Chapter 235 Disaster (√)
Luke was determined not to be this early bird.So instead of handing in a blank paper, he copied Hermione's paper.But only copied two questions.
that's enough.
Getting them all right, like Hermione, wasn't a good thing for him.
Ten minutes later, Lockhart handed in the students' papers.
He looked at the students' answer sheets with relish, chattering about his opinions.And he praised Hermione severely.Because Hermione answered all of his questions.
So Hermione got the attention of the audience.Hermione straightened her back proudly.For her, no matter what class it is, she must do her best to achieve excellent results!
Lockhart was satisfied with the students' reactions, so he silently took out a large cage covered with a 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 that the wizarding world has ever known! You will face the worst in this classroom." Horrible thing. But remember, as long as I am here, nothing will come to you. I just ask you to remain calm."
Seamus Finnigan and Neville sitting in the front row increased their vigilance. They looked at the mysterious big cage in front of them with cautious eyes.
Harry, who had hidden his head behind a pile of books, stuck his head out.
Although they couldn't understand Lockhart's various behaviors, they still had considerable expectations for this well-known wizard.For a powerful wizard like Lockhart to call it "the scariest" thing... Lockhart wouldn't get a Voldebat, would he?
The scariest black magic creature they could think of was the Voldebat that nearly killed Quirrell, the previous Defense Against the Dark Arts professor, during the attack last year.At that time, if they hadn't been united, the noble students took out their own defensive magic props one by one, I am afraid that they would not be able to survive without injuries.
"Please don't scream."
Lockhart stared at Harry, then at Luke, and flung the cloth back with one swift, graceful movement.His actions are first a magician who proudly shows his achievements to the audience after he has transformed into a living person.
However, the expected exclamation did not come.
Only Seamus let out a sneer.Even Lockhart didn't think it was a scream of fear.
"What's wrong?"
He leaned closer and asked Seamus.
Seamus pulled away from him, breathless with laughter, "Well, they're not—they're not very—dangerous, are they?"
Taylor looked puzzled: "Cornish elf? Is this thing dangerous?"
"How should I put it..." Luke pondered for a moment, "Maybe it's really dangerous for pumpkins?"
Hermione suddenly felt that the tall image of Lockhart in her heart began to collapse.
And Lockhart, who was in front of the podium, was still trying to reason: "No, no, no! They are as terrifying as little devils!"
A Cornish elf, about eight inches tall, with a small pointed face and a very shrill voice, like a lot of budgerigars quarreling.As soon as the cover was removed, they began to chatter, jump up and down, shake the cage bars, and make all kinds of weird faces at people nearby.
....
This thing is not very dangerous in the eyes of the little wizards.
But Luke didn't think so.This thing is really not dangerous, nor fatal.But for this group of young wizards who had been covered in lakes in class, and who had never dealt with such magical animals, it was not so easy to subdue them.
In that sense, the elves were a good test for the students, if Lockhart didn't exaggerate their danger.
Lockhart listened to the laughter of the students.The expression on his face gradually became tense.When he first accepted Dumbledore's invitation, he didn't expect that the little wizards would be in such a state.
"Then let me see," Lockhart said with a bad face,
"See how you subdue them."
So, he opened the cage, and the group of elves swarmed out from the mouth of the cage, and quickly started to destroy the entire classroom.
There were two ears holding Neville and flying him towards the ceiling.Another two smashed through the window with a clear goal and flew into the distance, leaving only broken glass on the ground.
And the rest wreak havoc in the classroom, worse than a rampaging rhino.They grabbed ink bottles and threw them at the class, tore books and papers to shreds, tore down pictures on the walls, turned waste bins upside down, and threw school bags and textbooks out of broken windows.After a few minutes, half the class had ducked under the desks, 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 for him too.
"Come on, round them up, round them up, they're just elves..." cried Lockhart.Rolling up his sleeves, he waved his wand and bellowed, "Pescipixi Pesternomi!"
But the spell was ineffective, and his behavior had no effect other than making some elves dodge aside in fear.This behavior also made Hermione's eyes widen.
"What's going on here?" Hermione couldn't understand why a professor would be so embarrassed by such a group of elves?
At this time, the wand in Lockhart's hand has been snatched by the elf.Even the elf waved his wand, which made Lockhart very embarrassed.
Luke glanced at the clock on the wall and said helplessly, "get out of class is over."
So he stood up straight away: "All petrifustotalus."
The petrification spell takes effect within the scope of the entire classroom.Those elves running around in the classroom instantly became like stone statues, unable to move.
One by one they fell from the sky.
The flustered students also calmed down.
Luke sighed softly, waved his wand, and saved Neville on the chandelier.
The situation in front of him is undoubtedly the result of his indulgence.But he really didn't expect that the interesting scenes in the original book would look so hopeless at this time, the students were inexperienced and timid, and had little ability.The teacher is even more unreliable, and he can't even protect himself well.
With such a group of insects, how can the magic world be revitalized!
....
Luke glanced at Malfoy who had crawled out from under the table.Sensing Luke's gaze, Malfoy blushed and felt for a moment that he probably shouldn't have gotten out.
【"get out of class is over, Professor."
Luke listened to the ringtone, looked coldly at Lockhart who smiled brightly again, and said, "End this disaster."
Students file out from the door.
Harry and Ron, who were detained, were responsible for putting the petrified elves back into their cages.Of course, the two that flew out of the window naturally couldn't be caught.Fortunately, it was just a Cornish elf, so there was nothing too dangerous.Especially if only two of them get together, there is no danger to the students.
"Harry, I now know that Lockhart is really useless."
Ron said to Harry confidently: "He can't even deal with the Cornish elves, let alone those who are more powerful."
Evil spirits such as female ghosts, werewolves, snow monsters, and magical animals are not something ordinary wizards can deal with.Probably the best thing to deal with is a werewolf.But werewolves are also very dangerous.Their easy handling is only relatively speaking.
Harry nodded, he had always guessed that Lockhart might not be as capable as in his book.He once met one of Uncle Vernon's clients, and he said how good he was.But after he left, Uncle Vernon laughed and said
Personally, it's not that great at all.It's just a small guest, and there are many special requirements.
Of course, even so, Uncle Vernon still thinks intimately that as long as Harry can mix with that guest in the future, it will be blessed by his dead parents.
Harry closed his eyes; he shouldn't be thinking about anything to do with Uncle Vernon's family.This is clearly making yourself unhappy.
"Oh! Harry! And...the red-haired student!"
Lockhart came out of the office again in a well-dressed manner.
"My name is Ron, Ron Weiss, Professor. Not 'Redhead,'"
Ron corrected Lockhart angrily, and after hearing this, Lockhart said indifferently, "It doesn't matter, kid."
Ron was almost trembling with anger, but Harry stopped Ron behind him and asked, "What's the matter, Professor?"
Lockhart didn't pay attention to Ron either. 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 acquainted, 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 train of thought, he would only bring trouble to Luke.
He's given Luke enough trouble since the summer break.Cannot continue on this matter.He could see that Luke's attitude towards Lockhart was almost disgusting.
You know, last year's Quilo, Luke didn't react like this.
....
After hearing Harry's words, Lockhart couldn't help frowning, looked at Harry suspiciously, and continued, "It's like this. Although they are not very good friends, they are still friends. Then you give me a word."
Harry sighed from the bottom of his heart: "What, Professor, I'll try my best, after all, sometimes Luke doesn't like to talk to me."
"It's like this. Let's say I found a good bottle of wine recently. I hope Mr. Gunter will appreciate it and come to 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 can drink a little wine, he can easily restore his image in Luke's heart.He is extremely confident in himself.
"But...Professor, we are underage and not allowed to drink alcohol."
There is also a saying in the wizarding world that children are not allowed to drink alcohol.Alcohol is served in the Hogwarts cafeteria, but only teachers***.To be precise, it is only for one person.After all the other professors would go to Hogsmeade to drink themselves if they needed to.
The quality there is better than that in the school, and it is more lively.
Ron also looked at Lockhart with contempt. Obviously, he also knew that Lockhart had a bad idea.
But Lockhart didn't care, he smiled mysteriously: "No, no, you are the ones who can't drink, Harry, believe me, as an already excellent nobleman, Mr. Gunter definitely has considerable skills in wine tasting .”
Harry and Ron glanced at each other, this is indeed a blind spot of their knowledge.
"We'll pass it on, Professor."
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"What do you think of Lockhart now?"
Luke sat at the table and asked Hermione.
"Phew... he does have a problem. Absolutely. His performance is far from what he is in the book." Hermione was now facing Lockhart's problem squarely.
As Luke said, from the current performance, Lockhart's ability is not even as good as a normal adult wizard, let alone the image of the magic master described in his book.
"So he made up those stories?"
Taylor frowned and shook his head: "But it's too real. Many small details can be matched. If this kind of small details are not real experience
However, it is difficult to make up. "
The authenticity of Lockhart's books is worthy of attention.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 some female ghosts, werewolves and the like.
The descriptions of them in the book are very close to Taylor's own cognition.That is.There's nothing wrong with the content of Lockhart's book.
"How did his story come about, I don't know. I guess it should be forcibly stolen from other people's hands with Legilimency."
Luke spoke his guess.But he has no proof.
"Dumbledore and I are looking for evidence. But... it's not going well."
Luke is not everything.A person like Lockhart has huge traffic as soon as he appears.The Daily Prophet must be more than keen to report on his glorious side.The Daily Prophet would be happier if he could dig out his black material.
But Lockhart is still able to appear in the sun so far, which means that he has handled his hands very well.
"It might be Lockhart himself."
Luke was a little helpless.Exposing a liar is also a good way to make a name for yourself.It can deepen your image of justice in the eyes of the public.
But Taylor said after thinking for a moment.
"We can find out about Lockhart..."
Hermione looked at Taylor keenly: "You want to use him?"
Taylor nodded.
"He's a useful guy."
So the two looked at Luke in unison.
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