Gilderoy Lockhart: I Saved Kane? Of Course I Did!

"How was my plan?"

Gilderoy Lockhart looked as though a door to a whole new world had opened before him. If Kane had to give him a dignified, objective assessment, it would be...

He had gone mad from writing books.

And, most importantly, Harry's utterly unreasonable, profanity-inducing reason for being unable to leave the Dursley Household made things extremely awkward.

As for the second most important matter, Kane had his own plans. Besides upgrading his Mantis Shrimp, another headache had arisen.

Not long after Hogwarts went on holiday, spring would arrive. Considering the miserable incident last winter when he had nearly frozen into a skeleton, he needed to prepare early for the rainy season and the summer heat.

The first priority was rain protection for spring. Damn England had rain all year round, and since the Deerclops had not chased him out of the Eternal Realm during winter, Kane had not been able to gouge out its eyeballs. Naturally, he could not make an Eyebrella that was one hundred percent waterproof and heatproof.

Umbrellas were decent enough, honestly, but he would have to hold one himself. Sadly, he was a super-pitiful little orphan, unloved by either father or mother. He did not have an adorable little servant to hold an umbrella over him, and he absolutely refused to do something so undignified as holding one himself.

After thinking it over, a raincoat was the only rainproof equipment that fit the proper survival etiquette.

If he did not make the raincoat during the holiday, then when school started in September and England's rainy season erupted, he would be in for it.

As for why it had not rained when Kane had first arrived at Hogwarts last year...

According to Maxwell, perhaps it had been newbie protection.

In short, last year's rain