“...... It's finally out of class, it's scary. ”

Gilderoy Lockhart muttered to himself as he looked at the empty classroom in the setting sun.

Since it was a new course, the duration of the grammar class was naturally a little shorter than the other classes, and even if it was taken twice a week on average, it only added up to the length of a Potions class.

With the bell ringing at the end of class, the first week of Hogwarts classes in the new semester is over.

From now until next Monday morning, it's all Professor Lockhart's time off.

Of course, it is only the work of the "grammar professor" that has come to an end for the time being.

As an O5 member of the Destiny Group and one of the few memory masters in the wizarding world today, Gilderoy Lockhart still has a mission from "Miss Fool" that has not been completed - to go to the academy city to learn non-magical knowledge, and try to use magic to quickly imprint those contents into his brain to see if he can speed up his learning.

As for the theoretical basis of magic, it naturally comes from the advanced application of the Forgetting Charm, memory modification.

In fact, Elena had planned to hire volunteers from outside to complete the experiment, but Dumbledore thought it would be too prone to moral, ethical risks, and even some very bad consequences.

Therefore, in the initial stage, it was Gilderoy Lockhart who carried everything alone.

Well, that's actually pretty good - as a spell caster and spell bearer, his feedback will be more intuitive.

The only risk is that if Gilderoy Lockhart makes a major operational mistake and accidentally erases or causes irreversible scars in his memory, there is probably no room for recovery.

Of course, this little hidden danger seems to have unfortunately been overlooked by Dumbledore and others.

Maybe it's not entirely unfortunate......

Gilderoy Lockhart picked up his thick notebook and walked out of the castle, thinking with some distraction as he watched the carefree students walk briskly past him towards the auditorium to enjoy their leisure time.

"A step to completely change the education of the wizarding world, I wonder what future generations will say about me if I succeed?"

Even without much education, Lockhart is well aware of the impact that this unusual approach to education will have on the future, where students may learn more in a day than Hogwarts students have learned in a past school year, or even more than a year.

Even if there is a certain difference between memorization and mastery, it can greatly reduce the time cost of learning for wizards.

At that time, in a magic school, the meaning and requirements of the vocabulary and position of professor may not be just roughly divided into explaining textbooks, standardizing operating techniques, and training posture pronunciation.

Complete and systematic knowledge entry, as well as comprehensive memory activation and mastery, are indispensable.

"Hey, I'm really a Hogwarts professor, you guys! don't ...... Don't do it! you can go to the castle and ask the students or professors, they all know me, I was here last year - let me go-"

"Oh, wizard, you're casting a spell, then?"

At this moment, there was a loud commotion not far in front of Gilderoy Lockhart.

There was also a slight scuffle and the sound of robe tearing, as if they were competing for autographs at a book signing.

"Huh, what's going on?"

Gilderoy Lockhart's thoughts were interrupted by a loud voice, and he frowned, looking up and looking forward.

Before he knew it, he had reached the castle gate.

Directly in front of him stood an emaciated young wizard. The shiny bald head shone like a mirror under the magic torch beside the black iron gates of Hogwarts. The man's pale cheeks were also a little red at this time, I don't know if it was because of the reflection of the fire, or the shame of being held out of the school gate as a suspicious person, or both.

Bald head, haggard face, crumpled black wizard robes......

After watching it for a while, Gilderoy Lockhart suddenly popped into his mind with a person's name.

“...... Wait, are you supposed to be...... Quirinus Quirrell?"

"You're - Lockhart, the legendary Ravenclaw college ...... Well...... Why are you at Hogwarts, I remember you always touring the world and writing after you graduated?"

The young witch is none other than Quirinus Quirrell, who has just been discharged from Salzburg Hospital.

Due to the loss of his magical powers, he could not use magical items such as the Broomstick, except for the Floo Powder and Portkey, and Quirrell experienced for the first time how difficult it was to travel to Hogwarts.

And when he dragged a large suitcase and finally walked from Hogsmeade Village to the entrance of Hogwarts, before he could cross the gate with winged boar sculptures on both sides, he was surrounded by several Muggle mad women who called themselves "Hogwarts-College Urban Fellows", and he was almost twisted to a temporary security point next to wait for delivery.

"Professor Lockhart, this gentleman...... Hmm, is he really a Hogwarts professor?"

Dressed in a white coat, Arkhipovna folded her hands over her chest and looked at Quirrell suspiciously.

As a researcher who worked with Lockhart during this time, she had carefully read the latest Hogwarts staff roster, and in Arkhipovna's impression, there was no such thin and pale wizard in it.

To be more precise...... She was even skeptical about whether the man was a wizard or not.

After all, if this young man was really the Defence Against the Dark Arts professor at the later magic school, as he claimed to be, how could he not even perform the most rudimentary magic.

"Oh, of course, of course—"

With a big smile, Lockhart stepped forward quickly, patting Quirrell on the shoulder.

"Quirinus Quirrell, this is the pride of our Ravenclaw Academy! Although I was almost graduating from this guy when I enrolled, I had heard rumors about him even when I was outside. For nearly a hundred years, he stayed in school directly after graduation, and even the cold new dean of Slytherin was not as good as him. ”

"Is that so? But ......"

Arkhipovna still looked at Quirrell with some suspicion.

If Professor Lockhart had arrived a little late, she might have knocked this guy to the ground and dragged him to the side to close the little black room.

You know, in the former Soviet Union, the interns in the institute were more powerful than this guy.

"Rest assured, rest assured. Quirinus and I had met since we were in school, and as soon as I saw him, I remembered how clumsy and immature he was...... Don't forget, Bovna, I'm a wizard. ”

Lockhart blinked nimbly and grinned.

"Don't underestimate a wizard's memory, if you can, I can even remember a few sesame seeds on the slices of bread at a breakfast more than ten years ago - Quirinus, you should remember, your dear old prefect, right?"

"Uh, Lockhart......"

Glancing at Gilderoy Lockhart, Quirrell began to think about it.

Quirinus Quirrell entered school in 1981, and in the winter of his school year, Voldemort's invincible magic failed at the Potter house and disappeared from existence, while Gilderoy Lockhart was already a sixth-year student.

As a Ravenclaw man, that year also happened to be the last prefect Lockhart served.

However, what ultimately impressed Quirinus Quirrell was not the prefect's erudition and enthusiasm.

It's more about the dramatic tricks that Mr. Lockhart has made all Hogwarts students and students jaw-dropping, the damn desire to perform, and the ability to toss like never before - second only to Elena, perhaps, last year.

In the memories of Quirinus Quirrell......

Gilderoy Lockhart had carved his name on the Quidditch pitch in 20-foot-long letters (which kept him in confinement for a week), had projected his own portrait into the sky like a Dark Magic marker, and had sent himself eight hundred Valentine's Day cards that had forced breakfast to be cancelled because of a large amount of owl droppings and feathers falling into the cereal.

As a freshman in Ravenclaw that year, most of Quirrell's shameful things happened during that time.

So much so that by the time Gilderoy Lockhart graduated from Hogwarts, almost the entire school was relieved.

"All in all, I'm sorry, Bovna...... I probably won't be able to come over tonight to cooperate with the research. ”

Lockhart sighed helplessly and briefly explained a few words to Arkhipovna - mainly about the fact that he had to "grunt" for a day of "non-magical learning" for a day today in order to guide his new colleagues to report.

After a few days of getting along, he found that these researchers were not as difficult to get along with as he imagined.

Aside from some academic headaches, they were much better than most Muggles, and most of them were quick to accept and propose workable solutions to magical and life problems that he could explain.

For example......

"Okay, then I'll sort out the content of the handouts and give them to you later. ”

Arkhipovna nodded noncommittally, letting go of her right hand that was tugging at Quirrell's neckline.

"But I said in advance, I will write today's leave record into the experiment log, as one of the reference factors for the follow-up memory entry test, if you have any extra time and experience investment in the future, please tell me truthfully. ”

"No problem, I'll make it up tomorrow, I'll make it up. ”

Gilderoy Lockhart exhaled lightly as he looked at the female scientist of the former Soviet Union who was gradually moving away.

I didn't expect that after graduating for so many years, he would re-experience the feeling of taking a leave of absence when he was in school.

If he hadn't happened to meet Quirinus Quirrell, he really couldn't find any suitable reason - in the Mandate of Heaven's WIB Code of Conduct, the consequences of lying are quite serious...... As for the reason is not sufficient, it is also a matter of the follow-up review process, such a degree of skipping class, at best, is a slight deduction of salary, and a few more tasks.

As a senior member of the Destiny Group, Gilderoy Lockhart has become more and more precise in this regard.

"Let's go, Quirinus, Hogwarts has changed a lot. ”

Lockhart turned around and patted the younger brother next to him on the shoulder, who was still remembering.

“...... Huh? What's going on? Your expression seems a little strange? Oh - I forgot to ask what subject you're teaching when you came back, and if it's Dark Magic, you need to be a little more careful......

Because of his youthful connections, Gilderoy Lockhart was almost completely unable to fit into the circle of the old people.

The appearance of Quirinus Quirrell was obviously a very exciting news for Lockhart, which reminded Lockhart of the good old days when he was still in school, when he guided the new students.

Most crucially, as a loyal subordinate of the third generation of the Dark Lord, Lockhart is well aware of the personnel changes in the organization.

Quirinus Quirrell is not a member of the Manifest Destiny Group or the Special Containment Procedures Foundation...... He also has no employment relationship with Gringotts Wizarding Bank - in other words, he is a blank slate.

In addition to the intricate forces of the Demon King, Lockhart would love to have an ordinary friend who is "normal".

"Muggle Studies class. ”

Quirrell, who had just broken free from a she-bear, was so tired that he said casually.

"As for why I didn't cast magic: first, it was a Muggle, and I shouldn't have done that under the Secrecy Act. Second, in order to gain a deeper understanding of Muggle life, I decided not to use magic as much as possible. ”

Not too many wizards know about his loss of magical abilities yet.

And according to the advice of Elena, Dumbledore, Grindelwald and others, such a statement is obviously the most appropriate.

After all, Quirinus Quirrell had taken a year off from school to explore the Albanian Black Forest in order to obtain the practice of Defence Against the Dark Arts, so this performance art was reasonable for the Muggle Studies class.

After a slight pause, Quirinus Quirrell raised a third finger and said calmly.

"Third, this is the gate to Hogwarts, and if I take one step forward, she will trigger the Expulsion Charm. ”

"But you didn't seem to be able to move forward just now......"

Gilderoy Lockhart glanced at Quirrell's crumpled collar of his robe, shook his head, and said with a somewhat sloppy smile.

"Quirinas, Quirinas, Quirinas. ”

Quirrell glanced at the senior next to him, who had been a little eccentric since his school days, and didn't say anything.

In fact, he just wanted to get back to the castle early and see Albus Dumbledore ask for it - whether it was the changes in Hogwarts or his future arrangements, he had too many doubts.

"Oh, of course, I can totally understand that. It's not something to be ashamed of. ”

Gilderoy Lockhart reached out and grabbed him by the shoulder, giving him a look of kindness like a big brother.

"But I have to warn you, those women you better not think about it! As a professor at Hogwarts, it's not so easy to find a partner, I understand you - young people are always impulsive, but those scholars are different. You've just behaved quite sensibly, and if you hurt them, even I might not be able to save you. ”

"Hogwarts right now, it's wonderful, thriving, and dangerous at the same time. ”

He winked kindly at Quirinus Quirrell, and said meaningfully, mysteriously.

"I know, I only fight, you may not understand this for a while, but as a person who has come over, I can still give you some advice, talk less, watch more, ask less, there is always nothing wrong with asking me. ”

“......”

Quirinus Quirrell rolled his eyes helplessly.

He had already made up his mind that when he rejoined Hogwarts, it would be best to keep a distance from Professor Gilderoy Lockhart without interfering with each other, and it would be best to find a way to remind the two demon kings by the side.

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