Chapter 125 Tom Riddle's Diary

Professor Lockhart is back.

Soon, all the teachers and students in the school knew about this... Well, including professors, students and those lying in the school hospital, there were less than 20 people in total.

But although there were only these few people, Lockhart acted as if he was facing 200 or 2,000 fans. He described the bizarre stories that happened during his disappearance:

How he was rescued by the mermaid princess, how he fought against the water monster and saved the mermaid tribe on the verge of extinction, and how he finally rejected the mermaid princess's desperate proposal and forgot about her.

"I told the mermaid princess that I had to go back to Hogwarts. I still have a group of lovely students waiting for me to teach the Defense Against the Dark Arts class. They are still in danger. They...

need me!"

When Lockhart spoke, there were tears in his eyes, his voice was trembling, his breath was weak, and there were sweat beads on his forehead...

His performance was quite brilliant. It can only be said that his suffering in the past two months was not in vain. He really polished the story and acting skills... He never forgot his original intention.

The others were fine, but Snape seemed to be disgusted, and his sallow face looked even uglier.

He didn't expect Lockhart to come back so soon, and he felt a little regretful. If he had known earlier... he would have thrown Lockhart into the Forbidden Forest's centaur tribe!

With the temper of the centaurs, they would probably whip him with a small whip every day and make him pull the millstone.

Professor Lockhart had dinner in the auditorium. There were no aquatic animals at all. In his words, he had gout from eating river fish at the bottom of the Black Lake every day. The purine level was too high, and he had gout.

[To be honest, I have been using Reading to catch up recently, changing sources, and reading aloud with many voices. It can be used on Android and Apple. ]

Lockhart was so skinny that Madam Pomfrey even suggested that he be hospitalized, but was rejected.

After dinner, Lockhart specifically called Rolf to his office and handed him a key to the vault... as a hush money.

Although Lockhart's reputation at Hogwarts fell again and again and he was labeled as a liar, in the eyes of the public, he was a winner of the Order of Merlin and a best-selling author.

The future is bright and beautiful!

He married a mermaid and had sex with her, and got her pregnant. Although it was not his child and he was forced... it was a shocking scandal if it got out, enough to hit his smooth career and a group of die-hard female fans.

As long as Rolf could find a way to get the photo and then report it to the Daily Prophet, it would not be a problem to sell it for a few hundred or a few thousand Galleons.

Of course, in Lockhart's view, this hush money was just temporarily deposited with Rolf... After he bought a new wand, he would come back to erase his memory and take back the key.

After seeing the boy walk away, Lockhart pushed the door and returned to his office. After two months away, the room was still very clean.

Lockhart sat on a chair and called out, "Sacia."

A house-elf appeared, bowed to Lockhart, and said humbly, "Master."

When he was at the Black Lake, Lockhart had summoned Sacia, but that was the bottom of the lake, and Sacia didn't have the magic to avoid water, so she couldn't stay there for long.

The mermaid followed him 24 hours a day, and he couldn't save her even if he wanted to.

But Lockhart didn't want to blame her for this, he said hurriedly:

"Go buy me a train ticket to Paris tonight!"

Since Dumbledore was not in Hogwarts, there was nothing to stop Lockhart from escaping...If he stayed any longer, he really felt that he would die.

In short, he would appear in Paris tomorrow morning, in a cafe on the left bank of the Seine, enjoying the sunshine and music.

After the house-elf left, Lockhart hurriedly stood up, packed up his valuables, and then stacked them in a suitcase.

As for clothes and books, he didn't want them at all.

When Lockhart was rummaging through the cabinet, he accidentally found a silhouette of an old newspaper from last year. There was a photo of him on it with the title:

"The famous wizard Lockhart will return to Hogwarts as the professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts, injecting new life into this declining ancient school"

It really injected life, Lockhart himself was almost half dead!

He pinched the newspaper and suddenly squatted on the ground and burst into tears... Why did he come to Hogwarts, why? !

After crying, Lockhart slapped his face like crazy again, but he felt very painful after only three slaps. He immediately stopped and rubbed it gently.

As long as he left Hogwarts tonight, he would be a good person in the future.

Lockhart warned himself so.

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The corridor was empty.

There was a medieval tapestry on the wall, which showed a giant beating a fool Barnabas with a stick. Opposite the tapestry was a smooth wall.

A smooth door suddenly appeared on the wall, and a young figure pushed the door open and walked out.

After the young wizard left the corridor, the door still did not disappear, and another figure slowly emerged in the air.

An invisible beast put its arm on the handle to prevent the door from disappearing. She was still wearing Rolf's robe... It was a piece of clothing that could completely hide her breath.

The invisible beast Uduka quietly opened the door and took out a piece of magic paper and a small bottle of ink from its pocket.

According to the method taught by the boy, Uduka poured all the ink on the magic paper.

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Rolf walked slowly towards the Hufflepuff lounge. He suddenly felt something. He stopped and took out a piece of magic paper from his pocket.

This magic paper was a Christmas gift from Dumbledore a few months ago. There were two pieces in total. One person wrote on the paper, and the other person holding the paper could also see the content immediately.

Rolf gave one to the Invisible Beast and kept one for himself, so that he could remind Tom from a distance when he left the Room of Requirement.

Rolf opened the magic paper and saw a lot of ink. The boy immediately turned around and walked towards the eighth floor.

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After dinner, Harry and Ron returned to the Gryffindor Common Room.

"Harry, do you think what Lockhart said tonight is true?" Ron suddenly asked, "His adventure with the mermaid princess?"

"I can guarantee that it's all fake, he's just a liar." Harry laughed, "Did you see Snape's expression? He looked like he wanted to eat him."

"That's because Lockhart is back, and Snape can't teach Defense Against the Dark Arts anymore." Ron pushed open the door of the dormitory, and he pouted and complained:

"I would rather Snape continue to teach. Following Lockhart, I only learned not to let the elves out in the past year."

"It's okay, he can only teach for two months at most." Harry comforted.

The two chatted and laughed as they walked into the dormitory. Harry lay on the bed and suddenly felt something hard on his head.

He reached out and touched it, and found a black diary.

"Ron, is this yours?" Harry asked, holding up the diary.

"It's not mine." Ron glanced up and shook his head. "Could it be Seamus or Dean's?"

"How could it be possible? Dean has been lying in the school hospital for several weeks, and Seamus has been home for many days on vacation."

Harry checked the diary and found that the cover had faded, but there was a date indicating that it was fifty years ago.

"Harry, be careful with strange things. Be careful of danger." Ron reminded.

"Danger?" Harry laughed and said, "What are you talking about? It's just a diary. How can it be dangerous?"

"Really, my father told us since we were young not to touch strange books casually." Ron said softly:

"He also told us that one of the books confiscated by the Ministry of Magic in the past will burn your eyes; anyone who has read the book "Wizard's Sonnet" can only speak in limericks for the rest of his life..."

But Harry had already opened the diary. On the first page, he could only recognize a name written in unclear ink:

Tom Riddle.

"Tom Riddle?" Harry read it softly.

"What a familiar name." Ron thought for a moment and said, "I remember that he won the Special Contribution Award for the school fifty years ago."

"How did you know?" Harry asked in surprise.

"At the beginning of the school year, we drove the flying car together, and I was punished to clean the trophy display room." Ron explained, "Tom's medal is next to Rolf's medal. I wiped it many times."

"Oh, but there is not a word written on it." Harry flipped through the diary and said, "Show it to Professor McGonagall tomorrow."

Harry threw the diary at the foot of the bed. After washing up, he lay on the bed and fell asleep. He turned off the lights and fell asleep soon.

After an unknown amount of time, a figure emerged from the diary. He stood by the bed, leaned over to take Harry's wand, and waved it at Harry.

After a while, Harry stood up in a daze. He took the diary and walked out of the dormitory as if sleepwalking.

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(Chapter 2 will be tomorrow morning.

Thanks to the reward from "Just Love to Walk in the Water" elder.)