Batman's Owl Godfather

"Sorry, give way!"

Bruce struggled to squeeze into the crowd, and then saw the scene of being surrounded.

His heart suddenly sank.

A female student had her eyes closed and her life or death was uncertain. Professor McGonagall had arrived and held her in her arms.

Bruce knew this girl, who was in the same grade as him, from Gryffindor House, and she seemed to be named——

"Lavender Brown." Katum said softly.

A very cheerful little girl who likes to express her mood with body language and has the innocence and romance that belongs to her age.

Someone was crying next to her, it was Lavender's friend Parvati Patil.

"We just separated for a while!" Parvati sobbed. "We were chatting just now, and she said she had someone she liked."

Bruce looked silently at Lavender on the ground.

She closed her eyes, breathed evenly, and had a smile on her lips, quiet and strange.

It doesn't look like he was attacked at all, just like he fell asleep.

But Professor McGonagall had used various methods, but could not wake her up from her dream.

At this time, Dumbledore came, followed by several teachers, Snape, Flitwick, Sprout and other professors, but Lockhart, who loved to join in the fun, was not there.

The crowd naturally parted a lane to let the teachers pass.

"Minerva, let me see."

Dumbledore bent down, murmured something strange, and tapped Lavender with his wand, but there was no response.

Lavender's eyes were still closed, showing no sign of waking up.

"It's a very powerful sleeping spell."

Dumbledore's eyes flickered, and he stood up, "But it doesn't matter, I have a solution, it just takes a little time!"

The crowd around him breathed a sigh of relief, thankful that they had a well-informed principal.

At this time, Katum said in Bruce’s ear——

"Dumbledore has nothing to do, he is just trying to stabilize people's hearts."

"I can see it."

Bruce whispered.

What kind of curse is this that even Dumbledore can't break?

Bruce raised his head and looked at the words on the wall - Ravenclaw's Chamber of Secrets has been opened.

Only then did he see that there was actually a line of small words below, but it had just been blocked by the crowd.

"There is no liberation for fools."

Fool? relief?

At this moment, an idea flashed in Bruce's mind.

For some reason, he suddenly thought of the Defense Against the Dark Arts class in the morning and Lockhart's string of Riddler-like words——

"Whatever you can't ask for or let go of, in my opinion, such people are fools..."

"Most people live for their own obsessions..."

"If you feel confused in the future, you can think of my smile..."

Smile!

Bruce turned his head suddenly and looked at the weird smile on Lavender's face.

With a bang, his thoughts were instantly opened.

Lockhart has a problem!

…

Bruce took Katum and walked along the third floor corridor towards Lockhart's office.

He knocked on the door, but no one responded.

"Open the Alaho hole!"

Bruce opened the door directly with the unlocking spell.

Lockhart was inside, pacing the office with a restless look.

He was visibly startled when the door was opened.

After seeing that the person coming was Bruce, he breathed a sigh of relief, but at the same time, visible anger appeared on his face.

"Classmate Wayne, your behavior is so rude!"

"I knocked on the door."

Bruce closed the door behind him.

"Professor, I have a question for you."

He pulled out the Supreme Wand and approached Lockhart step by step, "I hope you can answer truthfully. Let's change our sincerity.

"By the way, before I came here, I had applied various defensive spells and counter-curses on myself, which could at least block a few attacks.

"There is also a little magic. If you attack me, Dumbledore will get the message immediately!"

Lockhart could no longer maintain his image.

He forced a smile and said, "Why should I attack you?"

He said this, but he still raised his wand tremblingly.

"Expelliarmus!"

Bruce took immediate action and knocked Lockhart's wand away.

Lockhart screamed and crouched on the ground shivering.

"No! Don't!" He said with great fear, "Don't stab me with your heart!"

Bruce's expression suddenly felt strange.

That's it?

Did you find the wrong person?

Also, why did his first reaction be that he would use a cone to pierce the bones?

Was he tortured by the Cruciatus Curse?

Bruce grabbed Lockhart by the collar and pointed the Supreme Wand at his throat——

"It seems you feel guilty!"

"I didn't! I'm really innocent!"

Lockhart was about to burst into tears, "I know something happened. Did a student die? It wasn't me! I'm a victim too!"

Bruce pressed the Supreme Wand a little deeper: "What's going on? Tell me clearly!"

"I said! I said!"

Lockhart had no backbone and simply chose to surrender.

After Bruce let go, he fell to the ground and cried and said——

"I really don't know anything. You must have come to me because of what I said in class, right? You are very smart, but you used it in the wrong place!

"Those words are not what I want to say. Someone taught me to say them. I will show you the evidence. I will show you the evidence!"

Lockhart stumbled, trying to open the desk drawer.

Bruce directly stopped his movement and instead used the unlocking spell to open the drawer.

Throughout the process, he kept Lockhart in front of him to prevent any traps.

Fortunately, there wasn't. There was only a stack of parchment inside, with a few lines of text written on the top one, exactly what Lockhart said in class.

"Who taught you to say this?" Bruce shouted.

"I don't know!"

Lockhart went crazy, "I had just accepted the invitation to teach when a man broke into my house.

“That man was dressed in black robes, let alone his appearance, I don’t even know whether he is a boy or a girl!

"When he came up, he snatched my wand and beat me violently. If I hadn't tried my best to protect my face, my handsome appearance would have been ruined!"

The more Lockhart talked, the more he broke down, and by the end he was crying.

"He also tortured me with the Cruciatus Curse and forced me to do what he said. These are the words he asked me to say."

Seeing the other person like this, Bruce suddenly sympathized with Lockhart and felt that what he said might be true.

Not because of the impeccable story itself, but because of Lockhart's performance.

He looks really miserable. If this were his acting skills, he would be able to kill all current actors instantly.

"You really didn't do it?"

Bruce withdrew his wand.

"It's really not me! I promise you!"

Lockhart was about to kneel down to Bruce, "I'm not a bad person. If this person shows up again, I will tell you immediately."

All right.

Bruce withdrew his wand and decided to let Lockhart go for the time being.

"I'll keep an eye on you."

He finally said this, then slammed the door and left.

Just then——

Lockhart slowly stood up, a sneer appearing on his face.

"If I say it's not me, then it really isn't me?"

He said coldly, "As expected, children are children, they are so easy to deceive!"

Bang--

The door to the office was kicked open, and Bruce walked in again with his wand raised.

He shouted angrily: "Lockhart, I knew you were lying, let me catch you now!"

Lockhart didn't hesitate.

He smiled lightly, raised his hands, and knelt directly on the ground.

"I'm sorry, I was wrong!"

If nothing else happens, this book will be on the shelves on the 21st, which is next Wednesday.

There is still a week left, so I will try to save as many manuscripts as possible to try to get them on the shelves.