Since the first Dueling Club, Lockhart seemed to have realized that his standing among the students was plummeting, and the club's activities came to an unceremonious end.
Even so, Skylar continued to maintain a good teacher-student relationship with Professor Lockhart afterward.
From time to time, Skylar would visit Lockhart's office to ask questions about Defence Against the Dark Arts, especially the more vaguely described passages in Lockhart's books. Naturally, Skylar never forgot to bring him a bottle of Ogden's Old Firewhisky each time, making Lockhart too embarrassed to turn him away.
Skylar's sharp-minded eagerness to learn made Lockhart feel rather uneasy. Just now, when Skylar had discussed the Homorphus Charm used in Wanderings with Werewolves, Lockhart could sense not a trace of admiration in Skylar's eyes—only curiosity about the spell itself.
That prodigy was deeply interested in the Homorphus Charm!
Under normal circumstances, teaching him the Homorphus Charm would undoubtedly have been an opportunity to draw closer to him. Unfortunately, Lockhart did not know how to cast it at all. When Skylar asked him about it, he had nearly been left speechless. In the end, he could only brush Skylar off by claiming that he needed time to organize his thoughts before teaching it. Yet Skylar seemed to have seen through him long ago and said that he would visit again another day.
Lockhart had no choice but to return to his old residence during Christmas and search for something useful.
Wanderings with Werewolves had left a deep impression on Lockhart—there was no helping it. That old Armenian wizard had been elderly, ugly, and utterly tasteless in his clothing, giving Lockhart plenty to complain about. Back then, Lockhart had spent quite some time investigating the matter and had even visited the village plagued by werewolves. He cast Memory Charms on