Actually, Lorne had felt a long time ago that some of the twins' pranks went too far, such as the confuse powder and the Skiving Snackboxes. At the time, he thought that this was the conventional style and characteristic of the Wizarding World.
" Fred, George," Lorne began, sitting behind his desk, "Let's set aside Mr. Filch's matter for now. This semester I've received nearly ten complaints about your pranks and the sale of counterfeit prank products. Do you have anything to explain?"
"We only play pranks on bad guys, and we never intend to harm them."
"I'll occasionally play pranks on Ron."
That's true, because most of the whistleblower letters were written by Slytherin. Don't ask how Lorne knew about the anonymous whistleblower letters; only the Slytherin slytherins would start their letters with a very official "To Director Miles Hogwarts."
Lorne knew that the twins weren't bad at heart. They might seem like devils, but they were actually very sensitive. They would help Harry out of trouble, and when Ron was embarrassed by his shabby sweater, they were the first to put it on. When Hermione was called a " Mudblood," they were the first to rush to her aid.
"There are no truly bad people in the castle. I don't want to stifle your hobbies and nature, but remember one thing: respect others. Jokes should be funny to everyone, and pranks should never be used to bully others, right?"
Gemini resignedly said, "Fine."
"I know you're all smart, so you should know that if you put your talents into making other proper magical items—don't look like that—I'm not asking you to give up prank items, but rather to expand your business; prank items can be a small segment."
"If you have a grander plan, I can invest, provided that I invest in a magic item shop that can seize market share from Borgin's blog, not a prank item shop that I see as having no future."
"Investment?" Fred exclaimed in surprise.
"Invest in the company?" George asked, puzzled.
The twins had long wanted to open a magic trick shop, although they knew that this dream was still too far away.
They knew that Director Lorne was a rising star in the business world, possessing not only substantial financial resources but also a variety of innovative and ingenious methods.
"Investing in a company means I provide some capital as a partner, and then enjoy a portion of the operating revenue."
"You can come find me after you've made some decent magical items. Also, I'd like to ask, what are your thoughts on the recent Chamber of Secrets?"
"Absolutely perfect," Fred exclaimed. "I have so many pranks I don't usually use, but I don't need to hold back against those Devil's Snare and Cornish Pixies."
"The only downside is that we can't be with students from our own college," George glanced at Fred, "If we could be together, we'd definitely come up with more great ideas."
"I can't help but laugh when I see their change in attitude towards Harry. Who would have thought that Gryffindor could be the Heir of Slytherin?"
"I think we could add some competition, Master. I have some items that only work on wizards..."
"By the way, Master, is the truth about the Chamber of Secrets true? About Slytherin, the Goblin Rebellion, the Triwizard Tournament, and all that?"
Lorne rubbed his temples. "I thought the Chamber of Secrets Church required investigation before having the right to speak. If you believe everything just because it's an event I organized, what's the difference between that and blindly believing the Ministry of Magic and the newspapers before?"
The next day.
The Truth Chamber of Secrets allows for unlimited team formation, but the capacity is limited each time, and there is also a time limit for entry.
Harry, Ron, and Hermione finally got to line up.
"Let me see what's in the Chamber of Secrets of the library?" Ron was the first to walk in. "Oh! It's another library."
"We only have one hour," Hermione said, surprised by the sheer number of books in the Chamber of Secrets, but remaining calm. "Go find the relevant materials, Harry. Tell me again what type of books we're looking for."
Harry said earnestly, "The reports about Moaning Myrtle's death fifty years ago, information about the Acromantula, and Tom Riddle's life."
The three immediately split up to search, but with so many books available, they only found information about the Acromantula within an hour. Hermione quickly took notes, even thinking that it would be very convenient to have a camera like Colin's.
They ran into Colin on their way back.
Colin, who was holding his camera, spoke first when he saw Harry: " Harry, I'm sorry, I probably won't be able to take your picture for a while. Can we save the chance for another time? I have to go to Professor Lockhart's clue-finding class; he's invited me to be his assistant."
Harry hadn't even noticed that Colin hadn't bothered him lately. "Sorting through the clues?"
Colin nodded. "Yes, this classroom is for finding the true heir to the Chamber of Secrets. Professor Lockhart hired me as his assistant on the first day, saying my photography skills were good enough to be a detective."
"After the Truth Chamber of Secrets, this classroom became very popular. Everyone went there to sort out clues and exchange information, hoping to find the murderer together."
Harry and his two companions exchanged bewildered glances, and decided to go and investigate.
When Harry entered the classroom, there were already quite a few people inside, Harry was stunned by the sight before him. The huge classroom was filled with groups of three or five, almost filling every table. The students were having a heated discussion, and on the podium, Lockhart was drawing circles, boxes, and arrows all over the blackboard, while Colin was marking them with chalk next to him.
"Is this some kind of Detective Club?" Ron exclaimed in surprise.
Hermione's mouth dropped open. "I have a feeling they'll create this club sooner or later."
Harry approached the blackboard, which already marked the locations of all the materials in the Truth Chamber of Secrets related to the Moaning Myrtle case. Even the information on the Acromantula was more detailed than what they had collected, except that Lockhart had added a note below, "I have seen them in South America, long before the earliest discovery, but the great Lockhart does not value honor. He prefers to complete a captivating adventure."
"It's fake," Hermione finally began to question. " The Acromantula lives in Borneo, and there's absolutely no record of it ever going to South America in his book."
But the clues and information on the blackboard still amazed the three of them; aside from Lockhart's annotations, it was practically a perfect case file analysis.
Neville was also present.
" Harry, we can totally use this," Neville pulled out his Magic Mobile Phone and opened the Senior's Help in front of the three of them. The app still displayed the question Neville had asked last time. "The information on the Senior's Help is no different from the books in the Truth Chamber of Secrets. Haven't you tried this app?"
Seeing the three of them shake their heads, Neville looked at them with a disappointed expression. " Director Lorne must have his reasons for putting this software on the Magic Mobile Phone. My grades have never been very good, Senior's Help me save a lot of time looking up information."