After a night of rest, the members of the Order of the Phoenix gathered in the principal's office. The Christmas break was not long, and most of the students and staff chose to stay on campus, but Lockhart was a little surprised that Hermione would appear here.

"Hehe, don't be so surprised, I already gave Hermione a note from the Order of the Phoenix." Dumbledore smiled kindly at Hermione, and stopped calling her "Granger", "I think Hermione is old enough and experienced enough to join the Order of the Phoenix, and she is now a full member of the Order of the Phoenix."

Hermione herself was almost elated, flushed with excitement, and sat unabashedly beside Lockhart, leaning against him. She is very happy: she is now an Order of the Phoenix, which is better than Pandora in any case, after all, she will never be able to sit here and discuss with Lockhart a plan to deal with the mysterious man.

Hermione is also the youngest member of the Order of the Phoenix ever - even Harry's parents' generation joined the Order after they graduated at the age of eighteen. Professor McGonagall frowned, but had no objection.

"You have no problem with me giving your credit to Gilderoy, Hermione?" Dumbledore continued to smile as he looked at Hermione, who was almost leaning on Lockhart, "After all, your age and strength are the same. Not enough to handle these things."

"No problem, Mr. Principal!" Hermione quickly expressed her attitude, and she was too happy to have more things to do with her sweetheart.

My strength is not enough to deal with Voldemort's revenge... Lockhart was about to cry without tears, and now he was completely exposed to the Death Eaters' vision, and he could no longer protect himself.

"Actually, it's useless to have an opinion..." Dumbledore smiled slyly, "I've asked Severus to quietly reveal this news to Voldemort. What happened last night may spread tomorrow, but in Before that, Voldemort already 'knew' who planned this." Dumbledore looked at Lockhart with a smile: "Gildrow, this is to make Voldemort trust Severus more, but you Be careful."

"I understand, Mr. Headmaster." Lockhart glanced at Snape who was standing in the corner sneering, and replied dryly, "I'll be careful."

"Stop talking about that," Dumbledore happily took out Slytherin's locket: "Now, let's discuss what to do with this Horcrux. Ah, maybe you don't know what a Horcrux is, Hermione. , but you just need to know that Horcruxes are Voldemort's second life."

"Yeah." Hermione nodded.

"As for the other memories about the Horcrux, I was going to take the time to let you all take a look. But now that the ring has been destroyed, the locket has been obtained, and the other memory is false, I don't think it is necessary to take it out, So just show it to Harry and let him find a way to get that real memory." Dumbledore said slowly, "All you need to know is that Voldemort got Slytherin and Slytherin through murder and deception. Hufflepuff's relics, and made them into Horcruxes...and we don't know where that cup went."

Where is that cup now? Nine times out of ten, this Horcrux is probably the most difficult one to deal with, Lockhart thought to himself.

"It is now certain that we cannot destroy this Horcrux with external force." Holding up the locket, Dumbledore's expression suddenly became serious, "So many defensive magics are gathered in this small soul It has such a high level of defense - I guess maybe all the top 50 wizards in Europe can come over and try brute force."

"But the locket can be opened, Mr. Headmaster." Hermione said sharply.

"Well, Hermione's thinking is quite clear." Dumbledore complimented her with satisfaction, "Yes, we can only find a way to open this locket now. I have tried several methods, all of which have ended in failure. , but Gilderoy told me I could try it with Parseltongue, and I was about to do it." Dumbledore stood up, "Hermione, you go and call Harry over and let him meet us at the back door, we go Do experiments in the Forbidden Forest."

"Oh." Hermione let go of Lockhart reluctantly and walked out of the principal's office.

After Hermione left, Dumbledore also stood up and led everyone out of the headmaster's office to the back door of Hogwarts.

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"Too sloppy!" McGonagall said dissatisfiedly, "Hermione has just turned seventeen! Apart from being a little smart, she's not mature at all!"

"We were immature too, but I think her wisdom can help us now, Minerva," Dumbledore explained calmly, "and as Harry's best friend, they should know something too, Except for his courage, the Weasley boy is obviously not qualified in other aspects, so he can only choose Granger."

"I reserve my opinion, Mr. Principal!" McGonagall said gloomily, "and it's obvious that Granger likes Gilderoy. You'll only get her deeper and deeper by offering them a chance to get along like this!"

"I'm very happy to see the two of them together." Dumbledore said disapprovingly, "Aren't Gilderoy and the Fudge girl engaged yet?"

"No, Mr. Principal..." Although it was winter, Lockhart was sweating profusely, and these people commented on his love life just like his parents~lightnovelpub.net~ made him very uncomfortable.

"Guidero, look at how good our relationship is with Remus!" Tonks also spoke up, showing affection with Lupin: "We have the same ambition, the same world view, and fight side by side! There is more than this. Something romantic?"

"Honey, we can't impose our values ​​on Gilderoy," Lupin said gently to Tonks.

"I admit not, Tonks." Lockhart admitted reluctantly, "but sometimes feelings are out of my control."

"Little Gilderoy, marriage can't be emotional, you have to choose the most suitable one and help each other the most..." Moody also expressed his opinion: "Unfortunately, I personally think that Gilderoy and Fudge's family A girl's marriage would help him even more...Granger...just give him advice."

"Marriage is not about mutual use, Mad Eyes!" Tonks shouted in dissatisfaction, "You are so snobbish!"

"You two are so affectionate, so naturally." Moody turned his head to look at Snape disdainfully: "Severus, what about you! You're turning forty, and you still haven't found a girlfriend?"

"You-you-don't--" Snape refused to join the conversation.

"Haha, I don't care, Severus." Moody was amused. "Are you going to be an old bachelor like me? But the old bachelor also had a love life when he was young! I also had a dozen women. As for my friends, it's a pity that none of them gave me the urge to get married... I want an excellent female Auror like Tonks as a wife, but unfortunately I can't find it!"

"Thank you for the compliment, Mad Eyes..." Tonks rolled his eyes at Moody, then hugged Lupin tightly.

"Hehe," Dumbledore happily watched a group of people argue, "Ah, here comes Harry."

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