Archaeologists at Hogwarts

Chapter 56 The Fifth Founder and the Covered History

Headmaster Dumbledore, who was notified, soon came to the depths of the Forbidden Forest. When he arrived at Toby's location, Toby had already dug out the stone foundation deep in the ground and placed it beside the entrance of the cave.

"headmaster!"

As soon as Dumbledore appeared, Toby walked over in surprise. He seemed to want to hug the headmaster, but was forced back by Dumbledore's eyes.

Toby had no choice but to pretend to be cautious and scared and stopped. Dumbledore sighed helplessly: "Toby, forget it, Toby, where is the pedestal you mentioned? If we solve it quickly, we still have time to participate Christmas party."

Obviously, even Headmaster Dumbledore can't do anything about Toby's "hobby", and Toby can't steal the Pensieve without telling Headmaster Dumbledore, unless he doesn't want to do it at Hogwarts .

"here."

Toby walked up to the pedestal excitedly, and Principal Dumbledore walked around the pedestal a few times, carefully looking at the ancient runes engraved on it.

"It's really similar." The principal commented: "It really seems to be a pair with the Pensieve."

He took out his wand and waved it vigorously, and the Pensieve appeared out of thin air, and Toby quickly caught the stone basin.

The two looked at each other, and Dumbledore didn't intend to waste time, so Toby carefully placed the stone basin on the groove on the top of the base, and Dumbledore raised his wand, secretly vigilant.

Al, who climbed onto the headmaster's shoulders, opened his eyes wide - at the moment when the Pensieve was connected to the pedestal, the engraving of the ancient runes shone slightly.Immediately afterwards, more runes appeared on the four sides of the base, but this time the runes that appeared were no longer related to the functions of magical creations, but lines of text that could be read.

Toby, who had taken an elective course in ancient runes, translated the text:

"The bravery of the barren swamp,"

“Beauty by the peaceful riverside,”

"The kindness of the open valley,"

"The shrewdness of the cold mire,"

And
"Foresight of the Lush Forest"

After reading these five lines of text, Toby was silent for a long time, only feeling his heart surging, as if he had discovered something extraordinary.

It's really amazing.

There is no doubt that bravery corresponds to Godric Gryffindor, beautiful corresponds to Rowena Ravenclaw, kindness corresponds to Helga Hufflepuff, and shrewdness corresponds to Sarah. Racha Slytherin.

But now, the origin of the fifth unknown person appeared on the pedestal—the vision of the lush forest.

Even Headmaster Dumbledore's expression became solemn, his light blue eyes revealing thoughts and memories.

He suddenly told a rumor.

"It is said that the Pensieve was buried in the place where Hogwarts was founded. Its history is longer than Hogwarts. It is a creation of a distant age. It was later acquired by the founders and passed down from generation to generation for Hogwarts. It is used by the principals of Cici."

"Then the pedestal may have been built later." Toby said his guess: "And the words on the pedestal are actually history, and they are also witnesses to the discovery of the Pensieve—"

"The First Witness."

The answer is already on the horizon.

Before Hogwarts was established, there were five original witnesses.

Toby's eyes sparkled, and he looked at Headmaster Dumbledore all at once.

"It's a horseman!"

He suddenly chattered and said: "Don't the horsemen always say this is their Forbidden Forest? But the Forbidden Forest appeared next to Hogwarts, and the base happened to be buried deep in the Forbidden Forest. The first witness was a centaur, and Slytherin wasn't the first founder to part ways, the centaur was! The centaur named Foresight!"

"This makes sense. The centaurs are already good at divination magic—whether it's observing the stars, or their methods of burning herbs. Foresight can just become the code name of the centaurs."

"But why did the centaur named Foresight refuse to co-found Hogwarts, but instead came to the Forbidden Forest—"

"It's not coming." Dumbledore corrected: "It's the same creation, except that the horses created the Forbidden Forest, and it was indeed planted by the horses from saplings."

Principal Dumbledore's statement confirmed Toby's guess that there was indeed a fifth founder.

"You and Al go back to the castle first."

Dumbledore ordered: "I will take over the rest of the work, which is more appropriate."

Toby did not refuse, and the rest of the work must be dealing with the centaur, but the centaur is very vigilant, and "foreseeing" deliberately hides the base deep in the ground, in order not to let people find himself The connection with the wizard is even likely to have fallen out with the four founders-it must be safer for Principal Dumbledore to come forward.

The centaurs respect Headmaster Dumbledore, but their attitude towards Toby is not so friendly, especially when he comes to dig pits in the Forbidden Forest over and over again - many times, Toby and a centaur named Bane When they quarreled, the other party's temper was very hot, thinking that Toby was hurting the forest.

Toby returned to the castle with a relaxed mood, and walked back to his office. The foot of his bed was already full of Christmas presents, including a few Howler letters, but Toby had clearly foreseen this. Seeing Angela's name, a simple flick of the wand burned the letter without leaving a trace.

Toby rummaged through the pile of gifts with great anticipation, and finally he found what he was looking for - a small bottle of Felicia, a gift from Professor Slughorn.

The amount of Felicia is not much, and it is probably only enough for one person to use for two hours, but Toby knows how difficult it is - under normal circumstances, it takes more than half a year to brew Felicia, Si Professor Raghorn probably started refining the potion after Toby left, and there was no delay at all, so he was able to send this heartfelt gift in advance.

"Looks like I need to add a few more paragraphs to the special acknowledgments."

Toby smiled and told Al to put the vial in his belly pocket.

When they came to the auditorium where the banquet was about to start, the professors warmly greeted Toby, and they all received that special Christmas gift—in each professor’s letter, they were the most popular at Hogwarts. Welcome Prof.

"Why isn't Professor Quirrell here?" Toby asked curiously.

"He's not feeling well." Professor McGonagall replied, "Don't worry, he's already drank the medicine for the cold. Poor Quirrell, he's been getting thinner recently."

Little by little, the students also poured into the auditorium, and finally Principal Dumbledore also came back. He dragged Toby from Snape to the place next to him, and after announcing the official start of the banquet, he whispered:

"The centaurs also don't know the existence of the seer, they have never heard of the fifth founder."

Toby nodded with a twinkle in his eyes.

It seems that the seer wants to hide not only wizards, but also centaurs.

The centaur named the seer concealed another complicated and confusing history for the later generations of the centaur.

Really an interesting discovery.

(End of this chapter)