Archaeologists at Hogwarts

Chapter 372 James' Letter
Even Harry himself didn't expect that he would have a chance to reconcile with Qiu. He was even prepared to deal with the worst situation in advance, that is, he had to break up with Qiu.

But it doesn't seem to be needed now.

"Give you."

Harry returned the cat ear headband to Luna in a daze. He saw that Luna had written a long record in Pandora's notebook, but Luna quickly closed the notebook.

"you are welcome."

Luna's answer made Harry feel confused, but Ginny on the other side was already very angry.

Harry hadn't noticed this scene, and he knew full well that he had other problems to solve besides his doubts - a good talk with Cedric, the Hufflepuff warrior.

"Have you got an idea?"

Cedric stopped discussing with Hermione, he turned to Harry and asked, "Any guesses who would do that?"

"Not yet." Harry shook his head in confusion and said, "But Fred and George made a joke with me, well, we both played for the same Quidditch team, and now we're being used the same way. Framed - I don't know if that's the right way to describe it, but -"

Qiu interrupted in surprise: "Could it be Krum? He wants to compete with you again in the Triwizard Tournament?"

"That's exactly what they said."

It could be seen from the expression on Harry's face that even he himself did not believe this statement.

This conversation is bound to be fruitless.

Harry and Cedric couldn't imagine who would do this at all, and their final conclusion was that if there really was such a mastermind behind the scenes, then the other party must hate Hogwarts to death, otherwise it wouldn't even be possible for one No upright warrior can be selected.
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After returning to the school common room, Harry saw Neville taking care of Hedwig carefully.

"Your owl brought a letter." Neville said with a sigh of relief, "I told it that it could hand over the letter to me first, but it doesn't stop no matter what, it's really vigilant."

When Harry heard this, he knew that the identity of the person who wrote him was somewhat secretive.

Sure enough, he saw the name "Gagen" on the envelope - it was from his father James.

"What did he say?" Ron asked impatiently.

As early as the day he was selected as a warrior, Harry wrote this letter amidst Ron's sobs, and asked Hedwig to deliver it to James himself.

[Dear Harry:]

[Sorry, I can’t go to the Pig’s Head Bar to see you this time. I’ve been extremely busy recently, and Dumbledore is still dealing with the mess left by Azkaban. I have to help him—but, I I think your vigilance is very necessary, everyone knows that some players have lost their lives in the Triwizard Tournament——]

When seeing this, Ron and Harry exchanged a silent glance.

【—It is precisely for this reason that the Triwizard Tournament had to be suspended.Until Toby Highmore brought the three schools back together. 】

[To be honest, I don't know if this is a good thing or not.Toby had planned to make you agree to Moody's conditions and be elected as a Hogwarts warrior according to his arrangement.But then we also knew that Moody had given up on this idea, but no one knew whether he had done anything. 】

[Although I really don't want to say this, but now Hogwarts may help you only Toby.Don't forget, he originally held the Triwizard Tournament for another purpose, and he would definitely not allow such troublemakers to appear. 】

【Whether you go to see him or not is entirely up to you. I will go to Hogwarts to see you again when I have a chance. 】

【I hope you are well. 】

There was no signature at the end of the letter, probably because James didn't want to use the pseudonym Gjeon, but he didn't dare to reveal his real name in the letter.

After Harry had read the letter several times, he crumpled it up when no one was looking, threw it into the stove, and watched it burn slowly into ashes.

Ron was also silent for a while.

"Do you want to go together?" Harry avoided the blazing fire, turned his head and asked, "By the way, ask Highmore about your tutoring class?"

Ron's devil tutoring class has never started, and he doesn't know why - maybe it's because there are already enough homework this semester, and there is really no way to add more courses.

"Then let's go." After thinking about it carefully, Ron found that he had no reason to refuse at all. After losing that large sum of gold that he didn't get, he was already disheartened, and no matter what the result was, it was impossible. worse.

Hermione wasn't there, and she separated from the two on the way back. She often did this during this time, either researching some self-casting wands with Cedric, or talking about house elves. Can't rest.

The two hurried to the gate of the ancient magic office. When they arrived here, they found that Luna had just walked out of the house.

"Did the cat ear headband pass the professor's test?" Ron said something Harry couldn't understand.

"Almost." Luna stared at them and said, "It won't take long for the wish box to have an extra prize—but if you want it, I can give it to you in advance."

"Let's not do it." Ron seemed to avoid the proposal.

Luna left disappointed.

"Please come in."

Professor Highmore's voice came from the room. Harry and Ron walked in together. The first thing they saw was Mr. Al wearing the cat ear headband. Professor Angela was also there, and she was staring at Al. Er asked a bunch of questions: "Will you give me back the scepter?"

The headband on the top of Al's head shook his ears from side to side.

"Well, what if I rent it with gold?"

I really don't know how Angela came up with this idea.

This time Al obviously hesitated, and the cat's ears were also twisted in a tangled mess.

"Wait for a while." Toby murmured, watching this scene silently: "Is it my illusion? But why Luna submitted two works that were vaguely related to probing Al's mind, and this time it was not Exception. Huh? What can you do?"

Ron was still stupidly staying where he was.

Harry knew from his reaction that Ron must have been frightened by Professor Highmore's words, but fortunately he was used to the process.

It didn't take long for Harry to ask the question he wanted to ask—how on earth did he get chosen as a champion?
"This matter is still being investigated." Toby rubbed his chin and said, "I know you must have doubts, it's Moody, right? But will anyone really do this—before the plan is implemented Just say it one more time?"

This is really puzzling.

But Harry was still a little embarrassed and said, "Then am I really going to participate in the competition, Professor? What if my devil is accidentally exposed during the competition?"

Harry had to worry about this problem. This was a game that could kill people. At this time, people couldn't think normally, and there might be a situation where Harry couldn't care about anything.

"It doesn't matter." Toby's answer surprised Harry: "If it doesn't work, I'll just reveal the way to learn devils. Last year, I didn't expect that all the students could pass the test of ritual magic. It's not hard for you."

"It doesn't seem to be a question of whether it is difficult or not." Harry muttered in a low voice.

Then came Ron's inquiry - when will he officially start learning the devil class?

"Do you remember why I asked you to learn about devils?" Toby suddenly asked this question.

"Remember, Professor." Ron said honestly, "You said you were going to use my devil to defeat Harry's rune snake, and then eat his devil. This seems to be the same as helping Harry become the master of death." related."

"It does have something to do with it." Toby looked at the two and said, "So, are you ready, Mr. Weasley?"

"What?" Ron didn't expect this class to come so suddenly.

Toby explained slowly: "I think it is necessary to warn you again in advance - in my original idea, using your devil to eat Harry's devil is a way to save him, mainly from Haierbo's But then I also talked to Harry, that's not the whole solution."

"There is another way, and that is to let Harry use his devil to become the master of death. Since Hai Erbo can do this, why can't Harry?"

"But this way, you don't need to learn about devils, Mr. Weasley, because Harry's devil is still of great use and cannot be eaten."

Ron figured it out quickly.

It turns out that whether he needs to learn from the devil or not depends entirely on Harry's own choice.Professor Highmore was giving Harry more time to decide.

But at this moment Harry still couldn't make up his mind completely, he seemed very hesitant, not knowing which way to choose was the best.

"But...forget it, I'd better make it clear once."

Toby suddenly and abnormally stated the fact that few people knew.

"Mr. Weasley, you may not know why I chose you to study devils in the first place."

Ron thought about a few possibilities, and there was nothing wrong with him except that he was Harry's good friend, but the key point was that if he had to choose, Hermione would obviously be a better choice. Her magical talent was better than that of Ron, a pureblood. Wizards are much taller.

"This is related to your experience of going to Death Castle together."

Toby mentioned what happened during the holiday: "Do you remember, after Angela took you there, let each of you read the book in the hall?"

"Remember." Ron's eyes flashed with fear, and he still can't forget that experience until now.

And he was the first to discover that there was Tom Riddle's name in that book.

"There's one thing I never told you."

Toby said frankly: "In that book, the names of the people who went with you were written. But you didn't. I think this should be due to the order. If another person is in It's better at the end, but now that it's all happened - can you hear me, Ron?"

Toby changed to a more affectionate address.

"The Castle of Death has not been completely destroyed. According to the rules of its operation, one day, your name will also need to be written on it—but we don't know the specific way."

"So, no matter what Harry chooses, I think it is necessary to teach you how to learn about devils. Only in this way can you have more means of self-protection, and maybe it can help me catch some things in the castle— —like the housekeeper? I don't know."

"But it is indeed missing, and I don't know where it is hidden."

Ron's eyes widened, his mouth was so big that he could hold a whole fist, and his whole body was trembling.

"I have to go back to that ghost place again?" He asked in horror.

"No, no, no." Toby said, wagging a finger left and right: "To be precise, someone will find a way to find you—I'm not sure if it's still human, but it will definitely be very dangerous. Difficulty It's no less than participating in a Triwizard Tournament."

"Think about the bright side, don't you always hope that you can be different?"

"No matter what others think, at least in my eyes, you are now a Hogwarts warrior."
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Who would want to be such a warrior?

On the way back to the dormitory, Ron was still shocked by the new news that he had already been determined to study the devil course, which was next weekend.

Harry looked at him sympathetically, and poured out words of comfort as if he didn't want money.

"Don't tell me it's all been told to you before."

Ron said dryly.

Harry nodded, his sympathetic eyes growing heavier.

Ron still couldn't fully recover until he returned to the common room. He finally got his wish and achieved a seemingly incredible goal.

But it would be better if it wasn't so scary.

Harry looked left and right, and he suddenly realized that Hermione had returned, her pockets were still stuffed - she looked like she had just returned from the house-elves.

"The biscuits they gave you again?"

Harry stretched out his hand and waved it twice: "How did you accept the fruits of their labor willingly? Did you pay for it?"

"You don't need to remind me." Hermione withdrew her hand full of biscuits, and she said proudly, "I'm working on a more useful idea than this, so don't even think about it, since Professor Haimer can't do it This point, how could it be so simple. He must have considered all aspects, so he had to accept the status quo. Because if you are not careful, it may trigger another war."

In her heart, Professor Haimer has long since become a fellow.

Harry sat on the sofa beside him indifferently, as long as Hermione stopped mocking other people's blood, he could say whatever he wanted.

"What happened to him?" Hermione asked, noticing Ron's strangeness.

"Um..." Harry glanced at Ron carefully, he thought for a while, and then whispered to Hermione what had just happened.

"How is it possible?" After listening, Hermione couldn't help but asked in shock, "Why is this happening?"

"Yeah," Harry said with a headache, "I didn't think—"

Hermione interrupted suddenly.

"Why can even Ron learn the devil, but I can't! Do I really have to wait until the last one?"

Harry looked left at Hermione and right at Ron.

No one around him was normal.

not a single one.

(End of this chapter)