Hogwarts Card System.

Chapter 123 Spell Level 4

Lockhart looked at Ted with an "I'm really tired" expression:

"What a handsome boy like me! Ted got full marks! For example, you were the only one who got the question right about what Lockhart's greatest ideal is - world peace. And this... and this... 20 extra points for Ravenclaw!"

Lockhart: This boy has a bright future! Keep up the good work!

Ted's mind suddenly reacted.

"Ding~ Triggering the task:

[Easily get one hundred! (Green)]

Lockhart's extra points are really generous. Wouldn't it be a sin if we don't take advantage of them?

Objective: Get 100 bonus points with Professor Lockhart.

Reward: 300 experience points, random card.

If God wants to destroy someone, he must first make him crazy~"

Lockhart really gives points! 20 easily!

Ted prevented an explosion yesterday, and Professor Flitwick only gave him 20 points.

Today I gave 20 points for one test paper, it seems like it’s totally free.

Hermione's eyes widened and her eyebrows twisted together: We agreed to despise this bastard together, but you actually did your homework in private!
Hermione was very disdainful of Lockhart because she saw him trying to cling to Neville's reputation in Diagon Alley, so she didn't read the textbooks he wrote seriously.

So I didn’t answer a few questions, but I didn’t expect Ted to get full marks!

The reason why Ted read it so seriously was that he just flipped through the books casually.

On the one hand, although Lockhart is not that great, the content in the book is actually very valuable for reference.

This is all real knowledge~
Speaking of which, Lockhart has a talent for sneak attacks on old comrades.

So many excellent wizards have fallen into his hands, from all over the world, and he has never failed. Awesome!
With Ted around, the topic will never go off topic. Both the host and the guests have a great time, and the classroom feels like home.

In one class, Ted scored 30 points on Lockhart, which made him so happy that he almost accepted Ted as his last disciple on the spot.

Lockhart: I feel much better at Hogwarts than at home! Ted is a talented person and speaks well. I like this student very much!
He even thought: If only Ted was the boy who lived, wouldn't the master and apprentice become the best idols in the wizarding world?! Longbottom was so dull, it wasted his fame!
……

After class, Lockhart kindly told Ted to come to his office when he was free, and that the professor could provide some help if he had any problems. After all, he was a celebrity!
Then he grinned at his friends, dazzled everyone so much that they couldn't open their eyes, and then he left.

Hermione and the others turned their heads and looked at Ted as if he were a traitor - were you the one who led the devil here?

Harry jumped out and asked angrily, "Ted, how can you flatter a hypocrite like that! That peacock!"

Jerry also asked: "Do you worship him?!"

"Tell me? What are you going to do? What are you planning?" Hermione immediately concluded that Ted was plotting against Lockhart. Ted had to praise him in his heart: He is really good at judging people.
Ted whispered, "I don't worship liars, I just cheat. If we can coax this professor well, we can get a lot of benefits."

"Like what?" Hermione asked.

"For example, the approval slip for borrowing books from the restricted area~"

Hermione's eyes suddenly lit up!
Friends: Brushing points? Borrowing books? I was stunned ~ this is considered a benefit?
Ted: Why are you all silent?
Hermione calmed down from the excitement of the banned book and asked, "You said Professor Lockhart is a liar? Do you have any evidence?"

Although she looked down on the new professor because of what happened in Diagon Alley.

But he is a best-selling author after all, and the wonderful adventures in the book are indeed something people yearn for.

But Ted said he was a liar. Could it be that all these adventures were made up?

Ted smiled and said, "Yeah, he's a liar."

"I have checked a lot of information, and the ways of dealing with dark creatures in the books are all correct, and some are even groundbreaking." "But when I checked the news where the stories took place, the protagonist of the stories is often not a wizard named Lockhart."

"News?!" The friends didn't expect to use the news to investigate scammers.

Ted talked about his experience of looking for news from various places about the adventure stories in the book. The stories in Lockhart's book all really happened, and many of them were rumored locally or reported in newspapers.

As long as we combine this information, it is not difficult to find the flaws. Moreover, Ted knew the result and then went to find evidence. It is not easy to reverse the reasoning.
The reason why Lockhart was able to enjoy the title of best-selling author and great adventurer for such a long time was simply because information in the wizarding world was relatively closed.

Because of the sparse population, communication is not frequent, and many people do not care about what happens in distant countries.

After all, it was a society where even sending letters had to be done by owls, and even messages from neighboring countries would take a day or two to arrive. And Muggles had already entered the Internet age.

Even in the Internet age, there are people who take advantage of information asymmetry to deceive others.

The guys were shocked by what Ted said.

Although this peacock is very annoying, I didn’t expect that his wonderful stories are not his own!

Harry suddenly smiled evilly: "What do you think? If we go to Dumbledore to complain, we can expose this vain peacock!"

The other friends were also eager to try, but Ted couldn't let them ruin the plot.

"It's none of our business who Lockhart is. Since Dumbledore chose him as a teacher, he must have his own considerations."

"Perhaps Dumbledore thought he was a good negative example."

"So let's not rush. Do you remember Professor Quirrell from last year?"

"Of course!"

Hermione was suddenly surprised and said, "You're not saying that Lockhart is the same as Quirrell!"

Everyone remembered the fear of being dominated by Voldemort.
Ted said quickly, "Of course not. This kind of thing will never happen again. I just think that Dumbledore probably knows something about Lockhart. After all, they all grew up under his nose."

"So, what do you think Dumbledore's plan was for hiring Lockhart as a professor?" Harry's eyes lit up when he mentioned the plan.

Ron murmured, "People with such a lot of plans in their heads are really a headache. But please don't include me in your plans."

Hermione was a little unconvinced: "Are we just going to ignore it?"

She still wanted to see justice and bring this liar who stole other people's stories to justice.

Ted had to comfort her: "Hermione, justice needs strength to be upheld. So, our top priority is to study hard!"

Hermione nodded thoughtfully.

Neville raised his hand cautiously. "Do you think it's possible that there really isn't anyone left for the position of Professor of Dark Arts?"

When everyone heard this, they looked at each other in surprise: Neville, you found the blind spot!

A small society with less than 30,000 people, a position that consumes one person a year, this is definitely notorious~
Maybe we really can’t recruit anyone!
……

Early in the morning, before the sun came up, Ted had already gotten up and started studying in the common room.

He has been studying a new magic in the past few days since school started.

The notebook contains a lot of predictions, designs of magic models, attempts at spells, etc.

It was the Howler Letter on the first day of school that inspired Ted.

This magic letter that can directly roar out seems to be very valuable.

If I could "record" my own voice with magical effects, it might be a good idea.

The second issue is defense.

At the time, Ted thought about trying to stop the Howler and save Ron's face, but he couldn't think of a good way - after all, he couldn't just blow up the Howler with a fireball in public.

He discovered that he had no defensive capabilities to limit the sonic attack.

Actually, silencing spells or "closing ears and blocking hearing" should work. But this thing has a wide range, and can even be heard outside the auditorium. Just plugging your ears is like covering your ears and stealing the bell!

So, he combined the Silencing Spell and the Bubble Head Spell to develop a new magic.

The progress in the past two days has been very good. I found a lot of information in Ravenclaw's Chamber of Secrets. Although it is not related to these low-end spells, it describes some ideas and methods for developing new magic, which is very inspiring.

"Ansu, don't move~" Ted smiled kindly.

Ansu:?
"Silence bubble~" Ted pointed his wand, and a magical power instantly formed a translucent bubble around Ansu, wrapping Ansu like a water bubble.

An Su was stunned and flapped his wings to fly away quickly, but the bubble kept wrapping him.

"Gah~ What the hell?"

Ted saw Ansu open her mouth, but no sound came out.

"Ha! It's done!"

Anzu: You want to trap me with this! Look at my cobra moves~
An Su suddenly made a sharp turn in the air, instantly exceeding the flying speed of the Silencing Bubble, and directly penetrated the bubble and escaped.

"Haha~ Stupid idiot~" An Su ran through the window.

"Good boy!" Ted packed his things and went for a run when the sun came out.

At this time, the system sounded:
"Ding~ The skill spell is upgraded to spell level 4..."

It turns out that Ted's research and development of magic has raised the level of his spells.

If the bonus from the wand is taken into account, his spellcasting is already level 5, barely reaching the threshold for studying the information left behind by Ravenclaw.

Of course, this is only the most superficial information.

(End of this chapter)