"I've talked to Scrimgeour and the others, and we don't have a clue about the Golden Cup, so what are we going to do next?" Lockhart asked after the celebration and when he was full of food and drink. "Continue to search for its whereabouts aimlessly, we were only looking for a way to destroy it while also looking for a Horcrux...... Now a mission is accomplished. ”

"Didn't you say there's another Horcrux that is a snake, find a way to get it out......" Hermione suggested.

"Well, I want to say something......" Harry raised his hand, "I wanted to see what the mystery man was thinking about after we destroyed that crown just now, and then see him go get that cup......"

Everyone looked at Harry at once.

"Why didn't you say it earlier!" Lockhart put down the glass, "Where's that cup?"

"All I saw was him apparition into a large garden...... Then he walked into a house protected by the Loyalty Charm. Harry said embarrassed, "and then took out the cup from a cupboard......

"And then, don't spit on!," Hermione asked anxiously, "Kill me." ”

"Then he found out I was spying on him...... Harry said embarrassedly, "and then he couldn't see anything." ”

"Damn!" Blake angrily slammed his glass on the table, spilling a lot of red wine.

"Do you remember whose house that house is?" asked Lockhart.

"No—"

"Do you remember what that garden was like, its surroundings, or any conspicuous landmarks?" asked Hermione, "or what was the climate, and did the plants grow well?"

"That's not what I experienced...... The memory is vague, but if I get there, I'll recognize it, and there's nothing special around......" Harry struggled to remember, "Oh, there's no snow in that place!"

"That's in the southern counties of Britain, and now it's the only ones where there is no snow or no snow. Hermione concluded. "But now that the Floo Network has been cut off, is the mysterious man afraid that we will be apparitional?"

"It's unlikely......," said Lockhart, "anyway, I'll contact Arthur first and ask him to help me find out which families in the south of England are ......protected by the Loyalty Charm."

"But the mysterious man transferred the cup from that manor, what is the use of you looking for that manor now?" Blake opened another bottle of wine and filled himself up, "We don't know if he moved it to another family manor, or if he put it in the vault of Gringotts or even decided to keep it himself." ”

"Don't drink, you're too drunk to keep a vigil!" Lockhart said dissatisfied, "We just destroyed a Horcrux." It's far from victory, what does it look like to be drunk!"

"It's okay, it's my turn to keep vigil, Harry, you can do it for me, okay. Cyris said with a grin.

"Okay......"

"Really—" Lockhart was speechless, but he picked up the note to Arthur first, and asked him to find a way to find out the distribution of the Damid Loyalty Curse in southern England. "My idea is that the Death Eater who found the original location of the cup might be able to force out from his mouth where the mysterious man hid the cup...... Harry, now try not to keep his Occlumency - his every thought and movement could reveal the location of the cup. ”

"Yes. I'll try my best. Harry said.

"Harry, do you know where we are now?" Hermione was a little apprehensive, "Don't let the mystery man find out where we are, now there's no Floo Net......"

"I don't know. I'm apparitioned, and all I know is that we're on the edge of a large forest in the north of England, right. ”

"Well, it's good that I don't know the exact location. Don't tell him. Loha nodded, "You can go and rest when you're done eating, and I'll keep vigil first." Actually, there is no need for a vigil, the magic I set up has an automatic alarm function, and now that the Floo network is broken, it is impossible for the minions of the Death Eaters to run around. ”

"Where are we going tomorrow?" Albert asked, "there must be a plan." ”

"Or we can consider going to the beach and secretly going abroad...... Lockhart came up with a bold idea: "Go to Germany and rescue Grindelwald in Newmengard, isn't he a good friend of Dumbledore, the mysterious man killed Dumbledore, he must want revenge." ”

"That's a dark wizard!" Hermione said with her mouth wide open and horrified, "and having been locked up for decades, who knew he wouldn't be psychopathic now...... What if he doesn't do anything else after he comes out and attacks us first?"

"That's not the point...... As the only wizard prison in Germany, Neumengard is still locked up with a guy like him, and it must be very heavily guarded, and we can't take this risk for no reason. Blake shook his head: "Take 10,000 steps back, we rescued him, and he is willing to help us deal with the mysterious man, but it still does more harm than good: we saved a dark wizard who shocked Europe and came out to help us, wouldn't it confirm the Ministry of Magic's lie that Harry was a dark wizard, and Dumbledore couldn't be cleared with it...... It would be a mess if the German Ministry of Magic came to deal with us as well......"

"Alright, then we'll have to rest here, and let's see how long the Ministry of Magic is going to cut off the Floo Net. Lockhart knew that his mind might not be too good after making a Horcrux, and his way of thinking had changed a little, and he couldn't come up with any good ideas, so he humbly accepted their criticism. "If the Floo network shows no signs of recovery, we'll go, whether we're going south or somewhere Harry remembers, and we'll talk about that when the time comes. Okay, now pack up your things and go to rest or do what you want. ”

"I'll come. Hermione quickly stood up and used her wand to help clean up and clean up.

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Night had fallen, and Lockhart sat on a bench in front of the tent.

"Aren't you going to sleep. Lockhart asked Hermione, "I'll just keep a vigil by myself, go get some rest." ”

"No, I'll accompany you. Hermione whispered, sitting down on the edge of the stool next to him, leaning lightly on his shoulder, "It's not a vigil, it's stargazing with my husband!"

"Well, dear lady, then let's look at the stars together. Lockhart reached out and put his right hand around Hermione, and his left hand reached into her arms, grabbing her somewhat cold little hand.

The weather was very cold at the beginning of January, but thanks to the protective magic and the warmth charm, the two wizards sat comfortably at the door of their tent and continued to develop their relationship. There were no clouds in the sky, the moon was not round, and through the branches of the trees, the leaves had fallen - the blue night sky could be seen like a huge mirror, dotted with small diamonds, and the night was quiet and peaceful. If you look closely, you can see a white silver phantom across the entire sky, it is the Milky Way.

Cyrith was probably drunk, and the two boys hadn't slept yet, happily discussing something in the tent, and the successful destruction of a Horcrux lightened everyone's mood.

"It's the first time I've watched the stars with someone. Lockhart suddenly noticed this.

"Really, that's great, I'll watch the stars with you every day when you keep vigil in the future. There was a hint of joy in Hermione's surprised tone, and finally there was something that she and Lockhart had done first, and Hermione, who had read many of his books, certainly didn't know - in fact, Lockhart was also the first time that he had really gone on a life-and-death adventure.

"Good. Lockhart looked down at Hermione and saw that she was staring at her with big brown eyes...... What else can I do at this time, of course, is to bow down and kiss her.

......

"Are there wolves in the forest? Although the atmosphere was not awkward when she didn't speak, Hermione couldn't stop talking, hoping to talk about something.

"No, you've probably seen the history of shepherds hunting wolves, and now I'm afraid that there are only wolves in zoos in Britain. "Even if there is a wolf, it will be confused by protective spells." ”

"Hmmm......"

"Dinner tonight tasted good. ”

"Of course, cooking is a skill that can be practiced to make perfect, and I won't be as clumsy as wizard duels in this regard......" said Hermione proudly, "and now that I'm your wife, I'm going to prepare you breakfast, lunch, and dinner for the rest of my life. ”

"Touching—" Speaking of a lifetime, Lockhart remembered something, and cried out apologetically, "......Ahh I even forgot your birthday...... When did you come of age? I mean the standard of adulthood in the Muggle world. ”

"On the 19th of September, we were still hiding in that little hotel. Hermione said, "It's hard to escape and get together, how can you be in the mood for a birthday......

"I didn't seem to have proposed to you or anything before I got the license - I was negligent, I didn't even go through the process, I didn't have an engagement ring or anything......" Lockhart was a little annoyed, when he heard Hermione tell him that he had seen a registry office, and without saying a word, he took her to get the certificate. If you don't have a wedding, you don't even forget about the marriage proposal.

"Oh, it's okay, I don't care about those ......," Hermione was a little embarrassed, she had imagined Lockhart proposing to him more than once when she was fifteen or sixteen years old, and she had even figured out what she should do and say - and her dream skipped that step and rushed straight into marriage.

Lockhart pulled out a small gold ball from his bag, along with an enchanted thin chain, and strung it together. At the same time, he stood up from the stool, knelt down on one knee with Hermione, and raised his Horcrux in front of Hermione.

"Hermione, will you marry me. ”

Hermione jumped up from her stool, panicked so much that she didn't know where to put her hands and feet, but fortunately the night was dark, and the light in the tent was blocked by the canvas.

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――(To be continued......)