Chapter 555 The Story of Gilderoy Lockhart (2)
“Finally gone.”
Lockhart looked at Albert's leaving back and couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief.
This genius wizard who is said to be one who may surpass Dumbledore in the future is truly worthy of his reputation.
Since Lockhart came to work at Hogwarts, he has instinctively wanted to stay away from this talented wizard, but unfortunately he has never been able to do so.
The other party will always ask him very appropriate questions. If Lockhart hadn't been well prepared when he wrote the book, the flaws might have been exposed.
If you can’t explain clearly the things you have done, the adventures you have experienced, and the spells you have used, who would believe you?
Unfortunately, Lockhart knew very well that he was a liar, which is why he hated dealing with geniuses like Albert Anderson.
Who knows what kind of problems the other party will find to embarrass Lockhart one day.
Moreover, it is very possible that he...not very likely, but Albert is definitely doubting himself.
Even though Lockhart didn't have any evidence, he had an intuition that Mr. Anderson probably knew something and had begun to doubt himself.
Lockhart couldn't help but wonder if accepting Dumbledore's invitation to serve at Hogwarts was the right choice.
Although his book was sold in large quantities and gained a wave of attention and fame, Lockhart always felt that his approach was a bit inappropriate, or...well, it should be said that Lockhart began to regret it.
He wants to resign now!
Lockhart was already aware of the poor reputation of the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor from the beginning. After all, after spending seven years at Hogwarts, anyone who was not an idiot would know this.
Although Dumbledore assured him that he could avoid the harm caused by the curse as long as he resigned early, Lockhart encountered some worse things when he first came to school.
At first, the purpose of coming to Hogwarts was to use Harry Potter's reputation for defeating Voldemort to improve his own reputation.
Lockhart wanted Harry Potter to be his favorite pupil, which was the main purpose of his coming to Hogwarts.
When he met Harry at Flourish and Blotts Bookstore, Lockhart even gave him a complete set of his books, hoping to gain some favor from Harry.
You must know that the complete set of books will cost a large sum of galleons. However, the savior still does not have much favorable impression of him.
Later, Potter and his friends drove a flying Ford to school. In his opinion, it was just for show, so Lockhart exempted Harry from confinement and asked him to help him answer letters from admirers and borrow money from Harry. The machine teaches Harry some things about fame and fortune.
However, the plan did not go smoothly. Even Lockhart could feel that Harry Potter was trying to avoid him, which was not in line with his original plan.
Sadly, Harry Potter refused again.
However, contrary to Harry Potter, another genius at Hogwarts had a good relationship with him, or he took the initiative to approach him, but Lockhart had no intention of using Albert to improve his reputation. .
He felt that if he got too close to Albert, the other person would probably discover his secret.
Albert gave Lockhart a very bad feeling, especially his eyes, which sometimes gave him the illusion of being seen through, just like when Albert was chatting with him about "Wandering with Werewolves" using When he cast the humanoid restoration spell, he could feel that there was no admiration in Albert's eyes, but more curiosity and expectation for this spell.
That genius is very interested in the humanoid restoration spell!
In the past, teaching the other party the spell to restore human form would undoubtedly be an opportunity to build a closer relationship between the two parties. Unfortunately, Lockhart would never use this spell at all.
When he heard Albert asking him, he almost couldn't answer. In the end, he could only send Albert away because he needed to take some time to sort out the professor's ideas, but the genius seemed to have been there for a long time. He saw through his thoughts and said that he would come to visit another day.
Compared to silly boys like Harry Potter, people like Albert Anderson are so terrifying that even Lockhart wants to know why he is making things so difficult for him.
Sure enough, Harry Potter is easier to get along with!
Although he didn't want to pay attention to Albert, Lockhart's meaningful smile when he left made Lockhart feel very bad. He had to go back to his previous residence to find some useful things.
"Wandering with the Werewolf" still left a deep memory in Lockhart.
There is no other way. The old Armenian wizard is old and ugly, and the clothes he wears are tasteless. He also likes to put photos on the cover, which makes him complain a lot.
At the beginning, Lockhart spent a lot of time investigating this matter, and also visited the village that suffered from werewolves, and cast a forgetting spell on the villagers living there, so that the villagers and the old Armenian wizard could completely forget it. I forgot all about it.
Lockhart naturally knows something about the Restoration Spell. After all, it is the core spell in "Wandering with Werewolves". He had spent a lot of time to learn the humanoid restoration spell from the old wizard.
The humanoid restoration spell is a spell invented by the other party, but the other party does not seem to realize the meaning of this spell. Lockhart had thought about relying on this spell to become famous. After all, the spell that could temporarily transform a werewolf back into human form was of great significance.
So when Lockhart left, he not only erased the other party's memory, but also stole the records and research on the humanoid restoration spell.
If he could learn and publicize this spell, Lockhart knew exactly what kind of reputation he could gain. Unfortunately, the Restoration Charm was an extremely complex and difficult spell to cast, and he ultimately failed to learn it as he wished. .
Lockhart was actually very hesitant about whether to hand over the notebook to Albert, or whether they could cooperate and use Albert to improve his reputation.
What if Albert becomes his favorite disciple?
Lockhart quickly suppressed the idea. It was not a wise choice.
"Forget it, it's better for me to stay away from him." Lockhart opened his cabinet and began to rummage through the cabinets to find the notes he had hidden.
Half an hour later, Lockhart finally found the leather notebook in a box. There were some parchments scattered in it. Lockhart looked through it carefully and found that there was nothing else he could not give to Albert. After seeing something, he took the book back to Hogwarts Castle.
(End of this chapter)