Life needs a plan. It's difficult to make one, but I did it.
The reason I rose from being an "ordinary" wizard to where I am today, achieving far more than most, was my planning.
I remember someone asking me, "Mr. Gilderoy Lockhart, how did you attain your current status and honors?"
I hid the truth and told him, "Through my own hard work."
Yes, everything I have today is thanks to my exceptional planning skills—and, aside from that, hard work.
As for my less-than-honorable methods...
The only thing I feel guilty about is using my formidable power to suppress those people. It truly makes me feel sorry for them.
I'm still too kind.
But things haven't been going well for me lately.
Or rather, there's been a small problem with my life plan.
When I received Dumbledore's invitation, I was very surprised, and then I hesitated.
Whether to go or not was a difficult choice for me.
It wasn't that I was worried about teaching those children anything.
In my view, the contents of my books were enough to benefit those children for the rest of their lives.
The main reason I hesitated was that I wondered what I could get out of the job.
Unparalleled glory?
A status admired by the masses?
Or an extraordinary adventure story?
In any case, I never make a choice blindly.
After much deliberation, I settled on Hogwarts and its prestigious name.
Perhaps going to Hogwarts to gild its reputation would be a pleasant journey.
Of course, in my heart, it was Hogwarts that would be honored.
Without me, what did its thousand years of history and countless great figures amount to?
With that in mind, I, Gilderoy Lockhart, arrived at Hogwarts.
I spent a delightful holiday after that. Everyone congratulated me, and