Take things as they come at Hogwarts

"No, but Gryffindor's sword can absorb anything, giving it the same properties as it does. And in front of you, there is exactly a substance that can destroy Horcruxes. "

"You mean, your poison?" Harry finally understood the meaning of the words on Locke's note, and couldn't help but shudder!

"You're really smart, Harry. Maybe that's one of the reasons Slytherin chose me as a pet in the first place. I don't know how the heir would have felt if he had known that Slytherin had left me with a Horcrux and a venom that could destroy the Horcrux. "

"Asclepius, you did it on purpose, right? deliberately chose to die at my hands and then deliberately told me this!" Harry was suddenly a little agitated, a little sad.

"Don't think too much, kid. I'm just tired, and at the same time, I miss Lord Salazar Slytherin. I've been alone for so long, Lord Slytherin won't blame me......" The basilisk's voice grew faint, and then, its head slammed into the ground again, this time, completely non-moving.

Harry stood on the ground for half a minute before picking up Gryffindor's sword and slicing off one of the basilisk's fangs.

So the basilisk's venom immediately flowed on the sword's body, and it was quickly absorbed by the sword.

It was only then that Fawkes landed beside Harry with the Sorting Hat in his mouth, holding Harry's wand.

"Asclepius, what did it say to you?" the Sorting Hat asked, somewhat curious.

"It told me something, about how to destroy that journal. Harry's tone was a little low.

"It seems that it has not betrayed your friendship. I guess something, it just has to do that. Because I know that Slytherin is a very cautious and troublesome person. Asclepius must have had a magical oath in his body that constrained it!But what the hell is going on with its eyes, and who blinded it?"

"Voldemort must have it!" Harry threw the pot on Tom's head without thinking about it.

Then he grabbed Gryffindor's sword and walked towards the chamber.

When Tom saw Harry again, his expression was very surprised.

"Why are you still alive?"

"Tom, Asclepius is dead. Harry glanced at the black-covered journal beside Lockhart and said with a blank expression.

"What? Wait, you killed it!" Tom couldn't believe it.

"Of course, and now, I'm going to kill you!"

"I don't know how you did it, but kill me, you're dreaming!"

Harry ignored him, instead walking towards Tom with his sword in hand.

At this time, Harry was gray-faced, and his body was full of foul smell.

It was on his body when he slipped down the pipe, and Harry had forgotten that he was going to "clean up" the (ahcf) spell.

But this made Harry look unimposing and embarrassed at this time.

So, Tom didn't care at all, and continued to speak, "I know what you're trying to do, you want to kill Lockhart and stop me from resurrecting, right?" Even if you do this, I will have a chance to be resurrected in the future, and you will soon become a murderer!"

Harry didn't care about Tom's words, and came to Tom's side, without saying a word, and pointed a sword at the diary on the ground.

"Oh, I forgot to tell you, Harry. Although this journal is indeed my lifeblood, as the basilisk said, there is not much power in this world that can damage it, and you are just in vain...... Wait, what's wrong with you!This can't be!!"

Tom's journal was stabbed with a sword, and a blinding white light burst out from the wound.

Tom's face was full of disbelief, and he couldn't help but let out a wail of anger, remorse, and resentment:

"No, it shouldn't be like this! I'm just one step away! I still have an agreement, I promised him! Why, why ......"

Tom couldn't speak anymore, for the journal had been completely pierced by Gryffindor's sword, and had even been pinned to the floor.

The white light from the journal's wound slowly faded, along with Tom's extremely unwilling roar.

But Harry didn't let his guard down, still holding on to his sword, and even tried to cut the diary to pieces, intending to slice it to pieces.

"Wait, Harry, Tom is gone. This diary, left to me, is still useful. At the very least, whether Hagrid can restore his reputation depends on him and the basilisk's corpse. "

"Professor Dumbledore, when did you come?!" Harry was surprised.

"Fox informed me. You know, I can apparilate anywhere in the school, as long as it's where I've been. Actually, I received this this tonight. Dumbledore handed Harry a note.

Sure enough, the handwriting on it was Locke's, and the note read: Professor, please protect Harry!

"It seems that Locke expected it again. Harry wasn't surprised.

"Yes, Locke always expected that, didn't he?" Dumbledore gave Harry a playful look, and then, as he thought of something, gloated, "I don't know, though, how Miss Granger will react when she finds out about this." Hopefully, he left her a note. "

"I don't think he'll feel good when he wakes up. Harry couldn't help but laugh when he thought of how Hermione and Locke usually got along.

"Alright, Harry, I'll take you back to my office first, and you can rest there for a while. Someone from the Ministry of Magic has already arrived, because the news of Locke's petrification has spread, and Lucius has even brought the Minister of Magic with him. I think it's just right, I can take care of everything tonight. "

"But, Loha..."

"Sorry, kid. In his case, I can't do anything about it. "Dumbledore has actually been here for a long time, and naturally he heard what Lockhart did from Tom's mouth, so he has no sympathy for Lockhart.

Next, Dumbledore gave Harry a super-strong "clean-up" before returning to Dumbledore's office with him Apparition.

Then he left without stopping.

This was the case every time, with the young wizards going on exciting adventures, and Dumbledore then breaking his leg to clean up the mess.

But it was necessary, his duty as a watchman for the little wizards.

Fortunately, he had so much evidence in his hands today, it should be enough to deal with Fudge and Lucius.

In fact, when Fudge saw the fresh corpse of the thousand-year-old basilisk, he was speechless.

As for the dangerous dark magic item, what Dumbledore said was probably a diary made by Voldemort, and Fudge didn't even want to touch it!

When Dumbledore explained to Fudge, he repeatedly suggested that the dark magic object had been brought in on purpose.

And the person who brought him was undoubtedly related to Voldemort, and the purpose was to cause unrest at Hogwarts, and then achieve some of his goals.

And this is no longer a hint, it is directly explicit.

Dumbledore almost said directly to Fudge, hurry up and give orders to the Aurors, seize Lucius by your side, and then investigate him thoroughly!

But Fudge naturally wouldn't do this to his big patron, and did his best to pretend that he didn't understand Dumbledore's hints.

The other school directors and Aurors also watched as if they hadn't heard anything.

However, Fudge didn't dare to offend Dumbledore too much, and eventually made concessions, such as promising to publicly admit his mistakes and restore Hagrid's reputation and wizarding status.

Actually, it's not a price Fudge can't pay. Anyway, it was the mistake of the Ministry of Magic back then, and it has nothing to do with me.

If he dares to admit his mistakes and apologize for the Ministry of Magic back then, he may even gain some good fame through it.

However, Dumbledore was still dissatisfied and demanded a thorough investigation into Lockhart's past.

Fudge agreed.

After all, another Defence Against the Dark Arts professor had died at Hogwarts.

Even if Dumbledore didn't say it, he would have asked the Aurors to investigate it closely.

Moreover, Lockhart has many fans, is very influential in the British wizarding community, and is also a third-class medal winner of the Order of Merlin.

Fudge must give an account to the wizarding world about Lockhart's death.