Chapter 146 Serious nonsense (Third update, please subscribe)

"It doesn't matter. You can call me Mr. Portrait, or Slytherin."

To Lockhart's question, the portrait answered directly.

After finishing speaking, he asked: "What should I call you?"

"Gilderoy Lockhart, Professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts at Hogwarts." Lockhart simply replied and continued: "Then I'll call you Mr. Slytherin."

"What state are you in now? A pure portrait or a remnant soul."

As he spoke, Lockhart, in order to prevent Slytherin from avoiding the answer, continued to add: "I smell the breath of the soul from the portrait."

Hearing what Lockhart said, the portrait of Slytherin was a little surprised, and then said with emotion: "It seems that after so many years of development, the level of the Hogwarts professors has not declined, and has even become stronger and stronger." ”

"You are a professor at Hogwarts, I can answer your questions."

"But in exchange, you must also answer my corresponding questions."

"Okay, no problem." Lockhart agreed decisively.

After agreeing, Lockhart continued his question: "Tell me, how did you manage to have an immortal soul for thousands of years?"

"I knew you would be curious about this." Slytherin's portrait smiled: "Do you know about Horcruxes?"

"I don't know." Lockhart shook his head, his face showing doubts, and continued to ask: "Is it a magic item? Is it related to the soul?"

"Can you tell me about Hogwarts and the wizarding world now?" The portrait asked directly without replying.

"Since the promotion of the new magic system, the wizarding world has been very peaceful and developed rapidly." Lockhart said in a serious tone: "Hogwarts has become a holy place in the eyes of many wizards because of the promotion of the new magic system."

"Really?" the portrait asked with interest, "What is the new magic system?"

"Mr. Slytherin, you haven't answered my question yet, what is a Horcrux? Also, what abilities do you have in your current state?" Lockhart asked.

"Horcrux!" Slytherin seemed to be feeling a little emotional, and briefly introduced: "It is actually a kind of black magic, used to protect the immortality of the soul."

"As for my ability, I don't have much ability. The most I can do is answer some questions."

"Oh, I understand." Lockhart nodded and introduced very briefly: "The new magic system is based on meditation and can lower the threshold of magic learning."

After hearing this, the Slytherin portrait frowned slightly and sighed softly, as if he knew that if he didn't introduce it in detail, the other party would not answer in further detail.

"Do you have any more questions?" the Slytherin portrait asked, seeing Lockhart delaying asking.

"Yes." Lockhart nodded, pointed at the dark green light curtain at the door, and asked, "I want to know, what does this do?"

"And how to get out of here?"

"Are these two questions?" Slytherin said with a smile, "But I can also answer them."

"This is a Oblivion Spell barrier I set up before. It has no attack or defense function."

"It's just that after passing it, my information will no longer appear in your mind. You will only think that there is a stone statue of Slytherin to answer your questions."

Hearing this, Lockhart was thoughtful. No wonder he felt a familiar smell on the light screen.

It turns out to be the Forgetting Curse.

No wonder Tom said there was a stone statue in the secret room.

He said that after being punished, Tom would not lie. After all, he would know everything just by looking at it.

If you discover this by yourself, you might want to enjoy the one-hour soul-burning package.

Thoughts flashed, Lockhart continued to hear Slater's portrait reply.

"It's very simple to get out. After passing this Oblivion Spell barrier, go to the door and say the words you came in in Parseltongue, and the door will open."

Hearing the Slytherin portrait's answer, Lockhart nodded in understanding.

Seeing this portrait, he asked two questions directly: "Tell me, are you pure blood or mixed blood? Also, what is the new magic system?"

"I am a pureblood." Lockhart opened his mouth and said: "However, I have been growing up in the Muggle world, so I have always used the name Gilderoy Lockhart."

"My real name should be Gilderoy Malfoy."

Lockhart casually pulled out a pureblood family name and explained.

"As for the new magic system, after 20 years of development, there are too many to list at the moment."

"When we have time, we will talk in detail."

With that said, Lockhart ignored the portrait and turned around, leading the basilisk towards the dark green light curtain.

Then

Stop in front of me!

He is not stupid, he has been lying just now, and what he said was half true and half false.

He could do it, but maybe Slytherin couldn't.

With his thoughts turning, Lockhart waved his wand lightly to test the dark green light curtain formed by the Forgetting Curse in front of him.

Buzz!

A detection spell appeared from the wand and shot towards the dark green light curtain.

As a result, the magic spell passed directly through the light curtain, and the light curtain only trembled slightly without any feedback.

Lockhart frowned slightly when he saw this.

The Slytherin portrait in the back was not annoyed when he saw the scene just now.

The introduction just now is indeed true. This dark green light curtain composed of the Forgetting Curse can indeed change people's memories.

But one thing was not elaborated on.

That is, he can explore all the memories of those who pass by at the same time.

After all, it's not normal to modify the memory after exploring it.

After casting several detection spells, I found no feedback.

Then

With a flick of the wand, the scorching fireball that was floating above flew directly towards the dark green light curtain.

boom!

The fireball seemed to be unimpeded, passing directly through the dark green light curtain and flying towards the dark corridor.

The fire briefly dispelled the darkness, and then hit the wall of the corridor with a banging sound.

The Slytherin portrait behind looked at Lockhart's various tentative behaviors and said slowly: "Lockhart, I can call you that."

"Don't worry, I guarantee in the name of Slytherin that the light curtain formed by the Forgetting Curse will never cause any harm to you."

After hearing this, Lockhart nodded slowly to express his understanding.

Then

I waved my wand and cast a few more spells, but found that they had no effect.

He patted the basilisk next to him and motioned for it to go through and give it a try.

The basilisk crawled over very obediently. Seeing this, he called the basilisk to crawl back.

Wait for the basilisk to come back to you.

The corner of Lockhart's mouth curled up in a cold arc. After some investigation, he found that only his memory seemed to be affected.

As for memory spells, especially the forgetting spell, he is quite familiar with this field.

The routine inside.

Then, Lockhart turned around and walked directly to the portrait of Slytherin, bowed slightly, with a polite smile on his face, and said, "Mr. Slytherin, I'll take my leave now."

"Later, I'll come over and discuss the new magic system with you when I have time."

After hearing this, the Slytherin portrait nodded briskly, as if he had no objection to Lockhart's sudden farewell.

Then

The Slytherin's smile in the portrait froze.

In his eyes, Lockhart waved his wand, outlining a sparkling circular portal.

Then, he took a step forward, taking the basilisk with him, and disappeared from his eyes.

There are expected to be 6 updates tonight, 4 basic updates, and then two more updates for the alliance leader GT Loves My Wife, and the next three updates will be continued tomorrow.