The Admiral of Hogwarts

The fact that the records didn't mention the cause of death for this deceased person didn't strike anyone as odd, because it was the era of the Black Death, where tens of thousands died in London alone, making life very cheap.

In such circumstances, the death of a Muggle-born young wizard with no relatives in the magical world naturally wouldn't attract anyone's attention.

So, after a simple analysis, Hermione could only helplessly follow Hugo and Veneto to class.

Because besides proving that there was indeed something evil and dangerous at Hogwarts, this information didn't provide everyone with any more new information. After all, from the beginning, Hermione felt that this thing shouldn't be a simple prank.

"Has the Basilisk been summoned many times besides when the young Voldemort summoned it once?" Veneto asked through the Admiral Network with some confusion as they headed to the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom.

"Why didn't those materials from your previous life mention this?"

"The novel that Rowling wrote back then was called Harry Potter," Hugo said somewhat helplessly.

"That is to say, the perspective mainly falls on Harry Potter. And those people and things that are not closely related to the protagonist will naturally be ignored."

"For example, the matter of the Basilisk going out for a stroll many times is like this. At least if I were Rowling, I wouldn't write about how a person who had nothing to do with the story a hundred years before the main story died."

"You're right, after all, a novel is not a diary." After Hugo explained this, Veneto understood what was going on, and then began to consider the situation regarding the information Hermione found.

"I think that the matter of someone dying inexplicably that the predecessor mentioned is likely related to the Basilisk, otherwise, a normal death shouldn't have caused so much speculation."

"Yes, after all, historical records of the Basilisk are very scarce, so victims are also rare. So it's normal that the wizards didn't guess the real culprit back then."

Hugo finally concluded. "Therefore, for us, now we can only be vigilant and try to search for those suspicious students."

"You're right," Veneto said, "So I think you should improve your level during this period, after all, relative to our whole, Admiral, you are the weakest link now. I think you should improve your strength level no matter what."

"Uh—you make a lot of sense." After being told this by Veneto, Hugo felt that he really needed to improve himself.

However, at this time, he also remembered that the ship girls had refused him when he wanted to learn the Killing Curse before, thinking that it was not appropriate for him to learn such dangerous magic when his foundation was not solid.

"I remember you guys seemed to be against me learning those attack spells before!" Hugo asked with some confusion. "Before, when you were practicing the Killing Curse, you specifically mentioned to me—"

"Yes, we still oppose you learning those dark magic. Because with your current developing situation, learning dark magic is likely to cause you some irreversible damage."

Veneto said very seriously to Hugo through the Admiral Network. "But if you want to make you stronger, it's not just about letting you learn those directly aggressive spells."

"Then I hope you can help me find a good way." Hugo nodded quite relievedly. At least he knew that the ship girls would never harm him.

On the other hand, after ship girls like St. George, Salem, and Indomitable, who possessed mysterious powers, joined, he believed that the ship girls should be able to bring him a complete strength improvement plan.

Just after Hugo and Veneto finished chatting in the Admiral Network, the group appeared at the door of the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom.

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This year, Defense Against the Dark Arts once again topped the list of Hogwarts' most unpopular courses, and it could even be said that Lockhart's image was even worse in everyone's minds than last year's Garlic Voldemort.

Since the disaster with the Cornish pixies, Professor Lockhart had never brought live creatures into the classroom again.

Now, he reads large sections of the books he wrote to the students, and sometimes even acts out some dramatic scenes. As a result, at least the Ravenclaw students had recognized Lockhart's true face, and naturally they were unwilling to cooperate with his performance.

Unfortunately, Lockhart sometimes felt too good about himself. Therefore, he regarded Ravenclaw's disgust as shyness.

Because of his professorial status, those Ravenclaw students who were forced to go up could only reluctantly cooperate with him to perform those little stage plays that made people feel extremely embarrassed.

"Damn, we're late today!" As soon as she entered the classroom, Hermione shook her head helplessly when she saw that the back of the classroom was full, and then she could only sit with Hugo and the others in the front of the classroom.

However, Veneto seemed a little active at this time, as if she was preparing something.

"I really don't understand why we have to learn this in Defense Against the Dark Arts class." After sitting down in her seat, Hermione flipped through the textbooks that she had never used in class and complained to Hugo.

"At least the Royal Central School of Speech \u0026 Drama is much better than him in this regard."

"But this class has a good thing, there aren't many assignments, so it can leave us enough time for self-study," Hugo shrugged and said.

"At least a poem, a 14-line sonnet, only takes a dozen minutes to write, but a four-foot-long essay may take more than an hour to complete."

"I would rather write an essay for more than an hour than write those poems praising a liar." Hermione spat out these words through her teeth. At this time, Lockhart also walked into the classroom from outside.

It has to be said that Lockhart has a certain obsession with dressing himself up, but it is difficult to compliment his taste in clothing. For example, today he wore a bright yellow robe that could blind people's eyes to class.

But it is undeniable that if you ignore the overly exaggerated taste in clothing, Professor Lockhart is still quite handsome. This is an important reason why he can become a successful liar.

After all, for most people, being handsome is always easier to gain everyone's trust than those who look like rats.

"It's so good to see you again." Lockhart, as if with springs under his feet, walked to the podium and said to the students, then took out a piece of parchment and showed it to everyone.

"In the last poetry creation assignment I gave you about how I persuaded a vampire to eat carrots, one student irreplaceable won excellence."

As soon as Lockhart's voice fell, all the Ravenclaw students in the classroom immediately looked at each other. Because they couldn't believe that anyone would do such a boring thing.

"Trust me, this is just a sacrifice. For our—next plan." Veneto explained to Hugo with lip language across the aisle at this time, then turned her head, raised her face slightly, and looked at Lockhart with an impeccable expression of adoration.