Hogwarts Archaeologist Toby

Originally, this class was not going to be much different. It was just that Toby was talking at the top and the students were taking notes at the bottom.

This is a very normal situation in the ancient magic class, because what Toby taught was his discovery in archaeology, and a lot of knowledge has not been published, which is the missing history of the magic world.

So, just as Toby was about to go on, he was naturally surprised that some students raised their hands and asked questions.

"Miss Lovegood?" Toby clicked on Luna's name.

Luna raised her hands high, wondering if she was imitating Hermione, she asked curiously, "Is the devil in the armor silent, Professor?"

The expressions on the faces of many students are a little tranced, they don't know what silence is.

This is a knowledge point that only students in the third grade and above have been exposed to.

Just in the second half of last year, Toby had reminded the students who were in the second semester of the course at that time that ritual magic was dangerous and chaotic, and the most obvious example was obscurity.

Luna is the only student who passed the exam scheduled for the second half of the semester ahead of schedule. She learned this knowledge last year.

Toby would not be annoyed by students asking questions, and from this point of view, he was indeed much more competent than Snape.

Toby patiently explained: "Obscurity and the devil do have many similarities. But to me, the biggest difference between them is that obscurity symbolizes disorderly chaos, while the devil is orderly chaos. It's very different, and the level of danger is not the same."

"Is it more dangerous to be silent?" Ginny also dared to ask the question.

Toby shook his head and said, "No, the devil is more dangerous. Because the danger of the devil is controllable and more targeted-for example, the devil will attack the archaeologist who broke into the temple without authorization. For example, as long as I let go of the restriction now, and it will kill everyone in the house without hesitation."

The students sitting in the front row leaned back anxiously.

But the faces of the students sitting in the back row were more curious.

"Okay." Toby said simply: "This part of the knowledge is a bit too early for you, but you can talk about it now."

"First of all, it is silence. It is the performance of young wizards and wizards after excessively suppressing their magical power. According to this, it can be seen that negative emotions such as fear and timidity have played a big role, and silently It is often accompanied by some tragedy, the kind that sounds like it will make people cry."

"It's the same with the devil."

"According to my archaeological findings, the devil is a kind of magic that has been lost. It also relies on the negativity of the wizard. But unlike the silent cringe, the emotions that cause the devil to appear are more aggressive—such as Hate, anger, and an unbearable desire to destroy everything."

"Here we need to pay attention to explaining the difference between silent and devil. Although in my opinion, they can both be regarded as part of ritual magic. Just like silent rituals are very similar, it first caused the psychological problems of wizards , and then erupts at a certain moment, causing extreme destructiveness."

"But in comparison, the devil's ritual is more formal. For example, it can be summoned autonomously through items such as a scepter, and it can even make your own devil obey orders—"

Colin Creevey raised his hands hastily.

"You said."

"Professor, can every wizard summon his own devil?"

Looking at the eager expressions on the faces of the students, Toby nodded first and said, "That's right, it's like the risk of becoming silent when you were young. Logically speaking, any wizard can summon his own devil."

"but--!"

Toby's tone suddenly became serious: "What I need to warn you is that this is a very dangerous magic. A little carelessness will cause unpredictable consequences, which is more dangerous than the explosion when you made the magic circle items last semester. too much."

"Let's look at this example first."

He walked up to the devil trapped in the transparent armor, picked up the pointer and pointed up and down: "Obviously, this devil is in human form. I can tell you very clearly that no wizard can summon a devil in human form. Do you know how it came out?"

Ginny had a bad feeling in her heart.

Many students had the same expression as her.

"That's right!" Toby suddenly shouted: "It's just what you think—this wizard has merged with his own devil, and he can neither live nor die, but can only be tortured by the pain in his heart." , Losing myself day after day.”

"In other words, to a certain extent, this wizard is already very similar to non-existence. You all know non-existence, right? Dementors, boggarts, and pranksters. There are already two of them in the school - Oh, maybe I have all three, you’ll find out when you go to Remus’s class.”

A little girl with freckles on her face asked in fear: "Professor, is it alive?"

"Yes." Toby said with emotion: "What a fascinating magic, the ancient wizards are really geniuses, they can actually come up with this kind of torture."

"Torture?" A little boy's face suddenly turned extremely pale.

"It's torture." Toby affirmed: "Will you let your family become devils? Are you willing to endure eternal life in this way? Even I can't imagine how to continue to live after becoming devils. And the most terrifying thing, do you know what it is?”

Toby said gloomily: "Devils cannot commit suicide. It is also difficult for others to kill them completely. As long as there is a trace left, the devil can come back to life - this is somewhat similar to Obscurus."

"Is there a way to restore this devil?" Ginny asked with red eyes.I don't know if I was scared, or I was feeling sad for the "textbook" in front of me.

Toby was silent for a moment.

"This is ancient magic." He said in a low tone: "Even if you know the danger, you never have a way out."

Al sighed too.

This sentence is more like describing Professor Haimer himself.

All the students have heard about Professor Heimer's injuries. It is said that one calf alone is covered with scars that cannot be healed, and there is not a good piece of flesh.

Many students showed sympathy and concern in their eyes.

Professor Haimer continued in a low voice: "You don't need to worry about your own safety if it's not enough, because I will help you. I have already gone through the road that I should go. As a professor, I naturally don't want to worry about my safety. of students made the wrong move again."

"Professor..." A kind-hearted little girl whimpered and shed tears.

At this time, Professor Heimer suddenly showed joy on his face, punching the sad atmosphere into pieces.

"But there is good news!"

Put a smirk on his face.

"That means the devil is not under the control of the law for the time being! Can you understand this sentence? If I say it is silent, it may be hunted down by the Ministry of Magic, because it has broken the "Secrecy Act" risks of."

"But the devil is different! No one knows what the devil is. This is still a blank record in the legal provisions, which means no one can arrest me for this."

"Don't worry, I read those provisions carefully before returning to the UK. I won't be suddenly arrested by the Ministry of Magic just for teaching. This can be regarded as the benefit of archeology. The relevant laws are all blank. No one can care about it.”

"Okay, do you want to see this devil transform? Guess how many times it can circle this classroom? Anyone want to try? You, yes, I'm talking about you, weeping little girl, come here, Don’t worry, nothing will happen, can you touch it out? That’s the helmet of the armor, hold it, yes, run! And you, take this leg and run from the other direction—what do you mean the devil is out of control? Don’t Worry, those black things won't affect you, you don't need to pat your arm, it won't hurt you, it's very docile now. Even if it crawls on your face, you don't need to shout so loudly? Why are you so timid? Is it possible? Are you going to be my first student who becomes silent?"

In a daze, the students saw something extraordinary in the ancient magic class - two students tightly wrapped in a black oily substance, running in a circle, crying miserably. And every once in a while, the professor will have to change the relay, and he will not stop until everyone has had a close encounter with the devil.

The final record was thirty-five laps, and it was hard to imagine that the Devil in Armor could grow that long.

Finally, amidst the collapse of almost everyone, the get out of class bell rang, which sounded like a voice from nature.

"There will be no homework for you in this class."

Looking at the frightened students, Toby said with satisfaction: "But I want to remind you that only when everyone is no longer afraid of the devil, we will continue to start the next stage of teaching. You must overcome your fear of the devil and ingrain this awareness of danger deeply into your bones. Don’t cry in despair, you will be much happier than last year’s mummified rooster.”

The stunned students rushed out of the classroom, and the senior students in the corridor have long seen it strangely.

The magic circle on the armor shrank its light and returned to a shiny silver appearance.Toby and Al walked over holding the leg armor and helmet and installed the parts.

"Okay, time to go—huh?"

Toby found that two students had not left the classroom.

Ginny carefully tugged on Luna's sleeve, but Luna remained unmoved, her gray eyes staring at Toby unblinkingly.

"Are you here to ask for anti-demon glasses?"

Toby understood immediately. He waved his hand, and Al immediately took out a pair of half-moon lens glasses from his belly pocket and let them fall into Luna's hands.

This seems to have been prepared in advance.

Ginny was stunned, and Luna's eyes were a little confused. They didn't expect that the process of getting back the magic circle items would be so simple, and they thought Professor Heimer would continue to find excuses to delay it.

"Where's Pandora?"

Toby ignored the eyes of the two and asked, "Can you let me talk to her?"

"No problem, Professor." Luna took out the Pandora notebook and handed over a quill by the way.

Seeing Professor Heimer lowering his head to communicate with Pandora, Luna also put on her anti-monster glasses under Ginny's curious gaze, and she immediately turned her attention to Mr. Al.

"Yeah." Al waved to them friendly.

Ginny noticed something was wrong with Luna's expression, and she asked quietly: "What's wrong?"

"It's broken." Luna took off her glasses and handed them to Ginny: "The anti-monster glasses can no longer understand what Mr. Al is saying."

"No way." Ginny glanced at Professor Highmore carefully, put on her glasses, and then looked at Al.

"Yeah." Al waved at them again, and at the same time a line of text appeared on its head: [Can you see it now? 】

"I can see it." Ginny nodded subconsciously.

Ok?

This is how the same thing?

Ginny blinked, looked at Professor Heimer, and suddenly found a line of text floating on his head: [Since no one can understand the value of the magic circle, let's make all the money from these idiots first. By then Gringotts can easily replace it——】

Professor Highmore seemed to have sensed Ginny's shocked gaze, and he suddenly raised his head, which startled Ginny.

"Give it to me." Toby held out his hand and said, "What did you just see?"

"I -" Ginny suddenly remembered Ron's countless rules not to lie, and she almost burst into tears.

Toby had already put on his glasses, he looked back and forth, then took them off again, a thin black smoke stretched out from his fingertips, circled back and forth a few times, and then took them back silently.

"Some mistakes just happened, what you see is not what I really think." Toby said with a smile, his tone was very friendly: "It should be fine now."

"I see, Professor." Ginny nodded like a chick pecking at rice, her long red hair was swaying, and it was about to ball up.

As if Luna didn't notice anything, she put on her glasses again and looked at Al again.

"Yeah." Al waved his hand for the third time, and words appeared on his head again: 【You can see me. 】

The next second, the text disappeared.

Another second.

"ah."

【You can see me. 】

It seems that during the blank period, Al's thoughts should be "You can't see me".

"It's amazing." Luna's eyes glowed strangely.

Then she looked at Professor Highmore, and saw nothing but the smile on the professor's face.

"I've already talked to Pandora." Toby said kindly: "This anti-demon glasses will be the first prize of the Black Devil Club, which will help to expand the market. Think about it, just in school There are quite a few students who have raised pets. As long as they wear this pair of glasses, the wizards will be able to roughly read the minds of their pets. There are also fire dragon protection areas, magical animal farms, and even Hagrid, the gamekeeper. Above all, it is a revolutionary product.”

Ginny and Luna's eyes lit up all of a sudden.

They were a little confused by what Professor Heimer said next: "As for other issues... After gaining the ability to communicate, magical animals were elevated to the status of centaurs, elves, goblins, etc. in disguise. There are also social problems that may be caused - no, it shouldn't be said to be a problem, it can also be seen as an opportunity. Perhaps the Ministry of Magic will set up a department specifically for these animals, and even the magic circle will not be left behind. By then Who else is most suitable for the position of leader besides me? Grindelwald... He does know some... I just don't know how much... maybe all of them... You probably learned it from me, it seems very possible, "Ancient Magic" was published a little early..."

Seeing that Professor Haimo's topic was getting more and more biased, Luna asked in a low voice: "Professor? Can you—"

"I know." Toby came back to his senses and interrupted: "Don't worry, the foundation will not treat you badly. At that time, a contract will be specially written, or there will be two contracts, one for the wish box and the other For special purchases - should I also buy a store? It's a pity that the magic ball is not there, otherwise "The Quibbler" alone can fulfill the function of purchasing items, and I can buy these things at home.... ..Tell me more carefully, where is the magic ball?”

"Is the magic ball missing, Professor?" Ginny asked in surprise, only then did she realize that the little metal ball was indeed gone by Professor Highmore's side.

"Yeah." Toby said with a headache: "This has caused some difficulties in my teaching process-I mean the first-year students. It is not so simple to create such an immersive illusion. How are you going to make those brats realize the dangers of ancient magic without making a scene where I almost die?"

Don't need to be scared?

Ginny was a little envious of this year's first years.

Toby said to himself again: "How about I engrave the magic circle on the desk in advance? This will not only save time, but also allow them to experience the feeling of being almost scared to death - this idea seems good, What do you think?"

Luna saw a line of text displayed above Al's head: [Can you add more pictures? Let me be the hero who saves the new students? It's best to portray him as wise and powerful, otherwise my assistant will be easily ignored. 】

"Good idea." Toby showed a dangerous smile: "It's better to have twists and turns, you save once first, then I save again, then it's you, then it's me, you can do this for the whole class. I hope Ponfour Ms. Lei has prepared enough tranquilizing potion in advance. Even if it is not enough, I will go to Severus to prepare it now! It is time for him to contribute to the black devil—oh no, to Hogwarts gone."

Looking at the sinister faces of the two, Ginny silently mourned the fate of the new students.

Just before Toby left excitedly, Luna hurriedly called to him: "Professor, you haven't returned the notebook to me yet!"

"So this is what you were asking about before." Toby threw the notebook over: "It's a pity that Pandora doesn't have much creativity left, otherwise she might be able to create some other valuable things - but don't worry, in terms of salary, I I won’t treat you badly—by the way, you should be willing to join the Black Devil Club, right?”

Luna nodded without hesitation: "I hope one day my mother can be completely resurrected."

"Don't even think about it." Toby waved his hand and said, with a merciless attitude: "Resurrection? How can there be such magic? If it can be done, there will be no Muggles in this world, and there will be no "Secrecy Act". There's only the wizard left - come on, Al, and you!"

Toby kicked the armor: "You come with me too, in case Severus refuses to agree, I will send you on the field."

"Let me think about it...you don't have to kill him, just beat him half to death."