Luke was determined not to stand out. So he didn't hand in the blank paper and copied Hermione's paper. But I only copied two questions.
that's enough.
Getting all the answers right like Hermione was not a good thing for him.
Thirty minutes later, Lockhart handed in the students' papers.
He looked at the students' answer sheets with relish and kept talking about his opinions. And he praised Hermione fiercely. Because Hermione answered all his questions.
Then Hermione got the attention of the whole audience. Hermione straightened her back proudly. For her, no matter what class she takes, she must do her best to achieve excellent results!
Lockhart was quite satisfied with the students' reaction, so he silently took out a large cage covered with cloth from under his desk.
"Now, children, be careful." Lockhart looked serious and lowered his voice. "My mission is to teach you to resist the most evil things known to the wizarding world! You will face the most evil things in this classroom. Horrible things. But remember, as long as I'm here, no harm will come to you. All I ask is that you remain calm."
Seamus Finnigan and Neville, who were sitting in the front row, raised their vigilance and looked at the mysterious large cage in front of them with caution in their eyes.
Harry, who had hidden his head behind a pile of books, also stuck his head out.
Although they couldn't stand Lockhart's various behaviors, they still had high expectations for this famous wizard. What a powerful wizard like Lockhart called the "most terrifying" thing... Wouldn't Lockhart get a ground-wrestling bat?
The most terrifying dark magic creature they could think of was the Voldemort bat that nearly killed Quirrell, the previous Defense Against the Dark Arts professor, during the attack last year. If they hadn't united together that time and each of the noble students took out their own defensive magic items, I'm afraid they wouldn't have been able to escape without any injuries.
"Please don't scream."
Lockhart glanced at Harry, then at Luke, then swung the cloth back in one swift and graceful motion. His actions were like that of a magician who proudly showed his results to the audience after transforming into a living person.
However, the expected exclamation did not come.
Only Seamus chuckled. Even Lockhart didn't think it was a scream of fear.
"What's wrong?"
He leaned closer and asked Seamus.
Seamus distanced himself from him, laughing so breathlessly he said, "Well, they're not - they're not very - dangerous, right?"
Taylor looked confused: "Cornwall elf? Is this thing dangerous?"
"How should I put it..." Luke pondered for a moment, "Maybe it is indeed a bit dangerous for pumpkins?"
Hermione suddenly felt that the tall image of Lockhart in her mind began to collapse.
Lockhart, who was in front of the podium, was still arguing: "No, no, no! They are as scary as little devils!"
The Cornish elf is about eight inches tall, with a small pointed face and a very shrill voice, as if it were a number of budgies quarreling. As soon as the cover was removed, they began to chirp, jump up and down, shake the cage bars, and make all kinds of weird faces at the people nearby.
….
This thing is not very dangerous in the eyes of the little wizards.
But Luke doesn't think so. This thing really isn't dangerous or deadly. But the group of young wizards in front of them were all confused in class, let alone the little wizards who had never dealt with such magical animals. It was not that easy to subdue them.
From this perspective, if Lockhart does not exaggerate their danger, then the elves are also a good test for the students.
Lockhart listened to the students' laughter. The expression on his face gradually became unbearable. When he first accepted Dumbledore's invitation, he never imagined that the little wizards would be in such a state.
"Then let me see," Lockhart said with a bad look on his face.
"Look how you subdued them."
So, he opened the cage, and the group of elves swarmed out of the cage, and then quickly began to destroy the entire classroom.
Two of them picked up Neville's ears and flew him to the ceiling. Two more smashed through the window with clear goals and flew into the distance, leaving only broken glass on the ground.
The remaining ones wreaked havoc in the classroom, more powerful than a rampaging rhinoceros. They grabbed ink bottles and threw them at the whole class, tore books and papers into pieces, tore off pictures on the walls, turned over waste bins, and threw schoolbags and textbooks out of the broken windows. After a few minutes, half the class was hiding under the tables and Neville was swinging from the chandelier.
What Lockhart said was not wrong. Such things are still a bit too dangerous for students.
But Lockhart was also wrong... because this thing was dangerous to him too.
"Come on, round them up, round them up, they are just little elves..." shouted Lockhart. He rolled up his sleeves, waved his wand and shouted: "Peschipixipestenomi!"
But the spell was ineffective, and his behavior had no other effect except making some elves dodge to the side in fear. This behavior also made Hermione's eyes widen.
"What are you doing?" Hermione couldn't understand why a professor was so embarrassed by such a group of elves.
At this time, the wand in Lockhart's hand had been snatched away by the elf. The elf even waved his wand, making Lockhart very embarrassed.
Luke glanced at the clock on the wall and said helplessly, "get out of class is about to end."
So he stood up directly: "Everyone is petrified (petrifustotalus)."
The petrification spell takes effect throughout the classroom. The little elves running around in the classroom instantly became like stone statues, unable to move.
One by one fell from the sky.
The originally flustered students also calmed down.
Luke sighed softly, waved his wand, and rescued Neville from the chandelier.
The situation before him was undoubtedly caused by his indulgence. But he really didn't expect that the interesting scenes in the original work would actually appear so desperate at this time. The students were inexperienced, timid, and had little ability. The teacher is even less reliable and cannot even protect himself.
How can we revitalize the magic world with such a group of insects?
….
Luke glanced at Malfoy, who had crawled out from under the table. Malfoy noticed Luke's gaze, and his face turned red. For a moment, he felt that maybe he shouldn't get out.
"get out of class is over, Professor."
Luke listened to the ringing and looked coldly at Lockhart, who smiled brightly again, and said, "Let's end this disaster."
Students filed out of the door.
Harry and Ron, who were sentenced to detention, were responsible for putting the petrified elves back into their cages. Of course, those two that flew out of the window couldn't be caught. Fortunately, it's just a Cornish elf, so it's not too dangerous. Especially if there are just two of them together, there is no danger to the students.
"Harry, I know now that Lockhart really has no ability at all."
Ron vowed to Harry: "He can't even deal with the Cornish elves, let alone those more powerful ones."
Evil spirits and magical animals such as female ghosts, werewolves, and snow monsters are beyond the ability of ordinary wizards to deal with. The best thing to deal with is probably the werewolf. But werewolves are also very dangerous. They are only relatively easy to deal with.
Harry nodded. He had always guessed that Lockhart was not as capable as he was in the book. He once met one of Uncle Vernon's clients who told him how great he was. But after he left, Uncle Vernon laughed and said
Personally, it's actually not great at all. He is just a small guest with many special requirements.
Of course, even so, Uncle Vernon still thoughtfully believed that as long as Harry could get as far as that guest in the future, it would be his dead parents who would bless him.
Harry closed his eyes. He shouldn't be thinking about anything to do with Uncle Vernon and his family. This makes it clear that you are making yourself unhappy.
"Oh! Harry! And...the red-haired student!"
Lockhart walked out of the office again, well dressed.
"My name is Ron, Ron Weiss, professor. Not 'Redhead.'"
Ron corrected Lockhart unhappily, and after hearing this, Lockhart said nonchalantly: "It doesn't matter, kid."
Ron was almost shaking with anger, and Harry stopped Ron behind him and asked, "What's the matter, Professor?"
Lockhart didn't pay attention to Ron. He looked at Harry with a smile and said, "That's right. I heard that you and Mr. Gaunt are good friends, right?"
When Harry heard this, he intuitively felt something was wrong.
"No, we are just familiar, not very good friends."
Harry said seriously to Lockhart. He didn't know why Lockhart was looking for Luke, but he knew that if he followed Lockhart's ideas, he would only cause trouble for Luke.
He'd given Luke enough trouble since the summer break. Can't continue on this matter. He could see that Luke's attitude towards Lockhart was almost disgusting.
You know, Quirrell and Luke didn't react this way last year.
….
After hearing what Harry said, Lockhart couldn't help but frown, glanced at Harry suspiciously, and then said, "That's right. Although they are not very good friends, they can still be considered friends. Then please give me a message."
Harry sighed in his heart: "What are you talking about, Professor, I'll try my best, after all, sometimes Luke doesn't like talking to me."
"That's right, let's just say that I recently found a bottle of good wine. I hope Mr. Gunter can come and taste the wine with me."
When Lockhart said this, his expression was extremely sincere. He knew he had let Luke Gunter down with his performance today. But it doesn't matter, as long as he has a drink, he can easily restore his image in Luke's heart. He was extremely confident about this.
"But...Professor, we are underage and not allowed to drink."
There is also a saying in the wizarding world that children are not allowed to drink alcohol. Alcohol will be served in the Hogwarts cafeteria, but only for teachers. To be precise, it is only for one person. After all, other professors would go to Hogsmeade to drink on their own if necessary.
The quality there is better than that in school, and it's more lively.
Ron also looked at Lockhart with disdain. Obviously, he also knew that Lockhart had a bad idea.
But Lockhart didn't care. He smiled mysteriously: "No, no, no, you are the ones who can't drink. Harry, believe me. As an already outstanding nobleman, Mr. Gaunt definitely has considerable skills in wine tasting." .”
Harry and Ron looked at each other, this was indeed their knowledge blind spot.
"We'll pass it on, Professor."
………………
"What do you think of Lockhart now?"
Luke asked Hermione, sitting at the table.
"Huh... there is indeed something wrong with him. There is definitely something wrong. There is a huge gap between his performance and him in the book." Hermione was now facing Lockhart's problem.
As Luke said, judging from his current performance, Lockhart's ability is not even as good as that of a normal adult wizard, let alone the image of the magic master described in his book.
"So are those stories of his made up?"
Taylor frowned and shook his head: "But it is so real. Many small details can be matched. Such small details, if it is not a real experience,
However, it is difficult to make it up. "
The authenticity of Lockhart's books is worthy of examination. As a girl who has been wandering around with her grandma since she was a child and can get along well in places like Knockturn Alley, Taylor is quite familiar with things like female ghosts and werewolves.
The descriptions of them in the book are very close to Taylor's own understanding. That is to say. There's nothing wrong with the content of Lockhart's books.
"I don't know where his story came from. I guess he stole it from someone else using Legilimency."
Luke expressed his guess. But he has no evidence.
"Dumbledore and I are looking for evidence. But... it's not going well."
Luke is not omnipotent. People like Lockhart had huge traffic as soon as they appeared. The Daily Prophet was certainly keen to report on more than just his glorious side. The Daily Prophet would be even happier if they could dig up dirt on him.
But Lockhart is still able to appear in the sun, which means that he handles his tail very well.
"Maybe we have to start with Lockhart himself."
Luke was a little helpless. Exposing a liar is also a good way to gain fame. It can deepen one's image of justice in the eyes of the people.
But Taylor said after thinking for a moment.
"We can find evidence against Lockhart..."
Hermione looked at Taylor keenly: "You want to take advantage of him?"
Taylor nodded.
"This is a useful person."
So the two of them looked at Luke.
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