"Honestly..."

Mikkel put the finished Potions homework aside, thought for a moment and said, "I feel like they are all abnormal."

Kyle was stunned for a moment and asked, "What do you mean?"

"Do you know what they usually talk about?"

This time, Mikkel didn't even do his homework and put down his quill. "Every time I go to their common room, I can hear people loudly discussing who the successor is, and they also say they want to help him purify the school."

"Ha... help the monster in the Chamber of Secrets to purify the school?" Mikkel became more and more angry. "From their tone, it seems that we are all pests. No wonder so many people don't like Slytherin.

One day I couldn't help myself and punched an arrogant guy hard when someone was out, and that's how I got discovered.

But those people were running too slowly, and I only took three stairs to get away from everyone... Unfortunately, I didn't notice that my scarf had fallen off when I was running, and was recognized by a third-year Slytherin, and I lost 50 points in one go."

Mikel pounded the table in annoyance.

Kyle shook his head in amusement.

Fortunately, Mikel ran fast at the time. If he was caught on the spot, he might have been deducted more than just 50 points.

But after hearing what he said, Kyle ruled out some suspects, such as Pansy, Millicent and Crabbe Goyle...

Judging from the personalities of these people, if one of them really released the basilisk, he would have shown off a long time ago.

Next, just focus on observing the remaining few people.

Kyle thought for a moment and continued, "Then do you know if any of them didn't attend the dinner on Halloween?"

"Halloween dinner?" Mikel quickly replied, "They should all be there."

"The person they talked about the most was Filch. If someone wasn't in the hall at the time, they would have been questioned by everyone, but when I went there, that didn't happen.

But it could also be that I arrived too late and they had already asked.”

"Is that so?" Kyle frowned and went back to the dormitory thinking.

…

Over the next period of time, Kyle paid special attention to several people from Slytherin every day.

But after observing for a month, he still didn't find anything wrong and everything was normal.

In early February, the snow gradually melted and the sun began to shine weakly on Hogwarts again.

During this period, there were no more attacks on the castle, and more people gradually believed Lockhart's words and became more optimistic.

And Professor Sprout was happy to say in class that the mandrakes had become moody and taciturn, which meant they were rapidly moving away from their childhood.

Just wait another month or two and those petrified will be able to fully recover.

Good news comes one after another.

Lockhart has been in high spirits lately.

Because of what was said at the opening party, more and more people began to believe that he was the one who stopped the monster in the secret room, and some people who had previously stopped being his fans became his admirers again.

"To boost morale and erase those bad memories from last semester, I've prepared a surprise for all of you."

In a Defense Against the Dark Arts class, he said cheerfully, "It still needs to be kept secret for now, so I can't say more, but I think you will like it."

Whispers began to be heard in the classroom, with people speculating what Lockhart's surprise was.

But soon, they found out.

The next day, Valentine's Day.

When Kyle walked into the auditorium as usual and prepared to have breakfast, he wondered for a moment if he had walked into the wrong door.

All four walls were covered with large pink flowers, and a lot of heart-shaped confetti kept falling from the ceiling. On the wall behind the teacher's table, there was a huge heart made of various flowers.

If you add some blessings, it will be a big wedding scene.

"I guess this must be Lockhart's surprise." Fred brushed the confetti off his head.

Lockhart, also wearing a bright pink robe, stood at the front and waved for silence.

The professors sitting next to him all had stern faces, especially Snape.

His position just corresponded to the left half of the huge heart behind, while Lockhart stood on the right half.

This strange location, coupled with the surrounding decorations, made Snape look extremely gloomy, as if he was stuffed with a bunch of cockroaches.

He was holding the wand tightly in his hand, and Kyle had no doubt that if anyone said the wrong thing, he would definitely chop a hole in the other person's head... using the magic sword.

The only one who could still laugh was probably Dumbledore.

He even changed the color of his robes, switching to a pearly white that better matched the surrounding accessories.

"Happy Valentine's Day, everyone!" Lockhart said happily, "So far, sixty-five people have sent me greeting cards. I would like to express my gratitude to them... Yes, I took the initiative to arrange this little surprise, and there is more!"

Lockhart clapped his hands, and in walked twelve grim-looking dwarves, each with golden wings and a harp on his back.

Lockhart beamed and said the dwarves would be roaming the castle all day, delivering Valentine's Day cards for them.

"I know you can't wait, but please be patient, it's not over yet." Lockhart clapped his hands again.

"Everyone look up!"

Hundreds of owls crowded into the auditorium, dropping letters and packages to the students.

A bunch of notes covered with words were sandwiched in between and thrown down together.

Cedric picked one up curiously, and his expression changed after just one look...

"His blond hair is like cornmeal fresh out of the pan, His red lips are as tempting as ripe tomatoes

..."

“What the hell is this!”

Cedric felt his stomach churning. He quickly threw the note away and rubbed his hands vigorously on the stool.

"I know that some of you may not have experience in writing greeting cards, so I have carefully selected some of the letters I received and sent them to you..."

Lockhart showed his teeth. "If you don't know how to write, you can always learn from it... or just copy it."

"Of course, if you have other ideas, that's fine too.

Professor Snape was an expert at brewing love potions and he had never failed in this regard.

And Professor Flitwick, who knows more about psychedelics than any wizard I've ever met, that wily old dog!"

Professor Flitwick buried his face in his hands and almost crawled under the table.

Several veins popped out on Snape's forehead and he raised his wand several times.

"I bet Professor Snape must have had a hard time enduring it."

Cedric looked at the dwarves and suddenly seemed to have thought of something. He turned around and said, "Kyle, I remember you can use the Disillusionment Charm, right..."

Kyle nodded.

"Can you lend me the invisibility cloak for a day?" Cedric said hopefully, "I'm willing to exchange it for all my money."

"No need for money." Kyle said with a smile, "The invisibility cloak is in the dormitory. I'll get it for you after dinner."

"No problem." Cedric breathed a sigh of relief.

Although he doesn't know if anyone will send him a greeting card today, it's better to be prepared. If he gets entangled by these dwarfs in a crowded place... that would be really terrible.

He doesn't want to leave Hogwarts and transfer to another magic school for the time being.

(End of this chapter)