Take things as they come at Hogwarts

"Looks like you're making good progress, Tom. However, you should have asked me for something. "

"That's right, Locke. Sure enough, it's a pleasure to deal with smart people like you!"

"I don't think so, it must be a very troublesome thing for you to have to ask me for help. I hope your chips will satisfy me. "

"Of course...... Actually, it's like this...... "Tom told Locke about Lockhart's request and his own plans.

originally thought that Locke would be furious when he heard it, and he even prepared several sets of rhetoric, just to appease Locke.

But Locke was calm when he heard it.

"Lockhart is actually trapped in a demonic barrier, is this the principle of the curse of your body?"

"It's not that simple, Locke. I have to admit that my ontology and I can't say we fully understand the curse. Magic is like that, wizards mostly only know how to use them, and don't think about how they work. "

"But your request is ridiculous. You should understand that when I am in a petrified state, I have no ability to protect myself. Besides, Dumbledore and Harry don't know how to react, I'm afraid you're in big trouble!"

"I know, but I'm going to push the pace right away and I'm not going to give them time to react. And I'll make sure to take a good look at Lockhart and won't give him a chance to mess with you. I could swear by the glory of the Slytherin bloodline!"

"Oh, Slytherin! But, well, I can trust you. But the main thing is time. The time for the mandrake to mature is two months later, two whole months, how are you going to compensate me? You should understand that for a genius like me, every day until adulthood is precious. Can you really afford to pay that expensive?"

"Of course, Locke. After you've petrified, I'll give you a longer memory scene where you can go through it over and over again until you've mastered the full set of Slytherin alchemy. "

"Only alchemy?"

"I'm sorry, Locke. Other things are where I stand on my footing, and I can't possibly share them with you. However, I have two spells here, one is the Fire Charm that you've always wanted to learn, and trust me, I'm an expert at Fire Charms! Even Dumbledore is slightly inferior to me in this spell. "

Locke nodded noncommittally at Tom's claim, and then continued, "What about the other spell? I guess it's the reason you're so confident." "

"You guessed so right. And thank you for putting me in touch with Lockhart. I didn't expect Lockhart to develop the Oblivion Charm to the extreme, and he would evolve such a useful spell......" Tom excitedly shared with Locke.

"Looks like an interesting spell, but I want Lockhart's Oblivion Charm technique too!"

"Of course, Locke, you deserve it!" Tom readily agreed, handing Locke a blank journal.

This is clearly not an ordinary diary. But Locke knew what it was and took it.

So, in the spell practice room where the flames were burning, two boys of all sizes who were too handsome had some dark smiles on their faces.

Sure enough, few handsome men are good things?

......

Rock eventually made a deal with Tom.

The first reason is that the remuneration is indeed extremely generous, and it is difficult to refuse.

If you want to become stronger, you have to pay a price.

After all, he doesn't have a system or anything like that, and he can become stronger directly by doing tasks.

And I want to find a good mentor with a good relationship, and count on the other party to teach me. This is too idealistic.

Professors always have their thoughts and concerns.

They also believe that there is no need to rush, Locke can take his time.

But Locke himself didn't think so.

He must get strong quickly before he becomes weak!

Another reason to promise Tom is that he can escape from his current situation for a while.

Woman trouble!

And now, trouble is everywhere.

Hopefully, the infirmary and Tom's promised memories will give him some peace, and hopefully, when he wakes up, the atmosphere at Hogwarts will return to normal.

"Well, now that we've made a deal, without further ado, I'll go back and make some preparations, you go and call the basilisk, and we'll get this done tonight!" Locke decided.

"So fast?!" Tom was a little surprised.

"Don't you think that's even better? He's the most glamorous and favored person at Hogwarts during the day, and at night, he's a pitiful stone statue?

"Locke, you're such a wicked person. I think your friend, Harry, must be in a miserable situation!"

"Then it's up to you or him, who is more capable. Don't think that I became friends with him just to take advantage of him. "

"You're wrong this time. I'll prove to you that he's worthless compared to me!" Tom said with a rare loss of emotion. (If you read a violent novel, go to Feilu Novel Network!)

It seems that Harry is indeed the death den of Tom.

Locke smiled and turned to leave the Room of Requirement.

He was going back and returning the Cloak of Invisibility to Harry.

Then, leave a note for each of the three.

After all, he's not really funny. []

As two blue-purple flame butterflies flew out of the window grabbing the note, Locke placed the last note along with the invisibility cloak at the head of Harry's bed.

Locke could see that as Tom drew closer to resurrection, Harry's nightmares were becoming more frequent.

And Locke had already begun to teach Harry about Receptivity and Occlumency.

But Harry's pace of learning was somewhat touching.

This was probably because Harry's knowledge and magic were not enough to support him in mastering this level of spells.

It seems that learning is really important for wizards.

......

Locke tucked the blank journal into his arms, styled his hair, wrapped the scarf from Ron's mother, and put on the glasses Hermione had given him, before holding the white princess out of the common room.

Along the way, the white princess has been shining without permission, and seems to be against him doing so.

But Locke didn't accommodate the White Princess this time.

Looking at the dimly lit hallway, Locke even felt that maybe those conditions and benefits were not the real reason why he agreed to Tom, he just wanted to experience something exciting.

I thought I could fight the basilisk, but now the basilisk is a good snake.

In that case, let's arch the fire.

How would Harry react when he found out that his roommate was petrified by the basilisk tomorrow morning?

And the basilisk, caught between Tom and Harry, will it reveal its true nature?

Dumbledore, what is your role in this?

Looking forward to what kind of surprise he will have when he wakes up? Or will he not wake up again?

Locke meets Myrtle at the staircase on the third floor, shivering, but still reminding Locke to leave.

But Locke ignores her, goes to the place where Tom controlled Malfoy's words, and summons the flaming butterflies to lie on the wall, sucking the special magic contained in the second line of words.

The second line disappears, and Locke can easily see that the butterflies turn black, so he lets the butterflies dissipate.

Locke heard movement behind him and saw Myrtle rushing towards him.

I didn't expect her to have such courage.

But it wasn't necessary, Locke sped up, and his gaze finally met a pair of huge golden pupils!

To Locke's surprise, he seemed to understand the emotion in the other party's pupils, which was horror and fear!

The next moment, Locke and Myrtle are petrified together.

But the basilisk also let out a wail, and rolled violently on the ground, its tail shattering everything around it, making a huge noise.

Tom, who had been hiding in the corner before, was a little overwhelmed, and finally calmed down the basilisk, only to find that the basilisk's eyeballs had been burned off.

Its empty eye sockets leave only two flesh holes!

Without thinking about what was going on, Tom quickly repaired the basilisk with his magic, then turned on the mechanism and took the basilisk into the sewer pipe.

Before leaving, he didn't forget to activate the blank diary in Locke's arms, so that it turned into a streamer and merged into Locke's body.