"Ah—"
"Stop howling. No one will come to save you. Since you're so resistant to confessing, then go enjoy the oil pot. Compared to your unpleasant wailing, I prefer the beautiful screams."
Inside the Defense Against the Dark Arts Class Professor's office, Karl, who was using a sickle to comb his three bone braids, gave Grindelwald a look.
Grindelwald immediately picked Lockhart up from the floor, making to throw him in.
"Wait a minute! I confess! I confess!"
Seeing the several vengeful spirits wailing in agony in the oil pot, Lockhart nearly wet his pants.
Was this still Hogwarts? It wasn't like this when he was a student!
Where did this ruthless monster come from? He shouldn't have come back!
He only remembered preparing to attend the school's Halloween feast, but before he even left his office, everything went black and he knew nothing.
When he came to, he saw this terrifying monster directing his subordinates to torment ghosts for fun, and he was also going to judge him.
"Then tell us, what evil deeds have you committed? For example, attacking other Wizards, using a Memory Charm to erase their memories, and then stealing their brave deeds. Don't leave anything out."
Extremely terrified, Lockhart's face was pale and his body trembled. Why did someone else know this secret! It was over! This time, it was truly over!
It was all Dumbledore and that bastard's fault!
"I'll tell: I'll tell now—"
A terrified Lockhart began to confess, from stealing children's pocket money to swindling old people's funeral savings, even how many times he wet the bed as a child.
After listening to his detailed account of how he deceived those brave Wizards and Witches and stole their achievements, Grindelwald immediately became displeased.
"You disgusting scum! You despicable wretch! You incompetent waste! How dare you even come to Hogwarts to be a Professor?"
Grindelwald, thinking that he had given up his position for such a person, wished he could directly throw Lockhart into the oil pot and fry him until he was crispy.
"I never had such an idea! Dumbledore invited me!"
"Slap, slap, slap—"
"Ah! Stop hitting me!"
Grindelwald directly delivered a five-strike combo, making Lockhart wail like a ghost. How dare he even try to blame Albus? He was asking for death!
"Calm down, calm down. Can't you learn to be as calm as I am?"
Karl stopped Grindelwald, snatched the whip from his hand, and then also gave Lockhart a five-strike combo.
Hoo-hoo! It felt good!
Grindelwald: (—_—)
Perhaps I can be as calm as you, but when it comes to shamelessness, I can't compare. You little bastard are truly gifted; I really can't compete.
"Cough!"
Somewhat embarrassed, he returned the whip to him. Karl kicked Lockhart, "Continue talking!"
"It's true! I was in the prime of my career and didn't want to be a Professor at all. Dumbledore said I could be Harry Potter's Professor, and I came to increase my fame!"
Lockhart, tears and snot streaming down his face from the pain, began to explain loudly.
"At the time, I agreed impulsively, but I regretted it before school even started, after all, the previous two Defense Against the Dark Arts Class Professors had both died."
"But someone forced me to come! He also knew my secret, so I had no choice!"
Karl and Grindelwald exchanged glances, knowing this was their biggest gain tonight.
"Who was that person?"
"Saul Crocker! He's a Silent from the Ministry of Magic's Department of Mysteries!"
"What did he make you do?"
"Find a ghost in the Castle that looks exactly like Peeves! But I didn't find— Ah! No! I haven't even started looking yet!
Oh, right! He also told me to be careful of Karl OLaughlin! And to investigate that little Wizard's background!"
Karl: ()
Good heavens! He's targeting me now!
However, since he was after Moaning Myrtle, it must be related to the Tuatha Dé Danann.
Moreover, compared to other Tuatha Dé Danann members trapped in the otherworld, Herpo the Foul, who likely remained in the present world, is highly suspicious.
However, this also presents a major logical problem. If he had the ability to infiltrate the Ministry of Magic, why did he choose to let his followers like Avis and Heller act? And now he's sending this useless Lockhart to Hogwarts.
Forget it, forget it. Let Dumbledore worry about it. Karl really didn't want to think.
It wasn't that he couldn't! He was just lazy!
Lockhart cried out for mercy, "I've told you everything! Can you spare me? If not, just give me a quick death! I really don't want to go into the oil pot!"
"How do you contact each other?"
"He gave me a magic mirror and told me to notify him after I found the ghost. It's in my suitcase, but I haven't touched that mirror since I came to Hogwarts."
Very good. It seems this mirror was the source of the Dark Arts aura that clung to Lockhart at the time.
"Last question, how did you know he was Saul Crocker? Did he not disguise himself at all when he sought you out?"
"He really didn't! I can swear a poisonous oath!"
Karl raised an eyebrow at Grindelwald, then put away the vengeful spirits, the oil pot, and other torture instruments.
"Obliviate!"
Grindelwald raised his wand and erased the memory of Lockhart, who could be called a master of the Memory Charm.
"Done? No mistakes, right? This guy is quite skilled in Memory Charms."
"Heh! That depends on who he's compared to!"
IIII
After the Halloween night of terror, everyone was discussing the terrifying parade of ghosts.
Although the Professors said it was a school-arranged exercise, the little Wizards generally believed that things were not that simple.
Beyond the school's ghosts, the terrible monster from the Chamber of Secrets also appeared.
Otherwise, why were only the Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, and Gryffindor students in the Great Hall at that time, while not a single Slytherin was seen? It was because they were attacked by the monster!
Although most Slytherin students remained silent and tight-lipped about what happened that night, some little snakes couldn't control their immense desire to express themselves and revealed the details.
This made many little Wizards, especially the little lions of Gryffindor, particularly excited.
The monster left by Slytherin in the Chamber of Secrets actually attacked Slytherin students. How pleasant that sounded!
George and Fred stated that the monster must be a sensible good monster, after all, he liked pranks and also liked toilet seats.
If it were before, Percy would certainly scold and refute his two younger brothers.
But this time, he had no mind to manage them at all, because his heart was still filled with grief and indignation.
That monster actually left a zero on his love letter!
Who asked you to grade me?
Although the grade was Outstanding, how could this monster peek at someone's love letter?
Shameless!
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