Chapter 284: Awakening

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"Gildero, you're awake!" Hermione exclaimed in surprise as her head lifted. It is estimated that she didn't have a good rest, she looked very haggard, and her originally bright big eyes were full of bloodshots: "I thought you were going to be in a coma for a few days, you lie down and don't move, I'll go cook you a blood-replenishing nutritious meal." ”

Hermione stood up and stumbled towards the outside of the tent with dark circles under her eyes.

"Gilderoy awake?" a calm male voice came from outside, and Kingsley and Scrimgeour walked in.

"You're here too. Lockhart said hoarsely, his abs trying to sit up, and Kingsley came over to give him a hand. "Where is this, is it safe, how long have I been unconscious. ”

"Safe, the camp that carried you on foot for a long time with the Levitation Charm - hmph, you're too embarrassed to ask. Scrimgeour's already wrinkled face was full of anger: "This is the second day of your heroic 'heads-up' defeat with the mysterious man, why are we just a few days apart, why are you tossing such a big thing? Now saving the life of every rebel is the most important thing, and the second is to destroy the Horcruxes, don't you understand this truth." ”

"The mystery man is more powerful than I expected...... "Lockhart didn't even know that this was the first time he had underestimated Voldemort, and he frankly admitted his mistake. "He almost grabbed me in ten seconds...... he remembered Voldemort's menacing lunge. "He's not a human being at all. ”

"You have to be willing to make yourself no one and no ghost, no one is much weaker than him, you don't despise the enemy, have you forgotten the second rule of the Aurors!"

"I didn't forget...... Where did this hanging bottle come from? ”

"That lad has kidnapped a doctor from Muggle City, St. Mungo, we don't dare to ......go," Kingsley said, "Anyway, what you need now is recuperation, and it won't be much faster with wizard methods." ”

"Young man?" Lockhart asked, confused. He couldn't remember any Aurors who had used that nickname. "Horcruxes, and my wand. ”

"You'll get to know later. Stuff Granger and Potter hold it, you lie down. Scrimgeour said angrily, leaving the room without looking back.

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"Gildero, grab a bite to eat, you haven't eaten three meals. Hermione brought in a bowl of things and sat beside him: "It's all good things to nourish blood, and there are red dates imported from China in it, you must eat it!"

"Uh...... All right. ”

"Professor, are you feeling better? Harry came in to visit. His godfather followed him.

"Much better, Siris, thanks to you yesterday, without you I'm afraid I'd really be killed by my own carelessness-" Lockhart said weakly, and before she could finish a sentence, Hermione forced a red date in his mouth.

"You swear that there will be absolutely no danger, just like Dumbledore swore that Snape was our man, we just trust you too much!" Blake looked unpleasant, "you don't do this kind of risky thing in the future, we should take the risk together." Otherwise, why divide the team!"

"I'm sorry, but I'm really desperate to destroy that Horcrux—" Hermione's mouth was gagged again, and to be honest, these things were really delicious, and he was a little hungry.

"Where did your phoenix tears come from? Hermione. Lockhart chewed on a pile of unnamed things, remembering the treasure that had almost saved his life, "You can't buy this thing with money on the market." ”

"It's not mine, it's from your bag—I saw it when I was rummaging through your bag the other day......" Hermione whispered. For fear that Lockhart would be angry with him for rummaging through his bag: "Don't you know that you have a bottle of phoenix tears?"

"Ah...... Forgot. "This must be the contents of Dumbledore's drawer, Lockhart poured all the things into his bag the night Dumbledore died, and then he only noticed the resurrection stone light extinguisher or something. I didn't find that there was such a bottle of healing holy products inside. "Did you find anything else?"

"No—no—no—" Hermione said nervously, always feeling like Lockhart was going to ask her why she was rummaging through her bag, "Let's have another piece of pork liver, come ......"

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It's nothing to flip down the bag, anyway, there's nothing that can't be seen by her, it's normal for a girl to be a little careful, not to mention that this careful thought saved her life, so forget it.

"How's the Horcrux going, how damaged is it?"

"Rufus said that seven or eight more times like this can be destroyed, but do you think you can toss seven or eight more times?" Blake didn't hide it, "This time the mysterious man doesn't have time to use the death curse, as long as he is half a second faster, we should have planted a tombstone for you by now, do you have any favorite epitaph." ”

"Gildero—" Hermione put down the bowl and looked at him with tears in her eyes, "don't risk your life, please." ”

"No, let's find another way. Lohart nodded, it had only been eleven seconds since the magic circle was activated yesterday and he was hit by Voldemort, and he barely had time to be afraid. But when I sat on the bed and tasted it at this time, I faintly felt scared - the kind of heart-pounding and creepy.

"Hehe, you didn't destroy that magic array when you came over yesterday, look at this. Blake tossed over a newspaper.

What's wrong?" Lockhart flipped through the newspaper in confusion, his left hand still a little uneasy. "Is anyone we know missing?"

"Look at the bottom. Blake said.

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The Ministry of Magic has declared dragon blood and unicorn horn contraband, and has confiscated all such products from the market. Magic crystals, magic parchment...... A series of products began to be controlled today.

"This ......," Lockhart said helplessly, "Fire dragon blood and unicorn horns are not very common things, but a large list of things behind them are commonly used magic materials, how can they be ......"

"How could Dumbledore be dead, how could the Ministry of Magic have fallen?" Blake said disdainfully, "as long as there is a pervert like the mysterious man, what is impossible?"

"Nothing unusual, as long as I contact Montungus and ask him to help me get some black market ......"

"No!" Hermione said angrily.

"Good, good, don't toss. If this is the last Horcrux, he will desperately want to destroy it, but since it is not, it can't be done, Lockhart changed the subject: "Is there any news of the Golden Cup Horcrux?" ”

"No, you've only been in a coma for over a day!" Blake said angrily, "Don't rush to destroy the Horcruxes yet, find the last one and figure it out together." ”

"But I don't have a clue...... Lockhart said distressedly, "Dumbledore has almost all the places where the mysterious man has been when he was alive, and we have no clue now, where to find it?"

"You've become like Professor Dumbledore, so why are you doing it, let's heal your injuries first. Hermione said dissatisfied, "How does it feel, does it still hurt?"

"Feel good...... You can get out of bed on your own, so don't worry. Lockhart touched his chest with his right hand and found nothing unusual except for a little tingling and itching. "How can I get better so quickly, could it be that I was born with an abnormal constitution and extremely strong resilience?"

"Hehe, don't talk nonsense, there is only this kind of setting in third-rate novels...... Do you know how many phoenix tears we shed in your wounds yesterday? "Then I showed the bottle to Scrimgeour and he said it would save you ten times, and I ran out of it in one go." ”

"It's nothing, just that Gilderoy is safe and sound. Hermione wasn't distressed at all, "Let me see how the wound is." With that, she went to remove the bandage from Lockhart's chest.

He used to be playing with Hermione in bed, but this time it was the other way around, and Lockhart sat still and let her deal with it.

"Harry, you have a soul link to the Mystery, and you most likely know where that cup is. Lockhart raised his arm and asked Hermione to remove the bandage. "Tell me where we're going to find Horcruxes next. ”

"I ...... I don't know, I'm used to keeping my brain occlusion now. Harry said. "I won't be relieved unless you ask me to probe his mind......"

"That's great, and the mysterious man might be able to probe Harry's mind. Hermione said.

Lockhart dug himself again, teaching Harry to be a proper occlusion-minded master, and it became more difficult to find the last Horcrux.

"Well, you can't find it without a purpose, Harry, can you lift the Occlumency from now on. Lockhart, though thick-skinned, thought it was a little strange to say this: "We need to have first-hand information about the mysterious man—"

"Why do you want to do this, it's too dangerous. Blake, of course, was the first to object, "This kind of mental connection cannot be one-way, perception is reversible!"

"Harry now knows where we are. Hermione said crisply. "You can't do that. ”

"Harry knows where we are......" Lockhart nodded understandingly, "My thoughts are this, we've been trying to find a way to destroy the mysterious man's Horcruxes, and he must be nervous, and when he is nervous, he will have some reactions - such as taking out his last Horcrux and hiding it, or even thinking about it when he hides it......"

"And Harry peeking into his mind at this point?" Blake frowned, "It's so whimsical......

Lockhart really had a hard time, he couldn't say that Harry should have relied on this method to find the last Horcrux, who would believe it...... "Let's not talk about that, anyway, Harry knows where we are now, and we can't tell him the exact location the next time the illusion starts." ”

"That's why we're here on the outskirts of Birmingham because you're injured, Professor, and none of us can take a Muggle Apparition like Dumbledore, and the Muggle doctor comes by his own transport. Harry explained, "Otherwise, I wouldn't have known where we were." ”

――(To be continued......)