[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-hp-i-am-sherlock-holmes":3,"chapter-hp-i-am-sherlock-holmes-hp-i-am-sherlock-holmes-chapter-189":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","HP: I AM SHERLOCK HOLMES",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1879730,2495,"Chapter 189: 0189 Meeting Her","hp-i-am-sherlock-holmes-chapter-189",189,"\u003Cp>\"After the incident with Quirrell, the Defense Against the Dark Arts position became vacant again this year, so Dumbledore approached him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although he had indeed achieved considerable success, all of us, including myself, remembered his performance during his student years, so we were all puzzled by Dumbledore's decision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the time, I thought it was because they simply couldn't find anyone else for this course.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now it seems that perhaps I really misjudged him back then.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I think your assessment is correct. Although he craves fame, seeks vanity, and even had impure motives for coming to Hogwarts as a professor, he can still be considered a qualified Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that, Professor Flitwick finished expressing his views on Lockhart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Sherlock had expected, as the Head of Ravenclaw, his understanding went far deeper than others'.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sherlock clasped his hands together, supporting his chin, and fell into silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sherlock, as long as he can teach students real skills, don't go probing into his secrets, will you? After all, everyone has their own secrets, don't they?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When saying this, Professor Flitwick seemed to think of something, and a faint melancholy appeared in his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sherlock didn't notice this detail.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a moment, he lowered his hands and stood up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Leaving already?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing his movement, Professor Flitwick seemed somewhat surprised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, Professor. Your description was very clear and extremely helpful. Thank you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching Sherlock politely thank him before leaving, Professor Flitwick was first taken aback, then burst into laughter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This little fellow, really—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He shook his head and buried himself back in the mountain of parchment assignments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leaving Professor Flitwick's office, Sherlock carefully organized the information the professor had provided.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Magical talent above average, strong desire for recognition, heavy profit motive, good grades during school but often controversial.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After graduation, he traveled the world, suddenly enlightened, and finally staged a triumphant return.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No wonder he was almost sorted into Slytherin.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A slight smile appeared at the corner of Sherlock's mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This aspect of Lockhart's character really did align perfectly with Slytherin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now even Professor Flitwick admitted he had misjudged him, and advised Sherlock not to continue digging into Lockhart's secrets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sherlock had no objection to this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such matters should be judged by actions, not intentions. As long as he could teach everyone real skills, even impure motives weren't much of a problem.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the contradictory feeling he had sensed about Lockhart, after Professor Flitwick's description, there was now a reasonable explanation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was nothing more than the struggle between ideals and reality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, even after learning everything about Lockhart from Professor Flitwick, there were still suspicious points about him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The biggest question was that as a professor, Lockhart's mastery of magic actually showed variation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only he had noticed that compared to the first lesson, the current Lockhart's spell proficiency had increased considerably.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By today, almost everyone believed that Lockhart had deliberately held back during the first lesson.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Sherlock saw clearly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the pixies first broke free, the panic on Lockhart's face wasn't feigned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More importantly, he consistently resisted using those truly effective spells.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, he was more fond of his self-created \"Peskipiksi\" spell, even though those spells had no effect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In every Defense Against the Dark Arts class, when Lockhart used those practical spells, there was a sense of disgust and resistance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only after successfully casting the spells would this feeling diminish or disappear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, everyone's attention was focused on the effects of these spells, and no one noticed this detail.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sherlock walked while thinking, and when he came to his senses, he found he had somehow already left Hogwarts castle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not only had he left the castle, he had even reached the school gates.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More remarkably, despite walking all this way, he hadn't been discovered by anyone else.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sherlock immediately realized that even while walking in a distracted state, he had instinctively employed stealth techniques, successfully avoiding most people's sight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This had become his instinct.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But since he had already reached the school gates, Sherlock simply walked out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was exactly where they had arrived by carriage at the beginning of term.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He remembered that at the time, only he could see the creatures pulling the carriages.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While pondering this, he suddenly noticed there was still a carriage parked at the gate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hitched between the carriage and the shafts was still that magical creature that others couldn't see.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides that, there was also a person standing there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A somewhat peculiar-looking girl.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From Sherlock's angle, he could only see the girl's back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had dark golden-brown hair and wore radish-shaped earrings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With his observation skills far exceeding ordinary people's, Sherlock also noticed she wore a strangely shaped necklace and had her wand tucked behind her left ear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even just from her back, she exuded a sense of peculiarity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, for Sherlock, this wasn't the main point.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The main point was that the girl was currently extending her hand, gently stroking the spine of that magical creature.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Undoubtedly, like himself, she could also see this creature that others couldn't.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By now, Sherlock had already found information about this magical creature.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thestrals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Origin unknown, but they still existed in Hogwarts' Forbidden Forest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These creatures were essentially a type of winged horse—dragon-like head, horse-like body, with a pair of black, bat-like wings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their eyes were silvery-white without pupils, and their huge black horse bodies had no flesh, with skin tight against bone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the opening day, due to the heavy rain and eagerness to attend the opening ceremony, Sherlock hadn't been able to observe carefully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking again today, he noticed that every bone was clearly visible, dragging a black long tail, with wings growing from the raised places between bones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You can see them too, can't you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then, the girl suddenly spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the second time this girl had surprised Sherlock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was very confident in his stealth abilities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fact that he hadn't been discovered all this way had fully demonstrated this point.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He hadn't expected that after standing here for less than a minute, he would be detected by this girl.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, the girl still hadn't turned around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That meant she had discovered someone approaching while facing away from him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Combined with her special constitution of also being able to see thestrals, Sherlock immediately became interested in her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Sherlock could answer, the girl had already turned around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides the dark golden-brown hair he had seen from behind, this girl had pale skin and very light eyebrows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A pair of silver eyes protruded slightly outward. Although looking at him, they gave the impression of being large but vacant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides those radish-shaped earrings, Sherlock could now also see the appearance of the necklace around her neck—it was actually made of butterbeer corks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After seeing her appearance clearly, Sherlock's eyes immediately lit up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because he had found corresponding information in his memory palace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This girl—he had seen her before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, the girl's vacant eyes seemed to have just clearly seen Sherlock's appearance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You're Sherlock Holmes. I know you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although the other party had called out his name directly, Sherlock wasn't surprised. Instead, he said calmly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I know you too. First-year student, sorted into Ravenclaw House. Born into a wizarding family, mother died early, raised by father, only child, likes reading, name—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sherlock tilted his head and thought, then said simply, \"Forgotten.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing Sherlock's words, the girl's eyes protruded even more, looking extremely surprised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You don't even know my name, so how do you know all this?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, without waiting for Sherlock's answer, the girl laughed and said in a singing voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How silly of me! You're Sherlock Holmes—knowing these things is perfectly normal!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Well said indeed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sherlock found that this girl clearly had a crazy, eccentric air about her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So, your name is?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Luna Lovegood.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She stared at Sherlock with her eyes, \"You can call me Luna. May I call you Sherlock?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Faced with this somewhat presumptuous request, Sherlock said calmly. \"As you wish.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I've always felt that exceptional intelligence is humanity's greatest treasure. Don't you think so, Sherlock?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Intelligence is indeed a valuable treasure, but it's not humanity's only treasure. Courage, kindness, loyalty—these qualities are equally important. Often, they can determine a person's worth more than intelligence.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luna tilted her head, listening seriously to Sherlock's answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though it was their first meeting, the conversation between them flowed as smoothly as old friends.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, neither Sherlock nor Luna found this surprising—they both felt it was perfectly natural.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their rapid dialogue continued.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You know me, understand me, because you've heard about me from others. Was it Penelope, Cho Chang, or Patil?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It was Prefect Penelope, um, and also Ginny—Ginny Weasley.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ha, that's unexpected.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh—how should I put it? I guess they think I'm a bit strange. Actually, some people call me 'Loony' Lovegood. But Ginny stops them from calling me that, so we became good friends. Actually, I don't think they're wrong.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Coincidentally, I don't consider myself a normal person either, but that's not important—how did you just detect me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You can read more than 40 chapters on:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>patreon.com\u002FMikeyMuse\u003C\u002Fp>",1518,"2026-06-10T06:27:24.274Z",1,"novelbin.me","df9374d0903b9f8074a6421c6354a708b35a572bb81dc7f84e1732b34028bdff","hp-i-am-sherlock-holmes-chapter-190","hp-i-am-sherlock-holmes-chapter-188",637,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fhp-i-am-sherlock-holmes-cover.jpg"]