Hermione, join me as Minister of Magic!

Because Lockhart hangs a spider silk on the end of the wand where it plugs into the core, as long as it is picked up, the spider silk will be torn off, and unless it is under the sun or a strong light is turned on If you look closely at the lights, they will basically not be noticed.

And now that spider thread has broken.

"Dobby, haven't you used this wand in the past two days?" Lockhart asked while erasing the traces of the flashback spell.

Dobby shook his head: "No, Dobby's own magic is enough."

"I see." Lockhart didn't ask any further.

Now that Black knows how to destroy evidence by himself, he doesn't have to worry about it anymore, but Hogwarts may be in chaos for a while.

Just as Blake thought, Hogwarts was completely blown up at this time

Because Sirius Black not only came, but also seemed to come and go freely, ignoring the tight defense of Hogwarts, and more importantly, he actually had a magic wand in his hand!

A vicious wanted criminal has a wand and does not have a wand, because Mr. Ollivander swears that every wand is registered, and his brain is more useful than the register, regardless of Either the register or his brain told him that wands had only flowed from the freshman side in the last two months.

So the Ministry of Magic immediately issued an emergency notice, asking all wizard families to check all the wands in their hands to see which one's wands were stolen.

Lockhart can also see from this point that the Ministry of Magic in the wizarding world has not been completely corrupted, at least it knows to solve the problem before the crisis comes, which is much better than the guys in Downing Street.

However, the result of some investigation is that "all the wands are still under the control of the Ministry of Magic". Of course, the Ministry of Magic, such as Hagrid's pink umbrella, has not been able to investigate for the time being. After all, not every broken wand is broken. Both can be repaired by Dumbledore's elder wand.

In short, nothing was found.

The Ministry of Magic is restless, and Hogwarts is also in trouble.

All the emergency entrances and secret passages in the castle were checked again. Albus Dumbledore personally asked all the portraits and ghosts one by one, asking them if they had seen Black, but the final result was inconclusive to them. what a help.

The only thing that is worthwhile is the portrait next to the statue of Gregory the Flatterer - he admitted that he heard something passing under him in the middle of the night, but he was still asleep at the time, so he didn't know when he was woken up. I just opened my eyes and looked at it before going back to sleep

past.

Although this is not particularly useful information, it has become the only clue for the teachers and students of Hogwarts at this time.

Filch said that he knew that there was a secret passage leading to the outside of the school, so he volunteered to take the faculty and staff to have a look. As a result, everyone found a fresh line of adult male footprints in the passage.

When seeing this line of footprints, all the faculty and staff of Hogwarts thought

Said

Blake is here!

Everyone chased this footprint all the way outside the school, only to find that the footprint disappeared

at the lake.

Then the Ministry of Magic sent people to check around the lake

, but no one was found

The pursuit of the footprints ashore had to stop there.

Hogwarts has entered a state of total martial law. The students are told that they are not allowed to leave the school unless necessary, and it is also forbidden to wander around in the castle, but they must report immediately if they find anything.All the secret passages known to Filch inside and outside the castle were boarded up by him to prevent Blake from entering.

But Filch's doing so is undoubtedly self-defeating: because Blake didn't know which of the secret passages he knew were known to the school staff, but now he knows that all the secret passages that are not nailed are safe passages.

In addition, the portrait at the entrance of Gryffindor has also been changed from the fat lady to Sir Cadogan: it is a very inconspicuous portrait, but the portrait with a little brain is frightened by what happened to the fat lady, so it can only be changed temporarily A temporary worker goes up.

Sirius' goal was achieved—the entrance of Gryffindor finally showed a flaw.

"That is to say, in order to avoid dementors, Black entered the school by swimming." Hermione decisively judged Ron and Harry, "Since he can get from Ah

Zikaban swims back to England, so it must be possible to swim into Hogwarts

"But Dumbledore asked the mermaid on duty in the Black Lake, and they also said that they didn't see anyone swimming?" Ron asked puzzled.

"It was night, maybe the mermaid didn't notice?" Hermione asked uncertainly.

Ron dismissed this: "Forget it, mermaids are not us. They are much more sensitive to movements on the water than we are. I am more inclined that Black used a kind of magic."

"What magic?" Hermione pretended to be curious.

"A magic that can be teleported within the range of still water." Ron replied solemnly, "The North Franks in Utrecht are very good at this. They will cast this kind of magic on ships so that their ships can teleport to Any lake in the world—even an enclosed lake inland."

"Northern Francia in Utrecht...you mean the Dutch." Hermione thought back, "Could it be that the wizards in the Netherlands used this spice brought back from Southeast Asia?

Ron said that he couldn't help: "I don't know about this, but the wizards in Northern Franks were indeed very rich at that time, but later the Muggles invented some kind of ship, and the cost was so high that they couldn't make a profit with magic. It was lost, only a few ancient ships with this kind of magic still remain in Europe, I heard that there is one in Durmstrang, my father often told us the story of the Gothenburg when we were young..."

The two talked to each other, apparently having a lively chat, but they both intentionally or unintentionally glanced at Harry at the side from the corners of their eyes, as if they were afraid that he would be impulsive.

"Okay, you two don't need to distract me like this, I'm calm now."

Harry closed the book in front of him, and spoke to the two little ones in a very calm tone.

partner said

But Hermione looked worriedly at the cover of the hardcover book with Harry's finger marks on it, and felt that he was exaggerating.

Probably seeing what Hermione was thinking, Harry grinned as much as he could, allowing himself a relaxed smile.

"At least no one got hurt because of me this time, did they? And what's more, the Quidditch game wasn't called off, or Oliver would have killed me.

However, the calmer Harry acted, the more worried Ron and Hermione became - not the behavior of a man who knew that killing his father and enemy was close at hand.

Ron could see this clearly—Harry didn't go to bed until very late on the night when he learned of Black's attack, although the Gryffindors slept in the auditorium that night, and everyone slept soundly. It was late, but there was a good chance that Harry would still be the last one.

And when the next day came, Harry's behavior was still very strange.

First, when he was in Potions class, he actually saluted Snape first, which made Snape look surprised, and forgot to find fault with Gryffindor for the whole class.

And when there was no class in the afternoon, Harry actually went to the library, not only wrote his homework, but even searched for some books on spells.

If Harry hadn't left him since he got up in the morning, Ron might have thought that someone had drunk Polyjuice Potion and passed Harry off.

So while Harry was going to the Quidditch team for training, Ron risked Scabbers being bitten to death by Hermione's cat, and urgently went to find Hermione to discuss Harry's "strange behavior" with her.

Although Hermione doesn't think there's anything to be surprised about finishing homework early, she also thinks that Harry is not normal now.

It must be so angry that the brain is not on it.

So the above scene appeared—the two tried their best to find something to talk about, so as to test Harry's reaction, but Harry's behavior was too normal, so he was abnormal instead.

However, only Harry himself knew that he was really calm now.

Only this calm is like the viburnum before a volcanic eruption, the calm before a storm, and the seemingly innocuous ebb tide before a tsunami.

Chapter 190

Thanks to the "teaching" of Lockhart and Snape, now Harry has learned how to keep his rationality away from his emotions." Even if his heart is almost full of anger and hatred, he can still Barely control myself.

If it was still the summer vacation, he would be proud of his achievements, but at this moment he didn't want to think about anything, he just hoped that Black would appear in front of him immediately, so that he could fight him to the death.

He stood up and walked out of the lounge.

Seeing this, the two quickly stopped him: "Where are you going? Now the whole castle is under martial law."

"Going to the dueling club, I finished my homework anyway, and I took a shower after Quidditch practice." Harry said in the most flat tone he could think of, "A little exercise before going to bed, so I can sleep well at night, I didn't sleep well last night."

Neither Ron nor Hermione knew how to persuade him, so Ron had to choose to go with him, leaving Hermione to figure out a way in the dormitory.

Even knowing that today's Duelist Club will be full of senior students, Ron has to risk his life to accompany the gentleman

And Hermione waited for her two little friends to leave, and immediately threw the half-written house-elf rights protection regulations aside, and began to write a letter to Lockhart of Hogsmeade.

After Hogwarts was invaded by Black, Lockhart thought he was going to be blamed.

Because the Triwizard Tournament is still kept secret on the surface, the Ministry of Magic's statement to Lockhart's resident Hogsmeade is to let him protect Hogwarts and coordinate the dementors

The impact of being in Hogsmeade.

This arrangement is just right, because Lockhart has long been famous, so his presence in Hogsmeade can greatly reassure the hearts of the local residents, and his real purpose is also covered up.

But this also means that if something goes wrong, Lockhart will also be held accountable.

Fortunately, Sirius still had some brains and used the method of transforming into a dog in the water to escape the investigation of the Ministry of Magic. In addition, the dementor also assured the Ministry of Magic that there was no trace of outsiders entering Hogsmeade, so everyone did not doubt it. He had infiltrated from Hogsmeade, otherwise Lockhart would have been utterly devastated.

In fact, Lockhart is already ready to wipe his ass - if Black can really restore his reputation, then he will gain far more benefits than what he sees on the surface.

So after the accident, Lockhart was hardly affected. The Ministry of Magic seemed to believe that Black had not entered Hogsmeade, so Lockhart was not responsible.

Lockhart also didn't know why Black's brain suddenly became brighter - because according to what he knew about the plot, Black should be a standard reckless man

Could it be that there is more oil and water in the stomach, coupled with a good sleep, the brain will become better?He couldn't figure it out.

But this is always a good thing, at least he can concentrate on government affairs.

"...The environment of Hogsmeade is excellent. According to Muggle psychology, such scenery and environment can effectively relieve people's stress. The negative ions in the mountain air are also very beneficial to health. It is recommended to develop in depth..." Lockhart said in So says the report to the Ministry of Magic.

Of course, there is a reason why he wrote so much, because after running water and cinemas, he is ready to start building a third project in Hogsmeade, and it is definitely the kind that everyone will like.

When Hogsmeade becomes prosperous and the world sees its changes during the Triwizard Tournament, Lockhart will have a political achievement that no one can erase.

He wanted all wizards in Britain to know the equation of "Let Lockhart manage two prosperity".In this way, when Voldemort's rebellion is over and the entire wizarding world is in disarray, wizards will naturally think of him when they want to elect a new minister.

He called Huihui over, and hung the frighteningly heavy report on its lap.

"You're getting fat again... You must have gone to the villagers' house to eat it again." He stared at it dissatisfied and said, "The piece I made for you last time had the sign of "Please do not feed, losing weight" on it. where? "

He raised his head proudly -- that kind of crap, of course it had secretly

pulled down.

Comparing heart to heart, although not everything that Lockhart did was satisfactory, but after the transformation of the two projects and the "conflict" with the dementors, the villagers knew that the official sent by the Ministry of Magic was indeed for everyone. I came to do practical things, so although I didn't say it, I remembered it in my heart.

Although Lockhart has not yet enjoyed the benefits of this kind of gratitude, his owls have enjoyed it first: no matter which house Hui Hui flies to, he will be warmly treated by that family, sometimes with some owl nuts, sometimes It's just a few pieces of skin, which made it unable to lose weight.So what other owls can fly in two days: it takes three and a half days.

But there was an advantage to this - Lockhart could justifiably delay some "less important" documents for two days before sending them to the Ministry of Magic.

Just as he was sending the fat man away, Hermione's letter also arrived from the castle.

Since it was already evening, Lockhart simply didn't read the letter, but asked Dobby to read it out.

She said several things in the letter. The first thing is that after Black entered the castle, the school strengthened the martial law, and Gryffindor also changed the password, but she didn't know whether this would work for Black.

The second thing is Harry's matter. Apart from practicing Quidditch, Harry now goes to the dueling club to practice magic every day. It seems that he can't wait for Black's attack. She wants to ask how to solve this problem.

Finally, a little personal work—the House-Elf Rights Promotion Association she started ran into difficulties soon after it was founded.

In Hermione's words, although many people finally joined the association under her hard work, no one seemed to be really interested in this issue, and these people even included Harry and Ron.

Wizards seem to have grown accustomed to house-elves' slave service, assuming that house-elves don't want to be free and that it's in their nature to serve humans.

It would be fine if the wizard thought so unilaterally, but after she asked Fred and George about the way to the kitchen, she found that the house elves themselves didn't seem to be very interested in her proposal, which was too much. It's confusing.

Because she can't believe that everyone is sympathetic, let alone that there are creatures who don't want to be free, she is now very confused, not knowing whether there is a problem with the way she works, or whether this thing can't be done at all .

Poor little girl, I haven't even learned the methodology of work, Lockhart said to himself

Chapter 190: Intern at the Ministry of Magic

After seeing this letter from Hermione at this time, Lockhart didn't know whether he should be relieved or amused.

The funny thing is that Lockhart can see from Hermione's letter that even she doesn't know her own motives for doing this, and it is even more difficult to convince others

But at the same time, Lockhart was also very relieved, because it was precisely because he knew that Hermione did not have any personal purpose in doing this, so her motive was very pure, which was simply to save the house elves.

Although Hermione herself didn't know why she did this, Lockhart could see a thing or two from the perspective of a bystander.

Empathy is not unreasonable - just like people will empathize with cats and dogs, but few people will empathize with chickens in the farm, because this thing is not born with human aesthetics view.

In the same way, although Hermione doesn't seem to care about her status as a "Mudblood", in fact she cares about it a lot, and.Therefore, as one of the discriminated groups, it is understandable that she has empathy for the house elves.

In a sense, when Malfoy called her a "mudblood", Ron who pulled out his wand to help her out without saying a word was a lot of points, even if the slug was eaten by himself in the end.

And when she sees a group that is even more vulnerable than herself, Hermione will often show sympathy without hesitation, such as Crookshanks who is not wanted in the pet store, and people who are being rejected by others. A house elf treated like a slave.

So you often see this kind of scene in society - kind-hearted people often

In fact, their own life is not very good, and people with a good life may feel sympathy for the lower class, but they will never empathize.Because he has never experienced those things at all, how can he empathize?

From this point of view, it is ridiculous to expect that "the emperor/king is good, but the corrupt officials in the middle are deceiving the upper class".

As for a person like Hermione who wants to engage in social activities, if he is not a conservative when he is old, it can only show that he has no brains or insufficient strength; but if he is not a radical when he is young, it can only show that he is not human .

Whatever Hermione's motives, Lockhart felt obligated to do a favor," even if it was because of his status as the spokesman for the Lions.

"I'm glad you've finally figured this out, Hermione." He first expressed his attitude in the reply.

"You know from what you've learned in Muggle kindergartens and primary schools, and from years of observation in society, that enslaving house-elves is an 'unreasonable' phenomenon, an 'inhuman', 'deformity' The 'social system.

But the problem now is that the people around you don't think so, these people include your close friends and some people you respect, and even the object you want to change itself - the house elf.