Hermione, join me as Minister of Magic!

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, I can only say that I am afraid that I know as much as you do... But how did you find out?Miss Granger? "

Seeing that Lockhart confirmed his guess, Hermione was greatly relieved.

"Professor, you have prepared too well." She said, "When I checked the information on the basilisk, I noticed some things that I hadn't noticed before... For example, in Mrs. Pince's register, there is The one person who borrowed that book was you, and you also specifically consulted the Basilisk page."

"Wait..." Lockhart was a little surprised: "You can check the borrowing records, but how do you know which page I checked?

Hermione looked a little proud: "There is a hair in that page, it's golden curly hair."

Lockhart was speechless.

"There are others... I'm not sure what that contact lens of yours was for before the Dueling Club started, but then the ones you made out of the sap of the Warder tree are supposed to prevent the Basilisk stare. And you at the club party Tell us the history of the Chamber of Secrets, the presents for Christmas, and the magic taught tonight...Why do you have to hint in this way instead of telling us directly?"

Because the principal wants you to learn to be self-reliant!Lockhart thought.

"Sure enough, I can't hide it from you." He simply admitted, "Although I have said it countless times, you are indeed the smartest witch I have ever met, Miss Granger.

"You can call me Hermione if you want."

"Well, if you don't call me 'Sir', Professor Dun," you: but instead call me "Lockhart", I'll call you Hermione. "Lockhart offered to exchange

Hermione hadn't expected it to go so fast: make-up, yes, Professor...I mean, Lock... Lockhart. "

Lockhart sat down at the table with the teapot filled with milk, and at the same time motioned for Hermione to sit down as well.

"Then I'll get straight to the point, I do know the location and entrance to the Chamber of Secrets, I know it's controlled by Miss Weasley, and I do know about the Basilisk and its weakness - after all I may be currently being attacked by the Basilisk the only one who remains sober

Although Lockhart personally admitted, Hermione didn't feel relaxed at all.

"But, I don't know one"

Hermione's expression told Lockhart that she was in a very puzzling state now: "Why don't you and the headmaster just deal with it?"

It's not just because of your tricks.Lockhart thought.

He thought about it, and then used a more euphemistic remark.

"There are many reasons, Hermione, the most important of which is that the headmaster believes that things are generally still under control, so it might as well be a... trial, a trial for the students. Gwartz's students are more helpful."

"Trial?" Hermione asked in disbelief. "A trial that risked our lives? Then why would we come to Hogwarts? Wouldn't it be better to just throw the students into the Forbidden Forest?"

Her series of rhetorical questions pointed to the point, and Lockhart felt that if he didn't talk about the core content, he might not be able to explain it.

"The headmaster probably thinks...you have the ability to solve all this." He replied dryly.

Lockhart's words were unconvincing, he could sense it himself, and Hermione observed it even more acutely.

"But Ginny...she's out of order! I asked Ginny's classmates

However, her energy is getting worse and worse these days, and she seems to be recovering from illness, and occasionally suddenly becomes irritable... She even lost her temper two days ago and threw away the diary she had written for more than half a year.

"Lost it? Where did it go?" Lockhart blurted out in surprise.

Hermione immediately read something from his expression: "What? Is there something wrong with that diary?"

Lockhart opened his mouth, but finally closed it without another word.

Horcruxes, I "shouldn't know" now.

Seeing him like this, Hermione looked a little disappointed: I knew, you must be hiding something from us, maybe we shouldn't ask, but anyway, I won't believe that you want to harm us. "

"Absolutely not." Lockhart assured solemnly, "In fact, the portrait outside the Myrtle washroom on the second floor has been watching there, and any movement will be reported to me, and I will evacuate the nearby people in time. Students, this is the principal's order."

Hermione seemed a little less interested: "It turns out that you already knew... So, we are brewing soup there..."

Lockhart recalled Snape's comment: "The materials are processed very rough. Many dried herbs are directly torn by hand instead of smoothed and then cut. Use three ±w, so as not to mix the medicinal properties in advance..."

"Understood." Hermione stuck out her tongue: "The conditions are simple."

But she realized right away that she had been distracted by Lockhart again.

"Professor...uh...Lockhart, why does the principal have to let the students solve the problem?" Hermione asked the most important thing.

Chapter 94 Telling the truth is not easy

Seeing that Hermione finally inevitably asked the key point, Lockhart felt that no matter whether he was out of emotion or reason, he should not continue to hide it.

But he also can't destroy the principal's plans or expectations, even if the secret is now in name only.

"Have you discussed these things with Mr. Potter and Mr. Weasley?" Lockhart was very concerned about this issue.

Hermione shook her head, "Not yet."

"why?"

"because..."

Hermione hesitated for a moment, as if she was not sure whether she should tell Lockhart something, but she thought that the question had been lingering in her mind for a long time, and finally had a chance to talk to someone, so she still shared her thoughts with Lockhart. said

"Because I always feel that we—I mean me and Harry and Ron, we are being designed to do something." Hermione seemed very distressed: "It was like this last year, although protecting the Philosopher's Stone made us We were very happy, but after thinking about the process carefully, every step in the middle was something we could handle, and we were only - graders at that time..."

Lockhart grinned in his heart: Yes, Lao Deng, something happened.

"...This year is also the same, but the person who led us to find out the truth of the matter was replaced by you, not Principal Dumbledore, so I came to ask you." Hermione explained her purpose of coming today.

This question is really not easy for Lockhart to answer, because Deng Xiaoping's worry is obvious.

No one likes to be arranged, especially Harry Potter doesn't want himself

When he became the savior of the world's attention.If he found himself being forced to "train" to be a pawn against Voldemort, the emotional instability of adolescence might lead him to do something extreme.

It's Gryffindor after all.

Lockhart breathed out slowly, but he was quickly sorting out his words in his mind.

He wanted to make up a plausible lie and get Hermione out of the way first, which wasn't too difficult for him.But when he saw the sparkling eyes of the little girl, he felt a little speechless.

It's a strange feeling. He can make up [-] sets of lies without changing his face when confronted by reporters, bosses and investigation committees, but if he is asked to tell a lie to a child, he still tells them a lie. Panicking that his life was in danger, Lockhart felt that it was difficult for him to keep his face.

"If I tell you, can you keep it a secret?" Lockhart asked suddenly.

Hermione was overjoyed: "Yes!"

"Are you willing to keep it a secret?" Lockhart asked again.

Hermione didn't feel the difference between Lockhart's two questions, she just nodded repeatedly.

"Well, if you insist, I can tell you some truths, and I can tell you why we do what we do, but at the cost of..."

As he spoke, he took out his wand.

"I'm going to have to put an Oblivion Charm on you, Hermione."

"What?!" Hermione looked very surprised.

"A forgetting spell. Of course, this forgetting spell will only take effect for a while. After you solve the problem of the secret room, my memory shielding magic will be invalidated, and this memory of yours will be released again." Lockhart explained to her with.

Hermione felt incredible: "But why? We have the right to know the truth about ourselves!"

Damn, you have rights, but we also have our own difficulties, and I believe you will understand after listening to it. If you can’t accept it, I can even go to the principal and ask him to pick you and Ron out...Of course It was impossible for him to give up his plans, and neither could I. "Lockhart smiled wryly and spread out his hands to the little witch.

Hermione opened her mouth slightly, but closed it again without saying anything, as if she was struggling in pain.

After a long time, she opened her mouth again.

"I want to know the truth. I can no longer act like a fool, walking on the road that others have designed for me, unless I think it is necessary...I am no longer a three-year-old kid."

A 13-year-old is no different.Lockhart groaned.

He immediately asked without giving Hermione too much time to think: "So, are you also ready to have a period of memory erased temporarily?"

He wanted to see how determined she was.

Hermione clenched her fists tightly, but her gaze was even more determined. It was a tough gaze that Harry complained about as "reminiscent of Professor McGonagall".

"I want to know the truth. As for the future, I will figure out a way." She raised her head and looked directly at Lockhart for the first time in history, without looking away at all.

Lockhart smiled reluctantly—in the midst of caring for her friends and exploring her own future, this little witch finally got rid of her idol halo, which was a great step forward for her growth.

Just... why now?

"Well, you little bigot, if you insist..."

"I insist." Hermione repeated.

Lockhart rubbed his temples with his fingers: "Since you insist, then

Let's talk about it... First of all, I have to tell you one thing - you guessed it right, the principal is indeed testing you with the Philosopher's Stone and the Chamber of Secrets. He is trying to make you learn to search for information and clues, and then deduce the truth, and finally Solve problems with courage and ability, and I'm working for him. "

Hermione let out a sigh of relief when she heard this.

"I knew..." she murmured under her breath, "like a puppet on a string...

"I hope this won't affect your perception of the headmaster and me." Lockhart hastily remedied, "The headmaster wants to train Harry Potter and you, he never wants to harm you, he just thinks ...uh...he's got everything under control, and things really haven't gotten out of his control so far."

"Why did the principal use this method to train Harry?" Hermione frowned. "Why not someone else? Why such a dangerous method? What roles do Ron and I play in it?"

Because he is the savior and you are all part of the savior team.

This is a very nonsense thing. Dumbledore kept saying that he didn't believe in things like prophecy, and Voldemort's attitude towards prophecy has always been sneering.

But when the "true prophecy" appeared, whether it was Dumbledore or Voldemort, their attitudes were like those emperors who said "I never believe in auspiciousness". The kind that tells the world.

The more capable people are, the more superstitious they are?

"For some reason, Dumbledore believes that only Harry can completely wipe out the man who can't even be named." He could only explain in this way first.

Chapter 95 The savior is also a child

Because the headmaster needs to develop Harry's ability to destroy Voldemort, and Voldemort is likely to return in a few years, the time is too tight, so the headmaster chose to take risks-this is what Lockhart said to Hermione.

"And I decided to do what the principal said. Although I don't agree with the logic, I believe in Dumbledore. Even if he concealed something from me, that concealment is necessary, and... I will continue to I really need the principal’s help in planning for myself.”

Of course, this explanation did not completely satisfy Hermione, but she could only accept it temporarily.

"So, the "that person" that Professor Snape mentioned should be the headmaster, right?What price did you pay? ' Hermione asked another question that had been bothering her for a long time.

"I really don't know how you found out so many things. If you spent all your energy on the Chamber of Secrets, I would probably be freed by this time and go to work in the Ministry of Magic." Lockhart did not answer this question directly.

"Tell me!" Hermione begged.

"...It's nothing, just took a little risk, but it's impossible to do things for the principal without taking risks." Lockhart shrugged, still refusing to say.

Seeing that Lockhart refused to speak directly, Hermione was a little disappointed.However, because she often reads newspapers, Hermione is not unfamiliar with the politics of the Muggle world, and she almost understood Lockhart's purpose in doing so with a little thought.

"For support at the Ministry?" she asked again.

"Yes." Lockhart admitted.

"Oh my God." Hermione's expression was as if a celebrity's fan had heard that he was on drugs

—like, "for power."

"In order to achieve the ultimate goal of eradicating the dark arts, just as it is written in my book," Lockhart said solemnly, "You will understand, Hermione, that the real way to eradicate the dark arts is always to start with politics." .”

"Politics? Dark Arts? I don't understand. Teach... Lockhart."

Hermione looked like a traditional mathematician who heard the concept that "two parallel lines can intersect", and in her view, the same two parallel lines should be between dark magic and politics.

Lockhart touched her little head: "You will understand sooner or later, Hermione, as long as you keep a kind heart and a smart mind like you are now, then when you encounter ugly phenomena in society At that time, you will definitely use your reason to come to the same conclusion as me."

"Yes, is it?"

Being patted on the head by Lockhart suddenly, Hermione looked a little unnatural. It seemed that something was still deeply ingrained, and it couldn't be broken just by breaking it.

"Yes, after next summer, I will let the world know a completely different me." Lockhart looked confident.

"Well...good luck!" said Hermione.

At this point, the two had a thorough conversation, but at the same time, in order not to reveal too much to Harry in advance, Lockhart had to cast an Oblivion Curse on Hermione so that she could keep the secret.

"That's good too... After using the Oblivion Curse, I don't have to worry about betraying my friends. I'm not sure I can keep it a secret." Hermione's voice trembled

It was the first time for Hermione to experience such a thing as "erasing memory", and she looked very disturbed.

"Take it easy, Hermione, I'm not bragging, of all my magic, I'm the best at

The long one is the Forgetting Curse, which will never have any side effects. " Lockhart comforted her