Archaeologists at Hogwarts

Chapter 200 Letter, Skeleton, Dark Lord (End)

On the day of Toby's departure, an amnesiac Lockhart was also transferred to St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Injuries and Injuries.

Led by a gentle therapist, Lockhart was sent to the magic damage department on the fifth floor.

"You just need to live here," said the therapist while making Lockhart's bed, "you don't need to worry about anything else, oh, and one more thing, remember to stay away from the room inside, don't sneak in by yourself ,you--"

"Everything is forgotten."

Five minutes later, Lockhart walked out of the hospital wearing a therapist's green robe and a mask on his face with calm eyes.

But when he came to the street, he panicked a little bit.

"It's over, it's over, this identity can no longer be used, my bestseller list—no, I have to tell the professor quickly, and then find a way to hide it."

He took out the letter paper he had prepared in advance, and held the gorgeous quill pen in the other hand. The peacock feathers surrounded it into the shape of a mouth, and swallowed the letter paper bit by bit.

Then Lockhart went to a secluded location, chanted a spell with no one around, cast Apparation and disappeared.
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【Dear Professor:

I'd love to tell you some good news, but it's just too hard to do.

According to your instructions, I found two wizards who knew Dumbledore during my travels, cast an Oblivion Curse on them, and then stole their experiences and wrote them into books.

Things haven't gone wrong so far, and I was indeed recruited by Hogwarts as the new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor, but the person who recruited me was not Dumbledore, but Toby Highmore!
I was almost exposed!
At that time, I was still studying "Ancient Magic" written by him, and it was placed on the table brightly.

Fortunately, Professor Highmore didn't see any problems, and only regarded me as a fan of his books.

Well, book lovers forget it.

Although the mission target appeared a little suddenly this time, I still approached him smoothly.

Later, as you said, Professor Haimer’s mood was a little unstable, and he would often do some unexpected things, including signing sales, which is really incomprehensible——writing a bestseller Isn't this kind of thing easy to do?

I have to say that maybe his strength is superb, but his writing style is really not very good, and he doesn't know how to correctly spread what he wants to express.

In other words, he is not understood by others, and he does not know how to make himself understood by others.

Subsequently, a series of changes occurred in Hogwarts.

First of all, the unlucky Professor Haimer was attacked twice by the monsters in the secret room.

Then I inexplicably found a diary that belonged to Tom Riddle!

This frightened me, and I immediately threw the diary into the bathroom, for fear of having any relationship with the mysterious person.

Speaking of which, the bathroom is quite nostalgic.

If it wasn't because I secretly saw Professor Haimer's methods back then, I wouldn't be so eager for strength.You know, I am referring to real strength, so I will accept your gifts and teachings later.

Thanks professor.

As for my other discoveries, Harry Potter, the Boy Who Lived, turned out to be a Parseltongue!

At that time, in order to avoid causing more trouble, I almost got into a fight with Snape, but fortunately the new professor later interrupted us in time, that is, Angela.

She was so beautiful, too beautiful to be human—literally, I suspect she was a mix of wizard and veela, no, maybe even rarer than veela.

In addition, I also suspect that she is Professor Haimer's lover. The relationship between the two is a bit unusual. Otherwise, it is really impossible to explain why she is willing to help Professor Haimer, even to the extent that she asks for help.

But compared to what happened later, these are nothing - because I was threatened by Professor Haimer!

Suddenly he called me into a special classroom and showed me the slain basilisk, as well as the unconscious Skeeter and Goofy.

To be honest, at that moment I completely gave up, thinking that my mission was about to be exposed.

But now it seems that Haimer just saw through the fake identity—that is, the flashy best-selling author. He didn't even know that I was your student, and he didn't know what I was thinking.

It's a pity that it's useless, I was forcibly imprisoned, and I didn't have the slightest chance to touch the two skeletons in his collection.

Speaking carefully, his pet also has some problems. It's not as smart as Xixiu, and it also has a small shovel made by a goblin. It hurts to beat someone!
I'm sorry, professor, this time I didn't complete the task you assigned. It's really more difficult for Professor Haimer to deal with than all the previous goals combined.

Compared to him, Regulus Black was nothing at all, at best he was a stubborn guy, not to mention that he drank poison at the time, and it took no effort at all to take Regulus away.

Next I'm going to find a place to hide, can you help me, professor?I really don't want to fall into Haimo's hands. Judging from all the signs, he must be crazy. The knowledge of the magic circle I have learned is basically impossible to defeat him, even to resist.

Waiting for your reply.

Your dearest student, poor Gilderoy Lockhart. 】

Nurmengard.

In the cell on the highest floor, Gellert Grindelwald withdrew his gaze from the letter, and the fire appeared in his hands, burning the letter to ashes.

He walked to the window, which was a very narrow gap in the black stone. Through the gap, he saw that Kingsley was waiting respectfully under the tower, and beside him was the coffin stolen from Azkaban.

"Open it," Grindelwald ordered.

Kingsley immediately did so, he removed the lid of the coffin, and a skeleton slowly walked out.

In the deeper part of the coffin, there is a combination of plant Animagus, pharaoh mask, and wide hat. They—or it dare not make the slightest move.

No matter how much you pursue immortality, you can't match the wizard who has defeated death.

This is a natural suppression, so that they can't afford the slightest idea of ​​resistance.

With the help of Kingsley, the skeleton rose slowly, flew to the top of the tower, and got in along the gap between the black stones.

Grindelwald dripped a drop of blood on the top of the skull, and watched the skeleton gradually transform into Grindelwald himself.

Now, there is a perfect replacement.

Grindelwald's body changed little by little, shrank, squeezed out of the gap, floated out of the window, and looked at the skeleton that transformed into himself through the gap.

"Ignotus Peverell."

Grindelwald read the name of the skeleton who was one of the three brothers in the Deathly Hallows story.

"You just have to stay here, if you can still understand."

Grindelwald, who turned into a skeleton, didn't respond. He walked to the stone bed and lay down quietly.

Grindelwald himself watched this scene silently outside the window, then slowly fell to the ground, put on the witch robe that Kingsley handed him, and looked in the direction of Hogwarts.

He murmured:

"I hope you haven't forgotten me, Albus."
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Hogwarts is on holiday.

"That's it," Harry said, walking into an empty compartment and putting his luggage on the shelf with difficulty.

"Need help?" he turned to Ginny.

"No!" Ron answered loudly for her, and then he blushed, held his luggage, staggered, and almost fell directly out of the window, but fortunately Hermione and Harry caught him in time.

In addition to the four of them, there was also Luna. She also walked into the car, sat between Ginny and Hermione, picked up Pandora's notebook, and began to scribble.

[I want to ask Professor Haimer to get back those glasses, but he refuses to give them to me. 】

Pandora responded: "I believe Professor Haimer has his reasons for doing this, just wait a little longer, my dear."

At this moment, Hermione asked, "Can you lend me The Quibbler?"

With the exception of Luna, not many students have been able to successfully apply for a free Quibbler.

The magazine was picked up by Hermione and opened slowly, the first report was the news of Sirius Black's escape from prison.

This is also the biggest news in the magic world recently. No one expected Sirius to be so powerful. He forcibly destroyed a part of Azkaban and disappeared without a trace under the supervision of a group of dementors.

"Oh." Hermione sighed: "It seems that Azkaban is not very good, it can make the prisoner escape so brazenly. Are dementors really that powerful?"

She couldn't help but doubt the authority of the Ministry of Magic.

Harry knew what news she was talking about as soon as he heard it, and he reminded in a low voice: "It seems that you should be more careful during the holiday. But you don't have to worry about me, I will just stay in the new bedroom honestly, and don't Know if the Vernon family will keep their promise."

"That's not easy." Ron said, "You just need to mention Professor Highmore to them."

Harry thought of the last time Professor Highmore visited the Vernon family, and he would never have done that in case Professor Highmore really killed the family.

He felt it was possible.

However, there should be no problem with signing documents for visiting Hogsmeade next semester.

Harry thought happily.

At least Professor Highmore can be used to scare them and make them sign the document honestly.

"Any more news?" Harry asked casually.

"Yes." Hermione said, "The missing Skeeter and Goofy have been found. It is said that they entered a special room in Hogwarts by mistake and were sent far away. They almost starved to death in the desert." Middle—but this room is now sealed, I don’t know which one it is.”

This news also involved Hagrid. Ever since Skeeter and Guffy were found, Hagrid was no longer suspected. He did not harm anyone, was released by Azkaban, and returned to Hogwarts.

Of course, it is impossible for the giant eight-eyed spider to stay any longer.They were sent to a place suitable for survival by the principal to ensure that they would not harm innocent people.

Also because of the Forbidden Forest incident, Ginny and Luna sat with them, and they discussed the reason for the acromant riot for a while, but they didn't get any conclusive explanation from the professor, and they didn't know why This kind of thing happens.

"It's all Hagrid's fault." Ron finally concluded, "I hope he can give up keeping these weird animals."

"That would kill him," said Harry.

Gradually, the train reached the terminal and stopped slowly.

As long as he passes through the wall, Harry will temporarily leave the wizarding world.

The Vernon family had been waiting here early, while Petunia and Dudley hid behind Uncle Vernon, looking around in a panic.

"Boy." Uncle Vernon asked tentatively, "Is it just you?"

"What do you mean?" Harry asked knowingly.

"Totoby Highmore." Uncle Vernon was very reluctant to pronounce the other person's name: "He's not with you?"

"So you're referring to Professor Highmore." Harry suddenly realized, "He still has other things to do, but I don't know why I often write to him."

Seeing Uncle Vernon blushing but speechless, Harry grinned at Dudley.

In any case, he had learned to be shrewd.

"Okay, get in the car." Vernon suppressed his anger and panic and said, "What are you looking at?"

Harry thought he was delusional, the black thing across the street flashed by, and he didn't know what it was.

"Nothing," he said, getting into the car.

The big black dog quietly left the station. It was skinny and looked pitiful.

After passing by a butcher shop, the big dog suddenly slowed down. It turned its head and looked around. After finding that no one was paying attention to itself, it quickly bit a cloth bag and ran away at an astonishingly fast speed.

But this appearance was too eye-catching, so the black dog sneaked into an alley, and when it came out again, the cloth bag and the steak inside disappeared without a trace.

The big black dog walked from day to night, and its steps gradually became heavy.

It eventually walked back to a door and twisted it open with its claws.The strange thing is that the passers-by didn't notice this scene at all, as if they couldn't see it.

This was 12 Grimmauld Place, the ancestral home of the Black family, which had been protected by all the secrecy known to the wizarding world by Sirius' father during the war.

While there were still risks, Sirius just couldn't find anywhere else to go, especially when he was carrying a liability.

The room was opened and the room was full of dust.

The black dog turned into a human. He was wearing a black witch robe that was extremely inconsistent with his dirty appearance. He took out a cloth bag that was much bigger than the pocket, and walked up the stairs.

Sirius walked deliberately lightly as he passed a shadowed portrait, and then he came to one of the bedrooms on the top floor, with a door painted in silver and green, the Slytherin symbols.

Sirius pushed the door open and saw Toby tied to a chair.

This obstacle alone is obviously unable to trap Toby, but at this time his state is really not very good.Although he survived after taking off the pharaoh's mask, the pain and damage to his soul still prevented him from recovering immediately, and he could only become weaker day by day.

Sirius stared at him and said, "You have made so many tricks on a witch robe, no wonder James and I couldn't beat you even once."

He threw the cloth bag to the ground, and Toby raised his eyelids and saw the steak inside through the opening.

"Raw." He said weakly, "Is this going to be eaten tonight?"

"It's much better than the food in Azkaban." Sirius said indifferently.

"I remember you had a house-elf who asked him to cook."

"Kreacher isn't here, maybe he's dead, maybe his body will be found in the cupboard."

"It is impossible to find him. Even if it is a corpse, he must be found. Let me go and let me find him."

"Do you think it's possible? I should be more worried than you now."

"I have enemies too"

"It was a surprise."

After arguing back and forth, Sirius finally used Toby's wand to conjure flames, roughly grilled the steak, and it still tasted bloody in his mouth.

Toby was chewing the steak feebly, and he suddenly said: "I thought you would kill me, just like I once wanted to kill you, just like you killed James and Lily."

Sirius didn't even bother to explain to Toby, he threw the bone, got up and said: "I will watch you die slowly, don't expect anyone to come to rescue you."

Toby spat out the steak, and he pulled out a contemptuous smile, completely ignoring Sirius' threat.

At this moment, there was a commotion from downstairs.

Toby laughed out loud: "They found you."

Sirius didn't care about Toby's provocation at all, he became vigilant in an instant, picked up Toby's wand, and walked downstairs quietly until he could clearly see the face of the comer——

"Regulus?"

He frowned tightly, pointed his wand at him and asked:

"Are you a living person... or a ghost?"
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Office of Ancient Magic.

Al stared at the empty playground with a sad face, and Toby, who had turned into a skeleton, sat behind the desk with a dull expression.

The news of Sirius' release from prison has been spread for a long time, but Toby still hasn't come back, and he doesn't know where.

Suddenly, Al seemed to have made up his mind. He knew Toby's plan and how to find him.

Glasses hung on the bridge of his nose, and a small shovel was in his hand.

Al patted his belly hard, and everything that should be taken was there.

It jumped onto the flying carpet and rushed out of the office, its small eyes became extremely serious.

"Ah! (Toby, I'm here to save you!)"

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