[HP] Seven Nights Talk

No one knows what happened to Lockhart.He was found in the women's bathroom on the second floor. It is said that he was unconscious in the water all over the floor at that time.Only Myrtle would go to that place on weekdays, and she was the first to attract people when she saw it and screamed everywhere.The reason I heard it was because the professor who followed him immediately sent Lockhart to the school hospital, and not many students saw it with their own eyes.

And when Lockhart woke up in the school hospital, Madam Pomfrey found that he was not normal, always giggling at the ceiling, or imagined that something was about to attack him in front of him, and jumped up from the bed to defend , Throw pillows and throw quilts.He made such a mess in the hospital that he ended up being sent to St. Mungo's.

The students were all frightened.Everyone was discussing that the position of professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts course was indeed very evil.In previous years, no one had been able to stay for more than a year, and Lockhart stayed for an extra year, and the result became even more miserable-he was the worst professor in decades, except for Quirrell.Because Quirrell's incident was just a rumor that he disappeared, but Lockhart was actually ruined and turned into a lunatic. Everyone thought the latter sounded more terrifying.

Having said that, but no one sympathized with him, and everyone's attention was on how he drove himself crazy.According to Myrtle, when she had seen Lockhart the night before, he had been normal; but when she went back the next morning, she found him lying there motionless.That said, Lockhart didn't know what to do while Myrtle was gone.Myrtle didn't see anyone else, Lockhart had no wounds, and Professor McGonagall, who was watching the night, said he didn't hear any strange sounds.

The matter would have been close to an unsolved case, if Lockhart hadn't been carrying his own parcel with him.Dumbledore and the other professors examined the contents, and finally came to the same conclusion - Lockhart probably wanted to escape Hogwarts.That would explain why he'd run into the ladies' bathroom in the middle of the night (to keep himself from being discovered by Professor Night Watch), but still doesn't explain how he got himself that way.

But for students, this little explanation is enough.

"Sure enough, he is best at escaping!"

"Judging from his previous performance, maybe he did it himself!"

"That's right, if he got the spell wrong, I think it's quite possible."

"Wouldn't it be easier to slip away if it's the end?"

The students responded with great interest to the topic, guessing everything from Lockhart actually being a wizard in disguise to the fact that he might have scared himself to death.And Harry was amazed that one of them had guessed the right part - Lockhart had frightened himself.

According to Voldemort, it was Lockhart who opened the door of the Chamber of Secrets and got in; they didn't realize it at the time, but Nagini found out and swam out first; Hearing a scream, and swam to look again, Lockhart had become like this.That place happened to be the corner of a corridor, and Lockhart probably saw Nagini's shadow.

"Nagini almost rolled her eyes," Voldemort told him at last, amused. "She said she had never seen such a bad wizard, so stupid that she didn't even have the mood to speak. 'Eating will definitely lower IQ' — that's what she said." Of course, Nagini couldn't have pushed Lockhart up that long, vertical tube, with Voldemort doing all the cleaning - he lost him Go out, and then turn on the faucet, flushing possible breath and traces into the sewer.

Harry was speechless about it.He'd always known that Lockhart was an embroidered pillow filled with grass, but to be so nakedly despised by a snake... he still didn't say anything.He didn't care about how Lockhart drove him crazy, but he was more concerned about how Lockhart opened the door of the secret room and what his purpose was.

The reason for this is quite obvious when you think about it.Only Parseltongue can open the door of the Chamber of Secrets, and he and Voldemort were already in the Chamber of Secrets at that time.The only person outside who can speak the language is one—the Lord of the Rings.Probably he taught Lockhart the Parseltongue to open the door, and let the latter open the secret room.Considering that the transfer of the Basilisk was carried out in secret, the intention of the Lord of the Rings is obvious——

He's going to let the basilisk out.

Lockhart was clearly an outcast.Because if the door of the secret room is opened and the basilisk goes out, the first person to see is likely to be Lockhart.And after Lockhart is dead, the basilisk will still run wild in the castle, causing more casualties and panic, and eventually causing the closure of Hogwarts——

Yep, that's what rings are for.Schools are closed and all students have to go home.And Harry was destined to go back to number four, Privet Drive, where it would definitely be easier than at Hogwarts, at least there weren't as many adult wizards there.

As for the package on Lockhart's body, it can only show that he was once again deceived by the ring.

Harry felt a long-lost anger attack him.Not for the self-inflicted Lockhart, but for the ring that would do anything to get him.This time it was Voldemort who got the basilisk away, what if he didn't?Wouldn't that have been successful?On the night they couldn't get out of bed, the Basilisk was enough to destroy half of Hogwarts - the students had no resistance to it!

"I must catch him," Harry demanded of Voldemort on his first night back at Privet Drive. "I can't stand it - he's taking other people's lives as hors d'oeuvres before he comes to grab me! I have to get him myself!"

Voldemort - now a golden cup - pondered the question in silence.Of course, the ring must be caught, and it will definitely become a disaster if it is kept.The Death Eaters were all under his direct command now, and it never occurred to them that there was another Dark Lord waiting for their help.He had already declared Harry's affairs a long time ago, and no one would interfere without his instructions, so the ring was naturally left to him to deal with.

However, in Voldemort's vision, Harry was not in it.What Harry saw was that no one else could be hurt for his cause; and what he saw was that Harry couldn't be made to take the risk for what he had done.He was well aware of this, and also well aware that Harry was not easy to convince in this respect - he was maddeningly stubborn at times.For example, on the ring side, Harry had proposed early in the morning to use himself as the bait to hook the other party out - but he didn't want to do that.

Seeing him keep silent, Harry panicked. "Do you disagree? Why? Or, do you have a better way to lure him out?"

Voldemort didn't say a word.That's what troubled him.The condition of the ring is better than that of the main soul before. On the one hand, this means that the vigilance and prudence of the ring will not be low. On the other hand, it means that the probability of him discovering danger and slipping away in time has also increased.Both of these aspects are increasing the difficulty of catching the ring, that is to say, it is difficult for the general reason to make the ring fool.He knows himself very well and knows what he wanted to do in the past-he wants a body, and he wants the most perfect body.He only wanted Harry's blood for the enemy, just like he had chosen Harry first between Harry and Neville.The more he knew, the less he could answer Harry's words, because he knew that he only wanted Harry.

In addition to their elusive whereabouts, they also have their own timing problems.When Harry was at Hogwarts, they couldn't go out, and the ring couldn't come in; and during the summer, things got easier, but not much easier - the Dursleys now had three meals a day called Harry went to eat, and there were members of the Order of the Phoenix secretly taking turns on duty outside.It's not a big deal to slip away, but four hours at most.If it is in Grimmauld Square, the situation may be better, but the longest time should not exceed two days, otherwise it is very likely to be discovered.The Order of the Phoenix has been looking for the ring for almost a year, and there are no traces. What is the use of four hours or two days?

Finally, there was the most serious problem—they were going to stay together.He had tried it when he was in school. He could move relatively well within the range of Hogwarts. The maximum range could reach the depths of the Forbidden Forest and the underground of Hogsmeade, which Hagrid hadn't even stepped on, but it was too far away. I felt a deadly suffocation.

To sum it up, how was he going to grab the ring without involving Harry?To find out where the ring is, but also to let Harry go with him without being suspicious, and finally not to be discovered by Harry when they fight?

It was a bit difficult, so Voldemort had been thinking about it, and it had been a while.

"Don't think you're a cup, keeping silent is a normal thing!" Harry said unhappily.He already had a little understanding of Voldemort's temper. Generally, the other party's silence only meant a little, denial or unwillingness to cooperate, and this was not what he wanted to see.

After thinking about it, Voldemort felt that it would be better to take this matter slowly for now.Anyway, the ring was still looking for the body, and he didn't know that all the diehard Death Eaters had been won over by him.In other words, even if the ring regains its physical body, it cannot find help.And rather than making Harry that target, he didn't mind taking it himself - he was obviously much more reliable against himself than Harry.And if he does it himself, the conditions are not yet ripe. "You can't leave now anyway," he finally said. "Do you think you can successfully walk out of Privet Drive without letting the members of the Order of the Phoenix find out?"

This sentence stopped Harry.Because the people outside the Order of the Phoenix had shifts, even if he managed to bring down the people in this class, if he couldn't come back in time, the people in the next shift would find out.It's certain that he won't be able to come back in time, and he doesn't know where the ring is now! "Can we just sit and wait for death?" He became a little impatient.Although he didn't see those mummified corpses, he always felt that in the time he couldn't use, someone's vitality was gradually disappearing because of him.

"Of course there is something to do." Voldemort motioned Harry to keep his head down.And Harry was lying on the head of the bed, and after hearing what he said, his eyes were very wide: "...is this really possible?"