Chapter 85 – Lockhart’s Forte
Standing before the two girls, wand in hand, I was not in a mood to be patient. Not wanting to talk? Standing there and just looking at me? Okay... then, onto phase two.
"Stupefy!"
After both of them were knocked out, I decided to start by invading Fleur's mind first. The moment I used Obliviate, I realized it wouldn't be that easy. As soon as my consciousness slipped into hers, it was as if I ran into a brick wall. It repelled me so violently that I was flung a few meters back, knocking my head against the forest ground.
"Damn it... They are being protected...? I should have guessed it..." I groaned, scrambling back to my feet, trying the same with Celine, but the result that welcomed me was identical.
There was no time to play around, so I forcefully transfigured the two into ferrets, bringing them back to the castle in the dead of night, hurrying straight to Professor Lockhart's office.
"What is it, kiddo?" He welcomed me with a yawn, woken up by my constant kicking at his door. "I still didn't-"
"I am not here because of that!" I brushed past him just to drop the two 'ferrets' onto the ground before they turned back to the two girls. Fleur was already waking up, so before she could regain her consciousness, I blasted her with another stupefy.
"Oh no... no, no, no..." I couldn't help but shrug, hearing the panic murmuring of Lockhart. He was quickly slamming the door behind me, walking up and down next to the bodies, biting at his thumb. "What have you done?"
"Nothing. I just killed two others and brought these girls to you. I need the charm on their minds to be broken! I am too weak to do it quick enough or without damaging them."
"You did what...? Oh, my young friend... this is not good! Very, very not good!"
"We don't know that yet. But it will be if they wake up and see you, Professor." I continued calmly, and to my own surprise, I didn't feel nervous at all.