Archaeologists at Hogwarts

Chapter 171 Restless Hogwarts

Since Professor Highmore was attacked again, Hogwarts has been shrouded in an atmosphere of uneasiness.

Although the professor tried his best to appease the students and explained to them that Professor Haimer was just going for treatment, rumors still spread in private. Some people said that Professor Haimer might be dead. The scene of Professor Angela and Al rushing to Hagrid's cabin with the coffin is still vivid, it looks too much like a funeral.

These people even guessed that the reason for Professor Highmore's death was that his Muggle-born status had offended Slytherin's heirs, and everyone knew that the heirs existed just to clear up the "inferior" bloodlines.

At the same time, there is a doubt in the hearts of all the students - if even the terrible Professor Haimer is dead, who can they rely on?
There is no doubt that it is Principal Dumbledore, he is the most powerful white wizard, who can bring everyone an unparalleled sense of security.

But the point is, Principal Dumbledore seems to be missing too!

The students didn't know exactly what happened, but some noticed that Headmaster Dumbledore hadn't been seen in public for a long time, and the Vice-Headmaster, Professor McGonagall, had only one stern explanation -

"Headmaster Dumbledore is busy...very busy."

A more terrifying guess appeared in the hearts of everyone—could it be that even Headmaster Dumbledore was killed?That's why he couldn't show up?

Draco Malfoy was so proud of this, he finally resumed his bragging posture, loudly spread bad things about Professor Highmore wherever he went, and brought Principal Dumbledore with him by the way, saying that sooner or later they would Replaced by really "good" wizards - he meant pure-blood wizards, of course, and pure-blood supremacists.

"Oh, I really want to find a chance to teach him a lesson." Ron said, looking at Malfoy who walked out of the classroom.

The Potions class had just ended, and he was embarrassed by Snape in this class. Originally, this kind of "treatment" was used on Neville, but ever since he got his own wand, Neville It is rare to make such low-level mistakes as remembering the wrong steps again, so Ron, who was not very good in grades, became Snape's target.

The most exasperating thing is that Malfoy still deliberately loudly said in class that Snape should take on the school crisis this time, and there is no one more suitable than him.

Snape didn't say anything, but the corner of his mouth had already said everything, and Ron was disgusted to see it.

"Stop talking." Harry tugged Ron's sleeve quietly: "Don't cause trouble at this time, no one will support us."

Harry never thought that he would miss Professor Highmore so much. As long as he was around, Snape would not dare to blatantly persecute the Gryffindor students, especially Harry himself.

But all of this is gone, not only Professor Highmore is not there, even the most powerful headmaster Dumbledore is missing, and the only Professor Angela who should be able to count on is worried all day long, and she doesn't even bother to teach The class was over, and even the teaching material she had used before—the wizard potted plant no longer appeared in the class. Every class was just coping with things, which completely changed the ancient magic class.

"Harry is right." Hermione also persuaded in a low voice: "Let's go, go to the bathroom and have a look, the polyjuice soup is almost ready - the premise is that we have to get the snake skin of the African tree snake Fragments, and bicorn horns, these things must be found in the professor's office."

As she spoke, she gave Harry a look of warning.

Ron stopped complaining, and his eyes, like Hermione's, were staring at Harry.

"Ok."

Harry said helplessly, "I'll go with you, and I won't look for that basilisk again."

Ron and Hermione breathed a sigh of relief.

Ever since he knew that he was a Parseltongue, Harry gave up his plan to expose it under the persuasion of Ron and Hermione. According to the two of them, this is very dangerous, even if he is not an heir, he will be regarded as a heir by others. of.Ron also said that Harry might be Slytherin's great-great-great-great-grandson or something, which was a no-brainer.

But why did Harry's clever little mind completely stop because of this incident? He came up with another amazing idea-to find an opportunity to try to communicate with the basilisk in the secret room, and he wanted to find out who the real murderer was... Who, by the way, verify his guess again - who is the real heir of Slytherin.

Both Ron and Hermione thought that Harry was crazy, so they came up with such a deadly idea. After all, the gaze of the basilisk is fatal. Before Harry could say hello, they followed in the footsteps of Professor Highmore and experienced a greater experience together. The adventure went.

That's right, both Ron and Hermione were skeptical about Professor Highmore's survival, and their thoughts were the same as most people's—if it was just petrification, why would there be such a big commotion, and why would it be Pharaoh's coffin? How about seeing off Professor Highmore?
Only dead people need to do this
The only reason they were not sure was that the professors hadn't officially announced the result of Professor Haimer's death, but judging from Professor Angela's appearance, it seemed that it was not optimistic.

Only Harry firmly believed that Professor Highmore would not die so simply, but his argument was somewhat untenable.In his words: How could someone as shrewd as Professor Haimer be killed?Besides, he has woken up once, why can't there be a second time?
Hermione was faintly worried about Harry's thoughts, and Ron even stated the reason for her worry directly: "Smart? That's a characteristic of Slytherin, Harry, shouldn't you be?"

Harry held himself back from confessing.

Until now, he hasn't told the two about his experience of being almost sorted into Slytherin.

But his mind has changed.

The reason why he didn't say it before was because Harry was terrified of it and thought it was something embarrassing, so he didn't tell anyone.

Today, especially after discovering that he was a Parseltongue, Harry no longer thinks so.

He felt as if he was silently holding back his energy, and once he said it, he would vent this energy, making the result less perfect.

Until the truth came out—

Or the day he became a Slytherin entirely.
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What Harry didn't know was that in this castle, besides him, there were even people who firmly believed that Professor Highmore would not die.

After hurriedly finishing the ancient magic class, Ginny, who was sitting in the left corner of the classroom, gave Luna in the right corner several looks and winked.

Luna looked at her confused.

She packed her backpack, walked over, and asked in a daze, "What's wrong with you? Are you feeling unwell?"

"Oh." Ginny suddenly became vigilant. She looked back and forth several times, and found that no one was looking this way before continuing: "Go to the prize showroom to find me later."

The abandoned bathroom must not be visited again, and Ginny was worried that she would run into Harry and the others again.

"Why do you have to go later?" Luna didn't understand: "Can't we go together now?"

Ginny couldn't do anything with Luna, so she had to turn up her collar again to cover her chin and mouth, but she just couldn't remember to cover her hair too.

Ginny walked cautiously along the way, as if the monster in the secret room would rush to her at any moment.

Luna behaved much more normally, and she was still thinking about chatting with Ginny: "By the way, when will I return your pair of shoes to you?"

"Huh?" Ginny turned her head, "Did you find your own shoes?"

"No." Luna shook her head and said, "Those people hid them too tightly, but my mother asked me to write to my father, and he sent me several new pairs of shoes. Unfortunately, some of them didn't fit my feet. None of them were in the same size. correct."

Ginny didn't know what to say about this, she didn't have new shoes, and she was sure that Mrs Weasley would never get her shoes the wrong size - but it was possible that she bought a bigger size on purpose so she could wear more For a while, it's a great way to save money.

To be honest, Ginny had never met someone as unique as Luna.

But even she didn't realize that since she met Luna, she seemed to have become less shy. This was all the result of comparison--Luna was not shy, but she was shyer than Ginny. "Don't worry about it".

"Keep it." Ginny said, and silently quickened her pace: "Take it as a spare."

Luna trotted behind her and followed her, becoming a little out of breath, but she still said cheerfully: "Is this an early Christmas present for me?"

"Well, let's take it for granted."

"So what do you want? I can give it to you for Christmas."

Facing this question, Ginny suddenly became much more depressed.

"I don't want anything, I just want to find out as soon as possible and know who is cheating us."

The two came to the prize showroom together. The door was always unlocked, but there was no one there, so they were targeted by Ginny.

"quick."

After closing the door, Ginny also panted and urged: "Hurry up and take out Pandora's notebook,"

Luna always carried this notebook with her, and Ginny took another notebook out of her backpack—it was Tom Riddle's notebook.

The two notebooks were opened at the same time, Ginny and Luna exchanged a look, and then she wrote in the notebook: "I need to know more, Tom, your previous excuses alone can't convince me."

The last time Tom Riddle said that Professor Highmore was the murderer and heir, Ginny was completely frightened, and at the same time felt a little absurd—what does this have to do with Professor Highmore?
After that, Ginny asked Pandora again, wanting to ask her opinion, but Pandora seemed very interested in this statement, making it impossible for Ginny to tell whether the other party simply thought the story was interesting or really thought so of.

As for Luna, she acted exactly like Pandora, completely attracted by this statement.

It made Ginny feel like she was the only normal person.

It wasn't until today that she was fully prepared to continue asking questions.

Tom Riddle's answer soon appeared in the notebook.

【Aren't you willing to believe me now, Ginny?The Chamber of Secrets was once opened, so I left this diary to tell the truth to future students.Now I'll tell you everything - yes, that's right, Toby Highmore, the soon-to-be Heir of Slytherin, had me for a brief moment, and forced me to speak out about the Chamber of Secrets, and that's when Only then did I know what he had mastered——]

[It's the monster in the secret room.Toby Highmore had always planned to control the monster in the secret room. He had already discovered what the monster was, and the two injuries were only the consequences of his failure.He has nothing to do with the previous heir, but wants to be the heir this time. 】

[I know he hates pure blood, and it is impossible for him to do something to expel Muggle-borns, but I think you should know what his purpose is. 】

"Archaeologist?" Ginny wrote in her notebook. "Is it because of his status as an archaeologist?"

[You are right, Ginny.That's it.Toby Highmore had fallen too deep. In front of him, nothing could compare to the Slytherin Chamber of Secrets and the treasures that might exist in the Chamber of Secrets.And not only that, he wanted to know why he was sorted into Slytherin house.He has gone completely insane, and just controlling the monsters in the Chamber of Secrets is not enough to satisfy his ambition. He is eager to replace Slytherin.Not just the heir, but replacing Slytherin, becoming the feared head of the house and even the headmaster of Hogwarts. 】

【You must stop him quickly, otherwise it will be too late.I believe that Toby Highmore is still alive and will be getting closer and closer to the goal of success when he returns.At that time, after he completely controlled the monster, it was time for him to kill. 】

"This is impossible!"

【Think about it, Toby Highmore is a person who doesn't even care about his own life. Is it possible that he cares about your lives?Don’t forget the place where he’s been experimenting—]

[It's Hogwarts. 】

[He doesn't care, not only himself, but also the students in the castle. Monsters may kill you at any time, but he doesn't care. 】

Ginny frowned deeply. She didn't know whether what Tom said was true, so she could only look at Luna for help.

Luna has already transcribed all of Tom's answers and wrote them down in Pandora's notebook.

After waiting silently for a while, writing slowly appeared in Pandora's notebook.

[Ask him what a monster is? 】

Ginny did as she did, but this time Tom's answer was much slower. When the handwriting appeared again, the text on it read: [I want to know, Ginny, is this your problem, or someone else's? 】

[Is there anyone else around you? 】

Ginny closed the notebook with a snap, her heart beating wildly.

Luna looked at her directly: "You shouldn't have done this, because you have already answered him in disguise."

But Ginny always felt that this feeling was not good, as if she was being spied on by Tom.After being reminded by Pandora before, Ginny has been deliberately avoiding similar things from happening again.

"Come here today."

She finally said that after thinking about it, she still stuffed Tom's diary into her backpack, and then ran away quickly.

Luna watched her back disappear little by little, and after a while, she continued to write in Pandora's notebook: "Mom, she doesn't look too good."

[Oh, of course, dear.Let me think Dumbledore isn't back yet, is he? 】

"Yes."

[Well, this is the worst thing.What is the most likely to hold him back]

Ginny returned to the common room in a panic, but she didn't dare to open Tom's notebook, and needed more time to calm down.

Just when she was about to walk back to the dormitory, she found a large group of people standing in front of the huge college magazine, and their excited discussions could be heard in her ears.

"Duel Club? Looks good."

(End of this chapter)