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Since he moved in, in order to keep Leah from being so bored, and also to let Leah learn more about the magical world.

He also subscribes to the Daily Prophet.

The book signing event was teased in the Daily Prophet a week in advance.

If Lockhart really is the teacher of this course, then Snape has nothing to worry about.

He can easily oust him by anonymously sending a few whistleblower letters to the Ministry of Magic.

As if he could read Snape's mind, Zicomo suddenly spoke.

"You said you'd oust Lockhart then. Does that mean the curse has failed or not?"

Snape was taken aback; he hadn't actually considered that question.

Does he intend to let a peacock sit in his coveted position for another year?

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Zicomo said with some disdain to the two girls beside him, "Professor Snape's vision is a bit too narrow. He's always thinking about that damn Defense Against the Dark Arts position. If it were me, I would definitely be thinking about how to oust Dumbledore and become the headmaster myself."

Hermione was somewhat surprised by Zicomo's idea, but considering that her cousin had set the goal for her to become Minister of Magic, it wasn't surprising.

Lani, on the other hand, had an expression that seemed perfectly natural.

I've heard that Dumbledore is the strongest wizard, so it's not unreasonable for her king to want that position.

Zicomo didn't lower his voice, so Snape heard him too.

Snape: Do you want to look at what you're saying?

He suggested that Dumbledore's men oust him and become the headmaster himself; he had quite the ambition.

Wait, that person is me, that's not impossible.

The tricky part is figuring out how to get Dumbledore out of office; that old bee is so lively and energetic, he doesn't look like a centenarian at all.

Why don't we first try to build a good relationship with the Hogwarts board of trustees?

Seeing Snape's serious expression, Zicomo wondered if he might actually be having such thoughts.

If that's true, this year's escape room incident would be a good opportunity.

The basilisk in Slytherin's Chamber of Secrets has been released, threatening the safety of the young wizards.

Lucius, who disliked Dumbledore, seized the opportunity to try to dismiss him as headmaster.

If Snape had cultivated good relationships with the board of trustees, he might actually have been able to rise to power.

Some might say that Hogwarts cannot exist without Dumbledore.

That's easy. Just resolve the Basilisk incident and then hire Dumbledore back.

We'll give him a vice-principal position and have him teach potions.

This base-swapping strategy was a huge success.

Just thinking about Snape yelling at Dumbledore, "Dumbledore, I am the headmaster!"

Zicomo thought 30 was very interesting.

With that in mind, Zicomo urged Snape to first build good relationships with the school board members.

Given his close relationship with Lucius, there's a lot of room for maneuver in this matter.

Encouraged by Zicomo, Snape thought it was a feasible plan.

Even if you don't become the principal, it's never a bad thing to maintain a good relationship with the board of directors.

So he got up and went back to his room to contact Lucius.

Seeing that it was almost dinner time, Zicomo and the others got up to say goodbye and left Snape's house.

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Before he knew it, the start of the school year arrived. During this time, Zikomo could not be said to have gained much from the border region; in fact, he gained nothing.

He had basically explored the first half of the border area, and the next step was to enter the plateau region of the border area.

The problem arose at the huge elevator before entering the plateau.

This device, called the Dickdas Elevator, requires two scepter keys.

Zicomo had no idea where the two keys were.

In his previous life, when he played this game, he somehow managed to collect two talismans.

Then I went up.

Now the border area has been transformed into a real-world area, and we need to find two palm-sized objects on such a large map.

This is simply making things difficult for people.

Zicomo had also asked Lani, but she didn't know either.

After all, once the elevator goes up, it's the territory of Radagan and Marika, which is now considered an enemy of the Kalia royal family.

And so, Zikomo wandered around Lienia, Gelid, and Nimgfo for another month.

While searching for the two talismans, he also swept through the area to see if he had missed any good items.

After he had plowed through all three regions, he only found one token.

Finally, in a fit of anger, he decided to fly over from behind the Kalia fortress.

Back in reality, Zicomo, Lani, and Hermione bid farewell to the Grangers and boarded the Hogwarts Express.

The train started moving, and all three of them were the quiet type.

They each took a book and quietly began to read.

Just then, a little witch passed by outside the carriage. She had long, light golden hair and silver-grey eyes.

She held a small stack of magazines in her hand, staring blankly ahead.

"Singing a different tune?"

"Singing a Different Tune" is the name of the magazine she's holding; it doesn't imply that she wants to contradict anyone.

Zicomo already knew who the person who would be selling this magazine on the train was.

Luna, Ravenclaw's white moonlight.

She always gave off an ethereal quality, and her listless eyes made it seem as if she didn't care about anything. Yet, her eyes also sparkled with sensitivity and spirituality, as if she could see through everything.

Her skin was very pale, her eyebrows were light, she wore a pair of carrot-shaped earrings, and a necklace made of butter beer bottle corks hung around her neck.

It gives people a strange feeling.

"Give me one." Zicomo took out his money and handed it to Luna, casually inviting her in. "Would you like to come in and sit for a while?"

"Ok."

Luna took the money and sat down in the last seat of the carriage.

Zicomo was a little confused. He really just said it casually, but he didn't expect the girl to actually agree.

My name is Luna Laquyu.

After Luna sat down, she introduced herself and then asked a question.

Just as Zicomo was about to answer, he suddenly realized that she wasn't asking him.

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Her gaze was fixed on Lani.

Lani put down her book and casually replied, "I don't know, I've never heard of such a creature."

Lani didn't dislike the girl in front of her; on the contrary, she had a pretty good first impression of Luna.

Otherwise, she wouldn't even have paid attention to Luna's question.

"I believe they exist, but they are rather shy, making them difficult for people to spot."

Seeing that Lani had answered, Luna continued the conversation with her.

The two chatted casually, with Luna doing most of the talking and Lani responding offhand.

Hermione watched this scene with confusion, she didn't remember Lani being so easy to talk to usually.

When she chats with Lani, Lani can usually end the conversation in just three sentences.

It's commonly known as killing a conversation.

Oh, it's pretty much the same now; most of the time it's that little girl Luna who's initiating conversations.

Although Lani can quickly end a topic, Luna always finds a new one to start.

Moreover, these topics were so far-fetched that even with her limited knowledge, she couldn't quite understand some of them.

The opening scene with the horned snoring beast left her completely bewildered; she had never heard of it despite reading so many books.

Is this the right way to chat with Lani?

Zicomo thought about it for a moment and then understood why Luna was talking to Lani.