Archaeologists at Hogwarts

Chapter 401 Snape and the Horcrux
400 Snape and the Horcruxes
When Angela and Al hurried back to the office, they opened the door and saw Toby pinching James by the neck and pinning him to the floor. James' hands were still on Toby's face. He pulled it back and forth, as if trying to pluck out his eyeballs.

"Calm down, James!"

Toby increased the strength in his hand, and while he was about to twist James' neck into a twist, he shouted: "Calm down!"

"No," said James, through gritted teeth, "give me the kerosene lamp. Besides, you're going to strangle me."

"It's impossible!" Toby said forcefully again: "I have discussed with you before that we can only help find Lily, but I didn't decide what to do after I found her. Besides, we still have no way of confirming what it is. Not Lily."

"I'm not discussing with you." James blushed more and more.

"Me neither, this is just a final announcement."

Toby squeezed his hands hard, and James' neck made a "click".His head tilted and he could no longer make any sound.

"ah"

Al watched this scene, and it sighed: "Yeah [I thought you could endure it for a few more days, what is this? Are you finally going to start clearing away the remaining Dumbledore forces in Hogwarts?]"

"He just passed out."

Toby said, letting go of his palms, and flicked his wrists vigorously from side to side.

"Send him to the school hospital, Madam Pomfrey will heal him."
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In the ward of the school hospital.

"Wizard Chess again?"

Madam Pomfrey stared at Angela with suspicion in her eyes.

"It's just playing chess, why did you faint again? Are you playing the real version?"

Angela blinked, trying to get away with her beauty.

"Cough cough!"

Harry, who had already woken up, was lying on the hospital bed next to him. He coughed twice, and reminded in a low voice: "Professor Haimer is the designer of the competition, and he...may be considering the possibility of the third link." Woolen cloth?"

This sounds like a little bit of truth.

"Then why don't you... Oh, I see, don't worry, I won't say it."

Madam Pomfrey obviously thought that Harry had cheated secretly, and asked Professor Highmore to tell him the content of the next game in advance.

To this, Harry could only respond with an embarrassed smile.

After James was settled, Ms. Pomfrey explained to Harry some things to pay attention to, and then left the ward.

But Harry found that neither Mr. Al nor Ms. Angela had left.

"ah."

Al took out a pair of anti-demon glasses and asked Harry to put them on, so that he could understand what he was saying.

After Harry put his glasses on in a daze, he saw a series of words emerge from the top of Mr. Al's head.

[Toby thinks he should tell you the news so that you can prepare yourself in advance. 】

"Eh, I'm listening."

[The kerosene lamp, you can think of it as a replica of the Mason door, only when it is lit can the death steward appear in the real world.Toby felt that this was a better way to be the master of Death.He now understands that Haierbo's plan needed the Mason Gate, but what Haierbo didn't know was that Merlin also needed the Mason Gate to regain his short-term sobriety, and that's why his plan was shattered. 】

【Now that we have kerosene lamps, the chances of finding a way to make you defeat Hai Erbo are much higher. Maybe even Merlin will find a way to help us. 】

"Merlin?" Harry asked confusedly, "What Merlin? Is Merlin the god of death?"

【do not you know? ] Al scratched his head, it and Angela looked at each other, and Harry saw a line of words appeared on top of its head: 【Did I say something wrong, do I need to erase his memory? 】

"Do you use a scepter?" Angela discussed with Al on her own: "The consequences of doing this may be more serious, and it may even kill his brain."

"Don't!" Harry shouted hastily, "I didn't hear anything, can't it?"

【never mind. ] Al waved his paws indifferently: [One more thing to tell you, now we have two guesses about the identity of the death steward—one is the mysterious man's mother, Merope Gaunt.And the other is your mother—Lily Evans. 】

[Okay, that's all, let's go first, see you in the next class. 】

Harry stared blankly at the backs of the two leaving.

"what?!"
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Maybe it was because Toby was too aggressive, or maybe it was just because James wasn't Toby's student.This kept James from waking up until midnight.

As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw the dark ward, and the most frightening thing was that something was staring at him closely.

"Shh!"

Recognizing Harry's voice, James breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Why haven't you slept? You haven't been asleep all the time, have you?"

"I can't sleep," Harry said honestly.

James was silent for a while, he moved to the other side of the hospital bed, and then patted the space he made room for, and Harry quickly climbed onto the bed as well, with his head pressed against half of the pillow.

"You know it all?"

"Well, Mr. Al told me when he sent you here."

"Ugh."

James sighed: "I admit that I was a little impatient during the day, but I also don't understand why Toby would tell me the news, and then hang me with a kerosene lamp. He should know It is not a wise behavior, I will definitely find a way to make trouble for him."

"What if it's because of me?"

Harry's words made James' breath pause.

Harry continued: "I've been thinking about it for a long time, and I always feel that Mr. Al still has some things to say to me, such as how to save my mother, and why she became like that— While the identity of the death steward is not yet known, it is certainly worth a try."

"Because of Death?" James asked.

"Professor Haimer must be concerned about death." Harry whispered, "This is Haierbo's goal, so naturally it became his goal."

James scratched his head hard. He knew that his current haircut must be terrible, and he had passed this trait on to his son.

"And what do you think, Harry?" He tried to keep his tone steady.

In the dark, Harry stared straight at the ceiling.

He didn't answer, but James already knew the answer.
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"Bang bang bang."

No one answered.

"Bang bang bang!"

Still no answer.

"Bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang—!"

"Damn! Can't you stop for a while?!"

Snape pulled the door open at once, he gritted his teeth and roared, "Don't you know what time it is? Are you going to bother me in the middle of the night?!"

"I seem to have discovered Lily's whereabouts."

Toby blocked Snape's mouth with one sentence. He looked at the stagnant expression and gaze on the thin face in front of him with satisfaction, picked up the black devil wine he had prepared in advance and shook it.

"Want a drink?"

One minute later, Toby sat alone on the sofa in the office, and he turned his head and looked around the office.Unlike James, Snape had hardly done anything extra to the office.

"This is not very good." Toby commented tut-tut: "It seems that you don't plan to live in Hogwarts for a long time, do you? As the vice-principal of the school, I think I need to criticize you—"

"Bang! Bang!"

Snape slammed the two cups he brought on the coffee table, glaring at Toby.

"Ok."

Toby casually unscrewed the wine bottle, then looked at it with his head: "Is there no ice cubes? You usually entertain guests like this-oh, I forgot, you have never had guests. After all, places like Spider's End Alley are really Not fit to be seen - calm down, Snape, just think I'm talking nonsense, I'm a little nervous now, just like you, it's Lily after all."

Snape sneered twice.

"Now you are willing to pretend to be a good person. You told me before that you only used her as a tool-I am afraid that everyone is almost a dead thing without emotion in your eyes."

"I had to, and you were wrong about one thing."

Toby slowly filled the last glass and pushed it in front of Snape.

"Emotions are also tools, and even the most important thing that cannot be ignored. In addition, maybe saying this will make you feel better--I have always seen myself in this way, whether it is body, spirit, or magic, they are all excellent tools. , more precious than the relics of the founders."

Snape stared at Toby silently for a while, and the two eyes collided in the air.

"I believe that to be true."

He drank the wine in the glass with skeleton bubbles in one gulp, and then asked bluntly, "Where is Lily? How did you find her?"

Toby enjoyed the impact of the strong magma explosion in his mouth, he let out a breath comfortably, and then said slowly: "This matter is a long story—it is estimated that even Hai Erbo is thinking about it. Carefully designed and complacent."

He briefly summarized the speculation between the kerosene lamp and Lily, and then talked about the black feathers in Death Castle.

"Now I'm more and more worried about my own hidden dangers." He said in a relaxed tone, showing no sign of trouble.

"If Hai Erbo has even counted this point, then he has already left a backhand on me, and he can launch it at any time - but the premise of all this is that he is the master of Death Castle. It will take time to confirm that.”

"Let's talk about Lily."

Toby changed his words and mentioned: "Her sister, that is, Petunia, admitted that she had seen a figure similar to Lily. This incident happened after the Potter family was killed. I don't know much about the rest. What about you, Severus? Do you know anything extra?"

Snape frowned and didn't speak, just poured himself the wine.

"I didn't see that you became a drunkard."

Toby put the bottle away from him dissatisfied, and then continued: "Have you not figured it out yet? If Lily was trapped in the world behind the Mason Gate, then she would naturally have no way to pass through that door." It makes perfect sense that the magic circle was summoned back."

"But in order to confirm this, I need more news about Lily, and Haierbo's is also fine. Don't you know anything? Don't keep all the secrets in your heart, Severus, it's time Share it out, because we are old classmates?"

There was no part of the Unbreakable Vow that Snape had to tell Toby the whole truth.

He would rather die than expose some secrets hidden in his heart.

But Snape still didn't speak, and nothing could be seen from the expression on his face.

"What are you worried about?"

Toby asked puzzledly: "Could it be possible that Hai Erbo cast a curse on you? Forget it, we can always mention things when we were in school, right? For example, how did Lily know about Horcruxes, and why did she take this horcrux?" That's the kind of question to ask Dean Slughorn."

Snape finally reacted.

"Horcruxes?" He stared at Toby and whispered, "I never mentioned Horcruxes to Lily."

Toby's face became a little more serious.

"Is what you said true?"

"What do you think? Why did I mention Horcruxes to Lily? I didn't even know there was such magic when I was in school. Wait a minute."

Snape suddenly came to his senses and said, "Could it be that the first person Hai Erbo came into contact with was not me, but Lily?"

"Where are you going?" he yelled, watching Toby rush through the door.

"Go and confirm the authenticity of this news."

Toby said without looking back: "By the way, find someone to talk to, if he can talk."

Snape was going to follow immediately, but the office door was slammed shut right in front of him.

He stretched out a hand to open the door, but stopped halfway.

Toby obviously didn't want him to follow.

And Snape did need time to think about one thing—

Besides the Horcrux, did Lily have any other secrets she was hiding from them?
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Slytherin's Chamber of Secrets.

After leaving Snape's office, Toby came here non-stop.

Voldemort was still suffering in his armor, unable to speak a word.

Antioch's transformed subordinates were still staring at the unconscious old Tom, as if they were going to swallow him up.

"Has he ever woken up?"

"Roar!"

"Looks like it's gone."

Toby squatted in front of Old Tom, he stared carefully at the other's eyelids, and suddenly slapped him without warning.

With a snap, Old Tom's head tilted to the side.

Another slap.

"Snapped."

For a while, Old Tom's head was almost taken out, but there was still no sign of waking up.

Toby narrowed his eyes gradually.

He stood up, drew his wand, and laid it on Old Tom's forehead.

"It seems that we need to be more aggressive."

Toby's tone was extremely cold, and his body gradually turned into a black mist.

"Avada—"

The next second, Old Tom's eyelids opened immediately.

He stared at the sorcerer in front of him who was about to kill him, and said in a skillful tone that finally stopped intermittently——

"You're grumpy, young man."

(End of this chapter)