Fawkes hovered over the entrance to the Chamber of Secrets, waiting for them.
But before they left, they saw Hermione and Lockhart staggering in. Lockhart looked terrified and trembling constantly. Hermione pointed her wand at him from behind, and her face was equally pale.
"Miss Granger, the adventure should be over. We may have come too late to save your friend. I'm sorry. You know me and Mr. Mason..."
Lockhart hadn't finished speaking when he suddenly saw the huge corpse of the basilisk, his knees went limp and he collapsed to the ground, screaming in horror, "Snake, snake, big snake!"
"God, are you all right?!"
Hermione followed and saw Ivan, Harry, and Ron standing next to the corpse of the basilisk, and ran over with surprise on their faces, hugging everyone with red eyes.
"We're fine, Hermione, but if you continue to hug me so hard, it's hard to say!" Ai Wen was weak for a while, and he felt that Hermione hugged him longer than the other two, and he changed the subject awkwardly He said, "By the way, how did you come in and bring Lockhart with you
"That's it..." Hermione hurriedly let go of her hand with a flushed face.
Hearing her explanation, Ivan knew that after he and Harry were taken away by the basilisk, Professor McGonagall and other teachers rushed to the common room. They originally planned to go to Dumbledore, but the principal was chased away. The minister of the Ministry of Magic Cornelius Fudge and Lucius Malfoy were entangled and couldn't get away.
Hermione deduced that the entrance to the Chamber of Secrets was the girls' bathroom on the third floor based on the fact that when the Chamber of Secrets was opened fifty years ago, the first victim was Weeping Myrtle, and she decided to ask Professor Lockhart for help.
"But I didn't expect that he didn't dare to come down with me to save you. When he heard the basilisk attacking the students in the school, he even wanted to run away!"
Hermione looked at Lockhart, who was collapsed beside him, and choked up, "I used my wand to force him down. I couldn't find anyone else to help me. I was running out of time. I was afraid of further delay. You guys... .”
Ai Wen hurriedly hugged Hermione in his arms and touched her head. The little girl looked terrified.
"But why did he run away? I mean, how could he do this, he is a Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, and he has written so many amazing books?" Harry said in disbelief.
"This, this, how should I put it... When I accepted this position, the work regulations did not include it... I didn't expect..." Seeing the four people look at each other Turning to himself, Lockhart muttered vaguely, "Also, books can be deceiving."
"Liar?!" Hermione raised her head in surprise, "Didn't you write those books?"
"Oh, dear Miss Granger!" Lockhart moved aside, "Use your common sense to think about it, if people don't think that I did those things, the sales of the book will be far worse .”
"Readers won't want to read about an ugly old American wizard who freed a village from the scourge of werewolves. Put his picture on the cover and it wouldn't be so ugly. No taste either. And that witch who exorcised the Wanlun female ghost, she is a mouth! I mean, think about it... …”
"So, you take everything that other people do to your own account?" Hermione asked in disbelief.
"It's not as simple as you said!"
Lockhart shook his head impatiently, and moved a few meters to the side, "I also have a lot of work. I want to follow up these people and ask them how they can do those things. Then I have to give They cast a forgetting charm so they'll forget about it."
"Forgetting Curse?!" Ivan was secretly vigilant, he almost forgot that the guy in front of him was a master of Forgetting Curse.
"Yeah, if there's anything I'm proud of, it's my forgetting spell. You know, I've got a lot to do, not just book signings and celebrity photos. You want to be famous, You have to be prepared to work hard for a long time.”
Lockhart seemed to have touched something on the floor. He stood up out of breath, holding Ron's wand in his hand, with his characteristic smile on his face again, showing his bright teeth.
"Well, boys, it's time to end!" he said, "and I'm going to take the dead snake back to school and tell them that I saved you, and that you're terribly frightened and scared. Lost my mind!"
"Professor, you, how could you do this!"
Harry, Ron, and Hermione looked at Lockhart in surprise. Before the opponent stood up, Ivan planned to knock him down with a stun spell, but when he saw that Lockhart was holding a After Ron's broken wand, the idea was abandoned.
He could feel Hermione trembling with anger in his arms, and he patted her on the shoulder lightly, motioning her to relax.
Lockhart is not Tom Riddle, he can't cast spells without a wand, and he doesn't have such a strong magic control. If he rashly uses a broken wand that is broken in two, the only end is...
"I'm not so stupid as to let you go up and expose me! Boys, say goodbye to your memories!"
Lockhart raised his broken and disabled wand high above his head, and cried, "Forget nothing!
Boom! Suddenly the wand exploded, no less powerful than a small bomb.
Lockhart was hit by his own magic and quickly flew backwards, landing hard on the floor of the chamber.
Seeing this effect, Aiwen knew that the Forgetting Curse was very powerful.
"God, is he all right?"
"He was hit by his own Oblivion Curse, so he probably doesn't remember who he is. This may not be a bad thing for him, otherwise Professor Lockhart will definitely go crazy after we go up and expose his true colors." Alvin said in a low voice.
"Professor?! Who are you talking about?" Lockhart looked up at them amiably. "This place is strange. Do you live here?"
"No!" Harry shook his head.
"Okay, let's get out of here quickly, we've been tossing around for a whole night, we all need to take a good rest. Besides, Professor Dumbledore is still waiting for us up there, don't let him worry too much."
Thinking that he would have to face Dumbledore's inquiry later, Ivan had a headache.
Who knows what the greatest white wizard of our time would have thought, and while he didn't mind helping Harry fight Voldemort, it didn't feel good to be manipulated.
Ivan suddenly discovered that after defeating the basilisk and Tom Riddle, there were still many troublesome things that needed to be solved.
First of all, he must be careful to guard against Dumbledore calculating himself, he will not be like Harry easily, and in the end he will be sold by others and help count the money; but there is no need to worry too much about this matter, anyway, Dumbledore will At least there is some bottom line, not as unscrupulous as Voldemort.
Secondly, about the secret treasures left by the four founders of Hogwarts.
I don't know what's in it, but listening to the conversations of the four people, you can guess that the things inside are very helpful in fighting Voldemort and saving Hogwarts. But the question is, where are those four keys hidden
Also, now that Lockhart has lost his memory, his previous lies will also be exposed, and he will definitely be ruined.
This is not good news for "Hogwarts Magic News", and Ivan has to worry about finding new selling points.
Immediately afterwards, he saw Ron standing there with a disappointed face, Harry standing beside him not knowing what to say, Hermione wanted to go over and ask them about Tom Riddle. He hurriedly stopped Hermione and let Ron be alone for a while, and he can talk about it tomorrow if he has anything to say.
I believe that after this incident, both Ron and Hermione will learn enough lessons, that is, don't completely believe what is written in the book.