Chapter 130: "Censorship"

The first few exams are over, and the students can relax for a few days, but here comes Lockhart's.

He was sitting in his office that day, when Professor McGonagall told him to come to the school lobby immediately through the fireplace, and the Ministry of Magic censors arrived to examine Lockhart to determine if he had illegally used Magic Potion on Umbridge.

Lockhart got up a little nervously and walked towards the lobby, things should not be a big deal, but he still felt uncomfortable facing Lockhart for interrogation and inspection.

- All the students in the school heard the news and rushed to the door of the lobby to watch the censors arriving from the Ministry of Magic. When they saw Lockhart approaching, the students neatly made way for him to make a way for him, and watched with admiration as they looked at Lockhart as they walked calmly towards the censor of the Ministry of Magic......

At the sight of the comer, Lockhart instantly relaxed, and there was nothing to do - because it was Nymphadora Tonks, and he saw Tonks winking at him a few meters away, while Harry, Ron, and Hermione were also smiling at him relaxedly, and only poor Pandora stared at Lockhart and Tonks in horror......

"Hello, Ms. Tonks. โ€

"Ahem, Mr. Lockhart, I have been instructed to come to check whether you have used the truth potion in violation of the law, please cooperate with the investigation!" Tonks pretended to say, "Professor McGonagall, if you don't mind, please let the unrelated people leave." โ€

McGonagall nodded knowingly and began to chase away the students, leaving the hall with the other professors, who were gone in a moment.

Tonks relaxed immediately, patted Lockhart on the back excitedly, and then happily changed into a look that Lockhart liked: "Take me to your office, I've always wanted to go into the Defence Against the Dark Arts professor's office." โ€

"No problem...... However, why you came, it's too hasty. Lockhart stood up and walked towards his office with Tonks, "You're a new Auror after all, and you're actually asked to vet a former Auror, and the Ministry of Magic isn't afraid that you'll be sold by me......"

"Hmph, you still don't appreciate my visit, the Minister of Magic asked Scrimgeour to arrange for an Auror with whom you have a good relationship to examine you...... Do you still want Gadwin or Dawlux to come?" Tonks was a little dissatisfied, "If it's Louise Mountbatten's scheming, you can wait for Headmaster Dumbledore to come to the Ministry of Magic to get you out!"

"Who's that, New Auror?" Lockhart asked curiously, "I don't know, ...... that would make you think so"

"She just got her Auror certificate last year, and speaking of which, she's still your junior. Tonks seemed to dislike the colleague, "But don't expect him to be open to you as a senior......"

Lockhart shrugged, not wanting to continue discussing someone he didn't know. His heart was warm now, and he didn't know if the Minister of Magic had treated him as his own, or if Dumbledore had put pressure on him. Anyway, even though he worked for the Order of the Phoenix, which the Minister of Magic didn't like the most, the Minister of Magic was ready to protect him - well, I guess the Minister of Magic didn't know that Lockhart was a member of the Order of the Phoenix.

"So I sent you? Scrimgeour shouldn't know you're the Order of the Phoenix. โ€

"Of course I don't know, even my parents don't know, how can he know, but he knows that I was familiar with you when you helped Ollivander kill the dragon, so he sent me. โ€

"Okay," Lockhart said as he walked into his office with Tonks, "drink something, coffee, boiling water, pumpkin juice, sugar or aphrodisiac, take your pick." โ€

"You've always been so unserious...... Tonks glared at him helplessly, "coffee." โ€

"Well, please, how is Miss Tonks going to censor me?" Lockhart smiled and handed Tonks a cup of coffee, then asked lightly.

"Let's talk about it, like- did you give Hermione an aphrodisiac? I just looked at her in the lobby and she still looked like she was just you......"

"Is it so obvious? And aren't we supposed to talk about the truth potion!" Lockhart said angrily, "Actually, I suspect Hermione wants to use an aphrodisiac on me, it's just that it's more tightly controlled. โ€

"Cut, less stinky beauty! Hermione is a serious girl!" Tonks said disdainfully.

Lockhart shrugged helplessly, he also thought that Hermione was a serious girl, but no one could be serious about feelings. "Let's not talk about this, okay, how are you and Lupin, I got him a job, he should be in a much better state of mind now." โ€

"That's right, thank you, Gildero," Tonks said happily, "Remus seems to be much more energetic now, I just went to see him in Hogsmeade, and he seems more and more confident, and not as lifeless as he used to be." I can't tell that he still has a talent for business, and that shop looks like it's doing well!"

"It's nothing, they're all friends!" Lockhart was also happy that he had helped his two comrades, "Is there nothing going on over there in the Department of Mysteries lately?"

"No, I often go there for night duty, and there hasn't been any abnormal movement recently, and the calm is frightening. Tonks replied with some trepidation, the calmer it was, the more it felt like the man on duty was in danger.

"Remember, if you hear any noise, signal it immediately, don't check it!"

"Moody has said this to us a few times!" Tonks protested, feeling a little thirsty as he took a sip of his coffee, "If the average person comes, they won't be able to take the prophecy ball at all, and if the mysterious person comes in person - anyway, even if we die, the spell will automatically sound the alarm......"

This sentence suddenly made the atmosphere a little cold, and the idea of losing their comrades at any time made the love between the two worse.

"Well, forget it, do you want to go around the school......" Lockhart said.

"Come on, I'm the censor, what's the matter with you on campus, and I've been here for seven years, isn't that enough!" Tonks rolled his eyes, "Almost, I'll write a review report and leave, come and write it for me!"

So, the colluding and wolf-bรจi censors and the subject of the censorship got together in chairs and completed a review report that they thought was quite smooth, anyway, the Minister of Magic and the director of the Auror department were ready to protect Lockhart, and no one had any objections to the review report being compiled whatever it was - Lockhart had to be glad that there was no strong backstage to support and hold Umbridge's grievances, and she had always been a loner.

"Umbridge mistakenly took the elixir of truth? Tonks' eyes widened.

"I can get Professor Snape to testify to me, and he will prove that Umbridge took the elixir from him. Lockhart shrugged, "I'll hide all the truth potions around me in Umbridge's office, and have them searched if necessary." โ€

"Well, that's pretty much it, and Scrimgeour said it was okay to write whatever it wants. Tonks picked up the report, blew on it, folded it up and put it in his bag.

Lockhart leaned back in his chair and smiled happily, it felt like a difficult exam, and he relaxed as if the professor had declared that it was an open-book exam and that there was no one to proctor.

"Okay, I should go, I'm afraid your little girlfriend will be jealous if I stay with you," she put away the review report and quipped, "I can't afford to mess with your girlfriend, and I'll lose my job!"

"How is it possible, Pandora is a good girl...... There is no such bad eye," Lockhart explained with a smile, "then I won't send it, be careful on the way." โ€

"Beware, hell! I'll go straight back ......to the fireplace in the headmaster's room," Tonks said, "yes, I almost forgot something!"

Tonks took out an envelope from his bosom and handed it to Lockhart, who curiously took it, it was an official letter from the Ministry of Magic. "What, why wasn't it an owl?"

Tonks shrugged, "It's Scrimgeour's Auror recall order, for all former Aurors and guys like you who are jumping ship." I don't think you're going to give up your position as a professor, and I can see that you enjoy being a teacher, don't you? So I'll just bring it to you. โ€

"Oh well, you guessed it, I don't want to go back to being an Auror, that's too dangerous......"

"Hmph, coward, I'm leaving......" Tonks taunted Lockhart and turned to leave the office.

Soon after Tonks left, the students who were worried about Lockhart crowded the entire office, which touched Lockhart a little - before he knew it, he was already very beloved by the students, which strengthened his determination and courage to protect the school.

Lockhart had to get Professor McGonagall to announce to the whole school that he was okay before the office was empty, but from time to time students came to see him and inquire about the process and results of the "review". This annoyed him and forced him to hide with Pandora in his dormitory to "exchange feelings......