Archaeologists at Hogwarts

Although Toby returned to Hogwarts for the purpose of archeology, as a formal professor, he had to carefully prepare teaching content.

Cursebreaker is a position in Gringotts, the wizarding bank. Cursebreakers must be able to break the curses in ancient tombs or other historical sites and bring the treasures back to Gringotts. This is a very dangerous and serious profession. They

You may be killed by ancient evil spells, curses or curses at work, but the rewards are correspondingly generous.

Toby doesn't like the title of Curse Breaker. He prefers to call himself an archaeologist. The articles he published in magazines alone are worthy of this reputation, but he rarely does so later.

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Later, Toby had more academic exchanges with Dumbledore alone in his cover letter, which benefited him a lot. The principal did not like his research, but in terms of magic, the principal was always willing to bring him some novel ideas.

Ideas, those ideas are very interesting and inspiring.

If he hadn't received feedback, Toby wouldn't have persisted in writing cover letters for so many years.

Of course, he also played a trick in the letter. He would not mention his job application at the beginning, but pretended to mention it casually in the last few lines.

Principal Dumbledore always ignored the last few lines, and it was not until this year that he changed his mind and agreed to let Toby return to Hogwarts.

Regarding lesson preparation, although Toby considers himself the only archaeologist in the wizarding world, this is obviously not suitable for teaching. It is too much content for students, and there are not so many ancient ruins waiting for them.

When students go digging, it is difficult to cope with the dangers contained in the ruins alone.

Therefore, Toby plans to split the archaeologist content into two parts. One part is about ancient magic. This is also the main content. It contains Toby's own ideas about the pursuit of magic. It will also be used by students in the process of exploring the ruins in the future.

inevitable encounter.

The other part is the adventures that Toby has personally experienced. This part of the content is not recorded in detail in "Ancient Magic". It is only mentioned occasionally, and some even directly capture some fragments, which seems to be without beginning or end.

But this is just enough to prevent dark wizards with ulterior motives from finding the specific location of the ruins. God knows what they will find. Toby has seen some of its power with his own eyes, and a smaller part has been collected by him. It is in Gringotts.

Inside the vault.

Once the crazy dark wizard gains something from it, it will definitely be a consequence Toby doesn't want to see.

As for the content to be taught in the formal class, it is very simple. In fact, Toby has already prepared it and written it all in his book "Ancient Magic". It is not difficult to extract the seven-year curriculum from there.

And Toby doesn't need to do it completely in the first year, because this is a brand new course. Whether he is facing seventh graders or freshmen, he only needs to prepare similar courses, but the difficulty is higher.

Needs some slight changes.

For example, the introductory course of ancient magic is also the simplest one - magic circle. Freshmen need to successfully draw the magic circle of floating spell, while seventh grade students will learn more complex things, such as flying spell, transformation spell, and even magic circle.

Apparition, these must be prepared in advance.

"I don't know if students will like this course."

Toby was a little uneasy, but when he thought about Snape becoming the Potions Professor and the Headmaster of Slytherin House, plus the strange black people Toby met when he was in school.

Professor of Defense Against Magic.

To be honest, Toby feels that no matter how bad he is, he can't be worse than a dominatrix, right? Not to mention the pale vampire. Like dominatrixes, they look at students as if they are looking at food, and they never

Eat together with the teachers and students so as not to disgust them.

If you think about it carefully, professors for this course are really scarce.

I hope my new colleagues can stick with me for a longer time...that should be possible, right?

That Quirrell is not simple at first glance.

If it weren't for his keenness, Toby might have been fooled by him.

Toby trusts his intuition. This talent has saved him many times during his exploration of ancient ruins. It is one of his few divination talents.

And all this is due to his wand - it is twelve and a quarter inches long, and the core of the wand is the heart nerve of the fire dragon. It is very powerful and can perform gorgeous magic.

The most important thing is the wood of Toby's wand - black walnut.

Black walnut is not as common as ordinary walnut wands. It generally seeks owners with keen intuition and insight. It looks beautiful, but is not easy to control.

Black walnut also has an obvious quirk, that is, it cannot properly coordinate internal contradictions. If its owner deceives himself, its power will be greatly reduced.

This requires Toby to face himself and others honestly, and he must have enough self-awareness. Once he succeeds in doing this, the black walnut wand will become the most loyal and impressive of all wands, and will be the most influential among all wands.

Each type of spell has special talents.

Although this honesty was not welcomed by others in some cases (such as Snape), Toby still did a good job, which allowed the black walnut wand to exert its due power and saved many dangers in many experiences.

Toby is an honest Slytherin. He had a scholarship fund when he was in school. It was not much, but Toby would rather use second-hand textbooks, wizard robes, and even quills to have one of his own.

magic wand.

He had lived a hard enough life, so now he chose the office he had long admired - the one belonging to Dean Slughorn.

This office is located on the seventh floor of the castle. It has a wide view and is very large. It is larger than the principal's office and is the largest office Toby has ever seen.

Professor Slughorn is a very enjoyable person. Toby heard that he left Hogwarts in the same year that Voldemort was defeated. He didn’t know why the dean chose to retire, but this office was still cheaper for him.

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Toby had no idea of ​​suffering. Just exploring the ancient ruins was hard enough, and he often couldn't eat a normal meal for many days.

So he really couldn't understand that Snape's office was actually in the basement. Even the Potions Professor was there. It was cold and damp, and his hands and feet would freeze in the winter. Wasn't he already in the Slytherin dungeon?

Is it enough accommodation?

The dungeon is not as comfortable as the seventh floor. Toby leaned on the velvet sofa and put his legs on the footstool, feeling warm all over.

Al also enjoyed the blessing. He picked up a pile of multi-flavor beans in his left hand and another pile in his right hand, threw them one by one into the sky, caught them with his mouth, and then let out a scream.

"@#$^&%!$#!" It said something incomprehensible and grabbed its neck tightly with both hands.

But Toby unexpectedly understood.

It was very spicy, probably from the Mexican pepper.

Toby calmly snapped his fingers, and immediately a house elf popped out of the air.

"A glass of iced milk." Toby requested.

The house elf bowed deeply, and when he came back, he was holding a glass of cold milk in his hand. Al quickly drank several sips, gradually reducing the spicy taste in his mouth. Then it lay down slippery.

On the coffee table, I burped comfortably.

"*&%￥&@34%#!" Al started talking nonsense again.

"Yes." Toby agreed: "It is indeed much better here than Egypt, and the weather is not that hot. But you don't just have to enjoy yourself, we have serious things to do. This is Hogwarts, and there are places everywhere.

It is a treasure that has not yet been discovered. I now have a few suspicious locations and need you to find an opportunity——"

The house elf suddenly coughed violently.

Toby gave him a strange look: "Why haven't you left yet?"

"Sir." The house elf bowed again: "The principal asked you to give him your lesson preparation notes."

After a pause, he added: "As soon as possible."

"Got it." Toby waved his hands impatiently, and after the house elf left, he muttered in a low voice: "Why haven't I seen him so concerned about the professor's lesson preparation before? The deliciousness of blood can also be regarded as official content.

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He still remembered the afterthought expression on the vampire professor's face.

He was so greedy looking at it!

Toby reluctantly took the notebook on the oak coffee table, and the quill pen sandwiched in the middle stood up immediately, eager to write the content.

It's just that the position where it is sandwiched is still the first page, which is even blank.

The teaching content of each professor at Hogwarts is different.

Some are more maneuverable, such as Transfiguration and Charms classes, which basically require the use of a wand.

Some have more theoretical content, the most prominent one being the History of Magic course, which is all about things that need to be memorized and memorized.

Some also depend on talent, such as divination classes.

There are also comprehensive courses, and the potions course is a comprehensive one. It not only involves operations, but also requires memorizing the uses and processing methods of various raw materials.

Ancient magic is also a comprehensive class, and Toby has made up his mind that the teaching content will be completely different in each school year.

This is rather like the Defense Against the Dark Arts class he had in school, where the professor changed every year and the teaching style was completely different.

But there is still a problem that is difficult to solve, and that is teaching materials.

Toby spent a lot of effort on the book "Ancient Magic", which contains not only some magical knowledge, but also many of his exploration experiences.

It's just that Toby always remembered Principal Dumbledore's admonition, so the content in "Ancient Magic" is incomplete, which also led to a poor reading experience of this book and very low sales.

If Toby hadn't accidentally saved the life of a publishing house owner, his book wouldn't even have been published smoothly.

More ideas only exist in Toby's mind and in the letters exchanged with Principal Dumbledore.

"But now..."

Toby muttered for a while.

Now that Dumbledore has asked him to return to Hogwarts, it doesn't seem like a big deal to let him teach some extra-curricular content, right?

Al glanced sideways at the quill that was writing rapidly and the excited eyes behind the long messy hair. It yawned lazily and didn't want to care about anything. It just wanted to have a good sleep.

An hour later, Toby's lesson preparation notes were handed over to Dumbledore's desk.

Dumbledore flipped through the notes roughly, and before he could put the notes back on the table, he was grabbed unceremoniously by another hand.

Snape frowned and read for a while. The longer he read, the deeper his frown became.

"You really want him to teach this stuff in a classroom?"

He asked with a gloomy face: "He will be targeted, and your connivance will kill him!"

Dumbledore looked at him seriously: "I really didn't know you would care about Toby, Severus. I thought the relationship between you was not good."

"I can't wait to let him die!" Snape gritted his teeth and said, "You shouldn't let him come back! What good will this do to you?!"

"More than just the benefits."

Dumbledore shook his head and said, calmly meeting Snape's angry gaze.

"You and I both know that Toby is not a hypocrite. He is so sincere that he doesn't want to lie. Unless I drive him away, I can't decide what he wants to teach in class."

"I believe Toby himself knows this. Promoting hypocritical ideas is simply more uncomfortable than killing him."

"He will not compromise, otherwise he would not have been unwilling to return to Hogwarts, or even to the UK, for so many years."

"Then why do you want him to come back?" Snape stared at Dumbledore closely.

Dumbledore sighed heavily, his eyes filled with sadness.

"The reason couldn't be simpler," he said.

"The war not only brought trauma to you, I also feel sad for it. Many people are claiming that we have won, but I know very well that one day, Voldemort will come back again, holding an even stronger force."

"In my opinion, the past war was just a failed war. We need to prepare in advance and reduce more sacrifices. That's why I let Toby come back. He trusts me and deserves the same trust from me.

Just like you, Severus. I know you resent him, but you also believe in Toby."

Snape completely ignored the last part of Waiting's words: "I remember you said that you were waiting for Toby to give you a satisfactory answer in person. Have you waited yet?"

"Yes... yes, Severus, I did say that. It wasn't until Toby appeared that I completely saw it clearly. He has not changed after so many years."

"I think this is enough to satisfy me. At least it has not made the gap between teachers and students deeper. I am glad for that."

"Go ahead, Severus."

Dumbledore said finally, and he looked out the window. Snape lowered his head and thought for a while, but he had no choice but to look over together.

Just outside the gate of Hogwarts, there was an uneasy figure standing. Even from a distance, one could tell that this was a man as timid as a mouse.

"Time to welcome our Defense Against the Dark Arts professor."

Dumbledore said.