"You won't be for much longer!"
Holding the Sorting Hat, Harry waded past Lockhart and casually rubbed salt in the wound.
"Hey, you little brat! Don't think putting on a pair of glasses makes you a Seer. I'll have you know, one day I'll become this school's head—"
Before Lockhart could finish his grand declaration, someone kicked him down again. When he climbed back to his feet, the only person left in the room besides him was Moaning Myrtle, who sat on a cubicle door, giggling.
"Harry Potter was right. You won't be a teacher at Hogwarts for much longer. I've lived here for over fifty years. One look is all I need to tell whether you'll keep your job!"
Splash!
Moaning Myrtle darted into the toilet, refusing to speak to him any further. Lockhart wiped his face and headed for the door too!
Meanwhile, Luo Bin had just reached the stairs when he spotted an imposing old man hurrying through the Entrance Hall with Minerva McGonagall, Severus Snape, and a group of other professors.
"Luo Bin Sear, if I'm not mistaken, the disturbance in the Black Lake had something to do with you!"
The old man lifted his gaze slightly and called upstairs.
Luo Bin pattered down the stairs and shrugged helplessly. "Headmaster, the moment I saw the phoenix, I knew... there was no hiding anything from you!"
"No, the world, especially the Wizarding World, holds far too many unknowns. What I can glimpse is only an area the size of a single leaf!"
Luo Bin took that as mere modesty. Soon, Harry, Ron, and Ginny arrived in the hall on the ground floor too!
"Oh, Miss Weasley, how are you feeling now?"
Professor McGonagall strode over to Ginny and asked anxiously as she carefully checked her condition.
"I'm...