Something worth talking about.
On the way to the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom a very interesting thing happened.
Colin Creevey, the brave little lion, brave enough to take a picture of a basilisk's face, seems to have a lot of admiration for Lucas.
In his own words, as a future journalist, celebrities like Lucas Grindelwald and Harry Potter are worthy of his admiration.
So Lucas was stopped by this little guy holding a camera.
~flash~
"Mr. Grindelwald, would you please let me take a picture of you?"
Yep, Colin Creevey took the photo and only then asked for it…
It seems that this can give him a sense of accomplishment.
Lucas didn't really dislike the Gryffindor in front of him, so he nodded in agreement.
The surrounding Slytherin students immediately stepped aside, leaving space for the two of them.
Once the photoshoot was over, Lucas was a little dumbfounded looking at Colin who kept bowing to himself.
At this time, Harry and his convenience friend came over.
Colin's head seemed to be equipped with radar and quickly found Harry's position in the crowd.
"Harry Potter, please let me take a picture of you."
The eyes of the people around were focused on Harry in an instant.
Lucas got his pictures taken and everyone took it for granted, because he's the star of the school and deserves to be photographed.
But Harry Potter...
Through the past year, student Harry successfully proved it to the whole school.
The savior is not omnipotent, he could also fail his exams, and he could also get his house points deducted.
If he hadn't defeated the dark wizard Quirrell last school year, then he wouldn't even be as good as a common student.
So, how can such a "savior" compare with Lucas, who is both good in character and learning.
There was mockery in some people's eyes.
It's not that Harry didn't see it, so he planned to reject his only little fan.
But the words had not yet been spoken when Ron urged: "Harry, look how pitiful Colin is, just agree to his request."
"Besides, that guy Lucas took pictures just now, he can do it, why can't you? You defeated you-know-who!"
His last words were whispered in Harry's ear.
For so long, Harry could always hear people comparing himself to Lucas, and this distressed him a lot.
He was also worried that Lucas would reveal what truly happened with Quirrell last year.
At least for now, Harry still enjoys being flattered by others.
'Ron is right, why should I be afraid of being ridiculed by others, I defeated You-Know-Who, not them!'
The idea just came up when Harry felt someone grab his shoulders.
"Oh, little wizard, I know you want to take a double photo of me and Harry, right? This is such a rare opportunity, take a picture!"
Gilderoy Lockhart appeared next to Harry at some point.
Seeing the flower peacock appear, Lucas shook his head and led the little snakes to the classroom.
And the movement of his shaking his head happened to be seen by Harry who raised his head.
"Smile, Harry, you have to smile!"
Hearing what Lockhart said, Harry looked away and tried smiling confidently.
…
Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom.
When the Gryffindor and Slytherin students were all seated, Gilderoy Lockhart walked out of the office with a confident smile.
He stopped in front of the students making a dashing heroic pose and introduced himself to everyone.
"Allow me to introduce your new defense against the dark arts teacher, I am Gilderoy Lockhart, Order of Merlin, Third Class, Honorary Member of the Dark Force Defense League."
"Five-times Witch Weekly Award for the Most Charming Smile, but remember, I don't talk about that, I didn't use my smile to get rid of the Bandon Banshee, after all."
Lockhart finished and winked at the same time as the portraits of himself that were all over the place.
He thought his speech was very humorous but there were only a few responses available.
Certainly, his smiling face still got a few responses from some girls, but overall he did not receive the desired effect.
Lockhart picked up another of his books and said.
"I see many of you have bought my full set of books!"
Speaking of which, he still seems very proud.
Lucas looked at him strangely, if it weren't for the Hogwarts book list requiring purchase, who would buy so many useless novels.
He had reason to be skeptical.
Lockhart came to apply for the professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts.
First is to catch the popularity of Harry Potter, as for the second purpose, I'm afraid it is to sell his novels, right?
Think about it, Hogwarts students from all seven years and they all bought a complete set of Lockhart's novels, what a huge sum of money.
You know, the price of one of his books is not cheap.
Watching Lockhart, still bragging, the more Lucas thought about it, the more it seemed possible.
"Okay, students, in order to know how well everyone is studying, let's do a small test."
Lockhart picked up a stack of parchment and walked off the podium.
Lucas, who sat in the first row, got the test paper first.
Looking at the whole three pages, there are a total of fifty-four questions.
Lucas sneered inwardly.
[1. What is Gilderoy Lockhart's favorite color?
2. What is Gilderoy Lockhart's secret ambition?
3. What do you think is Gilderoy Lockhart's greatest achievement so far?]
Looking at the series of questions.
Lucas picked up the quill and wrote on it: "Favorite color, the color of his own shit."
"The secret ambition is to keep Voldemort and Dumbledore at his feet."
"The greatest achievement is the successful application to become a professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts."
Completing the first three questions Lucas dropped the quill, crossed his arms and began to stare ahead blankly.
Such outrageous questions, many people are unwilling to answer.
Except for some girls who wrote very seriously, most students thought the same.
Seeing Lucas' appearance, Lockhart chose to ignore it.
As a deceitful liar, Lockhart knew exactly who to mess with and who to never mess with.
For example, Harry Potter is someone who can be used and provoked, but Lucas Grindelwald belongs to the kind of person who must not be provoked.
Half an hour passed quickly and Lockhart took the papers back.
He sat on a chair and looked through the answers carefully while also making comments from time to time.
"Oh, it's such a disappointment that no one knows what gift I like, I remember I mentioned it in the book."
Just then, he saw Lucas' test paper.
Looking at the only three answers above, Lockhart coughed dryly and said: "I have to say, Mr. Grindelwald's answer is very beautiful, I think this test paper can get 100 points."
"Heh" Lucas sneered and closed his eyes.
Until another ten minutes passed, Lockhart just stood up from his chair.
"Okay, now back to business I'm here on a mission to teach you how to defend yourself against the most dangerous things in the world."
His mysterious appearance successfully frightened some timid wizards and he was pleased with the expressions on their faces.
"But don't worry, as long as I'm here, you will never be in any real danger."
Lockhart had just finished speaking when Ron's voice came from behind: "Of course, we trust you Professor Lockhart, just like you subdue werewolves barehanded, teach us all those skills."
Ron was like a super big fan and this stroked Lockhart's ego to no end.
"Don't worry, Mr. Weasley, Gryffindor take five points for being so studious."
Hearing myself add five points to the house, Ron flushed with excitement.
He usually deducted points from the house, and this was the first time he added points.
Lockhart smiled at Ron's look, then he tore off the black gauze curtain behind him.
A large cage covered with black cloth behind the curtain was revealed.
Lucas looked puzzled, the size of the cage in front of them is too different from what was mentioned in the original book.
Before he could figure it out Lockhart lifted the black cloth.
Looking at the ugly things with red hats and green skin in the cage, Lucas' eyes widened immediately.
The little snakes of Slytherin also had the same expression on their faces.
Draco even went on to swear directly: "shit, this idiot, how could he bring a group of red caps to school."
Harry glanced at the flustered Slytherins and curiously asked his friend: "Ron, what happened to the Slytherins? What kind of creature are those? Are they dangerous?"
Ron looked at the green guys in the cage, and asked suspiciously, "I don't know, they look like goblins?"
See Ron staring at the cage guessing what kind of creatures they were.
Harry knew it was useless to ask him, but just when he was going to ask others for help, Lockhart gave the answer.
"Red caps, these little guys are very dangerous, and it took me a lot of effort to catch them."
"But you can rest assured that I will not open the cage."
He seemed to enjoy the way the little wizards were frightened.
After finishing speaking, he took out his wand and knocked on the cage twice seemingly casually.
It was these two strokes that awakened the monsters in the cage.
Seeing unfamiliar surroundings and people, these wild monsters immediately waved their hands around and started shaking the cage.
They looked at the little wizards in the classroom in a bloodthirsty way, one managed to stretch its arm out of the cage and tried grabbing Lockhart who was the closest.
By the time Lockhart found out, it was too late and he lost his robe for it.
Lockhart, who was attacked, suppressed the drama and smiled at everyone.
Then he raised his wand and muttered a spell.
When the spell hit the cage, the red caps inside the cage were not silenced but instead, Lockhart punched a hole in their cage.
The red caps rushed out of the cage scrambling to be the first and went to attack everyone present.
"idiot!"
Lucas drew his wand and stunned the first one.
Then he looked at the slytherins behind him.
"Draco, Pansy, Daphne, Blaise, Theodore, don't let these monsters escape the classroom."
They nodded and waved their wands to control the windows to close.
Then they formed a circle with Lucas, protecting the Slytherin students in the middle.
With the protection of several people, the Slytherin students gradually calmed down.
They drew their wands and began to fight back against the monsters.
As for Gryffindor, only a few people still know how to fight back and most were already hiding under their desks.
Lucas looked behind him again and said, "Crabbe, Goyle, go find a real professor immediately."
The two nodded, and escaped while the red caps were not paying attention.
At this time Lucas saw that Lockhart was going to flee back to his office.
'Want to escape when you get everyone into trouble? It's not that easy.'
Lucas raised his wand and pointed it directly at the door Lockhart was about to close.
"Diffindo!"
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