Mysterious Journey

Chapter 835 Lockhart's Realization

"Alright, everyone, let's open our textbooks and continue from where we left off last time—"

It had been a week since returning to Hogwarts, and Gilderoy Lockhart was gradually getting used to his new identity as a professor.

Of course, within the school, this young wizard remained the most special one—whether it was his image, the courses he taught, or the textbooks he used in his teaching, he seemed like a colored figure suddenly appearing in a gray and white silent film, attracting the attention of young wizards, especially those naive, adolescent witches, at all times.

It was said that yesterday after class, four or five girls almost dueled to be the first to send him a love letter.

However, before the students could draw their wands, Professor Lockhart quelled the dispute silently with his radiant smile and gentle, steady voice—he left a message on each girl's textbook.

The professor didn't like children who were too young, the professor didn't like rude girls, the professor didn't like noisy students…

As time went on, under the leadership of several Ravenclaw upperclassmen, many young girls at Hogwarts spontaneously organized a "Gilderoy Lockhart Fan Club" that resembled a celebrity fan group, and based on Professor Lockhart's answers and clarifications in books and on campus, they sorted out and summarized a large number of Professor Lockhart's likes, dislikes, and preferences.

This handsome Charms professor had almost become Hogwarts' first campus idol.

"Ahem, while I don't object to everyone focusing their attention on me, I hope you all focus not just on superficial appearances, but more importantly on the course content—I've specially prepared a handout for everyone. If the homework submitted this time is still similar to love letters, you might be penalized with copying the textbook—"

"Professor, are you talking about the short essay after the last class? Maybe it's a problem with the references you provided! Compared to normal literary reference books, isn't the proportion of your personal preferences and information in the textbook a bit too high?"

Elena raised her hand, looked at the handsome young professor, and said sweetly in a soft voice.

"I think, perhaps you should clarify the essay topic and the content covered by the references next time!"

Due to the in-depth transformation and education of Gilderoy Lockhart during this period, this former con artist had unknowingly become a seasoned "Dark Wizard," which meant that his biggest weakness had disappeared.

Most importantly, to ensure the safety of the 'o5' council members, Elena had formulated a series of security measures.

Anyone who attempted to attack or coerce Gilderoy Lockhart by exploiting his past disgraceful experiences would trigger alarms from Destiny and Gringotts, and would be targeted before they could act.

In other words, Elena couldn't rely on existing public information to refute Miss Granger's misconception.

Since there was no way to directly solve the problem, then…

Wouldn't it be possible to solve the person who created the problem by directly triggering from the source?

Amidst the surprised gazes of a group of young wizards, Elena stood up and said somewhat presumptuously.

"Professor Lockhart, your works are mainly in the form of narrative novels. As teaching material for Charms class, isn't it a bit too thin? I suggest you select more works by others, rather than focusing on yourself…"

"Oh, yes! Miss Kaslana, your suggestion is very valuable. I'll adjust the lesson plan right away."

Gilderoy Lockhart paused for half a second, nodded with utmost sincerity, and answered quickly.

"So, students, I'm very sorry… Please study on your own for ten minutes. The teaching plan may need some minor adjustments."

Then, this young professor closed the book he had just opened, *Voyages with Vampires*, bent down, and pulled out a stack of books with unreadable titles from the desk, frowning as he seriously and quickly browsed through them.

"…"

It had to be admitted that Gilderoy Lockhart's excellence in reading people's expressions and his desire to survive was no less than his mastery of the Obliviate Charm, especially after being trained by the Dark Lord's army for more than half a year, it had risen to another level.

Faced with such a "fully proficient" professional Dark Lord minion, Elena really didn't have any temper left.

"...Well, it seems that Professor Lockhart values the Empress's opinion very much!"

Sitting next to Elena, the "Miss Know-It-All" raised her eyebrows and哼哼ed a little dissatisfiedly.

"...Didn't you notice that the professor who is flipping through books and writing lesson plans on the spot isn't as reliable as you think?"

"...Is that so? What's the difference between Professor Lockhart, such an excellent wizard, using his own books or not? On the contrary, some petty white-haired dumplings, your pressure just now was a bit stingy!"

"...You visual-oriented, clueless adolescent girl! You're hopeless!"

"Sorry—! There's nothing wrong with liking good-looking boys. Besides, I'm not the kind of superficial girl who only looks at appearances. If you've carefully understood Professor Lockhart's experiences, you'll understand how admirable he is."

Just as Elena was about to respond to her that "these characters were all created with her help"—

"Ahem, ahem! Students, now, let's start class again!"

In any school, Charms class is originally the most free and flexible course.

Ultimately, the ultimate goal of learning Charms knowledge is nothing more than the practical application of reading, writing, and speaking. The choice of teaching materials and explanations in such a course actually depends more on the teacher's own literacy and Charms logic.

As a bestselling author in the magical world today, Gilderoy Lockhart is naturally one of the best.

However, those books are mostly stories based on other people's experiences. Rather than autobiographies, they are more like novel adaptations after Lockhart's整理—after graduation, the most things Lockhart did was travel around the world, tricking successful wizards and witches into revealing their greatest deeds, and then erasing their memories.

Then, Lockhart would write a book every time he returned to England, telling the heroic deeds that originally belonged to others—he was like walking on the edge of a cliff, seemingly glamorous, but also likely to fall into a bottomless abyss at any time.

However, this life trajectory came to an abrupt end in the autumn of last year.

Undoubtedly, as the eldest lady of the Destiny Group, the Goblin Empress of Gringotts Wizarding Bank, the Third Dark Lord… Her Highness Elena Kaslana quite hated his past disgraceful experiences. If it weren't for the fact that he had a bit of hard work and a good attitude of 'repentance', he might have been thrown into Azkaban long ago and become Peter Pettigrew's cellmate.

And judging from Miss Kaslana's subtle attitude during this period, the long probationary period hasn't completely passed.

If he couldn't prove that he had completely broken with the past, losing his memory and becoming an idiot might be the most merciful treatment—Gilderoy Lockhart knew very well that he had no chance to get off the boat now.

So, there was only one road left, to completely break with the cowardice and vanity of the past!

"Now, please turn to the book *Gadding with Ghouls*. The stories in this book are almost all fabricated by me out of thin air. If you have carefully read Mr. Newt Scamander's *Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them*, you will find that as a magical creature classified as xx, the danger and aggressiveness of ghouls are not that high."

Gilderoy Lockhart took a deep breath, his eyes swept over Elena and Hermione, and said in a deep voice.

"Next, I will take you to review how I created this novel, using writing techniques to make it present a certain logical rationality and deceptiveness—I'm very sorry, for the sake of sales, I lied at the time that this was my true experience."

A chaotic murmur instantly sounded in the classroom, so that Lockhart had to raise his voice to barely suppress the students' increasingly unsettling discussion. The wizard raised his head, looked at the wall at the back of the classroom, and continued.

"I hope that after this lesson, when you encounter similar fictional and exaggerated stories, you will not confuse your knowledge, and at the same time know how to identify and expose the true faces of those boastful wizards…"

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