Harry Potter and the Burnt Badger

Moon subconsciously glanced into Lockhart's office, and then his hand shook and he almost threw his wand away.

Lockhart is not in the office!

He almost suspected that he had seen it wrong. Obviously, this was simply a fantasy.

Gilderoy Lockhart, a wizard who was so weak that he could hardly cast any decent spells except the Oblivion Curse, could actually sneak out of the office under the nose of Severus Snape, a master of dark magic?

It's almost shocking to say it out loud.

But the problem is that the Marauder's Map obviously won't make mistakes in this kind of thing. When he opened the Marauder's Map several times this year, he saw Lockhart's name on it.After ruling out the possibility that there was something wrong with the Marauder's Map, the only remaining possibility is undoubtedly that Lockhart really ran away.

No matter what method he used, in short, he was indeed not in the office right now.

Without thinking much, Moon quickly searched for Lockhart's name floor by floor in the castle.But the problem was, the further he looked down, the tighter his frown became. By the time he looked at the entire castle, his brows were already tightly knitted together.

Not only was Lockhart not in the office, he wasn't even in Hogwarts Castle at all.

Moon took a deep breath and looked outside the castle again - finally, in the last few seconds, Moon successfully saw Lockhart's name on the edge of the Forbidden Forest.

No, let’s not talk about how Lockhart escaped...

Why did he go to the Forbidden Forest when he seemed fine?

In just a short moment, Moon's little head was almost filled with question marks.

All this was so unreasonable that it even made him think that he was dreaming at all.

If he wasn't dreaming...

Could it be that Lockhart also has a noseless plug-in... No, it's a Voldemort plug-in?

Otherwise...been under the Imperius Curse?

In short, if it were not for a similar situation, it would be difficult for Moon to understand where Lockhart's wonderful performance on the Marauder's Map tonight came from.

He even forgot to chew gummies for a while and fell into deep thought.

It's a pity that for the several possibilities that have been thought of one after another, no strong arguments can be found at the moment, and they will only bring about more and more problems.

"Forget it..." Moon rubbed his hair, swallowed the gummy that still smelled of fruit in his mouth, and gently opened a can of Coke for himself, put the Marauder's Map in front of him, and took a sip. He pursed his lips and kept his eyes on the edge of the forbidden forest.

He doesn't believe in this evil today. If you can, Lockhart, stay in the Forbidden Forest all night. Otherwise, Moon has decided to watch this map all night.

He wanted to see when Lockhart planned to come out and when he planned to return to the castle.

So, just like that, half an hour passed in a hurry.

Half an hour later, when Moon had almost finished his can of Coke, Lockhart's name finally reappeared from the edge of the Forbidden Forest and he started walking towards the castle.

coming!

Although he missed the scene of Lockhart sneaking out of the office, he could at least see Lockhart's method of returning to the office - Professor Snape was still guarding Lockhart's office door. Hart couldn't show up in front of Professor Snape so arrogantly, right?

Then it is estimated that Lockhart will have to go to St. Mungo's to stay tomorrow, and the school hospital will not be able to accommodate him.

However, it seemed that Merlin had a spirit in the sky and deliberately wanted to joke with Moon. On the same night, Moon's brain was once again shocked to pieces by Lockhart.

After arriving at the gate of the castle, Lockhart actually stopped - just staying outside the gate, motionless.

What does this mean?Have nothing to do, sit on the steps outside and look at the stars?

Moon was guarding this Marauder's Map here, originally to answer his questions and see how Lockhart could escape.But at the moment, it seems that this is a complete solution. There are almost no more questions in my mind, right?

To be honest, Moon definitely didn't believe that Lockhart stopped at the gate really to look at the stars. He couldn't explain why Lockhart stopped, but he definitely had reason to believe that Lockhart did it for other reasons. That's why I stayed there.

With no choice, Lockhart stopped, and Moon had no choice but to continue waiting.

10 minutes, 10 minutes two, 10 minutes three...

In the blink of an eye, another half hour slipped away quietly.

Just when Moon was bored and wondering what Lockhart was doing, he saw Lockhart's name suddenly moving - first slowly passing through the castle gate, and then walking up the stairs. Go up and walk all the way towards the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor's office.

As if thinking of something, Moon quickly glanced at the door of Lockhart's office.

Sure enough, Professor Snape had left.

The accurate prediction failed to bring any pleasure to Moon, but instead made his scalp numb.

So, Lockhart was waiting at the castle gate just to wait for Professor Snape to leave before going back?

No, there's also Professor McGonagall.

Moon glanced upward again - Professor McGonagall also began to walk upstairs again.

How is this possible?Unless Lockhart has clairvoyance and ears, even if he knows that Professor Snape is staring at him, and even if he knows what time Professor Snape usually waits outside his office door, how could he know it? Where is Professor McGonagall's patrol route today?The professors' patrol routes are not exactly the same every time.

It's simply... too outrageous and completely unreasonable.

Moreover, this is not even something that can be explained by the fact that he possesses a Voldemort.Even if Voldemort himself was present in full glory, it would be absolutely impossible for him to do this easily, let alone just by borrowing Lockhart's hand.

Seeing Lockhart on the Marauder's Map swaggering all the way back to his office, once again causing Mr. Filch to wake up from his sleep and hurriedly ran to the corridor to look around, Moon felt that his worldview was at a loss at this moment. Received a huge challenge.

If he was really asked to come up with a reasonable explanation for the scene he saw now, Moon could only think of for a moment - Lockhart might have also been soul-pierced.

Completely confused, Moon reluctantly put the Marauder's Map aside.

Lockhart had returned to the office and soon stayed motionless at his desk. There was no doubt that this guy would not make any other moves tonight.

Unfortunately, he didn't know what time Lockhart left the office, so he couldn't use the Mortland glass illusion to see how Lockhart "escaped".However, he could at least use this method to spy on what was happening on the edge of the Forbidden Forest, and what Lockhart was doing when he stayed at the gate of the castle.

He silently picked up his buckle bag from the cabinet beside the bed, then took out his enchanted brazier and crystal ball, and waved his wand to light the brazier.

The Motlan glass illusion slowly began to take effect, and the dense milky white mist began to float freely in the crystal ball, and soon showed Munn the scene at the edge of the Forbidden Forest.

Lockhart was still the same Lockhart, wearing slutty clothes and holding a lantern in his hand.He looked a little tired, but his eyes were full of excitement for no reason, and he walked quickly towards the Forbidden Forest.

The next moment, his figure gradually disappeared into the dark forbidden forest.

Then, the mist drifted, and soon under Moon's control it jumped to the time when Lockhart left the Forbidden Forest.

He was neatly dressed and had a calm complexion. He had obviously taken a walk in the Forbidden Forest, but Lockhart looked as if nothing had happened. He wasn't even flushed or out of breath. Only the excitement in his eyes had calmed down a bit. Instead, It's a trace of dissatisfaction and resentment.

What on earth was this guy doing in the Forbidden Forest?

Moon pursed his lips, lightly brushed his hand over the crystal ball, and adjusted the target of the Motlan glass illusion observation to be the gate of the castle, and the character was Lockhart.

The next moment, in the dispersing milky white mist, Moon saw at a glance Lockhart, still holding the wind lantern, slowly walking outside the castle door, and then looked in a certain direction - the shadow under the wall outside the door. In the covered corner, the field of view provided by the Mortlan glass illusion was already high, and the screen was very small. The place Lockhart was looking at was almost pitch black in Moon's eyes.

However, after watching for a moment, Lockhart suddenly nodded, then put the lantern on the steps, sat down next to the lantern out of boredom, and fell into a daze.

And, more importantly, in the following period of time, Lockhart would glance at that corner almost every short time.

There was no doubt that there was something there, and judging from Lockhart's reaction, it was probably a living creature that could convey some kind of message to him.

This time, Moon did not change the observation point of Motlan's glass illusion. He tried his best to see some clues from that corner, but until Lockhart got up and walked into the castle gate, there were no traces in the shadow. Nothing comes out.

Several different thoughts were running through Moon's head at the same time. He shook his head, extinguished the flame in the brazier, and then put the brazier and the crystal ball back into the buckle bag.

Judging from this, he would have to look at the Marauder's Map more in the next few days, trying to catch Lockhart leaving the office just in time.In this case, he could use the Mortlan glass illusion to successfully see Lockhart's way of escaping from Professor Snape's surveillance.

In addition, there are all these doubts about what Lockhart did...

Moon was not sure what role the Dreamweaver Curse that suddenly took effect and bit Hermione played in it, but in any case, if these could be explained clearly, it would at least help everything.

And just now, he had already thought of a good way to solve this problem.

Although he and Professor Dumbledore had never been able to figure out how the Dreamweaver Curse worked, if Moon was right, he might be able to solve the mystery without much effort.

In the dormitory, the snoring and murmuring coming from the nearby beds gradually turned into a new combination of snoring + teeth grinding. From time to time, Gal would even smack his lips, not knowing what kind of delicacies he encountered in his dreams.

Moon took a deep breath, muttered "Prank is over", folded and put away the Marauder's Map, then lay down on the pillow and covered the quilt flatly.

He never expected that new and completely puzzling puzzles would appear on Lockhart.

From this point of view, it is hard to say whether the plan proposed by Hermione can actually be realized.

While thinking continuously, Moon slowly fell asleep.

At breakfast the next day, Yaerlin was chatting with Kelly about Sniffing, but after only two or three words, he suddenly turned around in shock and looked at the three of them. " Wait! Don’t eat it yet!”

Moon and Cedric stopped eating as instructed and looked at Arlin with doubts on their faces.Only Garr killed an egg in one bite, and then said to Arlin nonchalantly: "What's wrong? What's making such a fuss? It can't be because Lockhart poisoned breakfast, right?"

Several little Hufflepuff wizards nearby were amused and laughed. Arlin quickly rolled his eyes and shouted speechlessly: "Can you stop thinking about eating every day? What I want to say But down to business - do you remember that last night we seemed to have promised Filch that we would be at his place at seven o'clock in the evening? Accept today's confinement?"

Munn and Cedric had just nodded their heads halfway when they realized what Yalin was going to say, and showed awkward expressions at the same time. Only Gal didn't seem to get what Yalin meant at all, and was still asking, "Yes." Ah, what’s wrong?”

This time, without Arlin opening his mouth, Violet, who was sitting diagonally across the table, looked at the four of them in surprise and said, "Huh? Aren't we going to have an astronomy class at seven tonight?"

Gal woke up from a dream, but still didn't forget to put the sandwich in his mouth into his mouth, and then he spoke vaguely: "Well, what's wrong? Wo Meng Dou has already beaten Fei and eaten it [what should I do?" We have all promised Filch].”

"Gaal, you should swallow what's in your mouth before you speak, or you might choke." Demi complained and handed a glass of milk to Gal.

"Actually, it's not bad." Cedric said with relief: "Anyway, we really have classes, and we're not lying. After Professor Flitwick's Charms class in the afternoon, I'll go find Mr. Filch and tell him about the situation. Just understand.”

"Is it possible? I think if we let Filch's pigeons go, Filch might kill him." Arlin scratched his chin.

"Hey, what are you afraid of? How can Filch kill you? Is he going to blow your head off with a mop pole?" Milton smiled and patted Yalin on the shoulder. "What are you afraid of? Filch can't kill you." You, on the other hand, if you take leave for this reason, Professor Sinistra may really kill the four of you with your homework."

Chapter 75 A reliable pen pal

The second lesson on Care of Magical Creatures in the morning had just ended when Moon immediately turned around and ran towards the castle, leaving only the Sniff, who was good at showing off his domineering power by "punching and kicking" his fellow creatures, with a confused expression on his face.

One second it was still there holding Munn's hand and chewing it happily. Why was it gone the next second?

Am I so big that I can squeeze it with one hand?

You seem to be making things difficult for me, Xiaoxiu Xiu.

It's a pity that Munn, who has already left, is obviously unable to understand Xiu Xiu's thoughts.And even if he figured it out, he still had to run this time and couldn't care less about comforting the "slimy" little guy.

He will most likely only say that you are already a mature Sniff, and it’s time to learn to find other hands to hold and chew on your own.

Of course, what Moon didn't know was that the Sniff had actually held other people's hands and chewed them several times, but it just couldn't chew them.

Yes, it was chewing on Professor Kettleburn's wooden prosthetic hand.

The reason why Moon had to leave as soon as possible was naturally very good - he had to admit that he also forgot about tonight's astronomy class.So, the direct result of this was that after the Charms class this afternoon, he had to go to Mr. Filch with his three roommates to explain the situation clearly.

And it is no surprise that Mr. Filch will definitely find ways to make things difficult for them when the time comes.Which meant he would probably spend all his time in Filch's office before his astronomy class.

This obviously didn't work for his plan. After all, after the astronomy class ended in the evening, he would have to go back to the dormitory to keep an eye on Lockhart's whereabouts.

In this way, the only longer time left for him was the lunch break at noon today.

After hurriedly returning to the dormitory alone, Moon immediately got under the bed curtain, found Tom Riddle's diary from the buckle bag, and then started playing with his good friend Tom, who was also a teacher and friend. Hello - this is not an irony. Although it is clear that Tom Riddle is not well-intentioned, Moon has to admit that as time goes by, Tom has gradually let him know several dark things that he should not know. magic.

Even though each one left pitfalls, making it impossible for Munn to learn at all, the more he knew, the better he would be.

"Hey, Daniel, did you learn the spell I taught you last time? Or did you encounter another problem that made you suddenly come to me?"

Tom was very happy with Moon's greeting and responded quite kindly.

During this period of time, not only was Munn very satisfied with him, but he was also very satisfied with Munn - this little wizard named Daniel was really stupid, and he would learn some mistakes in almost every black magic.Tom found that Daniel was becoming more and more irritable and rude at an almost visible speed.

If this person were Tom's friend or student, Tom would probably want to remove his legs; but right now, this person is indeed the person that Tom urgently needs to plunder the soul and occupy the body, so Tom naturally couldn't be more satisfied with him. .

He could clearly feel that every time he met him, Daniel's mood became more unstable and his defenses became weaker and weaker.

Because of this, Tom wished that Daniel could come to him every day and learn new tricks with black magic every day.That means that he is getting closer and closer to success.

"That's right, Tom... I still haven't figured out how to control people's arms. Yesterday I secretly used this spell on a Gryffindor bastard, but his hand didn't break back immediately. Instead, his legs folded toward him. Up front - Damn, did I get some part of the spell wrong to cause this? This is so hard, shit, can't you teach me some simpler spells? The kind that is simple and powerful." Munn replied.

"Oh, poor Daniel, don't be so quick to get angry. You are already very powerful. Really, among the people I have met, you have already learned such a difficult spell very quickly. Maybe you just need to A little help." Tom replied hypocritically in his diary, "Perhaps you would like to come in again and see my demonstration?"

"Huh? Tom! You lied to me again! You damn liar! You're a liar! You clearly said last time that you had no example to show me."

Looking at Daniel's handwriting, which was clearly out of control, Tom immediately became extremely happy.He has already discovered that Daniel can no longer leave him, especially when it comes to learning black magic. As long as he is teaching Daniel a new black magic, he can prevaricate Daniel at will, using this method to aggravate Daniel's feelings. Inner influence.

"I'm so sorry, Daniel, I happened to forget about this last time, really. I guess you won't blame me, right? Maybe, I can use a new black magic to make it up to you?"

"real?!"

"of course it's true."

Tom became more and more immersed in his great sense of accomplishment - look, as long as he throws out a new black magic, he can expose the previous deception at will, making Daniel angry at first, and then very angry. Get excited.

Confusing people and manipulating emotions, even though he is now just a completely disembodied diary and a fragmented soul, such things can still bring him great pleasure and satisfaction.

"Then hurry up! I promise, I don't blame you anymore. It's not your fault that you forget. Hurry up and teach me some new spells. By the way, I also want to demonstrate them. This is what you promised me!"

This time, Tom didn't even reply. He slowly opened the memory in the diary and introduced Moon into the illusion attached to the diary.

Yes, a fantasy, not a memory.Of course Tom Riddle can play a certain memory here, but at the same time, he can also modify and fabricate these memories at will, or even not show the memory, but simply have a conversation with someone in the fantasy world.

Just like he did to Moon now.