Harry Potter’s Defense Professor

"Yeah, that's Ginny's way of playing, of course, if the ball turns green then Harry and I are really annoying..."

There was another happy laugh from the Requirement Room. "Okay, there's a lot to talk about today, you can practice whatever you want. Maybe in two years, there will be a few outstanding Occupationists and great self-hypnotists among us!"

Seeing everyone happily starting to practice, Lockhart called Harry aside and whispered to him, "You watch here, I went back beforehand."

"Okay, professor, go get busy."

Lockhart hurried out of the Response Room and took out a message from the Order of the Phoenix: Quickly go to headquarters for a meeting.

What happened, so nervous? Lockhart was a little worried, and he immediately came to the headmaster's office, where Dumbledore was sitting quietly behind his desk.

"What happened, Headmaster?"

"The member responsible for guarding the Prophecy Sphere was attacked today, just when the Ministry of Magic was off duty," Dumbledore explained. "He is now seriously injured and in critical condition, and has been sent to St. Mungo's."

"Who is it?" Lockhart's heart tightened. "What happened to the prediction ball."

"It's one of Moody's apprentices, Rey Diaz Pangzhi. He has been working at the Ministry of Magic. You should be unfamiliar. The Prophecy Ball is fine. It's obviously not Voldemort himself."

Lockhart was unfamiliar with this man, but he was a member of the Order of the Phoenix after all, and he still had a worried expression. "Then, will you go with me?"

"I can't casually enter the protection area of ​​the Crimson Loyalty Charm, you know, and I seem to have found another clue to a place where Voldemort hides his Horcrux. I'm going to find it now, you go." Dumbledore handed the water bottle to Lowe. Hart.

Lockhart picked up the kettle, slightly dazed, and arrived at the headquarters of the Order of the Phoenix.

"Guidero, here you are!" Moody said solemnly. "The news just came from St. Mungo - Rey Diaz is dead."

The day finally came, and at this moment, insecurity finally swept Lockhart. Although he didn't want to admit it, Lockhart realized that he was involved in a war, not a house, and he immediately made a sad expression, after all, a comrade-in-arms died. "I'm sorry, Alastor, my condolences."

Moody shook his head. "He died fighting for justice, and I'd be proud of him."

Tonks also looked sad at this time, and he and Rey Diaz were familiar: "He was a brave boy, and he successfully sent a message when he was attacked."

"Then Dumbledore and us rushed over there immediately and got William under control," Blake explained with a frown.

"William? That young Auror?" Lockhart was startled, not all his actions against the giant were exposed.

"He disappeared two days ago when he went on a mission. It seems that he was caught by the mysterious man. Dumbledore has determined that he was controlled by the Imperius Curse, not a Death Eater."

Lockhart breathed a sigh of relief. "Now, who's watching?"

"Mundungus, Arthur, and Lupin went over to watch."

"Looks like You-Know-Who is bound to get that ball, and next time he might come in person!" growled Moody.

"Add more people and hold on until the end of the semester. If he hasn't taken it by then, we'll let Harry take the ball," Black suggested.

"With more people, we'll have no one to deal with the other Death Eaters roaming and wreaking havoc!" Moody said angrily.

Tonks interrupted the two: "Guidero, what's your idea?"

Lockhart rubbed his chin: "It's obviously not appropriate to get all the members of the Order of the Phoenix to see a prophecy ball at this time, so let's discuss with Scrimgeour, let him squeeze out an Auror every day, and then we also send one person."

"Looking in groups of two, that's a good idea!" Moody nodded.

"Working with the Ministry of Magic again? Fudge has never liked us very much!" Black said disapprovingly.

"I don't believe Scrimgeour would have spoken to the Minister about this, but he trusts us in the Order of the Phoenix." Of course Lockhart would not say it. He had already "followed" Scrimgeour, but he did not betray him. Order of the Phoenix, with a clear conscience.

"In addition, we should also set up some alarm magic in the Department of Mysteries. If the mysterious person takes action in person, it is very likely that neither of them will be able to sound the alarm!"

"Well, we'll talk to Arthur later."

"You guys go back first, by the way, when Lupin comes back, let him go to school tomorrow to find me. I found an errand for him, just in time to protect Harry." Lockhart added, "I'll go to Scree first. Lin Jie, you are free."

"Okay, be careful," Tonks urged gently.

After Lockhart contacted Scrimgeour, he made sure that he was waiting for him in the office, and then he set off, entered the Ministry of Magic normally through the visitor channel in London, and came to the Auror office.

"Good evening, Gilderoy," Scrimgeour greeted coldly.

"Good evening, Mr. Scrimgeour."

"You can call me Rufus, isn't it tiring to call Mr. Scrimgeour every day, you are not my subordinate now."

"Okay, Rufus..."

Scrimgeour interrupted Lockhart's words: "You Order of the Phoenix are really powerful, one of our Auror departments was controlled by the Imperius Curse, and was caught by the Order of the Phoenix in the Department of Mysteries! I need to explain! "

"Calm down, Rufus, I'll explain to your satisfaction."

So, next, Lockhart revealed to Scrimgeour about the origin of the prophecy ball, some of the prophecies in it, and the story that the mysterious person and the ball had to tell.

"It turns out that the Mysterious Man disappeared more than ten years ago because of this ball!" Scrimgeour was surprised, and the frost on his face subsided, "Well, now I can understand the behavior of your Order of the Phoenix, but no matter what. , you are so disrespectful to the Ministry of Magic, I will try to describe this as a covert operation in our Auror office."

"Thank you, Rufus." Lockhart thanked, "Also, I think the mysterious man will forcefully get this prophecy ball in these months, we need the assistance of the Auror department to guard."

"You don't need to say I will send someone! How did you arrange it?"

"Every day, a member of the Ministry of Magic will watch the Department of Mysteries after hours until the next day the Ministry of Magic goes to work."

Scrimgeour closed his eyes and thought for a moment. "Well, I'll have two people guarding the Department of Mysteries every day. One is the batman who is on duty during the day, and the other is the Auror who is on the night shift with your guys at night."

"That's great."

"It feels like your Order of the Phoenix regards the Ministry of Magic as a backyard..." Scrimgeour sighed. "How did you get in here?"

Lockhart was about to refuse to answer the question, but Scrimgeour took the initiative to let go: "Forget it, I don't care about that, anyway, the Death Eaters will definitely have no less channels to enter the Ministry of Magic than you. There are not many pure lands that have penetrated."

"I regret this, but after all, the Ministry of Magic is in the bright spot, there is no way."

"Okay, I'm going to see William in St. Mungo's and see if he remembers anything," Scrimgeour gave Lockhart a sharp look, "you can go back, and, my people Guarding the Department of Mysteries starts tomorrow."

"You go, I'll go." Lockhart nodded, left his office, and returned to Hogwarts.