allendalepharm Chapter 159 Thank you, Professor Lockhart.
Chapter 159 Thank you, Professor Lockhart.
Chapter 159 Thank you, Professor Lockhart.
Ms. Mary thought she would be sent to Azkaban because she knew how serious the mistake was in trying to rescue a convicted criminal at the Ministry of Magic.
Or she might be killed by Lockhart, because she knows the cruelty of the real world. In this magical world where all kinds of power are concentrated in one person, offending a powerful person can easily lead to death.
Some time ago, Lockhart killed "thousands" of dark wizards who attempted to break into the prison and attack Ministry of Magic employees without going through the Wizengamor trial, but afterwards nothing happened to him, and everyone called him a great hero.
But to her surprise, she was kept behind, put in shackles that bound her with magic, and became an experimental assistant in the Bloodline Hall of the Department of Mysteries.
Lockhart's attempt to make this arrangement was not easy, because the Ministry of Magic is essentially an organization that opposes individual greatness and must follow certain rules.
Fudge can handle these things.
Ms. Mary could see Lockhart and Fudge talking about this for a long time, but she didn't know how Lockhart had managed to convince Fudge.
it's actually really easy.
Lockhart needed to properly deal with the hidden dangers left by the original owner. He only vaguely revealed that he could get rid of some small handles that Dumbledore had on him. The clever Fudge knew how to win over this young magic master.
Lockhart wasn't actually on Dumbledore's side—and Fudge was incredibly excited to realize this.
In fact, Fudge's thinking was not wrong.
Lockhart disliked politics, and in his eyes, Deng Xiaoping was more interested in politics than magic, and following Deng Xiaoping would inevitably lead him into the political game sooner or later.
Not everyone in this world has to play along with Dumbledore and Voldemort's games.
Ms. Melisandre was unhappy, Nicolas Flamel was unhappy, Professor Flitwick and others were unhappy, and many high-ranking officials in the Ministry of Magic, such as Fudge and Scrimgeour, were also unhappy. There were far too many people who did not want to get involved in this matter.
Lockhart may have a good personal relationship with Dumbledore, and he likes the wise and tolerant old wizard Dumbledore, but that doesn't mean he has to work for Dumbledore.
Therefore, he didn't want his possession of stealing other people's memories to become a bargaining chip for Lao Deng.
It wasn't a question of whether Dumbledore would use him, but rather that he couldn't give the other party an opportunity to do so, lest they end up in that situation.
Fudge can undoubtedly be of great help in this matter.
In fact, the same logic applies to Voldemort, the Dark Lord.
When Lockhart first realized that he was completely on the opposite side of Voldemort, he was very willing to help Dumbledore kill the Dark Lord. He took the initiative to go with Dumbledore to deal with a Death Eater, and after Dumbledore confirmed that Voldemort was not present, he directly told Dumbledore about Voldemort's trump cards and Horcruxes.
But he realized he had made a mistake.
Even though Voldemort believed in magical numbers like "seven," Lockhart found himself unable to determine how many more Horcruxes Voldemort would create next, or where they would be placed, before he knew that Harry Potter was one of his Horcruxes and before he had turned Nagini into a Horcrux.
He changed the future.
This is really frustrating. Even Dumbledore couldn't handle Voldemort's mysterious methods, so how could he possibly deal with it?
Then trouble began. First, he was targeted by Coban Yaxley, a pure-blood family patriarch and high-ranking official in the Ministry of Magic, and then by Fenrir Greyback, the leader of the werewolf community.
There were far too many followers willing to serve Voldemort.
There were so many that Lockhart never knew when some random person would suddenly appear.
He disliked this endless trouble.
To solve this problem, he sought the help of magic, hoping to influence things through Tom Riddle, a Horcrux.
The effect is good.
He initially managed to evade Voldemort's attack by using the curse of his Hogwarts Defense Against the Dark Arts professorship, embedding himself within the spell to secure a protected position and thus completely avoiding being killed by Voldemort himself.
Then came this adventurous experiment on the night of the full moon.
He successfully created the illusion that "he was Voldemort's friend" at some point in the past and hid it in the mists of history.
This approach was based on his deep understanding of Voldemort; indeed, no one understood Voldemort better than him.
He discovered a truth that would surprise everyone.
That is to say, Voldemort was actually a very sentimental person.
Leaving aside Dumbledore, we can see from the experiences of many people, such as Professor Horace Slughorn who took good care of Voldemort during his studies, and Mr. Borgin, his former employer, that Voldemort cared about certain people and things. Even as his personality became more and more extreme, he still showed obvious restraint in some of his methods.
Lockhart didn't need to actually become Voldemort's confidant; he hated this brainless idiot who went to extremes and liked to use terrifying threats.
He only needed to plant this emotion, hidden by the mists of history, deep in the other's heart, combined with the blood kinship magic he had previously embedded, to make Voldemort instinctively stop targeting him.
This is a very mysterious thing.
Solve this problem using magic.
Of course, this doesn't mean Lockhart is going to join Voldemort's side; he just wants to break free from the binary opposition narrative between Voldemort and Dumbledore.
Voldemort can be dealt with, but not by participating as cannon fodder in the war.
The future is long, and with the Horcrux Tom Riddle in his hands, he has plenty of control over what will happen in the future.
So...
"It's not the right time yet, Ms. Mary."
Lockhart brought up the same thing again with Mrs. Mary, and under her blank stare, he smiled and pulled out his wand to check on Corban's condition.
The experiment was a success.
He later had spies infiltrated into the Death Eater ranks and the upper echelons of wizarding society, which would be extremely useful pieces, far more useful than simply killing them.
Ms. Mary's first task upon joining the Bloodline Department of the Bureau of Mysteries was to clean up the site of a previous magical experiment.
She was restricted from using magic, so she had to carry a bucket of water, kneel on the ground, and vigorously wipe away some dragon blood and magical traces drawn with potions.
She felt guilty while cleaning.
She had no idea how much effort and resources Professor Lockhart had spent helping her regain her memories, yet she had committed such a despicable betrayal.
She silently picked up a copy of "Breaking Up with the Ghost" from the floor and placed it on the table. After cleaning everything up and seeing that Lockhart had no other plans, she picked up the book out of curiosity and began to read it.
This is a book by Professor Lockhart, one of the world's best-selling books.
The book tells the story of his adventure on a magical island and the series of interesting events that occurred between him and the legendary female ghost (the banshee) of the island.
There are many strange senses of déjà vu in it, such as when he meets a good friend named Tom, and the evil dark wizard (a classically trained) who imprisons the banshee...
She looked at Lockhart with some confusion.
"Time is a terrible thing, isn't it?" Lockhart walked over, took the book from her hand, and gently stroked it. "The contents have changed. I had my students verify it with their copies, and the contents are different from what I wrote."
Professor Lockhart looked somewhat saddened. "In fact, writers treat their works like their own children, as if they were a life born from their own souls."
"I'm so sorry." Ms. Mary was somewhat at a loss, looking at the professor who was still willing to give her a chance at redemption, her heart filled with mixed emotions. "To help me, you..."
Lockhart shook his head and said nothing more. He simply took out a quill pen and signed his name on the page, writing, "May you go further down this magical path, Mira Marie."
After finishing writing, he handed it to Ms. Mary with a gentle smile on his face. "Now, it's your story, and I think you'll want to keep it."
Mrs. Mary looked at Lockhart with some surprise, and felt like a child who had done something wrong and was being treated gently, and couldn't help but want to cry.
She suppressed the turmoil in her heart, and with great seriousness, solemnity, and respect, bowed slightly and extended both hands to accept the book. "Thank you, Professor Lockhart."
Some people deserve to be called great.
This gentle, learned, and magnanimous Hogwarts professor simply gestured to Cobban Yaxley, who was standing not far away, and said, "I hope you can find the answer in your heart through your interactions with him in the future."
As a result, Ms. Mary felt increasingly ashamed.
She expressed her gratitude.
only……
Unbeknownst to her, after Lockhart passed through the mist outside the cabin and left the Bloodline Hall, he did not leave via the Ministry of Magic's Department of Mysteries' private elevator, but instead walked straight into a golden door.
Keep walking straight ahead along that door...
They went straight to the Hogwarts office.
Lockhart turned to look at the fairy tale book on the ground, a mysterious smile on his face. The little golden retriever picked up the fairy tale book from the ground, ran over and handed it to him.
"Good girl~"
Lockhart smiled and gently rubbed the little golden retriever's head.
Magic is sometimes magnificent and dazzling, and sometimes terrifying and bizarre; it is so wondrous.
(End of this chapter)