Hogwarts becomes host

Lockhart let Harry write the envelope for three hours before letting him go.

For Harry, it was a dull and tedious ordeal, a waste of Saturday night when even writing his Potions homework was more meaningful.

Little did he know that Lockhart felt the same way, a million times more painfully than he did.

Harry only had to write and pretend to be dead, but Lockhart had to keep saying useless things, racking his brains to come up with long speeches that were ridiculous even to him, and taking the transfiguration water at the right time...

It was a waste of potions and three hours. If he hadn't been afraid of arousing suspicion, he would have kicked Harry out.

Although the original novel does state that Harry went to Lockhart's office to receive punishment, which is a rare plot that clearly states the time and place, but the reason for the punishment did not happen, so why did these naughty kids still get punished? Labor services

He obviously chose the time when Lockhart was alone.

Lockhart, no, Elaine who turned into Lockhart complained in her heart, and at the same time she was about to let the real Lockhart out. Just when his hand almost touched the closet door, he suddenly thought of a somewhat terrifying hypothesis.

Adair traveled to the original world alone, and JK Rowling was influenced by him and wrote the novel.

Is there something about Adair that is affecting Rowling? If we say, it's the magic in him.

Will his magic, which allowed Rowling to create the Harry Potter series with a large audience in the live broadcast room, also have an impact on the world, making the whole world more and more like the plot in the novel?

Elaine was stunned for a few seconds, then shook her head and put the thought directly to the back of her mind.

This is too fanciful and has no actual evidence.

What happened today should be just a coincidence, I thought too much and thought too much.

Moreover, the plot has been changed into a mess by him a long time ago. How could it be possible to follow the original route?

Sirius was released from prison early, Peter Pettigrew had been captured, the diary was not in Ginny's hands, and Harry did not hear the basilisk's voice in this room today. It was just a coincidence that he was punished by Lockhart.

Don't think about it, we have to solve this matter quickly.

What she had just taken was the last dose of transformation water on her body. Elaine did not want to be seen by anyone, not even the portrait, walking out of the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom - the portrait at Hogwarts was very leisurely, not only in the There are people visiting from all over the castle, and rumors are spread privately.

On a weekend night, a female student walks out of a male professor's office. What a gossip.

If word really got out, Daphne would probably stick to her until Lockhart was killed.

Lockhart looked very thin and haggard when he left the wardrobe. His hair, which he had just carefully arranged, was disheveled, and his robes had many wrinkles. His eyes were dull, his face was pale, and he no longer looked handsome at all.

Without his trademark toothy smile, Lockhart's chin looked too pointed and he looked a bit unlucky.

Well, after being locked up in a small, dark place for three hours, there was nothing that could be done about it becoming like this.

"It's really embarrassing for me." Elaine's transformed Lockhart said, "From the time I just heard it to now, what special feelings do I have?"

"Who are you?" Lockhart said weakly. "You are not my fault. You are different from me. You use the transformation water to look like me. Only Death Eaters would do this."

"Oh, you actually saw through it." Elaine was a little surprised, but thinking about it carefully, three hours of closet confinement was enough for Lockhart to calm down and find the flaw. "However, since I specially turned into you, do you think I will tell you my real name, Professor?"

"What do you want to do with gold? I can give it to you──"

"No, I'm not short of money, and I don't want the Galleons you earned by usurping other people's memories." Elaine walked up to Lockhart, looked directly at the trembling him, and said, "I want to help you. Gilderoy, I can help you keep the secret, so that you can leave Hogwarts safely without the truth being exposed, as long as you do what I say, it's very simple."

"me"

"Think carefully, Gilderoy." Looking at the time, Elaine took out Lockhart's wand and put it back in his hand. "If you refuse me, the whole school will know that you are a thief who steals other people's achievements." There is no need for a wizard, your glory, fame and wealth will all be taken back, don’t you want that?”

"I——" Lockhart's fingers grasped the wand, but his arm hung down weakly, his mouth opened and closed, his face full of despair. "Okay, okay──but─what exactly do you want me to do?"

After saying this, he collapsed on the ground, gasping for air, as if the words he just said had taken away all his strength.

"It's nothing, it's just a little prank. I'll ask the owl to send you the details of the incident. You just need to live your life as usual."

Elaine took away a few pieces of pink paper from the desk that Lockhart used to reply to his book fans. After waving to Lockhart who was still unable to move, she opened the door like him and strode towards the corridor. of depth.

***

"So where did you go?" Hermione was getting angry in the Gryffindor common room. "Didn't I say I would be back in an hour? It's already eleven o'clock and it's already curfew time. What if I get caught by the professor?"

"Harry and Ron also travel every day and night, so I didn't see you miss them."

"Elaine"

"Okay, okay, I know I was wrong." Elaine said to Hermione seriously, and then made a cross gesture with her hands behind her back.

"I will never do it again next time."

Harry seriously disrupted Elaine's plan, not only causing her to waste three hours and transformation water, but also letting Hermione go. The two of them had agreed to study together in the evening to preview next week's lessons, but Miss Granger waited until I haven't seen anyone now, so I'm naturally in a bad mood.

"No, you have to tell me where you ran to." Hermione insisted without letting her go. "What on earth is going on that makes you so busy that you can't even say anything to Parrot and me?"

"This" Elaine smiled awkwardly, and suddenly she had an idea and said. "Okay, don't tell anyone else. I wanted to brew some magic potion in private, but it failed accidentally, so I've been dealing with the residue just now."

The word "modulation failed" successfully piqued Miss Xueba's interest, and she hurriedly asked. "What magic potion"

"Transform into water." Elaine looked at Hermione with a smile, "I'm planning to make it again. Are you interested in the challenge? There are a lot of materials. We can compete to see who can make it better."