Archaeologists at Hogwarts

Chapter 20 At the Opening Dinner

The dinner plate was full of food, and Harry was dumbfounded. He had never seen so many of his favorite foods appearing at the same time, and there was no Dudley who would snatch the food.

Ron held the drumstick in both hands, and he took one bite to the left and another to the right, his mouth bulging.

"Hurry up, Harry," said Ron vaguely.

Harry took some of everything except mints, and they were all delicious.

"Looks good." Nearly Headless Nick looked at them sadly.

They chatted for a while, Ron managed to call out his nickname, and then Nick showed off his severed head under the question of Seamus Finnigan, only a little bit of skin was attached to the neck, and it was not cut completely.

Nick happily looked at the stunned expressions of the freshmen, and he said, "Okay, new Gryffindor students! I hope you can help us win the College Cup this school year, okay? Gryffindor has never Haven't won a prize in so long. Slytherin's six in a row! The Bloody Baron is too much to bear - he's the ghost of Slytherin."

"I hope you can work hard."

He added additionally: "New professor, have you seen it? Toby Highmore, he is also from Slytherin House. If you want to win the House Cup, you must work harder!"

"Toby Highmore?"

Harry looked towards the teacher's table, and saw that the long-haired man was fighting for a rib with Niffler, and neither of them would stop first.

"He actually belongs to Slytherin?" Harry asked puzzled, "But Hagrid clearly told me that Professor Highmore is a nice person, but usually seems a little silent."

Nick, who hadn't had time to leave, blinked mysteriously: "Is there still an unusual indifference?"

"How do you know?" Harry asked in surprise.

"I know more than that." Nick couldn't help showing off: "As the ghosts of the school, we can always see things that most people can't find out-but we can't speak ill of the professor behind his back, So, I hope you don't get caught by him, he's not as talkative as he looks."

After Nick walked away, Harry silently put down the knife and fork.

"What's the matter?" Ron picked up another drumstick and asked, "No appetite? I have to tell you, there is no supper tonight."

"No." Harry shook his head. He lowered his voice and said, "Nick said let's be careful not to be watched by Professor Highmore, but I think I've already been watched."

"What did you say?" Ron opened his mouth wide in surprise.

"It's true." Harry recalled carefully: "When Hagrid took me to the Leaky Cauldron, I met Professor Highmore. He was staring at me, but he was not as surprised as the others. Didn't come to shake my hand either. Then at Gringotts, we met again in the underground vault."

"It doesn't sound like anything." Ron said indifferently, "That only shows that Professor Highmore is a little shy, and he still has his own vault in Gringotts, right. What kind of vault is it?"

"The deepest kind." Harry said with certainty that the vault was more advanced than the one left by his parents.

"He is really rich." Ron said enviously, "When can I have such a treasury."

Percy came over at some point: "As long as you study hard, don't be like George and Fred, you can do it. Bill is very rich now, and he is working as a spellbreaker, which requires you a lot NEWT certificate for one course."

"Continue." Ron held up the chicken leg and said, "If you try harder, I won't be able to eat at all."

Harry didn't listen to what they were saying, he had a worry in his mind - only he knew that the Sorting Hat had almost put him in Slytherin.Unfortunately, before that, he was targeted by Toby Highmore of Slytherin College.

Harry suddenly remembered that Highmore was staring at him before Tom recognized him. Could it be that he came specifically for him?Like the sorting hat, he also knew he would be sorted into Slytherin?

"Harry, Harry." Percy patted him on the shoulder: "What's wrong with you, you look so ugly."

"Nothing." Harry said quickly.

"Stop pretending." Percy said confidently, and he could tell something was wrong with Harry at a glance: "You are not scared by Nick's words, are you? Don't listen to his nonsense, look at this, it may have some effect on you." help."

Percy sneaked a copy of Wizard Weekly from under the table, which he seemed to carry with him at all times.

"What's this?" Harry asked.

Percy deftly flipped the magazine to the pre-folded corner and handed it to Harry to read: "It's an academic article published by Professor Highmore. His articles are not many. It took me a lot of money to find this book." It's a lot of strength, and it will definitely change your impression of Professor Highmore, he is a very remarkable wizard, even groundbreaking."

Ron on the other side asked curiously: "Where did you get the money to buy the book? Is it also a prefect reward from your mother?"

"Shut up!" Percy said, "I found this on Bill's bookshelf. You really should get to know your excellent brothers well, and you should at least become a prefect in the future."

Ron put down the drumstick silently: "You really managed to do it. Mom will be proud of you. I'm full just listening to your lessons."

Harry was looking at the article carefully, and he noticed that he was not born when it was published, in 1978.

【On the Combination of Wand and Ritual Magic】

[Ritual magic can also be called wandless magic, which usually requires some special rituals to be performed. There are sacrifices in the ancient way, and there are now, but the objects of the sacrifices have changed from living people to animals—thanks to the author who encountered They are all in this type of way, otherwise, there is no chance to publish this article. 】

[The best effect in ritual magic is living sacrifice.The author has personally visited many shaman tribes in Africa, and some of them still retain the ancient habit of living sacrifices. If you are eating, it is best not to read the following text——]

Harry didn't listen, and he soon regretted it.

[When the ritual magic started, first a thick layer of smoke was shrouded around the sacrifice, and then a series of movements came out of the smoke, like the sound of wild beasts biting, and the domestic animals began to howl in pain—the author did not I saw what happened in the smoke with my own eyes, and I didn’t want to see it from the bottom of my heart. The author only saw the result after the smoke dispersed—the body of the livestock was completely opened, yes, it is the kind of opening you imagined, the meat is in On the outside, the skin is on the inside, and the internal organs are gone, it seems that this is a monster that likes to eat animal internal organs——]

(End of this chapter)