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Although the Order of the Phoenix didn't lose anything at all, it didn't catch any Death Eaters on the wanted list, and only killed and captured a bunch of the most ordinary low-level werewolves and handed them over to the Ministry of Magic. ――It was a failure to do this even though you knew that the other party was going to do something.

As the chief wizard of the Wizengamot, Dumbledore is also a human spirit who has lived for more than a hundred years, and he has become very skilled in coercion and seduction - after agreeing to a series of conditions for the child's parents, and possibly enduring a lot of anger, the bitten student went to school normally, and the parents did not expose the matter...... It's just that like Lupin back then, he may have a day every month that is inconvenient.

Lockhart was in charge of helping Draco clean up the aftermath - so many werewolves had stormed Hogwarts and there was no wave. Voldemort obviously wouldn't trust Draco anymore, or he hadn't trusted Draco in the first place, not to mention that he had let werewolves rush into Hogwarts without drinking potions, intending to abandon Draco in the first place.

It stands to reason that letting Draco go to the Ministry of Magic to reunite with his father would be the best option, but it was clearly not satisfying the oath of "taking care of Draco" - the Order of the Phoenix knew that Lockhart had made that unbreakable oath and had wittily ignored Draco's business.

Lockhart prepares to let the Malfoys go into hiding - that's when his private relationship with Scrimgeour and the favors Scrimgeour owe him come in handy, and he convinces Scrimgeour to secretly release Lucius Malfoy.

"Oh, Gildero, thank you!" Narcissa hugged Lockhart excitedly, "but is it true that you said that you could erase the dark mark of their father and son?" ”

"Thank you very much, Professor Lockhart......" Lucius had been imprisoned for more than ten months, looking thin and pale, but still in good spirits. He still didn't know that the Hogwarts student who knocked him down in the prophecy room that day was Lockhart, so he seemed very friendly to Lockhart. "I'm so grateful that you took such good care of Draco and me, but if our family just ran away, the Dark Lord would definitely come and kill us. Karkarov ...... He almost fled to Siberia with the Mark of the Dark Devil, but was still killed. ”

Lockhart was a little uncomfortable talking to a person who had been cuckolded by himself, but he was no longer what he used to be, he had been through a lot, and he was no longer afraid of Lucius's excesses after he found out, and if Narcissa didn't talk about it, who would know.

"There's a way, an old Chinese wizard who recently settled in the Ministry of Magic, and he has a Philosopher's Stone. Lockhart said confidently, "That thing, it can remove any curse-type magic on the **." I thought, with the Malfoy's heritage, to come up with something good...... It shouldn't be a problem for him to borrow your Philosopher's Stone. ”

"Philosopher's Stone?" Lucius looked surprised, "Does it have this effect, as far as I know, the Dark Mark is a contract type of magic, although it is not as powerful as an unbreakable oath, but it is not something that can be removed by ordinary means." ”

"You'll know if you try, if not...... Then cut off the arm with the mark of the dark devil, and then repair the arm with a philosopher's stone, this method is absolutely feasible, I have seen it with my own eyes!"

"What, cut off the arm!" Draco was startled, "In that case, we can just run away, like Canada, or Australia!"

"No, you don't understand the horror of the Dark Mark, Draco. No matter where we go in the world, the Dark Lord will find where we are. Lucius smiled bitterly and shook his head, "Narcissa, you are the only one in our family who does not have the mark of the Dark Devil, you go to Gringotts and take out the most valuable things first, I'm afraid we will never be able to come back." ”

"Hmm...... If that old Taoist priest refuses to borrow your Philosopher's Stone, you can come to me, I have a pirated version of the Philosopher's Stone, but it is fully functional, but it may be infected with some bad curses after using it, but it is always better than losing your life. Lucius's decisiveness pleased Lockhart, "As for never coming back, I'm sure the mystery man will be eliminated by Dumbledore one day." ”

"Hmph...... I hope so. Lucius is obviously very confident in Voldemort's strength, if he hadn't lost his Horcrux, messed up a lot of things, and even his son was treated as an outcast like this, he would definitely continue to be loyal to Voldemort: "Anyway, thank you for your help, Professor Lockhart, you will always be a friend of the Malfoy family, and as long as the Malfoy family has not disappeared, we will always be willing to help you in any way we can." ”

I wanted to be humble and leave, but Lockhart suddenly remembered something, because of his own interference, a poor house-elf is still a slave. "Speaking of help, I'm missing a house-elf right now, I don't know ......"

Lucius nodded, "Dobby!"

With a crisp crackle, a dirty house-elf in a shabby pillow appeared beside them.

"Oh, master, what do you command?"

"From this day forward, your master is Professor Lockhart, understand? Lucius, as if he was afraid of dirty eyes, did not look at the elf at all, and gave the order directly.

Dobby noticed that Lockhart was there, and his tennis-sized eyes looked at Lockhart happily, although he admired Harry Potter the most, but he was obviously satisfied with this new owner, not to mention that he had no choice at all. "Dobby is happy to serve Mr. Lockhart, does Mr. Lockhart have any instructions. ”

Lockhart nodded at him, didn't say anything, and continued to say goodbye to the Malfoys. Although his positions are different, and even his personality and behavior are completely opposite, he has no conflict with this family from beginning to end, not to mention that the other party is now preparing to defect from the Death Eater camp. Lockhart sincerely wished them a safe life before bidding them farewell.

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"Sir......" Dobby followed Lockhart uneasily, waiting for his first command.

"You take these Galleons. Lockhart pulled out a couple of Galleons and handed them to him, "Clean yourself up, go buy some normal clothes and shoes, and put them on...... No...... I'm not trying to give you freedom!" Seeing that Dobby looked excited, Lockhart quickly changed his words, "Take care of it, go to Miss Hermione Granger at Hogwarts, as long as her orders don't conflict with mine, she will be your mistress, understand?"

Lockhart couldn't have given Hermione the same love and companionship while still liking Pandora, but it was easy to make her happy and feel cared for. The most convenient thing to do, of course, is to send something from time to time.

"Okay, master. "When I heard that I didn't want to give myself freedom, Dobby was a little disappointed. Lockhart is also a little strange, if he gives Jim a new dress, I'm afraid he will immediately hold his thighs and cry bitterly, there is still Dobby in the world who is so eager to be free house-elf, is it because he didn't train enough when he was a child?

It's fun to have a maverick house-elf friend like this once in a while, but if all house-elves are like this, wizarding society is going to be unstable again.

"Remember, when she sees you, she will definitely want to help you unslave immediately, I want you to deceive her, you are already free, understand. Lockhart could have imagined Hermione's look when she got a house-elf, so he quickly added, "But you're going to keep serving her, and you're happy to do that." ”

"Dobby is happy to serve Harry Potter and his friends!" Dobby said sincerely.

"Oh, you know Hermione is a friend of Harry's. Lockhart was a little surprised, it seems that Dobby was not less deserted while serving the Malfoy family. "Don't do any inexplicable tasks for Harry, if Harry tells you to do anything, tell me first!"

"Good master!"

"Go ahead and do it now. ”

- (To be continued.) )