Hogwarts becomes host

The attack on Elaine and Lockhart quickly spread throughout the school. Dumbledore did not hide the fact that the message on the wall of the Defense Against the Dark Arts office could not be washed away, so he simply announced it directly to all students during breakfast time. , to prevent students from sneaking in after hiding it and making the matter even bigger.

Defense Against the Dark Arts classes were suspended until Christmas, and Lockhart became the first teacher to resign after failing to teach for a month. However, because Dumbledore said that Lockhart was trying to protect Elaine, he was fired after confronting the murderer. He was injured, and the murderer signed the name of a mysterious person, so he received a high rating.

Even though Lockhart was a poor teacher, most people felt that he just hadn't adapted to being a teacher yet. His courage to protect his students and fight an unknown murderer showed him the demeanor of a master of Defense Against the Dark Arts.

Because Dumbledore did not clean up or cover up, many students passed by the scene of the attack. While everyone was afraid of the blood on the floor and the messy office, they also thought more highly of Lockhart──

Although he didn't win, he at least injured the attacker, right?

Just by looking at the size of Lockhart's wounds, he knew that the opponent was a huge monster. Not only could Lockhart injure the opponent, but he also used quick wits to successfully make the attacker escape, saving his and Elaine's lives.

Look at the blood spraying to the ceiling. Look at the fierce battlefield after the hard battle. He has tried his best.

But what is the truth?

When Elaine stood at the door of the office, Lockhart had already been subdued by Riddle. The response from Lockhart that the portrait heard was her own. When she entered, Riddle was sitting on the sofa in a sullen mood. Tea.

Then the two of them messed up the office together with the basilisk. The blood sprayed on the wall was all chicken blood. Afterwards, Elaine drank the snake venom diluted with tea and vomited blood and fell to the ground. Riddle used Lockhart's wand to blow it up. Behind the door, the basilisk leaves along the pipeline - use transformation to open the wall to find the pipeline, and then restore it.

Since Elaine has injected a lot of magic into the diary, Riddle can now get rid of the pages whenever he wants. Unlike Ginny who can't let him appear until the end in the original book, this is something that only Elaine with a lot of magic can do. .

This also gave the basilisk more spell-casting abilities. Riddell's soul was possessed by the basilisk, and phantoms appeared wherever magic was needed. Elaine also lent him the yew wand.

As for the recording, it is all real, except that all Lockhart's dialogue in it is Elaine saying that she took the medicine after she screamed loudly, and she was just unconscious when she shouted the last spell. The feeling of desperate struggle was completely unnecessary. Special treatment can show it.

Let Riddle speak in Parseltongue just to eliminate suspicion. Some people will definitely suspect that Elaine faked her voice, but they will never believe that Shafiq will cooperate with Voldemort-Parseltongue wizards are not that easy to find. The only recorded parseltongue in Britain in the 20th century was Lord Voldemort.

Oh, now there's Harry.

Even though Hermione and Ron wanted to keep Harry's secret, there was a portrait hanging in the school hospital. Since Dumbledore did not prohibit it, the person in the painting casually told all the interested students, including Harry, about everything that happened in the school hospital. It's a Parseltongue thing. They seem to enjoy the feeling of being surrounded by students asking questions.

Fortunately, no one thought that Harry would hurt Elaine, let alone leave Voldemort's name. In addition, the portrait mentioned Dumbledore's explanation, so the students thought that Harry's Parseltongue was the key to defeating Voldemort. The last spoils of war, I admired him greatly.

Yes, worship.

This is probably what Elaine didn't expect. The students were frightened by the mysterious man's name, but instead admired Harry even more. Now, no matter where Harry goes, many timid students follow him everywhere. They seem to think that as long as they follow Harry, they will be happy. There is no need to be afraid of becoming the next target, which makes Riddle who wants to attack Harry even more unhappy.

But Elaine had no time to care about this. She was recuperating. The basilisk venom was more dangerous than she thought. Especially in order to prevent her from dying, Riddle made some modifications to the venom, delaying the time of death due to the poison, but greatly amplifying the onset of the attack. pain of.

Since the description in the original book of Harry's poisoning was only that he was drowsy, blurred vision, and physically weak, this misled Elaine in her judgment of the basilisk's poison. She regrets it now, but she committed suicide, and she had to finish it in tears.

Lockhart, who was severely injured, was transferred to St. Mungo's for treatment before he regained consciousness, while Elaine remained in the school hospital. Slughorn prepared a palliative with Phoenix Tears to help her clean up the poison after she was too deeply poisoned. There is no such thing as a phoenix at St. Mungo's.

The Ministry of Magic also attached great importance to this matter. They sent people to investigate Lockhart, but Lockhart, who had regained consciousness, could not remember anything--including everything in his past.

Because Riddle directly erased all his memories to avoid exposing any flaws.

This wasn't part of the plan, but Elaine couldn't control Riddle's behavior.

It can only be said that Lockhart could not escape this disaster, but at least he was not ruined and even became more famous than before. Just as Elaine promised, he did ensure his reputation, fame, wealth and book fans.

Lupine also came forward and promised that the Shafik family would take care of his life and treatment for the rest of his life, which was regarded as compensation for him saving Elaine's life. He would always be a hero in the hearts of everyone until he was forgotten like the Longbottoms.

A subtle ending.

This was Elaine's first thought after she woke up two or three days later and heard about it.

She was really becoming more and more suspicious that the magic of the live broadcast room would affect the future of the world. Otherwise, why would Riddle have nothing to do and cast the Forgetting Curse on Lockhart to kill him directly? Yes, she said that no one should be killed before kidnapping Harry. It seems he listened.

Don't know if this is a good thing or a bad thing.

The Ministry of Magic also sent Aurors to question Elaine and took away Elaine's insoles, but Elaine naturally would not tell them that she was the murderer. She only said that she fainted from pain after drinking the tea, and what happened next was unknown. have no idea.

She had eliminated all the clues, and the forged evidence was also at work. The Ministry of Magic and the professors could not find anything--except for Dumbledore, but he was very cooperative and did not hum a tune as usual in the castle. , always looking thoughtful and dignified.

The atmosphere in the castle became much gloomier because of this attack, and the weather seemed to be affected. Raindrops as big as bullets pattered on the windows of the castle. In the continuous rainy weather, October came.