Chapter 231 Tom Riddle's Diary
Professor Lockhart is back.
Soon, all the teachers and students in the school knew about it... Well, the school didn't even have the number 20 including the professors, students and those who were lying in the hospital hospital.
But obviously there are only this few people, Lockhart just seems to be facing two hundred or two thousand fans. He brags and describes to everyone the bizarre story that happened during his disappearance:
How to be rescued by the mermaid princess, how to fight the water monster, save the dying mermaid tribe, and finally how to reject the mermaid princess's bitter marriage proposal, and forget her in the rivers and lakes.
"I told the Mermaid Princess that I have to go back to Hogwarts. I have a group of lovely students waiting for me to teach Defense Against the Dark Arts. They are still in danger. They...
need me! "
When Lockhart spoke, there were some tears in his eyes, his voice was trembling slightly, his breath was like gossamer, and the sweat on his forehead was mottled...
His performance is quite brilliant, it can only be said that he has not suffered in vain for the past two months, and he is really polishing the story and acting skills...he never forgets his original intention.
Others were fine, but Snape seemed disgusted, and his sallow face was even more ugly.
He didn't expect Lockhart to come back so soon, and he felt a little regretful. If he had known... he would have left Lockhart in the centaur tribe in the Forbidden Forest!
With the horseman's temper, it is estimated that he would whip a small whip every day and ask him to pull the millstone.
For dinner, Professor Lockhart ate in the auditorium, without any aquatic animals. In his words, he ate river fish at the bottom of the Black Lake every day. The purines were too high, and he even suffered from gout.
Lockhart was skinny, and Madam Pomfrey offered him to be hospitalized, but was rejected.
After the dinner, Lockhart specially called Rove to his office and handed him a key to the vault... It was regarded as a hush money.
Although Lockhart's reputation at Hogwarts fell again and again, and he was classified as a liar, in the eyes of the public, he is a recipient of the Medal of Merlin and a best-selling author.
The future is bright and the future is bright!
Married with a mermaid, had sex, got pregnant, even though it wasn't his child, even though he was forced to...but it was a shocking scandal, enough to damage his smooth career and hard-core female fans.
As long as Rove finds a way to get the photo, and then resells it to the Daily Prophet, it will not be a problem to sell it for hundreds or thousands of Galleons.
Of course, from Lockhart's point of view, this hush money is only temporarily deposited with Rove... After he buys a new wand, he will come back to erase his memory and get the key back.
After Lockhart saw the boy walking away, he opened the door and went back to his office. After two months of absence, the room was still clean.
Lockhart sat on the chair and called, "Sacia."
A house-elf appeared. She bowed to Lockhart and said humbly, "Master."
It's not that Lockhart never summoned Shacia when he was in the Black Lake, but there was the bottom of the lake, and Shacia couldn't avoid the magic of water, so she couldn't stay there for long.
The mermaid also followed him 24 hours a day, and he couldn't save him even if he wanted to.
But Lockhart didn't want to blame this matter, he said hurriedly:
"Go and buy me a train ticket to Paris tonight!"
Since Dumbledore is not at Hogwarts, nothing can stop Lockhart from escaping... He really feels like he will die if he stays any longer.
In short, he will be in Paris tomorrow morning, enjoying the sunshine and music in a coffee shop on the left bank of the Seine.
After the house-elf left, Lockhart stood up hastily, gathered up his valuables, and piled them carelessly in a suitcase.
As for clothes and books, he didn't want them all.
When Lockhart was rummaging through the cabinet, he accidentally found a sketch of an old newspaper from last year, and saw his photo on it, with the title:
"The famous wizard Lockhart will return to Hogwarts as a professor of defense against the dark arts, injecting new life into this declining ancient school"
It was indeed infused with life, and Lockhart's own half life was almost gone!
Holding the newspaper, he suddenly squatted on the ground and burst into tears... Why did he come to Hogwarts, why? !
After crying, Lockhart frantically slapped his face again, but he only slapped his mouth three times, and he felt the pain again, so he stopped immediately and rubbed gently.
As long as he leaves Hogwarts tonight, he will be a good man in the future.
Lockhart told himself so.
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The corridors are empty,
There is a medieval tapestry on the wall, which depicts Barnabas being beaten by a troll with a stick, and on the opposite side of the tapestry is a clean wall.
On that wall, a smooth door suddenly appeared, and a young figure pushed the door and walked out.
After the young wizard left the corridor, the door still did not disappear, and another figure slowly appeared in the air.
An invisible beast put its arm on the handle to prevent the door from disappearing, and she was wearing Rove's robe...it was a piece of clothing that could completely hide the breath.
The invisible beast Uduka quietly opened the door, and it took out a piece of magic paper and a small bottle of ink from its pocket.
According to the method taught by the boy, Uduka poured all the ink on the magic paper.
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Rove walked slowly towards the Hufflepuff lounge, he suddenly felt something, he stopped, and took out a piece of magic paper from his pocket.
This magic paper was a Christmas gift from Dumbledore a few months ago. There are two pieces in total. One person writes on the paper, and the other person who holds the paper can see the content immediately.
Rove gave one to the Invisible Beast and kept one for himself, so that he could be reminded remotely when Tom left the Room of Requirement.
Rove opened the magic paper, he saw a lot of ink, the boy immediately turned around and walked towards the eighth floor.
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After dinner, Harry and Ron returned to the Gryffindor lounge.
"Harry, do you think what Lockhart said tonight is true?" Ron asked suddenly, "His adventure with the mermaid princess?"
"I'm sure it's all fake, he's just a liar." Harry laughed, "Did you see Snape's expression? It looks like he wants to eat him."
"That's because Lockhart is back, and Snape can't teach Defense Against the Dark Arts anymore." Ron pushed open the door of the dormitory, and he grumbled:
"I'd rather Snape go on with his lessons, with Lockhart, all I've learned over the year is not to let the elf out."
"It's okay, he can only teach for two months at most." Harry comforted.
The two walked into the dormitory talking and laughing. Harry was lying on the bed when he suddenly felt something hard hit his head.
He reached out and found a black diary.
"Ron, is this yours?" Harry asked, holding up the diary.
"It's not mine." Ron glanced up, shook his head and said, "Could it be Seamus or Dean's?"
"How is it possible? Dean has been lying in the school hospital for several weeks, and Seamus has been home for many days on vacation."
Examining the diary, Harry saw that the cover had faded, but still had a date indicating it was fifty years ago.
"Harry, strange things, be careful, be careful of danger." Ron reminded.
"Dangerous?" Harry laughed and said, "What are you talking about, this is just a diary, how could it be dangerous?"
"Really, my father told us since we were young, don't touch unfamiliar books casually." Ron said softly:
"He also told us about the books confiscated by the Ministry of Magic before, one of which will burn your eyes out; anyone who has read the book "The Wizard's Sonnet" can only speak in doggerel for the rest of his life... "
But Harry had already opened the diary, and on the first page he could just make out a name written in blurry ink:
Tom Riddle.
"Tom Riddle?" Harry read softly.
"It's a very familiar name." Ron thought for a while and said, "I remembered that he won the Special Contribution Award to the school fifty years ago."
"How did you know?" Harry asked in surprise.
"When school started, we drove a flying car together, and I was fined to clean the prize showroom." Ron explained: "Tom's medal is next to Rove's medal, and I wiped it many times."
"Oh, but nothing was written on it." Harry flipped through the diary and said, "I'll show Professor McGonagall tomorrow."
Harry casually threw the diary at the foot of the bed. After washing up, he lay down on the bed and fell asleep. He quickly turned off the lights and fell into a deep sleep.
After an unknown amount of time, a figure emerged from the diary. Standing by the bed, he bent over and took Harry's wand, and waved it at Harry again.
After a while, Harry stood up in a daze. He took the diary and walked towards the outside of the dormitory as if he was sleepwalking.
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(Chapter 2 tomorrow morning.
Thanks for the reward from the boss of "I love to swim in the water". )