Chapter Forty-Eight: Ron's Goal
When I think of my money, I will waste it on Lockhart.
Not long after Babo got rid of the poverty line with the pus from the unfinished unicorn, Bagel was very uncomfortable.
He also suddenly remembered that he still had a goal this school year: to expose the truth about Lockhart!
Ron was also determined.
But his goals are different from those of Baguil.
"I decided! I'm going to make this academic year a smooth run for Professor Quirrell! ”
"I'm going to make him the longest-running Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher of his career!"
Hermione, who still had a little thought about Lockhart's position, splashed cold water: "You decide?" Even Dumbledore can't help it, how can you decide? ”
Then, she saw Ron look at Bagir with a wistful gaze.
Bagir spread his hands, "I can't help it. Well, I'll give you a suggestion. I've heard a rumor. Although what Lockhart writes in every book, it happens in the real world. and his personal travel trajectory are also compatible. But every time he leaves, a wizard who has lost part of his memory and looks like a trance will appear in the local area. ”
"You're saying that the stories in Lockhart's books are all from someone else?" Harry was shocked.
The same goes for Hermione. It is not hysterical when I hear the questioning of Lockhart as in the original book.
Maybe it's because she hasn't read Lockhart's book, plus it's what Bagil said.
Ron rubbed his hands excitedly, "If it's true, haha!" I'm going to look into it! ”
"How do you investigate? Are you in school? Hermione curious.
Because she noticed that neither Harry nor Baguill were surprised by Ron's words.
It seemed as if Ron could really be in school and be able to investigate this information.
Faced with this, Ron just smiled mysteriously, "Lockhart has more fans than you think. ”
At the same time, he secretly said to himself: "My mother is one of them. Some of them even knew what Lockhart was wearing to bed in last night. As long as the direction is known, the rest is to investigate. ”
"What the hell is going on?" Seeing that Ron was reluctant to say more, Hermione set her sights on Bagir again.
"I don't know if you've heard of the theory of six degrees of separation." Bagill pretended to be profound.
Because, far away in the secret room at the bottom of Loch Ness, Riddle is getting news.
He was going to find a theory that was authoritative enough in Hermione's eyes to fool her.
"You've heard of Harvard."
"Uh-huh. It's one of the top schools. Hermione's ears immediately pricked up.
This theory was proposed by the famous psychologist Stanley Milgram of Harvard University decades ago. To put it simply, you can't have more than six people between you and any stranger. In other words, you can get to know any stranger with up to six people. ”
Bagill spoke directly about the theory.
Because Hermione would always convince herself to accept theories that sounded fantastical if the person speaking was authoritative enough.
Hermione accepted it and began to think about it seriously.
And the distance between Ron and Lockhart is obviously not as much as six. Lockhart is an excellent graduate of Ravenclaw. The number of wizards in England is so small. Among his fan base, there may be someone Ron knows well! ”
Bagill nodded.
At the same time, he replied to Riddle in his heart.
"You can start over there."
In a luxurious room with emeralds on the ceiling and walls, and a large pool of mercury and statues of snakes connected by flowing mercury between gemstones.
Riddle replied, "My Lord, you can take a look." This room is the most valuable place in Safe House 7. ”
"The flowing mercury and emeralds form a magic circle that connects the magnetic field of the entire safe house to Loch Ness. Make this safe house so light and dust that it is difficult to detect traces of magic. ”
"It also serves as a power source for magic traps in the safehouse."
"The pool of mercury also absorbs the essence of water. Proven wizards, as long as they enter it, physical damage and mental exhaustion can be healed and exorcized. ”
"So," Bagil's face sank, "there's no cash here." ”
"Yes," Riddle nodded, "Voldemort needs gold galleons to buy something?" ”
"Where's the horse-shaped monster?"
"It hasn't been there."
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October is coming to an end.
That is, on the eve of Halloween.
Today is Thursday.
When Bajir woke up in the morning, he smelled the sweet and greasy smell of pumpkin.
You know, it's in the tower.
Until now, he still couldn't understand that there were so many pumpkin elements in Hogwarts' menu.
Pumpkin soup, pumpkin pie, pumpkin ice cream, pumpkin juice....
Even to this day, he still can't accept it.
Risking his life to face Voldemort, all he ends up with is a house-elf that is entirely owned by him, and a property.
And this property can only be used until the fourth grade.
If in the fourth grade, Voldemort is still resurrected.
In Charms class that day, Professor Flitwick announced that today's content was Levitation Charms.
This made the other students very excited.
Ever since they saw Professor Flitwick flying Neville's toad Levle around the classroom, they'd been eager to try it out.
But Bagir didn't.
It's just a levitation spell, he's already known it.
Now, his primary target is the Killing Curse.
It's not that he didn't think about getting started through Boggart's monkey version of Voldemort, or directly experiencing the youth version of Voldemort casting a killing curse.
But Riddle cautioned him that when it comes to getting started, it's best to go all out on your own.
Make the whole framework of the spell something of its own.
It's like laying a foundation.
The foundation is completely made by itself, flat and neat.
Foundations that are influenced by others will have a subtle tilt.
This 'tilt' is especially noticeable as the spell progresses to its deepest realms.
So, to this day, his killing curse hasn't really started.
It's just a green light that can barely kill.
But that's only because of his high magic power.
If you change it to a normal little wizard with a magic power between 3 and 5.
At most, this green light makes people bleed a little from the nose.
Therefore, he did not choose to make spell cards with this level of killing curse.
Riddle says it's a matter of mentality.
It's not that if you kill someone, you can learn the killing curse.
Instead, you have to have a real killing intent, no hesitation, no hesitation, and a completely committed killing intent to really get started with this spell.
This is also why it is classified as an unforgivable curse.
Those who can successfully use this spell are all bad embryos in the true sense of the word, without exception.
In this regard, Bajir also wondered, "Isn't a killing curse driven by hatred and a sense of justice counted?" I remember during the First Wizarding War, the Aurors were allowed to use the Killing Charm. ”
At that time, Riddle shook his head, "This spell can make people's souls fall. It's scary not to get started, to use. It's the kind of deviation of the three views and mind after the successful killing. and the high-quality, powerful magic that comes after the offset. The righteous soul, using it, will only cause confusion in the mind. The mad-eyed man is so crazy, I'm afraid it has the effect of this spell. ”