Archaeologists at Hogwarts

Chapter 329 The Devil in the Castle
Only those who have seen death with their own eyes can see thestrals-James and Sirius have both experienced the First Wizarding War, and they have seen too many tragedies caused by Voldemort.

And Harry, he didn't have this condition originally.But at the same time when he beheaded the rune snake, he clearly recalled the memory of his childhood—that is, the scene when his parents were killed.

So he can also see thestrals, and he can see Mr. Al who is different in front of him.

This was a change that none of the three people in the room expected, and James was still trying to persuade him: "Don't get excited, Al, we are not enemies."

[It seems that you still don't understand. 】

Harry hadn't had time to take off the special pair of demon-proof glasses when he saw clear writing appearing on the Thestral's head.

[Since the moment you planned to destroy the magic ball, we have been enemies. 】

These words obviously had other meanings. Harry couldn't figure out what Mr. Al's hidden message was, but he knew very well what he should do at this time.

"Mr. Al." He boldly shouted: "There must be some misunderstanding here, why don't you explain it clearly—it doesn't have to be a fight, I don't think Professor Highmore would want to— -Ok."

Under Al's cold gaze, Harry changed his words weakly and said, "Professor Highmore must be more impulsive than you, but he wasn't there, was he? My dad said that the magic circle could summon Dead Patronus? I still don't understand what this means, but he also said that the magic circle can also summon the owner of the Patronus-but why is Professor Highmore not here? There must be a reason. Right? ?”

He asked expectantly, but all he could see was Al's cold gaze.

[Toby once asked you this question, if your father was resurrected and turned against us, which side would you stand on?Now, it looks like you've made your choice. 】

Harry suddenly felt something was wrong, and James and Sirius also noticed that something was wrong with the atmosphere in the room. They turned into a silver stag and a big black dog almost at the same time, one rushed towards Al, and the other quickly stood up. Harry, who was in front, tugged back.

Harry was thrown back to the corner of the room forcefully, he was thrown into a coma, and when he came back to his senses, he saw that the three had already dueled in a small space - he really didn't expect that Mr. So powerful, one-on-two will not fall behind.

With a bang, as the big black dog was kicked out forcefully, the floor that had been repaired could not withstand such heavy pressure, and became shattered again, causing the little black dog to hiss and fall into the room on the lower floor.

When he shook his head and looked up, he was suddenly stunned by the scene in front of him.

werewolf.

The werewolf transformed from Lupine was originally asleep, but at some point it quietly opened its eyes, and lay at the door in a posture of hunting prey, showing no signs of weakness.

Sirius knew this all too well, and it was Lupine's sign that he smelled the wizard and was eager to eat.

The second floor also quickly noticed the strangeness downstairs. Al and James temporarily stopped fighting. It saw Lupine who had regained consciousness, and his eyes flickered with disbelief—Toby guessed it right, the curse on the position Unexpectedly, it was not resolved. Even though he had been kidnapped once, on the last full moon before the holiday, Lupine still encountered a crisis uncontrollably.

The one who was in more danger now was the only wizard present—Harry, who was regarded as the target of werewolf hunting, and the look in his eyes alone made him feel chills.

Until now he didn't know where the werewolf came from.

Before he could think about it carefully, he was suddenly thrown forcefully by something, making him land firmly on the stag's back.

The big black dog obviously knew what he should do most at this moment. With a growl, he stood upright and threw the werewolf to the ground. The stag and Harry flew past them without looking back. into the secret passage leading to Hogwarts.Behind them was Al, who was relentlessly chasing them, screaming continuously, as if evil spirits were chasing them.
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Hogwarts Castle.

Draco came to the quiet common room, it was late now, and no one else would come here except him.

After checking that no one else was in the lounge, Draco took out the goat ball hidden in the pocket of his pajamas, and asked cautiously, "This is considered a success, right?"

"No problem," Regulus replied on the other end.

It has been a long time since Draco found this helper. With the help of the other party, he changed the sheep-eating ball little by little, and a more complicated magic circle was engraved on it.

Today is the time to test the results.

There is still time before the final selection of ministers.

Draco inevitably became a little nervous. He stared at the brand new magic circle on the sheep-eating ball, not knowing what it was for.

But this is not important, anyway, the original sheep-eating ball was made in this way.

"So what am I going to do next?" Draco asked.

"It's simple."

Regulus uttered the last confession entrusted to him by Grindelwald.

"Now, get out your wand, point at the goatball and say the spell."

"What spell?" Draco didn't know there was such a step.

Regulus' voice sounded from the sheep-eating ball.

"[Guardian dies]," he said.
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Office of Ancient Magic.

Toby, who cut contact in time, was sitting alone behind his desk, and he decided at the last moment not to leave with Al.

As crucial as James' presence is, there are far more serious threats.

That's right, Toby had already guessed that James would not let Harry go so easily, and he would definitely find a way to find his child.Especially after discovering that the connection between the Invisibility Cloak and the Grim Reaper required two bloodline members of the Potter family, he became even more convinced.

That's why he thought of a way to teach Harry the magic circle through Ron. Of course, he also made a little joke during this period, as a reward for James in advance.

In addition, Toby also made other preparations.

After a short while, Flame appeared on the desk carrying a note with a message from Dumbledore to Toby——

He's already in the Chamber of Secrets, and he's keeping an eye on Grindelwald, not letting him have a chance to make trouble tonight.

Afterwards, Toby also stood up, and he floated down the corridor like a black shadow, all the way to the bottom of the castle.

At the same time, Draco was silently repeating the spell Regulus had given him.

"Guardian death?"

He suddenly began to question: "Is this spell related to the Patronus? I thought we were only changing magical animals?"

Because Toby had taught them the Patronus Charm early on, Draco was particularly sensitive to the spell Regulus mentioned.

"You just have to do it." Regulus urged, "Hurry up, this spell can only be fulfilled during the full moon, after tonight you won't have a chance."

Draco couldn't be sure whether what the other party said was true or not, but he suddenly put down the palm he was about to raise.

His intuition told him that there was definitely something wrong with this matter.

Because in any case, the sheep-eating ball should not have anything to do with the Patronus, and Professor "Lupine" never mentioned this.

"I'm tired." He subconsciously made up a clumsy excuse and said, "I need to rest early, the exam is about to come, let's talk about it later."

"Don't go!" Legolas said anxiously, "Can I still lie to you?"

"But you said [Guardian Demise]," Draco admitted in disguise: "This spell doesn't sound very friendly, don't try to fool me, I have also learned a lot of black magic, and I know that these spells are similar. I I don’t think this is used to change animals, it’s more like trying to kill them. I’ll go to Professor Lupine tomorrow to ask myself.”

"Should you be referring to the curse?" Regulus immediately pierced Draco's self-boasting mind: "What about black magic, and how much black magic do you know. Besides, don't go to Lu It’s okay, the reason why he asked me for help is because it’s not convenient to show up. You should know that Professor Haimer in the school doesn’t like students to be opportunistic, do you want to be locked up by him?”

Draco fell silent.

Just when Regulus thought his persuasion was effective, he suddenly heard Draco whisper: "[You can know a little more about black magic]. This doesn't sound like something Professor Lupine's friend would say, he doesn't I know what to do with that kind of guy.”

Draco suddenly put away the sheep-eating ball, and what he said next made Regulus even more shocked: "I should hand you over to Professor Highmore—I finally know what you are, and a person who will Thinking black magic item, this is definitely much more powerful than anti-demon glasses!"

"I should have done this a long time ago, and I was almost deceived by you. The guardian died, and you still created spells. I will be rewarded for this. Professor Haimo never hesitates to encourage students."

"Don't!" Regulus yelled, but Draco immediately wrapped the goat ball tightly so that his yell could not travel too far and wake up others.

Just when Draco was about to leave the common room, the stone door suddenly opened from the outside.

Professor Highmore, whom he wanted to find, was standing outside the door.

"It seems that your experience as a minister has really improved you a lot." Toby praised in a rare way: "You have finally learned what it means to be shrewd."

"Professor Highheimer?" Draco, who was trembling at first, immediately became excited, and he couldn't wait to ask: "Then the next head of the club, I—"

"about this point."

Toby interrupted suddenly, he took the sheep-eating ball out of the layers of packages, held it in his hand, and looked at it carefully for a while.

"Smartness is indeed very important, but the premise is that the brain is good enough. How could there be a black magic item that can create spells? This is the exclusive power of wizards."

Before Draco could figure it out, he heard Professor Haimer's stern order: "Now, go back to sleep obediently, Mr. Malfoy. We can talk about any problems later, after all, tonight is a full moon. Once you miss It will be very difficult to have such an opportunity again.”

After Draco complied in a daze, Toby also left the common room with the goat ball.

He was about to go somewhere. On the way, after a long silence, Regulus' voice sounded again.

He said disheartenedly: "It turns out that you already knew that there was a problem with the sheep ball, but you just waited for tonight to do it."

"Do you need to ask?" Toby replied coldly: "Do you think I will be so careless and turn a blind eye to the students that Grindelwald deliberately took care of? Who can ignore such obvious clues in front of them? .”

Regulus suddenly became even more depressed.

He asked: "Then what do you want to do now? Are you planning to use the sheep-eating ball to hunt me down? It must not be difficult for you."

"No." Toby gave him an unexpected answer.

He came to the abandoned bathroom on the second floor, walked down the passage, all the way to the bottom of the secret room, and walked into the hall.

"You consider yourself too important, you can't recognize your own status, and you always feel that you can accomplish something great, but unfortunately, Regulus, you are not that important, at best you are another insignificant bait."

Regulus, who was hundreds of kilometers away, heard Toby's voice continue to come.

"Principal, Shiyangqiu is here, and now we have a way to find out who is behind all the mysteries."

Chamber of Secrets.

Dumbledore, who appeared here after a long time, reached out and took the sheep-eating ball. He stared at the magic circle above it in silence for a while, then turned his head to look at Grindelwald who was trapped in the armor and the devil.

"Do you have anything else to say?"

Dumbledore asked him, "Are you still refusing to reveal who taught you ancient magic?"

Grindelwald shook his head and said: "There has never been such a person, Albus, never. I have told you many times that you can question my purpose, but you should not doubt my ability."

"He's still talking hard." Toby said disdainfully.

Dumbledore sighed, he handed the sheep-eating ball back to Toby, nodded and said, "Let's begin."

"Let's see, Grindelwald has spent so much effort, who is the helper he wants to find tonight."

Toby took one last look at the calm-looking Grindelwald. He pulled out his wand, pointed it at the sheep-eating ball, and said the spell without hesitation: "Guardian dies!"

This is a spell specifically for summoning, including the dead Patronus and the wizard who possesses it.

Grindelwald chose to do it tonight, no longer hiding anything,

At the same time, Toby also saw the appearance of the magic circle on it, which was a doe.

Even if it wasn't the enemy hiding behind all the mysteries, it might be Lily Evans who didn't know life or death.

Her patron saint is a doe.

Toby once speculated that perhaps Harry's parents were still alive and had become Grindelwald's indirect helpers.

However, after the black mist disappeared, Toby never expected to see this person.

Severus Snape appeared before them, with the strange doe devil standing beside him.

He also saw the shock in Toby's eyes, but he didn't feel the pleasure of success at all. Instead, he repeated the sentence he said when he saw Toby many years later in a tone that was extremely complicated and even full of hatred talk.

"I told you already—you shouldn't have come back!"

(End of this chapter)