Archaeologists at Hogwarts

Chapter 220 Bewitching and the Fourth Collection
Toby's surprise turned into shock and deep uneasiness in the eyes of Dumbledore and Snape.

"What are you up to?" Snape asked coldly.

"Don't be nervous, it's just a little joke." Toby waved his arm, turning another Toby into a skeleton immediately.

Both of them fiddled with the etiquette gesture of thanking the audience after the performance, and then Toby looked up and smiled: "Look at what Grindelwald left for me, it's the third skeleton that can transform into a human—"

"That's exactly what I'm worried about." Dumbledore interrupted suddenly: "Why did he keep this thing?"

Toby turned his head to look at the portrait on the wall. They all stopped pretending to be asleep. They told about "Dumbledore" leaving the school suddenly before, and then told the story of deliberately leaving the skeleton to Toby.

Dumbledore frowned deeply, not looking happy at all.

"What happened?" asked Dairis Dewent, who had already sensed that something was wrong with the people in the room.

Seeing that the headmaster didn't speak, and Snape also seemed to be kept in the dark, Toby simply explained: "The previous headmasters were all pretended by Grindelwald, and you were all deceived, including me. Oh, by the way, there are also dementors, and almost all the dementors have become Grindelwald's subordinates—speaking of which, why are you back, Severus? And why are you back, the principal? Didn't the dementors make a move?"

In such a short period of time, Toby didn't think the two could subdue so many dementors.

Especially Snape, Toby didn't see any silver flashes from the window, nor did he see a physical Patronus.

After Toby finished speaking, the office took a lot of air-conditioning, and the temperature dropped a little.

"Is this true?" Snape looked at Dumbledore and asked. He was woken up in the middle of the night and didn't know what happened before.

Dumbledore's brows never loosened, he said to Snape: "Severus, thank you, I have something to talk to Toby alone."

This is driving people away.

Snape's eyes narrowed, his face turned livid, and he fixed his eyes on Dumbledore, but Dumbledore just shook his head slightly.

After Snape stormed out of the office, Toby asked again: "Headmaster, you haven't answered my question yet. Where are the dementors?"

Dumbledore's blue eyes revealed seriousness. He said: "Whether it was Azkaban or Hogwarts, the dementors didn't do anything. When I rushed to Nurmengard, I found Grindelwald He's back in prison."

Toby blinked blankly, he was surprised by Grindelwald's series of actions - how could there be such a stupid Dark Lord?Fortunately, he thought that there would be a hard battle waiting for him.

In the end, nothing happened, and the expected war ended like this?

At this time, Toby's eyes rolled, and he suddenly said: "Then I should go back, principal, it's getting late now, I have class tomorrow."

While talking, he secretly beckoned the third skeleton to go with him, and at the same time kept saying: "Hey, I still have to teach the second grade students tomorrow, which is really hard for me. Last year The textbooks I used were pharaoh masks, and the plant Animagus, but now that they're all gone, maybe I'll have to go to Gringotts again and pick up some other collections or something."

Not surprisingly, Toby was stopped by Dumbledore before he passed Dumbledore's position.

"What's the matter?" Toby asked with a harmless face, and pushed his hair back to the back of his head, looking more kind.

But in Dumbledore's eyes, there is no kindness at all.

"Sorry, Toby. But you can't take this skeleton."

"Oh, come on." Toby immediately became annoyed: "You don't think Grindelwald has turned into a skeleton, do you? This is even rarer than a skeleton that can turn into a human, at least I have never found it Pass."

"That's not what I meant." Dumbledore's voice was very soft, but his tone was extremely firm: "You can think about it carefully, what exactly did Grindelwald do during the time when Grindelwald was fleeing—— Recruiting Sirius as his subordinate now seems to be a failure, and Regulus did not convince him. There is also the absorption of dementors-on this point, if the guess based on the fact that he can control the magic ball is true, then I What I saw in Azkaban is also very likely to be an illusion. But this has to be guarded against."

"Finally, it's the third skeleton in front of you. If I'm not mistaken, this is most likely the skeleton you got from the coffin of Azkaban. And with its ability to become a wizard, Grindelwald can also It must have escaped from Nurmengadry through this skeleton—because they switched places."

"The coffin?" Toby was still trying to change the subject: "By the way, there is the coffin. Have you found the coffin? Since the pharaoh's coffin disappeared, I often suffer from insomnia from time to time. And the magic ball? Did you see the orb in Nurmengard?"

Dumbledore looked at Toby's way of dodging his eyes, and he asked softly: "Can you tell me how you found the other two skeletons? You never mentioned it in your letter. And you hid in the The memory in the ice, is that really related to the night of the full moon when you were in school? The time you saved Severus?"

"I don't remember, Principal." Toby said with his fingers circling on the side of his head, "Since the memory has been pulled out, how can I remember what memory it is? It no longer exists in my brain inside."

There was a brief silence.

Toby looked at Dumbledore calmly.

"You're right," said Dumbledore suddenly, dropping his arms.

"Then I'm leaving, principal?" Toby asked tentatively, "Take the skeleton away too? By the way, what about the Pen of Access? And the magic ball? You really didn't find the magic ball?"

Dumbledore shook his head, a tired look on his face.

"We'll talk about these things later, you go back first."

Toby hastily slipped away.

After the oak door was closed, the portraits on the wall suddenly shouted.

"How could you really let him take that skeleton away!"

"Is what happened to Grindelwald true?"

"How did he have the ability to escape from Nurmengard?"

"Is the betrayal of the dementors real or fake? I've long since disliked those shadowy fellows."

"Could that idiot named Higher be lying to you?!" Phineas Black screamed, his voice outstanding in a group of portraits: "I've seen a lot of students like this, I thought I could hide My little thoughts! He may be complacent now!"

Dumbledore sat on the chair behind the desk, and ran his palm along Fox's fiery red feathers. It had just led Dumbledore to perform two long-distance apparitions in a row, and now it became sickly, beating I'm sorry.

Dumbledore already understood the hint Grindelwald gave himself.

In Azkaban, Grindelwald once said to the skull that Dumbledore gave him:

"Let me see who this is. Antioch, or Cadmus."

The identities of the three skeletons are known to be the three brothers who once created the Deathly Hallows—Antioch (the Elder Wand), Cadmus (the Resurrection Stone), and Ignotus (the Invisibility Cloak).

It was the three brothers who caused Grindelwald's escape plan and Toby Highmore's transformation.

Now the context of the matter is very clear, and it can be seen from Toby's emphasis on these three skeletons—perhaps, Toby's change after the full moon night when he was in school is related to these three brothers.

Although Toby no longer remembers it now, he deliberately pulled that memory out very early and sealed it in an ice cube that would never melt.

But the experience of that full moon night still continues to affect him, causing him the hidden danger of becoming crazy from time to time.

Especially when he was in school, not long after being affected, Toby, who was only willing to sneak around and make trouble, even came up with an evil plan to solve Penny and Sirius at once, which brought him an abrupt change.

These are all related to the memory in the ice cube.

This is the hint Grindelwald gave Dumbledore.

He was telling him that the story of the Deathly Hallows was far from over.It was almost a curse that continued to affect those around Dumbledore.

First Grindelwald, then Ariana
Now, finally, it was his student's turn.

Dumbledore stared silently at the wand in his hand, which was also the Elder Wand, one of the Deathly Hallows.

He remained silent like this for a long time, so long that the portraits stopped asking questions, and the sky outside the window gradually became bright white.

The bones of the three brothers, the Elder Wand in his hand, and the invisibility cloak inherited from the Harry Potter family, the student who finally gained Toby's trust.

Everything is confirming what Dumbledore wrote to Toby through the parchment last night.

[No matter how many dementors are manipulated, they can't compare to Grindelwald's demagogy. 】
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On the other hand, just after dawn, Toby, who hadn't slept all night, was fully dressed, but he looked radiant.

"Wake up." He pushed Al twice.

Al turned over in a daze, and closed his eyes tightly again without opening them.

Angela, who was lying on the other side of the sofa, asked half asleep, "Where are you going?"

"Go to Gringotts." Toby shook his collar and said, "I have to find a way to prepare the textbooks for the second graders. The pharaoh mask and the plant Animagus are gone, but—forget it, I was thinking of taking it slow, using this indirect way to warn them of the dangers of ritual magic, and then transitioning to the Patronus Charm in the second half of the semester. But who let these two collections be lost?"

Angela suddenly opened her eyes, and she seemed to think of something.

"Ritual magic." She said softly, "I remember you taught immortality last year—could the guards of the temple still be alive? Didn't you say that the monster would have been dealt with long ago?"

"Becoming my collection is also a way to solve it." Toby smiled: "It should be honored for this."

The dazed Angela realized that she had been deceived again, and she glared at Toby angrily.Al on the side quietly opened one eye, and then quickly closed it again. As long as it didn't say Angela, it wouldn't know that he was also involved in this matter.

"Don't think about it." Toby supported Angela's shoulders and pulled her up, and then pushed her towards the disappearing cabinet little by little.Angela firmly pressed against the corners on both sides of the cabinet, and reluctantly turned her head to look at the expression on Toby's face, her silver eyes were wide open.

Just when Angela was about to put her legs on the cabinet door, Toby finally shook his head and sighed: "Is it so important to find the origin? Whether it's a scepter or a guard, they can easily kill you. I don't think the people who created these things will be at ease."

"Remember to say hello to Akinbad (Wagadou's principal) for me. Oh, yes, and bring this too—"

A copy of "The Quibbler" floated over, and Toby stuffed it into Angela's arms: "Ask him if he is interested in opening a magazine in Africa, and tell him that this business belongs exclusively to Hogwarts, not me. Personally, the Black Devil Foundation also has to seize the time to expand its business around the world. If I don't agree, I can only find old friends from various Gringotts."

Angela frowned and stared at him: "Is the old friend you are referring to the kind of guy who will be robbed and deceived again and again?"

"It's more than that." Toby patted Angela's head, showing a cruel smile under the face covered by long hair: "How can it be enough to cheat and rob? In the future, we have to make them more obedient."

"But you don't need to take care of these things. Just be your vice-principal in Waggadu. Remember not to let Waggadu's ritual magic teaching deviate from the direction. I know that the students there are different and are good at infinite magic. Wands to cast spells, but don't really teach them badly."

He waved to Angela who had no choice but to walk into the cabinet, and at the same time shouted: "Al, say goodbye to Angela."

"ah!"

Under Angela's resentful gaze, the cabinet door was slowly closed.

At this time, Al finally woke up. He carefully checked the cage where Scabbers was kept, then rubbed his eyes vigorously, pointed at the extra skeleton behind the desk and yelled.

Now there are three skeletons in total, but one of them has no head, and that head is still with Harry. Toby will have to get that head back when he has time.

"Let's go." He glanced at Banban in the cage and said.

Although the time was a bit tight, Toby rushed back to school before class and was so busy that he didn't even eat breakfast.

"The review of this group of dementors is really troublesome. I need to close Peter's case as soon as possible. I don't know where Black is hiding now."

He walked into the classroom of ancient magic class with half a pie in his mouth, and Al was drinking a cup of hot milk as soon as possible.

"Good morning, boys."

Toby took out a tissue and wiped his fingers, noticing that the students below were all looking at the armor that appeared inexplicably next to the podium.

"Very well, it seems that you have noticed this pair of shining silver armor, it looks very beautiful, doesn't it?"

"But, if you ask me, what's inside the armor is more fascinating."

Toby raised the scepter in his hand as a signal, and a faint magic circle lit up on the armor, as if it was engraved in a short time, the layout was not so regular, but at least it was effective.

As a result, the appearance of the armor gradually became transparent, revealing the collection hidden in its body. This is also one of the seven extremely important collections of Toby in Gringotts, and now it finally appeared in Hoag on this day. Watts.

It looks like a black shadow, but also like a layer of fine smoke, the density is constantly changing, gathering back and forth in different parts, but the shape has never changed too much as a whole.

It is humanoid.

Toby announced to the students who exclaimed: "Please allow me to present it grandly. It may be the only collection left in the magic world, and its value is immeasurable."

"Devil, this is a real devil. It's not an ordinary animal, nor a magical animal. It's almost exactly like us except that it doesn't have a specific appearance."

Under the fearful and curious eyes of the students, Toby casually mentioned: "You may have heard the first class of ritual magic, and I can tell you now, if you don't study hard, maybe you can Will become like this devil."

"Do you understand everything?" He suddenly asked sharply.

"Understood, professor!" The students yelled desperately, afraid that the professor would feel that they were not shouting hard enough.

Toby smiled with satisfaction, and unconsciously saw that he was getting closer to the principal's office.

"Very good, now, let's officially start the class."

(End of this chapter)