Chapter 134: Cunning Sunny

Hogwarts, Lockhart's office.

"Sunny, it's time for you to lose weight," Lockhart said, picking up the ball-shaped bird, Sunny.

Looking at Sunny's round belly and feeling its weight, he said somewhat speechlessly, "Look how thin you were before, but you've ended up eating so much lately."

"You've gained at least 50% of your weight."

"Chirp, chirp," Sunny complained, as if to say it wasn't its fault.

"Sunny, what does this have to do with Hagrid? You go to his place to eat and drink every day, and you still blame Hagrid," Lockhart replied, even more speechless.

This guy actually blamed Hagrid for giving him such delicious food. It wasn't Hagrid's fault.

Well, Lockhart didn't have many restrictions on Sunny, except for training at a fixed time every night. He basically allowed Sunny to roam freely. Sunny certainly felt very free. It flew around Hogwarts every day, acting cute in front of girls to get snacks. With its extraordinary intuition, it knew exactly what kind of behavior girls liked. Therefore, it could easily make girls happy and get a lot of delicious snacks.

After dinner, it would cunningly go to Hagrid for more food and drink. Sunny knew that while Lockhart's food was good, it was only a small portion and only half satisfying. But at Hagrid's, it could eat as much as it wanted, and the quality was no worse than Lockhart's. In fact, the food Lockhart provided came from Hagrid.

When Lockhart found out, he felt helpless. Sunny originally looked quite cute, but now, it had gained weight. Though it was still cute, it seemed a little awkward. To be precise, its cuteness had dropped.

Lockhart felt a chill at the thought of carrying a fat version of Sunny on his shoulders. He made up his mind to help Sunny lose weight and restore a healthy body.

"Chirp, chirp," Sunny cried out, sensing Lockhart's evil intentions. It shouted loudly and tried to flap its wings to escape.

"Space Disruption!" Lockhart cast a spell to prevent Sunny from escaping.

"Chirp, chirp," Sunny cried out sadly after realizing its teleportation ability had been disabled. It looked pitifully at Lockhart, trying to change his mind.

This trick seemed very effective on girls.

Seeing this, Lockhart waved his wand and cast a Transfiguration spell, turning a wooden box on the desk into a small treadmill.

"Sunny, for the first time, hold on for 10 minutes. After 10 minutes, you can take a break," Lockhart said, coaxing the bird like a child.

"Chirp, chirp," Sunny looked at the small treadmill, especially the slow-moving wide black belt, with panic in its eyes. It began flapping its wings frantically again.

Lockhart sighed softly, waved his wand, and controlled Sunny to fly onto the treadmill, restricting it to only move on it.

"Chirp, chirp," Sunny, stepping on the treadmill, wasn't used to it at all. It fell down immediately, hitting the black belt and sliding towards the back.

Boom!

"Chirp, chirp," Sunny's head collided with the transparent wall formed by the spell, making a slight sound. Suddenly, Sunny screamed pitifully, hoping Lockhart would let it go. However, the black belt kept moving, and its head kept pressing against the transparent wall.

Feeling that crying out was useless, Sunny decided to rely on itself. It stood up and started running forward. The black belt moved backward, and Sunny, the Golden Snidget, began running forward smoothly.

Snap! Snap! Snap!

Lockhart heard the slapping sound of Sunny's paws on the black belt and nodded with satisfaction. After some time, Sunny should lose weight.

With these thoughts, Lockhart stopped paying attention to Sunny and sat at his desk to correct homework. After 10 minutes, the spell would automatically release, allowing Sunny to rest. The next round of running would start once he finished correcting the students' homework.

As time passed, the sound of Sunny running on the treadmill continued. The thick pile of homework in front of Lockhart gradually decreased.

After a long while, suddenly:

Knock, knock, knock!

"Professor, it's us."

Following a knock on the door, Lockhart heard a familiar female voice outside. He sensed three presences and instantly knew the identity of the visitors.

"Please come in, the door is unlocked."

With the slight sound of the door opening, the three little Gryffindors entered one after another.

"Professor, what's wrong with Sunny?" Hermione asked as she entered, intending to ask about meditation.

She saw the Golden Snidget, Sunny, lying on the desk, its chest heaving.

"Oh," Lockhart replied calmly. "It said it wanted to lose weight. It just ran for a while and is resting."

"Chirp, chirp," Sunny, resting on the table, immediately screamed in dissatisfaction, as if to say, "I didn't want to lose weight! You're making me run, you devil!"

However, maybe due to fatigue or the first time running, Sunny spread out on the table again.

"Oh, I get it. I didn't expect Sunny to be a sporty bird," Hermione nodded thoughtfully. Since Sunny liked sports, maybe she should help.

"Professor, we wanted to ask about your meditation research. Can we join?" Ron asked directly, not caring about Hermione's thoughts.

Hearing Ron's question, Lockhart suddenly knew the purpose of their visit. It was likely Harry who told them.

In fact, he talked to Harry about the meditation method partly to attract him and partly to spread the news of meditation through him. Now, Hermione and Ron had come on their own initiative. This wasn't his fault; they wanted to learn meditation.

As a professor who loved teaching and educating, wasn't it normal to answer questions and impart knowledge to his students? Besides, there was nothing wrong with the Nine Element Meditation method he taught.

"Ron, I can teach you meditation if you want," Lockhart nodded slightly.

After receiving the professor's affirmative reply, Ron looked delighted and quickly asked, "Then Professor, can we also get a magic bracelet like Harry's?"

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