Being a bastard at Hogwarts is not safe.

Brian stood there as if he was meeting Lockhart for the first time, and returned to his seat after a brief moment of daze, showing a thoughtful expression.

Brian was not the only one who was stunned. Harry and Ron stared blankly at the Cornish elves being subdued by Gilderoy Lockhart one by one. described in words.

To be honest, similar to the scene just now, it is not surprising that any professor in Hogwarts appeared, but Lockhart was able to subdue these elves, which seemed extremely surprising.

"Students, I told you not to worry. As long as I, Lockhart, are here, you will not be harmed." Lockhart blinked playfully, and said in a high tone.

This time the applause from the audience was no longer as sparse as before, and everyone including Harry and Ron applauded desperately.The eyes of the little witches almost turned into heart shapes, staring at Lockhart obsessively.

"I just used my own petrification spell and flock of birds to deal with these Cornish elves, but the enhanced version of the spell is quite difficult for you at present. Let me teach you a spell to deal with them , Pescipiksi, Pestronomi..."

Before the words fell, the get out of class bell rang.Lockhart smiled, and said with some regret: "Happy time is always short, which is a pity. See you in the next class, little wizards."

Everyone stood up again and applauded desperately. Lockhart raised his eyebrows and said with a chuckle, "Now, get out of class is over. Harry, can you and your friends please catch these and put them in a cage."

"Of course, Professor!"

Ron and Hermione would definitely stay to help Harry, but what surprised him was that Brian, who usually disappeared after class, also took the initiative to stay, flipping through Cornwall with a serious expression. The body of the elf.

"How? I told you that Professor Lockhart is a powerful wizard!" Hermione glared at Ron proudly, and said, "It's because you two have too much prejudice against him and ignore his outstanding skills." fact."

Although Ron always felt that Lockhart was more of a liar than a wizard, he was somewhat shaken by that scene just now.He hesitated, then said, "Maybe...could it really be me?"

Ron fell into a daze, and Hermione's voice kept lingering in his ears.Just when he felt his head was about to explode, he heard Harry ask curiously, "Brian, what are you looking for?"

Ron and Hermione turned their heads to look in Brian's direction, only to see that he used the levitation spell to send all the elves' bodies back into the cage.

After finishing all this, Brian chuckled lightly and said lightly: "It's nothing, I've already tidied it up, let's go."

Ron and Hermione nodded and said a few words of thanks.After all, the two had just discussed about Lockhart and forgot to work. Only Harry looked a little weird, and looked at Brian with something wrong.

......

In the middle of the night, Brian was standing at a table in the middle of the Room of Requirement, hands behind his back, brow furrowed.

On the table was the corpse of a Cornish elf taken from a bag that had been cast with the Untraceable Stretch Charm.

It was this elf's corpse that made him change his plan to explore Hogwarts tonight and choose to come here.

And Brian stayed after class and took the initiative to clean up the scene also because of this corpse.

When Lockhart dealt with the first elf, the little wizards hiding under the table naturally wouldn't notice. Neville, who was thrown on the chandelier, didn't see it because he was dealing with the elf in a panic, but Brian probably Saw that scene.

Brian was sure that the spell Gilderoy Lockhart issued was definitely not the petrification spell.He saw with his own eyes that the enchanted elf twitched twice.

Regardless of why Lockhart suddenly had such a high level of magic, he was definitely lying.Judging from the elf's body, the spell didn't look like a petrification spell, but a bit like black magic.

And except for this Cornish elf, although the rest of the little things did not die, they were all dying, with only one breath left.

Flocks of birds are not so powerful.

At this moment, Brian had a big doubt in his heart.

This Lockhart, the problem is too obvious. After using the black magic and asking Harry to clean up the scene, it is no different from the identity of the Death Eater who blew himself up.

If Brian at this moment was a year ago, then he was basically sure that Lockhart would be the owner of Voldemort's Horcrux, the diary.After all, when Lucius and Arthur had a dispute in the bookstore, they had come into contact with the new book released by Lockhart.

This also means that Lucius is very likely to take this opportunity to mix the Horcrux into the pile of new books.

But after two confrontations with Quirrell and Voldemort, he has a deeper understanding of the danger and cruelty of the wizarding world.For Lockhart's weird behavior, he added a few more directions to think about, so that he could think about the problem more thoroughly.

First, is it possible that Lockhart knew black magic from the beginning, instead of being as unbearable as in the original book, or has learned black magic recently.

Second, is it possible that Lockhart was controlled by Voldemort with the Confusion Curse.

Third, did Voldemort directly possess Lockhart?

Fourth, is it possible that Lockhart is just a bait used by Voldemort to divert Dumbledore's attention and to cover up his real calculations.

Based on a comprehensive analysis, the most likely option at present is that Lockhart has learned black magic from the beginning or recently. After all, although Voldemort has a lot of eyes, he probably can't do such a showy behavior, let alone Such behavior is full of loopholes.

But in any case, the possibility of the diary being on Lockhart is quite high, about [-]%.

Bryan pondered slightly, his eyes shone brightly, and his heart was full of thoughts.

Lockhart's weird behavior reminded Brian of many aspects in an instant, but if the diary was in Lockhart's hands, then judging from his current behavior, Harry might be the target of attack, and he was probably able to settle down. Chen Wuyou.

But all inferences need to be proved by various details, and the [-]% certainty is also extremely unstable.Later, he needed to observe Lockhart carefully, and it was not appropriate to expose him, until he could determine the extent of the threat this old liar posed to him.

......

The night was deep, and the night was as black as ink. In the castle of Hogwarts, there were only three or five lights flickering, illuminating a thin figure below.

This figure got into the bathroom on the second floor, making a weird hissing snake language.The snake-shaped faucet rotated rapidly, and the pool slowly disappeared from sight, revealing a very thick water pipe.

The next moment, this thin figure entered the secret room, raised his hand to support his forehead, only feeling dizzy.

What about my snake? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

This is so mentally broken!