HP calls me Queen

Delphine just felt that she was burned inside by Ray.White Wizard, you can do it.Sacrificing a whole year's teaching progress of the Defense Against the Dark Arts class for all students in the school, just to teach Harry a lesson not to be obsessed with fame.This coquettish operation is really slipping away!
"Okay!" Delphine helped her forehead helplessly: "You... are really... oh..."

Lockhart was also a little embarrassed, and then smiled and said: "Okay, okay, don't be depressed. Actually, I only teach this year for one year. Dumbledore has already arranged a professor for next year. He is a very powerful professor. Wizard. He'll make up for the big guys."

Delphine nodded when she heard this. She knew that the professor who would teach Defense Against the Dark Arts next year would be Lupine, that poor wolf slave.But what to say, there is nothing to say about Lupine's level.

"Okay, let's do it!" Delphine nodded: "I have to help Harry and the others, what do you say?"

"I'll go with you," Lockhart nodded, and with a flick of his wand, he cast another Stunning Charm on Ron.Delphine estimated that if the spell was not broken, Ron would have to sleep for at least half a day before waking up.

"How did you get there?" Daphne scanned the stone wall in front of her.The stone wall couldn't stop her.After all, it is composed of gravel, not concrete.There are always gaps.These gaps are difficult for a person or even a cat to pass through.But it is not a problem at all for birds and snakes that can change in size at will.And Delphine's Animagus happens to be a bird and snake.

"It's easy for me!" Lockhart laughed, and then he boasted and collapsed to the ground.Before Daphne was surprised, she saw a translucent misty Lockhart floating out from the head of Lockhart's original body.

"Out of body?" Delphine almost peed her pants.Fortunately, I didn't drink water for a long time, and I didn't have it at this time.Never expected that Lockhart would have such a skill!This is a rare spell that only exists in legends.

"Don't think too much, it's different from what you think." Lockhart said with a curl of his lips: "My situation is special, I'm about to die. My body is cursed and should have died long ago. However, it may be because of my The magic power is strong enough, um, there may be some other reasons, it can force the soul to attach to the body and control it. In fact, I am already a ghost!"

This is great!Delphine was a little dumbfounded, but she basically understood Lockhart's situation.Lockhart had become a ghost.Like every other ghost in the Academy.However, unlike other ghosts, Lockhart's body is not completely dead, and because his magic power and spiritual power are strong enough, he can continue to act in his body.But……

"You... Can you use magic in the ghost state?" Delphine was a little puzzled.Ghosts, of course, cannot hold wands, nor can ghosts themselves store magic power.

"You can use some special magics, such as the Oblivion Curse, Confusion Curse, Imperius Curse, etc." Lockhart explained: "I can use some of these magics that do not produce actual physical effects."

Delphine knew it, because her body was still alive and possessed magical powers.So Lockhart can use some magic to a limited extent.However, it is only limited to spiritual magic.Although this is a bit weird, it is barely reasonable.

"Then, can you become invisible?" Daphne asked curiously, it was related to a previous doubt.

"Of course, if the ghost doesn't want the living to see it, the living will never see it." With that said, Lockhart quietly disappeared on the spot.But Daphne can still feel that the mental fluctuations are still there.And it seemed that because of losing the restraint of his body, Lockhart's mental fluctuations became even stronger.

I see!Delphine understood.Let’s just talk about how the white wizard in the original plot can rest assured that Harry can play with snakes alone.It turned out that Lockhart's ghost was watching over him.That makes sense.

"It's you!" Lockhart let the ghost reveal his figure again: "How did you get there?"

"My, it's easy!" Delphine turned into a miniature bird snake the thickness of her little finger.

"Animagus! Or magical Animagus?" Lockhart's ghostly tone was surprised, obviously Dumbledore didn't tell him about Delphine Animagus.Delphine is very satisfied with this, and the White Wizard is quite reliable in this matter.

Delphine, who was an Animagus, couldn't speak, so she didn't respond to Lockhart's words.Time was running out, so he burrowed directly into the crevice of the stone wall, and got through without a hitch.And Lockhart was already waiting for her on the other side of the stone wall.Physical obstacles are tantamount to non-existence for ghosts.

The conversation between Delphine and Lockhart was delayed for some time, but fortunately, the two were fast enough.But Harry and Draco are obviously moving forward cautiously.The speed is slightly slower.Harry just passed a valve when the two caught up.It was a solid-looking wall carved with two intertwined snakes with large, shining emeralds in their eyes.Delphine's eyes lit up as she looked at the gems.
Delphine really wanted to buckle those gems, but now was obviously not the time.Because they finally reached the main room of the secret room.Lockhart quietly disappeared.Delphine leaned against the wall, carefully hiding her figure through the shadows.

It was one side of a long, dimly lit room.Many stone pillars engraved with coiled and entangled snakes stand tall and support the ceiling that melts in the darkness of the heights, casting long and treacherous black shadows on the entire room filled with green and mysterious atmosphere.
Harry and Draco both gripped their wands tightly, looking prepared.Be ready for whatever may come out of nowhere.The surroundings are extremely quiet, making the sound of their every step on the slippery ground echo.

Delphine carefully concealed her figure, she was not sure about Lockhart's position.It can only be judged from the mental fluctuations that they are not far away.

When Harry and Draco came up to level with the last pair of stone pillars, there loomed before them a statue as tall as the room itself, clinging to the darkened wall behind.
What a big stone statue!Delphine, who was hiding in the corner, muttered secretly.Looking at Slytherin's face.That was definitely not a pretty face.It's nothing more than an old man, and the sculpture looks like a monkey.A long, sparse beard trailed almost to the hem of the wizard's robes carved in stone, and two large gray feet stood on the smooth floor of the room.Could it be that one of the most powerful dark wizards in history, Salazar Slytherin, is this honor?

"Ginny!" Harry exclaimed, and quickly ran towards the stone statue.Between the two large feet of the stone statue lay face down a thin figure in academic robes.Her hair was fiery red, and she was obviously Jenny.

Harry ran up quickly, while Draco raised his wand and scanned his surroundings vigilantly.

"Ginny!" Harry came to Ginny and gave a slight push, but Ginny didn't respond.Cast a resurrection spell with the wand, to no avail.Ginny's face was marble, cold and bloodless.Her eyes were closed, and her skin didn't have that slight bluish-gray color, so it wasn't petrified.Harry tried Ginny's snort, and breath, but very faintly.It has even been so weak that it seems to have nothing.

"Ginny, wake up, please, wake up!" Harry put his wand aside, and picked Ginny up from the cold ground.The tone was quite excited, and there was a little bit of crying.However, Ginny didn't respond, her head drooping lifelessly.

"She won't wake up!" An indifferent voice sounded softly.

Both Harry and Draco looked startled, turning their heads to look in the direction of the voice.

A tall boy with black hair was leaning on the nearest stone pillar, watching the three of Harry.He looked strange, and his outline was somewhat indistinct.It felt like looking at each other through a foggy window.

Draco didn't have any special reaction, but Harry was slightly startled, because although it wasn't very clear, Harry still recognized it.

"Tom? Are you Tom Riddle?" Harry's tone was a little startled.

Tom Riddle nodded.His eyes continued to watch the three of them.

"What do you mean? She won't wake up?" There was suppressed anger in Harry's tone: "Could it be, could it be that she..."

"He's not dead yet," Riddle's tone was still indifferent and calm: "But he won't live for long."

Harry felt like he couldn't turn his head around.Ron had told him that Riddle was a student 50 years ago.Even if he is alive now, it is impossible to be so young.Although he couldn't see clearly, the Riddle in front of him should be only sixteen or seventeen years old.

"Are you a ghost, or something?" Harry wasn't sure.

"A ghost, it's kind of similar!" Riddle showed a faint smile, but a trace of mockery could be seen: "I am a memory, a memory that has been kept in a diary for 50 years." He pointed at next to the big toe of the statue.There lay the diary Harry found in Moaning Myrtle's bathroom.For a moment Harry couldn't figure out how it had gotten there, but there was no need to think about it now, he had more pressing matters to attend to.
"Don't move!" Harry wanted to support Ginny's head, but suddenly heard Draco's voice.

Draco, who had been silent all this time, turned his wrist, and a red light shot towards Riddle.With a snap, the wand in Draco's hand also emitted a red light, and the two magics collided, Draco's body shook slightly, but Riddle took a step back.

Harry noticed that the wand in Riddle's hand seemed to be his own, and looking aside, sure enough, his wand was gone.

"Who are you?" Riddle looked at Draco: "I thought it would be a kid named Ron."

"When you ask who someone else is, you should introduce yourself first!" Draco pointed his wand at Riddle, his eyes narrowed slightly: "It doesn't matter if you are a ghost or a memory or something else. Silent and wandless magic, it's amazing! "

Yes, Riddle quietly let Harry's wand bounce off the ground and land in his hand just now when he waved without a wand or spell.Draco, who was watching all this, noticed all this and immediately used the disarming spell.But Riddle reacted very quickly, and immediately countered a spell.The two spells collided, and Draco took advantage of it a little.

"Is it powerful? Of course!" Riddle didn't worry about Draco's identity, but praised his strength: "At your age, you have very good magic power! Are you a child of a pure-blood family? Look at your Hair, it seems to belong to the Malfoy family?"

Draco didn't answer, still staring vigilantly at the person in front of him, Tom Riddle, the future Dark Lord.