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We firmly believe that your expertise in the field of Defense Against the Dark Arts will greatly enrich our academic environment, and we look forward to your joining our campus.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me or the headmaster [Albus Dumbledore].

Sincerely,

Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry Headmaster: Isaac Waldorley

Isaac put down his quill, picked up the parchment, blew the ink off it, and admired his masterpiece one last time.

Was Lockhart trying to use his position as Defense Against the Dark Arts professor to create hype?

Then let's stir-fry it.

Isaac gave him a letter of offer, but not as a professor; it was for a lecturer position.

Strictly speaking, the status of a Hogwarts lecturer is roughly equivalent to that of Mrs. Hodge in the Flying Class and Mrs. Pines in the Library.

The pay wasn't up to the professor's standard, but it was better than what the administrator, Filch, received.

Isaac wasn't worried that he would actually agree, because even if he did, he would only be responsible for teaching the first to third grade wizards.

The fourth and fifth grades are still taught by the regular Defense Against the Dark Arts professors.

Isaac gave the letter to Kreacher, instructing him to seal the envelope with sealing wax and then have an owl mail it back to Lockhart.

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Lockhart's Mansion in the wizarding world.

Gilderoy Lockhart, a renowned author in the wizarding world, keeps his address a secret.

This secret wasn't just to keep out his extreme fans; Lockhart did it to keep it from the men behind those fans.

The magical world has always valued authenticity.

The truth is, if a guy doesn't like you and knows your address, he can actually come over and see if your magic wand is actually effective.

Coincidentally, Lockhart has the most fervent fans in the wizarding world.

Of course, he had to hide his home address well; otherwise, he might wake up to find several magic wands pointed at his face.

This is a pretty good result.

The worst-case scenario is that what's on his face might not actually be a magic wand.

Right now, our "great adventurer" Lockhart is in a very good mood. Although the pre-sale sales of "I Can Be Magical" are not ideal, he has found a way to solve the problem.

Lockhart was very confident in the letter he sent to Dumbledore.

He was Dumbledore's student for seven years, and Dumbledore was certainly not the kind of wizard who liked to force people.

Dumbledore was also a highly respected master.

The master would surely be able to see that his desire to become the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor wasn't very strong, and a tactful refusal would be the ideal outcome for Lockhart.

Ultimately, Lockhart is pointing a gun at good people.

Shouldn't good people be held at gunpoint?

As soon as he receives Dumbledore's reply, he will immediately launch a promotional campaign for his new book. The renowned adventurer and author Gilderoy Lockhart, rejected for a job, ignores the curse of the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor and dedicates himself to education.

Are you sure you don't want to read a book by such a great person?

Moreover, with this reason, his fans can better help him promote his work!

Just as Lockhart was eagerly awaiting the arrival of the Hogwarts owl, he heard a series of knocks coming from his window.

Lockhart hurried to the window, opened it, and welcomed the "Hogwarts" owl in.

and many more...

Lockhart paused in his hand movements when he saw the owl.

He realized that the owl in front of him was not a public owl of Hogwarts; it looked more like a private owl belonging to a pure-blood noble family.

Don't ask Lockhart how he can tell the difference; it's because he knows these owls so well.

While the public owls at Hogwarts are well cared for, the details are not particularly refined.

Can food cooked in a large pot and food cooked in a small pot taste the same?

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"What's going on?" Lockhart paused as he picked up the letter, knowing that no other wizard knew his address!

In the magical world, even using an owl messenger requires knowing the recipient's address.

Otherwise, you'd have to reply using the other person's owl.

Owls can locate wizards by their names to deliver letters and packages, but wizards also have ways to block owls.

Therefore, in the wizarding world, if you can't find an enemy, it's not advisable to ask an owl to lead the way by writing a letter.

This also means that this owl is the same owl that Hogwarts used to reply to his letters.

So...when did the standards for Hogwarts owls become so high?

Is it true that owls' food expenses are higher than those of little wizards?

Lockhart frowned as he picked up the reply, his eyes immediately falling on the sealing wax on the envelope.

wrong!

Normally, the sealing wax on a letter from Hogwarts should be an "H" representing Hogwarts, but the sealing wax on the envelope in his hand was a "B"!

What the hell is going on here??

Lockhart froze, unsure whether he should open the letter.

Open it up. The magical world has too many tricks up its sleeve. Lockhart felt he might not be able to handle whatever might happen once he opened it up.

Let's not open it...

The principle is the same.

By the time Lockhart received the letter, the initiative was no longer in his hands. Things like shouting letters have even more serious consequences if not opened.

Of course, if the wizard is powerful enough, they can even deal with the Roaring Letter.

The problem is coming.

Lockhart was a one-sided student; apart from memory magic, his other magic was a complete mess.

It's not that he can't use magic; it's that the effects of the magic he uses are random.

Just like in the original timeline, he cast a spell on Harry's arm to try and set the bones back together. The result was that all the bones in Harry's arm were pulled out.

Lockhart is quite creative to turn healing magic into dark magic.

So... this letter still needs to be opened.

Lockhart carefully tore open the envelope and took out the parchment letter.

He was on guard against any possible attack, but when he opened the letter, nothing unexpected happened.

Lockhart looked at the letter and discovered that it was actually an employment letter.

Wait a minute, what is this letter?!

Lockhart froze, staring at the letter as if he had seen something unclean.

No!

Why doesn't Dumbledore play by the rules?

Aren't you a good person? Why did you just disarm me and shoot me too?

Is this correct?!

He only wanted to use the identity of the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor; he didn't actually intend to apply for that cursed position.

Last year's professor at Hogwarts was Venda Rozier.

As an idol in the wizarding world, it was incredibly easy for Lockhart to get any information he wanted.

Because some of his fans are indeed pure-blooded wizards from impoverished noble families.

The term "decline" refers to the fact that these pure-blood wizards' influence in the magical world has greatly diminished.

This does not mean that these pure-blood wizards are poor.

These people control the wealth accumulated by their ancestors, which will take at least several generations to squander.

This is also the main reason why pure-blood wizards have remained popular for so long.

Their margin for error is much higher than that of ordinary wizards.

The same situation applies to those ancient mixed-blood wizards.

This is the difficulty for ordinary wizards to rise to prominence.

It's true that they are outstanding, but they can't accumulate the wealth and resources of several generations in one generation.

Once the first generation of powerful Muggle-born wizards passes away, their descendants, if not ambitious enough, will ultimately only be able to become ordinary families in the wizarding world.