Hogwarts Gymnastics Professor

Chapter 35 Light and Fire

A person like Rita Skeeter is a once-in-a-century talent in guiding public opinion, and her social skills are also full. Whether it is a senior official of the Ministry of Magic or a parent of a pure-blood family, she can give her face.

As long as you don't become the protagonist of her negative report, this woman will always make you feel very comfortable.

Today, her report can be described as Xiang Zhuangwu, and the sword is intended for Peigong.On the surface, he was criticizing Lockhart for his illegal actions, but in fact he was attacking Dumbledore for being ignorant, and describing Dumbledore as a person who was neither stupid nor evil.

Lockhart smelled conspiracy, and Rita Skeeter dared to attack Dumbledore head-on, and it was obvious that someone was giving her a platform.

Needless to say, from the reports, it can be seen that Umbridge's mischief is indispensable for all this. Lucius Malfoy should also want to end, but he is still waiting and watching. After all, he has just been sanctioned by Dumbledore once. I still have lingering fears.

But once he and Dumbledore were in an unfavorable situation, he might be the one who would hate him the most.

And now it seems that only three people are attacking them, but the identity of this person is very subtle, a reporter, a bureaucrat and the patriarch of a rich pure-blood family.

Journalists, bureaucrats and rich people represent the power of public opinion, government and capital respectively.

Public opinion-administration-capital are united because of their common interests. For them, Lockhart is not important, and Dumbledore is actually not important, and the absence of Dumbledore is the most important thing.

In this dark and decaying magical world, Dumbledore is the only light.

The reason why a bureaucrat like Umbridge dare not do whatever he wants, why a reporter like Rita Skeeter dare not wantonly turn black and white, and why a pure-blooded capitalist like Lucius Malfoy dare not be unscrupulous, can be said to be It was because of Dumbledore.

He suppresses all monsters and monsters like a tower.

Just think about Dumbledore's aging and what happened after his death in the original plot, and everyone can understand why "without Dumbledore" is the most in line with the common interests of public opinion-administration-capital.

At that time, Umbridge's rule after rule oppressed all students in Hogwarts.

Rita Skeeter rants in the Daily Prophet, and even writes books like The Life and Lies of Albus Dumbledore that utterly distort the facts.

Pure blood wizards, especially the wealthy ones, wantonly abuse and persecute all ordinary wizards.

Therefore, it is very normal for these three parties to join forces to persecute Lockhart and Dumbledore, and even Rita Skeeter's backstab is very reasonable.

Lockhart didn't expect that a relationship that started with a brooch and was subsequently united because of interests could withstand too many tests; nor did he expect that a promise made because of threats and bullying the banner would be too firm.

But he still didn't expect it to be so fast. Judging from the timing, it could almost be said that Rita Skeeter started backstabbing as soon as he left.

After reading the newspaper, Lockhart released the two shadow clones who had read the letter, and began to understand the contents of these letters.

The content of the letter can be roughly divided into three categories.

The first category is two letters from the Ministry of Magic and the Wizengamot, saying that the Ministry of Magic and the Wizengamot will soon send people to investigate Lockhart and ask Lockhart to cooperate.

The second category is letters from some ordinary wizards questioning or even abusing. Many of the letters were once his fans, including Mrs. Narcissa Malfoy, who was once a big fan of his books and the director of the fan club.

The third category consisted of letters expressing encouragement and support, and there was only one, which was jointly signed by Hermione, Neville, Ron, and Harry.

Hermione is a big fan of Lockhart and she likes Lockhart's way of teaching. Neville is his student. Ron and Harry were once saved by Lockhart on a speeding car out of control. They both chose Trust Lockhart.

It was already noon after processing the letters, Lockhart did not choose to eat alone in the office as usual, but walked down the tower and came to the auditorium.

Even though it was noon, there were still owls coming and going in the Great Hall of Hogwarts, and even Lockhart heard the sound of bellowing letters.

The students I met did not greet with enthusiastic smiles as usual, but bowed their heads and left quickly.

The admiration and love of the masses is always like this, it comes easily and goes quickly, its rise and fall are sudden.

Lockhart didn't mean to blame these little wizards. They didn't do it out of malice but were deceived. He once used deception to gain honor and respect, and now he lost them because of deception. It is not wrong.

Lockhart took a plate and found an empty seat and sat down. The young wizards at the same table suddenly dispersed. This is a normal phenomenon. After all, Lockhart is a suspected murderer. When everything is unclear It is human instinct to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages.

Lockhart suddenly felt that as long as he had a few shadow clones, one for each dining table, then no students would dare to come to the auditorium to eat, and all the students would starve to death.

Finding a way to quickly destroy Hogwarts, a smile appeared on the corner of Lockhart's mouth.

The students at the opposite table saw Lockhart's smile suddenly spread away. It seems that the number of shadow clones that can realize this plan can even be halved, hahahahahaha...

While Lockhart was telling himself a bad joke in his head, Hermione sat up, followed by Harry, Ron and Neville.

They were expressing their support and trust for Lockhart with practical actions. Lockhart simply asked the house elves to serve him the usual crystal elbows, bad duck feet and creamy osmanthus cakes, and enjoyed the food with them.

After dinner, Lockhart returned to the office. A phoenix shining with silver and white light was waiting for him in the office. Lockhart recognized that it was Dumbledore's Patronus.

It brought news from Dumbledore, who told Lockhart to cooperate with the investigation, to be patient, not to be impulsive, and that he would never let the Ministry of Magic wrong Lockhart.

In this dark and decaying wizarding world, Dumbledore is a guiding lighthouse.He used his radiance to continuously guide young wizards on the right path. After his death, someone will inherit his will and become a new lighthouse.

Dumbledore found many candidates for the next lighthouse. He once thought it was McGonagall, then he thought it was James, and now he thinks it might be Harry, or maybe even Lockhart.

But Lockhart felt that what this decaying and dark wizarding world needed was not a glowing lighthouse, but a fire, a fire that could start a prairie fire in the future.

Therefore, unlike Dumbledore's conservatism and patience, Lockhart's choice is fierce and rebellious.

Of course, the timing is not yet ripe, and the bullets still need to fly for a while.

　Newcomers and new books, seeking collections, seeking recommendation tickets.

　　


(End of this chapter)