Chapter 156 Arrest of Lockhart
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Bai Bai Le Kai Shui
In order to celebrate the end of the attack and to calm the hearts of the students, Dumbledore held a sumptuous dinner in the evening!
At the dinner party, Professor Lockhart, who had been missing all night, finally appeared in front of everyone again dressed in a fancy dress.
Facing the disdainful looks from Harry and others, he also said that it took him one night to complete all the remaining test papers for the students this school year.
However, no one paid attention to his boasting, and everyone was immersed in the dinner.
"I have good news for you." A Gryffindor student said to his friend mysteriously.
"What good news?"
"Snape is petrified!"
His friend sighed in resignation.
"I also have good news to tell you. Under the influence of Moon-Crazy Beast's excrement, Mandrake will mature in less than half a month."
"..."
Dumbledore also took this opportunity to immediately announce to the students the arrangements for the rest of the school year.
"Except for Potions, which is a temporary self-study before Professor Snape recovers, all other classes must return to normal."
"I hope everyone will seize the remaining time to review, especially students preparing for OWLs and NEWT."
The students wailed, it was the first time they missed the basilisk so much——
After Ron's showing off and Harry's confirmation, everyone knew that the monster in the Chamber of Secrets was the Basilisk.
So while they were wailing, they were also discussing the basilisk.
After the dinner, the students, apart from enjoying the relaxed atmosphere of being free again (especially the Weasley twins), circulated information about the basilisk.
Of course, most of them gathered around Harry and Ron, trying to hear more about the Chamber of Secrets and the Basilisk.
Ron's words became more and more exaggerated, but Harry was very honest and told the story about Twil wielding a fire dragon and burning the huge basilisk until nothing was left.
Unfortunately, not many people are willing to believe it.
"Harry, have you ever entered the Chamber of Secrets?! Everything Ron said is truer than you!"
A young wizard who listened to Harry's story left angrily.
After checking the information, the students in the castle all know how terrifying the basilisk is.
Long life, huge body, hard skin, dying eyes, and poisonous fangs!
This is something that a light fire dragon can easily deal with!
Harry shrugged nonchalantly.
He and Ron received the school's Special Contribution Award. Although the stopped Quidditch match would no longer be held again, the two hundred extra points alone were enough to help Gryffindor retain the Academy Cup.
In particular, Dumbledore helped him answer his doubts and confirmed that he belonged to Gryffindor.
As for Parselmouth, it was just because that night, part of Voldemort's abilities were transferred to himself.
So he is very calm now, and he can face it calmly even if he sees Snape again.
"Ten points from Gryffindor for making noise in the Great Hall."
Snape stared at Harry expressionlessly, but with a faint smile on his lips.
He was a little pale as he had just been discharged from the hospital, but that didn't stop him from suddenly appearing in front of Harry.
This smile made Harry instantly frightened.
He would rather face ten Lockharts than face Snape like this.
Even if Snape saved them once.
It was also because of this consideration that Harry did not refute him angrily - the little wizard who just made a noise was from Hufflepuff.
"Another twenty points for wandering around the castle."
What little respect Harry had for Snape suddenly disappeared...
"Professor," Hermione, who had also recovered, appeared and stood next to Harry, "I asked Professor Foley and he said that he will not pursue those school rules that Harry violated before."
Snape shifted his gaze to Hermione, even with a hint of irritation.
"Then he probably didn't say that he wouldn't hold you accountable for pretending to be me? Thirty points from Gryffindor!"
After saying that, he turned his head and walked away aggressively without even looking at these people.
Ron wanted to say something else, but Hermione stopped him.
"This is much better than I expected. I thought I was going to be deducted [-] points!" Hermione said happily.
Not only to deduct less points, but also to recover for myself.
"But didn't you say that? Professor Welfare will not pursue our case anymore." Harry said steadily.
"No," Hermione smiled slyly, "I came to see you as soon as I was discharged from the hospital. I didn't even have time to see Professor Welfare."
Both Harry and Ron's eyes widened in surprise.
"Did you just lie to Snape?!"*2
Hermione quickly pulled the two of them and motioned for them to keep their voices down.
"I heard from Madam Pomfrey that Professor Foley has been very leisurely recently and is probably staying in the office reading."
"So?" Harry asked.
"So we can go find him!" Hermione said excitedly.
"But, we once suspected Professor." He said so, but Ron still followed Hermione and Harry obediently.
"Isn't it more appropriate to apologize to the professor? Apologize for our mistakes."
"You don't know how powerful the professor was when he showed off his power that night..." Ron rambled on and told Hermione what Harry had told him.
As a result, Hermione became more and more excited as she listened.
She would not doubt that the professor did not have this strength. On the contrary, in her imagination, the professor's strength had no upper limit!
But when they arrived on the third floor, they saw an unexpected sight.
Several serious men dressed in black stood outside Lockhart's door. Seeing them appear, they unconsciously blocked the doorway.
"Who are you?" Ron asked bravely as he was in school.
"They are from the Magical Law Enforcement Reconnaissance Team." Gerald glanced at them before answering calmly.
Ron took a breath of air and quickly explained when he saw the puzzled expressions on Harry and Hermione's faces.
"They are usually responsible for regular law enforcement tasks, but now they are guarding the door. Maybe there are Aurors inside performing tasks!"
"..."
Gerald looked at Ron with twitching eyes, and he would have cursed loudly if his boss Delis hadn't emphasized that he should be kind to the students.
Even if they are really guarding the door, they can't say it so directly!
But Lockhart inside was even more depressed than them.
"What are you doing here?" He looked at Delis in front of him, as well as Teville and Dumbledore, who were eating melons.
"Of course I'm here to catch you." Malvolio shrugged.
"Catch me?" Lockhart suddenly had an ominous premonition in his heart.
"Why are you arresting me? I am a third-level knight of the Order of Merlin!"
His words became more and more incoherent, and he took a big step back, but Malvolio noticed that his hand was reaching under his robe.
He was planning to take out his wand. Malvolio raised the corners of his mouth contemptuously and allowed him to make small moves.
"Don't you know where the content in your book came from? I found those victims, and I have more evidence than you have in your head!"
"An old witch told me after treatment that she had exorcised the female ghost Wan Lun..."
Malvolio listed one incident after another, one victim after another, forcing Lockhart to retreat.
"Twil, is what he said true?" Dumbledore sighed.
He was aware of Lockhart's incompetence in terms of strength, but he did not expect that his former student would do such a thing.
To a certain extent, the permanent damage caused by the Oblivion Curse is no less than that of black magic.
"If Delis didn't have evidence, he wouldn't have come so aggressively to arrest people."
Tver watched all this calmly.
At the dinner party, Professor Lockhart, who had been missing all night, finally appeared in front of everyone again dressed in a fancy dress.
Facing the disdainful looks from Harry and others, he also said that it took him one night to complete all the remaining test papers for the students this school year.
However, no one paid attention to his boasting, and everyone was immersed in the dinner.
"I have good news for you." A Gryffindor student said to his friend mysteriously.
"What good news?"
"Snape is petrified!"
His friend sighed in resignation.
"I also have good news to tell you. Under the influence of Moon-Crazy Beast's excrement, Mandrake will mature in less than half a month."
"..."
Dumbledore also took this opportunity to immediately announce to the students the arrangements for the rest of the school year.
"Except for Potions, which is a temporary self-study before Professor Snape recovers, all other classes must return to normal."
"I hope everyone will seize the remaining time to review, especially students preparing for OWLs and NEWT."
The students wailed, it was the first time they missed the basilisk so much——
After Ron's showing off and Harry's confirmation, everyone knew that the monster in the Chamber of Secrets was the Basilisk.
So while they were wailing, they were also discussing the basilisk.
After the dinner, the students, apart from enjoying the relaxed atmosphere of being free again (especially the Weasley twins), circulated information about the basilisk.
Of course, most of them gathered around Harry and Ron, trying to hear more about the Chamber of Secrets and the Basilisk.
Ron's words became more and more exaggerated, but Harry was very honest and told the story about Twil wielding a fire dragon and burning the huge basilisk until nothing was left.
Unfortunately, not many people are willing to believe it.
"Harry, have you ever entered the Chamber of Secrets?! Everything Ron said is truer than you!"
A young wizard who listened to Harry's story left angrily.
After checking the information, the students in the castle all know how terrifying the basilisk is.
Long life, huge body, hard skin, dying eyes, and poisonous fangs!
This is something that a light fire dragon can easily deal with!
Harry shrugged nonchalantly.
He and Ron received the school's Special Contribution Award. Although the stopped Quidditch match would no longer be held again, the two hundred extra points alone were enough to help Gryffindor retain the Academy Cup.
In particular, Dumbledore helped him answer his doubts and confirmed that he belonged to Gryffindor.
As for Parselmouth, it was just because that night, part of Voldemort's abilities were transferred to himself.
So he is very calm now, and he can face it calmly even if he sees Snape again.
"Ten points from Gryffindor for making noise in the Great Hall."
Snape stared at Harry expressionlessly, but with a faint smile on his lips.
He was a little pale as he had just been discharged from the hospital, but that didn't stop him from suddenly appearing in front of Harry.
This smile made Harry instantly frightened.
He would rather face ten Lockharts than face Snape like this.
Even if Snape saved them once.
It was also because of this consideration that Harry did not refute him angrily - the little wizard who just made a noise was from Hufflepuff.
"Another twenty points for wandering around the castle."
What little respect Harry had for Snape suddenly disappeared...
"Professor," Hermione, who had also recovered, appeared and stood next to Harry, "I asked Professor Foley and he said that he will not pursue those school rules that Harry violated before."
Snape shifted his gaze to Hermione, even with a hint of irritation.
"Then he probably didn't say that he wouldn't hold you accountable for pretending to be me? Thirty points from Gryffindor!"
After saying that, he turned his head and walked away aggressively without even looking at these people.
Ron wanted to say something else, but Hermione stopped him.
"This is much better than I expected. I thought I was going to be deducted [-] points!" Hermione said happily.
Not only to deduct less points, but also to recover for myself.
"But didn't you say that? Professor Welfare will not pursue our case anymore." Harry said steadily.
"No," Hermione smiled slyly, "I came to see you as soon as I was discharged from the hospital. I didn't even have time to see Professor Welfare."
Both Harry and Ron's eyes widened in surprise.
"Did you just lie to Snape?!"*2
Hermione quickly pulled the two of them and motioned for them to keep their voices down.
"I heard from Madam Pomfrey that Professor Foley has been very leisurely recently and is probably staying in the office reading."
"So?" Harry asked.
"So we can go find him!" Hermione said excitedly.
"But, we once suspected Professor." He said so, but Ron still followed Hermione and Harry obediently.
"Isn't it more appropriate to apologize to the professor? Apologize for our mistakes."
"You don't know how powerful the professor was when he showed off his power that night..." Ron rambled on and told Hermione what Harry had told him.
As a result, Hermione became more and more excited as she listened.
She would not doubt that the professor did not have this strength. On the contrary, in her imagination, the professor's strength had no upper limit!
But when they arrived on the third floor, they saw an unexpected sight.
Several serious men dressed in black stood outside Lockhart's door. Seeing them appear, they unconsciously blocked the doorway.
"Who are you?" Ron asked bravely as he was in school.
"They are from the Magical Law Enforcement Reconnaissance Team." Gerald glanced at them before answering calmly.
Ron took a breath of air and quickly explained when he saw the puzzled expressions on Harry and Hermione's faces.
"They are usually responsible for regular law enforcement tasks, but now they are guarding the door. Maybe there are Aurors inside performing tasks!"
"..."
Gerald looked at Ron with twitching eyes, and he would have cursed loudly if his boss Delis hadn't emphasized that he should be kind to the students.
Even if they are really guarding the door, they can't say it so directly!
But Lockhart inside was even more depressed than them.
"What are you doing here?" He looked at Delis in front of him, as well as Teville and Dumbledore, who were eating melons.
"Of course I'm here to catch you." Malvolio shrugged.
"Catch me?" Lockhart suddenly had an ominous premonition in his heart.
"Why are you arresting me? I am a third-level knight of the Order of Merlin!"
His words became more and more incoherent, and he took a big step back, but Malvolio noticed that his hand was reaching under his robe.
He was planning to take out his wand. Malvolio raised the corners of his mouth contemptuously and allowed him to make small moves.
"Don't you know where the content in your book came from? I found those victims, and I have more evidence than you have in your head!"
"An old witch told me after treatment that she had exorcised the female ghost Wan Lun..."
Malvolio listed one incident after another, one victim after another, forcing Lockhart to retreat.
"Twil, is what he said true?" Dumbledore sighed.
He was aware of Lockhart's incompetence in terms of strength, but he did not expect that his former student would do such a thing.
To a certain extent, the permanent damage caused by the Oblivion Curse is no less than that of black magic.
"If Delis didn't have evidence, he wouldn't have come so aggressively to arrest people."
Tver watched all this calmly.
