Hogwarts lazy snake

Headmaster Dumbledore raised his head slightly, glanced at Snape with a hint of inquiry, then looked at Horn and said with a smile: "Oh? Mr. Horn, you have Mandrake? That's great.

Dumbledore thought that Snape had given Horn an extra portion of Mandrake, after all, he knew the source of the Mandrake that Horn's Animagus received.

Snape looked at Horn and said nothing. Of course, he also knew about Dumbledore's look at the debtor, after all, he had told Dumbledore about giving Horn the Mandrake.

But now Snape had a little more doubt in his mind. Did Horn have Mandrake? Didn't he undergo Animagus?

"Hey, Professor Snape, this is for you?!" After Horn took out the mandrake, he first looked at Dumbledore, then at Snape, and stretched out his hand holding the mandrake.

He even glanced at Lockhart halfway.

When Horn took out the mandrake, Snape's doubts seemed to be resolved but also seemed not to be resolved, because he saw that the mandrake in Horn's hand was still fresh, and even had a little dirt stuck on it.

So he quickly took the mandrake leaf that Horn handed over and said, "What are you looking at? Is there another Potions professor in Hogwarts?!"

"Then, Severus, you should deal with the antidote as soon as possible." Dumbledore asked Snape to prepare the potion first, and then looked at Horn and the others: "Horn, tell me what happened at that time."

Then Horn said that he was hungry and wanted to eat something, and he happened to have met Mrs. Norris beforehand, so he was thinking about giving the cat a midnight snack as well.

Then I went out to look for it, and just as I went out, I heard a loud cat's meow, so I came over and saw the scene just now. Then I met a group of professors who were out on night patrol.

"Oh? Professor Lockhart is also on night patrol? I remember that the list of professors on night patrol has not been rearranged yet." Seeing the opportunity to criticize the guy who stole his position, Snape naturally would not let it go.

Lockhart's expression changed slightly, and he quickly explained, "I... I just happened to be passing by, and when I heard the noise, I came over to take a look. After all, maintaining the safety of the school is the responsibility of every professor."

But to others his smile seemed a little forced and stiff.

At the same time, everyone tacitly agreed not to pursue Horn's words that were full of loopholes.

Headmaster Dumbledore looked at Lockhart with a smile, but there was a hint of elusive meaning and thought in his eyes. He said softly, "So that's how it is. Professor Lockhart's sense of responsibility is commendable. However, I hope you can provide some useful information about what happened tonight. Did you see anything unusual when you got here? After all, Horn and the others are just little wizards who have only learned magic for a year."

Lockhart scratched his head, pretending to think, and then said, "When I came here, I saw Horn and his classmates gathered here, and the others..."

Snapped!

At this point, he clapped his hands as if he had thought of something, "I'm not sure either. Oh, by the way, I seemed to see a black shadow flash by, but I'm not sure if it was my eyes playing tricks on me."

Black shadow?! Horn thought to himself: "If it is really a basilisk, why is Lockhart fine?! Weird!"

Just as Horn was still thinking about something, Snape said, "Oh? Dark shadow? Then Professor Lockhart, who has dealt with so many magical creatures, has never captured it? It seems that Professor Lockhart~ also has his failures~"

There was obvious sarcasm in Snape's words, which made Lockhart's expression even uglier, but it soon disappeared.

Then he made exaggerated body movements and said, "The shadow was so fast that it disappeared before I could react. It's possible that a dark wizard entered Holgerwarts..."

Lockhart seemed to realize that he had said something wrong, and immediately made amends: "That's impossible. With our great Headmaster Dumbledore here, the only dangers are magical animals and the like."

"According to my autobiography, there is a kind of spider whose silk can petrify people..."

In order to stop listening to Lockhart's exaggerated and irrelevant words, Dumbledore coughed lightly, and then said to Horn and others: "Horn, Harry, Ron, Hermione and other students, your night wandering is against school rules. This is a very dangerous behavior. You can't wander around the castle at night just because of curiosity or other reasons. For this incident, each of you will be deducted 10 house points."

Horn and others lowered their heads. They knew that their behavior was indeed inappropriate and had no objection to the punishment.

Dumbledore was relieved to see that Lockhart finally shut up. He couldn't help but begin to doubt whether it was right or wrong for him to invite Lockhart to teach at Hogwarts.

Professor McGonagall said to Horn and the others seriously, "You know what happened to Mrs. Norris this time. This is a good example. If you had encountered a more dangerous situation instead of Mrs. Norris tonight, you might have been in great danger."

At this point, he glanced at everyone and said, "Walking at night will not only affect your own safety, but may also cause trouble for other students and the school. You must abide by the school rules in the future and don't do such risky things again. I hope you won't do it again!"

Snape snorted coldly and said, "It seems that detention still can't stop you from wandering at night. You are really too energetic. Ten points is really a bargain for you."

At this point, he wanted to ask whether he should take back the right of some people to play ball. He looked at Horn and Malfoy beside him, thought about it and did not say it. Instead, he called Filch and left.

After hearing this, Professor McGonagall thought it made sense. These children were too energetic, so she added another punishment: "I think what Professor Snape said is right. In the next week, you will go to the library every night to help organize books as punishment for this night out. I hope you can remember this lesson and don't make the same mistake again."

Lockhart stood there awkwardly. He tried to find some more topics to ease the atmosphere, but when he saw that no one paid attention to him, he had to shut up.

After talking about the punishment, Professor McGonagall and Headmaster Dumbledore sent Horn, Harry and others back to their dormitories.

As the crowd dispersed, Lockhart was left alone standing in the dim corridor.

"Are they all gone? The basilisk? It seems that Hogwarts is quite interesting, Slytherin." Lockhart yawned and walked towards a place: "Sleep, sleep..."