The news about the first Defense Against the Dark Arts class of the new semester soon spread throughout the school, and Lockhart's poor teaching level was completely exposed to everyone.
Everyone knew what kind of person the new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor was, especially the so-called small test in the first class, which really left most students speechless.
There's no way. Lockhart is not Galleon. He can't please everyone.
Although many students admired Lockhart because of his deeds, there were also many boys who hated and envied him.
There was always gossip and sarcasm, but no one dared to speak it out loud. After all, there were far more students who admired Lockhart than those who hated him, and the girls were very strong at times.
"By the way, what have you been looking at since just now?"
Lee Jordan, who was checking holiday homework, looked at Albert who was flipping through the papers and couldn't help asking.
"Lockhart's test questions." Albert said as he gently shook the three test papers.
"You're cheating." Fred and George turned their heads and said righteously.
"We want to see it too!" the three said in unison.
They had all heard from other students that Lockhart liked to give quizzes in his first class.
"By the way, where did you get the test?" Lee Jordan asked.
"I got the test questions with the help of a Hufflepuff friend. They started the Defense Against the Dark Arts class before us, so I asked him to copy a copy for me." Albert noticed the puzzled looks of the three people and said with a smile, "Anyway, the content is the same, you will know when you read it yourself."
As he spoke, Albert distributed the three test papers to Fred, George and Lee Jordan respectively.
"What is Gilderoy Lockhart's favorite color?"
George's eyes widened and he whispered, "What kind of a test is this? You are right."
"Lilac."
Albert said without hesitation, "It was mentioned in A Year with the Tibetan Snowman."
"You actually know the answer."
The three of them looked at Albert in shock, as if they had seen something terrible.
"You...you're not a Lockhart fan, are you?" George muttered. "No! You don't look like that kind of person."
"What kind of people?"
"what you up to?"
Based on the three's understanding of Albert, they could directly rule out the possibility that Albert was Lockhart's admirer, and the only possibility left was that Albert wanted to cause trouble.
Thinking of this, the three of them couldn't help but feel pity for Lockhart.
It's hard to describe Professor Quirrell last semester. He died suddenly in the basement because of a few words from Albert.
It's so miserable.
By the way, the last time Lockhart was sent to the school hospital by Albert, could it be that...
The three of them looked at Albert with strange eyes.
"What are you looking at?" Albert asked in a bad tone.
"Nothing." Fred coughed lightly and asked quickly, "What do you want to do?"
"I'm not planning on doing anything." Albert took back all the test questions. "I just need a signed note from Lockhart so I can borrow a book from the restricted section."
"To borrow books from the restricted area, do you need professors' signatures?"
The three of them looked even more strangely, convinced that their roommate was going to take the opportunity to cause trouble.
There was no other way. As everyone knew, Albert would go to the restricted book area late at night to borrow books, and simply pick the lock to "borrow" the books. There was no need for the professor's signature.
How could the three of them know that Albert had to ask for Lockhart's signature because he had no choice but to complete the panel task, as the professors' signatures were required.
Therefore, Albert decided to learn from Hermione and find an excuse to get a signature from Lockhart for the Restricted Area and complete the "Magical Restricted Area" mission that had been shelved for a long time.
Of course, Fred, George and Lee Jordan were not wrong. Albert really wanted to do something.
Last time, when I was healing the Whomping Willow, I got a new panel task.
The name of the task is: Exposed.
Your Defense Against the Dark Arts professor doesn't seem to have the abilities and knowledge described in his own book at all. He seems to be hiding some unknown secrets. Reveal the secrets and let everyone see his true face.
Current progress: 3%
Reward: 1000-10000 experience points, 1 skill point, gain a designated skill from the quest target, Dumbledore's favorability +15, and a designated character's favorability +10.
Albert knew what Lockhart's biggest secret was, but it was not easy to find evidence.
To be honest, Lockhart is really good at managing himself, and even Albert admires him for that.
Although the behavior was indeed shameless, there is no shortage of shameless people in this world. It is really difficult for ordinary wizards to be as fascinated as Lockhart was by that group of middle-aged women. This is definitely not just about handsome looks.
"I'm suddenly looking forward to the Defense Against the Dark Arts class!"
"You wouldn't expect it." Ron, who was repairing his wand with magic tape, said gloomily, "Lockhart released the Cornish elves during our Defense Against the Dark Arts class. It was terrible."
"You should change your wand," Hermione reminded.
"And then another Howler?" Ron said grumpily, stuffing his wand into his backpack.
"Actually, Ron can borrow money from you to buy a wand." Lee Jordan suddenly said, "With that wand he has, he probably won't have to go to class this semester."
"We don't have any Galleons to lend him." Fred and George looked at each other and said dryly, "The money was given to us by Albert for research. We won't misappropriate it at will."
There are some things that Fred and George know very well how to do.
"Ron can actually go to Potter to borrow money. Harry Potter is not short of money." Albert suddenly said, "With their relationship, he can just write an IOU and pay it back after graduation and finding a job."
In fact, it is best not to involve money issues between friends.
Fred and George were obviously well aware of this and would pay extra attention to this aspect, so they would never squander the Galleons given by Albert. They would keep detailed records of where the Galleons went.
Once we lose this purest trust, it will be difficult to be like this in the future.
"Let's go to the Defense Against the Dark Arts class." Lee Jordan felt a little guilty.
Lee Jordan embezzled a little bit of the Galleons that Albert gave him to sell snacks and toys. Although he had made up for it with his own pocket money, he still felt ashamed when he heard what Fred and George said. He did not take this matter as seriously as Fred and George did.
Although Lee Jordan knew that Albert didn't care about these things at all, the money meant everyone's dream to them.