Archaeologists at Hogwarts

Chapter 218 Malfoy and Pettigrew

Dorms in Slytherin House.

Draco took a deep breath, put down the blank parchment, and pressed his lips together.

After today's experience, he knew that writing to his father was useless, Lucius couldn't help him.

Professor Higher took Lucius to the bone. He was a completely unruly person. Just that home visit during the holidays scared Lucius out of his wits.

Same goes for Draco.

He had approached Dean Snape for help, at least to get rid of this troublesome ministerial post, but Snape couldn't help him either.

"It's part of the deal." Snape said, "Your father did something that endangered Toby. Toby has restrained himself. Remember, don't try to mess with him again."

Who could Draco turn to for help?
Dumbledore?
Draco knew that Dumbledore would definitely be able to cure Toby, but how could he actually go to the headmaster.Leaving aside the temporary suspension last semester, the conflict between Lucius and the headmaster alone would not have allowed Draco to make such a decision—they had always been at odds with each other on the matter of the blood of the students, It was very unpleasant.

But it's the first day of school!

How can he happily bully others like this, with the pen of truth, anyone can occupy his time at will, and only when eating can he be guaranteed.

You also have to eat on time!
It's so nasty!

At this time, Draco heard a movement outside the door, he picked up his wand nervously, and pointed it at the door.

Crabbe and Goyle were ordered by him to stand outside and guard the gate, lest anyone with blind eyes dare disturb him in his sleep, and if they couldn't subdue each other with their size, let each other in, Della Ke will give the opponent a fierce curse at the first time, and let the short-sighted guy go to the school hospital for a period of time.

This plan was a bit rough, but Draco couldn't control that much, he didn't want to have a bad night's sleep.

Because it's the first day of school!

"Boss!"

Draco heard Crabbe shouting from outside: "This time I didn't come to you to review the prizes. The person who came here is Pansy. She has a message from Professor Highmore for you."

"Let her in." Draco put down his wand, knowing he couldn't stop Professor Highmore's message.

Pansy can be regarded as a member of Draco's small gang, but his position is a bit like a marginal figure, and he is also a little fan of Draco.

The school doesn't ban girls from boys' dormitories, which is an odd rule because the founders feel girls are more reliable than boys.

After Pansy walked in, she worried about Draco's injury for a while, talking to Draco distraughtly.

"That's almost fine," Draco said impatiently.

"You're so brave." There was a look of admiration in Pansy's eyes, and then she said, "Professor Haimer asked you to go to his office. By the way, your father seems to be there too."

"What?" Draco was angry at Pansy's stupidity: "Why didn't you say it sooner?!"

He left the dormitory in a hurry. If it was just him, it would be fine, but why did his father come?
"Hey Draco, come see my—"

"Goyle, Crabbe, stop him!"

"Yes, boss!"

"Ok, no problem!"
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Office of Ancient Magic.

There is a quarrel going on here.

It's just that among the two parties in the quarrel, only Lucius yelled loudly, showing the fact that he lacked confidence.

"I've already disbanded the school board for you, what else do you want? Do you really think that you can be compared with the Dark Lord, and you can easily let me be your subordinate?! This is not included in the previous three requirements! We have agreed in advance!"

Among the three previous requests, one was for Lucius to tell who had tipped him off, and the answer was Regulus.

The second requirement is to use Draco, who is now the head of the Black Devils Club.

The third was to disband the school board, for which Lucius was under a lot of pressure.He would never have been able to accomplish this had it not been for the help of Hogwarts itself.

This is also something Lucius has been unable to figure out. How could Dumbledore agree to let Toby mess around?
In front of Lucius' roar, Toby just smiled casually. He fiddled with the locket in his hand with his fingers. Lucius looked terrified, and leaned back slightly with his tensed cheeks, away from the locket. The distance between them is farther.

"You'll agree," Toby said simply.

Soon, Draco arrived out of breath.

Lucius knew what Toby meant when he saw him.

"Are you going to threaten me?" He asked angrily, "Threat me with my child?"

Toby glanced at him and said calmly, "But this method works, doesn't it? Come closer, Draco."

Draco walked to the table and looked at Lucius for help.

Lucius stretched his palms into his robes, clenched his wand tightly with his fingers and loosened it again and again, his face cloudy and uncertain.

Toby looked at them and spoke again, "I already know what you've been through today, Draco. It looks like you had a rough first day of school, but I have a way to fix it, and you want to hear Do you want to listen?"

He obviously wasn't really asking for Draco's opinion, because in the next second, a black notebook floated out of Toby's drawer and automatically fell in front of Draco.

"This book is called the Book of False, and it is matched with the Pen of Truth. You carry it with you at all times, and the Pen of Truth will no longer control your arm, but will write the review results in the false On the book. And the text will not be seen by anyone, only I can see it."

Draco immediately understood that as long as he had the false book, he would be completely free!No more time spent reviewing those prizes!Even the usual true thoughts will not be made fun of by others - except for Professor Highmore, but what other choice does Draco have?It seems that there is no more.

Just as he was about to take the notebook away, Lucius suddenly pressed it down.Lucius' eyes widened. This black notebook reminded him of the items that were originally hidden in his own secret room. It was also given to him by Voldemort, and it was related to the Hogwarts secret room.

It's Tom Riddle's diary.

"Don't worry." Toby said casually, "You also have a share."

Another black notebook floated out of the drawer, identical to the Book of False given to Draco.

"This is an incredible book. It's called the Book of the Black Devil. It's only the first book now. There may be more in the future. Take it, Lucius, and it will be used as a tool for you and me to communicate in the future. It's much easier to write letters."

Lucius suddenly couldn't understand, how could there be two Riddle's diaries?
He asked Draco to leave the office with the false book and wait for him at the door.

When only Toby and Lucius were left in the room, he picked up the Book of the Black Devil and asked, "Are you imitating the Dark Mark?"

"Don't ask so many questions." Toby fiddled with the locket and said, "It's not your turn to ask such questions. You just need to nod, or shake your head, and you have 1 minute left for you to think about it. I'm not as patient as you think."

Time passed by, and Lucius was sweating profusely.

He finally understood that as long as Toby was still at Hogwarts, there was no way he could get rid of Toby's clutches, unless Draco was transferred from the beginning.

But it's too late to say anything now.

"I promise." Lucius said decadently.

In front of a satisfactory answer, Toby finally put away the locket.This made Lucius breathe a sigh of relief, he really didn't want to face that inhuman fear again.

"Very good." Toby said, "Next, you go to register a company, add the name Black Devil Foundation, and choose the office location in Diagon Alley, preferably next to the silent book company, there is this With the name here, the Black Devil won't appear so obtrusive."

"Just do these things first. A goblin will come to you in a few days. His name is Wicky. From now on, you will work under him, and he will teach you how to do it."

Lucius' face was ashen. He didn't expect Toby to humiliate himself like this—let the Malfoy family work under the goblin's hands?
"It's interesting, isn't it?" Toby smiled. "Do you think it's not so bad to be a Mudblood's subordinate now?"

Lucius didn't answer the question, he lowered his head, and unknowingly returned to his previous status as a servant in front of the Dark Lord.

"Take the book of the black devil." Toby finally reminded: "This is something you only have, remember this."

Lucius vaguely realized that he had become Wikita's eyeliner.

"Go." Toby ordered: "You will thank me for this decision in the future. By the way, there is one more thing. You must continue to control your contacts in the Ministry of Magic. I know that your current gold is not enough. That's a lot, but the Foundation has a lot, way more than you can imagine."

After Lucius left, Toby took out the locket again and observed it repeatedly.

"Fear. You are so useful that I can't bear to destroy you."

He took out the real Riddle's diary and the Hogwarts access pen, put these three things on the table, thinking about the task that Dumbledore gave him - to find Voldemort, and many more items like this.

Meanwhile, Toby was silently waiting for someone.

Time slowly came to the night, and there was a sudden noise from the cabinet in the corner, and then Al, who was yelling, and Angela, who was confused, came out of the cabinet.

Angela was holding a copy of the "Daily Prophet" in one hand, and a cage in the other hand. Inside was a mouse that looked a little old, and it was missing a toe. It was the same as the Weasley family in the newspaper. The mice in the photo look exactly the same.

Toby took over the cage, he looked at it carefully for a while, then raised his head and said gently: "Thank you, Angela."

Angela asked suspiciously: "You asked Al to find me just for such a simple thing? Catch a mouse for you?"

"Of course it's more than that." Toby deliberately put on a Dumbledore tone and said, "I have some guesses, very interesting ones. Now even I don't know if I should hope those guesses are true."

Angela was stupefied when she heard that Toby, who was carrying the cage, suddenly disappeared, and she realized that it was Toby who had cast the Disillusionment spell.

But she didn't see the magic ball, and she remembered that Toby's Disillusionment Charm wasn't that powerful and wouldn't last long.

After the door of the office was closed by the invisible Toby, Angela asked Al, "Where's your magic ball?"

Al shook his head regretfully: "Yeah (lost)."

"What?!" Angela was shocked, "What about my scepter?"

Al looked at her dissatisfied: "Yeah (that's my and Toby's scepter)."

"Did you lose the scepter?" Angela asked anxiously.

Al rolled his eyes, and suddenly nodded vigorously: "Yeah (it's a pity, it's also lost)."

Angela immediately gritted her teeth, grabbed Al and rubbed its head vigorously: "You're lying! You're trying to lie to me again! Did Toby tell you to do this?"

The office suddenly became noisy.

When Toby came back again, what he saw was Al sitting on the flying carpet and flying high. Angela kept shooting spells with her wand, trying to capture Al again.

As soon as she saw Toby appear, Angela jumped on Toby, flipped through his pockets, and kept yelling, "Where's my scepter? Where's my scepter?"

"What's your scepter?" Toby's tone was exactly the same as Al's. He pushed Angela's head away and said angrily, "It's lost! It's all lost! You can't find the scepter again Already!"

Angela's body froze immediately, and she looked devastated: "How can it be possible that I am really lost, then I will never know who I am."

Toby frowned and looked at her for a few times, and then found that Al was winking at him, and immediately understood what was going on.

Angela was still mourning: "The temple has also collapsed, the guards are gone, and even the only clue has been lost by you, you give me back my scepter! You give me back my scepter! Woohoo Woo-"

"Go, go." Toby pushed Angela away in disgust, so as not to let the witch robe get wet with tears and snot: "Forget it, Al, hurry up, show her the scepter, remember not to be She snatched it away, otherwise I don’t know how I died.”

As soon as Angela saw that the scepter was taken out by Al from her belly pocket, she immediately hugged it tightly with both hands and feet. Al grimaced and grabbed the crown decoration on the top of the scepter, and quickly beckoned for the skeleton to come over to help, so as not to be caught. Angela accidentally snatched it away.

Toby didn't watch the farce, he was staring at the sleeping rat Scabbers in the cage.

In just a short while, he had sneaked into the Gryffindor dormitory and swapped Scabbers with the previous mouse without anyone noticing.

The fat lady was in a drowsy sleep, and she probably didn't even know someone broke in.

As for the password, it couldn't be simpler. Neville Longbottom was willing to give his life for the great professor of ancient magic.

Toby poured Scabbers out of the cage, poked it back and forth twice with his wand, and then reminded the two on the side: "Come and help, it will be bad if he accidentally escapes."

Angela subconsciously tugged on the scepter a few times, and Al and the skeleton held on tightly, preventing her from succeeding.

She had no choice but to clenched her wand angrily, and her other hand was not idle, and she took Toby's shovel.

Al was standing across the room, also holding his own small shovel.

The skeleton guarded the gate, trying to put on an "I'm strong" look, with its thin arms stretched out and its mouth open, and it also called another headless skeleton to stand in front of itself .

After everything was ready, Toby took a deep breath, pointed his wand at Scabbers, and shot a blue light from it.

For a split second, Banban stopped in mid-air, his small gray body writhed crazily, howling continuously in his sleep—the mouse fell to the ground, and there was another dazzling flash, a head came out, and so did its limbs. A short man appeared in place, with dull, thinning hair in a mess, a large patch of baldness on top, wrinkled and dirty skin.

Peter Pettigrew cried out in pain again, he vaguely saw Toby Highmore's figure, but that was impossible, no one knew what his Animagus was, even if he knew, it would be impossible Discovered the finger he had intentionally severed.

So Pettigrew closed his eyes again, hoping to wake up from his sleep quickly.

At this moment, a glass of ice water was poured on his head, and at the same time there was a cold questioning voice: "Are you still going to pretend to be asleep? The next time you will pour more than just ice water on your head."

Angela stared at this scene dumbfounded: "When did you learn this kind of magic? But turning a mouse into a wizard?"

"Yeah." Al explained a few words from a long distance away, and then saw Toby step on Peter, who was gradually waking up, squatting down, and pointed his wand at Peter's face.

"I'm not me." Peter was so scared that tears flowed out.

"Looks like you haven't wasted your time at school." Toby stared at Peter closely and said, "Dark Devil, yeah, they're talking about me."

"Toby Highmore," said Peter, in a high-pitched, thin voice, trying to be cheerful. "It's been so long since I've seen you—ah!"

His hair was grabbed by Toby, and he knocked back and forth on the floor several times, knocking him dizzy.

Al shook his head a few times, there are always such stupid guys who think that they can get away successfully with words alone, if it is really that simple, it would not be enough to die with Toby seven or eight times.

Angela just frowned slightly. If it was so difficult to recognize the current situation, it would be impossible for Toby to take her along for the archaeological work.

After being tortured, Peter immediately became much more honest.

"Tell me." Toby said viciously, "Who told you to leak the secret back then?"

"Yes." Pettigrew screamed and wailed. "It's Gellert Grindelwald! I don't know why I'm being targeted by him! But he always finds me! He asked me to tell the secret."

Toby's eyes flickered twice.

Only then did he finally express his interesting guess: "What about James and Lily? Are they still alive?"

"I don't know." Pettigrew shook his head and said, "I really don't know. I don't know what happened afterwards. I can only hide"

Toby stood up slowly, and he told Al and Angela: "Let him turn into a mouse again and put him in a cage."

After saying this, Toby walked towards the gate, and the skulls with heads and the skeletons without heads stepped aside.

But after walking a few steps, Toby stopped suddenly again, turned around, walked behind the desk and sat down, frowning and staring at the mouse in the cage, without saying a word.

"What's the matter?" Angela walked over and asked worriedly.

"Because of Regulus." Toby said something Angela couldn't understand: "If he is alive, maybe everyone else is too, so I guess Lily and James may not be dead either. But now But it’s a little bit inaccurate.”

Angela knew who James and Lily were, and Gellert Grindelwald's name.

"Did you just want to go to Dumbledore?" She asked, "Ask Dumbledore to help solve Grindelwald's problem?"

Toby leaned back, leaned back in the chair, and took a deep breath.

"It's late." He closed his eyes and said wearily, "I knew how Dumbledore would agree to the name Black Devil. It turned out that he had been replaced long ago."

"It's just us now. It's just us"

(End of this chapter)