From Azkaban To Hogwarts

While lifting Lockhart up, he removed his wand and used bandages to secure his hands and feet. Then William began to control the wand to peel off the scattered things from Lockhart's body.

"You two, don't go near those things," William warned Harry and Percy - although Harry was in a state where he couldn't move.

Although he is in a hurry, William does not want to approach the unconscious wizard rashly. God knows if there will be any traps. As for destroying the clothes directly, it is even more of a joke. He knows no less than five kinds of dangerous items. If he dares to destroy them, he will blow them up. .

Controlling the messy piles of unknown materials, William carefully fumbled around in his pockets - although he had not prepared more time-consuming potions since joining the school, he had previously taken them from the Gringotts vault. There is a veritaserum in the potion that comes out.

"Professor, is that Veritaserum?"

"Recognize it?" William turned back and smiled at Percy, "That's right, this stuff is as clear as water. Although the school doesn't teach it, students who are good at potions can recognize it."

Percy was stunned for a moment and said nothing - although he had just subconsciously thought that abusing Veritaserum was a serious violation of law, he was not that stupid yet.

"You have to make sure he's unconscious." William looked at Lockhart and cast another sleeping spell. "A wizard with more powerful magic can turn this thing into something else before drinking it, even into pumpkin juice. , especially an old adventurer like Professor Lockhart."

He used his wand to control the truth serum to fly out six drops - "You remember, only three drops are enough to use this thing, but for a great adventurer like Lockhart, no one knows how much he has left." As a backup, my personal suggestion is to double the dosage and break it..."

William paused and smiled awkwardly, "Don't learn this, just be careful with some veritaserum."

'I'm used to explanations, and I talk about all kinds of knowledge...' In order to cover up his embarrassment, William stuffed the six drops of potion directly into Lockhart's mouth. After making sure that the potion was perfectly absorbed, he gently tapped it with his wand and untied it. cast his own coma spell.

"Can you hear me?"

"You can hear me," Lockhart replied in a weak, low voice.

"Who are you?"

"I am the great Lockhart, the man who will become a legend."

‘Normal reply? ’ William was stunned for a moment, then pretended not to care and continued to ask, “Who instigated you to do all this?”

"Who can give me orders? Lockhart doesn't need anyone's orders!"

‘The potion is still missing? Or had Lockhart specifically trained himself to be resistant to Veritaserum? Or maybe he had trained his responses to Veritaserum inquiries? ’

It’s unknown, but William didn’t want to add the potion unless it was absolutely necessary.

So, William changed his question.

"Who told you the location of the secret chamber? Where did you get the news about this basilisk?"

"From Dumbledore."

Lockhart's voice was calm, but William felt thunder ringing out of thin air next to his ears.

He couldn't help but take two steps back. If it weren't for the warmth coming from the wand in his hand, he almost thought he was dreaming.

Even though William was like this, the two students listening on the sidelines were even more frightened to death by the sudden news. For a moment, the whole secret room echoed with the sound of the two of them swallowing saliva out of fear.

'If it's really Dumbledore, then he would have to make the two students and I lose their memory... we would have to fake the scene and hope to trick him...'

William began to think desperately about how to pretend to be something he didn't know, but he still persuaded himself to calm down.

‘It may be a counterattack, don’t panic, don’t panic. ’ William simply took ten drops of Veritaserum from the bottle and stuffed it into Lockhart’s mouth.

"What orders did Dumbledore give you?"

William asked cautiously, and at the same time decided that if he got an accurate answer again, he would immediately start to fake the scene of being knocked down by Lockhart.

"No, never."

This answer made William's heartbeat finally slow down. He turned to comfort the two students and encouraged himself at the same time, "Did you see that double metering doesn't work? This is the protection of the Adventure Master!"

After finishing speaking, before the two students could react, William continued to ask.

"Why did you bring Harry in?"

"In order to sell books, and also to find a scapegoat." Lockhart's voice was emotionless, "Harry Potter is the best candidate. After the Chamber of Secrets incident is over, everyone will be crazy about this story."

"Did you open the secret room?"

"Yes, to find a big enough story at Hogwarts."

…

During the questioning and answering, time passed quickly, and William's expression became more and more strange.

Just now he was talking to two students about how terrifying the Great Adventurer was, but now the Lockhart Werewolf has exploded. The so-called Great Explorer does not exist. He is just a wizard who is good at using memory magic and travels around to steal from others. It's just a character established after the adventure story.

‘Isn’t it because the Veritaserum hasn’t worked yet? ’

With this thought in mind, William asked the previous question again.

"Why do you say Dumbledore told you where the Chamber of Secrets is?"

"That's Dumbledore's book."

"Dumbledore's book?"

"Yes, he was abandoned by Dumbledore because of his verbal abuse and venomous words."

…

After another series of conversations, the matter was completely clarified.

William couldn't help but cover his face - this idiot believed everything after picking up a book, even if the book said he was Dumbledore!

'I'm actually so careful about this guy who seems to be able to defraud me of money just by asking me, Qin Shihuang... But countless people in the entire Hogwarts have been deceived by him...'

Thinking of the non-existent traps he had set up along the way, William felt as if he was punching the air with his fists in frustration.

‘It just so happened that the book that had deceived him for a long time also cast a Forgetting Curse on him...’ William couldn’t laugh or cry for a moment, “Anything with thoughts can’t withstand the Forgetting Curse without resisting, right?”

"The diary is coming!"

William waved his wand and began to summon the culprit of everything.

But nothing happened.

"It's strange, Lockhart said he brought the diary." William was stunned for a moment, and then became ecstatic - the counter-curse of the Flying Curse cannot be easily set, and that diary...

"Woo!"

Harry, whose tongue was fixed to prevent him from biting himself, suddenly waved his arm. William looked along the direction of his arm and found the diary that had fallen near the basilisk.

Putting on two layers of dragon skin gloves, and then using wooden sticks and summoned bandages to help, William successfully tied the diary tightly with bandages.

"Let's go back and treat Harry. I knew there was an exit. I found it out as soon as I asked - but I'm really smart. There's a one-way exit. No wonder I couldn't find it out."

William took the lead and took Lockhart with him after he was knocked unconscious.

'Sixteen drops of Veritaserum, I can't handle it. Let's see what Professor McGonagall or Dumbledore can do...'

ps: No worries, no worries anymore, go to bed early today and adjust your work and rest schedule