"That's it?" Fred Weasley pointed at the cage on the podium and laughed.
"Fred, am I seeing this right?" George Weasley wore an extremely exaggerated expression. "Are Pixies dangerous creatures?"
Fred shrugged. "Maybe we're just too ignorant to realize how terrifying Pixies are. Come to think of it, aren't the curtains in our attic pretty dangerous? I remember there are often Pixies there."
Pixies were considered pests in the Wizarding World. They bred in homes and lived in curtains.
Gilderoy Lockhart cleared his throat. "Perhaps you think Pixies are very easy creatures to deal with.
But you should know that a Pixie can lay five hundred eggs at once. Usually, those eggs hatch within two to three weeks.
So if one Pixie appears in your room, before long, there may be hundreds of Pixies."
Fred scratched his head. "I know that! Our family uses a huge amount of Pixie repellent every year."
Gilderoy Lockhart held his head high and drew his wand. "This student is quite right. Pixie repellent can indeed eliminate Pixies, but we are Wizards, and there is often more than one way to solve a problem. That is what I will teach you today: use the appropriate Magic to solve problems."
"Open the third chapter of Gilderoy Lockhart Teaches You Pest Removal at Home. I introduced a Pest Removal spell there. It is a Pest Removal spell of my own creation, and it is extremely effective against Pixies."
The spell was real, but he had stolen it from another Wizard.
After speaking, Gilderoy Lockhart loosened his wrist, flamboyantly twirled his wand, and pointed it at the cage. "Pest Removal!"
His movements made him look like an impressively grand dueling master. A dazzling red light shot from his wand and struck the cage with precision.
After a while,