Because Lockhart hangs a spider silk at the end of the wand where it plugs into the core, the spider silk will be torn off whenever it is picked up, and unless it is in the sun or bright light If you look carefully at the lights, you won't be noticed by anyone.

And now that spider silk is broken.

"Dobby, haven't you used this wand in the past two days?" Lockhart asked as he erased the traces of the Flashback Charm.

Dobby shook his head: "No, Dobby's own magic is enough."

"I see." Lockhart didn't ask any further.

Since Black knows how to destroy the evidence by himself, he doesn't have to worry about it, but Hogwarts may be in chaos for a while.

Just like what Blake thought, Hogwarts was completely fried at this time.

Because Sirius Black not only came, but also seemed to come and go freely, depending on Hogwarts' strict defense against nothing, and more importantly, he actually had a wand in his hand!

- A wicked wanted criminal with a wand and without a wand are two completely different concepts, because Mr. Ollivander swears that every wand has a register, and his brain is better than a register, no matter what. Whether it was the register or his brain told him that only the freshman's wand had flowed out in the last two months.

So the Ministry of Magic immediately issued an emergency notice, asking all wizarding families to check their wands to see which one had been stolen.

Lockhart can also see from this point that the Ministry of Magic in the wizarding world has not completely corrupted, at least he knows that the problem must be solved before the crisis comes, which is much stronger than the guys in Downing Street.

However, the result of some investigation is that "all wands are still within the control of the Ministry of Magic", of course, such as Hagrid's pink umbrella, the Ministry of Magic has not been able to investigate, after all, not every wand that was broken. All can be repaired by Dumbledore's elder wand.

In short, nothing was found.

There is no peace at the Ministry of Magic, and the same is true at Hogwarts.

All the emergency entrances and secret passages of the castle were re-examined. Albus Dumbledore personally asked all the portraits and ghosts one by one, and asked them if they had seen Black, but the final result was that they did not agree with them. What a help.

The only thing of any value is what the portrait next to the statue of Gregory the sycophant says - he admits that he heard something pass under him in the middle of the night, but he was still asleep, so when he was woken up he just I opened my eyes and went back to sleep

past.

Although this is not particularly useful information, at this time it has become the only clue for the teachers and students of Hogwarts.

Filch said that he knew that there was a secret passage leading to the outside of the school, so he volunteered to take a look at the faculty and staff, and as a result, everyone found a line of fresh adult male footprints in the passage.

When seeing this line of footprints, the hearts of all Hogwarts staff

said

Blake is here!

Everyone chased the footprints to the outside of the school, only to find that the footprints disappeared

by the lake.

Then the Ministry of Magic sent people to look around the lake.

, but found no one

The footprints on the shore, the tracing had to stop there.

Hogwarts has entered a state of total martial law. Students are told that they are not allowed to leave the school unless necessary, and it is also forbidden to roam around in the castle, but anyone who finds it must report it immediately. And all the secret passages that Filch knew inside and outside the castle were boarded up by him to prevent Black from entering.

But Filch was no doubt self-defeating: because Black didn't know which of the secret passages he knew were known to the school staff, but now he knew—everything that wasn't boarded up was a safe passage.

In addition, the portrait of the entrance to Gryffindor has also been changed from the Fat Lady to Sir Cadogan: that is a very out-of-the-box portrait, but the portraits with a little brain are terrified by what happened to the Fat Lady, and can only be changed for the time being. A temporary worker stepped up.

Sirius's goal was achieved—there was finally a flaw in Gryffindor's entrance.

"In other words, Black entered the school by swimming in order to avoid the dementors." Hermione simply judged Ron and Harry, "Since he can

If Zkaban swims back to the UK, he must also be able to swim into Hogwarts

"But Dumbledore asked the merman on duty in the Black Lake, and they also said that they didn't see anyone swimming?" Ron asked inexplicably.

"It was night, maybe the merman didn't notice it?" Hermione asked uncertainly.

Ron dismissed this: "Forget it, the mermaids are not us. They are much more sensitive to the movements on the water than we are. I am more inclined that Black used a kind of magic."

"What magic?" Hermione pretended to be curious.

"A magic that can teleport in still water," Ron replied solemnly. "The North Franks in Utrecht are very good at this, and they cast this magic on ships so that their ships can teleport to Any lake in the world - even an inland closed lake."

"The North Franks of Utrecht...you mean the Dutch." Hermione thought back, "Did the Dutch wizards use this spice brought back from Southeast Asia in the past?

Ron said that he couldn't help: "I don't know, but the wizards in North Frank were really rich at that time, but later Muggles invented some kind of ship, and the cost was so low that they couldn't make money with magic, and this magic was also It's lost, only a few ancient ships with this kind of magic still remain in Europe, I heard Durmstrang has one, and my father used to tell us the story of the Gothenburg when he was a child..."

The two of you were talking to me, and on the surface, they were chatting happily, but both of them glanced at Harry from the corner of their eyes, as if they were afraid of his impulsiveness.

"Okay, you two don't have to distract me like this, I'm calm now."

Harry closed the book in front of him and spoke to the two boys in a very calm tone.

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But Hermione looked worriedly at the hardcover book cover where Harry's finger marks had been pinched, and felt that he was exaggerating.

Probably seeing what Hermione was thinking, Harry grinned as much as he could, letting himself show a relaxed smile.

"At least no one was hurt because of me this time, was there? And more importantly, the Quidditch match wasn't cancelled, or Oliver would have killed me.

But the calmer Harry behaved, the more worried Ron and Hermione became—not the way a man should behave when he knew his father's murderer was close at hand.

Ron could see this clearly—Harry had tossed to sleep very late the night he learned of Black's attack, even though the Gryffindors slept in the Great Hall that night and everyone slept soundly. It was late, but Harry might still be the last one.

And when the next day came, Harry still behaved strangely.

First, when he was in Potions class, he actually took the lead to salute Snape, so that Snape was so surprised that he forgot to find fault with Gryffindor during the whole class.

And when there was no class in the afternoon, Harry actually went to the library, not only did his homework, but even looked up some books on spells.

If Harry hadn't left him since he woke up in the morning, Ron might have thought that someone had drank the Polyjuice Potion and impersonated Harry.

So while Harry went to practice on the Quidditch team, Ron took the risk of Scabbers being bitten to death by Hermione's cat and rushed to Hermione to discuss Harry's "strange performance" with her.

While Hermione didn't think there was any fuss about finishing homework early, she also thought Harry wasn't normal right now, and they both thought Harry was a different person.

It must be so angry that the brain is no longer on it.

Therefore, the above scene appeared, one by one, the two of them tried their best to find something to talk to, in order to test Harry's reaction, and Harry was acting a little too normal, so it was not normal.

However, only Harry himself knows that he is really calm now.

It's just that calm like the viburnum before a volcanic eruption, the calm before a storm, and the seemingly innocuous low tide before a tsunami.

Chapter One Hundred and Ninetieth Confidant Brother

Thanks to the "teaching" of Lockhart and Snape, Harry has now learned how to keep his reason away from his emotions." Even if the anger and hatred in his heart are almost full, he can still Barely controlling myself.

If it was still summer vacation, he would be proud of his achievements, but at this time he didn't want to think about anything, just hoped that Blake would be right in front of him, so that he could die with him.

He stood up and walked out of the lounge.

Seeing this, the two hurriedly stopped him: "Where are you going? The whole castle is under martial law now."

"Going to the duel club, I've finished my homework anyway, and I took a shower after Quidditch training." Harry said in the flattest tone he could think of. I didn't sleep well last night."

Neither Ron nor Hermione knew how to persuade him, so Ron had no choice but to go with him, leaving Hermione to find a way in the bedroom.

Even knowing that today's Duelist Club will be filled with senior students, Ron will have to sacrifice his life to accompany the gentleman.

After Hermione waited for her two friends to leave, she immediately put aside the half-written house elf rights protection regulations and began to write to Lockhart in Hogsmeade.

After Black's invasion of Hogwarts, Lockhart thought he was going to be blamed.

Because the Triwizard Tournament is still under wraps, the Ministry of Magic's statement that Lockhart is stationed in Hogsmeade is for him to protect Hogwarts and coordinate the Dementors.

Influence after moving to Hogsmeade.

This arrangement is also just right, because Lockhart has long been famous, so his settlement in Hogsmeade can greatly calm the hearts of the local residents, and his real purpose has been concealed.

But this also means that if something goes wrong, Lockhart will also be held responsible.

Fortunately, Sirius still has some brains, and escaped the Ministry of Magic's investigation by transforming into a dog in the water. In addition, the Dementor also assured the Ministry of Magic that there was no trace of outsiders entering Hogsmeade, which did not make everyone suspect. He had infiltrated from Hogsmeade, or Lockhart would have been devastated.

In fact, Lockhart was already planning to wipe his ass—if Black could really get his reputation back, he would gain far more than it seemed.

So after the accident, Lockhart was hardly affected, and the Ministry of Magic seemed to believe that Black had never entered Hogsmeade, so Lockhart was not responsible.

Lockhart doesn't know why Blake's brain suddenly changed - because according to the plot he knew originally, Blake should be a standard rude man.

Could it be that there is too much oil and water in the stomach, and if you sleep well, your brain will become better? He was puzzled.

But it's always a good thing, at least he can concentrate on government affairs.

"...Hogsmeade's environment is excellent. According to Muggle psychology, such scenery and environment can effectively relieve people's stress. The negative ions in the mountain air are also very beneficial to health. It is recommended to develop in depth..." Lockhart said in The report to the Ministry of Magic reads so.

It's certainly not without reason that he's writing so much, because after running water and a cinema, he's ready to start building a third project in Hogsmeade, and it's definitely the kind that everyone will love.

When Hogsmeade becomes prosperous and the world sees its changes during the Triwizard Tournament, Lockhart will have a record that no one can erase.

He wanted to let wizards all over England know the equation "Let Lockhart manage the Second Prosperity". In this way, when the Voldemort Rebellion is over and the entire wizarding world is in ruins, wizards will naturally think of him when they want to elect a new minister.

He called Hui Hui over and hung the terrifyingly heavy report on its lap.

"You're getting fat again... You must have gone to the villager's house to eat it again." He stared at it dissatisfiedly and said, "The one I made for you last time, "Don't feed, lose weight" sign on the where? "

Ash raised his head smugly - that kind of shit, of course it was secretly long ago

pulled down.

Heart-to-heart, although not everything Lockhart does is satisfactory, after two projects and a "conflict" with the Dementor, the villagers know that this official sent by the Ministry of Magic is indeed for everyone. It comes from doing real things, so although I don’t say it in my mouth, I remember it in my heart.

Although Lockhart has not yet enjoyed the benefits of this gratitude, his owls have enjoyed it first: wherever Gray flies to, he is greeted with hospitality, sometimes some owl nuts, sometimes It's a few pieces of meat, and it has been unable to lose weight. So the distance other owls can fly in two days: it takes three and a half days.

There's an upside to it though - Lockhart can justifiably delay some "less important" documents for two days before sending them to the Ministry of Magic.

Just as he was sending the big fat man away, Hermione's letter was also delivered from the castle.

Since it was already evening, Lockhart simply did not read the letter, but had Dobby read it.

The first thing she said in the letter was that after Black entered the castle, martial law was tightened at the school, and Gryffindor changed its passwords, but she didn't know if that worked for Black.

The second thing is Harry's business. In addition to practicing Quidditch, Harry now goes to the dueling club to practice magic every day. It seems that he can't wait for Black's attack. She wants to ask how to solve this problem.

Last but not least, a little private life—the house elf rights promotion association she ran was in trouble not long after it was founded.

In Hermione's words, although many people finally joined the association under her soft and hard bubble, it seems that no one is really interested in this topic, and even these people include Harry and Ron.

The wizards seem to have become accustomed to house-elves' slave service, and they all agree that house-elves don't want freedom and that it's their nature to serve humans.

If only the wizard thought so, but after she asked Fred and George about the way to the kitchen, she found that the house-elves themselves didn't seem to be very interested in her proposal. Confusing.

Because she can't believe that everyone is unsympathetic, and she can't believe that there are creatures who don't want freedom, so she is very confused now, and she doesn't know if there is a problem with her working methods, or if this is simply impossible .

Poor little girl, didn't even learn the methodology of work, Lockhart said.

Chapter 191 The Intern at the Ministry of Magic (long story, optional)

After seeing Hermione's letter at this time, Lockhart didn't know whether to feel relieved or amused.

The funny thing is that Lockhart can see from Hermione's letter that even she doesn't know her own motives for doing this, and it is naturally even more difficult to convince others.

But at the same time Lockhart was also very relieved, because it was precisely because he knew that Hermione did this without any personal purpose, so the motive was very pure and simply wanted to save the house-elves.

Although Hermione herself didn't know why she was doing it, Lockhart could see it from a bystander's point of view.

Empathy is not unreasonable - just as people empathize with cats and dogs, but few people have empathy for chickens in the farm, because this thing is not born in human aesthetics superior.

In the same way, don't look at Hermione as if she doesn't care about her "mudblood" status, but in fact she cares a lot about it, and. Therefore, as one of the discriminated groups, it is understandable that she has empathy for house elves.

In a sense, when Malfoy called her a "mudblood", Ron, who pulled out his wand without a word, was a big plus for her, even if he ate the slug himself in the end.

And when she sees a group of people who are more vulnerable than herself, out of some kind of psychology, Hermione will often show compassion without hesitation, such as Crookshanks, who were not wanted in the pet store, and the A house-elf treated like a slave.

So in society you often see this kind of picture - good-hearted people tend to

People who have a good life may have pity on the bottom, but they will never have empathy. Because he has never experienced those things at all, how can he develop empathy?

From this point of view, it is a ridiculous mentality to expect that "the emperor/king is good, but the corrupt officials in the middle are blinding the upper class".

As for a person like Hermione who wants to engage in social activities, if he is not a conservative when he is old, it can only mean that he has no brains or lack of strength; but if he is not a radical when he is young, it can only mean that he is not a human being .

Regardless of Hermione's motives, Lockhart felt obligated to do a favor" even for his own role as the spokesperson for the Lions faction.

"I'm glad you finally thought about this, Hermione." He first expressed his attitude in his reply.

"You know from what you've learned in Muggle kindergartens and primary schools, and from observations in society over the years, that the enslavement of house-elves is an 'unreasonable' phenomenon, an 'inhuman', deformed the 'social system.

But the problem now is that people around you don't think so, including your close friends, people you partially respect, and even the person you want to change - the house-elves.