Archaeologists at Hogwarts

Chapter 241 Clues to Slytherin's Reappearance

What is this all about?

Toby didn't have the time to guess riddles with Barrow, he asked bluntly: "The fate that will never end - you mean the fact that you became a ghost?"

Barrow stared straight at Toby with piercing eyes, which made Al standing on his shoulders stand upright. It quietly walked back a little distance, picked up Toby's long curly hair and put it on his head, Peeking at Barrow through the hair curtain.

"It's a tragedy," Barrow said. "Many ghosts are born with tragedy."

"Of course." Toby waved his hand and said, "Because it reminds us that you are already dead, and there is nothing more tragic than death."

"There are many." Barrow said in a deep voice, "There are too many, so many that no one can count them."

"What is that?" Toby asked curiously.

But Barrow stopped talking again. He never revealed the cause of his death to Toby, and he seemed to avoid it.

"Okay." Toby said helplessly: "Whether it's the successor or the ghost, maybe these things can be put aside for now, I have other things to ask you-for some reasons, such as I'm still alive, So I don't quite understand you, and your kind—you should know what I mean—ghosts. I'm not a ghost, so I have to ask you."

Baro didn't speak. To be honest, even though it was daytime, when Baro appeared in this corridor, he managed to turn the atmosphere into a gloomy one. Even the haunted house couldn't compare to the horror here.

Toby pretended that Barrow didn't refuse, and he continued, "What I want to ask is, do you still remember how you became a ghost?"

"It seems that you finally figured out that you want to join us." Baro couldn't let go of this matter, and he said in a gloomy tone: "I said, I have reserved a place for you in advance, but, Not all wizards turn into ghosts."

"Of course I know this." Toby said: "Otherwise, no matter where you go, you will encounter transparent shadows, and those dead wizards will fill the entire wizarding world, and Muggles will not notice it." difficult."

"That's it." Barrow opened his mouth, but he suddenly stopped talking, which made Toby confused - what happened?Why didn't you tell me how to become a ghost?

"Hey! Let me see!"

Nick, who was almost headless, came out of the wall suddenly. He greeted Al enthusiastically, his eyes kept moving back and forth between Barrow and Toby, and he said with a big smile, "What are you talking about here—— Don't rush to answer, let me guess - Is there a new member coming to join us? Is that you, Toby? I would very much welcome that - Hey Ms. Gray! Come check it out Is it our new member?"

The cold and aloof Ms. Gray was floating at the other end of the corridor, and she looked back at these people and ghosts.

Toby clearly noticed that he was being ignored, and Ms. Gray focused most of her attention on Barrow, and her attitude was not good, even extremely indifferent.

Then she didn't even answer, turned around and left, and disappeared into the wall.

Nick said with an embarrassed expression: "Well, there will always be a chance to meet again in the future, and now you can tell me whether my guess is right or not."

"Not exactly." Toby withdrew his attention and said, "That's the thing. Is there a possibility that there will be something that can actively make the wizard's ghost change from non-existence to existence?"

Barrow said nothing, just stared at Toby.

It was extremely rare that Toby actually saw contempt, or contempt, in the eyes of the other party.

Nick is going to be more straightforward: "What are you talking about, what exists and does not exist, ghosts are not non-existent, we have always been in a state of existence, let's be more careful."

"Then I'll ask you another way." Toby gave up his plan to investigate on the black feather, and changed back to the previous question, which was ghosts: "How did you become ghosts? Do you have any special feelings?" ? Is there or is it magic?"

"Then you're asking the right person!" Nick said cheerfully, not feeling sorry for the fact that he was dead at all: "I don't know about others, but I still know about my own affairs—you should know me Nickname? Nearly Headless Nick—Almost Headless!" Nick said emphatically, pulling his head down casually, with a little bit of skin attached to his neck: "This is what makes me most dissatisfied I’m very dissatisfied now—because it prevents me from joining the Headless Hunters, this happened last semester, so don’t mention it—what are you asking?”

Toby reminded helplessly: "How does it feel to become a ghost?"

"Okay, about this—" Nick draws out, looking like he's trying to make a fool of himself.

But in the end, his answer was very short: "What I can tell you is that there is no feeling. Yes, that's right, you won't feel anything when you become a ghost. Everything is logical. I just appeared suddenly. Unexpected, is it?"

Toby really didn't expect Nick's answer to be so plain, and there was nothing to explore at all.

"But what about the method?" Toby asked again: "What is the method? Don't you need magic?"

"Soul." Nick said shortly again, finally showing a trace of sadness in his tone: "There is still a choice. I think these two points should be the answer. As a wizard with a complete soul, he can die. A choice is made. Some people will move on, and a small group of people will choose to stay - the specific process is difficult to describe, the feeling is amazing, you don't even realize that you have made a choice, The reason may also be strange—for example, I still have a problem with this head, which makes me very angry, and the remaining bit of skin can't be chopped off, and it is estimated that I will become a ghost forever."

"Really? I don't believe it." Toby said with cold water: "If you can really live forever, wouldn't it be almost the same as eternal life-of course, there is a difference between body and soul, but I also I believe there will be many people who don’t care so much about this—for example, Professor Binns? I don’t know, he has been teaching since I was in school, and he is still in school now, really tireless.”

"Oh, yes, and more." Toby said to the complaining Nick again: "Why have I never seen a ghost before Hogwarts was founded? Do you think there is a possibility? In fact, ghosts are also There is life, but you don't know it yet."

The expression on Nick's face changed from complaint to horror.

"Will I die again?" He said in shock: "Who should execute this time? Could it be another executioner who is not good enough? No, never, I don't want to die until I disappear." Throw your head three feet away from yourself."

What an odd wish.

"What about you?" Toby looked at Barrow, and he asked with interest, wanting to collect information related to Duo and ghosts: "Have you ever thought about this possibility? Actually, ghosts will disappear too?"

Baro was silent for a while, his eyes still piercing.

Nick also looked at the past curiously with Al. Barlow appeared in Hogwarts much earlier than him, and he didn't know much about his past.

"I've been waiting for this day."

Barrow suddenly said this answer in a cold tone, neither Toby nor Nick expected him to say that.

"I see something, in you," he said to Toby. "That will help me to be free, completely free."

Nick was shocked again: "What? You want to disappear? Oh, Merlin! Am I going to say goodbye to you?"

"It's early." Toby said angrily. If this method is related to his becoming a ghost, then he hopes that this day will never happen.

"What do you mean?" Toby asked Barrow again: "What do you mean I can help you out? What did you see?"

"Salazar Slytherin." Barrow said another unexpected answer: "I see his shadow in you. In some ways, you are very similar."

"Wait!" Toby interrupted suddenly: "Well, I already knew that I was more Slytherin than Slytherin—what kind of expression are you guys showing?"

Nick had a weird look on his face, and even the corners of Barrow's mouth twitched slightly.

"I just didn't expect—" Nick said hesitantly, "You're so confident, you really don't hide it."

"I appreciate it very much." Barrow praised rarely.

"What's the matter?" Toby turned his head and asked, "Didn't I tell you about it? Forget it, it doesn't matter—yes, Slytherin doesn't matter, stop looking at me like that, Nick. What I'm saying is, how did this have anything to do with Slytherin? Did he turn you into a ghost? So you have to take revenge on me like him to get your wish?"

"It's not." Barrow said surprisingly: "I was a student of Slytherin, and I have seen his abilities. Only he can help me out-but, after I returned to Huobi as a ghost After Gewarts, Slytherin turned me down. He said, sooner or later, there may be another person to help you, and that is my last chance."

Toby blinked, more than shocked that Barrow was a Slytherin.

More because the clues seem to be connected in series.

In the last semester, Toby used black feathers in the Chamber of Secrets to see what had happened on the body of the basilisk-it was related to a deal between Salazar Slytherin and the Centaur House.

House helped Slytherin find a special basilisk egg, on the condition that the admissions restrictions of Slytherin House must be relaxed, and Muggle-born students should not be rejected.

Slytherin agreed, but he made it clear that he would have to be a student with big enough ideals to do so.Be more Slytherin than Slytherin.

From many clues, this person refers to Toby.

Now, he got some clues related to ghosts from Baron again, which seems to be a hint that Slytherin specially left for himself, and it has something to do with helping Baron to escape.

But what would be the hint?

black feathers?Or does it have to do with Slytherin himself?

Toby found more and more that the founder was really difficult.

Meanwhile, Nick was already whispering to Barrow.

"I really didn't expect that you are so much older than me. You must be four or five hundred years old."

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"What does a Slytherin look like? Is it the same as the portrait?"

"Yes."

"What about the other founders? Do you know them too?"

"I've seen them all, they were in charge of teaching at that time-I know what you want to ask, yes, I also saw the birth of the Sorting Hat with my own eyes-but this happened after my death."

"Tsk tsk tsk, I really wish I lived in that era. It should be much better than working in the palace. You know? I'm a magician for the queen, but all I have to deal with is transforming various ladies all day long. Be prettier and use no fighting skills. Another time, a lady asked me to straighten her teeth, which turned into fangs by accident—”

"And then you're sentenced to beheading - you've told that story many times, Nick"

"Is there? Hahaha." Nick smiled happily, without appearing embarrassed at all.

"By the way!" He suddenly lowered his voice and asked, "What about Ms. Gray? Is she also a wizard of the same era as you?"

Nick's head was cut off a little uncomfortably, but he was not blind.For such a long time, he has long noticed the inexplicable connection between the two ghosts who appeared early - one of them almost completely ignored the other, with a very indifferent attitude, but no one knew the reason.

There are too many secrets in the castle, and Nick can't find out one by one.

Toby was hesitant to go to Myrtle, to see if he could find some other clues about the ghost.But when Nick asked this question, he stopped moving, stood still, and quietly raised his ears to eavesdrop.

This time the silence was longer than ever.

"We do know each other."

Barrow seemed to know that Toby was eavesdropping, and his eyes were also on Toby. His tone finally fluctuated, and it was no longer so gloomy, but full of sadness.

"I did some things that she can't forgive anyway. I think this is also related to the reason why I became a ghost, and I can never get rid of the shackles on me."

Toby showed a relieved expression: "What is unforgivable? How could there be unforgivable? Could it be that you kicked her and took her things away?"

"Who are you talking about?" Nick's curiosity rose again.

"Angela." Toby said, "You should have seen her. I did things that she couldn't forgive before, but well, I did it for her own good. Even though it became embarrassing, she later I am still very grateful to me, as long as I find her, she will come to help."

Nick gossiped again: "Is she your girlfriend? The relationship between you seems very unusual."

Toby said blankly: "Isn't it the relationship between the leader and his subordinates? Why do you think so?"

Nick stared at Toby with a weird look: "Subs? What do you want your subordinates to do? Don't you already have Al as an assistant?"

"Take care of some small things." Toby said casually: "Occasionally, he will help to contact the principal of Waggadu. He has a lot of research on casting spells without a stick. Some skills are unprecedented. He can help me just right. Archeology—well, don’t talk about me anymore. How are you, Barrow? If it doesn’t work, just apologize? It might save a little time.”

"I don't think so." Barrow's tone returned to low:
"Because I killed Helena."

Al gasped, and Nick stared at Barrow dumbfounded.

Toby opened his mouth, and he said dryly, "Are you sure this is a problem that Slytherin left for me? What does he want to do? Let me revive him and torture him again?"

"Tell me the way, Barrow, and I promise to make him die badly."

(End of this chapter)