Archaeologists at Hogwarts

Chapter 390 Golden Egg
389 Golden Egg
Despite his progress in the Death Lesson, Harry couldn't help noticing that Professor Highmore had no intention of revealing the secret of the golden egg to himself, and few people could unravel the magic circle.

At least four warriors are not enough.

During the short vacation, he could often see Krum and Fleur haunting the library with sad faces, and recently Cedric came more and more often.

Sometimes the four of them would meet together by chance, and Harry could tell what they wanted to say just from the eyes of Fleur and Krum——

This is not fair!

It's not fair.

Hogwarts students have already learned magic circles when they first entered school, but for students from other schools, this is knowledge they have never touched.

"I think maybe we're all going in the wrong direction."

At the time, Cedric comforted: "It is impossible for the school to be unaware of this. They should not set up such an obvious injustice—otherwise, the Ministry of Magic would not agree. The magic circle is the key, but it should not be what we imagined." So profound."

Cedric's words were instructive, but Harry didn't see Fleur and Krum coming to the library less because of it. On the contrary, each of them became more and more anxious.

In the previous Triwizard Tournaments, there should not have been all the warriors who suffered such a collective failure before the second hurdle, and they would become the biggest joke in history.

Hermione also started talking to Harry again, and it was obvious that she still cared about whether Harry had unlocked the secret of the golden egg after all.

"I don't seem to be able to do anything."

Harry said in a daze, "Why is this puzzle more difficult than facing the Grim Reaper?"

Hermione was not happy with Harry's excuse.

"It's not comparable at all, and it's impossible for Professor Haimer to set you a death-related puzzle. He's not that crazy."

"Speaking of insanity."

Ron appeared out of nowhere, and he said mysteriously; "Do you know what is the most insane? Among the three of us, only you are the least valued by Professor Haimer now, you say it's strange It's not surprising, you were the first to get Professor Haimer's attention."

Now he would show off the devil in front of Hermione when he had nothing to do. For him, this was the only place where he could beat Hermione except wizard chess.

"Really?" Hermione glanced at him sideways and said, "Actually, I only recently figured out that the Marauder's Map is still in the hands of Professor Highmore, and you all know that. So he must be very clear about my movements, But you never punished me, why do you say this is?"

In the end, she said proudly: "That's because Professor Haimo has long acquiesced to these plans of mine. He is simply not something you dirty, stupid, arrogant pure-blooded scum can understand."

"Hey hey hey!"

Harry shouted dissatisfied: "Can you not take me with you when you are swearing, logically speaking, I am just a half-blood wizard, look at Ron and don't look at me."

"How could you do this?" Ron stared at Harry in disbelief: "Is this what you care about? Shouldn't it be her description of a pure-blood wizard? I think this is comparable to pure-blood supremacy." Doctrine is much more terrifying."

"Then we have at least three years to stop her." Harry said perfunctorily: "And with the Dark Devil around, how could she become the next Dark Lord so easily, at most, she would just be accepted by Professor Highmore as his subordinate." That's all."

"You've revealed all these conspiracies!" Ron exclaimed.

Hermione snorted disdainfully. Even if she became Professor Highmore's subordinate, with the help of so many elves, she was confident of being the second in command.

Just when Ron was panicking about the future of the two friends, Harry found Cho on the last day of the Christmas holiday in order to clear away his depression of not being able to solve the golden egg puzzle.

"Want to go to Hogsmeade together?"

So the two set off.

On the icy and snowy road, Qiu still wanted to ridicule Harry's performance at the ball, but she soon discovered a lot of clues from Harry's silence.

"What's wrong?" She asked worriedly: "Are you still blaming yourself? Actually, it's nothing. At that time, Luna was quite excited. We had a lot of fun. Seriously, I never knew She likes to dance so much, although the dancing posture is a bit strange, but I think it's quite interesting."

"Huh?" Harry turned around and asked in confusion. He was still thinking about the magic circle in the golden egg just now: "What self-blame? Are you blaming yourself?"

He knew right away that he had screwed up the date.

Until finally walking into the warm Three Broomsticks tavern, Qiu didn't say a word to herself, but asked the bartender for a glass of butter beer, and then sat down sullenly, looking very angry.

Harry felt like his teeth were starting to hurt, he felt like all his luck was being spent against death and everyone else was against him.

At this moment, he would rather wrestle with the god of death than sit awkwardly in such a lively atmosphere, and then spend the whole afternoon in silence.

"Luna is indeed a nice person."

After pondering for a long time, Harry finally choked out such a sentence.

"Uh-huh." Qiu made a sound from his nasal cavity, and his eyes swept over Harry intentionally or unintentionally, wanting to see what unreliable words he could say.

"Actually, if you want, we might still have a chance to dance. I know a place where that room is so magical that it should be able to be turned into a ballroom. You just need to get Professor Hammer's permission in advance, otherwise I will I don’t know exactly how to open that room—what do you think of this idea? If it works, I’ll ask Professor Highmore when I get back.”

Harry had never felt that he was very good at comforting girls, but he ignored the terrible image of Professor Highmore in the minds of students.

Qiu was stunned, and moved to hold Harry's hands: "You are willing to do this for me?"

"Ah yes." Harry immediately gave a standard answer, and it would be wrong to say anything more at this time.

"You are so kind to me." Qiu's eyes were about to melt.

Harry blinked, he never thought that Professor Highmore had such a magical effect.

"Of course—"

"You bastard who is full of nonsense, if you dare to say one more word, I will throw you out of the window!"

Shocked, Harry turned his head sharply and saw a dense Christmas tree decoration behind this table, and a more secluded table just behind the decoration.

He vaguely saw the familiar long silver hair, and a strange thought suddenly popped up in his mind——Professor Haimo hasn't persuaded Angela to go back yet?Is he that incapable of comforting people?
It was Angela who spoke, and it was probably because she was called "Professor Highmore" that she interrupted Harry's boast annoyed.

Just as Harry was caught off guard, another familiar voice came from the other side of the table——

"It's a pity, I'd like to see it a little longer—but, never mind, we'll have to see each other sooner or later—how are you?"

Qiu cried out in surprise after seeing the other party: "Captain Gjeon?"

Harry was even more shocked when he saw that Gjen—that is, James blinked and smiled at himself, which made his face suddenly become extremely ashamed—was met by his father on a date with his girlfriend, There is nothing more embarrassing than this.

"Why are you here?" Harry asked blushing.

"I don't like to hear that." James walked over with a smile on his cup, "Why can't I come? Besides, don't call me Captain anymore, Qiu, the Chudley Cannons have been disbanded long ago, and I Now it's a staff member of the Ministry of Magic, working under Ludo Bagman, responsible for securing patents for funny products, and also Harry's agent. But now-"

His tone paused, and then he showed a wry smile and said: "I was also sent to participate in the competition of the Triwizard Tournament. Normally, two officials are required. This time, at the beginning, only Scrimgeour was sent. Come here, probably because Dumbledore felt that it was not enough, so he let me come, and opened a guest room for me in the Three Broomsticks—the kind that can be used for a long time.”

Harry could tell from the expression on James' face that this matter must not be that simple, especially when James' eyes flicked across his deep meaning, which also confirmed his conjecture.

It's just that there are some things that are inconvenient to mention in front of Qiu.

Qiu looked at Harry from the left and Gazeon from the right. She suddenly picked up the cup and said, "I haven't seen Professor Angela for a long time, I'm going to sit with her for a while, you two talk first."

"Oh?"

James watched in amazement as Cho walked around him and sat down next to Angela. He walked up to Harry and asked in a low voice, "Why is she so smart? Knowing that I have something to say to you alone?"

Harry also whispered about the conflict between himself and Qiu before—that is, Qiu always felt that Harry had to hide everything from him, which made her very dissatisfied.If it wasn't for meeting Luna by chance and getting help from her magical cat ears, it is estimated that the two are still in a cold war to this day—more likely they broke up directly.

That's why Qiu deliberately didn't disturb the conversation between Gazeon and Harry.

"It's really you." James patted Harry's shoulder emotionally, and he said proudly, "It's much better than my way of chasing Lily back then, why didn't I think of expressing my heart in this way? "

"I didn't set a trap on purpose." Harry felt that James' view of love was really hopeless.

"It doesn't matter." James was happy anyway.

But the next topic of discussion was not so pleasant.

"Dumbledore and Toby are fighting again."

James' words made Harry's heart skip a beat: "And they quarreled fiercely, it is said that it was even more vicious than that time back then, but Toby will definitely not give up the vice-principal he finally got, will he? Then he will not It's so easy to leave England again, that's why Dumbledore sent me here, on the one hand to let me keep an eye on Angela, and on the other hand, let me keep an eye on Toby during the game, so that he won't mess up again What trouble come out."

"Why is that?" Harry asked puzzled.

"That's exactly what I'm warning you about."

James said solemnly: "Toby, Snape, and Lockhart, you should try to avoid contact with them as much as possible in the future. Dumbledore is sure that some ulterior secret has been reached between these three people. , but he couldn't pry Toby's mouth open, nor could Lockhart's, and Snape was nowhere to be found—and, worst of all, if we guessed right, Snape brought You-Know-Who with him. Back in England, it is very likely that Toby is there, and the Philosopher's Stone is also in his hands now."

"That is to say, even under the most favorable conditions, we are very likely to face a mysterious person with a physical body-this is exactly the purpose for which he was so eager for the Philosopher's Stone."

Those short words completely overturned Harry's imagination of Professor Highmore.

He knew how much Professor Highmore hated Voldemort, and what kind of person Professor Highmore was, but he never thought that Professor Highmore would join forces with Snape—and perhaps Voldemort as well.

Of course, it is more likely to be used, but even so is very scary.

This is not over yet, James seems determined to keep Harry away from Toby, he simply told all the information that Dumbledore told him.

Among them, the most important thing was that Snape was actually on Haierbo's side.

In other words, Toby, who was obviously helping Harry stay away from Haierbo's threat, had actually secretly cooperated with Haierbo indirectly.

"It's impossible." Harry immediately retorted after being shocked: "Why don't you think about it, why did he do this? There is absolutely no reason."

"Don't make it hard for me, Harry." James shook his head sadly and said, "I'm only following Dumbledore's orders. I wouldn't even approach Angela if I could—you see The assistant who used to be Toby seems to be called Al? It suddenly turned into a thestral, who knows if Angela will transform, I feel that there are no normal people around him."

"Also, don't forget the most important point, Toby is not actually a wizard anymore, he is still a half-devil, it is not uncommon for such a person to become anything, I am learning Animag I’ve seen it with my own eyes when I was the Patronus of Si—even if he becomes the next Haierbo, I won’t be surprised.”

"correct,"

After uttering so many words in succession, James moistened his throat with a drink, and then asked, "I remember Toby tutoring you with homework alone, right? How far have you guys gone now? There is a chance to stop early Is it? If it doesn't work, I can talk to him, the current situation is very bad, I can only find a way to protect your safety first. "

"It's no use."

Harry stood up suddenly and said, getting very emotional.

"It's no use getting mad at me." James shook his head, as if he had expected this scene.

Harry stared at James for a moment.

"I didn't mean to, sorry, I just need time."

"Of course, of course, everyone needs time to calm down. I'm here waiting for you, or you can write a letter."

".Let's go, Qiu."

After Harry left the bar with Cho, James sighed, turned his back to Angela and said, "Since you've been with Toby for so long, tell me, my son will also become His people?"

Angela didn't look back, she said in a cold voice——

"I thought you already knew, poor fellow."

James smiled wryly after hearing this answer.

"You're right, I do seem to be quite pitiful when you think about it."

(End of this chapter)