Chapter 180 Gilderoy Lockhart

Just as Firth was rolling in the Sorting Hat, Dumbledore hurried back.

Although Firth was given the right to enter the principal's office freely, Dumbledore would still be reminded when he entered the principal's office.

If it were normal, Dumbledore would not rush back so anxiously, but the problem was...

School starts today!

What if Firth took the Sorting Hat away, causing the opening ceremony to fail in the evening, that would be a lot of fun.

Although Firth is much more sensible now, he has a criminal record after all, so Dumbledore has to be on guard.

"Meow~" (=ΦωΦ=)

Hearing the noise when Dumbledore entered the door, Firth poked his head out of the Sorting Hat and greeted him.

"Hello, Firth."

Dumbledore responded with a smile, and he didn't look anxious before.

He walked to the desk, opened the drawer at hand, and took out the cockroach pile to share with Firth as usual.

"Come and have some snacks. I still have a lot."

"Meow!"

Fish immediately jumped out of the Sorting Hat, slapped the cockroach pile in Dumbledore's hand onto the table with one claw, watched them paddle their six legs and flee everywhere, then pressed them with one claw, dragged them back, and let them go.

After repeating this several times, the cockroach pile was tossed to the point of not moving, and Fish picked them up and put them in his mouth to chew.

After patiently watching Fish eat the cockroach pile, Dumbledore asked, "Why do you have time to come to my place today?"

Fish turned into a cat-man form and sat cross-legged on the table. He picked up the Sorting Hat next to him and put it on his head, and replied, "I came to play meow with Fawkes and the Sorting Hat. Fish should not be able to participate in the Sorting Ceremony tonight, right?"

He still remembered that when school started last year, the senior students did not sit with the freshmen, but sat in the auditorium early, and only their small group went up to wear the Sorting Hat.

"I see."

Dumbledore was very relieved. It was obvious that Fish was not going to make trouble at the opening ceremony tonight. It seemed that Professor McGonagall's education was quite effective.

So he took out more snacks to share with Fish while chatting with him.

"Did you have fun during the summer vacation?"

"Happy meow! It's just that the time is too short. Albus, can't you make the vacation longer meow?"ω

"Hahahahaha! That won't work, although I had the same idea as you when I was a student."

"You are not the principal meow? Fish already knows that the principal means that this school is your territory meow."

"Oh, there is still some difference..."

Dumbledore, who had long wanted to train Fish as his successor, took the opportunity to explain to him how the entire school operates and the concept of the board of directors.

Of course, Fish was not interested at all.

"Then being the headmaster is really boring, meow." Fish, who had been moving around all the time, commented with disdain at the end: "You have to do so many boring things."

"Compared to most other professions, being the headmaster of Hogwarts is already a very interesting thing," Dumbledore was not in a hurry. He had plenty of time to slowly make Fish interested, "For example, in this process, you can meet cute and interesting students like you."

"But Fish was obviously caught by you, meow!" (ˇˇ)

Fish suddenly remembered that he was bullied by the bad old man in front of him, and immediately stood up from the table and bared his teeth at him.

"You bad old man, you must want to deceive Fish again, meow! Fish will not be fooled!" (●ΦДΦ●)

After saying that, he jumped off the table and ran out the door... with the Sorting Hat on his head.

"Alas... kids nowadays think so fast... I'm old, I can't keep up..."

Dumbledore smiled and shook his head, then moved his fingers gently, and the Sorting Hat on Phish's head flew back to his hand.

After Phish left, the group of headmasters who pretended to be asleep opened their eyes and began to express their opinions.

It was mainly Phineas, the only Slytherin headmaster, who had a lot of opinions about Dumbledore's choice of heir, and had been trying to persuade other headmasters to oppose Dumbledore's approach.

However, most of the other headmasters were indifferent, and a few headmasters such as Delys Devonte, who valued Phish's special spells, supported Dumbledore's ideas.

After Dumbledore once again refuted Phineas speechless, he saw that it was almost time for lunch, so he left the office and came to the auditorium on the first floor.

At this time, there were already several people sitting in the auditorium. Because there were not many people, everyone did not sit in their respective seats as usual, but sat on the same long table.

Of course, Professor Fish, who was the most active in eating, was there, as well as Professor McGonagall and the deans of the other three colleges. They also came to school in advance to prepare.

In addition, there were school staff such as Hagrid, Filch, Madam Pince and Madam Pomfrey, and some professors who usually lived in Hogwarts.

In addition to these familiar faces, there was also a relatively unfamiliar blond handsome guy, who was the newly hired Defense Against the Dark Arts professor this year - Gilderoy Lockhart.

At this time, he was talking nonstop, completely ignoring the disgusted expressions of others around him, and his body movements and facial expressions were very exaggerated, looking like an actor in a stage play.

Fish was sitting beside him listening to Lockhart's bragging with great interest, and was amused by his expressions and movements from time to time.

Professor McGonagall had a complicated expression and was hesitant to speak, fearing that her kitten would be led astray by this guy Lockhart.

Although Professor McGonagall had a slightly changed opinion of him because of the books Lockhart wrote, his vain character had not changed at all. Professor McGonagall did not want Fish to become like Lockhart in the future.

"It seems that everyone is here," Dumbledore's arrival interrupted Lockhart's speech. He smiled and looked around, then said, "Then, let's eat."

With Dumbledore's order, the house elves put the lunch they had prepared on the table, but there were several dishes with obviously different styles, and they were all concentrated in front of Fish.

"Oh? Chinese food?"

The well-informed Dumbledore recognized the completely different styles of food on the table at a glance. He licked his lips and said with emotion: "I haven't eaten Chinese food for many years. I remember the last time I tasted it was more than 40 years ago."

At this time, Lockhart found a topic to show off.

"Oh, Chinese food, this is good stuff," he showed his white teeth and said with a smile: "If you have read my "A Year with the Snowman of XZ", you will know that I traveled in Asia for a long time and tasted a lot of Chinese food during that time..."

He talked about how he hunted a vulture and used it to exchange yak meat and kumis with Tibetans.

However, what Lockhart didn't know was that the vulture was a sacred bird in XZ. If he really did this, he would only be beaten out.

Fortunately, except for Dumbledore, everyone present was not familiar with these things, so no one could expose him.

"Okay, Girod," Dumbledore interrupted Lockhart's boasting again, "It's better to keep quiet when enjoying delicious food."

His voice was not loud, but he successfully shut Lockhart up.

However, Dumbledore did not keep quiet as he said. He muttered in confusion: "When did the elves in our school learn to cook Chinese food?"

"Comey made it for Fish! The recipe that Sister September gave me, meow!" (●ΦωΦ●)

Fish shook his cat ears and answered proudly, while Professor McGonagall explained the whole thing to Dumbledore in a low voice.

"Is that so," Dumbledore stroked his beard and said happily: "Then why not let the students taste the exotic flavors at today's dinner."

Just like Professor McGonagall thought, the wealthy Dumbledore would not care about the food expenses. He waved his hand and replaced part of the food for the dinner.

This is still considering that some students may not be used to Chinese food, otherwise he would like to have a pure Chinese dinner.

Of course, Fich didn't care about Dumbledore's decision, because Comey would give him some special treatment anyway.

After lunch, Fich didn't leave with Hagrid to play in the Forbidden Forest, but stayed in the hall, continued to listen to Lockhart's bragging, and asked him about some of the contents in the textbook from time to time...

Professor McGonagall began to regret why she read Lockhart's story to Fich.

After Lockhart found out that Fich was actually his loyal reader, he boasted even more vigorously. He made up his own fantasy experiences with saliva flying, and Fich's eyes lit up.

Now Professor McGonagall regretted it even more. If the previous seven books made her change her view of Lockhart, then his bragging now made Professor McGonagall sober up again.

Because there were some very low-level flaws in his words just now, which was not at the level of Lockhart in the book at all, but it was in line with Professor McGonagall's view of him all along...

So there must be something wrong with the content of those books!

Although she didn't know what was going on, Professor McGonagall didn't intend to let Lockhart continue to abuse her kittens. Just as she was about to go forward and drag Fish away...

"Girod, you are so awesome, meow!" (●ω●)

Fish looked at Lockhart with sparkling eyes, and his tail was wagging quickly behind him.

Professor McGonagall, who was originally looking worried, was slightly stunned and stopped.

Professor McGonagall, who had an indissoluble bond with cats since childhood and later adopted Fish for three years, naturally would not misunderstand that Fish was wagging his tail to express his love for Lockhart.

Gradually, a meaningful smile appeared on Professor McGonagall's face.

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