Hermione, join me as Minister of Magic!

Sure enough, there was Snape outside the door, he was still dressed in black, his face was icy cold, and at the same time there was a T Gan Yin floating beside him.

"Oh, Severus, I didn't expect you to move so fast. I thought it wouldn't come out until tomorrow night."

Lockhart stepped aside and invited Snape into his office.

Hearing Lockhart's familiar address, the muscles on Snape's face twitched.

He had no intention of entering Lockhart's office, but he accidentally spotted Harry Potter in the office, and immediately changed his mind.

Harry raised his head immediately when he heard Snape coming, and concentrated on reading the letter from the reader in front of him, trying every means to reduce his sense of existence, but it was a pity that he failed in the end.

It's just a color-changing potion, and it doesn't take half an hour.I added something to it to block the Eye Sickness Curse, the Arrow Curse and the Cutting Curse, but unfortunately I haven't been able to find the right people to try it... Ah, Mr. Potter, why are you here? ' asked Snape knowingly.

At this moment, Harry really hated himself, why he didn't come to Hogwarts to study at all when the platform was blocked.

——Of course, just thinking about it, he would rather be made things difficult by Snape than continue to get along with Uncle Vernon's family.

"I'm staying here to work." Harry replied dryly.

"Work? Why do I think you're just sitting and watching the quill move by itself?" Snape sneered, "Professor Lockhart, I don't think this is punishment."

Of course Lockhart wanted to smooth things over—both for Harry and for this inconsistent Professor Snape: "I personally think that the so-called detention labor is not about punishing the body, but about making students realize their mistakes. For example, how should a public figure respond to the expectations of the outside world..."

Hong Dan There are always some people in this world whose brain circuits are different from others, as long as they

If the body cannot feel pain, neither can the mind. "Snape stared at Harry maliciously and said, "If you have prepared the materials for making contact lenses, why don't we find a student to try these jinxes on the spot and see if it works— — This is also to be responsible to the rest of the students, isn't it? "

Harry immediately looked at Lockhart, expecting him to say a few words.

"Don't scare the children." Lockhart said immediately, "I agree to do the experiment first, but it's better to try it with ourselves first. If our Eye Spell and Cutting Curse can be blocked, then the student's will not have to use it." said."

As he spoke, he opened his closet and took out his magic suitcase.

After continuous transformation, although his suitcase does not have 7 layers like Moody's, it now has at least 4 layers, which can hold some things.

"I ordered this batch when I was preparing for lessons during the summer vacation. I didn't expect it to be delivered to me when the school started. The witcher named Geralt was a little slow—it might be because he was busy with his new girlfriend and spent too much time. long time."

He pulled out a large can of lionfish meal, a large bottle of morning dew, and an "empty" sheet.

Harry noticed that when Lockhart took out "that thing", Lockhart - part of his body became invisible.

Mang Jixingyi? ’ he blurted out.

Snape let out a sneer.

"It's not yet." Lockhart kindly answered Harry's question, "It's the fur of the newly peeled invisible beast, which needs to be processed to become the invisibility cloak. The invisible beast not only has a certain ability to resist magic, but also can become invisible. , and has the ability of short-term prophecy, which is difficult to capture, so the Ministry of Magic classifies it as a 4X level, and if you are not a professional demon hunter, you may not be able to get these."

This was the first time Harry knew this, even with Snape around, he still

Somewhat curious.

"...Moreover, most invisibility cloaks are time-sensitive, and will lose their invisibility effect after a few years of use, so I usually prefer to use the illusion spell and deceiving perception to solve the problem of invisibility." Lockhart added another sentence.

Mang Jixing clothing will also lose its effect? ' Harry blurted out.

Lockhart answered his question: "Yes, except for the invisibility cloak in the Three Hallows, the rest of the invisibility cloaks will lose their effect within ten years."

Harry wanted to say that his Invisibility Cloak was passed down to him by his father, and that it worked well after all these years, but Snape's presence made him shut up.

He didn't want Snape to know that he had an Invisibility Cloak, and that he used it frequently for his nocturnal walks in the halls of Hogwarts.

Also, what is the "Three Hallows"?Be sure to ask Hermione when you go back.

Lockhart didn't seem to notice Harry's embarrassment, but went on to talk to Snape about business:

Hagrid gave me some slug goo, and I'm going to dilute it with morning dew, coat it with your discoloration potion, and layer it with invisible beast fur and healing lionfish spine powder— —What do you think, Severus? asked Lockhart.

Snape stared at the fur and fish spine powder, and seemed to be a little heartbroken—lion fish spine powder cost two Galleons for a small bottle, and the fur of invisible beasts was even more expensive. Lockhart's extravagance exceeded his expectations.

"It's too wasteful. Isinglass and gum arabic can achieve a similar effect. If the student's spell can penetrate my potion, an extra layer of invisible beast fur is just icing on the cake...but it's your money, I don't care ’” Snape’s last words were duplicity.

"Then I'll do it first... Since when do you have time to serve as a referee? After I teach the students the basics of dueling, we'll try it."

"Anytime." Snape said, staring into Harry's face, "Mr Potter, you have to be careful, we're going to have some of the 'best' students come up to a duel and give a public demonstration to their classmates, I think De Mr. Racko Malfoy would be willing to partner with you. "

Harry's throat moved, apparently swallowing.

He knew from the scar on his head how "polite" Malfoy would be to him

PS Post two more chapters in the middle of the night and early in the morning. Although the grades are tepid, I still have to try to hit the rankings. Alas, I have never had a better grade in the early stage. How did they manage to get 3 characters and [-]..._( : [-]J B)—

Chapter 35 No one else can hear the sound

With this little episode of Professor Snape's "refreshing", Harry became much more sober when he replied to the next letter.

He planned to finish this stay in school well, try to win the favor of Professor Lockhart, and then ask two duel tips, so that he would not be defeated by Malfoy.

With this realization, his efficiency in replying letters increased again, and he began to ask Lockhart proactively.

Time passed bit by bit like this, but when it was almost midnight, a voice sounded quietly from nowhere.

"...come here..let me tear you apart..."

Halfway through Harry's question he suddenly froze.

"Ooo tear you apart... kill you..." the voice continued hoarsely.

"What?" he asked loudly.

Lockhart answered him: Io, I mean, you have to learn to take it in a joking way, like "take me a picture of your pecs", which is too much for a fan request, don't hurt your kindness, of course if you If you can accept it, it’s not that…”

"No! I mean the voice!" Harry looked around.

Lockhart raised his head: "Excuse me, what's that sound?"

"That's the one - just said to kill, tear... Professor, didn't you hear?" Harry asked confused.

"I didn't hear anything." Lockhart was a little surprised.

Although Lockhart knew what Harry was talking about, his surprise wasn't feigned - could it be that Snape really didn't realize that Lucius Malfoy had stuffed something.

Or did he not tell Dumbledore0

... are impossible.

Since it is unlikely, how could Dumbledore know what would happen?

case... wait!

Speaking of which, when Harry was in the first grade, the challenges they faced were too simple. "There is no mechanism that is completely designed according to the specialties of the Iron Triangle trio"? Is this guarding those items, or encouraging Students go on an adventure"?

Moreover, Lao Deng specially let Harry see the Mirror of Erised before, and after confirming that his desire was just family affection, he let him know the principle of the Mirror of Erised, and finally threw it away as the final level. There are as many tell-tale signs as a cow's hair.

In other words, even though Lao Deng knew that doing so would risk Voldemort getting in touch with the Philosopher's Stone, he still wanted to use this opportunity to train the Savior and his party.

Lockhart could even imagine that when Old Deng was in the office, he must have often observed the Savior's every move with something like a crystal ball, thinking about how to continue to cultivate him. ,

But this time, he seemed to want to risk the safety of the entire school's teachers and students?Or did he think he could control it?

If Dumbledore is a villain who puts others to death and keeps himself out of it, then Lockhart will definitely scold him without saying a word, but he is the kind of person who doesn't even care about his own life for the sake of his ideals and career. people who care.

In other words, Dumbledore is well aware of the sacrifices that will be made on the way to destroying Voldemort, and he is willing to fill this hole with human lives, including his own.

How could Harry have imagined that the "professor" in front of him could think of so many things in just a short moment, and quickly prepared a set of explanations.

"It's not usually a good thing in the wizarding world to hear voices that other people can't hear," Lockhart told Harry. "It's happened to you before."

love?

"I don't know." Harry looked dazed, "I don't remember anything like this happening before."

"Then there are only four situations—the first is that the sound comes from within your own soul, so only you can hear it; the second is that the sound comes from the outside, but it is sent to a specific object, so No one else can hear it unless it’s your own voice; there’s the third one, that is, everyone can hear the voice, but others can’t understand it, only you can understand it; and then there’s the fourth one..."

Harry swallowed his saliva: "What's the fourth?"

"The fourth is that you are too tired, child. It is almost midnight by the time, and it is normal for you to feel tired. People always have some illusions when they are in a daze." Lockhart pitied looking at him.

"But I'm clearly sober!" Harry protested.

"Whether you're awake or not, you should go to bed now. It's too late today. It's my fault. I'll deal with the rest of the reply tomorrow."

Lockhart looked at his own clockwork and gave an order decisively.

Although he got a rest, Harry Potter didn't feel relaxed at all.

When Ron entered the bedroom smelling of polish, Harry told him what had just happened.

Ron Weasley's statement is exactly the same as Lockhart's.

"Hearing voices that others can't? That's not a good thing, especially when it comes to omens of death.

I heard that some people call this "Death Whisper", which is rare. It is usually heard by people who have survived a catastrophe and escaped death once. When Death comes to take his life for the second time, in order to save face , and use prophetic dreams or whispers of death to inform him in advance..."

There was a giggle in Harry's heart—the Boy Who Lived, that must be me

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Seeing that Harry was scared by himself, Ron hurriedly recalled the words: "Of course, as the professor said, there are also some other situations, such as hearing what the invisible goblin said... There are people of druid blood in your family ?"

"What?" Harry didn't understand.

"Druids, people who have a special affinity for natural creatures, only those with a pure heart can become Druids, and some Druids can even understand the language of animals—1—

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For example, Newt Scamander, the senior who graduated from Hufflepuff, magical creatures naturally like to go to his side, and everyone says he is the last druid of the 20th century. "

"I don't think I have that kind of talent." Harry shrugged. "I still can't understand what Hedwig is talking about. Except for talking to snakes, other animals can't do it. Well, I understand what's going on. Well, maybe I was too tired just now, just take a break...

He thought it was over, but Ron Weasley grabbed him by the shoulder.

"What?" Harry asked inexplicably.

"What did you just say, Harry? You can talk to snakes?"

Ron's expression suddenly became serious, so serious that Harry thought he was making a fuss.

"This should be normal, right? Talking to snakes shouldn't be a big deal. Many people in the magic world can do it."

Ron quickly looked around, and after confirming that only the two of them were in the Gryffindor lounge at this time, he was slightly relieved.

Crack down, Harry. "Ron became more nervous, "This ability is not unusual.

can you be sureYou can talk to snakes. "

Harry thought about it for a moment: "Okay, when I went to the zoo with my cousin Dudley, a Burmese python there told me that he had never been to Brazil..."

"A boa constrictor telling you it's never been to Brazil? You still call it 'he'? "Ron let out an emotion of unknown meaning, "Harry, listen to me, don't let others know about this, or Gryffindor and Slytherin will both trouble you. "

"What's wrong?" Harry asked in a panic.

"The ability to talk to snakes is called Parseltongue. It is the ability of the founder of Slytherin House, Salazar Slytherin. Usually only his descendants have this ability... Do you understand?"

At this moment, Harry turned pale.

He suddenly remembered the time when the Sorting Hat tried to sort him into Slytherin when he was in the sorting ceremony.

"I see, I'll never tell anyone," Harry assured.

Chapter 36 Congealed True Name

Although the burden of lesson preparation in the second week has increased a lot due to the correction of homework, Lockhart's mental pressure has become easier because he has proved that his method works.

In just one week, Lockhart's class has become the favorite class of Hogwarts students, bar none.

This is not only because it is practical in this class, but also because Lockhart will always find ways to find out what they are best at and praise it.

In the fourth grade class, Lockhart praised the always lawless Weasley brothers, because they can always complete the homework assigned by Lockhart in unexpected ways.

"...Look at D, what a genius idea!" Lockhart said, pointing to their homework, "How to cheat Veritaserum! And I swear on my reputation, this method absolutely works! This trick allows us to face Dark wizards can still lie during interrogation."

Fred Weasley was a little proud that he had come up with the idea.

Looking at the students who were still a little confused, Lockhart took the initiative to explain to them

"Using a Pet Sound Charm to force yourself to answer another irrelevant question—such as when the Dark Wizard gave you Veritaserum and asked 'was that the dung bomb that George threw at Mr. Filch's office? You can let your own owl ask yourself another question in your mind, such as whether V+1 is equal to 3', so that Fred can confidently answer "no'..."

The students suddenly realized that they could still play like this!

Only George Weasley looked frustrated: "But I really didn't go to Filch

The office throws dung bombs. "

"Yeah, you threw it in his tool room." Li Qiaodan immediately answered the question, causing the classroom to roar with laughter.

Lockhart was also laughing: "In short, 5 points for Gryffindor! For Mr. Weasley's contribution to resisting the dark arts!"