Archaeologists at Hogwarts

Chapter 223

On the wilderness outside Hogwarts Castle, where the magic car was parked before, it is still there.

Toby jumped off Buckbeak, got inside the car, grabbed the buttons, and flipped the radio back and forth.

After trying for half an hour, Toby finally gave up his plan to contact Sirius Black, and he didn't respond at all.

"Could it be dead?"

Toby fiddled with the storage board unconsciously, making a clicking sound.

"But if Black is dead, the case will be solved better. Pettigrew has committed a greater crime, and there is no need to explain the fact that Black escaped from prison. It just clears up my suspicions."

"Then let Black die. It would be better if Regulus could jump out and explain, and he could be caught as well—that's the decision!"

The corners of Toby's mouth curled up. He stepped out of the car, patted the roof of the car twice, then walked back to Buckbeak contentedly, stroked his head and said, "Let's go. Wait a few more days, Those nasty dementors should be gone, hopefully this time they'll all get rid of them, you don't like them, do you?"

Buckbeak was trembling. It felt that the wizard in front of him was no friendlier than the dementor, and they all looked similar.

Toby rushed back to Hogwarts excitedly, and as soon as he got back, he went straight to the headmaster's office, pushed open the oak door with a bang, and before the figure appeared, he shouted loudly: "Principal, good news, Black is dead!" Yes! Even the corpse is hot! I ran into it just as I was going out, what a coincidence! Headmaster? Headmaster?"

Dumbledore sat behind his desk, his eyes unable to tell what it meant.

Ignoring the portraits' pointing, Toby saw a freshly opened letter lying on the table.

"Whose letter is that?" he asked.

Dumbledore sighed, and he finally said, "It's an urgent letter sent by Fudge just now. He doesn't want me to make things big, and he only wants to communicate in private."

"Big trouble? What else is there to make trouble? Can Grindelwald's escape be concealed?"

"Exactly." Dumbledore said: "And it's not just about Grindelwald, Fudge is even more reluctant to admit that Azkaban's defense has more problems after Sirius escaped, which is very bad for his status." Unfavorable—especially the dementors, he completely rejected my suggestion about withdrawing the dementors, and even wanted to intensify the strict supervision of Hogwarts."

"This idiot." Toby sneered: "Didn't you tell him that Black was wronged? Then who should he guard against? Grindelwald? Or—"

Dumbledore looked at Toby meaningfully: "You are right, Fudge is on guard against me, he is very dissatisfied with my trespassing into Azkaban, and thinks my behavior has threatened the safety of the magic world .Those dementors are just a warning. Unless I promise not to mention this matter again, he will not let it go, and even vaguely revealed the idea of ​​arresting me."

Toby's eyes widened in surprise: "Fudge really said that in the letter? That's Grindelwald. Isn't it better for you to take action than the Aurors, they will only increase the casualties."

"In fact——" Dumbledore emphasized: "Fudge had some doubts about Grindelwald's escape, and he sent someone to the Austrian Ministry of Magic overnight to inform the news. Rufus Skrein, the director of the Auror Office Jie also went to Nurmengard himself, and Grindelwald lived well there. He categorically denied his experience of escaping from prison, but he did indicate that I had been to Nurmengard and planned to [communicate] with him in advance. .”

"Where is the blood alliance?" Toby asked in surprise: "The second blood alliance you and Grindelwald established, the blood bottle that restricted Grindelwald from being released from prison, didn't it break?"

"No one knows about it." Dumbledore shook his head and said, "We didn't announce the news with great fanfare. Almost no one knows the existence of that blood alliance."

Toby was stunned: "So, under Grindelwald's calculations, what those people wanted to think didn't happen? Grindelwald even thought of this in advance?"

"Yes." Dumbledore nodded and said, "Whatever they intend to do can't happen."

This is really a difficult question. Who told Grindelwald that he never contacted anyone after he escaped from prison?Not to mention that he returned to Nurmengard after doing nothing.

It may not be accurate to say nothing, but those things are too inconspicuous-Dumbledore was trapped in Azkaban for a month, but Grindelwald's Dumbledore stayed in the school again good.Then Grindelwald was indifferent to Toby's dismissal of the school board and the establishment of the Black Devil Foundation, and finally left Toby a gift.

Well, a skeleton present.

But even this skeleton cannot be evidence of Grindelwald's escape unless it is demonstrated in front of those people.

The point is that just becoming a human is not enough. Nurmengard has many powerful protective magics. Who knows how Grindelwald managed to switch the positions of the two without being noticed by anyone.

Only Grindelwald knows this.

At this time, Dumbledore asked suddenly: "The corpse you mentioned, is it that you plan to use one of the three skeletons to create the corpse of Sirius?"

"I really think so." Toby said frankly: "Otherwise, what else can they be used for? Probably that's all they can do. I have collected them for so many years and have not gained anything. Of course, the new one I Will have to keep researching it to see what the difference is, so I can only use the other two to disguise as Black - speaking of which there are still issues to be resolved, we don't have Black's blood, that's part of the ritual. Don't know about the hair no."

He didn't notice Dumbledore's slightly shining eyes, and continued to say with a headache: "But I found that this deception is really flawless, even I have never seen Grindelwald with my own eyes. If I hadn't met Regulus, Plus knowing you're not the type to make jokes like that, I might even be on their side. You'll have a hard time then, Headmaster, not to brag, but there's still some power in ancient magic. "

Toby saw Dumbledore showing a smile, thinking that he underestimated the role of ancient magic, so he added to the flames and said: "Don't look down on ancient magic, let alone me, the next headmaster will be the next headmaster besides me." Who is eligible? Dean McGonagall? I don't want to wait that long."

"You are indeed remarkable, Toby." Dumbledore said gently, "Then let's do this."

"What?" Toby froze.

"Go and find a way to find Sirius' hair first." Dumbledore smiled and said, "I guess you might gain something at 12 Grimmauld Place, try to find Sirius's former bedroom. What are you waiting for?" Time to disguise his body so we can go to the Ministry of Magic and speak to Fudge in person."

Toby stared at Dumbledore with a strange look on his face: "Did you plan it long ago? Just to wait for me to speak up? If I'm not wrong, you are guarding against the influence of those three skeletons on me." ? It’s not the one left by Grindelwald, as long as any one is separated.”

"That's right." Dumbledore said softly: "Grindelwald is a bigger threat than we imagined, and I have seen it myself, so I took many risks to rush to Azkaban. It's the same now, I know very well that there will be no results just by pressing the person of Nurmengadri, he must have planned everything long ago, and will not reveal any flaws."

"Then the rest is very simple. Find a way to disassemble the three skeletons. It doesn't matter which one they are. In any case, they can't be kept together. After all, there are only three skeletons that can transform into wizards." There are only these three, and all possible risks must be taken into account."

"What about Blake?" Toby asked curiously, "Do you really want to leave him alone?"

"I'll take care of it," said Dumbledore.

Looking at the extremely calm headmaster in front of him, Toby suddenly thought of something, and subconsciously uttered it: "All you do...is for the greater good?"

This is Gellert Grindelwald's iconic manifesto.

Dumbledore's current behavior is to sacrifice Black's nominal existence, so as to focus all his energy on dealing with the threat brought by Grindelwald.

Dumbledore looked up at Toby, the wrinkles on his face seemed to have deepened a bit, but his tone was unprecedentedly resolute.

"Sometimes, I can't help but think, maybe... I've always been like this."

Dumbledore's words gave Toby a powerful shock.

He thought without doubt that there must be more unknown connections between the two, and the archaeological personality hidden in his body was ready to move.

However, before that, he still has more things to deal with.

Unexpectedly, it didn't take Toby much time to find Sirius' hair, and he didn't even need to go to 12 Grimmauld Place, because Sirius fell in the blue magic car Fallen hair.

He's been in this car long enough.First, he brought the comatose Toby who had just left Azkaban back to No. 12, Grimmauld Place, and then came together with Regulus.

These hairs were carefully collected by Toby, and there might be Regulus in them.

The next thing to test is to camouflage the corpse.

Sure enough, it was difficult to replace blood drops with hair alone. After repeated attempts, Toby finally used a certain knowledge in the magic circle, combined with ritual magic, and finally succeeded.

He guessed that this special magic circle was used by the wizards in Loch Ness City to identify their identities, and it was used for the same purpose as Bone Age Algae.

This is a bit strange.

Toby noticed very early on that magic circle and ritual magic are two completely different kinds of magic. Ritual magic gradually evolved into the spells used today, which are easy to understand, while magic circle just disappeared.

But these two types of magic are inextricably linked. It is really hard to understand what those ancient wizards thought.

This is the history of the fault line in the wizarding world.

The earliest written records can only be traced back to the ancient Greek period, and only archaeologists like Toby can discover more ancient ones.Due to the small number of wizards, he is the only wizard who really devotes himself to archaeology. Others are not very interested in history.

All for great ideals.

Many times, Toby can only repeat this sentence repeatedly, silently persevering in various difficulties and dangers.

There are other things to be busy with.

Witch, the goblin owner of the Egyptian bar, has finally arrived in England.

In the small office in Diagon Alley, Witch glanced at the slightly humble decorations over and over again with disgust, and finally cast his gaze on Lucius who was sitting coldly beside him.

"Are you the man Toby sent me?"

Witch ignored Lucius' angry gaze. His voice was not loud, and he was relatively calm among goblins: "Tell me how many people you know in England and how Toby threatened you."

Lucius narrowed his eyes: "Hammer told you?"

"No, I guessed it." Witch said slowly: "It's not difficult to guess. Every time he goes to a country, he will repeat the process. Sometimes the method is very elegant, but more often it is too rough , full of blood and violence - but always successful."

He finally said it lightly, and at the same time he started looking at Lucius with the same eyes that looked at the goods, which made people feel uncomfortable.

"But this time it's different."

As a kind reminder, and as if to win people's hearts, Witch continued: "Toby has never been like this before. He will bring the old people to a new country. I knew he would grow up sooner or later. Let’s do it, now, the opportunity has finally come, that’s why I came here without hesitation, and you should also seize this opportunity.”

Lucius sneered, with a disdainful expression on his face.

But only he himself knew that the book of the black devil was hidden in his arms, and he never dared to let it go too far from his side, especially on the day when Wicky arrived.

"What about you?" Lucius sneered, and said with emphasis: "You seem to trust Hammer more than I do, and the goblin would be willing to be a lackey of a wizard?"

Witch stared straight at him, his eyes were raging with anger, but his tone was calm and scary: "Not all goblins have the opportunity to work in Gringotts. It's time to change."

The atmosphere suddenly became silent, and no one took the initiative to speak again.

It didn't take long for Toby to arrive.He was carrying a suitcase, stuffed to the brim.

"Long time no see." He shook hands with Wicky and said hastily, "Time is running out, so I'll make a long story short."

There was a shrewd look in Wicky's eyes, Lucius straightened his back with a cold face, and looked into Toby's hands—he opened the suitcase, and the space inside was larger than expected, obviously Used the traceless stretching spell.

The key is the things in the box, row after row, are all brand new "Quievers", I don't know how many copies are stuffed.

On the other side of the box is a full wish box.

Witch looked around at the two piles of things, and finally stared at the silverware sandwiched in the middle with shining eyes. The shape was exquisite and the pile was full.

He randomly picked up a plate, and observed it repeatedly with fascination: "The handicrafts specially made by goblins in the fifteenth century, only the truly noble families have the opportunity to obtain, and the valuation is at least—"

"No matter how much it is, it has nothing to do with you." Toby took the plate back unceremoniously, and he directly ordered: "I need you to run around with this suitcase, use my name—Toby Haimer's name. This has a lot of weight in Gringotts in various countries. Silverware is used to bribe goblin executives. You know how to do this better than me, and your status is more suitable."

Witch silently evaluated the value of these silverware in his heart, and there was a light in his eyes: "It seems that your plan is also very important."

"It's definitely more than you think." Toby said sinisterly: "First of all, "The Quibbler", it's time to officially roll out the market. In my prediction, this may be obstructed by the Ministry of Magic of various countries, so we must Sold locally by Gringotts branches, the reason they are persuaded is the threat of Grindelwald, wizard supremacy is not an appropriate slogan for goblins."

"Then there is the wish box. Every country has its own normal magic street and black market. The magic street is managed by Gringotts, and the reward is these silverware. As for the black market. Black Devil Foundation, as long as this name is mentioned, there will be many people Those who are willing to take the initiative to help you may not be human. But remember to be careful, I have many enemies, don’t get killed.”

"I see." Witch asked with a smirk, "But what about the price? How do you know that there are wizards who will like this magazine?"

"It's free." Toby said, "All of them are released for free, and a subscription payment mechanism is adopted. There are also various activities, such as the Golden Galleon Award, and I will cooperate with you at that time. As for whether you like it or not, believe me, Even if Harry Potter isn't well-known, they'll absolutely love Grindelwald's story, especially in Europe - where Grindelwald is very popular."

At this time, Lucius, who had always been silent, suddenly interrupted: "Grindelwald, I have heard some rumors recently that you are planning to completely tear your face with the Ministry of Magic? And those silverware, if I am not mistaken , they should come from the Black family."

"Not anymore." Toby didn't have such a good face towards Lucius. He said coldly, "I'm willing to wash away Black's grievances, and that's enough to pay for it. It's the only way to make his death meaningful. Smart thing to do, I mean...in every sense."

"As for the living—" Toby's tone gradually became dangerous: "How can you tell me to tear myself apart from the Ministry of Magic? You weren't the one who focused on The Quibbler in the first place, Lucius. You Editor-in-Chief of The Quibbler, and now you finally got your wish."

Lucius' face turned pale all of a sudden, he twisted his face and said, "No one will believe it, no one will believe that I would be willing to side with Dumbledore!"

"Excuses are always easy to find." A locket appeared in Toby's hand at some point, and he fiddled with his fingers casually: "I can think of one for you. Integrate the local attitude into the power center of Hogwarts, wait for the opportunity, perhaps one day in the future, until a suitable headmaster appears, the enrollment direction of the entire school will be changed, and all mudbloods will be driven out of the school."

Under Toby's gaze, Lucius slowly lowered his head.

This idea sounds like it really is, but Lucius understands that Toby's move is completely threatening himself, and worse is yet to come.

"What you do is much simpler - keep an eye on the next move of the Ministry of Magic, and also, be sure to get a defense attorney for the case in the near future - you can be regarded as my exclusive lawyer."

"Your lawyer?" Lucius frowned tightly, wondering why Toby did this.

"Yeah." Toby looked at the sky outside the window, and said in a tranced tone: "Some things really cannot be hidden. You can guess what Fudge will think. His brain is really too simple."

"Curriculum vitae can also be said to be suspect evidence. I hope that Fudge has prepared a long enough parchment in advance, and don't be frightened by those things. Otherwise... we may have to change a minister."
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