Batman's Owl Godfather

Chapter 80 Lockhart's Dream
The sorting ceremony ended quickly.

No one except Katum noticed anything suspicious about Ravenna.

She may have cast a spell on her identity so that others would not suspect her.

As the dinner ended, the young wizards followed the prefects back to their respective common rooms.

The first day of school is over.

……

Early in the morning, Bruce woke up from his sleep and saw an egg-shaped bird's nest beside his bed.

It was built with branches and hay, and the entrance was covered with a piece of cloth as a curtain.

There is also a line of notes written on the door:

"Katum's home, please do not disturb."

Bruce knocked on the bird's nest and the owl's head popped out from behind the door curtain.

"What?" he said in a bad tone.

"What...are you doing?" Bruce asked curiously.

"Keep your voice down!"

Katoom hissed, then waved his wings, indicating that Bruce could come and see for himself.

Bruce lifted the door curtain, and suddenly a suction force came and he was sucked into the bird's nest.

After he stood firmly, Bruce discovered that although the bird's nest looked small from the outside, it had a huge space once he went inside.

The interior of the bird's nest is cleverly divided into two areas, with one side arranged like an exquisite apartment.

It was fully furnished and it was obviously a comfortable home that Katum had built for himself.

The space on the other side was completely converted into a private workshop.

The workbench took center stage, and on it Bruce saw the fragments of Thor's hammer.

There was a small blacksmith's furnace next to it, and next to the furnace was a small nest with an egg on it.

"Is this the egg you stole from the vault?" Bruce asked curiously.

"How to talk!"

Katum corrected, "This egg and I are destined to be together. I just brought it to a more suitable place!"

Bruce didn't have the heart to argue with the owl. He looked at the eggs in the nest and felt something was wrong.

"I got this egg from Kingpin. Kingpin raises dinosaurs."

Bruce warned, "Be careful not to hatch a Tyrannosaurus Rex in the castle."

"Isn't Dad Dead Dragon a good match for you?"

Katum said casually, then lowered his head and sighed, "It's still a question whether this egg can hatch. I always end up raising something that dies."

Hearing what the owl said, Bruce immediately changed his tone.

"It's okay, just hatch it for fun. There are many people who keep pets in Hogwarts, such as snakes and spiders. The school doesn't really care about them."

"Indeed." Katum seemed very carefree, "Even if we are discovered in the end, you will be the one to take the blame."

Bruce: ?

Katoom pushed Bruce out the door before he could react.

"Okay, let's stop talking and go have breakfast! The first class today is Lockhart's class, so don't miss it!"

……

Breakfast at Hogwarts is typically large and filling.

On the long tables of the four colleges were bowls of porridge, plates of pickled herrings, piles of bread slices, and dishes of eggs and bacon.

The dining process was not boring either. Mrs. Weasley sent Ron a howler letter, making the whole hall extremely lively.

Bruce drank three bowls of porridge because of this scene.

After breakfast, the Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw young wizards headed to Lockhart's classroom.

After the class was seated, Lockhart cleared his throat loudly to quiet everyone down. He was still dressed in that exquisite outfit, with a flowing blue and silver robe and a blue and silver hat with a gold rim, which was neatly placed on his shining blond hair.

"It seems there are still changes." Katum thought.

In the original book, Lockhart knows how to dress well, and the wizard robe he wears every day is almost always a different color.

But now it's different. Katum has seen Lockhart three times and the color of his clothes has never changed.

It was all blue and silver, the colors of Ravenclaw.

Maybe it’s because Ravenclaw was resurrected that Lockhart started to take advantage of the popularity.

As expected of him.

Lockhart held up a copy of The Break with the Female Ghost, showing the winking picture of himself on the cover.

"I."

He pointed at his own photo and blinked as he said, "Gilderoy Lockhart, Third Class Order of Merlin, Honorary Member of the Dark Arts Defense League, five-time winner of the Most Charming Smile Award from Witch Weekly - but I don't talk about that, I didn't drive away the female ghost of Wanlun with a smile!"

The little witches below were immediately fascinated by Lockhart's humility.

"I see you've all bought all my books - great," said Lockhart cheerfully. "I thought we'd start with a little quiz today.

"Don't be afraid - just see how you read and how much you understand..."

Sure enough, no matter how the outside world changes, Lockhart is still Lockhart.

He still handed out a test paper, which was full of questions about himself.

Bruce vaguely remembered that he seemed to be taking a Defense Against the Dark Arts class.

"I know the answers to these." Katum said over his shoulder, "I can help you get full marks."

Bruce decisively rejected Owl's proposal.

For him, getting full marks is more embarrassing than handing in a blank paper.

The half-hour test time was extremely difficult to endure. After the test papers were handed in, Lockhart flipped through them, clicking his tongue, and it seemed that no one had answered well.

"It seems that everyone didn't prepare enough."

He said, "I don't even know the simplest question - my secret ambition. In fact, the answer is very simple, which is -"

"To rid the world of evil, and to sell his line of hair conditioners," the owl replied.

"——It is to allow people all over the world to live for themselves!"

Katum suddenly froze.

He remembered that the answer he gave was correct, why did Lockhart change it?

Bruce couldn't help but laugh: "It seems you are not a real Lockhart fan."

Katoom ignored him and just looked at Lockhart with a puzzled look.

"In fact, I have always believed that people are living too hard nowadays."

Lockhart smiled and said to the students in the audience, "Many people, or most people, live for their own obsessions. I hope they can let go of this obsession, be their true selves, and be happier. Isn't that good?"

That was hardly something Lockhart would say.

A young wizard raised his hand and asked a question: "Professor, what is obsession?"

"Oh, that's a lot!"

Lockhart thought for a moment and said, "People who can't get what they want and can't let go of what they want are all fools in my opinion."

The young wizards looked at each other in confusion; they had no idea what Lockhart was talking about.

"Oh sorry, I think I said something a little too profound."

Lockhart apologized to the students and winked, "But you are lucky, because before you were exposed to these, you met the most perfect person - that is me.

"If you feel lost in the future, you can think of my smile - at least it belongs to each and every one of you."

After saying something that seemed to be sarcastic, Lockhart returned to the point.

"Okay, now let's start the class!"

(End of this chapter)