Chapter 220 The Professor Who Gave up Treatment

"Minerva, call me here in a hurry..."

Snape's voice was as low and clear as ever, just a little faster, but his tone soon rose, "Lockhart?"

"What bad thing is this peacock trying to do?"

Snape stared at Lockhart who was firmly restrained in the chair, his eyes full of amusement - he hated flamboyant and pretentious guys, and also hated the so-called professors of self-defense magic. This guy was all in front of him.

"Everything," Professor McGonagall said in a bad tone. She had just finished questioning Lockhart. Under the influence of Veritaserum, Lockhart, who knew everything, almost made her angry and used black magic.

"Has Dumbledore caught him?" Snape looked at Lockhart, "Could that idiot Potter have been caught by this peacock? He is exactly the same stupidity. If Dumbledore hadn't been around, Potter would have been caught." I’m afraid that idiot has turned into a ghost?”

"Severus, you are a professor. I hope you can take every student seriously." Professor McGonagall frowned and criticized Snape gently. "It's not Albus. Professor William went to the secret room to find it." them and brought people back.”

"It seems that our other professor is not such a loser -" Snape said in his unique irritating tone, "So now are you going to get some Veritaserum?"

"I'm afraid what we need is an antidote," Professor McGonagall looked at Snape with trusting eyes. "Professor William said he accidentally gave too much Veritaserum. When I asked, the medicine was still there. It’s working.”

"More?" Snape lowered his head, took a look at Lockhart's eyelids who couldn't resist, then grabbed Lockhart's hand and looked at the color of his nails.

"What do you mean, too much? Does he want to torture a dragon?" Professor Snape cursed, "Double the dosage is dangerous enough, how much did he use!"

While cursing, Snape examined it more patiently, bled it, tested it with the potion he carried with him, and poured in some antidote, but in the end he shook his head.

"You should have informed me immediately, Minerva."

Professor McGonagall, who was usually serious, lowered her head for the first time - she asked Lockhart a few questions and then continued angrily. She didn't stop asking until many things were clarified, so it was delayed again. a long time.

Anyone else would do this. A basilisk suddenly appeared in the school, and the culprit was given veritaserum. However, when the culprit confessed, he also revealed a secret that shocked half of the magical world.

"What will happen to him?"

"The effect of Veritaserum can be removed, but the damage to memory is inevitable," Snape shook his head. "The function of Veritaserum is to force people to recall the deepest secrets in their minds, and then use words to Speaking of which, its effect is even more terrifying than Legilimency."

"Amnesia is the easiest consequence. If it's serious, he may not even be able to tell a lie for a long time."

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"My snake...Albus, my snake..."

In the girls' bathroom, Dumbledore first appeared in the passage of the secret room, and then the old professor used magic to appear with the headless snake and Little Emotion.

"I'm going to see how Harry and the others are doing first," Dumbledore made a good excuse to get rid of Professor Kettleburn behind him, "Sylvanus, I'll leave it to you to handle this. ,I trust you."

There was nothing he could do about it, and Dumbledore was a little overwhelmed in the face of an old professor who had been in the job earlier than him - Professor Kettleburn was good at everything, but he was even more stubborn than Hagrid.

After finding the oil painting and asking him what happened when he went to the Chamber of Secrets, Dumbledore called back to Hagrid, who was still guarding the Forbidden Forest, and walked towards the school hospital - where both the victim and the victim were now.

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"Hello Professor."

William suppressed his yawn and made the final handover with Dumbledore - although he really wanted to study the diary that Lockhart became Dumbledore's book, but from the perspective of evidence or security, , it’s best to throw this thing to the principal.

With books that can communicate one's own thoughts, no one in Azkaban would dare to engage in such a dangerous thing.

Therefore, William is not sensitive to this kind of thing that is beyond his ability.

"Is it this diary that bewitched Professor Lockhart?" Dumbledore carefully flipped through the diary while wearing dragon leather gloves. "My book - is that what he said?"

Dumbledore laughed, "I thought such a situation would happen later, such as Dumbledore's Chamber of Secrets, Dumbledore's Secret Treasures, etc. appearing in the wizarding world decades later."

‘It could be a sissy book…’ William subconsciously moved his eyes away, “Of course, considering the mood of the painter’s wives, it could also be a BL book…”

"The diary from fifty years ago - it's normal to say it's mine." Dumbledore flipped through the diary with interest, even though it was empty.

"A single Forgetting Curse destroyed the most meaningful part of this book." Dumbledore came to the conclusion after flipping through it for a long time. "Professor Lockhart's skill in some spells is terrifying."

"As for Professor Lockhart's treatment," Dumbledore continued to call him professor, and William did not change, "How is he now?"

"It's very bad. His memory has barely returned to when he was studying, but the aftereffects of the Veritaserum can't be cured. He still says whatever he asks. Professor Snape has refused to treat him - he said something wrong. What nice words to say."

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William couldn't help but think of the bad words Lockhart secretly said about Snape the day they met, and he suddenly understood what the so-called not-so-nice words meant.

After the two talked about the Chamber of Secrets for a long time, Dumbledore finally turned the topic to a more serious direction.

"As much as I hate to say it, I'm afraid we won't be able to deal with Professor Lockhart's matter openly."

"What's the school board's opinion?"

"Yes, but I don't object either - part of the reason is because Lockhart was also bewitched, just like Ginny Weasley. The difference is that he was affected more deeply."

"But Lockhart continued to commit crimes after personally destroying the diary that had bewitched him. Ginny didn't do that."

"Bewitchment cannot be eliminated by destroying a diary. Its essence is the same as black magic, and the side effects are almost irreversible," Dumbledore said calmly. "What's more important is that we can't continue to lose a professor. If If Lockhart's matter is reported on a large scale, even if the school keeps covering it up, Professor William, we will receive a lot of letters forcing you to resign."

Although Dumbledore said it very implicitly, William knew after thinking about it - a great adventurer had stepped over, and the remaining self-defense magic professor had become the center of attention.

The legend of Hogwarts and Lockhart's reputation, combined, if you don't want to expel William, this matter can only be dealt with coldly.

Otherwise, he will really have no choice but to resign by then.

ps: Theoretically, there are still two chapters... But if I am really too sleepy to write anymore, I can only write a 3,000-word chapter... It depends on my status...

Tried my best...I'm stuck...