Study Days at Hogwarts

  Chapter 590 The Headmaster's Wisdom

  Late at night, just after curfew in the castle, Lockhart put on a cloak and carried an oil lamp, and began to patrol the corridors.

  Since the hapless Colin Creevey was attacked by the heir of Slytherin in the middle of the night, Dumbledore made the professors wake up to patrol in the middle of the night to prevent similar things from happening again.

   It is said that the targets of the heirs of Slytherin were all wizards born in Muggle families, so Lockhart was not worried at all that he would be attacked. He is a half-blood wizard, and he is also a professor in the school. No matter how daring the other party is, he will not go to the professor.

  Actually, what made Lockhart irritated was not getting up to patrol in the middle of the night, but that the first half of the semester was coming to an end, but he himself had never achieved his original purpose of coming to Hogwarts College.

Going to Hogwarts to work as a professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts required a lot of risk. Lockhart originally hoped that he could gain more popularity by becoming the teacher of "the famous Harry Potter", but this wish was always Couldn't go any further.

   Lockhart knew he had to do something, or the first half of term would really be over.

   Today, Lockhart did not follow the usual patrol route, but stopped in front of the stone monster on the third floor, read out the correct password, and took the stone ladder to the top floor.

  It’s just after eleven o’clock, Professor Dumbledore must have not rested yet, maybe he can…

   Lockhart raised his hand and knocked on the door of the principal's office, and after a while, the door opened from the inside.

Lockhart was a little surprised to see some unexpected guy here, he recognized Snape at a glance, this guy is the most unpopular professor at Hogwarts, it is said that Harry Potter also hates it snape.

  After noticing Lockhart's gaze, Snape raised his head to meet Lockhart's gaze, frowning slightly.

   "Good evening Gilderoy, did you find something?" Dumbledore cast a puzzled look at Lockhart.

"No, no." Lockhart showed his signature smile at the two, and explained his intentions, "It's like this, I noticed that the last attack made the students very tense Tight, maybe we should find a way to ease the situation."

  Snape frowned when he heard the words, obviously he couldn't compliment Lockhart's high opinion, he felt that there must be nothing good for the other party to bring up this matter at this time.

   "We can give students some confidence." Lockhart immediately stated his plan: "I hope that Professor Dumbledore will allow me to open a dueling club in the castle, so that students can have the opportunity to train their self-defense ability."

   "You mean to fight that so-called monster?" Snape said softly, as if trying to hold back his laughter.

"Of course not, that's very unrealistic, but I think it's quite necessary for students to have some self-defense capabilities." Lockhart turned to Snape and said, "I have used magic countless times to protect myself from harm, and You can try to reverse the depressive and tense atmosphere in the school through a small activity, and I think it is necessary to try."

"That's a good idea, tell me about your plan, Gilderoy." Dumbledore noticed Snape's puzzled look, and explained with a smile: "The atmosphere in the school is indeed a bit depressing, and There’s no harm in being able to teach students something useful.”

   "This is just an idea, please give me a few days, and I will definitely be able to come up with a specific plan." Lockhart was very excited. He did not expect that Professor Dumbledore would actually agree to let him hold a dueling club in the school.

   "After you prepare the specific plan, come and talk to me about it."

   "Severus." Lockhart turned to Snape and invited, "I hope you can act as my temporary assistant when the time comes."

  At this moment, Snape's expression was gloomy and terrifying, as if he would pull out his wand at any moment and give Lockhart a blow to Avada Kedavra.

   "Then I will trouble you at that time." Dumbledore looked at the two and said with a smile, not giving Snape a chance to refuse at all.

   "You shouldn't agree to his stupid decision."

   As soon as Lockhart left, Snape immediately complained to Dumbledore that he didn't want to be Lockhart's assistant at all.

"Stupid, no no, this is a good opportunity." Dumbledore said meaningfully, "Also, I think Gilderoy's words make sense, the atmosphere in the school is indeed a bit bad, maybe he can help everyone liven up atmosphere."

   Not knowing why, Snape heard something else from Dumbledore.

"With all due respect, someone like Lockhart will only make a mess of things." Snape made no secret of his dislike and contempt for the new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor, "If there is a duel club, it's completely You can leave it to me to organize."

  Based on what Snape knew about Lockhart, the guy held the dueling club definitely not to teach students dueling skills, but to attract everyone's attention.

  Lockhart had been doing this all semester, much to Snape's disgust.

"No, Severus, Gilderoy is more suitable than you." Professor Dumbledore looked deeply at Snape and said softly, "However, with your help, I believe the students can gain something. "

   There is no doubt that Professor Dumbledore also knew what Lockhart was, so he asked Snape to help.

  Dumbledore couldn't find any reason to refuse Lockhart's proposal.

  Since the last attack, the atmosphere in the school has indeed become very depressing, and everyone is worried that they will be the next unlucky person to be attacked.

  Dumbledore also believed in Lockhart's ability, and there must be a way to liven up the oppressive atmosphere in the school.

   And, most importantly, Dumbledore thought this was a good opportunity for other students to see Lockhart's true colors.

  The more Lockhart reveals, the easier it is to reveal his flaws.

  He believes that after the first half of the semester, many students in the school have doubted Lockhart's ability, but this is not enough. After everyone sees Lockhart's poor performance in the dueling club, I believe the students will really realize that Lockhart is not as brave as his book says.

   This is one of the reasons why Lockhart was invited to come to Hogwarts as a professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts.

  Ordinary school life allowed Lockhart to gradually reveal his true self. Ego and desire for fame overcame his cautiousness. Dumbledore believed that Lockhart's deception would not be long before it was exposed.

  (end of this chapter)