Hearing her words, the three girls in the kitchen temporarily put down their work and ran out.
From the school—Lynn stood up and walked toward the window a step ahead of everyone.
Schools also cooperated with Enforcement Agents; although she felt Hogwarts was very different from her previous school.
It was still better to be careful; reaching out to open the window, Lynn watched the flying Owls with a sharp gaze.
Only after confirming they carried nothing but letters did her expression return to normal, and she reached out toward the Owl in front of her.
The Owl in front of Lynn landed on the windowsill and then carefully placed the letter in its beak into her hand.
It even gently touched her finger with its beak, as if comforting her to relax.
"Thank you." Although it was an Owl, the etiquette deeply ingrained in her mind made Lynn thank it solemnly.
Opening the letter, it was indeed the booklist Senior Penelopa had mentioned.
Unfolding the booklist, Lynn scanned it from top to bottom; more than half of the long list consisted of books written by someone named Gilderoy Lockhart.
Looking closely at the titles, Lynn classified them as fictional biographies.
However, the booklist specified they were textbooks for the Defense Against the Dark Arts class, so Lynn instinctively raised their importance in her mind.
"Merlin's booklist..." Ron wailed as he looked at the list in his hand.
"It's this Gilderoy Lockhart again." He raised his hand to cover his face, lamenting in pain.
"What's wrong with this person?" Hermione, who had always been in the Muggle world, looked at Ron in confusion.
She felt that someone who could write so many books, and have them all selected as textbooks, must be very impressive.
She even felt a faint urge to admire and idolize him just now.
"Uh." Harry, beside her, felt a bit awkward; during his two days at the Weasley family's house, he had helped clear out gnomes once, so he knew Mrs. Weasley greatly admired this Gilderoy Lockhart.
She even wanted to consult his books for the methods he wrote about while clearing out the gnomes.
"My mom admires him a lot," Ron said weakly, "but a lot of the things he writes in his books are really useless."
"Like clearing out gnomes, the method he gave was really... super lousy."
Harry nodded vigorously in agreement; out of curiosity, he had tried the gnome-clearing method Gilderoy Lockhart provided.
The result was that it wasn't even as fast as throwing them by hand.
"Surely not," Hermione frowned deeply, "If his books were really that useless, would they be chosen as Hogwarts textbooks?"
Penelope sighed helplessly and shook her head, "But these are textbooks for the Defense Against the Dark Arts class."
"As everyone knows," Maranhao added from the side, "the Professor for this class changes every year, and their quality varies wildly, let alone the textbooks."
"You can understand this by looking at last year's Professor Quirrell," Marietta shrugged, "and at least he had some ability."
"Yeah, now that the textbooks are Gilderoy Lockhart's books, I'm afraid the defense against the dark arts professor has also been replaced by him. If so, then the defense against the dark arts professor really is a buffoon, a total buffoon."
Penelope frowned deeply, criticizing Gilderoy Lockhart without mercy.
Hearing the usually gentle senior speak such merciless words made the Gryffindor trio present freeze for a moment.
Maranhao clicked her tongue and placed the booklist on the table with disdain.
"It's not that we're speaking ill of him; it's just that this person's reputation is too foul in families with Ravenclaws."
"That's right," Marietta agreed with a nod, "My mom calls him the least Ravenclaw-like Ravenclaw student."
"He's had no ability since his school days and only knows how to brag everywhere; he didn't even manage to succeed with the Levitation Charm, which should be learned in the first year, until the second year."
Penelope spoke of Lockhart's "glorious deeds" with a face full of disdain.
After hearing this, Hermione also looked at the booklist in her hand with a hint of disdain, feeling that the admiration and idolization she had just started to feel...
...was really better off being fed to the dogs. She moved her gaze from the booklist to Lynn, who was standing there unchanged, carefully reading the list.
Hermione had no doubt that in this short time, she had already memorized the booklist from beginning to end.
As expected, Lynn was the impressive one; look at how she could use the Levitation Charm to fight Lord Voldemort in her first year.
Then look at that Lockhart, who only learned the Levitation Charm in his second year... Just as Senior Penelopa said, I really hope this guy doesn't become our defense against the dark arts professor.
As for their conversation, Lynn listened and made quick judgments in her mind.
No book is useless; if you think a book is completely useless, it's because you haven't read it carefully.
Therefore, the books Lockhart wrote must be useful. Lynn put away the booklist; just as she read every book in the Hogwarts Library carefully...
...she would also read Lockhart's books carefully. Even if she couldn't learn any magic, she could learn good vocabulary and sentences, and various writing techniques.
As for whether he would become the Professor, Lynn thought quickly.
That would prove he must have sufficient ability in at least one area; teachers do not make mistakes.
There is always something a student should learn from a teacher; if he really became a Professor, then she would need to listen carefully in class and learn things from him.
At this moment, Lynn didn't know yet that she indeed could learn things from this Professor Lockhart.
It just had nothing to do with magic, but rather how to perform in a play, how to brag about oneself, and how to weave a good story.
After receiving the booklist, the seven Young Wizards, except for Lynn and Harry, all wrote letters home to explain that the booklist had arrived.
That evening, everyone received replies. The parents of Maranhao, Marietta, Hermione, and Penelope all sent enough money to buy the books.
Ron's mother, Mrs. Weasley, tactfully asked when they wanted to go to Diagon Alley to buy books, as their family also needed to go early since Ginny was starting at Hogwarts this year.
So they could go to Diagon Alley together.
In reality, Mrs. Weasley was a bit worried about the seven children going to Diagon Alley on their own, even though the security there was decent.
But what if? So the gentle and meticulous Mrs. Weasley wanted to take the children together.
Anyway, her family had many children; what was a few more? More children meant more fun.
The others said there was no problem with this, and Hermione added that if her parents had time, they would also come along.
Hearing Ron and Hermione's words, Lynn couldn't help but think of her own parents.
Worrying about a child... was it that feeling she had experienced before, where the heart felt tightened and the brain felt heavy?
They probably never felt that, she thought without any emotional fluctuation, but suddenly two gentle streams of magic flowed from the watch on her wrist through her entire body.
"You are also a child someone worries about, a child someone loves."
Such a voice abruptly appeared in Lynn's mind.
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