Hogwarts Archaeologist Toby

Harry felt himself falling and falling in the darkness...until he saw a golden thing flashing above his head.

It's a snitch! He tried to grab it, but his arms were too heavy to lift.

He blinked, and it turned out that it was not a snitch at all, but a pair of glasses.

He blinked hard again, and the smiling face of Albus Dumbledore gradually appeared in front of him.

"Good afternoon, Harry," said Dumbledore.

Harry stared at him blankly, then suddenly remembered: "Sir! Philosopher's Stone! It's Quirrell! Then there's Vol—oh no, You-Know-Who, who—"

"Don't get excited, dear boy, what you said is a bit outdated," said Dumbledore: "Voldemort did not get the Sorcerer's Stone - I also suggest that you call him that, and always use the correct name for things. Yes. The fear of a name reinforces the fear of the thing itself.”

"Okay...Okay, sir."

Harry swallowed and looked around.He realized he was in a hospital.He was lying on a hospital bed covered with crisp white linen, and the table next to him was piled up like a hill, as if half a candy store had been moved here.

He remembered more things - there seemed to be an explosion before he fell into coma, Hermione, Mr. Al were all very close to the center of the explosion, and Professor Heimer...

"Are Hermione and Mr. Al okay?" Harry asked, "Are they hurt too?"

"Al is fine, and Miss Granger has also recovered after a night in the hospital." Dumbledore said, "Only you, Harry, you were in a coma for three whole days, and Mr. Ron Weasley and Mr. Miss Granger will be relieved to know you're awake. They've been worrying so much."

"So... what about the magic stone? And the magic ball?"

"It seems that there is no way to distract you. Well, let's talk about the Sorcerer's Stone and the Magic Ball. They are still safe and have not been obtained by Voldemort. The only difference is that the Sorcerer's Stone has been destroyed."

"Destroyed?" Harry asked puzzledly, "But your friend - Nico Flamel -"

"Oh, you still know Nicole?" Dumbledore asked, looking very pleased. "You made this very clear, didn't you? Well, Nicole and I had a talk, and we agreed that This is the best way—even though Toby complained about it, it’s normal for him not to understand, he couldn’t find where Nick lived, and he couldn’t get more clues from me— As Voldemort said, my existence is Toby's bondage, and he must be obedient."

Dumbledore said these words easily, but Harry felt panicked. He never asked about Professor Highmore's condition from the beginning, and he also deliberately avoided this question, but Dumbledore seemed to He directly saw through his mind and took the lead in leading Professor Heimo out.

This time, the unavoidable person became Harry.

"Professor Heimo..." Harry said hesitantly: "Is he still at Hogwarts?"

"Why do you think so?" Dumbledore asked, "Did those words of Voldemort affect you, making you think Toby is an inherently evil person?"

"That's not all..."

Harry whispered.

Quirrell once told him that the death of his parents might be related to Professor Highmore, and he also said that he was a person who disregarded life. In addition, the conversation between Voldemort and Professor Highmore seemed to cover the whole world. All the camouflage on him was torn off at once.

"Professor Heimer knows my parents..." Harry asked in confusion: "Are they friends? They -"

Harry hesitated to ask, and Dumbledore looked at him with twinkling eyes.

"About this matter... the situation is a bit complicated." Dumbledore was finally willing to speak: "Let me think about how to explain to you more appropriately, well... he is indeed your mother friends, but the relationship with your father was not so good. Then, by chance, Toby saved Severus one day, but he insisted that James had originally planned to do the same. This made Severus finds it hard to accept that he and your father are enemies, I believe you have already felt this."

"Of course." Harry thought of Snape's bad attitude towards him: "Of course I understand, sir. But can you tell me more details? Professor Hemmer is really my mother's friend, but why did he treat me so badly?" But my father—does he like my mother?"

By the end, Harry literally screamed.

But Dumbledore smiled broadly.

"Many people thought so at first, but the fact is not what they thought - this story started with a kind-hearted girl helping a boy who was discriminated against everywhere. They came from different colleges, but Both are interested in ancient magic and help each other. As for the relationship between the two, I believe that even Toby himself has thought about this issue, but gratitude cannot replace the role of love."?

"They are just very good friends. Although this caused many misunderstandings from other people, it did not change anything - because Toby knew his own heart very well, and he also valued his black walnut wand. This The biggest requirement of wands for their owners is not to deceive themselves and others. Toby did this when he was in school, so he insisted that your father also wanted to save Severus, and always because Severus didn't Ken admits it and looks down on him.”

"In a way, Toby is a very arrogant person, but at the same time he is very real. So you don't have to worry about whether he is really evil, he is just himself."

Harry was confused. He couldn't imagine the stories of the previous generation when they were students. He couldn't fully understand it now.

"But what about my parents' death?" Harry asked, "Did Professor Highmore have anything to do with their deaths?"

To Harry's surprise, Dumbledore fell into rare silence.

It wasn't until Harry thought that Dumbledore would avoid talking about it that he slowly said in a sad tone: "Lily's interest in ancient magic started because of Toby, but the two of them were born because of their mutual personalities. They walked in different directions because of their differences. Toby has always been pursuing greater power, but as for your mother—Lily, she has been studying love."

"like?"

"Yes, Harry. That's her magic protecting you, too, like Frank Longbottom's wand crushing the shapeless Voldemort, all because of love."

Dumbledore sighed.

"In front of Voldemort, Lily didn't run away, and she didn't give up saving your life. She protected you with love, so that Voldemort could never touch you again—this is the relationship between Toby and the cause of your mother's death."

Harry felt his chest suddenly become congested. He turned his head, and Dumbledore continued: "Let's end the conversation today. I have to go-"

Harry immediately turned his head back, his eyes were red: "But, sir, I still have a lot to ask you—"

"Wait for the next time."

Dumbledore turned his head to look at the door of the ward of the school hospital, Harry followed suit and found that Professor Highmore appeared there at some point.

"It's time for me to answer another student's question."