Hogwarts and the Atypical Wizard

Chapter 195: Fans turn to haters

Sometimes, when an idol’s image collapses, the people who criticize him/her the most are not the passers-by, but the former fans who have turned from fans to haters.

Lockhart is now facing this dilemma.

After Easter, Sainz gave Hermione an idea, asking her to find a group of students who loved learning as much as she did to ask questions together, and for him to teach practical classes instead of academic subjects.

Practice is the only criterion for testing truth. After two months, no matter how unwilling she was to believe it, Hermione had to admit that Lockhart's real level was indeed not as high as he claimed, which made her extremely disappointed.

Harry expressed relief that his friend had finally come to his senses from his hot-headedness.

Hermione, who had turned from pink to black, tried to use various methods to convince those witches who were still obsessed with Lockhart's smile to believe in herself. The natural result was that she was boycotted by other people who did not know the truth. When she angrily complained about this to Sainz, Sainz bluntly told her to look in the mirror and think about her past self.

He thought that Hermione was instigated by him to be at the forefront of the fight against Lockhart, and he wanted to remind her not to push too hard. If she got pushed too hard by him, he would just attack her and nothing would come of it, which would be a sin.

Thinking of this, he simply told her everything about Lockhart, including that his stories were plagiarized from other people, and that he was very good at the Memory Charm.

After being ruthlessly rebuked by Sainz and hearing such shocking inside information, Hermione's expression was very interesting. Then she ran away without looking back. She hadn't appeared in front of him for a long time. He thought that she was probably ashamed of herself.

One day Hermione took the initiative to find Sainz. Her expression was as if she had made some important decision. "Saienz, can you take responsibility for what you said? After all, your accusation against Lockhart is very serious!"

Wow! He is no longer called a professor!

"Hermione, those things are indeed just speculations. There is no actual evidence. I even once suspected that Dumbledore was senile and confused. How could he not see through such a person and even invite him to be the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor?"

This question obviously puzzled Hermione. Before Sainz could explain, Harry and Ron appeared immediately and said, "Hermione, don't be impulsive. I don't think Sainz is someone who would make up stories casually."

Oh, he was afraid that Hermione would have a falling out with him and suffer, so he came after them to mediate.

Sainz did not expose their little thoughts and continued, "There is indeed no evidence for what I said. Those wizards whose experiences were plagiarized have become amnesiacs. It is impossible for them to stand up and identify him. It is not easy to get him to tell the truth himself."

Ron said bluntly: "You can use truth serum!"

"That's indeed a method." Sainz glanced at him, "but it's useless. Let's not talk about whether using truth serum is legal or not.

If you just want to find out for yourself whether he has done those things, you can indeed try using truth serum, but you also have to know that the Ministry of Magic will not accept evidence obtained using truth serum."

Hermione still insisted on the previous question, "You haven't told me how you know all this?" Her eyes suddenly widened, "Have you used Veritaserum?"

Sainz waved his hand and said, "You think too much. I am a law-abiding citizen. How could I use such illegal means? Of course, it is because I have other information channels."

Harry asked in confusion, "Since you have other sources of information, why ..."

"Harry, there is no evidence from those sources. As I said just now, those wizards whose experiences were plagiarized have already forgotten their own experiences. No one can come forward to identify him. Unless he can be caught on the spot once, it is meaningless."

Hermione was still making her final struggle, "But, Sainz, maybe your information is not accurate. You also said that those wizards are all amnesiacs. It doesn't make sense that they are talking nonsense..."

"Hermione..." Harry whispered awkwardly.

Ron was much braver, "My God, you are still trying to defend him, you are really hopeless!"

Hermione didn't say anything, just stared at Sainz.

"Well, if you don't believe me, you can't not believe Dumbledore. Two of the wizards are people he knows. He can't lie with me!"

Hermione's face turned pale. She did not ask Sainz if he was just making up a big deal because it would be very easy to expose.

In fact, Sainz was not talking nonsense. After becoming familiar with Old Dumbledore, he asked him directly about Lockhart's problem.

Old Dumbledore did say that he had heard about two experiences in Lockhart's story from two other wizards. After Lockhart's book came out, he went to find those two wizards, only to find that they had forgotten about these experiences and had become dull and forgetful.

He invited Lockhart to be the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor for the new school year just to keep him under his watch and see if he could find any flaws in him.

With Dumbledore's endorsement, the trio almost immediately concluded that Lockhart was a liar.

Harry and Ron marveled at his audacity, for daring to set his sights on Dumbledore's friends, and at how foolish those who were deceived by him were...

"Uh...I need to write a letter to tell my mother!"

"She should indeed be told. I remember how excited she was when she got the autograph." Harry nodded in agreement.

Ron awkwardly argued: "She was deceived by him. I mean, in fact, he deceived everyone, not just mom."

"Yes, but she was deceived..." Harry also made up for it awkwardly.

Hermione did not join in their discussion, but was thinking about something with a gloomy expression.

Sainz clapped his hands to attract everyone's attention, "I'm sorry, I have to remind you, I suggest you just pretend you don't know this for now, and don't tell anyone else.

Didn't you notice that even Dumbledore didn't try to reveal anything, even when two of his friends were given amnesia, he didn't try to convince people to believe him because there was really no evidence.

It's not that I don't trust anyone, but the more people know, the more risk there is of exposure. If Lockhart finds out that someone knows his secret, not only will you be in danger, but it will be even more difficult to catch him in the future."

"But are we just going to let him deceive everyone?" Ron asked unwillingly.

"Remember how I made you discover his true level?" Sainz asked Hermione.

"You mean practical activities?" Hermione understood immediately, "You mean to let him reveal his true level in front of more people."

“Yes, if there is a chance for everyone to realize that he is not as good as he claims to be, people will realize that his other statements may not be true.

When everyone is suspicious of him, the Aurors of the Ministry of Magic will have to take the trouble to investigate.

There are traces for everything. As long as you investigate thoroughly, you will definitely find clues.

By the time……"

Hermione gritted her teeth and said, "That will be the day he reports to Azkaban!"

Look, how scary the black fans are!