Hogwarts Mystery Sequence

Amon and 'Lockhart' left the eighth floor of the castle and wandered to the office of Professor Against Dark Arts.

But when Amon stood at the door of the office, about to open the door, his hand suddenly stopped, and he turned his head in unison with 'Lockhart' next to him and looked at the empty corridor.

Then the two of them adjusted the position of their monocles simultaneously as if they were carved from the same mold. The corners of their mouths were slightly raised before they turned back and opened the office door and walked in.

And in the corner of the corridor, where Amon and Lockhart suddenly turned to look, the three people who were secretly watching were so frightened that they held their breath and did not dare to breathe at all;

Just now, when they saw the strange movements and expressions of Amon and his two men, their pupils suddenly dilated and they were extremely nervous;

But what surprised the three of them was that Amon and Lockhart did not come directly to catch them out as they thought, but turned around and entered the office.

This made Harry, Ron and Hermione sigh in relief, but at the same time they couldn't help but feel confused.

After all, no matter how you look at it, Amon and Lockhart discovered them, but why were they indifferent to them?

Moreover, the two people's synchronized movements of adjusting their monocles and weird smiles just now clearly told them that something was wrong.

This almost self-exposure gave the trio an inexplicable sense of déjà vu...

"Why is it him again?!" Ron resisted.

"I'd say this guy is born bad, just like his Death Eater father." He said angrily.

Hermione frowned slightly and retorted: "Ron, we have to trust Professor Dumbledore's judgment. Since he thinks there is nothing wrong with Nott, then we should stop making malicious speculations. He is our classmate!"

Ron curled his lips when he heard this.

"Perhaps Professor Dumbledore was only briefly deceived by Nott. We all know that Nott is best at deceiving people, just like how he deceived you and Harry."

Hermione's cheeks puffed out and she stared at him with her little eyes.

Within two seconds, when he realized that Hermione was about to speak, Ron immediately raised his hands and surrendered helplessly:

"Okay, okay, it's all Nott's fault!"

"But Lockhart's abnormality is definitely related to Nott. You won't deny this, right?"

Hermione frowned slightly. She naturally knew that Amon Nott was very suspicious, but her guess was that someone had used the Imperius Curse to control Professor Lockhart.

But how could Amon Nott, a second-year wizard, control an adult wizard and a recipient of the Order of Merlin?

Just thinking about it makes me think it’s impossible!

So Hermione had a big question mark in her mind as to what role Amon played in this matter.

"Do you think it's possible..."

At this time, Harry, who had been silent next to him, suddenly hesitated and said:

"...What kind of message is Knott sending us, just like last year."

Hermione hesitated upon hearing this.

If Amon was secretive, she would suspect that Amon had something up his sleeve, but since Amon was so upright, she really didn't know what to do, not to mention that Amon had a "criminal record" in this regard.

She shook her thick curly hair irritably, like a squirrel being provoked by a pine cone.

"Why don't we go ask him directly." Harry suggested with bright eyes.

To be honest, he had very mixed feelings about Amon, mainly because Amon saved him.

At the beginning, without Amon's reminder, his confrontation with Voldemort might have ended completely differently.

Therefore, Harry always believed most of Amon's words in his heart.

It's just that Amon's usually frivolous speaking and acting style made him feel uncomfortable and difficult to understand.

Therefore, Amon's positioning has always been outside the boundary of "good guy".

But when he said these words, he suddenly had an intuition.

That is, Amon will most likely answer their confusion.

So Harry's tone became more firm as he spoke.

"Okay! If he doesn't tell the truth, we will teach him a lesson just like we did with Malfoy."

Ron clenched his fists and answered excitedly.

Facing two eager friends, what else could Hermione say? She sighed and slapped her forehead with her hand.

"Okay, but we need to plan it out."

Harry and Ron looked at each other. Although they didn't understand what was the plan for such a face-to-face confrontation, they still nodded calmly.

……

In the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor's office.

Amon, who was separated by a door, didn't know that the trio was preparing to confront him directly at this moment, but he could also guess that they would take some actions against him next.

But the value of 'Lockhart' has been squeezed out.

Perhaps the greatest remaining value is that it allows him to enter the restricted book area at will.

But if he wants to enter the forbidden book area, does he need to use this layer of skin again?

Therefore, it doesn't matter to Amon even if he loses his identity as 'Lockhart' now.

So he was willing to let go and have fun with the trio, which was originally why he focused on Lockhart in the first place.

As for the promotion ceremony, that was the adjustment Amon later made based on the overall situation.

But now that the "noisy things" are done, the "business" should naturally be put on the agenda.

But before that, there is one more thing to deal with——

I saw Amon take out a black diary from a "secret" drawer on his desk.

This was the first Horcrux made by Voldemort, a diary that symbolized his identity as the heir of Slytherin.

Amon had exchanged Ginny's school supplies just to get it.

Of course, this Horcrux is of little value to Amon, who already has all of Voldemort's memories.

He only got it in order to prevent this Horcrux from causing uncontrollable chaos to Hogwarts and thus affecting the promotion ceremony.

Afterwards, he also thought about taking the initiative to use it to make some arrangements to make the image of 'Lockhart' fuller and more impressive in the little wizard's mind, so as to increase the success rate of the ceremony.

However, I later gave up on this idea——

This promotion is only the lowest two sequences, the fused magic power is not much, and the divinity faced is not too powerful.

If Lockhart's image perception is too specific, it may break the balance and in turn affect Amon's self-perception.

After all, Amon is Lockhart, but Lockhart is not Amon.

There is a difference between the two images!

Therefore, how to deal with the "useless" diary now becomes a problem.

Amon held his cheek with his right hand, the second joint of his index finger pressed against the lower edge of the monocle, and tapped the table with his left index finger rhythmically.

But he thought hard for a long time and couldn't figure out what remaining value the diary had.

In other words, what remaining value does Voldemort have?

In fact, if he collected all of Voldemort's Horcruxes, he could burn them all.

But without getting all the Horcruxes, there are some dangers.

Even the Ravenclaw crown, which concealed Voldemort's main soul, was no longer sealed by Amon with a secret spell.

This is because Amon learned from Voldemort's memory that once the connection between the main soul and the soul in the Horcrux is disconnected for a certain period of time, the resurrection mechanism of the Horcrux will be triggered.

The soul in the Horcrux will randomly become the main soul, and as long as it passes the resurrection ceremony, it can resurrect itself.

Therefore, Amon could only seal Voldemort's soul through the Fooling Curse and the Circulation Curse.

Before his promotion, this seal needs to be maintained by continuous application of magic spells.

After becoming the "Magical Professor", he applied this kind of continuous spell, and the effect could last longer without needing to be replenished too frequently.

Therefore, Amon, who still had no good ideas on how to deal with Voldemort, could only choose to let the diadem continue to gather dust in the Room of Requirement.

As for the diary...

The crystal lens of the monocle worn by Amon on his right eye suddenly reflected the fleeting light of fire.

With a shrill scream that penetrated deeply into the soul, the black diary disappeared into this world without leaving anything behind.

Then Amon picked up another ordinary notebook from the table and changed it into another look - an old black cover, a mysterious atmosphere full of temptation...

Everything is exactly the same as the Horcrux Diary!

Amon put the diary in the drawer with his lips raised, locked it specially, and then left the office in a happy mood.

'Lockhart', who had been writing lesson plans on the sofa, was finally able to return to his place.

……

Amon walked leisurely in the corridor.

Suddenly, he raised his right hand to adjust his monocle, smiled and sighed.

Then he turned around and said to the empty corridor:

"Your tracking skills really haven't improved at all."

One sentence directly "scammed" the trio.

Amon looked at the trio approaching him "menacingly" and couldn't help but raise his hand to straighten his monocle again, feeling a little tired.

He realized that he might not really be able to grasp the psychology of Gryffindor.

According to the procedure, shouldn't the trio be discussing how to sneak into Lockhart's office at this time?

Why are you following him again?

When Amon was helpless, the trio had already arrived in front of him.

"Nott, we want to talk to you."

Harry said straight to the point.

Amon looked at Harry's determined eyes, stroked his monocle with his right hand, and began to consider whether it was time to make them more difficult.

But in the end he nodded and led them to an empty classroom.

Entering the empty classroom, Amon turned to look at Harry and said:

"Okay, let me hear what Mr. 'Savior' has to say?"

Harry's expression remained normal, he was already immune to the "Savior" title from Amon.

"We want to know if the 'Lockhart' thing has anything to do with you?"

Amon put on his monocle and asked with interest:

"Which one are you referring to?"

"Did Lockhart use the Forgetting Curse to plagiarize the experiences of other wizards and replace the protagonist with himself?"

"Is this why Lockhart is like this?"

"what?!"

Amon's first response was a scream.

After screaming, Hermione pointed at Amon angrily and shouted:

"This is impossible!"

"What evidence do you have to say that?!"

Harry and Ron also looked shocked.

Amon glanced at Hermione and said with a smile:

"Oh, it seems there is a little Lockhart fan here."

"Then I can only tell you with regret that your idol is Gilderoy Lockhart, recipient of the Order of Merlin, Third Class, honorary member of the Defense League against Dark Arts, and five-time winner of Wizarding Weekly's Most Charming Smile Award - but he always said he didn't mean that - just an incompetent liar."

"All the amazing deeds he did were plagiarized from other wizards."

"And the wizards whose deeds he plagiarized ended up having their memories erased by him."

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