely felt that if magic really helped increase muscles, then this discovery would help him get closer to the essence of magic.

The morning was some common track and field training. After lunch, Tang Tang Nade started teaching Luo En the foundation of the Knights of the Round Table, swordsmanship. They held two wooden swords of the same size. Tang Tang Nade held the sword with one hand, while Luo En had to hold the sword with both hands. After chopping the wooden stake for an hour, they started to practice against each other.

Harry couldn't help it when he saw this. He took out his PPK pistol and said: "Luo En, this thing is much easier to use than a sword!"

Tang Tang Nade saw the gun and also saw the curiosity in Luo En's eyes. He explained: "Training swordsmanship is because goblins have cast magic-containing treasure swords. Only by infusing magic can you break the Iron-Skin Curse. And the sword is the key to opening the Avalon secret realm."

"Iron-Skin Curse?" Harry remembered Quirrell. When he turned on the Iron-Skin Curse, bullets really couldn't cause him damage.

"It is one of the defensive spells commonly used by wizards, which can defend against almost all physical damage, fists, cold weapons, and even bullets. Only by using magic can you break the Iron-Skin Curse. Therefore, this is also one of the standards for American Aurors to judge fights. Whoever uses the Iron-Skin Curse first must bear the main responsibility."

"Do you mean that Luo En uses a magic-containing treasure sword, he can hurt wizards, even if the other party uses a defensive spell?" Harry couldn't help but be surprised.

"That's right, if Luo En performs well, I will also consider teaching him my unique technique, which is to infuse magic into his fists, so that he can still retain a certain combat ability in the absence of a wand."

"Really amazing, I was thinking, can I ask a goblin to cast a magic-containing gun..." Harry asked cautiously.

"This is very difficult, we can hardly find goblins now." Tang Tang Nade said.

"But aren't there still many goblins in Gringotts?"

"Oh, you can't say that." Tang Tang Nade laughed. "You have to know, if you can engage in finance, who would be willing to go back to do low-level blacksmithing?"

The working class is noble... Harry wanted to refute, but he remembered that Tang Tang Nade was an American, so he decided not to argue with him about these small things. He changed his words and said: "What a pity. By the way, what is the secret realm you mentioned before?"

"The legend of Avalon." Tang Tang Nade said confidently. "It is said that it will appear in any lake at the right time, looking for the inheritor of the Knights of the Round Table, roughly that meaning."

"But according to the legend, the one Avalon is waiting for should be King Arthur, right?" Harry asked.

"No one knows Avalon better than me!" Tang Tang Nade said unhappily. "Practice swordsmanship well, Luo En. I'm counting on you to make the Knights of the Round Table great again!"

Seeing this, Harry wisely said goodbye. He could clearly feel that Tang Tang Nade had a different purpose in his heart, but the progress Luo En made was still beneficial and harmless to him, so Harry didn't delve into it.

"Luo En." When sleeping at night, Harry couldn't help but ask, "Do you really believe those? Knights of the Round Table, and Avalon or something?"

"Perhaps." Luo En said. "But more importantly, we will face the Mysterious Person and his lackeys in the future. Mastering more skills means one more point of winning."

"You are right." Harry agreed with this idea. "Even if you can't find the so-called Avalon, your body has been exercised. Besides, maybe you can find it?"

"You might not believe it if I say it." Luo En pointed to the comic books scattered on the ground and said, "Since I heard about the Knights of the Round Table, I have read all the Merlin legends."

"Then did you find any clues?"

"At least I can be sure that Merlin does have a pair of the fattest triangular shorts." ===== CHAPTER 45 =====