Archaeologists at Hogwarts

Chapter 202 Recruitment of New Professors
"Blake?" Lupine asked blankly, "You mean Sirius? Why did he come to me?"

"Because he disappeared." Toby stretched his neck and looked into the house. He said, "He disappeared after he was going to starve me to death. Someone found 12 Grimmauld Place. You should know that this is the house of the Black family. , after being cast with so many protective spells, not many people can find him."

"After that, there was no fight, and Black didn't put up any resistance, and he just followed the visitor away."

"Isn't that you you?"

Lupine couldn't understand what Toby was saying. He moved away and said, "You'd better come in first. Of course, if you don't mind, it's not a full moon tonight."

"I can't wait to see it," Toby said pointedly.

Lupine seemed to have gotten used to Toby's strange temper a long time ago. He took Toby and Al into the living room, and then went to the kitchen to get some things, but when he opened the drawer, he found it was empty. I remembered that there was no tea in the house for a long time.

In the end he had to come back with two glasses of warm boiling water, one for Toby and the other for Al, and nothing for himself.

"Aren't there enough cups?" Toby looked around and asked. The furniture in the house was very old, and even the sofa was no longer so soft.

"Yeah." Lupine said gently, with a helpless smile on his face: "I just lost a job not long ago, and I was planning to try my luck after dawn-let's talk about Sirius, why did he want to Starve you to death?"

"That's the thing." In Toby's description, Sirius became a villain who took advantage of the opportunity to attack. He happened to meet Toby who was seriously injured, so he decided to take him away as revenge on him.

But these words changed completely in Lupine's ears.

"Wait a minute." He asked with a strange expression: "How did you happen to meet Sirius? Could it be? It was your disturbance in Azkaban that allowed Sirius to escape smoothly?"

"You actually want to do archaeology in Azkaban?"

"It's already been done." Toby admitted indifferently.

This was hard to hide from Lupine after having a shared archaeological experience.

"Fortunately." Lupine shook his head and said, "Fortunately, I didn't accept your employment again, otherwise, once I was caught, it would only give the Ministry of Magic more excuses to target werewolves, and our situation would become even worse."

"Oh?" Toby smiled mockingly: "Is that so? Are you unwilling to accept my employment because you are worried about the consequences? Tsk tsk tsk, I don't see that."

The atmosphere became a little awkward for a while.

Facing Toby's disdainful gaze, Lupine reluctantly admitted: "Well, I gave up halfway because I was pampered. But you have to admit that the snow mountain is really too cold. I still remember that after the full moon woke up, I thought My own tail was frozen off."

Toby still had a disgusted expression on his face: "It seems that your life is not embarrassing enough. Besides, what if it freezes off? It should be able to grow back after your next transformation."

Lupine simply gave up arguing with Toby.

But Toby wouldn't stop. He asked, "Well, it looks like Black isn't with you. But why didn't you ever mention that he was an Animagus? Who else?"

"You even know this kind of thing." Lupine murmured, "It seems that you really met Sirius, and you really went to Azkaban, anyway, it's been so long. Besides him there is James and Peter, they both learned the Animagus. James can turn into a stag, Peter is a mouse. They will accompany me in animal form when I transform, and that's about it many."

"But they're all dead," said Toby suddenly, staring straight at Lupine. "Both of them died in the war. Only you and Black are left alive."

Lupine was silent for a moment, then said: "The war killed a lot of people. A lot of people."

At this time, Toby stood up and seemed to be planning to leave.He walked to the gate with Al on his shoulders, turned around and said, "Before I leave, I have one more thing—"

"Stop talking." Lupine suddenly interrupted: "I won't accept your conditions. It's fine if you just use wolfbane potion to hire werewolves, but this idea is still too alarmist, let alone leading this You are the one who made the plan—don’t look at me like that, Toby, I can still tell the difference between good and bad. And I’ve already advised you that ancient magic isn’t all friendly, there’s a part of it—”

"Stop, stop!" Toby quickly raised his hand and said, "Don't think too bad of me, after all, I'm just an archaeologist who is passionate about ancient magic."

Lupine looked back and said, "Huh? Where's my tail? Oh, I see, it almost broke because of you."

"Don't worry, it will grow back." Toby said unconsciously, "I know what you think, but I don't plan to recruit werewolves as subordinates anymore. That's just an immature idea I once had. Now I want to invite you to be the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor for the next semester."

Lupine stopped joking, and asked in surprise, "Are you serious? Wait a minute, I know you are the professor of ancient magic at Hogwarts, but when did you have the power to recruit other professors? Deng Will Bullido agree?"

"Of course I will." Toby said: "I did this thing last year-even though it turned out that I didn't have a good eye for people and made the previous professor abscond in fear of crime, but this time-if If you are willing to come, I will find a way to persuade Severus to let him prepare the wolfsbane potion for you once a month, and I can still afford this amount."

Lupine looked at him suspiciously: "When did the black devil become so kind?"

Toby said mysteriously: "Trust me, you will never regret it."

Lupine didn't hesitate too long. He wrote back to Toby the next day saying that he agreed to his invitation, and now he needed a serious job.

At this time Toby had already returned to Hogwarts. He ignored Lupine's implication that archaeology was not serious, and found Dumbledore with this reply.

"Very good." Dumbledore commented: "I am gratified that you are willing to take the initiative to take on the responsibility of the headmaster. You are becoming more and more like a qualified headmaster."

"Really?" Toby pressed, suspecting that Dumbledore was just trying to get rid of himself as quickly as possible.

"It's true." Dumbledore said affirmatively, with a look of "I like you".

"Of course, it would be even better if you can avoid breaking through the skylight at Hogwarts."

This is referring to the accident in Azkaban, which caused a lot of noise.

Well, Dumbledore is using this to teach Toby a lesson again.

Toby simply pretended not to understand, and he told about Sirius, the leaked algae, and the missing magic ball.

"It seems that you are not the only one who is pursuing the secrets of ancient magic." Dumbledore fell into deep thought: "Is there anyone else who can use magic balls besides you?"

"No more." Toby shook his head and said, "That's not the same as a wand. Only I can control it, but I don't know where it is hidden."

"Where is that mysterious visitor?" Dumbledore asked again, "Who do you think it could be?"

"Kreacher." Toby said decisively: "The only house elf in the Black family that I can think of right now is the only one who can enter and leave the house at will. But this clue is still doubtful, because I Knowing that Sirius never liked Kreacher, let alone go with him without saying anything—this is all Regulus told me when I was in school."

"Reculus," Dumbledore recalled, "I remember the boy, and I hear he died in the war, like so many."

"It's more than that." Toby sarcastically said, "He must have joined the Death Eaters side. With parents like that, he can't even refuse."

The Black family is a staunch pure-blood supremacist. Similar to the Malfoy family, they are both well-known "pure-blood" families.

"It's pointless to discuss these now." Dumbledore shook his head and said, "No matter what, I want to congratulate you for finally getting rid of the influence of the pharaoh mask, and finally you don't have to bluntly drive me out of Hogwarts .”

Toby stared at the spinning top on the table in embarrassment, and the boos of the portraits of the principals on the wall sounded in his ears.

"It's really shameless." Phineas Black rarely won the approval of most people: "I have never seen such a bold and ambitious student, Dumbledore should hang you up and slap you—— What are you going to do? Put me down!"

Dumbledore coughed twice, restraining Toby's urge to destroy the portrait with his eyes.

"This is the property of the school." He persuaded.

"Of course I understand, Principal." Toby stared viciously at Phineas who was hiding behind the chair: "I really hope you can save it until the day I take office."

Then he took the sympathetic Al and left the principal's office with it.

The next person to go to is Snape, in order to solve the matter of Wolfsbane.

Toby thought about going to Professor Slughorn for help, but he lived too far away, and it was said that he was also very busy, busy with holding parties, so it would be more convenient to ask Snape.

"Hey, Severus!"

Toby kicked open the door of the potion office: "Look who is back, your few friends and buddies, plus your future boss—Toby Highmore! Wait a minute, what are you doing, Are you packing your luggage?"

Snape, who was putting the magic book in the suitcase, trembled angrily, his cheeks were tense, he was not at all happy that Toby successfully took off the mask, but roared angrily: "Get out of here go out!"

"Don't be so mad," Toby said nonchalantly, brushing his hair back on his head, and quickly realized he hadn't done that in a long time.

"It's so nostalgic." He stroked it again.

Snape growled louder: "Get out of here! Now, now, now!"

"Hey, hey, hey." Toby raised his hand to stop him: "Don't do this, Severus. I've already advised you to try the shampoo invented by the Potter family. It's not my fault that your hair looks ugly." .Of course, this probably has something to do with Lily's disdain for you. There's really no way. Who makes the three of us usually get together. You know—"

He compared back and forth with his fingers: "The gap, this is the gap."

Snape quickly shot a spell, smashing the glass bottle full of Sleepy Beans, Toby of course dodged swiftly.

"It seems that this is a good start." Toby stared at the debris on the floor and said, "I'm here to inform you to prepare the Wolfsbane potion for next semester in advance, that's right, Severus, Remus will Will be the next Defense Against the Dark Arts professor."

Snape yelled angrily, "It's none of my business! Don't expect me to help him!"

"Calm down." Toby opened his eyes and said nonsense: "This is the principal's order, you must do this, otherwise you will be fired, let you go back to Spider's End Alley, and die alone for the rest of your life, it's pitiful to think about it ——Besides, you packed your bags and you really intend to go home, right? You'd rather go back to that kind of place than stay at Hogwarts?"

"It's none of your business." Snape repeated grimly again: "And don't think I don't know you're lying, how could Dumbledore fire me. If it was really his order, he would personally Come to me."

"What did you say?" Toby suddenly changed his face: "Are you so sure that the principal will not fire you? I knew the principal would not recruit you for no reason. Tell me, what are you two planning?"

Snape narrowed his eyes: "You should ask Dumbledore and see if he will tell you."

"Nonsense." Toby sarcastically said, "Do you think it's easier to threaten Dumbledore, or is it easier to threaten you?"

Snape raised his wand again. "Would you like to try it?" He said maliciously.

At this time, Toby suddenly said: "Lockhart tricked us."

"What?" Snape said, frowning. "What did you mention him for?"

"Because he fooled everyone." Toby pulled a chair and sat down and said, "You, me, Dumbledore, and other professors, and some students-I mean those who thought he was Lying students."

"Lockhart has real facts. His stories in the book are not all fabricated and deceitful. I don't know how much water there is, but he is very likely to be a powerful wizard. At least Learned Occlumency."

Snape's expression became serious a little bit, which was very different from the Lockhart he had imagined, including other professors who thought that Lockhart was just a fake liar.

And, let's not forget, he'd gotten into a fight with Lockhart in dueling lessons, and almost got into a fight.

"What about the others?" Snape asked.

"Missing." Toby spread his hands and said, "He disappeared without doing anything. Do you think he was deliberately hiding something?"

"How do I know." Snape turned back and continued to pack his luggage, then sarcastically said: "Maybe he came because of you, it seems that you have to be careful in the future, great Lord Black Devil."

Of course, he couldn't be praising Toby, and his tone was not well-intentioned.

But after waiting for a while, Snape noticed that Toby had rarely quarreled with himself.

He turned silently and stared at Toby.

"You're right." Toby said solemnly, "He came here just for me."

"Magic circle, this is the most sufficient evidence. Long before coming to Hogwarts, Lockhart learned the magic circle. It's not easy, you should know how bad my "Ancient Magic" is written The accident that was supposed to happen later—that is, the short-lived resurrection of the basilisk's shedding skin was also an illusion deliberately created by Lockhart."

"That is to say, besides me, there is another group of people in the magic world who are eyeing ancient magic, as well as ancient magic creations, and the magic ball was stolen by them. I suspect that this has something to do with Lockhart, Otherwise, who would care about this special magic circle item? Although the evidence is not conclusive, there must be a connection."

"Of course, Kreacher has to be added now. He may be one of them. A house-elf, which is really strange."

"Kreacher?" Snape thought carefully for a while, "You mean the house-elf of the Black family?"

Toby shared this news with him and Lily when he was in school. At that time, Toby envied that he also wanted a house elf, but the purpose was a bit dark, so that it could perfectly show the effect of ancient magic. researching.

At that time, Lily tried her best to reprimand Toby's bad idea, and Snape also mocked a few words, but it was too late, little Toby didn't care about revealing his true inner thoughts in front of them, which made them suffer every day. psychological torture.

"It's the Black family!" Toby said loudly, "Don't you want to seek revenge on Black? Don't forget, he was the one who wanted to use Remus to kill you, and I rescued you back. And, also Later, I wanted to avenge you, and blamed Black for killing Petunia."

"It was only because of your dark mind that you carried out the real murder plan." Snape said coldly: "Ancient magic has had an irreversible impact on you, and you are to blame for everything."

"Aren't you the same?" Toby said lazily, "I can't remember how many times you wanted to kill James, but you just couldn't."

The two were silent for a while, and finally Snape was the first to break the silence and asked, "What does what you said have anything to do with Lupine?"

"Of course it has something to do with it." Toby snapped his fingers, and said in a low voice, "What do you think of recreating the scene back then and trying to get Remus who turned into a werewolf to kill Black?"

"It's easy to do, as long as you accidentally lack some kind of material when preparing the wolfsbane potion, making the potion ineffective. Moreover, the ancient magic around me, plus the evidence that Black appeared on Privet Drive, let me And Harry Potter became double bait, and sooner or later we'll catch Black with our own hands."

"Death at the hands of our former friends will not stain our souls, but it can also be regarded as Blake's best destination."

Snape squinted at Toby, then moved his gaze to the door of the office and said, "Good afternoon, Headmaster."

Toby waved his hand impatiently: "Don't use the principal to scare me, this is between you and me. Even if the principal doesn't allow it, so what? Are you going to report me? What's wrong with a prisoner who has been sentenced to life imprisonment? kind."

"Really?" Dumbledore's voice sounded behind Toby: "Is what you said true, Toby? Do you think I should be kinder to you?"

Toby turned his head slowly and saw the familiar beard and glasses, then he lowered his head again and said with emotion: "Your silent spell is really good, principal."

Dumbledore waved his hand suddenly: "Grab him!"

Snape immediately used his wand to conjure a rope, Toby struggled and shouted: "Let me go! Am I wrong? The magic ball, the fugitive, plus killing Harry's parents, and almost starving me to death Well, shouldn't he be dead? That's what Slytherins do! Not to mention I'm more than a Slytherin—"

"Pass me the Potion of Living Hell!"

"Here it is, principal, I just finished the last batch of potions not long ago."

"Uh-uh-al save me! Uuuuuuuuuuuu."

After Toby and Erziqi fell asleep, the world was finally quiet.

(End of this chapter)