Hogwarts in the shadows

Hephis also found time to visit Lockhart and signed several contracts with him.

Lockhart will be the male model for the first five issues of Man of the Match magazine.

The reward was one knut, but the penalty was a whopping 100,000 galleons.

In addition, the copyrights of seven books under Lockhart's name were also bought out by Hephis at the same low price.

Of course, it is not the adaptation copyright for the wizarding world, but the adaptation copyright for the Muggle world. Hephis has the lifetime right to use it.

The books are now being adapted by a group of authors and screenwriters controlled by Weir.

Weir is about to officially enter the entertainment and film and television industry.

However, it is not known whether it was a curse from the Defense Against the Dark Arts class or Lockhart's own fault.

For the final exam, he insisted on arranging a practical exercise.

Let little wizards of all grades fight against various magical creatures.

But on the day before the exam, Lockhart was mysteriously dragged into a well by a female ghost.

If Hagrid hadn't happened to be passing by, Lockhart would have sunk to the bottom of the water.

But when Lockhart was rescued by Hagrid, his left arm and right leg were all shattered, and his head was also severely injured.

He will need at least two months of treatment at St. Mungo's Hospital to recover.

This accident not only caused him to lose all his fortune, but also left him in debt to Hephis.

I guess he will have to work for Hephis for the rest of his life to pay off his debts.

Due to Lockhart's absence, the Defense Against the Dark Arts exam was cancelled.

But other exams had to go on, so exam week arrived as scheduled.

Hephis handled all the exams with ease, even deliberately making two mistakes on the History of Magic test.

This would ensure that he would get excellent grades of O in every subject, but his total score would be slightly lower than Hermione's.

This prevents the little girl from having the same experience as last semester.

Because I didn’t get first place, I studied hard throughout the summer vacation, reading books every day.

The feast at Hogwarts was once again filled with green.

Slytherin won the house cup with an absolutely high score of 783 points.

This time the other three colleges really had no temper at all.

Even the second-placed Ravenclaw house only scored 393 points, nearly half as much.

The low scores of the other three colleges were also related to the 200 points scored by Hephis.

Ever since Slytherin House added those two hundred points, all the students except Hermione chose to play badly.

Especially Gryffindor directly became "Gryffindor Junior".

Let’s not talk about their house points. Not reaching negative points is the last bit of face they have left for Gryffindor.

The first time Hephis saw Professor McGonagall, his face looked so grim.

Even at the banquet, Snape's face was extremely gloomy.

Hephes didn't dare to look at him any more.

It is worth mentioning that this time it was Professor McGonagall who hosted the entire banquet.

Dumbledore had been missing for a long time.

The whole banquet ended in this lively yet weird atmosphere.

Hephis used Apparition with Hermione and returned to the Granger house in an instant.

As for Theodore, he went by train.

Mrs. Granger warmly entertained Hephis again.

She specially prepared a sumptuous lunch for Hephis.

Mr. Granger did not go to work either, but stayed at home to have lunch with Heffers.

Finally, under Mrs. Granger's reluctant gaze, Hephis left the Granger family.

Yes, it was when Mrs. Granger was reluctant to leave because Hephis gave her a complete set of skin care oils.

Of course, diluted beauty agents are also indispensable.

So the mother-in-law really loves Hephes!

When Hefeth returned to the Blaine house, Theodore was still rattling on the train.

He first threw the five wizards whose shadows had been cut off into the cell.

There were immediate wails and curses in the cell.

Hefeth said that their voices were not loud enough and his ears were not working well, so he could not hear them.

Then he cleaned up and left.

Hephis took out the magic doll that Fulla had sent him from the small package.

According to Fulla in the letter, the doll was created by the legendary alchemist Nicolas Flamel.

Hephis couldn't help but sigh that this "master's wife" was also very reliable.

He looked at the doll carefully. Both its appearance and touch were almost the same as a real person.

A master is a master, more than a hundred times stronger than those magic dolls he bought.

He gave this magic doll a name, Morpheus.

Hephaestus began to slowly inject his will into Morpheus.

He also copied all of his memories and instilled them into this magical clone.

Then Morpheus was activated.

A red light flashed in Morpheus' eyes.

He first moved his arms and fingers slowly, then turned his head to look at Hephis.

"The clone technique is really successful. I feel like I am another you now."

"Uh...it feels a bit strange to have this conversation!" Hephesus also stared at Morpheus.

"What's strange? Aren't I just you, except that I have no emotions?" Morpheus shrugged, his tone revealing indifference.

"Okay! Do you want to try this?" Hephis took out a pitch-black shadow.

"Just give it a try. Isn't that what you want? I'll work for you for nothing."

Morpheus took the shadow expressionlessly and swallowed it in one gulp.

He closed his eyes and carefully felt it for a while, "No problem, the effect is the same as when you swallowed it, but there is a clear upper limit."

"Upper limit?" Hephis asked doubtfully.

"Yes, the strength of this body of mine is fixed. According to my calculations, it can devour the shadows of up to ten wizards." Morpheus analyzed calmly.

"That's pretty good. I can only devour five now." Hephis was very satisfied.

"You can only devour five for now." Morpheus said, holding out his hand.

"By the way, give me a wand and let me try."

Hephis handed the small bag he had been wearing to Morpheus, "This is yours."

Morpheus had no idea what politeness was. He took the bag and started rummaging through it.

He took out five wands and tried them out, then chose the one that worked best for him.

Then he started practicing from the most basic spells.

Hephis stood aside and watched quietly.

Although Morpheus has no emotions, he still has all his rationality and memories.

In some cases, Morpheus would even do better than him.

Theodore finally arrived at the Blaine house near dinner time.

As soon as he entered the door, he saw the magic doll.

He did not ask too many questions. After all, the clone technique was copied by Hephis from him.

In order to master this spell, he practiced hard for more than half a year.

If it weren't for Hephis's order, he would have given up long ago.

It is really difficult to extract will.