Although Rita is not very good, her creative speed is terrifying.

We only met on Saturday, but on Monday morning, William saw Rita's long report in the Daily Prophet.

It's really a tentacle monster-like existence!

As for why the Daily Prophet would agree to cover this kind of news...... In Rita's words:

"The purpose of the existence of the Daily Prophet is to sell itself, as long as it can make money, the news has a breaking point, the content or something...... Unimportant. ”

So at breakfast, all the little wizards were rarely quiet, and with a glass of milk, they savored the Daily Prophet.

The front page of the newspaper featured a photo of Lockhart falling in the dueling club, with a large red line printed on it:

[Is Lockhart still human?!] 】

This newspaper's special correspondent Rita Skeeter reports.

Headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, the eccentric Albus Dumbledore, a man who dares to hire controversial teachers.

Last summer, he hired Lockhart, a third-class Merlin medalist, as a professor of Defence Against the Dark Arts.

As soon as Lockhart agreed to the invitation, he immediately asked the school to replace the textbooks designated by the Ministry of Magic with all his books.

Lockhart's books are known to be many times more expensive than textbooks on the market.

"My family is poor, they can't open the pot, and there are a group of younger brothers and sisters who are waiting to be fed."

A little witch named Elena Kaslana cried: "I started gnawing on tree bark during the summer vacation to save money......

(The reporter himself hereby appeals to everyone to pay more attention to the problem of poor little wizards and prevent them from eating indiscriminately...... If you want to sponsor little Kaslana, you can send it to me and I will pass it on my behalf. ）

Lockhart's way of cutting leeks is undoubtedly criticized by the majority of parents.

In a series of lessons that many have called "very scary", Lockhart also asks students to play as werewolves, vampires, to satisfy his unspeakable quirks!

Lockhart also has violent tendencies.

"I was attacked, it was a Quidditch match and he had my thigh bone removed." Said a student named Draco Malfoy.

"Otherwise, I'd have led Slytherin and won the game...... My good friend Potter, privately told me that it was not honorable for Ravenclaw to win! ”

However, Lockhart not only did not relent, he did not step up.

He has repeatedly claimed: "No one knows black magic better than I do"; "No one knows the Headmaster of Hogwarts better than I do"; "I know the position of Minister of Magic better than anyone else......

However, considering that British wizards have long been accustomed to Minister Fudge's big mouth, Lockhart's big words above are not really harmful, politicians and literati don't brag, can they still be politicians and literati?

But the reporter's skeptical investigation found that the heroic deeds that Lockhart once claimed were all bragging and plagiarism, which is very problematic......

"Good morning, everyone." Lockhart, dressed in a red robe, walked into the guest of honor.

"What's wrong?" Lockhart touched his face, and he found that everyone's eyes were focused on him.

"Newspaper ......," the good old man Professor Flitwick couldn't help but remind.

"Oh, could it be Hagrid's verdict? Did you mention me? Lockhart excitedly.

"I mentioned it, and the headline is you." Professor Snape grinned.

Lockhart picked up Professor Flitwick's newspaper, and as he read the contents with a distracted gaze, the Daily Prophet article trembled in his hand.

"Slander, it's all slander! Blatant slander! Lockhart angrily tore up the newspaper: "I'm going to send a wizard letter to that woman from Skeeter!" ”

Lockhart went crazy and snatched the newspaper from several professors.

"Of course." Snape also gave the newspaper to Lockhart, and his dark eyes lit up.

"Give it all to Professor Lockhart, he needs to collect newspaper clippings......"

The Great Hall rang with the laughter of the Slytherins, and Snape's thin lips twisted into a malicious smile.

"If you let me know who leaked all this funny thing to that nasty woman who Skeeter...... I'm willing to contribute my medicine pantry and let him pick and choose. ”

William looked up, his gaze meeting Hermione at the Gryffindor table.

That's good news...... William prepares for the end of the semester and asks the professor to make good on his promise.

Soon, a flock of owls flew in, and a large number of letters rained down on Lockhart's body.

"Surely it is a consolation letter from my readers!" Lockhart picked up a letter and quickly opened it.

“…… Alas! As soon as Lockhart opened an envelope, a stream of yellow-green liquid sprayed onto his hands, giving off a pungent smell of gasoline, and large yellow blisters immediately appeared on his hands.

Lockhart cried out in pain, tears welling up in his eyes.

He picked up a napkin to wipe the pus off his hands, but his fingers were already covered with thick, painful scars, which looked like they were wearing a pair of thick gloves with pimples.

It turned out to be a curse letter from a reader.

"I'm going home...... I'm resigning...... Don't be a Defense Against the Dark Arts professor again! ”

Lockhart wept and ran towards the school hospital.

William shrugged, it's too late to say this...... The position of Defense Against the Dark Arts professor is also something you can do if you want to, and you can't do it if you don't want to?

Even if everyone agreed, the dead Robert and Professor Quirrell would be locked up in Tywin in Azkaban...... They can't say yes either!

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Lockhart was sick, very sick.

It's just a heart disease, because wizards all over the country write letters and curse him.

The Defense Against the Dark Arts course suddenly lacked another professor and became untaught.

Since William came to Hogwarts, the quality of teaching such classes in the dark arts has not been discussed, but almost every school year, it is basically untaught.

That's it...... There is no future for British magic!

They didn't make a difference to William.

William has always taken on the responsibilities of a private teacher, taking a few of his best friends to study.

With William's current level of magic, teaching Cedric was more than enough.

At least not let their standards go down.

At the end of March, no one cared about Lockhart's problems anymore.

Because Dumbledore left Hogwarts.

Of course, this also means that William and the others have basically determined the location of the secret room.

According to the agreement, Dumbledore was immediately temporarily dismissed from his post by the school board member contacted by Malfoy.

Dumbledore was gone, and the fear crept in like never before, with every face in the school appearing terrified, and every loud laugh that rang out in the hallways seemed harsh, eerie, and quickly suppressed.

During this time, William had been waiting for Fox's old phoenix, but it never appeared.

The journal seems to have fallen completely silent.

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