A Professor of Magic at Hogwarts Chapter 98: Processing

Felix got serious: "What happened?"

He even wondered if Ron was discovered by Lockhart and took him away directly.

After all, Lockhart is an adult wizard, and an adult wizard means that he has received seven years of complete magical education—even if his performance is ridiculously weak.

But it does not rule out the possibility that he has delved into a certain branch of magic.

Hermione's words reassured him: "Ron is fine now, and he hasn't been found. But Lockhart was acting weird during the confinement on Friday night."

"Weird?"

"Yes, Lockhart suddenly jumped up at night and scolded Rita Skeeter. Ron said that he had never seen that kind of appearance before, and his expression was very terrifying." Hermione said cautiously Ron's description.

In fact, Ron was on the verge of hysteria.

Lockhart vented for more than ten minutes, warned Ron not to tell what happened today, and drove him away.

"Hmm..." Felix was thinking, from Lockhart's recent weirdness, to the flustered Rita Skeeter he ran into, and the love for Skeeter that Lockhart showed last night. Hate...

On the second day after the Christmas holiday, Minister Fudge was visiting the Basilisk, and he happened to bump into a flustered Rita Skeeter, who happened to be walking up from the basement of the castle, and that direction happened to be Lohar specific office location.

He seemed to draw a line.

And obviously, what she'd done to Lockhart.

It is possible that the two of them fell apart after talking, and then they started fighting.

Lockhart has poor memory recently, has an irritable personality, and speaks in a confusing manner...

So, is it the aftereffect of the Forgetting Curse?

Lockhart under the Oblivion Curse?

This explains why almost a week later, Rita Skeeter didn't mention anything about that day in the newspapers, even Lockhart, her sworn enemy, was easily let go.

I just hinted that she should not take the rhythm and distort the facts, but this did not affect her trouble with Lockhart.

It's not that woman's style.

"Then Weasley went to confinement tonight?" Felix grasped the point.

Judging from Lockhart's performance, he has obviously recovered his memory. It's hard to guarantee that nothing will happen if Ron rushes to deliver.

"No, he said he had a stomachache and asked for leave with Professor McGonagall," said Hermione.

Felix nodded, this approach is still very smart.

Whether Lockhart found out that Ron had stolen the information, or he thought that Ron had seen too many secrets, he might have acted radically.

"I understand what you mean, I will communicate with Professor McGonagall and let me be responsible for Weasley's next confinement."

"Professor, is this okay?" Hermione asked.

"Of course, the confinement doesn't have mandatory regulations on how to implement it, as long as I put forward an appropriate reason, for example, I urgently need some little wizards to test my new teaching aids." Felix blinked.

"Some little wizards?" Hermione had a problem with the word 'some'.

"Yeah, I can't make it too obvious. After all, the investigation will take time. I plan to bring all the young wizards who have been fined and confinement in the near future."

Felix showed a helpless expression.

"Professor, wouldn't the teaching aids you mentioned be?" The little witch stared at him.

"Oh, that's what you saw during the Christmas holidays. But if you don't tell me, I won't tell you, who knows it's already done?" Felix smiled gently.

Hermione suddenly felt that Professor Haipu was smiling treacherously.

When she left, Felix fell into deep thought.

A moment later, he wrote his conjecture on a piece of parchment, then waved his wand to summon his patron saint—a swift.

"Dumbledore, I think you need to read this."

Small silver swifts flapped their wings and flew out of the window with the rolled parchment in their mouths.

Felix leisurely tapped his fingers on the table, "Da da, da da." Only a few minutes later, a phoenix covered in golden and red feathers suddenly appeared in his room.

It holds a small note in its paw, which reads——

"Please give the information to Fox, and leave the rest to me."

Sending Fox away, Felix looked curiously at the place where it disappeared.

Phoenix really deserves to be evaluated as a 5A-level magical creature. All kinds of magical talents make him want to study it very much.

Early the next morning, Felix found Professor McGonagall.

Professor McGonagall was very supportive when he mentioned that his research on new teaching aids was at a critical juncture and he needed the help of some students.

"Do you need me to arrange for Gryffindor students to help?"

"No, give me all the young wizards who are currently in confinement, just let them participate in this process and learn something." Felix put forward his own idea.

With almost no effort, Professor McGonagall agreed.

She handed Felix a list, "This is the latest list of students in confinement, all of them are on it."

Halfway in a flower bush, Felix ran into Percy Weasley, who happened to have some impression of Percy.

"Professor Haip?" Percy looked at Felix with some guilt, and there was a girl next to him.

"Mr. Weasley, Miss Clearwater. What are you doing?"

This place is really remote, and few people usually come here.

"Um, Professor, Penello and I... Clearwater and I are patrolling ~IndoMTL.com~ to exercise the authority of the prefect." Percy faltered.

"Can you do me a favor?" Felix looked at the young couple calmly, without poking at them.

"Of course!" Percy replied.

Felix took out the student list, "Help me notify the corresponding prefects of the names on this piece of paper, so that their confinement tonight and later will be changed to my office."

Percy nodded, and the two quickly left like thieves.

The Gryffindor lounge.

Yesterday Ron had been hiding in the dormitory and pretending to be sick. In order to make the effect more realistic, he resolutely acted as a test subject for the twins and ate the enhanced version of the 'Ice Mouse', his face turned livid.

The whole person seemed to be buried in the ice and snow for several hours.

It turned out that he was really sick and stayed in the hospital for one night, just coming back from the school hospital.

Ron, fully wrapped up, sat at a table with Harry and Hermione.

Ron asked in a low voice, "Hermione, did Professor Haipu really agree?"

Hermione said helplessly: "You have asked this question seven times, answer it one last time, yes!"

Ron said: "I really don't understand, what happened to Lockhart that night?"

While several people were discussing, Percy walked in.

He came to the trio and delivered Professor Haipu's message to Ron.

"Great!"

Ron jumped up excitedly, his troubles were gone.

Whether it was Lockhart himself or Lockhart's fans, he finally got rid of them all!

Percy looked at his youngest brother in puzzlement, wondering if he was frozen stupid by the twins, wouldn't he be locked up wherever he went?

There will be no less day!