Chapter 267: Epilogue
While the disappearance of the two people made everyone confused and flustered, some of the more gossipy students began to whisper as if they had captured some important information.
But for those who know a little bit about these two people, they are starting to have a bad feeling.
Ginny didn't press the table for the time being. Once Harry is missing, there is nothing good about being on time, either he is in some danger or he is in some danger. All in all, it's certainly not a good thing. And Ginny, though it looks honest. But let's not mention whether Gryffindor has really honest students, just according to what her brothers know about her, she knows that this matter in front of her will definitely not be simple.
This is especially true in the case of Hogwarts today. Martial law was suddenly announced this morning, and neither Harry nor Ginny had a dormitory last night. The problem is not too obvious.
So several of Weslai's children stood up. Under the watchful eyes of the students, one by one they went to find people. Of course, each has its own way.
Percy's first instinct was to go to Professor McGonagall, and in his opinion, as a prefect, he should of course report this kind of matter to the professor as soon as possible. And, after all, this matter involves his sister. It is the most correct choice to report to the dean first, and let the dean or even the president take over.
As for the remaining three......
George and Fred, as well as Ron, all chose to go to the person they trusted the most and were the most well-informed.
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"Luke, he shouldn't have gotten up yet."
Malfoy was in the dungeon, and the door to the Slytherin lounge was blocked by the three Wesley brothers.
Now his back and arms were pressed against the wall, and his face was tense.
The Wesleys and Malfoys themselves weren't very much on their own. More than 100 years ago, when the Wesley family was still close to the center of the aristocratic circle, everyone was a little unaccustomed to each other. What's more, the direction in which Wes came home later became more and more extreme.
In addition, he still did not forget the conflict before the start of school, and when he saw the three brothers of the Wesley family walking towards him menacingly, his first reaction was to almost shout for help.
But fortunately, he saw anxiety in the eyes of the three people, but he did not see hostility either.
"Draco! Luke! Help us get Luke out! ”
Ron pressed his hands on Malfoy's shoulders with a look of excitement on his face. George and Wesley, who were beside him, each propped one of their hands against the wall, looking like a closed cage.
There were quite a few students on one side, mostly Slytherin, and a few from other houses.
When I saw the three people of Wesley's house so excited. Several senior students had already gathered around. It's not just Slytherins, it's other students. Most of them are students from the fifth year onwards. They are going to face the owls owl exam. So some students get up early to revise.
However, after hearing Ron's shout, most of the Slytherin students chose to stop. Instead, he looked at the Wesley brothers with an even stranger look.
The other students also stopped approaching when they knew that the three of them were not here to trouble Malfoy, and waited and watched for the time being.
The students who knew Malfoy a little bit were not letting their guard down. They all know that Malfoy's strength is not very strong, but his mouth kung fu is really outstanding.
He is especially good at revealing people's scars and taking advantage of opportunities to taunt.
The three brothers treated him like this, could he still keep his sanity?
However, to their surprise, Malfoy really didn't say anything about it this time.
The look of displeasure on Malfoy's face was like taking the opportunity to have a seizure. But looking at the anxious looks on the faces of the three people, and although their relationship is not very good, they are at most opposites, far from being enemies. In addition, they asked about Luke, so he first pushed Ron's hand away, but he was not angry: "Can you be polite!" You're here to ask me for help? Or is it the one who asks for sin? ”
No anachronistic taunts, more complaining.
Ron was a little embarrassed to say this, but he didn't want to apologize to Malfoy, so the look on his face was a little awkward.
"I'm sorry, Draco, we're in a hurry, but we do have an urgent business for Luke."
Fred saw that Ron was speechless, so he had no choice but to speak himself.
Malfoy looked at Ron and snorted before saying, "Luke hasn't woken up yet, I saw him hanging a sign at the door of his dorm when I passed by his dorm room earlier." Let me not disturb his sleep. I didn't call him. ”
As he spoke, he looked at the three brothers with different expressions, and continued: "Luke wrote on the sign, he was busy late last night, but everything was done. This should be said to you. So...... Take it easy, whatever it is, it should have been over peacefully. ”
Some of the students looked at the scene in front of them with great curiosity. It's a dead life! The young master of the Malfoy family has gone to comfort Wess when he comes to the house!
Did the sun come out in the west today?
George and Fred knew that Draco's position was not the same as his father's. Or, judging from the current situation, Lucius Malfoy's position is also debatable. If they chose to bet on Luke. Then it is inevitable to deal with them Wesley's house.
George and Fred, as smart as they were, were a little confused for a moment as to why Luke would be so fond of their Wesley family. After all, the Wesley family doesn't have anything outstanding except for a little more people.
Could it be that Luke also took a fancy to the characteristics of their family, and was ready to marry Ginny home to see if he could let the Gaunt family also branch?
It's good that the twins usually don't think about it, but when they think about it today, they can't help but glance at each other, and they both see the excitement in each other's eyes.
If that's true, it's not necessarily a bad thing. Although Luke has a lot of plans, from the current point of view, it seems that he has no intention of harming the interests of their family.
Then again, their family is almost at the bottom, and with so many children, it will not be easy to lose an heir, so it seems that no matter how you go, it will be up.
And whether Luke is a good match or not, the two beauties who have an affair with Luke during the holiday are too powerful. If Luke wasn't a good match, then even the little princess Strange who couldn't make her own decisions would have a reason to jump into the fire pit. Then there was no one above the patriarch of the Skye family who could hold her head and tell her to say I do.
So......
'Why don't you really match these two people?' ’
Fred secretly gave George a look.
I think it's better to go with the flow, and if the two of us intervene, we might just mess things up." ’
George shook his head. He couldn't have known more about the destructive power of the two brothers. Although there are many ways to say that two people want to succeed. But this kind of outsider is better to be less involved.
Fred nodded, understanding the truth.
Ron wasn't surprised by Malfoy's attitude. They have more classes than they do. Originally, almost all the people from the two academies were able to complete the internal team. As a result, Luke didn't come to class for three days. Hermione and Taylor took the initiative to get together, so grouping each other between the houses became a new habit. So, at some point, Ron had to abandon Harry and form a team with Malfoy. Or maybe Harry, who, being ostracized by some girl, had to leave Ron and leave them in a team of two. I had to go to Malfoy.
Therefore, although it is still an enemy, the relationship is far from tense.
"Okay, we got it. Thank you Draco. ”
Ron thanked him earnestly. Although Draco has some bad things, it seems that he can still be relied on in big things.
With that, the three brothers turned and left Slytherin's territory.
Draco looked at Ron's back and snorted.
"It's so rude, look at how I toss you when it's time for class."
After a few snorts, he went to the cafeteria for breakfast, and then the pig was in class. After all, not everyone can be like Luke, and it is up to them to do what they want to do or not.
Last year, there may have been a few professors who chose to take care of it, but this year, the students just feel that Luke's degree of freedom is much higher, and he seems to be much more active than last year. It seems to be calm and calm, and it is a lot more casual and free.
And the professors ...... They could clearly sense the change in Dumbledore's attitude towards Luke as a student as Headmaster. From last year's ignorance as much as possible, to this year's quite dependent, trusting to have a family, in the final analysis, it is just a summer vacation.
Although this summer, Dumbledore and Luke have also heard about the things they have experienced. But when they saw that the relationship between the two people was like this, and even such a dangerous and important matter dared to be directly handed over to Luke to investigate, they still felt confused and incredible.
After being a professor for so many years, I really haven't seen such a student. Of course, they turned a blind eye to Luke, in addition to Dumbledore's too much, more because of Luke's talent.
Charms and Transfiguration go without saying. Both Professor Flitwick and Professor McGonagall felt that Luke could be a substitute teacher in their absence.
In Potions, Snape himself was not a person who adhered to school rules and discipline, and although Luke was mediocre in Potions, he passed the exam with ease, and with Taylor's help, it was not a problem at all. Then there is no need for him to embarrass Luke, after all, Luke is generous, and those precious medicinal materials are taken out as soon as they are said, and they are not stingy at all. Even he would sometimes go to Taylor and ask for some material to use. Anyway, Taylor couldn't use up any more, and the original intention was to give him a part.
Needless to say, Luke is not good at herbalism, but it is easy to pass the exam. It's just that he obviously needs to make up for it before the exam. Fortunately, Professor Sprout is the most gentle and tolerant of Luke.
Needless to say, the other professors had no problem with Luke's behavior. Good students always have a variety of benefits. It is difficult to say whether a student like Luke, who is humble and courteous, has excellent grades, has a high status, and is respected by the principal, can still be treated as a student. If nothing else, if Luke wants to, then Luke will be able to become a colleague after graduation.
Of course, it's more likely that people wouldn't have chosen to be a professor at Hogwarts at all.
Some of the more well-informed professors know that Luke Gaunt is already one of the trustees of Hogwarts. Although we have never seen such a special student, we all know that there is no benefit to being in conflict with others.
The professor who understood a little bit would smile wryly when such an idea came up. Because once this kind of thinking arises, they are destined not to treat Luke as a mere student.
Luke slept until sunrise. He stayed up late last night, because after coming back, he did a review of the whole thing by the way. Of course, he knew that Taylor and Hermione probably wouldn't go to bed very early. Professor McGonagall would not let these two girls go easily.
But when he finished washing and dressing and walked out of the dormitory door, he saw Taylor in the lounge holding a pack of cookies and reading a book in a chair.
The chair was huge, and Taylor curled up his legs and head on his knees.
The book was erected on the table, and while it turned the pages automatically, it was also a page-by-page animation.
Luke glanced at his pocket watch and said, "You skipped class too?" ”
Taylor said wearily, "The first class was Potions. It doesn't matter if you go or not. ”
If you don't go, Professor Snape won't say anything. Although he can't be the same as Luke, who is regarded by almost all professors, Taylor's status is much higher than Luke's in Potions class.
Snape always believed that potions were the artistic work of genius. And Taylor was the most gifted potions artist he had ever met.
For Taylor, while teaching everything, he is also unusually indulgent.
Luke nodded, he had forgotten about it.
Walking down the stairs, he moved a chair to Taylor's side, and looked at the book and watched the little man on it being chased and bitten by a fire dragon, while constantly waving his wand to stop the fire dragon.
A hand reached into Taylor's snack bag, grabbed a large handful of cookies, and ate them quietly.
It's a little damp under the Black Lake, and even during the day of the season, the fire in the lounge is always lit. Warmth came from the fireplace beside him, and Taylor pushed the book in the middle of the two men, so they both tilted their heads in each other's direction, looked at the little man in the book, and from time to time filled a cookie in their pursuit.
With the sun shining through the lake, it's a particularly warm feeling. Even a mermaid outside the window was lying on the window, and when she saw this scene, she was reluctant to play a prank to break it.
However, this atmosphere finally died down with Taylor's full hiccups.
Luke casually beckoned the glass of water to his hand and handed it over. Taylor took the glass and took a sip, a relaxed look on his face.
"Did you find anything last night?"
Luke asked, and now the two of them were about to get down to business.
Taylor nodded and said, "We found evidence......"
Speaking of this, her expression was a little strange.
"Would you like to guess what we found?"
Luke listened to her and raised his eyebrows, realizing that what Taylor and Hermione had found was not something too right.
"What's that? I don't really want to guess. ”
He stayed up too late last night, and he didn't have the heart to use his brain now. As he spoke, he filled his mouth with a biscuit.
"We found Lockhart's diary......"
Taylor's tone is also quite odd and complicated, and he wants to laugh a little, but he doesn't think he should laugh.
Luke's expression also changed, and his facial features that were originally smiling slightly because of the appropriately sweet cookies didn't know where to put for a while.
"Diary?"
"Diary."
Luke couldn't help but gasp after reconfirming.
"What did he do...... It won't be clearly recorded in his diary. ”
When he said this, the tone was quite incredible. There is a feeling of shining from the joke into reality.
Taylor said with emotion: "What's more, that guy's diary is much more wonderful than the books he wrote." ”
With that, Taylor recounted the events in his diary.
What is the witch who expelled the ghost of Wanlun, she is ugly and has a rough personality, although she is powerful, but she is not likeable. And although Lockhart is a guy who says that there are bad things here and there, there is still something desirable in his appearance, otherwise he would not have harvested such a large number of female fans, and basically covers all ages.
So he shamelessly seduced the witch, and after getting all the stories and details, he had to forget everything to make the other party completely forget about the things here.
If the matter here can only be said that this man is morally questionable and has broken some laws, then when he uses similar methods on young wizards and even Muggle children, this practice can be called a heinous crime.
What's more, there are many more, such as when they went out with an old wizard of another family, they performed Forget It After obtaining the story, but soon a five-legged monster attacked them.
The old wizard who was in a state of distraction was killed by the five-legged monster before he could resist.
Later, the story of the old wizard was written as "Wandering with Werewolves", and nothing was revealed about the old wizard.
The old wizard's family only regarded this explorer-loving old wizard as a general after all, and inevitably died on the front line of exploration. They didn't even know that the old wizard had Lockhart as a companion in the middle of his expedition.
Still, Lockhart went to the old wizard's memorial service. And professed to be an admirer of the old wizard. At that time, he had already achieved fame, and his family members felt honored and honored. Journalists also made the headlines again.
"Hah! I knew this old man was my lucky star! A new book that is bound to sell well, a headline, and his beautiful daughter! Oh! What a perfect journey! ”
He wrote in his diary.