Although it is said that Lockhart will not be punished openly, and the conspiracy he hatched in the secret room will not be exposed, the punishment he received is real.

More than ten years of experience have been completely washed away by Veritaserum, and he has a problem of telling the truth from time to time - William thought about it in his shoes. If it were him, he would rather stay in Azkaban.

so.

Naturally, William cannot memorize the credit for the Chamber of Secrets. Although many professors knew what happened, the announcement to the students was that Dumbledore came back and took care of the Chamber of Secrets, so that the room could no longer be opened.

Although Dumbledore did not need such an honor, William still received a thousand galleons as compensation - the salary could not be increased, and this was a reward given by Dumbledore in his own name.

Harry's legs recovered quickly. Although Hermione and Ron's memories were not restored, they were still engaged in intense studies. The twins who were controlled by Peeves' prank were laughed at by their classmates for a few days and returned to normal.

The head from the basilisk also played a good role - William carefully extracted the thousand-year-old snake venom and kept it for other uses. He gave the remaining head directly to Singed, who said that it was useful to him

.

Everything is getting better, but one thing makes William uncomfortable.

——

"Professor McGonagall, I think I have enough experience to help Professor Lockhart teach. I am almost ready for the first to fourth grade courses."

"No, Professor William," Professor McGonagall shook her head businesslikely, "Although Professor Lockhart has lost his memory, his level of class has actually improved. I think his current condition is very good."

Because he hid a lot from his students, Lockhart was actually visited by people after he was hospitalized - but this was not a good thing, because Lockhart almost only told the truth now.

"You're fat again!"

"The second idiot from Slytherin is here!"

"Gryffindor idiot, why are you laughing..."

"Hello, Ravenclaw trash, Ravenclaw is a trash except Lockhart..."

"Hufflepuff, can you leave my sight?"

…

Such truths caused Lockhart's original popularity to completely fall away, even the fans abandoned him - if I like a guy like this, I'm blind.

Although telling the truth made the originally popular Professor Lockhart become a bitch, Lockhart, who only had memories of his student days, had improved his self-learning ability and knowledge level.

As long as someone is willing to endure Lockhart's problem of saying everything, he can still say something. Students who like this course begin to study on their own and also go to the hospital to ask for advice, and because Lockhart has something to say, the harvest is still there.

Quite a few - so this strange teaching method was retained by default.

William, who had even published the papers, ran to Professor McGonagall's office when he saw that the appointment had not yet come, but Professor McGonagall refused to let go.

Although this kind of class is not very efficient, it is not much better than the previous pure self-study.

Besides, if Lockhart is really not allowed to attend class, then if there is a problem with the curse, should the only remaining professor be allowed to attend?

Obviously impossible.

Anyway, the school hospital is funded by the school board of directors, so Professor Lockhart can just let him recover slowly.

——

Although I didn't get the four grades from Professor Lockhart, I still have to take the classes I should take.

The diary and diadem were left with Dumbledore, and all that was left for William to do was to deal with the stolen private accounts of Snape's office.

Studying curses, writing papers, preparing lessons, studying potions, transfiguration... all kinds of messy things, William's schedule is full, and he has no time for anything else - the teaching time originally reserved for the four grades is also very good for improving himself.

.

But such busy and fulfilling days were quickly disrupted.

Adams finally started a new life happily.

He had not been very interested in Lockhart's affairs some time ago, but he finally recovered. Because Lockhart was not the adventure master he imagined, the poor herbalism professor almost shut himself down.

"What are your plans for spring break, William?"

"What, spring break?"

"Yes," Adams nodded, "Spring break, the second holiday at Hogwarts, will be Easter soon. Otherwise, do you want to be busy until the summer vacation?"

"Spring break..." William fell into silence.

"What's the matter? Spring break is still so uncomfortable-" Adams secretly lowered his voice, "You won't be fooled by the basilisk, will you?"

"I suspect so," William gritted his teeth, "I said those kids were so happy to hear those papers!"

"examination paper?"

"Yes, papers! I left four papers for them in the last class. If it is spring break soon, then they will only have four papers for my class during the whole holiday..." William thought about his failed operation and wanted to rush

Go to the break room and rearrange the homework.

But that was too tasteless, and he couldn't do that.

"Then let them have a happy spring break." Adams smiled, "Anyway, other professors have assigned a lot of homework. Speaking of which, how will you spend your spring break? Do you want to disguise yourself and go to Muggle society to see Easter?

"

"I won't go. I've reached a bottleneck in my potion research. I don't have any classes at this time, so I'm going to study it carefully."

Thanks to the thousand galleons given by Dumbledore, William purchased many precious potion raw materials at once. Although potion research is not as expensive as alchemy, the effect of spending such a large amount of galleons is still quite immediate.

of.

"Can you use the elixir of blessing?"

Adams looked happy.

"Um..." William's face dropped, "It's not possible yet..."

"What else are you talking about..." Adams shook his head, "I'm going to help you take a look at those basic herbal medicines - the school had a bumper harvest of herbal medicines last year."

William, who was instantly killed by one sentence, didn't know what to say for a moment - don't potions and herbs have something in common?

Who can handle the blessing elixir that comes up? How can you ask someone like that?

But having said that, it is still very embarrassing to be asked like this. Even if the success rate is not 100%, there is no problem in trying to master it, right?

'Elixir of Fortune... If you work hard during this holiday, you might actually be able to get it done.'

William directly raised his goal to the highest level - to further improve it, he would try to improve complex potion formulas and develop new potions. Then he could really only rely on experience and luck. As for talent, hehe, a potion master without talent would

Don't even think about reaching the threshold of the blessing elixir in your life, the above is even more delusional.

"Forget it, ignore Adams." Although he had raised his goal in his heart, William didn't want to talk to Adams now. "Spring break is coming soon anyway. Let's go visit Hagrid. I hope he recovers..."

——

"Hagrid?"

William knocked on the door and took two steps back. After a while, Hagrid opened the door, "Oh, William, you're here, great..."

'It's not healed yet, I'm just like a child...'

Facing Hagrid like this, William really didn't know what to say. It's been a month, and Hagrid is still feeling sad about the basilisk. Although the giant tried to hide it, his concealment skills were really amazing.

That sucks…

'Hagrid and Adams, one thinks that the only difference between potions is whether they can brew the elixir, and the other fell in love with huge and ferocious magical creatures when he saw them... My friend is a bit too weird.

.'

"Percy, why are you here?"

William was very surprised to see Percy.

"I'm here to help, Professor." Percy stood up, "Professor Kettleburn asked me to help. Professor Hagrid will take over as Professor of Care of Magical Creatures next year."

"That's great, Hagrid."

William sincerely congratulated - although the job of a gamekeeper is impossible unless someone is absolutely trusted, but as far as the school staff is concerned, professors are definitely more important, and gamekeepers don't even have the right to deduct points.

"Not sure yet, William." Hagrid replied sheepishly, "But Professor Kettleburn said he would recommend me. Percy is here to help me restore the skeletal model of the basilisk."

Speaking of this, Hagrid's expression dropped a bit - it could be seen that he was still feeling very uncomfortable.

"Aragog said he wanted a toy. He was such a furry little cutie, and I couldn't refuse him—" Hagrid sobbed, then carefully assembled the snake bones.

'Who is Aragog? Is it another monster?'

William really couldn't be sure, after all, Hagrid really had everything...

"I asked Professor Kettleburn for the bones. I originally wanted to ask you for the skull, but Professor Singed said it was at his place and sent it to me..." Hagrid sobbed, and then put together another piece.

This look was so weird that William didn't know what to say for a while.

Fortunately, Percy successfully picked up the topic, "Well, Professor Hagrid, how about I do it?"

"Thank you, Percy," Hagrid sniffed hard, "I'll go prepare something to eat."

William almost couldn't help but leave directly - what a joke, seeing as Hagrid felt like he could take care of himself, it would be better for him to leave.

But at this moment, there was another knock on Hagrid's house.

"Hagrid, Hagrid."

Harry's voice came, "We're coming for you."
To be continued...