Hermione, join me as Minister of Magic!

Following Lockhart's incantation, a ball of light rose from the tip of his staff and exploded in the sky above the duel field, and a pattern in the shape of a crescent moon and a rune appeared above everyone's heads.

Although this pattern is simple in style, no matter whether it is the students watching or the magical creatures on the field, the moment they stare at it, a feeling of fear will arise from the bottom of their hearts.

The wizards are okay, after realizing that their fear is caused by this magic, most of them can restrain the fear in their hearts with their own willpower.

But the animals that were still on the dueling field suddenly exploded. The cat and leopard arched their bodies, the hair on their bodies bloomed, and scratched their paws no matter who approached them; the swallow-tailed dog lay on the ground, With its tail tucked up, a muffled growl came out of its throat; the Wretch Bird landed on the ground, covering its head with its wings; the Swamp Digger was frantically digging the soil, trying to continue drilling underground.

Even the fire crabs beside Professor Kettleburn suddenly went berserk. They crawled up from the ground, and crazily sprayed flames around their bodies.

The flame even burned Professor Kettleburn's robe, so that he had to use "clear water like a spring" to put out the fire first.

The scene became a mess, and Professor Kettleburn had no intention of dueling now, and he had to give priority to restoring control of these magical creatures.

Amidst all the uproar, Gilderoy Lockhart's voice of incantation seemed so abrupt:

"Flying sand and stone!"

Professor Kettleburn found that not far in front of him, the air suddenly twisted violently, and then exploded.

The tumbling air wave knocked Professor Kettleburn to the ground, and the fire crabs, cats, leopards, and swallow-tailed dogs who got up beside him were all shaken away by the spell just now, and now there is no one between them. shaded.

I saw Lockhart stretching out his right arm in a corner of the ring, raising his wand high, posing with his feet, and a faint green light shone on the tip of the wand

"Avada-"

The eyes of the students watching the battle immediately widened, especially those from wizard families.

It's just a duel, as for using the Killing Curse?

Professor Tun..."

Someone instinctively wanted to speak out to stop it, but it was obviously too late.

But they were clearly overthinking.

"—Pinigra!" Lockhart finally said the second half of the incantation.

As the spell was uttered, the wand in Lockhart's right hand also fell from the air, and drew a drop shape in the air, and poked forward forcefully with the movement of his wrist.The green light condensed on the tip of the staff shot out, directly facing Professor Kettleburn's forehead.

Kettleburn's eyes widened in fear, and his prosthetic limbs were raised in front of his eyes, as if trying to resist something.But he also knew that this was just his instinctive action, and it was impossible to block the Killing Curse with his hands.

But when the spell hit his prosthetic limb, there was a crisp "joy" sound.

— A pine cone bounced off his prosthetic limb and fell through the air, landing on top of Professor Kettleburn's head.

The atmosphere at the scene froze for a while.

"Hahaha..." Lockhart laughed and withdrew the "Shining Pattern" and retracted his wand.

He took the initiative to step forward and helped Professor Kettleburn up: "Sorry, Sylvanus, I was just joking."

Professor Kettleburn finally woke up at this time - yes, how could it be possible to use the Unforgivable Curse in the duel arena.

"Yeah, a joke... I can't guarantee that my old bones can make such a joke twice..." He stood up muttering.

"I'm sorry." Lockhart quickly apologized, this time it seemed that he played too much.Then he turned to the audience and explained it to the students.

"Don't worry, everyone. That wasn't the Killing Curse just now, it's my edited version.

"Avada splits your melon: the second half is a small trick composed of "piny (pine tree plant) and "grmin (seed)', and you can also use it to simulate the killing curse of the dark wizard in the duel arena in the future , whoever gets hit by a pine cone is immediately judged to be a loser... but I hope you will never use the prototype of this spell in your life."

The students breathed a sigh of relief at this moment, and then clapped their hands.

"Brilliant!" they shouted.

Lockhart's three duels showed them three ways to deal with duels with magical creatures. The first is to take advantage of the timing of the opponent's placement, and the second is to use the nature of the animal to separate it from the dark wizard; The third type is a magic that can fear creatures in a large area, and then use flying sand and rocks to clear the field, and the spell directly kills the enemy.

Seeing that the students were talking a lot, Lockhart simply used the scene to add a temporary lesson for the students present.

Io I have to add one more word of caution, even though Summoning doesn't count in [-]v[-]

Strong, but if there are more than 2 people, or even large-scale team battles, the side that trains magical creatures to form an army will have a considerable advantage, because then they can be responsible for summoning alone, and the others will be responsible for protecting the summoners. Then some single-handed tricks will no longer work..."

He gave Professor Kettleburn a step down so that their relationship would not be strained because of this incident. After all, he came to check on him when he was attacked, and this is acceptable.

After gaining the limelight again and confirming his status as an "expert in fighting against dark creatures", Lockhart walked off the stage happily pretending to be successful, and prepared to return to his office.

However, he was stopped by someone on the way, and there were still three people.

After half a school year of adaptation, Hermione was finally able to stop stuttering when talking to Lockhart.

"Professor... can you teach us that magic you just used? We think... uh..."

Seeing that she was stuck, Lockhart thought of a reason for them: "You want to use it against Mr. Malfoy?"

"Ah... yes! It's very embarrassing to say it." Hermione borrowed the slope to get off the donkey, "He can use the pets he bought to duel with others, which is too unfair."

"But when fighting a dark wizard, the dark wizard won't be fair to you. If it's not bullying, they usually won't do it." Lockhart said earnestly.

"Yeah, that's why we came to learn from you." Hermione immediately added.

Lockhart knew that the three of them must have some kind of plan, that's why they were so urgent about the "shining pattern".

Even if they didn't come to ask, he still had to find an opportunity to teach these things. Now that they took the initiative to ask, Lockhart certainly wished for it.

"Of course, Avada will chop your melon, right?" He deliberately teased them, "

From mantras to gestures, I can teach you everything, so you can learn it in no time.

Both Ron and Harry could see that Professor Lockhart was joking, but Hermione definitely took it seriously.

"...No, we want to learn the moon pattern!"

Lockhart laughed loudly: "I know, if you want to learn, of course I will teach you, but we will have dinner soon, so you can come to me after dinner."

Chapter 92 Night Interview

The magic of shining patterns is not complicated, at least for Lockhart

"This magic originated from ancient Egypt and was invented by Egyptian wizards after observing Boggarts. It can make all animals see what they fear most in their hearts, even dragons.

Besides, the more you know about the habits of that animal or person, the better the effect of your magic will be.For example, I will show cats and leopards a large group of hyenas, fire crabs to see thunderbirds, and swamp diggers to see earthcutters... The more knowledgeable the person who uses this magic, the better it will be. "

Hearing this, Harry and Ron immediately turned their attention to Hermione, and the meaning couldn't be more clear: Sis, it's your turn!

Hermione did her part: "So, what about the casting gesture of this spell, and the emotion when using it?"

"You're on point!" Lockhart answered her. "The hardest part of this spell is the subtle emotion - you have to keep yourself in that 'craving for J' feeling, a kind of eagerness to The feeling of wanting to get something, a feeling of being anxious but unable to give up. "

"That's easy." Ron said behind them, "Hermione, think about the state of you entering the examination room, ready to start answering questions."

"Oh, shut up." Hermione looked a little embarrassed.

Although Lockhart didn't think it was difficult, the "Shining Pattern" became the first magic that the trio of saviors didn't learn right away.

"No, no, no...you don't need to look directly into the other person's eyes when you use it, and you only need to draw two curved lines to draw the crescent pattern on the wand. I just draw it for the sake of saving trouble and speed.

two inscribed circles...emotions, the most important thing is emotions!Although the result is to scare people, it is not for you to chant the spell with fear..."

The three who failed to learn were a little frustrated.

5 Mr. fart, what if you get scared first when you chant the mantra? ' asked Harry.

Lockhart elongated his face in regret: "It's the same as the form that Boggarts show after saying "funny funny" to Boggarts, such shining patterns are not scary at all, but they will make them feel It's ridiculous—remember, Boggarts are for hunting, and they have to become the most feared thing of the prey, so we must let the inner emotions be full of greed. "

The three exchanged glances, and each could see helplessness in each other's eyes.

Facing a terrible basilisk, and that basilisk may stare you to death or bite you through your body at any time, you can't bring fear in your emotions, even if they are all Gryffindors, this is for them It was too difficult.

—Looking at the time, Lockhart found that it was already nine o'clock in the evening. Even if there was no class the next day, it would be too late for the 12-year-old little wizards, so he took the initiative to dismiss this extra-curricular improvement class.

"We actually practiced for nearly two hours! But don't worry, everyone has spells they are good at and spells they are not good at, and you don't always have to use the same spell to solve problems, all roads lead to Rome …Well, children, it is too late now, you should go to bed quickly."

After sending the three of them out, Lockhart began to wash up.

He has mastered three spells that second-year students can't easily learn-to be honest, it's nothing to brag about.

Since he was attacked by the basilisk last time, things in his office had been damaged a lot, and none of them could be restored simply with a repair spell, so he filed a reimbursement request with the principal.

But Dumbledore didn't intend to spend such a waste of money. He easily restored most of the cabinets, even the office door. Except for the part that was stained with basilisk venom and couldn't be restored, the rest of the things were as good as new. no difference.

Apart from being able to confirm that the headmaster used spells like Flashback and Advanced Transfiguration, Lockhart couldn't even recognize what magic he used.

The inadvertent gesture of the headmaster made Lockhart put away his already complacent heart. He had to remind himself repeatedly that his strength was not in magic power, and he couldn't be contemptuous just because of the relatively easy teaching task. Heart.

The full bucket is stable, and the half bucket of water dangles blindly.

Just as he was changing into his pajamas and brushing his teeth, there was another knock on his office door.

He hastily rinsed his mouth and put on a coat before opening the door for the person who came. Since the portrait didn't remind him, the person shouldn't be the attacker. Basic politeness is still there.

He looked through the peephole of the door,

It turned out to be Hermione

Good morning, Miss Granger!

I thought you guys had already gone to bed..."

After he finished speaking, he looked around. Fortunately, "you" and "you" in English

But no trace of Harry and Ron was found.It's all one word, so it doesn't make sense for him to say that

What. Speech disorder

But Lockhart raised his vigilance slightly: "Is there anything wrong? If there is nothing important, you can ask me again tomorrow."

— Zhao was bitten by a snake and was afraid of well ropes for ten years. He was a little worried that Ginny would turn into Hermione after drinking Polyjuice Potion to let him relax his vigilance and attack him again.

How clever Hermione was, she guessed what he meant right away.

"Harry and Ron have gone back to sleep. I have something to ask you alone. It's not about the shining pattern just now. I already have some ideas about that magic.

Wrist movements are still not very proficient... I'm going to talk about the Chamber of Secrets. After hearing this, Lockhart opened the door.

"Well, it looks like you can't sleep without getting things straightened out: come in then

Hermione was indeed on her mind: but after seeing the nightcap on Lockhart's head, she forgot what she wanted to say for a moment.

Seeing her staring up at his head, Lockhart realized he was still wearing a nightcap to protect his hair.

He took it off immediately: "Sorry, it's really rude."

"It's okay, I like Garfield too...it's cute." Hermione said hastily.

Lockhart took her to the table and sat down while he served drinks himself.

"Tea and coffee are not good at this point, how about warm milk and honey water?" he asked.

"Thank you." Hermione collected herself, "That's it...Professor Lockhart, I want to ask, did you already know the location of the Chamber of Secrets and... the basilisk?"

Lockhart was getting milk out of the cupboard, and upon hearing this, he became one of [coins.

He deliberately pretended to be stupid: "Why do you ask that? I remember that the newspapers said that I was just posturing when I announced that I had found the clue to the secret room."

"Yes, thankfully, I don't quite believe what the papers say now.

said Hermione.

Hermione's words made Lockhart almost cry.

Chapter 93 Smart people are not easy to deal with

Hermione said she trusted Lockhart, but her tone was so natural that Lockhart didn't know what to say.

"I'm very touched by your actions, Miss Granger. It's a pity that I don't know if I can repay this trust. I may have to hide something." Lockhart said with a sigh.

Hermione began to comfort him instead: "I understand, Professor. But, you don't want to see us die, do you?"

"I don't even dare to think that way!"

"Yes, I think so too, that's why I want to ask clearly... Did you know about the Chamber of Secrets and the basilisk from the beginning?"

This was the first time Lockhart had seen Hermione look so serious.

In the past, when she saw herself, she was more or less restrained. Even if the concern for herself in words and deeds was not fake, it was probably no different from fans' concern for idols.

Perhaps this is the halo effect brought by idols. Whether it is worship or longing, there is always a kind of unreality from the inside out.

As Lockhart and Harry said, the so-called idol is just a reflection of some people's shortcomings and dissatisfaction in their lives, and then they put fantasy on a certain person. As long as this idol can continue to satisfy this fantasy, He/she can continue to serve as that person's spiritual support.

So, who is it that makes Hermione jump out of the idol effect and become real?

Is it friendship?The concern for her friends finally made her start to face the reality?Thinking of this, Lockhart opened his mouth again: "Ask me if I already knew