Archaeologists at Hogwarts

Chapter 400 Kerosene Lamp

399 Kerosene Lamp

No one knew about the silent confrontation in the secret room. No one knew where the kerosene lamp and the death steward went, and they couldn't be found no matter what.

After Toby left the Chamber of Secrets, Hogwarts passed a few days of calm, until Harry and Ron suddenly received a notice from Professor Highmore—another death counseling session began.

Harry got up early on the weekend, and Ron was no exception-although he was going to refuse at first, he couldn't stand Harry's persuasion later, and he couldn't help but put Harry's life at stake. What happened - Hai Erbo was still staring at him.

"Dong dong dong."

"Come in."

The two walked into the ancient magic office one after the other, and they saw that this time, apart from the necessary teaching props - the skeleton of Ignotus, there was another thing - or a person, but The other party looked a little bit dead.

"He's old Tom, You-Know-Who's father."

Toby's words took them by surprise.

"Come over and say hello."

Ron and Harry looked at each other, and they walked over in fear, and bowed to Old Tom who was slumped on the side of the table. Well, if there were flowers at this time, it would be suitable to sprinkle him.

"He's recuperating right now and can't communicate with people."

Toby explained casually: "Okay, it's time for us to continue today's lesson, but before that, I have something extra to tell you."

Harry and Ron cheered up immediately, and stopped looking at whether the old Tom was dead or not.

"You all remember the death steward, right?"

Toby's question was mainly for Ron, because only Ron had seen the kerosene lamp with his own eyes, and Harry escaped because he stayed in the Office of Ancient Magic.

Ron asked in a panic: "Remember, teach it. It appeared again?"

"It should be said that it has never left." Toby narrowed his eyes and said, "It's just hidden in an unknown way-but these are not the key, the real key is that it may now have a helper , that is, the old Tom in front of you—you don’t need to know what the reason is, as long as you know that it is also related to Death Castle.”

"Now, Ron Weasley, you should be aware that your name does not appear in that ledger, right? Our previous guess was that the death steward needed to come to Hogwarts for this reason, and part of it It is also related to Harry. This time I want to solve this problem once and for all, would you like to help?"

Ron couldn't have wished for it more, he was too close to want to get rid of that mysterious strange thing.

Harry asked with some hesitation: "What do you need us to do? There are also lessons from the God of Death"

Toby suddenly shook his eyebrows.

"If I'm not wrong, this may also help us understand Death better."

Although it was unclear how Professor Highmore came to this conclusion, Harry knew it was time for him to say yes.

"I'm fine, Professor."

"very good."

Toby said with satisfaction.

Both Harry and Ron could tell that Professor Highmore seemed to have already figured out what to do. His orders were issued one after another, asking the two to move back and forth, and then used the magic ball to move quickly in the middle of the office. A complicated magic circle was arranged, which was more mysterious than the ones they had seen in class, and just looking at it would make them dizzy.

Angela and Al were staring at the secret room, which was the place where the kerosene lamp appeared last time—in order to avoid any omissions, Toby didn't let them come back immediately, so as not to miss this rare opportunity.

"That's about it."

Toby stared at the magic circle and said.

Harry counted it carefully, and he found that it turned out to be a seven-pointed star magic circle, and Ron also discovered this-they all remembered what Professor Highmore said in class, this type of magic circle was almost Exists only in legends.

"It's also the first time I've used this magic circle."

Professor Haimer can always bring unexpected surprises to the two of them: "So I can't guarantee what will happen next, but don't worry, I will protect you, at most, I will lose arms and legs-don't be so Nervous, I'm joking—well, this is just a joke, the Black Devil Foundation is enough to guarantee your well-being for the rest of your life, so... come with me, try not to get too far away from me."

Harry and Ron were almost close to Professor Highmore. They stood in the center of the magic circle with Toby on the left and right, and then watched half of Professor Highmore's body suddenly turn into a devil.

Ron looked at Harry eagerly. He was now on the devil's side and wanted to switch places with Harry.

Harry stared at his shoes with his head down, as if he hadn't seen anything.

"focus."

Toby's words made the two of them dare not distract their minds anymore, mainly because the devil's voice from his mouth was so intimidating that they both jumped at the same time.

Under Toby's control, Old Tom's body also fell into the magic circle, and he also took out the ledger from the witch robe.

Then, he gently placed it on Old Tom's chest.

Harry and Ron even had an illusion-this scene was a bit like Professor Highmore praying for the dead old Tom.

They still weren't sure if old Tom was dead or alive.

"let's start."

With Professor Haimer's last voice, the magic ball suddenly began to spin rapidly, and countless thin threads with silver light were thrown out by it, sprinkled on several people in the magic circle like starlight.

At the moment when they came into contact with the starlight, Harry and Ron felt a feeling of using the Portkey at the same time-the world was turned upside down, the unstoppable feeling of being separated, they were forced into a certain pipe, and they were crushed. out of breath-

Harry gasped for breath and tried to turn his head. He felt a hallucination in front of his eyes-Ron was no longer Ron, but a mouse, and Professor Highmore had also turned into a horned water snake.

He looked down at his body, and found that the witch robe on his body was gone, and he also had an owl-like appearance.

It reminded him of mason doors.

But didn't Harry remember that the Mason Gate had been destroyed long ago?Not a single one remained.

After an unknown amount of time, just when Harry thought he was about to die—

"boom!"

As if he had fallen from the sky, he was forcibly thrown onto the sofa on the other side of the room.Immediately afterwards, he saw a black shadow rushing towards him——

"Be careful."

Professor Haimer's voice came.

It's a pity it's too late.

"what!"

"what!"

Two calls sounded at the same time, and Harry and Ron's heads hit each other, and a huge swelling suddenly bulged up, causing Harry to cry from the pain.

"Are you all right?"

Harry heard someone vaguely asking himself.

"I feel like I'm going to die"

"What nonsense are you talking about? It's just a concussion. Although it's a bit serious, as long as you drink this bowl of medicine."

Harry felt himself being lifted up, and a bowl of bitter liquid was forced into his mouth.

He struggled to open his eyes, and saw countless James and Ms. Pomfrey staring at him with concern.

"Why am I here?" He asked confusedly.

"You're hurt." Madam Pomfrey poured the last bit of the potion into his mouth before saying, "It was Toby who sent you here—how could you be so careless that you would be so careless when you were playing around?" Injured, I don't know when playing wizard chess will be like this."

An unstoppable drowsiness came over him, and Harry knew that this was a lie made up by Professor Highmore to cover up the incident.

He took one last look at James when he was awake, but all he saw was his angry back.

Ok.

he said to himself in his sleep.

I hope I don't lose my father again because of this incident.
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"boom!"

The door of the office was knocked hard, but it wasn't enough. James raised one leg and kicked forward angrily—but just like that, the door suddenly opened automatically, and the leg he kicked out went straight to the ground. He stretched out his front, and then landed on the floor with a click, causing him to grin his teeth in pain.

Toby in the house was sitting on the scorched floor, which was the trace of the magic circle.Without raising his head, he said, "I really don't know that your flexibility is so good—could you have learned ballet secretly? I really can't tell."

"Don't talk nonsense with me."

James said angrily. He rubbed his thighs and stood up, but he didn't forget to close the door of the office at this time, and then he rushed to Toby and asked, "What have you done to my child?" ?”

"Ok?"

Toby raised his head suspiciously: "Isn't there nothing wrong with him? He just accidentally bumped into Ron's head in the end? But I can't throw him out without force, otherwise he will probably be killed together." Trapped in this thing—have you ever seen this thing?"

"You actually took him to do such a dangerous experiment—wait a minute, what is this?"

James finally saw what was in Toby's hand. It was a large kerosene lamp, but the flame inside had been extinguished.

"It seems that you have never been to Death Castle."

Toby rubbed his chin and said, showing a thoughtful look.

"That's strange, because Snape said that he didn't go there himself either. Could it be that the death steward was the subordinate who was arranged by Haierbo in the castle? From this point of view, our enemies may not only be wizards. "

James frowned and stared at him: "What the hell are you talking about?"

"It's very simple." Toby stood up slowly and said, "I just did a small experiment with some materials, which is related to the death steward. You must know that if the other party wants to hide under my nose It’s not so easy to think about it, not even the invisibility cloak. But soon, I thought of another thing, and you have seen it with your own eyes.”

"Mason Gate."

Toby raised the kerosene lamp and watched it carefully. He ignored James' serious gaze and continued, "Helbo must have been eyeing the Mason door long ago, but he couldn't get in touch with this thing, so he designed it so that I took it away and indirectly handed it over to him for use. But I think, before that, he should have considered making an imitation by himself—that is, the kerosene lamp in front of us.”

"Fortunately, I have studied the Mason Gate for a while, otherwise I would not be able to engrave this magic circle. Fortunately, I guessed about Haierbo's intentions, which allowed me to find the secret hidden in another. Hogwarts in another world? Anyway, where did I find the death steward, and it was easy to find him - you won't believe it, it's in my office watching me Do this experiment."

"But it can't stop me. It can only be in front of us and reach us when the kerosene lamp is on. Otherwise, it can't do anything."

"Interesting magic, isn't it?"

"You actually find this interesting?" James had long forgotten about accountability, and he looked Toby up and down: "But this is more like you, a lunatic whose mind is full of dangerous magic."

"Thank you for the compliment." Toby smiled and said, "Besides, I found another interesting fact—do you want to know what is used to light this kerosene lamp?"

James looked at Toby puzzled.

This time, there was a lot more emotion in Toby's tone.

"It's a power that feels strange and familiar to me, and it has always been admired by Dumbledore - it's love, James. Only love can light this kerosene lamp. Who would have thought that the death steward also has love in his heart What? But I guess there will be a day when it will run out, and then it will become a walking dead, unable to perceive anything-maybe it is in this state now."

James was silent for a moment.

"Threatening others by using their weaknesses to make them obey their orders is Haierbo's usual method. He never seems to have any real loyalty."

"It's the same as I thought." Toby snapped his fingers and disappeared the kerosene lamp out of thin air, hiding it somewhere.

Then he went back to the desk and sat down, watched the two skeletons in the room sweep away the traces left by the magic circle, then looked up at James who had no intention of leaving, and asked curiously: "What? Want to clean the house with them too? I never knew you had a craft."

"Don't try to change the subject." James immediately came over and sat down opposite Toby, he stared into Toby's eyes and said: "Since you have already guessed that the death steward is a wizard - it also has love in its heart, Isn't it? Then you should also have doubts about the candidate. Who is it?"

Toby and James looked at each other for a moment.

"Didn't you already guess it?"

He whispered: "In my opinion, there are only two people that the death steward has tried to contact from the beginning to the end, old Tom and Harry Potter. Then her identity is obvious—"

"Merope Gaunt, and Lily Evans."

"There are only two possibilities."

(End of this chapter)