Hogwarts: From Squibs to Greatness

Chapter 99 A ticket to St. Mungo's, Lockhart please keep it
Since the last time John warned Ernie in the library and said those words, Harry found that everyone no longer looked at him as before.

Although some young wizards from Muggle families were still afraid of him, it was much better than before, and some even approached him to learn Parseltongue.

This is thanks to Dumbledore's statement at the auditorium dinner one day, and summoned a snake in front of everyone, speaking the snake language to drive the snake to make various actions.

Of course, some people are happy and some are sad. The smile will not disappear, but will be transferred to others.

Lockhart felt that he was about to be unable to maintain his smile every day. Although he had a fixed magic generator that allowed him to cast spells smoothly, it was not a long-term solution to always use an anti-you weapon in a duel.

He knew very well that the rumors that he was an idiot in the little wizard were getting stronger and stronger, and many little wizards who were his fans wrote letters asking him to prove himself.

Of course Lockhart wants to prove himself, but the more he wants to prove himself, the more he will expose the fact that he is an idiot.

If this continues, the reputation he has maintained for so many years will be ruined. He can't imagine what such a day will be like.

He thought about his mistakes during this period of time, and for no reason, he thought of John who had left a huge psychological shadow on himself in the duel that day.

If I let John be his assistant and help him with the course, will all this be resolved, and will my lost reputation be restored?

At that time, will everyone think from, will Lockhart really leave like he wrote in the book?Are you sure he's not an idiot?
John, who has become so powerful, is willing to be his assistant. It must be Professor Lockhart who convinced him to do this!
The more he thought about it, the more feasible Lockhart felt. His desire for fame and fortune made him forget how scary John was, and he began to plan excitedly.

So when John finished the day's course and went back to prepare the alchemy equipment that could defend against the magic effect of the basilisk's eyes.

Lockhart jumped out from nowhere, with a signature smile on his face, and put his arm around John's shoulder affectionately.

John could feel the strength coming from the opponent's arm, and it seemed that he was afraid of breaking free.

Although John can easily get rid of Lockhart's shackles with John's strength, John is curious about what the liar teacher wants to do.

"Mr. Williams, I solemnly invite you to my office!"

John nodded, agreeing to his invitation.

John followed Lockhart to the Defense Against the Dark Arts office on the second floor.

Push the door open and enter, and the room is filled with large-scale photos of Lockhart from various angles. The faces in the photos are all blinking, showing dazzlingly white teeth.

It can be seen how narcissistic and vain Lockhart is.

He is like a painted skin demon in Liao Zhai, putting on a beautiful skin that does not belong to him, and hiding the ugly and empty inside.

After sitting down, Lockhart asked, "I've heard other professors tell you about you, Mr. Williams, not only did you join every professor's club, you got an O in the year-end assessment, and you even passed the exam in the first year. Kill the troll."

"What a talented wizard. Of course, this is nothing compared to the five consecutive "Wizard Weekly" awards for the most charming smile..."

Originally, he was praising John in order to get close, but Lockhart still couldn't help boasting.

John looked at Lockhart expressionlessly. It seemed that John's eyes were too sharp. Lockhart coughed in embarrassment and interrupted his bragging.

"Ahem, Mr. Williams, you also know that as a celebrity, I have too many things to do in a day. In fact, I don't have much time to teach, so I want to hire an assistant to help me with Defense Against the Dark Arts class and The dueling club thing."

"After all, I! Gilderoy Lockhart, the holder of the Order of Merlin Third Class, has continuously...cough, I mean it is too easy for my level to deal with these, so I want to ask you, would you like to Serve as my teaching assistant for Defense Against the Dark Arts?"

Although the plan in mind is for John to admit his level, let him regain his fame, and eliminate those doubts.

But when he opened his mouth to say these words, he still felt a little uncomfortable.

The purpose of agreeing to Dumbledore to be the professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts was to add to his resume, for the sake of fame and fortune.

Of course, this is also to dispel doubts about his strength from the outside world. Even though he has become a best-selling author, many people still have doubts about his strength and stories because of the boast in his articles.

It's a pity that Lockhart's plan to restore his reputation was impossible to succeed.
First of all, senior Tom cast a curse on this position. Not to mention that wizards with real materials are all dead or wounded, how can he escape as an idiot?

The fake skin on his body is now cracked, not only because of his own stupid behavior, but also because of the curse that fueled it.

No matter what method he tried to remedy, there was no way to stop it.

But what Lockhart didn't know was that John, who was extremely proficient in Legilimency, had already seen his thoughts.

So in Lockhart's expectant eyes, John glanced at Lockhart, and said directly and indifferently: "Forget it, Mr. Lockhart, false things are always false, you can't lie forever!"

"What are you lying to? Don't talk nonsense!" Lockhart said angrily, "If you don't want to take up this position, just say so, there is no need to say such strange things!"

But John just looked at Lockhart so quietly, Legilimency made John see through his thoughts clearly.

At this moment, Lockhart's heart was full of turmoil, and his mind was full of "He knows! He knows my secret!"

Faced with the possibility of the secret being exposed, Lockhart knew that what was important now was not the plan to restore his reputation, but to get rid of John, the insider!

That being the case, don't blame him for doing it!
"Go back! Let's pretend that this conversation didn't happen today. It's obviously a chance for you to practice. I didn't expect you to be so ungrateful!" Lockhart pretended to be angry and shook his robe to let John leave.

John, who had already seen through Lockhart's mind, stood up silently, turned around and walked towards the door.

The moment John stretched out his hand to hold the doorknob, Lockhart, who had already drawn out his wand, recited the spell with his utmost malice.

"Forget everything!!"

Lockhart had a confident smile on his face. This was his best spell. With this extraordinary forgetting spell, he could successfully take those experiences from those powerful wizards as his own.

Now as long as the magic hits John, the person talking to him today will forget everything, maybe he will forget some more things, but so what!
Solve the trouble, then he will no longer have to worry about things being exposed, and he can continue to be the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor even if the class is poor.

But what Lockhart didn't expect was that in the next second, John seemed to speed up.

He turned around quickly, with a faint red light shining on his left hand, and then raised his hand to block the magic he released under Lockhart's horrified gaze.

"It's a good Oblivion Charm, but it's a pity it doesn't work." John sneered and looked at the pale Lockhart.

At this moment, Lockhart's heart was filled with fear. The Forgetting Curse, which was invincible in the past, ushered in the first Waterloo today.

In an instant, what happened in the Dueling Club that day appeared in his mind, and he thought of the wound on his abdomen.

"Wait, John, this is a misunderstanding. I just tested your reflexes. Yes, I just tested your reflexes. Sure enough, you are the best wizard. You are simply too powerful. I..."

It's a pity that John didn't care what the idiot Lockhart was talking about, and the red dragon wand fell into the palm of his hand from the space.

In the next second, the tip of the staff lit up with white light, and a powerful shock wave was released outward.

As if hit by a speeding car, Lockhart flew upside down and slammed into the wall.

At the same time, everything in the room, whether it's the sofa, the wardrobe or those narcissistic photos, all fell into pieces under the shock wave.

Lockhart spit out a mouthful of blood lying on the ground, every part of his body was beeping.

The sudden burst of severe pain made Lockhart look hideous, and wanted to scream in pain, but was blocked by the tongue released by John one step ahead, and Lockhart's tongue was glued to the roof of his mouth so that he could not make any sound.

John walked slowly in front of Lockhart, looking at Lockhart writhing on the ground like a maggot.

John stomped on his back with a deadpan expression, pinning it to the ground.

Taking out a glass bottle containing some kind of liquid from the space, John bent down and pressed his wand against Lockhart's temple.

As the magic light came on, and as the wand was slowly pulled outward, the silvery white shimmering filaments were pulled out from Lockhart's temples, and John carefully put them into the glass bottle.

When the silvery white filaments touched the liquid in the bottle, they instantly dissolved, giving the liquid a shimmer.

If Dumbledore was present, he would definitely be able to see that the silvery white filaments were memories, and the glass bottle was the potion used to preserve memories.

Perhaps it was because the forced withdrawal of memories was too painful, and Lockhart's original ferocious face was further distorted. The severe pain made him struggle continuously, but John's strength was like a mountain, and he couldn't move at all.

Like a cannon, John took out a lot of memories and put them in the bottle again.

John collected these, of course, because of Lockhart's Forgetting Curse. At this moment, the bottle is full of memories of Lockhart learning and releasing the Forgetting Curse.

Get up and retract your feet, release Lockhart's control,
Forcibly withdrawing memory will not make Lockhart lose his memory, it will only make him suffer from unbearable headaches during this period.

Just like at this moment, Lockhart was holding his head and writhing on the ground in pain.

Picking up the wand that Lockhart had dropped on the ground, John slowly injected magic power into it.

In the next second, I saw this nine-inch long wand core made of dragon heartstrings, a very well-maintained cherry wood wand, which was ignited by John's magic from the inside out.

In the sympathetic vision, a huge cherry tree with a fire dragon entrenched above it was reduced to ashes by the raging dragon flames.

Throwing away the scorched "twig" casually, John stepped on the mess under his feet and left Lockhart's office.

That night, under John's kind and anonymous notice, Lockhart was sent to St. Mungo's Hospital by Mrs. Pomfrey and Professor McGonagall who rushed over overnight.

The next day, when it was notified that Lockhart was hospitalized, many fans of Lockhart began to ask about Lockhart's situation anxiously.

And like Harry and the professor, they became very happy, everyone had a happy smile on their faces, even Professor Snape reduced the frequency and force of spitting venom during class because of this incident .

And John, who has deep merit and fame, put away Lockhart's memory of the Forgetting Curse and continued to concentrate on school.

He was not at all worried that Lockhart would tell him that he did it when he woke up. According to the other party's pursuit of fame and fortune, he would definitely shape the matter after waking up as he tried his best to defeat the dark wizard who invaded Hogwarts.

It's not about foolishly saying that John did it, after all, John is the guy who knows his secret.

At that time, maybe John will be fine, and he will be tried by the Ministry of Magic. Lockhart can still understand how it is beneficial to him.

(End of this chapter)