Chapter 205: Chapter 205: The end of the school year (3) (Edited)
After breakfast, the explosive news flew around Hogwarts as if it had sprouted wings, leaving the young wizards who had overslept and hadn't made it to breakfast saddened by the fact that they would never know how many such epic tidings they would encounter in their lifetime. Then the news flew to the outside world and spread throughout the magical world.
The Daily Prophet headlined the story, and added an additional story in the Evening Prophet that same day, but the real Lockhart was still missing, and there was still no confirmation, leaving Lockhart fans with an unrealistic fantasy: Maybe it's fake news? maybe it's the malicious frame of a vicious killer?
As the furor outside intensified, Professor Sprout's mandrake was ripe for the picking. Madame Pomfrey and Professor Dumbledore were already preparing the cure for the basilisk's stare, and Tom, in bed, was about to wake up.
That afternoon, there were two furtive figures in the corridor outside Hogwarts School Hospital.
Fred and George, of course.
Since the news of Professor Lockhart's escape that morning, they had been keeping a close eye on the Marauder's Map in their hands, trying to find Tom Yodel hiding in the castle.
As it turned out, Yodel had vanished into thin air.
Until this afternoon, when Tom's name appeared in the school hospital, and at the same time, Lockhart, who had been hanging around, disappeared. The twins were alerted to the situation and went to the hospital. The reason they wanted to find Tom was simple: to get the answers to their final exams! And talking to him, after all, was too cool and fun.
They had had this plan before, but before they could carry it out, Tom had disappeared.
Fred and George walked through the door and found Tom lying on the bed further in. They crawled to the head of his bed, but before they could do anything, the light in the room suddenly came on: Madam Pomfrey was standing in the doorway, looking angry.
"What are you doing here?" He entered the room and only then did Fred see Madam Pomfrey holding a bowl, followed by several professors and Dumbledore. She stood in the doorway, placed the bowl on top of a cabinet and, at the same time, pulled something out of it: a feather duster.
Even Fred and George, who had been through a lot, were confused by this situation. For a moment they didn't know what to say.
Was it possible that the Tom in the bed, the one playing Lockhart, was actually Tom Yodel in a hospital bed, and they had come to ask him for the answers to his final exam?
They like to play pranks, but they can't betray their classmates. And it's better to be locked up than to say something like that.
The twins had met the teachers here tonight because of their bad luck. Of course, they had seen the Marauder's Map before they left, and saw the deans and Madam Pomfrey in the Headmaster's office, wondering what they would be doing.
Little did they know that it was a few people watching Dumbledore prepare the petrification antidote.
When Dumbledore finished preparing the antidote, they naturally had to go to the school hospital to give it to Tom, and so they met Fred and George, who had made an overnight visit to the infirmary.
"We're... we..." George was a bit choked up, if Truth or Dare was popular in the magical world he'd probably have a good excuse, but nowadays even Muggles don't really play the game. All he could say was, "We're curious about Tom's condition."
It was a good excuse, since the two brothers were the type to sneak into the school hospital at night just out of curiosity. But the consequence was.
Madam Pomfrey ran towards them with a duster in her hand, and before they could react, the duster landed on their butts quickly.
"Get out of here!" she said to Fred and George.
The twins ran out of the infirmary running for the door. The other professors merely stood silently, watching as Madam Pomfrey dispersed the twins.
When Madam Pomfrey was finished with them, Dumbledore himself approached Tom and gave him the antidote.
The boy on the bed, was the real Tom. Since he resigned, he had been hiding in the Room of Requirement, as he counted down the days until the day Professor Sprout expected the mandrake to ripen. After the mandrake had matured, he had moved Lockhart to his office in advance, and then had Hermione petrify him, and now he was in a state of petrified rigor mortis.
He would remain in this state for a long time if he did not receive a cure or a magic potion to remove the petrification. He stood still, listening to Madam Pomfrey hit Fred and George, listening to Dumbledore arrive and Dumbledore open his mouth and pour in the antidote.
Bitter!
That was Tom's first reaction, and the spell he had been under rose almost instantly, as he rolled off the bed, retching, trying to dissolve the bitterness in his mouth. The bitterness in his mouth faded only slightly before the sour taste appeared, followed by the spiciness....
It was as if Dumbledore had given Tom a bowl of spice instead of a bowl of medicine.
"You go out first!" Dumbledore waved his hand, shooing away the professors who were trying to see what was going on; the professors were also seeing a petrified man recovering for the first time and were eager to get closer to see the details, but Dumbledore shooed them away mercilessly.
Although reluctant, the professors and Madam Pomfrey withdrew.
Dumbledore was sitting by the bedside, smiling kindly, watching Tom "taste" the antidote.
When Tom felt better, he patted him on the shoulder.
"Feeling better? Study hard for your exams! If you fail, you'll have to repeat a grade..." and with those simple words, he left the room. Only half a bowl of antidote remained by the bed, which gave off a creepy smell.
The next day, Tom returned to school, causing a bit of a stir, but that was it: his story had gone out of fashion! Chamber of Secrets fever had passed. It was only after seeing Tom in the Great Hall that everyone realized: oh yes, I think we have a student who's been petrified....
"So Tom, what's it like to be petrified?" asked Michael Corner, Tom's roommate, curiously.
"It's like a dream." Tom answered his roommates' questions with a smile.
Chapter 206: Chapter 206: Someone who can ask such questions must be seriously ill (Edited)
Michael Corner was about to say something, when suddenly he heard the words from the next table, "Did you hear? Professor Lockhart is wandering around the Forbidden Forest!"
Michael Corner: ???
"- the Ministry of Magic found him locked in a self-driving car." A young wizard read aloud from the copy of the Daily Prophet in front of him.
"Is that the car?"
"Yes, the same car that flew into Hogwarts earlier in the term."
Hagrid, the Hogwarts Ranger, was patrolling the Forbidden Forest when he noticed something strange: a Ford car running wild on the outskirts of the Forbidden Forest with the long-lost Professor Lockhart inside. Ministry of Magic agents arrived and struggled to get Lockhart out of the car.
Although some of Lockhart's memories had been erased, those of tampering with others remained intact, so he was questioned by the Ministry and confessed to his crimes.
Well, the affair was such a big deal that Ministry officials, at Minister Fudge's urging, allowed a Daily Prophet reporter to observe the interrogation. Fudge had only one thing on his mind: to calm the commotion outside as quickly as possible. The fuss over Lockhart had disturbed the magical world, and even Ministry officials were talking about it. In the short walk from the lobby to his office, he had witnessed three altercations, all related to Lockhart.
The pressure was so great at the Ministry that Fudge was so distressed that he no longer cared about the truth. So when he found Lockhart, he did not hesitate to approve the use of Veritaserum, and got what he needed.
The next day, the Daily Prophet reported his trial on the sidelines, and the magical world was in an uproar: Lockhart's admirers could hardly accept the truth!
It was clear that even if Lockhart had made a spectacle of himself, he would still be extremely popular with his fans, who were irrational and instinctively believed in their idol and compensated him when he made mistakes.
For example, getting hit by an elf, because he didn't want to take the initiative and give the students a chance to work out; getting knocked down by a spell from Snape, because he was showing them how to do it; only reading from the textbook in class, and only writing a reading for an assignment. Nice! That's a plus for fans.
That's what Lockhart fans thought at first, but when the Daily Prophet followed up, Lockhart's true colors were revealed to his fans. Fans were stunned to discover that their idol, whom they adored, was a charlatan with no pretensions other than rhetoric.
They were outraged.
The daily report was reported in the morning, and the fans reacted so quickly that by noon they were in Diagon Alley, gathered outside Flourish and Blotts bookstore to denounce the way Lockhart had played with their feelings. Some of the middle-aged witches at the head of the group burst into tears and even burned their own copies of Lockhart's books in public.
The Ministry of Magic didn't bother, but cleaned up the streets after they had dispersed, as if nothing had happened. And Lockhart was also sentenced to 10 years in Azkaban for misusing the dememorizing spell. At last, Mr. Lockhart had a stable creative environment in which to devote himself to writing. Although his living conditions are not ideal, his readers are sympathetic: he can delay his work and wish Mr. Lockhart the best of luck in prison, writing such popular works as "Mein Kampf" and "The First Half of My Life."
The news that Lockhart had been found, that Lockhart had been interrogated, that Lockhart had been put in Azkaban, did not cause a stir among the young wizards: they had their final exams!
...
Tom stared at the sky outside the window. The exam in front of him was densely packed with words. Although he wrote the questions, but...
Dumbledore, how dare you change my exam?!
He only realized something was wrong when he finished filling in the multiple-choice answers, and only after reviewing the exam carefully did he realize that the multiple-choice sections had been fine-tuned. The answers he had given before no longer counted!
Tom's exam had four sections: multiple choice, judgment, fill-in-a-blank, and short answer; multiple choice and judgment questions deducted points.
But Dumbledore changed the exam, so what? The core points remained the same, Dumbledore could only change the position of the answers and change a few key words. Tom finished the exam in half an hour and began to doze off. While Tom was relaxed, the other young wizards in the same room had beads of sweat on their heads.
Hermione frowned at the exam in front of her with her pen, her mind racing, searching her memory and then transcribing them as answers on the paper.
On the paper in front of her was written:
I. Indefinite choice questions (4 marks for each correct answer, 2 marks for each incorrect answer, variable number of correct answers per question, no marks for no answer).
1. The Antipodean Opaleye is one of ten species of pure fire dragons, the following statements about the Antipodean Opaleye are incorrect:
A. The Antipodes Opaleye is a species of fire dragon native to Australia.
B. The Antipodean Opaleye likes to live in valleys.
C. The pupils of the Antipodean Opaleye are a bright iridescent color.
D. This species is not particularly aggressive and its favorite food is sheep.
2. There are often magical animals in nature:
A. If you encounter a vampire in the wild, you must use the summoning spell to summon a pile of garlic.
B. If you encounter a centaur, you must use a petrifying spell to control it.
C. If you encounter a dementor, you must use the fire spell to banish it.
D. If a black wizard uses the killing spell against you, you must use the Protego spell to resist.
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2. True or False questions (2 points for each correct answer, 1 point for each wrong answer, no points for no answer)
1. The negative effect of the curse is very small, usually causing only slight discomfort to the victim ().
2. The blood curse is a special type of curse that does not directly kill the target, but remains in the blood and is passed on to the next generation. Those who are affected by the blood curse are a type of person who will end up becoming animals forever ().
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3. Short answer questions (10 points per question, and you can get points if you make a reasonable statement).
1. "Black magic spell" is divided into poison spell, hexes and curses, please write their definitions and differences.
2. A dememorizing spell is a type of magic that can modify memory.Why? Write the dememorizing spell and list three black magic spells.
Ron, who was sitting at the front of the room, muttered, "Whoever came up with this question must be very sick!".
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