Lockhart let out a burst of anger and felt much more comfortable. After listening to Sirius' words, he subconsciously looked at Teddy that Tonks was holding, staring at him with wide eyes, as if he was frightened.

Taking a breath, Lockhart sat down with the back of the chair, grabbed Hermione's hand that he had just thrown away and said the last sentence: "I'm sorry, Molly, I know I'm a bit presumptuous, but I've made up my mind. . As for Pandora's willingness to marry me, that's a matter for the two of us. Please don't mess with me any more - please don't worry, I won't touch your daughter if I marry anyone!"

"Professor Lockhart, don't be angry, if Sister Pandora doesn't want to marry you, I'll marry you!" Gabriel said the first sentence since the meal. Although it was probably just a word of comfort, she was shocked by the words, and all of a sudden The rigid atmosphere was enlivened.

Tonks burst out laughing: "Gabriel is in a hurry to find a powerful husband at such a young age."

"Don't talk nonsense, kid!" Furong reached out and patted her sister's head. Lockhart's outburst didn't scare this arrogant woman who had seen the world at all: "Hey, the Minister of Magic is so majestic!"

"No... that's not right - what do you mean, why am I an exception!" Ginny was being fooled by Lockhart's seemingly reasonable and imposing lines, and suddenly realized that she was in his last sentence The words lay on the gun, and instantly cried out in dissatisfaction: "I am also a witch! I want to-"

Arthur quickly stopped Ginny's next words with his eyes, because Jasmine suddenly looked at her daughter with murderous eyes, and if she continued, it would turn into domestic violence.

"Well, you've made up your mind, well, I don't care about it, whoever you want to marry," Mrs. Weasley said with a sullen face, "but please see what people out there say about you now!" She stood He got up and went back to his room.

"That's because I killed a few Death Eaters, not because of polygamy!" Lockhart explained helplessly, looking at her back, knowing that he had offended Mrs. Weasley this time.

But so what.

"Why doesn't Sister Pandora want to marry Professor Lockhart?" Gabriel stammered and asked in English.

"She would!" Lockhart drank another glass of wine, realizing that he was indeed a little drunk. She squeezed Hermione's hand. "It just takes a process..."

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Despite drinking a lot, Lockhart was woken up on time by Hermione next to him when the sun shone through the windows of the old house the next day. In the dining room downstairs, both Harry and Ron had taken care of themselves neatly. Looking refreshed - they were ready to be an "honorable" Auror.

"Morning, Professor." Harry and Ron greeted him.

"Good morning, Professor Lockhart." Gabriel said sweetly.

"Good morning." Lockhart said lightly, Gabriel had the same amazing beauty as her sister Furong, but she was not as straightforward and arrogant as Furong. It's so endearing.

"Have a quick breakfast, and we'll go to the Ministry of Magic later," Arthur said.

Mrs. Weasley didn't come out to make breakfast, and she was obviously still angry. Fortunately, there were not many people living in this house who could cook breakfast, so they didn't worry about running out of food. After eating, the group left the house in a mighty manner and headed to the Ministry of Magic collectively. Gabriel was also clamoring to go to the British Ministry of Magic, so Bill took her with him.

The headquarters is not far from the Ministry of Magic, and it only takes more than an hour to use Muggle transportation, not to mention the Knight Bus. After the huge increase in the number of wizards in London. The Ministry of Magic has expanded the size of the Knight Bus, adding many more buses.

After a strict inspection, the group entered the Ministry of Magic, and the people who went to work here left separately, while Lockhart took the Salvation Trio to the Auror Application Office in the hall.

"When I signed up for the Auror, I was hired by Mad Eye, and he brought me later." Lockhart said as he walked, "To enter the Auror, you must first pass the basic courses. Of course, now this The rule has been lifted for the time being, otherwise—" He glanced sideways at Harry and Ron, "and really only Hermione can be an Auror."

"Isn't this a professor, the Minister of Magic speaks..." Ron said with a smile.

"That's what you say. But you're not very positive about that." Lockhart shook his head. "The first step in entering the Auror is the loyalty test. When you say it is loyalty, it doesn't mean to be loyal to the Ministry of Magic, but to ensure that the wizard who applies is not from a dark wizard or a spy of the opposition. In addition, there must be no Wizards with extreme tendencies, such as looking down on Muggles, disgusting goblins or something... In fact, I don't like non-human creatures such as goblins, but to a certain extent, without strong hostility, you can still be selected."

"How to detect."

"An Auror who holds the position of captain or higher must conduct Legilimency on the applicant," Lockhart said. "If the other person has practiced Occlumency before he is selected, then a scene must be planned... If still No problem, just pour Veritaserum."

"Planning a play?"

"Before I applied for the Auror, I taught myself a little Occlumency out of interest," Lockhart said. "Mad Eye can't do Legilimency on me secretly, but it can't use force—you know, Occlumency. If the technique is forcibly broken through, it will cause damage to the brain.”

"Ok."

"When I talked to Mad Eye, I thought I was accepted, but that night," Lockhart recalled, "I was taken by the Death Eaters."

"Caught?" The three young men immediately looked surprised.

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"I was tied in a small dark room, tortured, poured cold water, all kinds of torture." Lockhart said, I really don't know how he persevered at that time, maybe it was really a passion when he was young? "They asked me to promise to provide them with Auror action data and other Auror data while I was an Auror..."

"You sure didn't promise~lightnovelpub.net~ but how did you escape?" Hermione asked with wide eyes. "Could it be that these Death Eaters—"

"Of course I didn't agree. At that time, I thought that if I agreed, I would be branded as a black demon." Lockhart laughed: "I was ready to be heroic, and then they used Galleon, beauty, powerful black magic and even Eternal life came to tempt me, and I gritted my teeth and refused to let go. Until they brought my parents to me... I finally gave up resistance and agreed to their demands."

"Isn't it?" Harry asked. "But I heard that the professor's parents went into hiding in America. Did you promise the Death Eaters to be spies..."

"After I promised them for my parents," Lockhart said with a wry smile, "my mother stood up, poured me a glass of Veritaserum, and asked if I really didn't know they were Aurors..."

Ron looked surprised: "The professor's parents are Aurors? No wonder the professor is so powerful!"

"If you say you're stupid, don't disbelieve. If Gilderoy's parents were Aurors, why would they give him Veritaserum." Hermione pretended to be contemptuous, "Gildrow has made it very clear, the Death Eaters and His parents are Aurors in disguise, this is the loyalty test!"

"Yes." Lockhart nodded. "Now that the Aurors have lost all their elites, they are not so particular about it - they have replaced it with the Veritaserum directly, but don't be nervous, they won't ask irrelevant questions after drinking the Veritaserum, just make sure you are not eating to death. A spy sent by the disciples will do."

"How could we be spies!"

"No exceptions. Of course I know that you can't be the spies of the Death Eaters, but it would be a little informal if you skip this step."

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[A new week of madly asking for recommended tickets...]

——(To be continued.)

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