"Where are you taking Pandora?"

"Let her look at something, and then decide whether to accept it—"

"Something?" the witch shook her head, "If it's a diamond ring, a gift or something, she won't care." ”

Pandora wasn't dressed up, and she wasn't in the mood to dress up, so she came out with a school gown, and standing on the ground at the moment, Lockhart noticed that she seemed to be thinner...... Originally, she was slim and thin, but now she is skinny......

"Mom, I'll go out with the professor. Pandora's voice was a little hoarse.

"Well, you haven't been out for a walk in a long time, anyway, come back early. ”

――

Lockhart took Pandora to the Ministry of Magic and dragged her into his office.

"What do you want me to see?" asked Pandora, her eyes red and sad.

"My memory. Lockhart waved his hand, and a door to the wallside cabinet opened, and a meditation basin floated out of it. It was in the office of a high-ranking official of the Ministry of Magic, and it spun slowly and landed in front of Lockhart.

"Your memory?" Pandora looked angry, "Don't show me your memories and that slut!"

"Honey, you don't look beautiful when you talk dirty," Lockhart shook his head disapprovingly, "Let's talk about it after reading it." ”

The young witch was so angry that she stopped talking, and Lockhart placed the meditation basin on the table, lit his temple with his wand, and pulled out a large memory and threw it into the meditation basin.

The silvery memory slowly swirled in the basin, and Lockhart waved his hand to reduce the lighting in his office, which shimmered faintly - and then he nudged Pandora with his left hand for her to look.

"Hmph—" Pandora knew how to use the meditation basin and walked up to it and buried her head.

――

What Lockhart showed Pandora was a modified memory.

In this memory, Hermione fled with him, fought Voldemort side by side, and was wounded to protect him...... Even ready to die for her after his death. After he was resurrected and cursed, he sucked his blood and carried him back to Hogwarts at the risk of being wanted by the Death Eaters...... In the resurrection magic, he also slashed a piece of flesh on his arm......

It's all clips, but it takes a while to watch it.

If Pandora decides not to marry him, then Lockhart will cleanse her of her curse-related memories and never have anything to do with her again.

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Ten minutes later, Pandora looked up in tears, and after reading the memory, she knew that she would never be able to defeat the other girl: if all that Lockhart showed her was true, then Hermione really didn't need the help of an aphrodisiac at all. can make anyone in the world leave everything behind to be with her, let alone a man like Lockhart who never wants to owe favors...... But it's not fair!

"You're cursed? Pandora turned her head and hugged Lockhart.

"It doesn't matter, I'll remove this curse after killing the Dark Lord once and for all. Lockhart put his arms around her thin body, "What's the matter, do you think Hermione gave me an aphrodisiac?"

"W-this...... Nothing!" The little witch cried bitterly in his arms: "If I stay, I will also be willing to block the spell for you, I will also be willing to suck your blood, and I will also be willing to cut my own flesh!"

The girl said these words sincerely, but history has no ifs.

"I drove you away, it's my responsibility. So I'm still willing to marry you, and I'll love you as Hermione when I get married......" Lockhart said these words with the same seriousness, "So will you marry me?"

The girl cried loudly and hugged him tightly, and she had always listened to him for everything. It's rare to take the initiative to ask for something, and I encountered something that the other party couldn't compromise on.

"I ...... I don't care, you haven't been to St. Mungo's for a check-up!"

"Okay, let's check it out right away!" Lockhart knew Pandora too well. Although her tone was still tough, she had clearly given up on illusions completely, as long as the final straw of the examination was gone. She had no choice but to give in.

Lohara took her hand and walked out of the office again, this time Pandora obediently letting him hold on to herself, never making a fuss again.

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St. Mungo.

More than three months have passed since the brutal battle to recapture the British wizarding world, and the Aurors and Muggle wizards, including Scrimgeur, who had been injured in the war, had all been discharged from the hospital, and half of the strikers protecting the hospital had been removed, leaving only a small team to maintain order.

However, there are still a lot of wizards who come to see minor ailments or heal spell damage, because wizards basically have some money now, so if something happens, they are more willing to choose to let the healer see it rather than solve it on their own.

The Minister of Magic suddenly entered the hospital with a young girl and went straight into the Potions and Plant Poison Section, a scene that attracted the curious eyes of many wizards in the hall, who speculated about what was going on......

Lockhart didn't want to waste time, he needed to get it done quickly, get to know what was on his mind, and then continue to prepare as planned, ready to deal with Voldemort at any time.

――

To see if a person has been hit by an aphrodisiac, it is actually very simple, Lockhart loves Hermione, as long as the doctor talks to him about Hermione, if Lockhart is conscious and articulate during the conversation, then nine times out of ten he is not poisoned.

Of course, it cannot be ruled out that there are several special circumstances, such as the relationship between the poisoner and the victim themselves, and there is an emotional basis, the dose of the drug is relatively light, or the effect of the drug is about to end......

If you want to rule out the above, you can only take a blood test.

――

Lockhart gently pricked his finger and then dripped a small amount of his own blood in each of the several vessels provided by the doctor.

The potions in these vessels are substances that react violently with each of the main aphrodisiac formulations, and any reaction in one of these vessels indicates that Lockhart has a certain amount of aphrodisiac in his blood, which requires further examination.

If all of these vessels had reacted, the rest of the tests would have been almost unnecessary, and Lockhart had been undoubtedly struck by an aphrodisiac, for there was no known potion in the world that contained all the ingredients that a blood test could detect.

――

One second, two seconds, three seconds......

Lockhart's blood quickly spread as it dropped into the colorless test fluid, blooming into a beautiful reddish mist of blood, which became lighter and lighter as it diffused until it was barely visible......

More than ten seconds passed, and the therapist's eyes were no longer staring at the reagent, but at the two of them, and the meaning was obvious: the detection agent in the test solution did not react, and Lockhart was not poisoned.

Pandora covered her face and cried.

"Excuse me. Lockhart put his arm around Pandora's thin shoulders and, after nodding his head to the therapist, dragged her out of the treatment room.

The two of them returned to the Muggle street where they had entered St. Mungo's department store, and Pandora was still crying, causing passers-by to keep staring at Lockhart with contempt...... The person had no choice but to hold the girl in his arms, keep stroking her back, and slowly wait for her body to stop trembling.

"Satisfied?" Lockhart asked softly, "Then now you have to go and apologize to Hermione, she was inexplicably sent to the batter's office for more than an hour because of your report—"

"I've been crying in my room for a month!" Pandora almost cried again.

Lockhart is not a stunned little boy again, of course, it is impossible to really force Pandora to apologize to Hermione - it would be good to go back and tell Hermione that Pandora has admitted her mistake, and with the temper of this little virgin, it is impossible to really have to apologize to Pandora in person.

"Okay, then you'll settle it out, and in the future—"

"Who's on par with her!"

The girl's eyes were red, and her tone was still fierce, but after reading Lockhart's memory, the urge and strong hostility to scold Hermione for being a slut were completely gone......

"Okay, well, you have been wronged, I will compensate you after you get married. Lockhart hurriedly said sweetly, according to the agreement, Pandora only needs to decide whether she wants to marry her at this time. But he was not ready to give the other party another chance to choose, but spoke directly in the tone of a fiancé.

On the contrary to him, Pandora's temperament is to eat hard rather than soft, and when she calms down, she obviously acquiesces to Lockhart's self-assertions, and her eyes are red and she changes the subject: "How to make amends! I don't want to live with her, I don't want to see her every day, I want to-"

"Okay, let's not live together first, live wherever you want, and tell me where you fancy it, I'll buy it." Lockhart understood Pandora's thoughts, but she and Hermione were both very kind girls, and if it weren't for herself, they could have been good friends...... Let's talk about this later, they maybe, no, they will definitely get along well in the future, and they will even sleep in the same bed with themselves.

"Well, baby, you've heard that Voldemort attacked Newmengard and kidnapped Grindelwald, and now I'm going to find a way to deal with the two Dark Lords...... My dear, can you make yourself fat at home and wait for me to marry you before I'm done with this?"

Pandora always looked like she had been greatly wronged...... Well, yes, in fact, she was indeed greatly wronged: "Okay then, you ...... Beware ......"

"Baby, love you. Lockhart loves her the most, there are thousands of girls with personality in the world, but it is difficult to find such a well-behaved one, let alone a beautiful witch who has always loved her: "I will try to find time to accompany you in the past two days, and now I will send you home first, okay." ”

"Hmm. ”

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――(To be continued......)