"Hello, Mr. Locke, I'm Arthur Weasley, thank you so much." Arthur Weasley stepped forward to greet Locke.

"Nothing, I don't really like that guy either." Locke said with a smile.

After a few pleasantries with Arthur, the two sides separated because they still had their own things, and took Hermione to buy all the things, and then before school started, Locke took her to have a good time for a few days, and then Hermione came to Hogwarts again.

Because Professor Quirrell died, Hogwarts had a new Defence Against the Dark Arts professor.

The new professor, Gilderoy Lockhart, seemed to Locke to be a peacock in heat, dressed very sassy, and had a hairstyle, and he didn't know how to get it, but his hair could shine in all kinds of colors under the light of the candlelight.

It was as if Locke and the other party met for the first time, and clearly saw that his hair was actually shining green, and Locke maliciously guessed whether this meant anything.

Soon after the start of school, Harry and Ron made a big news, not only driving a speeding car and being seen by many ordinary people, but also hitting and injuring the beater in the academy.

The Killer Willow is an extremely rare monster, and each small branch can be used to make a powerful wand, which can be said to be a precious possession of the Academy.

After Hermione heard about this, she was also a little worried about what punishment the two would receive, and she also inquired about the news from Locke.

Other than this, the beginning of the new semester was relatively quiet for a while, until after dinner, when Locke was about to go back to his room when he heard an exclamation.

Locke followed the prestige, and soon noticed that Harry was standing there at a loss, leaving two lines of large letters on the wall next to him that seemed to be written in blood: "The Chamber of Secrets has been opened, enemies of the heirs, beware......"

At the same time, everyone also noticed that Filch's pet cat, Mrs. Loris, was hanging upside down on the metal candlestick next to her, stiff and fried.

Seeing this scene, Locke knew that it was the basilisk that had been released from the secret room and launched the first attack inside the castle.

It was impossible to hide what was happening in public, especially now that the crowd was concentrated, and it quickly spread among the students, and the professors and even Dumbledore were attracted to it.

Dumbledore noticed the blood-like writing on the wall immediately, and he ordered without hesitation, "All the students go back to the dormitory, except Harry." ”

When the students had left, Dumbledore said to Filch, who was worried about his pet, "Calm down, she's just petrified." ”

As soon as the words fell, Professor Lockhart, who had been coming over to observe for a while, suddenly made a look of annoyance: "It's a pity that I wasn't there when the accident happened, and I just happened to know the way to save her......

Dumbledore bowed his head slightly in response to Lockhart's words, and the expressions of Professor McGonagall and Snape were also very special, the former had some helplessness in his eyes, and the latter was watching the joker perform.

Locke was not surprised by this, in fact, Dumbledore had already informed some of the professors close to him about Professor Lockhart's details, including Locke, who had also received some hints.

Since he wanted to invite the other party to teach in the academy, Dumbledore naturally had to investigate, and with the resources that Dumbledore had, it was not difficult to find out the details of Lockhart.

Although Professor Lockhart was a good student who graduated from Ravenclaw College, after graduation, he focused all his energy on the pursuit and enjoyment of fame and fortune, and no longer paid attention to the improvement of his own skills.

Gradually, he returned almost all the other spells to the academy except for the amnesia spell he often used, and now he is a complete half-wizard.

Dumbledore didn't care about Lockhart at this time, he checked Lady Loris, thought about it, and said to Locke: "Mr. Locke, please help send it to the infirmary, and then inform Professor Sprout." ”

Locke knew that the other party was deliberately supporting himself, and it was estimated that he would have to decide whether to tell it depending on the situation, after all, the two sides had not yet established enough trust.

He didn't care if he knew the plot for a long time, and stepped forward to cross Lockhart to get Mrs. Loris hanging from the candlestick.

"Be careful." Professor Lockhart thought that Locke was just an ordinary librarian, so he said unceremoniously, "Don't break it." ”

Rolled his eyes, if it weren't for so many people watching next to him, Locke would have the heart to teach him a lesson directly, let him know what was wrong, and now he could only look at him expressionlessly, and as soon as his mind moved, Mrs. Loris slowly floated down and into Locke's hands.

Locke showed off a silent spell and a wandless spell, and Professor Lockhart hadn't reacted yet, and looked at the surrounding professors with a bit of a dazedness, not knowing who was casting the spell.

Seeing his appearance, Locke felt that this guy was a fool, because he was unhappy and quite boring, but he jumped so much in front of him, he would definitely shoot to death if he had the chance, and now Locke didn't bother to continue to deal with him, and turned to Dumbledore:

"Mr. Headmaster, I have a mandrake in my shop, do you need me to bring it?"

"It's true that the existing mandrakes aren't ripe yet, and if you have them there, you'll be of great help." Dumbledore said, "With this thing, you can save Lady Loris." ”

Before Locke could go far, Professor Lockhart suddenly shouted, "It's a mandrake, I already knew it, I just gave my mandrake to one of my book lovers last week!" Let her unravel the petrification spell on her family! ”

Dumbledore and several professors became more and more impatient with his performance, and at this time they did not have the slightest idea of answering, but as if they hadn't heard at all, they turned to Harry Potter and asked, "Harry, can you tell me what happened?" ”

To be honest, when he first watched the plot, Locke didn't know what Hallibert thought, and in this case, he actually concealed the true situation and made up a bunch of nonsense to justify.

In fact, if Dumbledore needed it, he could know the real situation with just a spell that ingested divine thoughts, and the reason why he didn't debunk it was probably to secretly observe the changes in things and see if he could seize the opportunity to kill one of Voldemort's remnants again.

Instead, Hermione returned to Locke's office, sat down at her desk, and explained to Locke what she knew.

As Hermione spoke, Locke brought out a glass of milk and warmed it up a little with magic.

After taking the milk, Hermione frowned slightly, she didn't really like warm milk, but since it was handed over by Locke, she still took it, planning to sip it slowly and slowly, so that she didn't have to drink too much before leaving.

"Don't worry, this is special milk, and it doesn't have the fishy smell of ordinary milk." Locke and Hermione have been together for so long, of course they know some of Hermione's habits, so they explained with a smile at this time.

After hearing this, Hermione tentatively licked it with her tongue, the slightly sweet and silky feeling of the brain, without the uncomfortable smell of ordinary milk, made Hermione's eyes light up, squinted her eyes and happily held the cup and drank it slowly.

(End of chapter)