The slacker professor at Hogwarts

Chapter 310 Warriors and the Dark Lord

Chapter 310 Warriors and the Dark Lord

Voldemort seemed to have absolutely no understanding of fairy tales and adventures.

Lockhart's claim that "I lead my students to participate in the Triwizard Tournament, and then I will become stronger and possess powerful magic" left him completely bewildered.

No!

Is this how you play?

How am I supposed to play then? Voldemort was starting to despair about whether he could escape.

In particular, having merged with the young Tom Riddle in the Horcrux of the diary, and knowing full well the evil things Lockhart had done to him, he truly dared not have any expectations of Lockhart.

If that were to happen—

He would rather Severus kill him!

In his eyes, Lockhart was simply a demon, a great demon!

At this moment, the demon Lockhart was enjoying the students' chanting and no longer paid attention to the "dull-witted" student. He muttered something like, "Isn't this etiquette and music education?"

Ok.

It has little to do with Lockhart's previous life's "rites and music education," although both of them built a unique and stable social relationship.

Finally, the music class ended, and the students needed to go to their dormitories to change into the wizard robes they had used in class before going to the classroom to study literature.

A literature course more complex than Hogwarts' ancient runes, this is the legacy of Beauxbatons' classical culture.

This is necessary. In Europe, a place that is fragmented, each corner has its own language. In Beauxbatons, everyone uses French in their daily lives, while in Hogwarts, everyone uses English.

As a result, people around the world used the most basic language for communication, while the ancient runes, which were not commonly used in daily life, were used extensively in the articles and documents of the Ministry of Magic in various countries, making them most suitable as an international official language.

Although the current chief wizard of the International Federation of Wizarding Sorcerers, Dumbledore, does not agree with this view, has not promoted the use of ancient runes, and insists on using spoken English.

"Many of our students have become artists and writers!" The music professor came over after class, quite proud of his teaching achievements.

Many of his students have considerable influence in society—the "Weird Sisters" band (pop), the "Naughty Fairies" band (serious), soprano Selena the Witch, and the famous wizard radio host York Fitzgerald—

In fact, the sociable Lockhart had already befriended Heathcliff Barbary, the sound guitarist of the band The Eccentric Sisters, and had hoped that this friend could introduce him to the highly respected professor before him. However, Lockhart was refused because he was from Hogwarts. (One of the potential targets for the Oblivion Charm)

In the professor's words, "I have nothing to talk about with someone who graduated from Hogwarts, a cultural wasteland!"

Um----

The professor in front of him was very friendly and took the initiative to start a conversation, hoping to get Lockhart interested in talking.

Well, judging from his anxious look, he still couldn't shake off his prejudices. He was always worried that Lockhart, who came from a cultural wasteland, would look down on music teaching and thus abandon this subject that had a deep foundation in Beauxbatons.

Lockhart won the professor's absolute support with just one sentence.

He asked excitedly, "Do we have a school song?"

"A school song?" The professor was taken aback, then his expression turned extremely excited. He slapped his shiny brow and exclaimed, "Yes, we should have a school song!"

"Write one!"

Lockhart desperately wanted the vibrant energy that the students' collective singing would bring, as it would help transform the magical relationship of "the school is my home."

"I hope that at every important school occasion—the opening ceremony, the closing ceremony, the graduation ceremony, and so on—students can sing together!"

"Yes!" the professor exclaimed in strong agreement, pumping his fist and shouting, "That's exactly how it should be!"

He seemed to have a strong creative drive, humming tunes regardless of the occasion.

Lockhart interrupted him, "Professor, can it be written before Halloween?"

The professor was taken aback. "So rushed?"

Halloween is just around the corner!

"Yes, it's Halloween! Our three magic schools—Beauxbatons, Hogwarts, and Durmstrang—are going to hold the Triwizard Tournament, and I hope our school's team can perform this on the spot!"

As the beginning of this important fairytale adventure!

Using a collective emotional resonance approach!

Lockhart looked on expectantly. "You've lived your whole life in Beauxbatons, and I imagine you have a deep affection for this school, right?"

The professor nodded earnestly. "You're right. This profound and weighty emotion should flow naturally into a melody, filled with my love for the school. Principal Lockhart, please rest assured, I will write it as soon as possible and arrange for the children to learn it!"

"very good!"

Lockhart patted the professor on the shoulder with great satisfaction.

The old professor seemed to be extremely pleased; not only was he not humiliated and kicked out of the school, but he was also entrusted with an important task by the principal.

As he left, Voldemort gave Lockhart a meaningful look and said, "It seems you've learned a lot from Grindelwald."

"Really?" Lockhart, engrossed in his increasingly refined fairytale adventure plan, didn't take it seriously and pondered his next steps.

Perhaps, we should let Beauxbatons' unique elves and fairies participate in the school song performance?

This looks just like something out of a fairy tale!

Oh~

Perhaps we could pick a drummer from the Giants Patrol; that would be absolutely spectacular!

"I need a big drum, preferably made of dragon skin, so the giants won't break it!" he murmured in words Voldemort couldn't understand.

Old Volt once thought Lockhart was a bit unreliable.

Historically, the Triwizard Tournament has always been held on Halloween, with the Goblet of Fire helping to select the participants.

The chosen warriors are automatically bound by an unchangeable magical contract with the Goblet of Fire, a magical item that prevents them from withdrawing from the competition and forces them to continue the event to the end.

This rule created the name "warrior contestant," but it also led to the deaths of many outstanding students, ultimately resulting in the event's suspension for over a hundred years.

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Now that Grindelwald intends to use this competition to expand his influence, he needs a large number of participants, some of whom are even exhibition matches, so it is impossible to use the Goblet of Fire for this purpose again.

Therefore, for this restart of the competition, the three schools will first select the "warriors" for the individual competition and the "school teams" for the team competition, and they will meet at the event venue, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, on Halloween.

It was the weekend.

Principal Lockhart gave a special treat to the contestants who were about to participate in the competition.

The professors he arranged would train them on the events they were about to compete in—the rules of the competition had already been communicated to Beauxbatons and Durmstrang by the organizers, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

"Draco, how's it going in Beauxbatons?"

Lockhart greeted his first apprentice, who, along with his girlfriend Pansy, was the first to arrive at his headmaster's white house.

"Excellent!" Draco exclaimed smugly, looking at the Weasley twins who were playfully approaching from afar. "Professor, I got five A's in my Ordinary Wizarding Level exams!"

Keep in mind that Hogwarts only starts offering this certificate in the fifth year, but he passed it in the fourth year. According to Hogwarts's system, he's practically skipped a grade to the fifth.

Much better than Harry Potter!

He's going to Hogwarts for the Triwizard Tournament, and he's determined to show off in front of Harry!

proud!

"Wow!" Lockhart exclaimed, following his gaze to George and Fred.

"Professor, they didn't pass, but I did." Pansy, who scored excellent in three subjects—just above the school's minimum requirement—pointed mockingly at the twins. "They passed ten subjects, but only got excellent in two. They'll have to repeat their senior year to choose their major!"

Lockhart's expression was strange. He was quite certain that the twins were extremely talented, but even though he had asked the education departments of various countries' magic ministries to cut some unnecessary exam content, the twins still got this score. He wondered if their mother, Molly, would be furious.

George and Fred heard Pansy's sarcastic remarks from afar, exchanged glances, and were somewhat afraid to look at Lockhart.

They were specially admitted to Lockhart's "Special Talent" class, but had to spend extra time in the fourth year's "Specialization" program to retake the three subjects they were confident in.

"Can we not have to repeat the course?" George looked at Lockhart pitifully. "Professor, you know our talent doesn't lie here."

Fred sighed. "We've done our best."

Lockhart shook his head. "I'm sorry, these are the rules. Beauxbatons is more particular about rules than Hogwarts."

Furthermore, I believe that if you truly aspire to higher levels in fields such as magical artifacts, alchemy, and modern mysticism, you must solidify your foundational knowledge for the "Ordinary Wizarding Level Examination."

George and Fred weren't stupid, they just didn't want to learn.

Their inventions, such as "Retractable Ears," undoubtedly have a foundation in Transfiguration; "Anti-Charm Hats," in Black Magic Defense; "Wonder Witch" (a powerful love potion) and "Canary Egg Cookies" (which turn you into a canary by eating them), have a foundation in Potions; "Weasley's Swoosh Fireworks" utilizes numerous theories of spells and anti-spells; and "The Dwarf Pufferfish" they cultivated has a foundation in magical animal conservation.

Look, their achievements in various subjects are so remarkable, but when they took the "Ordinary Wizarding Level Exams" at Hogwarts, they only passed 3 of them.

"I would prefer you to get 12 straight A's, like your two older brothers," Lockhart advised the two apprentices who could never settle down. "That means you have the most solid foundation, and on that foundation, you can become master inventors instead of just making funny toys."

"That's a real shame; you all have such talent!"

"At your current level, it is clear that you are incapable of making the magical clock and flying car that your father made, nor can you make Dumbledore's Deluminator or the magical public bus made by the Department of Transportation of the Ministry of Magic, let alone the Gryffindor sword made by the goblins and the Philosopher's Stone made by Nicolas Flamel."

Lockhart recounts many of the great inventions of the wizarding world: "The Marauder's Map, which ignores Hogwarts' protective magic; the Vanishing Cabinet, which deals with space; the Time-Turner, which deals with time; the three Deathly Hallows, the Cloak of Invisibility, the Elder Wand, and the Resurrection Stone, which deal with life; the Mirror of Erised, which deals with the human heart and soul; and the veil of the dead (the one in the Ministry of Magic) —"

George and Fred became serious. They could disregard their academic grades, but they couldn't disregard the inventions they loved.

Become a master?

Inventing amazing gadgets that go beyond just pranking toys?

As Lockhart narrated, their vision traversed the mists of time, gazing upon the vast array of wondrous artifacts in the history of magic, as if they could glimpse the brilliant rays of wisdom shining through them.

Not only the twin brothers, but Draco and Pansy were also captivated by the music.

Pansy wasn't good at this, but she knew Draco had the same talent, a very high talent—she knew Draco must be extremely excited right now.

In fact, Draco is now a "gifted student," an apprentice to an alchemy master who was personally instructed by Nicolas Flamel.

After a short while, the members of the "Beauxbatons Quidditch Duel Team" arrived.

Beauxbatons doesn't offer flying lessons. After all, a normal household flying broom is too simple; you can just sit on it and fly. Quidditch, which requires various skills, is a sport that students can learn from through their own sports clubs.

This team consists of players selected by the various sports clubs within the school.

George and Fred did not sign up; they had no interest in it.

Draco was eager to get involved. He and Hermione were Percy's right-hand men in the Quidditch dueling tournaments run by Lockhart's Duel Club, and they had performed exceptionally well.

Unfortunately, Evie Lestrange, the captain of Team Beauxbatons, rejected him.

The Lestrange family possesses all the virtues and vices of nobility—pride and arrogance, sociability and xenophobia, a strong sense of responsibility and self-interest.

Back in France, the Malfoy family lost out to the Lestrange family in their competition. To make a living, they went to England to become lackeys of William the Conqueror, and were not even Grand Tutors like Merlin, but just ordinary barons, which the Lestrange family looked down on.

Especially after the Malfoy family supported the English wizard Cantantalus Nott, who created the so-called "Pure-Blood Register" defining the "Twenty-Eight Holy Clans," the Malfoy family became a pure-blood family in the British wizarding world, leading to constant conflicts between the two families.

In fact, the French Lestrange family didn't even consider the two branches of the Lestrange family in England. (The Radolfs lineage of Lestrange is the family Bella married into, while the Corvus lineage is the family of Leta, the woman Newt and his brother liked. They are two different branches.)

The various conflicts between the two sides in the past, and the underlying interests of the current "British Alliance Wizarding Council" and "French Alliance Wizarding Council," make it impossible for the two sides to get along.

In summary, Team Beauxbatons captain Evie Lestrange rejected Draco Malfoy's offer to join the team.

He vehemently refused, declaring, "It's either him or me!"

Then Draco was excluded.

This wasn't because he was a transfer student; in fact, a lower-year transfer student who had been dragged into the sports club by his roommate was unexpectedly selected—Luna Lovegood.

Luna is now a fourth-year student specializing in her chosen subjects. She has passed six certificates, but only two of them were rated as excellent. She still needs to focus on at least one more subject to get certified.

Of course, she was probably the student least worried about her studies. Whether it was Lockhart's initial decision or her father's plea to Lockhart, Lockhart would personally tutor her after she passed her exams.

Lockhart was looking forward to Luna’s performance in learning the magic of the forest witches, but insisted that she receive the necessary general education.

Another outstanding competitor in the individual competition was also turned away by team captain Evie Lestrange.

Nicolas Camar is from the ancient, pure-blooded Camar family (an Afro-French family) in France.

Yes, the two families are sworn enemies, with a long history of grudges and affections.

The most recent widely known incident occurred during Grindelwald's active period.

Yusuf Kamar of the Kamar family (the black wizard in *Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald*) is ordered by his father to hunt down the child born to his mother and her lover (a Lestrange). He initially mistakes Dumbledore's nephew Credence for his target and relentlessly pursues him. He later discovers that his half-sister is Leta Lestrange.

Nikola Kama is the grandson of Youssef Kama.

He and Draco Malfoy can only register for the individual competition.

The Weasley twins, George and Fred, also entered the individual competition.

In this year's Triwizard Tournament, there is no limit to the number of participants from the three schools. It is said that Hogwarts has a large number of applicants, and Dumbledore has decided to hold an intra-school final to select the top ten, and then hold a joint competition among the three schools.

But the students of Beauxbatons, who had just gone through a major test, were clearly aware of their own abilities, and only 10 people signed up for the individual competition.

Looking around, there are some pure-blood families, such as the Lemaître and Rozier families, which are long-established pure-blood families, as well as many half-blood and Muggle wizards.

It's worth mentioning that the half-blood wizards in Beauxbatons are not just half-bloods based on bloodline theory, but also include half-bloods of humans and magical creatures.

Fleur Delacour was the most eye-catching one.

You could even say she was the most eye-catching student on campus.

Wherever she goes, many boys turn their attention to her because she is so beautiful she seems to glow.

In a physical sense, she radiated a faint silver glow, possessing one-quarter Veela blood. (Original description)

She was stunningly beautiful, just like her name (French: the flower of the court).

Lockhart looked at her with a strange expression. He actually admired the first wizard who was half-human with a Veela.

Veela are a type of elf. Like many magical creatures that are good at seducing human men, they can mimic extremely beautiful women and then bring misfortune and disease to humans.

Its original form was a large, colorful bird that looked somewhat like a hippogriff with the head of a harpy and the body of a horse. It had the ability to breathe fire and would usually transform into animal forms such as swans, snakes, and wolves to live near forests and lakes.

If Fleur Delacour can inherit Veela's abilities well, perhaps beauty will be the most useless ability.

She should possess very powerful talents in curses, fire, and polymorph.

Many wizards who are half-magical creatures can inherit these bloodline abilities. For example, Hagrid's strong magic resistance can almost ignore the attacks of ordinary wizards. In the final battle, he charged forward despite the spells of many powerful dark wizards, making him incredibly strong.

Lockhart thought for a moment, then drew his wand. "The list, fly here!"

Soon, a list of students who passed the assessment flew from the bookshelf upstairs into his hands.

He quickly found Fleur's record on the list. She had passed the ordinary wizarding level exams with excellent scores in 8 subjects, taking the "full-time" route, and was preparing for the ultimate wizarding level exams.

Regarding his special skills, Snape's assessment at the time was: proficient in hypnotic magic and the Flame Burst spell, clearly abilities inherited from his bloodline. His Transfiguration and Potions skills were average, but his herbalism was excellent.

Special Note: She possesses the ability to bewitch a large number of magical creatures, rendering them powerless to resist.

While the shapeshifting ability derived from the Veela bloodline should fall under the category of transfiguration, the lack of innate abilities like the Disguise Magus makes learning transfiguration beyond one's level extremely difficult within the modern wizarding magic system, especially without a foundation in standard transfiguration.

Testing this ability is not easy.

As a former champion representing her school in the Three Kingdoms Tournament, she is undoubtedly one of the most outstanding students, or one of the top tier.

This is a promising talent.

Perhaps some special training could be conducted.

Lockhart pondered, then looked at Fleur Delacour, "Have you tried any curse magic? How did it go?"

Hibiscus was clearly taken aback by the question and said with some surprise, "Curses fall under the category of black magic, right?"

I—I haven't tried it.

Lockhart was taken aback. Aren't pure-blood families supposed to secretly pass down some extremely powerful dark magic as a backup plan?

He had to explain, "In fact, the classification of black magic used to be quite chaotic. If it were divided into three categories—'evil curses,' 'poisonous curses,' and 'curses'—many of the spells we teach daily would fall into those categories."

"Those that cause less damage are categorized as 'evil curses,' those that cause more damage are classified as 'poisonous curses,' and those that directly affect the wizard's body are all classified as 'curses.'"

"The most common curse spells taught in schools are the 'Snot-Spitting Curse,' 'Eye Disease Curse,' 'Leg-Loss Curse,' and 'Hairy Curse' —"

"Actually, commonly used dueling spells like the Leg Locking Charm (which freezes legs in place and kills the opponent) and the Disarming Charm (which removes your weapon)—and Transfiguration Charms (one of the five major branches of Transfiguration) all fall into this category."

Clearly, like Hogwarts, Beauxbatons, apart from the subject of Transfiguration which organizes and categorizes spells into a complete knowledge system, suffers from the influence of politics and legal management, resulting in most spells being broken down into a jumbled mess, making it difficult for young wizards to have a clear understanding of magic.

Lockhart believed that what he was describing was relatively basic classification knowledge.

The young wizards listened very carefully, as if they were learning something new, and then each of them looked as if they had suddenly understood.

They didn't really understand the categorization of "curses" as magic cast on a wizard's body.

One advantage of categorizing knowledge is that once you've mastered one spell, you can more easily apply that knowledge to other spells in the same family. Instead of learning one spell here and another there, you end up not knowing where your strengths lie.

Lockhart decided to give the young wizards a short lesson on "curses and transfiguration".

"Since it's a curse attack targeting the body, it also falls under the category of human transformation magic—"

"In other words, if we can't immediately think of a counter-spell, we can use shapeshifting to suppress the magical effects in order to buy time for combat and healing —"

"Of course, in the realm of Transfiguration, there are curses that cause deformation, which can be directly resolved with Restoration spells."

"You should have learned some restoration techniques."

"The five disciplines of Transfiguration are usually taught interspersed throughout the curriculum, and you can figure them out yourselves. They are: Transfiguration Charm (for transforming a single target), Transmutation Charm (for transforming two targets), Vanish Charm (for transforming from existence to non-existence), Summoning Charm (for transforming from non-existence to existence), and Restore Charm (for undoing a transformation)."

"Now, I'll demonstrate it for you."

He looked at Fleur Delacour, "You should have learned the Leg-Locking Curse, right?"

Furong nodded quickly, "I know now, I also know the Leg-Loss Curse and the Eye-Disease Curse—"

Lockhart gestured for her to draw her wand and cast a spell on herself. "Come, cast the Leg-Locking Charm on me."

"Huh?" Fleur hesitated for a moment, but with his encouragement, she finally began to gesture with the famous wand. She tried to slow down her movements so that Lockhart could react in time.

Lockhart simply smiled at her, raised his left hand and opened his palm, gesturing for the young wizards around him to look over.

"Your legs are frozen and you're dead!" Furong shouted.

The spell's light flickered, but Lockhart remained standing there loosely, his raised left hand suddenly snapping two fingers together with a loud "snap."

It was as if those were his legs.

"See that!" He gestured to his two stiff fingers held together. "The Transfiguration Charm, which transforms two targets, can also be used to transfer states."

"Of course, some people will ask, what if my Transfiguration can't reach this level?"

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He glanced around at these students, who were arguably the best of Beauxbatons' students, and asked, "What kind of magic can achieve a similar effect?"

Fleur looked at him with sparkling eyes and shouted, "Confuse Charm, Professor, I can use the Confuse Charm!"

"Good answer!"

Lockhart praised her and then had her try other curses.

Next, he simply got the other young wizards involved and guided them in pair practice.

This was clearly an extremely dangerous magical training session, and without Lockhart watching over them, many of the young wizards would probably have ended up in the school infirmary.

The results were remarkable.

Of course, the most exciting thing is that Hibiscus really does have a good talent for curses and human shapeshifting.

Transfiguration is not an ability that can be acquired overnight; it falls under the category of high-level magic.

But there are many ways to enhance a curse.

Lockhart specifically chose a professor for Fleur who was extremely skilled in this area—Voldemort.

"What do you think?" He didn't tell Furong first, but chose to ask Lao Fu's opinion before making a decision.

Voldemort seized the opportunity to set a condition: "I know this match is very important to your so-called fairy tale adventure, and this little witch is Beauxbatons' most likely contender to win—"

Lockhart was a little annoyed. "What do you want?"

Voldemort chuckled. "I won't make things difficult for you. If this little witch wins the Triwizard Tournament, I think I deserve an office from you. After all, I'm the vice-principal of this school, aren't I?"

Lockhart asked, puzzled, "An office?"

"Potions Office, I need you to supply me with unlimited magical materials for my potion research!" Voldemort clearly had his own plans.

"Can!"

Lockhart agreed. In fact, if Voldemort had asked directly, he would have agreed as well, since Voldemort was still writing a book on potions and had no reason to refuse.

"But I must warn you, do not teach her any dark magic that will corrupt her soul!"

Lockhart's expression was so solemn. "I think you should be clear about this: the classification of magic that Dumbledore, Grindelwald, and I discussed together—what is war magic and dueling magic, and what is dark magic!"

Voldemort's lips curled into a slight smile. "I heard Grindelwald recount a quote from you about Dumbledore—'We should respect the will of the most powerful wizard of our time.' I don't think I have the right to make things worse, do you agree?"

"I'll be watching you!" Lockhart simply stared intently at him.

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