Archaeologists at Hogwarts

Chapter 182 Special Training Trio

Rita Skeeter is missing!

Disappeared without a sound!
She didn't even have time to publish a story about Toby, just disappeared!

Located on the south side of Diagon Alley, next to the location of Whiz Harder Book Company, it has a head office.

It is also where the daily Prophet is published.

Editor-in-Chief Barnabas Guffey put down The Quibbler, his eyes wide.

The missing person was clearly a reporter from his own family, so why did another newspaper get the news first? !

At the same time, this report also had a considerable impact on Hogwarts.Because few people now know that the monster in the secret room has been solved, and they don’t know that the classroom where they teach ancient magic is actually related to the passage of the secret room. Even the report on the "Daily Prophet" only opened a The mouth, emphatically described the incident where Professor Haimer was attacked.

So, not many people know the truth.

Toby, Al, Dumbledore, the trio, and Angela of Waggadu, plus of course the real culprit, Voldemort.

Even Angela only had a half-knowledge. If Toby hadn't taken her around the secret room afterwards, she wouldn't even know where the secret room was.

So, after the news of Rita Skeeter came out, panic spread in Hogwarts again.

You must know that this time, no petrified body was left behind.

Doesn't that mean that Rita Skeeter was probably killed? !

The trio knew that this was impossible. They saw the basilisk killed by Professor Haimo's magic circle with their own eyes, and half of their heads were shattered.

But they are not in the mood to pay attention to this weird news anymore.

Because Professor Higher's plan worked.

— At least they thought so.

After Christmas school started, all the students in the school, even the first-year freshmen who were supposed to learn the magic circle, did not miss it. They all experienced at least one complete experience of the changed ancient magic class.

This is all thanks to the trio!
The damn archaeological rules almost drove everyone crazy, and Harry once heard Neville chanting the first rule of the archaeological rules or something in his sleep.

But of course the students didn't dare to resist Professor Haimer, they weren't really crazy.

But the trio was not treated so well.

No matter where they go, they will be stared at. This time, the treatment is worse than the large amount of marks deducted last semester. What they received was the collective firepower of the four colleges.

Hermione didn't dare to raise her hand to answer questions in class. Ron and Harry lowered their heads together and never raised them again.

This really made Harry feel bad.

He thought he was right, but in the end he was wrong, even outrageously wrong.

Feelings of shame and sadness made him very uncomfortable.

And he felt that he was the one who implicated Hermione and Ron. If it weren't for his sudden change of mind, he felt that Slytherin was also good, and then he insisted on going his own way, at least the two friends would not have received the same punishment. Punishment, and the chance to pick it out.

It was Sunday, and everyone else in the dorm was out.

Harry and Ron lay silently on the bed, sighing one after another.

Harry caught a glimpse of the small cloth bag in Ron's hand, and he asked casually, "Is that the income that Fred and George gave you?"

Ron raised his head and said, "Yeah, there's a whole Garen."

The multi-flavored juice was unexpectedly popular. The twins did not break their promise after obtaining the follow-up income, and still gave him the share of Ron. It is estimated that if this continues, Ron will be able to buy a pair in the next semester. The root belongs to its own magic wand.

It was a good deal, but Ron couldn't be in a better mood, for the same reason as Harry - they couldn't be bothered to go out and face those hostile eyes now.

Professor Haimo is really ruthless. He clearly said that it was an archeology class, but he didn't know where it had anything to do with archeology. However, every class punishment was merciless, and he tidied up the students obediently. This lesson in ancient magic will give you the chills.

"Just wait until next semester." Ron said hopefully, "I can go to Hogsmeade Village until next semester, instead of being blindsided like now."

"Hogsmeade?" Harry asked. "The place where Fred and George used to hang out? Is that where Zonko's Joke Shop is?"

"Not only that!" Ron said vigorously: "There are also Honeydukes, the Three Broomsticks, and Lady Puddiffe's Teahouse—it is said that this is the most suitable place for couples to date—"

"A date?" Hermione suddenly opened the door and walked in: "What date? Are you two going on a date?"

Ron was so frightened that he almost fell under the bed. Harry looked at Hermione in surprise and said, "This is a dormitory for boys, you can't come in casually."

"But I can't find you anywhere." Hermione said indifferently, and waved her hand at the same time, and it was only then that Harry noticed that she was holding a note in her palm.

"what is that?"

"It's a note from Professor Highmore." Hermione said cheerfully. This was the first time the two saw a smile on her face recently.

"He asked us to go to the ancient magic classroom as soon as possible. Do you think the professor has finally decided to forgive us?"

The three of them ran happily and fast in the corridor. It would be great if what Hermione said was true, even if the announcement in the college magazine was withdrawn!

In the gloomy ancient magic classroom, Toby turned his foggy head under the hood to the three of them. He wondered: "When did I promise you to remove the announcement? At least it will be kept until the end of this semester, whether or not?" To be withdrawn depends on your final test scores."

The three of them stood in a row, and the expression on their faces suddenly became stiff, turning into a bit of bitterness.

Harry asked cautiously: "Then may I ask, professor, why did you come here for us?"

"Follow me." Toby turned and walked deeper into the tunnel, and the three of them had to follow behind him.

The magic ball turned into a handful of light balls floating around Toby, and he said as he walked, "It's not been a good time recently."

Harry and Hermione didn't speak, only Ron replied blankly, "It's not just hard, we've all—"

Before he finished his next words, he was elbowed back by the two people around him.

Immediately afterwards, the three of them actually heard Professor Haimer laughing.

"Isn't it hard to live?" He murmured, "It's just that I suffer from supercilious looks, but when I first entered school, I encountered more than just this little trouble."

The three of them all knew that Professor Highmore was a rare Muggle-born from Slytherin. Just thinking about it, he knew how much bullying he would receive with this special status—not only the discrimination from the other three colleges, but even There is also hostility among students from the same academy.

Hermione's mind became active, and she tried to ask, "Are you trying to punish us in this way?"

"Wrong!" Toby said sharply: "Punishment? I told you a long time ago that I will not punish you. On the contrary, I know your inner thoughts very clearly—"

He turned around, and a thick black mist was scattered from top to bottom, like some terrible big devil.

"Being noticed, getting accomplished, being looked up to others—sounds a bit like Mr Diggory's way of getting Hufflepuffs up, but in a much more radical, maverick way, flouting all the rules and feeling like you're He is the most correct person, even the older professors are not as smart as themselves—"

"Don't-don't-don't say it, Professor." Ron denied, his lips trembling. "We didn't—"

He really wanted to say evil, and seeing the expressions on the faces of the other two, it was obvious that he had the same idea as himself.

"No, you have." Toby interrupted: "You have too much."

"We didn't." Harry followed suit.

"I said you have it, and you have it." Toby was still insisting on his own thoughts.

Hermione blinked, how could she feel that Professor Highmore fit the characteristics just described more and more?

Feeling like you're the one who's right - isn't that what he does?

The three of them couldn't help becoming anxious, they couldn't understand Professor Haimer's intention at all.

But soon, they saw the answer.

A fork suddenly appeared on the side of the ridiculously large classroom tunnel. After Professor Haimo pushed the stone door open, the spacious room inside was revealed.

Dozens of Bludgers were flying around in the air, the longaxe armor and two skeletons stood in line, each holding a wooden broadsword in their hands, engraved with a magic circle that hurts people but won't leave injuries, There was a thick stack of books piled up in the corner, like a hill. Al was putting the table in front of the mountain of books, and turned his head to Toby and said "Yeah".

Toby nodded, and he looked at the stunned three people and said: "As I said just now, you can't change, and you won't change easily. So I plan to change the way, at least let you have The ability to be reckless, so as to bring more trouble to Dumbledore—”

"What?" Harry said in shock.

Toby still said to himself: "Otherwise, I will have to wait until some time before I want to be the principal, and I can only start with the students. You have the talent to cause trouble, make good use of this, and don't underestimate yourself. "

Ron's pupils shook violently: "I said, Professor Haimer should know that we can hear him."

"All in all." Toby was still saying, "That's all your abilities are now, so I have to speed up the process. The specific plan is hidden in this room."

Hermione blinked again, what is this?Last words?Why did Professor Haimer let himself go all of a sudden?

Toby took out a broomstick out of nowhere, and Harry clearly saw the beautiful gold lettering engraved on the handle of the broom - Nimbus 2001, this is the broom of the Slytherin Quidditch team, bigger than Harry's Nimbus 2000 is much better.

"Here." Toby stuffed the broom into Harry's arms, and Harry heard in a panic: "Take this broom to train your ability to avoid Bludgers. Your flying talent is very good, but in the game Getting hit by a Bludger is still pretty embarrassing. Wait until you can beat a whole Quidditch team by yourself."

Harry really wanted to say that the match was because of Dobby, but he knew that this could not be used as an excuse, because Professor Highmore knew about it a long time ago, and it was Harry himself who took the initiative in the last lecture. Say it.

Then there is Ron.

"Give you."

Toby handed an unremarkable wooden sword to Ron: "I know that few wizards will duel in this way now, but after all, this is the skill of the founder of Godric Gryffindor, and--"

He looked at the bewildered Ron up and down for a while: "I really can't see what kind of talent you have, so just train like this first."

Ron almost didn't cry, but when he thought about it carefully, it seemed that this was the case, and using the founder's name could make him feel better.

All that was left was Hermione.

She has long known what will be left to herself in the end-that big stack of books, she is indeed proud of her achievements.

"Here you are." Toby handed her a pair of glasses with half-moon lenses: "Protect your eyes and don't become like Mr. Potter."

Harry was speechless, and Hermione was also a little disappointed.

Why just a pair of glasses?
After putting on her glasses, Hermione asked hopefully, "Then can I resume my original job, Professor?"

Harry and Ron looked at her strangely, as if they were asking such a question, how could they have the leisure to ask such a question.

"No." Toby refused, "Mr. Diggory is much easier to use than you. He can easily complete the task of checking typos. And I probably won't publish a new book this year. It's just about the magazine. It's going to take a long time of my time."

Hermione walked to the table and sat down aggrievedly. She picked up a book casually and pretended to be reading it.Al quietly patted her on the shoulder, somewhat as if to comfort her.

Toby suddenly glanced at the direction when he came: "It seems that someone is coming, you are training first, and you will come every weekend from now on."

After Professor Highmore left, Harry and Ron admired the wonderful feel of Hammer 2001 for a while, then carefully avoided the armor and skeleton racks, and asked Hermione, "Do we really need to stop Professor Highmore?" ? Didn't you hear what he just said?"

Hermione looked at Al, who was on the side, and then at the two of them: "How can you be so honest and evil."

Al waved his paw, indicating that he didn't care at all.

Sourness?
Harry said anxiously: "How could it be evil? Didn't you notice that something is wrong with Professor Highmore today?"

"Oh." Hermione recovered from her grievances, she buried her head and said: "There will be no problem, Professor Highmore is just telling a joke, he is forgiving us in disguise, otherwise why would he bother with us. "

Ron was surprised: "Did I hear correctly? That's Professor Highmore, not Lockhart. How can you be crazy about two people at the same time!"

Hermione looked up angrily, and she happened to see someone walking by the door.

"Who is that? I don't think I've seen that person before."

At the same time, the editor-in-chief of the "Daily Prophet", Barnabas Guffey, was quietly looking at his colleagues around him, and he asked: "I don't know what you are thinking, but the "Daily Prophet" is definitely sincere. Come on, we can buy "The Quibbler" at a premium, and you will definitely not suffer any disadvantages."

He couldn't see the expression on Toby's face through the black fog, but he heard the other party ask: "Put aside the acquisition first, I have something to ask you."

"Just ask."

"Since you are the editor-in-chief of the "Daily Prophet", the role you play in the newspaper must be very important?"

"Of course." Barnabas Guffey said proudly, "The editor-in-chief is the highest position in the newspaper, so it is of great importance."

"I see," Toby said. "Then if you're missing too, The Quibbler will have a chance to capture more of the market."

"what?!"

The trio watched helplessly as the two walked farther and farther than the fork in front of them until they disappeared at the end of the tunnel.

They walked back to the table in a daze, and saw that Al was writing an article quickly——

"Second Case of Disappearance in the Chamber of Secrets - Barnabas Guffey!" "

【Recently, the editor-in-chief of "Daily Prophet", Barnabas Guffey, came to Hogwarts. He shamelessly attempted to acquire this newspaper, and left angrily after being severely rejected, but has never been seen.】

The trio looked from Al to the parchment.

They stood there dumbfounded, even Hermione was taken aback.

"Why haven't you started training yet?"

A voice suddenly sounded from behind them. Professor Haimo came back at some point. He looked at the three of them and asked, "What's the matter? Is there something wrong with this report?"

Ron looked left at Harry and right at Hermione, all three of them were speechless with their mouths wide open.

Toby changed the question and asked, "Well, are you going to talk about it?"

This time, Harry and Hermione shook their heads almost simultaneously, and Ron immediately followed suit.

Laughter came from under the hood.

Toby said with satisfaction: "Very well, this is called shrewdness."

The three of them didn't know how they left the classroom. They gathered in the common room for a while, but they dispersed without saying anything.

That night, Snape's office received an unwelcome guest.

Wearing pajamas, he asked angrily: "Don't you have a crucible? Are you going to disturb my rest time at this time?"

Watching the heat, Toby tossed Sleepy Beans into the tumbling potion.

"Of course I can afford the cauldron," he said, "but wouldn't that leave a clue, and I wouldn't be able to pin the blame on you. Don't worry, Severus, wait until I set up this living hell Decoction, I will leave, you go to bed first."

How could Snape sleep, his eyes became more and more strange.

"Oops," he said, "what did you do to make the same old mistakes again."

"Old problem? No." Toby clapped his hands and said, "I feel better now. I've never felt better. My mind can't stop, and new plans come up every moment, Rita Skeeter first , then Barnabas Guffey, who will be next? It seems that "The Quibbler" has attracted the attention of some people. Do you think the next person will be the Minister of Magic? If so, then Alright, so you will enter Azkaban, and I can use this opportunity to go with you."

"Shut up!" Snape said angrily, not noticing that Al had sneaked up behind his head, and raised the small shovel excitedly—

"boom!"

The door was suddenly pushed open, and the returning Dumbledore appeared at the door, with a mummy tied behind him—it was the undead mummy, and it was so easily controlled by Dumbledore, even from a distant place. Egypt brought back to Hogwarts.

Toby turned his head and looked over, noticing this scene.

He looked at the mummy and said, "I didn't expect you to be so powerful. In this way, it seems difficult to achieve my goal of becoming the next headmaster."

"It's really hard to do."

(End of this chapter)