Hogwarts Crawler.

Cologne grabbed Uther's neck and pulled him back.

"Don't be afraid! My dad is also the Minister of Magic!"

Eugene silently walked behind the four people, opened his hands and pounced - the world was finally quiet.

After calming down, Adam had to admit that if he continued to keep Lockhart, there was no telling what this guy might do, so this hidden danger had to be eliminated as soon as possible.

It's a pity that the professors knew long ago that he had solved the basilisk in the Chamber of Secrets. Otherwise, if Lockhart was accidentally eaten by the basilisk, it could only be said that he was unlucky...

Eh? He didn't seem to have promised Professor Dumbledore that he would not hurt the professor... Oh, forget it, there's no need to go to this extent for Lockhart.

Let’s start writing.

"On this night, Gilderoy Lockhart welcomed the most terrible day of his life..."

In a do-it-yourself sort of way, Adam wrote the ending for Lockhart's life himself, rather than using a shorthand quill.

Seeing the ghost nun coming to his house again, Lockhart was panicked, but actually not that panicked anymore.

He has discovered that no matter what illusions he sees, they are just illusions. Although he can still see them with his eyes closed, this does not change the fact that illusions cannot hurt him.

"Hey! Crazy woman, come here!"

Not only did Lockhart not hide, he even had the courage to reach out and actively provoke the ghost nun.

The ghost nun smiled, opened her mouth and bit——

"Click——"

Lockhart, who had a finger bitten off, was stunned for a few seconds, and then he was instantly filled with fear.

Why didn’t the other party follow the script this time?

"Ah ah ah ah ah--"

The pain and fear made Lockhart rush out of the office. The ghost nun looked at his receding back and smiled slightly, then followed him slowly out of the office door.

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Lockhart ran desperately out of the office, but for some reason the corridor, which was usually only a dozen feet long, seemed to never end.

With his strength about to run out, Lockhart could not help but look back. The ghost nun was actually standing not far from him, and next to the ghost nun was the door to his office... Seeing Lockhart looking back, the ghost nun walked up to Lockhart step by step and opened her mouth wide.

"Ah ah ah ah ah--!!!!"

……

"I have to tell you all some sad news."

Before dinner one day after the Lantern Festival, Professor Dumbledore walked to the teacher's seat and said with a serious face:

"Just yesterday, our Defense Against the Dark Arts professor, Mr. Gilderoy Lockhart, turned himself in at the Ministry of Magic for his heinous act of casting Oblivion spells on several wizards and stealing their experiences to write a novel."

There was a sudden burst of whispers in the auditorium.

"Today—"

As Professor Dumbledore spoke again, the hall fell silent.

"He has been taken away by the Ministry of Magic. Azkaban will be his final resting place for the rest of his life."

Professor Dumbledore looked at each of the students below with some sadness in his eyes:

"I hope everyone can learn from Lockhart's story and take it as a lesson. I hope you will never become such a person."

"Besides that, your Defense Against the Dark Arts classes will be taught by the four deans as before, so you don't have to worry about the exams - that's all I have to say."

After dinner, Professor McGonagall found Adam:

"Professor Dumbledore is waiting for you in the Headmaster's office."

Chapter 80 Truth and Coincidence

"Adam, is there anything you would like to tell me about Mr. Lockhart's story?"

Professor Dumbledore's eyes were very calm, as if he had no doubt at all whether Adam had any evil thoughts.

Adam found that the professor's emotions seemed a bit extreme... He always had an unimaginable tolerance for the students he recognized, whether it was Newt, Hagrid, Harry or him - it was hard to say what kind of influence Voldemort had on Professor Dumbledore.

"It's a somewhat regrettable story, Professor Dumbledore."

Adam sighed:

"This is the best solution I can think of... Who would have thought that Professor Lockhart would suddenly use Obliviate on me? I had no choice but to use the Mirror Card to fight back."

From Lockhart's perspective, he was being chased by the ghost nun and never left the office, but in fact he ran all the way to Adam who was doing his "homework".

Faced with the ghost nun who was about to kill him, Lockhart instinctively... or was forced to instinctively make the most familiar attack towards Adam in front of him - he pulled out his wand and released Oblivion, but it was reflected back by the Mirror Card.

All this was "coincidentally" discovered by Ms. Gray who was passing by.

Everything is so coincidental and perfect.

"In fact, I already know what happened. Ms. Grey happened to be nearby at the time and saw the whole thing."

Professor Dumbledore smiled and conjured up a plate of candy in front of Adam. When Adam saw it... it looked so familiar.

Aren’t these all my works?

Adam picked one up and put it in his mouth. It was indeed the candy he made.

"Actually, I know about Lockhart."

Professor Dumbledore sighed and took one himself:

"Among the targets of the stories he stole, there were two wizards I knew. I saw a familiar story, but the protagonist was no longer someone I was familiar with. Coupled with the character Lockhart showed in school, I quickly understood what happened..."

Professor Dumbledore waited for a few seconds and looked at Adam:

"Aren't you curious about why I invited him to be the professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts next?"

"Well... I didn't know it at first, but after hearing the professor say that you already knew Lockhart's background, I kind of understood it now."

"Oh?"

Professor Dumbledore's gray eyebrows twitched.

"Professor Dumbledore wants Lockhart to expose himself, right? If it was just a novel, it might be possible to conceal it, but facing so many students and professors, it turns out that Lockhart did reveal his flaws very quickly..."

Adam finished a candy, looked at the plate and found that there were no candies he liked, so he simply conjured up the Wand of Darkness and added a lot of them to the plate.

Then Professor Dumbledore reached out and took a fruit juice-filled gummy.

Adam: “???”

Okay, okay, professor, so your inventory is running low and you asked me to restock it, right?

Forget it, just consider it as advertising fee. Professor Dumbledore's same dessert is a very popular label in Hogwarts.

Under Professor Dumbledore's innocent gaze, Adam reluctantly ate a peach-flavored candy and continued:

"Besides that, Professor, you probably also have a purpose in using Lockhart to warn us. After all, although it is difficult to teach a person what he should be, it only takes a negative example to teach a person what he should not be. Lockhart is a very suitable negative example."

Professor Dumbledore smiled with satisfaction. He had never expected that Adam would understand his meaning so quickly. He was indeed very smart.

"Finally, it's probably because it's really hard to find a professor for the Defense Against the Dark Arts class. I heard from Senior Cedric that this class has a new professor every year for various reasons, and this has been going on for decades."

As if he couldn't see Professor Dumbledore's frozen smile, Adam didn't feel that he had touched Professor Dumbledore's sore spot at all, and continued:

"Last year, Professor Quirrell died unexpectedly, which should have had a significant impact on the recruitment of new professors..."

Professor Dumbledore, who was forced to think about this troublesome matter, felt a headache and couldn't help throwing a few more candies into his mouth.

Hmm? What's this flavor? I've never tasted it before...

Professor Dumbledore realized that he was distracted and quickly sorted out his thoughts, sighing again in his heart.

Indeed, the recruitment of the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor last year was difficult. This year, Lockhart had this incident again. I don’t know who to look for next year…

Thinking of this, Professor Dumbledore's appetite for sweets decreased:

"You're right, Adam. It seems that I have to look for my old acquaintances next... I hope they are willing to take the time to teach at Hogwarts for a year. You go back first."

"Yes, Professor Dumbledore."

Professor Dumbledore's inquiry was just an expected episode, and after Adam returned, he could even prepare for the Lantern Festival riddle-guessing activity as usual.

Due to the limitation of English, it was impossible to guess the riddles. Adam could only put some traditional Chinese knowledge that he had shared with his classmates into the riddles, as well as some extracurricular knowledge he saw in books, and related knowledge about the food in Adam's store.

Adam had no intention of opening a fly-in-the-wall restaurant. As the son of two successful people in the catering industry, Adam knew that for a high-end restaurant, cooking skills were the focus, but not the only focus. You also had to be able to tell stories.

Cooking skills are always just a point to attract consumers. Only when consumers recognize the cultural value added by your products from the bottom of their hearts can you maintain your customer base and ensure your core competitiveness to make your position unshakable.

However, unlike Mr. Reed and Ms. Li who had to spend a lot of money and energy to make their customers understand those stories, Adam only needed dumplings of various flavors to make the main components of the future British wizarding world spontaneously and actively understand the stories he wanted to tell.

They have to thank him!

"Adam! Thanks~"

The little wizards who received the "Question Bank Manual" from Adam all showed bright smiles on their faces.

Sesame, peanuts, red bean paste, lamb, pork, beef...

The long tables in the auditorium were removed and replaced by rows of racks hung with lanterns and little wizards lined up in a long queue. After saying the correct answer to the lantern, the lantern will spit out a note, and then you can take the note to find the event NPC... Oh no, it's the professors to exchange for dumplings.

In addition to the popular styles available at every professor's place, each dean also has limited editions specially prepared by Adam for them, such as Professor McGonagall's taro paste dumplings, Professor Flitwick's cheese-filled dumplings, Professor Snape's crab roe dumplings, and Professor Sprout's osmanthus wine dumplings.

For the sake of delicious food, the Gryffindors dared to step forward one by one despite Professor Snape's gaze. It is really cause for celebration!

Unexpectedly, Adam was not very optimistic about Professor Dumbledore's chocolate dumplings. After all, in his eyes, the taste was a bit like dark cuisine, but it was unexpectedly popular...

Chapter 81 Elective Courses

The days after the Lantern Festival became a bit boring for the young wizards at Hogwarts, especially compared with the lively atmosphere before.

But Adam had no choice. He couldn't take them with him to celebrate Qingming Festival and worship their ancestors in the void at Hogwarts, right?

Of course, qingtuan and sanzi can still be sold.

In such a dull atmosphere, the Easter holiday arrived with great anticipation, which also meant that the second-grade little wizards could choose their elective courses for next year.

"Hmm...with so many courses, how should I choose?"

Cologne was eating Adam's Easter eggs while having a headache over his course selection list.

Divination, Arithmancy, Care of Magical Creatures, Ancient Rune Studies, and Muggle Studies. In theory, each student must choose at least two subjects to have enough points, and can choose three subjects if there is no conflict in the courses.

"Divination doesn't look very reliable... How about Care of Magical Creatures? I think I'm more familiar with this. And then choose Muggle Studies? If you don't know anything about it, you can ask Bernard..."

As he muttered to himself, Colon nodded, made up his mind, and prepared to tick the boxes behind the Care of Magical Creatures and Muggle Studies classes.

"My advice is don't take Muggle Studies."

Adam, who was eating Easter eggs, couldn't help but remind him.

Adam made the inside of the Easter egg into a large planet cup and painted the outside in various colors. It was very popular inside Hogwarts, and some young wizards even bought it and sent it to their parents.

"Based on the books wizards have written about Muggles, I can guarantee that the Muggle knowledge wizards know has little to do with real Muggles."

Adam said as he ticked off four subjects besides Muggle Studies:

"And Divination - I heard from seniors - is a very easy course. Professor Trelawney, who teaches the course, will give a good grade to every student who predicts his or her own tragic death~"

"what?!"

Cologne's eyes widened. This was not the same as the divination he had imagined.

"Isn't the divination test to see who can predict the future correctly?"

"But how do we judge this? You know, divination is a highly uncertain thing. Some predictions can come true immediately, while others may take more than ten or even dozens of years. Moreover, there are very few people who truly have the talent for divination. The significance of the divination class is just to discover these very few people. The rest of the people can't fail, right?"

"That's what I said..."

Uther walked behind Adam without knowing when, looked at Adam's course selection list and blinked:

"Adam, why did you choose four courses? What if the classes conflict?"

"It doesn't say in the instructions that you can't take four courses, right? I'm sure Hogwarts will find a way when the time comes."

Adam smiled and put away the course selection sheet.