Archaeologists at Hogwarts

Chapter 339 Tom Riddle

On the table in the Office of Ancient Magic are several items: Hufflepuff's chalice, Slytherin's locket, Ravenclaw's diadem, and the Resurrection Stone.

"Except for the diary that was destroyed, everything should be here."

Toby said with emotion: "I didn't expect that there would be so many. Five times, the mysterious man split his soul five times. No wonder Hai Erbo said that he used the Horcrux in such a rough way. The mysterious man is indeed too reckless. If you change it to If it was me, I wouldn't do it."

Dumbledore, who was sitting opposite him, asked with interest: "Then what will you do?"

"Of course I will—ahem." Toby quickly stopped talking: "It doesn't matter what I do, let's study these Horcruxes first, maybe we can find Voldemort's hiding place based on these Horcruxes, so that For one thing, even if Hai Erbo is resurrected, we will catch him in advance."

This was a secret discussion about how to dispose of Horcruxes, and Toby had to invite Dumbledore to come and discuss it-because in exchange, the Resurrection Stone was still kept in Dumbledore's hands, and the Elder Wand was still in Toby's hands .

Just when Toby wanted to hear Dumbledore's thoughts, Dumbledore ignored the pile of Horcruxes in front of him and surrounded the entire office.

He suddenly changed the subject: "You know, Horace still intends to take back this office that originally belonged to him, but he was too embarrassed to talk to you, so he had to write to me, but I refused him."

"Well, it's an interesting story." Toby said casually.

"And," continued Dumbledore, "I found that after I left Hogwarts, I found it to be more interesting here, and even your office is no exception—by the way, that special alarm clock still Are you using it?"

He was referring to the horns of the Reem, the bright Reem's call whenever the first rays of the morning sun fell on it.

"It's still in use." Toby's tone gradually became impatient: "But if you like it, I can also give it to you. It's just an alarm clock, an insignificant collection."

"Look at you." Dumbledore put his gaze back on Toby and said, "It wasn't long after I left Hogwarts, and you have already spoken to me in this tone."

Toby was stunned for a second.

"Because we are discussing a very-serious-serious matter!" He said every word, with a gritted smile on his face: "But you always change the topic on purpose-don't you just say that? Don't you want to find the mysterious man? He is no longer important to Grindelwald?"

"No, of course Voldemort is important."

Dumbledore restrained his casual attitude, and he said solemnly: "And I also admit that I really do not regard him as more important than Grindelwald. But this does not mean that I will despise Voldemort, but because well , since you want to know, then I will have a good talk with you."

Under Toby's confused gaze, Dumbledore was silent for a while, and then said: "Now we all know that Haierbo's purpose is to become the master of death, so as to make up for the defects of the Horcrux itself, to achieve True immortality. And the target he chose to replace Death was Voldemort."

"Because the only weakness of the mysterious man is death." Toby frowned and repeated what Hai Erbo had said, which is why Hai Erbo picked the mysterious man.

Dumbledore focused his attention on Toby: "That's it, he saw the essence of Voldemort clearly. But don't forget, there is also your essence. Haierbo knows you very well. To a certain extent, he also chose you."

For some reason, Toby's mood became very bad after hearing these words, and even his tone became bad: "What does this have to do with me? I know, he used me to find the magic ball and the scepter, and brought both to him, but—”

"But." Dumbledore interrupted suddenly: "This is not exactly Herbo's purpose, not exactly."

Toby frowned all of a sudden, his eyes became cloudy and uncertain.

Dumbledore went on to say: "Didn't you notice this? Everything that happened behind Mason's Gate was revealed to you by Haierbo. Do you think he would not have thought that this time the plan would fail? No, no In this way, he has already been defeated once by the three brothers, and Ignotus paid a terrible price for this."

"I think this should at least remind him that Haierbo knows that this time's plan is not foolproof, because he doesn't know the true identity of the god of death at all."

"But now he knows. And you are acting on his terms, planning to find Voldemort - as if you had brought the Staff to him yourself."

"The most important point—"

In front of Toby, whose face was getting worse and worse, Dumbledore pointed to a pile of objects on the table and said, "These are not all of Voldemort's Horcruxes at all, you forgot one thing—"

"The ring of House Gaunt."

"The resurrection stone is meaningless to Voldemort, but the directness of the Gaunt family can give him the purity of blood. But what James gave you is only the resurrection stone, but there is no ring to set it on it, and he It's never been mentioned."

"Because that ring, the last Horcrux, is still in Haierbo's hands."

"Do you understand now? This is just another trap by Hai Erbo, making us think he has nowhere to go."

When he heard the end, Toby knew that Dumbledore must have thought about these words early in the morning, but he just told himself today.

"Then what can we do?" He said distractedly, "Should we just stare blankly and do nothing?"

Dumbledore was about to continue to say something, but Toby suddenly looked at a skeleton staying in the corner. Judging from the circular engraving on its forehead, its identity was Cadmus.

The mouth of the skeleton's head opened and closed a few times, and there was a burst of screaming from it.

"Tom Riddle?"

Toby heard the news sent by Al clearly: "How could there be Tom Riddle's name in Death Castle?"

"Do you want to go together, principal?"

Toby asked subconsciously, even forgetting to change the address.

Dumbledore rose to his feet faster than Toby had imagined.

"Let's go." He finished what he didn't finish: "I also want to know whether this castle you mentioned can really bring people back from the dead."

It wasn't until this moment that Toby really understood Dumbledore's intentions.

"You want to save Harry, only remove the soul of Hai Erbo in him? Is this really possible?"

"Although I have left Hogwarts, it doesn't mean that I will turn a blind eye to the safety of the students. But you and I both know that there is only one way to solve the Horcrux—that is to destroy it completely."

"Of course I understand, but I can't really kill Harry with my own hands, even if Hai Erbo even tempted me, that is his last Horcrux, as long as Harry is removed, perhaps Haier Bo's threat will never come again. no longer exists."

"But none of us would do that, would we?"

"I couldn't agree more, Headmaster."
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At this moment, Harry, who had no idea that he had been in the face of life and death many times, was facing the last mobilization before the game.

As long as they win this game, they are really qualified to participate in the final Quidditch World Cup.

"This is a great moment!"

In the players' lounge, James said in a passionate tone that he had never seen before: "I know very well that we are destined to be recorded in history, and you—"

He set his sights on the excited Wood: "You will have the best record ever, and you are eligible to choose any team you like to join!"

Then there were Fred and George, they involuntarily clenched each other's palms, and the veins popped out.

"Your name will be widely spread in every corner of the world, and any product with Weasley's name on it will be sold out, so there is no need to promote it!"

Cho Chang's cheeks were tense, and James jumped a little when he laid his eyes on her.

"Gwenog Jones of the Holyhead Harpies is nothing compared to you, no need to underestimate yourself."

Cedric stood upright, and the eyes on his pale face showed incomparable determination.

"Even if there were no self-casting wands, no one would look down on Hufflepuff House again - all of Hogwarts would be proud of you."

Harry's heart was beating non-stop, his head was full of tinnitus, but he could hear what his father said to him very clearly.

"I have always been very clear that the best seeker is always in our team, the only thing to worry about is not to make the opponent lose too badly."

Harry wanted to twitch the corners of his mouth into a smile, but he just tilted his head stiffly.

"but me!"

James raised his tone again and said: "I know, we will win the final victory, there is no doubt about it!"

"Now, you still have the last 5 minutes of rest time, check your brooms carefully, and don't make mistakes when you make your final victory appearance."

For a moment no one spoke, and everyone was checking their brooms dully.

Harry opened the nursing toolbox Hermione gave him, and he caught a glimpse of Qiu Zhang who was sitting next to him, his cheeks were still tense, and most importantly, his eyes were still a little red, as if he was about to cry.

Fortunately, the noise from the auditorium was coming in waves, so no one noticed this scene.

Harry worked up his courage and whispered, "Relax, really, just treat it like a normal match."

Qiu Zhang was stunned for a moment, and she reluctantly said: "Don't comfort me, I know exactly where the gap between me and you is. I have also read the report that Skeeter wrote about me, she put me Said to be the only one holding back. I don't know how long I can last, it feels like a dream. A horrible nightmare"

Harry, who had read the article, was filled with slander against Cho Chang.

"Don't bother with that vicious woman." Harry's words startled Qiu Zhang again. For the first time, he knew that his teammate was so timid: "She's just jealous of you, and by the way, she's just jealous of you at work. Take it out on you - I mean The Quibbler, have you seen those match reports? I guess it was written by Mr. Al himself, it has a special style and always makes people laugh when you read it come out."

"Mr. Al?" Qiu Zhang asked curiously in a lowered voice, "Is that really written by Mr. Al? Does it still write articles?"

"It's more than that." Harry whispered about Mr. Al's ability. Although it's inconvenient to talk about being a Thestral, the interesting things in daily life are enough to fascinate Qiu Zhang.

"You two have such a good relationship." She said enviously, "Although I also like Mr. Al, I'm still too afraid of Professor Haimo, and I dare not take the initiative to approach him."

This is the normal attitude of students in the school towards Professor Haimer.

"Actually, Professor Highmore is a very nice person."

Facing Cho Chang's suspicious gaze, Harry had to repeat: "I didn't lie to you, he is really nice, only you have the opportunity to get in touch with him—"

"Do you mean in confinement?" Qiu Zhang asked abruptly.

"Well, that's sort of it." Harry could only admit that at the very beginning, he did learn more about Mr. Al through confinement.

Qiu Zhang smiled happily.

"Thank you, Harry." She pointed to Cedric, who was concentrating on checking the broom, and said, "I have to discuss tactics with Cedric, after all, we have to cooperate to play a game later, so I can't hold you back. .”

They are both the Chasers of the team, like twins who are also batsmen, and the tacit cooperation is especially important.

Harry's eyes followed Qiu Zhang's back and zoomed away a little bit, far away.
Until his view was blocked by Sirius' disguised face.

"Harry Potter scored the most important point!" Sirius laughed and said, "Let's celebrate him winning the game ahead of schedule!"

"What are you talking about?" Harry blushed, pretending there was something wrong with the broom.

James was sitting on the other side of Harry, he reached out and grabbed the broom, and commented solemnly: "From this broom, I can see the throbbing mind of its owner-although it is a little later than mine, But it’s still here.”

"Stop messing around." Harry grabbed the broom again, but a pair of big hands were on his shoulders, and then Lupine's voice came——

"Perhaps I shouldn't bother you at this time, but, Harry, perhaps you shouldn't put too much pressure on yourself either. Take a lesson from your father, who never knew what it was to cringe."

"It's true." James proudly raised his head, stood up, and roared at all the players in the room: "Tell me, what's the slogan of the Chudley Cannons?!"

Everyone raised their heads and shouted back: "We will conquer all!"

"It's time to go!"

James said with burning eyes: "Come with me to conquer them!"

"No one can defeat us! No one can!"

(End of this chapter)