Hogwarts Mystery Sequence

While Snape was still sneering at Dumbledore, 'Lockhart' went straight back to his office.

As soon as 'Lockhart' entered the office, he saw Amon sitting leisurely on a chair, resting his chin on his right hand and looking at a blank parchment on the table.

He didn't worry about disturbing Amon's consciousness, so he closed the door with a click.

This approach naturally made Amon's eyes refocus.

However, Amon was not surprised. Instead, he turned his eyes very naturally and glanced at Lockhart.

"I didn't expect you to give up the plan in the end." 'Lockhart' didn't care about Amon's emotionless gaze and expressed his doubts first.

"..."

After a short silence, Amon spoke:

"Actually, I didn't even think about it."

Originally, Amon's initial plan was to let Lockhart try to anger Dumbledore or take the initiative to attack Dumbledore. This was not to kill Dumbledore, but to let Dumbledore kill Lockhart. Especially, in this way, with the secret of the basilisk in his hand, he can package Dumbledore into a deeply hidden evil wizard who raises the basilisk, and Lockhart will naturally become the one who kills the basilisk and... A warrior who sacrificed his life to expose Dumbledore's "true face" - As for Lockhart's own ability, I believe that after nearly a semester of teaching career, there will be many "witnesses" - then , even if there are still quite a few people who don’t believe it, the “fact” that Dumbledore kept a basilisk is undeniable, because the basilisk lives in the secret room of Hogwarts, and Dumbledore is a student of Hogwarts. Principal, although the age of the basilisk is doubtful, how many people will believe that he, the principal, has no knowledge of the existence of the secret room?Of course, with Dumbledore's prestige, this still cannot shake his foundation, but will the person in the Ministry of Magic who has been looking forward to Dumbledore's retirement let go of this golden opportunity?Rumors, slander, malicious slander, public opinion... In the end, no matter what, the attention of Dumbledore, the Ministry of Magic and the entire British wizarding world will be greatly restricted, and the restrictions on his activities will be reduced to the limit.

Looking at the entire plan, no matter how Dumbledore responds, or whether there are witnesses at the scene, it has no effect. Lockhart can easily achieve his goal by just acting, and the subsequent operations are the responsibility of the Ministry of Magic and the wizards. Something happened.

Therefore, as the executor of the plan, Lockhart looked at ease in front of Dumbledore, even if Snape and the others left later.

Only at the last moment, Amon stopped the plan, which is why Lockhart can still return to this office and ask Amon questions.

However, as a vested interest in the plan, Amon did not seem to feel much regret. He raised his hand, pinched his right eye socket, and said casually:

"Anyway, it's just a random arrangement with a flash of inspiration."

'Lockhart' was already sitting on the sofa. He put his right leg on his left leg and asked with a slightly raised corner of his mouth:

"It seems like you were really moved by Dumbledore's story."

Amon thought for a while, then suddenly laughed and said:

"At least that story is exciting enough, isn't it?"

'Lockhart' did not answer this question and instead said:

"If you want to regret it, it's still late."

"Ha." Amon laughed and shook his head.

Then he said with a smile:

"I don't have that idea yet."

"The only regret I have..."

Amon paused unexpectedly, and when he saw Lockhart's "curious" look, he adjusted the monocle in his right eye, shook his head slightly and said:

"It's a pity that you didn't realize your final value, but you won't be of much use in the future."

Then he sighed with real regret.

At this moment, the smile on Lockhart's face froze slightly. A second later, he shook his head helplessly and said:

"I believe that if there is no absolute affiliation, you will definitely be overthrown by your clones."

In response, Amon held his chin with interest, nodded and agreed:

"That sounds interesting."

"If that day comes, I'm curious which 'Amon' they will use as their true form after they overthrow me, or will they just scatter and let each of them have their own freedom?"

As he said that, he actually started to think seriously.

Seeing this scene, 'Lockhart' was speechless and could only change the topic and said:

"What does Dumbledore do now?"

"What do you mean?"

"You can't ignore him. Although he will most likely kick you out of Hogwarts instead of sending you to Azkaban, and may even help you cover up, he will definitely increase his control in the future. Your attention is not conducive to your subsequent actions."

Hearing this, Amon stood up slowly and said:

"That's not a big deal. I have too many ways to divert Dumbledore's main attention. Although that may not make him really anxious, it is enough for me."

'Lockhart' nodded thoughtfully and said no more.

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The next day, the dismissal notice and the forced suspension of school notice arrived in the hands of Lockhart and Amon in the morning.

At noon, Amon left Hogwarts directly - under the leadership of Old Nott.

This is the normal process.

As for why Amon left alone, it was because Dumbledore directly confiscated Lockhart.

At that time, Amon released Lockhart's control in front of the calm Dumbledore, the complicated-looking Professor McGonagall, and the old Nott, who looked calm but actually had his eyes popping out.

The next second, 'Lockhart' was like a puppet with its strings cut off. His eyes suddenly lost all vitality, and all vital signs on his body disappeared completely. He fell to the ground in an instant.

Then, Amon, who was wearing a pointed hat and black classical magic robe, straightened the monocle on his right eye, smiled, bowed slightly, and saluted Dumbledore and Professor McGonagall.

Old Nott was actually not unprepared, because in the letter informing him of his arrival at Hogwarts, Dumbledore did not hide anything for Amon and described everything Amon had done in detail.

It's just that the written description is not as impactful as seeing it with one's own eyes. The weirdness only makes people tense up subconsciously and make their scalp numb. It also makes Old Nott's eyes change when he looks at Amon, who is smiling at the corner of his mouth.

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Knott Manor, Study.

After adjusting along the way, Old Nott has recovered from the previous visual impact.

After all, he is also a veteran wizard who has experienced the Wizarding War, and he is also a dark wizard, who is also resistant to corresponding things.

Part of the reason why he felt so horrified was that the instigator of the previous scene was just a 12-year-old wizard, and even his son.

I saw old Nott standing in the middle of the study, facing Amon in front of him and said straight to the point:

"What are you going to do in the future?"

Although there is still something wrong with the way he looks at Amon now, there is no doubt that he cares for Amon.

As for criticism and punishment, he never thought about it at all, and he didn't even feel that there was anything wrong in what Amon did - how much conscience could a dark wizard who had followed Voldemort have?

However, this does not change the fact that Amon was suspended from Hogwarts.

At the same time, Old Nott also knew clearly that today's mainstream thinking cannot accept Amon's behavior.

Then, Amon's future options are very limited: either transfer to another school. Although most magic schools in other areas will not accept a little dark wizard, but by no means all, such as Durmstrang in Northern Europe; or find a wizard Becoming his apprentice was the mainstream wizard inheritance method before the establishment of magic schools. Even now that magic schools are springing up, it has not completely disappeared. The status of the Nott family is enough to find a good enough teacher for Amon. The wizard becomes the teacher; of course, another option is for Old Nott to take Amon personally and let Amon familiarize himself with the family business in advance, but it is a bit too early for Amon at his current age.

Amon naturally knows these paths, but he is not prepared to choose any of them:

"Now the magic school courses are of little more use to me than nothing."

"And I don't think there is any wizard in the wizarding world today who is qualified to let me be his apprentice."

Old Nott had already expected Amon's answer. After all, he had a certain understanding of his son. The reason why he asked this question was just to know Amon's decision.

Amon also knew what Old Nott meant, so he continued:

"What I need most now is magical knowledge - all magical knowledge regardless of disciplines or regions."

This is preparation for "Sequence 5: Mysterious Sage", and for "Prophet of Destiny", Amon already has some ideas.

When Old Nott heard Amon's words, he nodded thoughtfully and said:

"I know, I will pay extra attention to this aspect."

"In addition, some bounties will be issued on the black market. I believe that most dark wizards will be very willing to exchange their less core, or even their entire inheritance, for some resources."

This is because the life of dark wizards is not easy now. Although the Ministry of Magic has not attacked them to the point of killing them all, the pressure still forces dark wizards to live a life of hiding in hiding like rats in the sewer. .

In such a state, not to mention concentrating on studying magic, even food, clothing, housing and transportation have become a big problem.

Therefore, it is not uncommon for ordinary dark wizards to sell legendary magic items for gold galleons.

This is how some of the powerful magic items in some pureblood families' vaults came to be!

Of course, we can't expect these dark wizards, whose survival is a problem, to come up with any precious magical knowledge. We just have the idea of ​​​​picking up the missing pieces and hoping to receive some lost copies - this is actually not too difficult. , but because of the changes and development of magic, not all unique copies are valuable.

After saying that, Old Nott raised his head and looked at Amon, who was hesitant to speak.

Obviously, he heard that Amon was hiding some thoughts and understood that Amon would take his own actions.

Amon smiled understandingly and said:

"Don't worry, I take great care of myself."

Old Nott nodded silently and patted Amon on the shoulder.

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