It was indeed Snape outside the door. He was still wearing a black robe and his face was cold. At the same time, there was a t Gan Yin floating beside him.

"Oh, Severus, I didn't expect you to move so fast, I thought it wouldn't be ready until tomorrow night."

Lockhart stepped aside and invited Snape into his office.

Hearing Lockhart's familiar address, the muscles on Snape's face twitched.

He had no intention of entering Lockhart's office, but he accidentally swept to Harry Potter in the office, and suddenly changed his mind.

Harry immediately raised his head when he heard Snape coming, and focused on reading the letters from the readers in front of him, trying to reduce his sense of existence, but unfortunately he failed in the end.

It's just a discoloration potion, it doesn't take half an hour. I added a bit of material so that it can block the Eye Spell, Arrow Charm, and Slicing Charm, but unfortunately I can't find the right person to try it... Ah, Mr. Potter, why are you here? ' Snape asked knowingly.

At this moment, Harry really hated himself for why he didn't come to Hogwarts when the platform was blocked.

- Of course, just thinking about it, he'd rather be made trouble by Snape than continue to be with Uncle Vernon's family.

"I'm here to stay and work," Harry replied dryly.

"Labor? Why do I think you're just sitting and watching the quill move by itself?" Snape sneered. "Professor Lockhart, I don't think that's called punishment."

Lockhart, of course, wanted to smooth things out - both for Harry and for the discordant Professor Snape: "I personally think that the so-called school labor is not to punish the body, but to make students realize their mistakes, For example, how should a public figure respond to the expectations of the outside world..."

There are always some people in this world who have different brain circuits than others, as long as they

If the body cannot feel pain, neither can the mind. Snape said, staring at Harry maliciously. "If you've got the materials for your contact lenses, why don't we get a student to try these curses on the spot and see if this thing works— It's also about being accountable to the rest of the students, isn't it? "

Harry looked at Lockhart immediately, expecting a few words from him.

"Don't scare the kids," Lockhart said immediately, "I agree to do the experiment first, but it's better to try it out on our own. If we can block our Eyesight and Slicing Charms, then the students don't have to. said."

As he spoke, he opened his closet and took out his magic suitcase.

After continuous transformation, although his suitcase does not have 7 layers like Moody's, it now has at least 4 layers, which can hold some things.

"I ordered this batch of goods when I was preparing for class in the summer vacation. I didn't expect that it would be delivered to me after school started. That witcher named Geralt was a little slow. Maybe he was busy with his new girlfriend and spent too much time. long time."

He took out a large can of lionfish ridge powder, a large bottle of morning dew, and an "empty" sheet.

Harry noticed that when Lockhart took out "that thing", Lockhart - part of his body became invisible.

Mang emergency suit? ' he blurted out.

Snape let out a sneer.

"It's not yet." Lockhart kindly answered Harry's question, "It's the skin of a newly peeled Invisible Beast, and it has to be processed to become an Invisibility Cloak. The Invisible Beast not only has a certain anti-magic ability, but also can be invisible. , and also has the ability to make short-term predictions, which is difficult to capture, so the Ministry of Magic classifies it as a 4X level, if it is not a professional witcher, I may not be able to get this."

It was the first time Harry knew this, even with Snape by his side, he was still

Somewhat curious.

"...And most of the invisibility cloaks have an aging effect, and they will lose their invisibility after a few years, so I usually prefer to use the illusion spell and deceive perception to solve the problem of invisibility." Lockhart added another sentence.

Will the emergency suit also lose its effect? ' Harry blurted out.

Lockhart answered his question: "Yes, except for the cloak of invisibility in the Deathly Hallows, the rest of the invisibility cloak will be ineffective within ten years."

Harry wanted to open his mouth to say that his invisibility cloak had been passed on to him by his father, and that it had worked well after all these years, but Snape's presence made him shut up.

He didn't want Snape to know that he had an invisibility cloak, one that was often used for night walks through the halls of Hogwarts.

Also, what are the "Three Hallows"? Be sure to ask Hermione when you go back.

Lockhart didn't seem to notice Harry's unease, and continued to talk to Snape about business:

Hagrid gave me some slug glue, and I'm going to dilute it with morning dew, coat it with your color changing potion, and coat it with cloak fur and healing lionfish spine powder— What do you think, Severus? ' Lockhart asked.

Snape stared at the fur and fish spine powder, and seemed a little heartbroken—the lion fish spine powder required two Galleons for a small bottle, and the fur of the invisible beast was even more expensive, and Lockhart's extravagance exceeded his expectations.

"It's a waste. Similar effects can be achieved with isinglass and gum arabic. If the student's spell can penetrate my potion, an extra layer of invisible fur is just icing on the cake... But it's your money, I don't care ." Snape's last words were duplicitous.

"Then I'll do it first... When do you have time to be a referee? After I teach the students the basics of dueling, we'll try it out."

"Anytime," Snape said, staring at Harry's face, "Mr Potter, you have to be careful, we'll have some of the 'best' students on stage to duel and give their classmates a public demonstration, I think Germany Mr. Laco Malfoy would love to partner with you. "

Harry's throat moved, apparently swallowing.

He knew with the scar on his head how 'kind' Malfoy would be to him

P.S. Two more chapters will be published at midnight and in the early morning. Although the results are not tepid, I still have to give it a try. Alas, I have never had a better result in the early stage. : 3J B)—

Chapter 35 Others Can't Hear the Voice

With Professor Snape's "refreshing" episode, Harry was much more awake when he wrote back next time.

He intends to finish the job well, to gain the favor of Professor Lockhart, and then to ask two more duel tips so that he doesn't suffer a crushing defeat at Malfoy's hands.

With this realization, he became more efficient in replying to letters, and began to take the initiative to ask Lockhart questions.

Time passed bit by bit, but when the time approached midnight, a voice sounded quietly from nowhere.

"...come here...let me tear you apart..."

Halfway through Harry's question, he suddenly got stuck.

"ooo tear you apart... kill you..." the voice continued to growl hoarsely.

"What?" he asked loudly.

Lockhart replied to him: Io I mean, like "take a picture of your chest muscles for me", which is more than a fan request, you have to learn to take it in a joking way, don't get hurt, of course if you If you can accept it, it's not not..."

"No! I mean that voice!" Harry looked around.

Lockhart raised his head: "I'm sorry, what's the sound?"

"That's the one who just said to kill, tear... Professor, didn't you hear?" Harry asked in confusion.

"I didn't hear anything." Lockhart was a little surprised.

Although Lockhart knew what Harry was talking about, his surprise wasn't pretentious - didn't Snape really notice that Lucius Malfoy had stuffed something.

Or he didn't tell Dumbledore

...not possible.

Since it was unlikely, how could Dumbledore know what was going to happen?

In case...wait for it!

Speaking of which, when Harry was in his first year, the challenge they faced was too simple. "How can there be a mechanism that is completely designed according to the specialties of the Iron Triangle"? Is this guarding those items or encouraging them? students on an adventure"?

Moreover, Lao Deng specially let Harry see the Mirror of Erised before, confirming that his desire was just family affection, and then let him know the principle of the Mirror of Erised, and finally discarded it as the final level, revealing in the middle The horse's feet are as numerous as the hair of a cow.

That is to say, even though Old Deng knew that doing so would risk giving Voldemort access to the Philosopher's Stone, he still used this opportunity to train the Savior and his party.

Lockhart could even imagine that when Old Deng was usually in the office, he must have used crystal **** and the like to observe the Savior's every move, thinking about how to continue to cultivate it. ,

And this time, he seems to want to risk the safety of the entire school's teachers and students? Or did he think he could control it?

If Dumbledore was a villain who let others die and kept himself out of the way, then Lockhart would definitely scold him without saying a word, but he was the kind of person who didn't even care about his own life for his ideals and career. people who care.

In other words, Dumbledore knew very well what kind of sacrifices would be made on the way to eliminate Voldemort, and he was willing to fill this hole with human life, including his own.

How could Harry have imagined that this "Duan Shi" in front of him thought so much in just a split second, and quickly prepared a set of speeches.

"It's usually not a good thing in the wizarding world to hear voices that other people can't hear," Lockhart told Harry. "It's happened to you before.

love?

"I don't know." Harry looked dazed, "I don't remember this happening."

"Then there are only four cases - the first is that the sound comes from within your own soul, so only you can hear it; the second is that the sound comes from outside, but is sent to a specific object, so Unless you are yourself, no one else can hear it; there is a third type, that is, the voice can be heard by everyone, but the others cannot understand it, only you can understand it; then there is the fourth type..."

Harry swallowed. "What's the fourth?"

"The fourth one is—you're too tired, child. It's almost midnight, and it's normal for you to feel tired. People always have some delusions when they're confused." Lockhart pityed looking at him.

"But I'm clearly sober!" Harry protested.

"Whether you're awake or not, you should go to bed now. It's really too late today, it's my fault, I'll deal with the rest of the reply tomorrow."

Lockhart looked at his clockwork and gave the order decisively.

Although rested, Harry Potter did not feel relieved at all.

Harry told him what had just happened when Ron entered the bedroom with the smell of bright detergent.

Ron Weasley said the same thing as Lockhart.

"Hearing things others can't? That's not a good thing, especially when it comes to omens of death.

I heard that some people call this "Death Whisper", which is very rare. Usually it is only heard by people who survived the hardship and escaped death once. When Death came to take his life for the second time, in order to save face , then notify him in advance with precognitive dreams or whispers of death..."

Harry glared inwardly - the boy who survived, it wasn't me

?

Seeing that he scared Harry, Ron hurriedly retracted his words: "Of course, as the professor said, there are also some other situations, such as hearing what the invisible goblin said... There are people of Druid blood in your family. ?"

"What?" Harry didn't understand.

"Druid, a person who has a special affinity for natural creatures, only a pure-hearted person can become a Druid, and some Druids can even understand the language of animals-1-

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For example, Newt Scamander, the senior who graduated from Hufflepuff, was born with magical creatures who like to get close to him. Everyone said that he was the last Druid of the 20th century. "

"I don't think I'm that gifted." Harry shrugged, "I still don't understand what Hedwig is talking about, no animals other than snakes. Well, I see what's going on. Well, maybe I was too tired just now, just take a rest...

He thought it was over, but Ron Weasley grabbed him by the shoulder.

"What?" Harry asked inexplicably.

"What did you just say, Harry? Can you talk to the snake?"

Ron's expression suddenly became serious, so serious that Harry thought he was making a fuss.

"This should be normal, right? Talking to a snake shouldn't be a big deal, and many people in the magic world should be able to do it."

Ron hurriedly looked left and right, confirming that only the two of them were behind in the Gryffindor lounge, and he was a little relieved.

Make a sound, Harry. "Ron was even more nervous." That's unusual.

Can you be sure? You can talk to snakes. "

Harry recalled: "Okay, when my cousin Dudley and I went to the zoo, a Burmese python there told me that he had never been to Brazil..."

"A boa constrictor tells you that it has never been to Brazil? You still call it 'he'? "Harry, listen to me, don't let anyone know about this, or Gryffindor and Slytherin will both trouble you." "

"What's the matter?" Harry asked in panic.

"The ability to talk to snakes is called Parseltongue. It is the ability of Salazar Slytherin, the founder of Slytherin Academy, and usually only his descendants have this ability... You understand?"

At this moment, Harry's face turned pale.

He suddenly remembered the time when the Sorting Hat had managed to sort himself into Slytherin at the Sorting Ceremony.

"I see, I would never tell anyone," Harry assured.

Chapter 36 Condensed True Name

Although the burden of preparing lessons for the second week was heavier due to the correction of homework, Lockhart's mental pressure became more relaxed, because he had already proved that his method would work.

In just one week, Lockhart's class had become a favorite among Hogwarts students, bar none.

Not just because of the practicality of the class, but because Lockhart is always looking for ways to figure out what they do best and praise them.

In the fourth grade class, Lockhart praised the always lawless Weasley brothers, because they always completed the homework assigned by Lockhart in unexpected ways.

"…Look at D, what a genius idea!" Lockhart said, pointing to their homework, "the trick to cheat Veritaserum! And I swear on my honor, it works! This trick lets us face The dark wizard's interrogation can still lie."

Fred Weasley was a little smug, because he came up with the idea.

Looking at the students who were still a little confused, Lockhart took the initiative to explain for them

"Using the Pet Voice Charm to force myself to answer another irrelevant question - such as when the Dark Wizard gave you Veritaserum and asked 'Did George throw a dung bomb at Mr Filch's office', and he would You can ask your owl to ask yourself another question in his mind, such as does V+1 equal 3', so that Fred can confidently answer "no'..."

The students suddenly realized that they can still play like this!

Only George Weasley looked frustrated: "But I really didn't go to Filch.

dung bombs in the office. "

"Yeah, you threw it in his tool room." Li O Jordan immediately picked up the conversation, causing the classroom to burst into laughter.

Lockhart is also laughing: "In short, 5 points for Gryffindor! For Mr. Weasley's contribution to resisting the dark magic!"