This is what Ravenclaw looks like..

Chapter 159 Lockhart's First Lesson

Andrew didn't have to attend the Potions class. He thought it was nothing important and decided to go to the office to see if there was anything he could do.

But when he opened the office door, he found that the person on duty was not Huffman as listed on the roster, but Percy.

"Percy, are you helping Huffman on his shift?"

He walked in, pulled out a chair, moved a pile of documents in front of himself, and asked casually.

"Well, I asked for it."

Percy looked a little confused. "It's mainly about what happened yesterday. Ron and the others..."

This is the advantage of the Weasley family having so many members. If something happens to the younger brother, the older brother will follow.

Come to think of it, Percy must have had doubts last night. It showed great patience that he was able to wait until now to ask while Huffman was on duty.

"There's nothing I can do about that. You know, this matter... is too conspicuous."

"Yeah, those two guys actually drove to school...really...but why is their punishment so light?"

???

Are you serious?

Isn't it a little strange that you brothers have such a good relationship?
"There wasn't even a large-scale announcement or reprimand. Given Mom's temper, he should have received a yelling letter this morning..."

Percy looked confused, "That shouldn't be the case. My family should have been extremely angry yesterday."

As expected of the twins' biological brother, as long as he is sure that his younger brother is fine, he would hope that bad luck will come to him.

"How should I explain this? It's quite complicated. Let's sort the documents first, and then talk about it slowly."

Andrew had read through the professors' applications during the holidays, but the reports from student clubs and research groups were not submitted until the start of the school year. Although there was no rush, they still had to be categorized so that they could be processed slowly.

...

"So, Ron was controlled, and then released?"

"It should be correct, but the criminal has been caught."

Dumbledore said that the secret could not be passed on to others, so even Percy was not allowed to do so - Andrew reluctantly put the blame on Pettigrew.

"Caught? Who?"

"There is a ban on talking about it... but you will find out soon enough."

Andrew spread his hands helplessly.

"Okay, is Ron okay?"

"If we hadn't fought with Slytherin this morning, there probably wouldn't be any."

After all, that song is quite aggressive, and the score on the first day of school is not as attractive as a fight.

"That's all right, by the way - you said his wand was broken?"

Driving a flying car to school without getting expelled would be considered a success. It was just a song, Percy didn't care at all. He was more worried about the wand.

"Yes, it broke in the car. I'm not the one to blame - the wand was already broken when I caught him."

"I have to buy him one. That wand is just an old one and it won't suit him..."

"An old wand?"

"Yes, Charlie's. When he was planning to study dragons, his original wand didn't like him so much, so he left it to Ron..."

Do we have to use someone else's magic wand, which is like a partner?

No wonder... Ron is the worst looking Weasley...

Andrew had changed his grades before - the Weasley twins' grades were worse than Ron's, but their Transfiguration homework was occasionally clever (Andrew suspected that was when they didn't copy other people's homework), but Ron...

Mediocre grades and worthless homework...

"That's great too. Maybe if I can choose the right partner for myself, I can make great progress."

"But there is a problem. I can't take him away from school. If I want to buy a good wand, it's better to go to Ollivander's and choose it in person."

The prefect sneaked out of school with his own brother to buy a wand? And when students below the third grade were not allowed to leave school during the holidays?
What a joke, Gryffindor students could scold Ron and Percy to death.

"So, let me go?"

"Please, Andrew... I'll give the professor some advice. We can't let that guy mess around with a wand glued together with magic glue for the entire semester, can we? He made a mess of it yesterday, and I'm afraid he might even hurt himself."

It was indeed a problem - and the most crucial point was that Ron was bewitched, and it was not his responsibility that his wand broke.

If he was the mastermind, it would be reasonable for him to enjoy this kind of treatment of being almost expelled from school for a broken wand. Although the school has no reason to compensate him now, it is reasonable to let him use the broken wand until the Christmas holiday and then replace it...

"Okay, if the professor agrees, I'll take him to buy a wand this weekend."

"Okay, I'll go talk to the professor then."

"Well, it's settled. I have to go to class. It's Defense Against the Dark Arts class taught by Professor Lockhart. I don't know how good it is."

"I don't know. Our advanced class is on Wednesday. I hope he is a serious teacher."

Percy waved, "See you later then."

...

I was just being polite, I can't say he was just average in class... Don't get your hopes up, Percy...

-

The first lesson of the new semester changed from Potions to Defense Against the Dark Arts.

To be honest, Andrew now seems to doubt whether there is something wrong with his brain - what was he thinking at the time, couldn't he make the first graders feel better when scheduling classes?

Anyway, they have just arrived and cannot run away. Starting from these two courses, the magical world will become sweeter and sweeter!
With such complaints, Andrew returned to the common room and started exercising with a whole stack of Lockhart series books in his arms - regardless of whether they were expensive or not, a whole series of books was used for seven grades, and it was a hassle just to bring them to class.

With a pile of books enough for exercise, he arrived at the classroom almost before class started - his roommates had already found their seats, which made him happy.

"This way, Andrew!"

Hal's high voice was very recognizable, "Hurry up, today's news!"

Oh?
Andrew took two steps at a time, pointed his wand at his bag and stuffed it in place. "What's the matter?"

"Just now I was talking about it. Recently, the Herbal Medicine Class has added a greenhouse. The next course will focus on transplantation!"

...

I guessed it during the holidays.

"Any more?"

"Peeves hasn't come out yet. It looks like what happened before last summer vacation hurt him a lot!"

what?
Andrew thought about it and realized that he had not seen Peeves during this period of time. He thought it was because of the collective madness of the group of people who were about to graduate before the summer vacation.

"Gryffindor and Slytherin didn't fight!"

what?
This was news - the atmosphere was so tense this morning that Andrew suspected they were about to fight.

"what reason?"

"It seems that our Potions class has been cancelled. Some people say it's because Snape is not here and the Slytherins are not confident enough. Others say..."

Hal said nothing, staring at Andrew. ???

Wait, is it because of me? Will they be arrested if I don't attend class?
Looking at Andrew's expression, the others nodded silently.

...

"next."

"Someone has discovered a way to train the levitation spell - practice it while running, casting the spell while moving, and the control of the levitation spell is very good."

Those are all first-grade spells. Although they have research value, they shouldn’t be that serious, right?
"next."

"School has just started, why are there so many news? Shhh, here it comes."

Here comes Lockhart—in all his splendor.

The turquoise robe looked very valuable, and Lockhart's carefully maintained makeup made him look completely worthy of the identity he had worked so hard to build.

"Good morning, everyone."

Perfect smile, perfect teeth, "My first class, um, I don't think I need to introduce myself, right?"

"Let's go with the usual practice. I," he picked up a book with his left hand and pointed his wand at his photo, "Gilderoy Lockhart, winner of the Order of Merlin, third class, honorary member of the Anti-Dark Magic League, and five-time winner of the Most Charming Smile Award from Witch Weekly - but be careful, there is no magic in smiling!"

Wrong, smiling is one of the top spells - and you use it all the time.

Andrew even planned to take out his notebook to record it.

This power of persuasion and speaking skills are worth learning!

He is good at writing the exciting points that are often found in online articles, as well as constructing contradictions and conflicts. He has not studied in depth the language that can show off one's own charm - there is always a teacher among three people, and Lockhart has enough time for him to learn how to show off himself!
Of course, the effect on students is not as good.

After all, there was no one to cheer for them, and it was too much to expect the second-year students to scream and shout like the witches outside. It would take many years of development for this to happen.

But it seems that Lockhart has strong control skills.

"Well, it seems that everyone's recognition of me is stronger than my own - well, then, let's get to know each other first. Let's do a simple class survey, a small questionnaire, and those who can answer it will get a little surprise."

The survey papers were distributed quickly.

"Lockhart's personal research paper... It's about the content of the book and the character setting, that kind of thing..."

"I really can't do it."

He had a very busy schedule, and studying grammar and writing skills was the limit - who had the time to memorize Lockhart's personal hobbies?

Besides, how many of those hobbies are real?

That is not Lockhart's personal hobby, it is just a personal hobby that Lockhart thinks a very good adventurer should have!

This is what is called selling a persona.

Based on this principle, Andrew began to make up stories - as long as it filled the space.

Thirty minutes passed quickly and the papers were collected.

"Oh, oh, there are actually two students who answered almost all the questions correctly. Great, great! Ten points for Ravenclaw! Ten points for Slytherin!"

Are there Lockhart fans in Slytherin?

This is an amazing thing.

As for Andrew's answer, it was drowned out by the numerous papers - Lockhart was more popular than he thought, and many students read those books carefully.

This wasn't good news - it wasn't that Andrew was jealous.

'The question is, Lockhart's books are so popular that Magical Legends Magazine even occasionally crushes them, so how many readers does a legend have?'

The future is bleak...

Andrew had the urge to cover his face.

It was so scary that he now had an illusion that he was going to be hung under the astronomy tower by transfiguration.

However, the hemp rope breaks at the thin part.

Just as he was praying for his uncertain future, Lockhart suddenly found him.

"Ah, this is, yes, Andrew."

Lockhart looked surprised.

The Harry Potter class is in the afternoon, and the highlight should be in the afternoon so that it has a selling point, but the morning also has to be muddled through. This Andrew is a good one - just read the text, talk about the understanding and protection of dark magic, and it's fine to get through the class in one go.

If the troublemakers were exposed in advance, the students in the afternoon would not be prepared, and that would ruin the story.

He found out yesterday that this Andrew is Professor McGonagall's assistant, helping out in the office on a daily basis. It's a bit of a gimmick, and a good appetizer for the story.

"Yes, Professor, I'm Andrew."

“I’m good at taking risks but not good at communicating, so I can only share stories with others through words. So I want to hear what kind of content you need and what kind of adventures you want to take in class.”

'I can bring out the mischief-makers in the afternoon and pretend that I prepared them at noon, so that no one will suspect that I discriminate and that I am good at listening to students' opinions - what can a second-year kid expect? Nothing more than adventure stories and waving magic wands.'

"Really, Professor?"

"Of course, speak freely. Our courses are not fixed. You know, maybe the things you expect will appear in the next class."

"That's great, professor. I think we need some skills to communicate with people. You know, a great adventure always requires getting information, whether it's quickly mastering the local language or indirectly finding out about those hidden entities!"

???

What's your sense of adventure?

Aren't students in your grade supposed to be asking about powerful spells or something?
What are those things you are talking about?
Communication skills?
Is that something students of this age should be concerned about?
but!

That’s the right question. I, Lockhart, am good at this. If you want to ask anything else, I can only fool you with my school knowledge!
It’s a pity that it can’t lead to adventure, but this is also possible!
"That's what I'm asking. Is there anything about your adventure that I don't know about?"

Being able to communicate with those old wizards, understand their dialects, and gain their trust, this is the real magic!

Things like the Oblivion Spell were matters of personal spell practice, and Andrew had no intention of going deeper into them, but it would be different if one could understand communication skills.

He really admired Lockhart's language learning ability and communication skills. Moreover, after learning this, the characterization of Grindelwald would be more perfect. How could an excellent Grindelwald not have the communication skills comparable to Lockhart?

Even if it needs to be concealed and changed, and exaggerated at the same time, it is also good.

It makes perfect sense that Grindelwald has communication skills far beyond Lockhart's.

Just when…

I can spend less time hanging under the tower.

Although Andrew wanted to say that this was out of responsibility for the work, after thinking about it, he still agreed with this answer from the bottom of his heart.

But no matter what his original intention was, it didn't matter anymore - because Andrew's question touched Lockhart's heart.

"Ah, communication, yes, communication, this is true, few people pay attention to this. They always think - well, the whole wizarding world speaks standard English, oh, this is too arrogant, even in the British wizarding world, there are some dialects that are difficult for us to understand."

"You have a keen eye, Andrew, and yes, I also have a little trick that allows us to quickly master those difficult dialects to communicate when we are adventuring."

Lockhart observed the expressions of the students around him and found that many of them showed expectant looks - there was no way, there were more Ravenclaw students than Slytherin students, and the term "quick learning skills" would not work in other colleges, so special attack on Ravenclaw!
Encouraged by such a look, even Lockhart suddenly became motivated.

"Then let's talk about the first lesson, how to quickly master the local dialect!"

(End of this chapter)