Daily Life at Hogwarts Chapter 589: The Principal’s Wisdom

In the middle of the night, just after the castle was under curfew, Lockhart, wearing a cloak and carrying an oil lamp, began to patrol the corridors.

Since the hapless Colin Creevey was attacked in the middle of the night by the heir to Slytherin, Dumbledore had his professors up and patrolled in the middle of the night to prevent something like this from happening again.

It is said that the targets of the Slytherin heirs are all Muggle-born wizards, so Lockhart is not at all worried that he will be attacked. He is a half-blood wizard, and he is also a professor at the school.

Actually, it wasn't that Lockhart got up to patrol in the middle of the night, but that the first half of the semester was almost over, and he himself had never achieved the purpose of coming to Hogwarts College.

Going to Hogwarts as a Defence Against the Dark Arts professor would take a lot of risk. Lockhart had hoped that he could gain more popularity by becoming a teacher of the "famous Harry Potter", but This desire has never been able to go further.

Lockhart knew he had to do something or the first half would really be over.

Today, Lockhart did not follow the usual route to patrol, but stopped in front of the stone monster on the third floor, read the correct password, and took the stone ladder to the top floor.

It's just after eleven o'clock, and Professor Dumbledore must have not rested. Maybe he can...

Lockhart raised his hand and knocked on the door of the principal's office. It took a moment for the door to open from the inside.

Lockhart was a little surprised to see some unexpected guy here, he recognized Snape at a glance, this guy is the least popular professor at Hogwarts, it is said that Harry Potter Also hate Snape.

After sensing Lockhart's gaze, Snape raised his head to meet Lockhart's gaze, frowning slightly.

"Good evening Gilderoy, did you find something?" Dumbledore cast a suspicious look at Lockhart.

"No, no." Lockhart gave the two of them his signature smile and said his intentions, "It's like this, I noticed that the last attack made the students emotionally sour. It's tight, maybe we should try to ease the situation."

Snape frowned when he heard this, obviously not complimenting Lockhart's high opinion, and he felt that it was not a good thing for the other party to bring it up at this time.

"We can give the students some confidence." Lockhart immediately stated his plan: "I hope Professor Dumbledore will allow me to start a dueling club in the castle, so that the students can have the opportunity to train their self-defense ability.”

"You mean to duel that so-called monster?" Snape said softly, and he seemed to hold back from laughing.

"Of course not, it's very unrealistic, but I think it's quite necessary for students to have some self-defense ability." Lockhart turned to Snape and said, "I have used magic countless times to protect myself from It hurts, and I can try to reverse the depressing and tense atmosphere in the school with a small activity, I think it is necessary to try it.”

"That's a good idea, tell me about your plan, Gilderoy." Dumbledore, noting Snape's confused look, explained with a smile, "The atmosphere in the school is indeed a bit different. There's no harm in being depressing, and enabling students to learn something useful."

"This is just an idea, please give me a few days, I will definitely be able to come up with a concrete plan." Lockhart was very excited, but he did not expect that Professor Dumbledore would agree to let him hold a duel in the school club.

"When you have a specific plan ready, come and talk to me about this."

"Severus." Lockhart turned his head to look at Snape and invited, "I hope you can serve as my temporary assistant."

At this moment, Snape's expression was gloomy and terrifying, as if he would pull out his wand at any moment and give Lockhart a stroke of Avada.

"I'll trouble you then." Dumbledore looked at the two of them and said with a smile, giving Snape no chance to refuse at all.

"You shouldn't agree to his stupid decision."

As soon as Lockhart left, Snape complained to Dumbledore that he didn't want to be Lockhart's assistant at all.

"Stupid, no no, this is a good opportunity," Dumbledore said meaningfully, "and, I think Gilderoy's words make a lot of sense, the atmosphere in the school is a bit bad, maybe he can help Let's liven up the atmosphere."

For some reason, Snape heard something else from Dumbledore's mouth.

"With all due respect, stuff like Lockhart will only make a mess." Snape made no secret of his disgust and contempt for the new Defence Against the Dark Arts professor, "If you really want to hold a dueling club If so, you can leave it to me to host it.”

Based on what Snape knew about Lockhart, the guy started the dueling club ~IndoMTL.com~ definitely not to teach students dueling skills, but to attract attention.

Lockhart has been doing this all semester, much to Snape's disgust.

"No, Severus, Gilderoy is more suitable than you." Professor Dumbledore looked at Snape deeply and said softly, "However, with your help, I believe that the students will be able to some extent. A bit of a gain."

There is no doubt that Professor Dumbledore knew what Lockhart was, and that's why he asked Snape to help.

Dumbledore couldn't find any reason to reject Lockhart's proposal.

Since the last attack, the atmosphere in the school has indeed become very depressing, and everyone is worried that they will be the next unlucky person to be attacked.

Dumbledore also believed in Lockhart's ability, and there must be a way to liven up the depressing atmosphere in the school.

And, most importantly, Dumbledore saw it as a good opportunity to show other students what Lockhart really was.

The more Lockhart showed, the easier it was to reveal his flaws.

He believes that after the first half of the term, there are already many students in the school who have doubts about Lockhart's ability, but it is not enough. After everyone sees Lockhart's poor performance in the dueling club, I believe the students will really realize that Lockhart is not as brave as his books.

This is one of the reasons why Lockhart was invited to Hogwarts as a professor of Defence Against the Dark Arts.

Ordinary school life allowed Lockhart to gradually reveal his true self, with ego and a thirst for fame overpowering his cautiousness, and Dumbledore believed that Lockhart's deception would soon be unraveled.