Archaeologists at Hogwarts

Toby's plan failed.

From the beginning to the end, what appeared in the magic mirror was only the picture imagined by Quirrell - gaining glory, avenging his enemies, so that no one dared to look down upon himself anymore.

But in the mirror, only the picture dominated by Voldemort no longer appeared, but became a hidden terror, only showing up very rarely.

Voldemort was not locked in the Mirror of Erised at all, nor was he parasitic on Quirrell at this time - he deceived everyone, including Quirrell himself!

After learning the truth, Quirrell suddenly became disheartened. He couldn't even utter a complete sentence. He just kept shrinking and said: "I...I don't know...

...I have no idea......"

He turned back to the Quirrell he was before, the one who was looked down upon by everyone.

But Toby didn't intend to let him go just like that.

A series of sparks shot out from the tip of the black walnut wand, and Toby threatened in a cold tone: "It seems that you are not going to tell the truth, but it doesn't matter, I know where to find Veritaserum. Also.

There is a Forgetting Curse, are you going to use it as an excuse? I happen to know a way to remove the influence of the Forgetting Curse - as long as the wizard whose memory has been forgotten is subjected to extreme pain, he can recall everything - you want

Taste the pain, Quirrell, do you want to taste the Cruciatus Curse—"

"professor!"

Hermione screamed in shock. She knew what the Cruciatus Curse meant. This was what she had read from the ancient magic office's collection of books.

But when Professor Highmore looked at her coldly, Hermione immediately regretted it - Professor Highmore looked very scary at this time, just like when he heard that Mr. Al was almost injured in the Forbidden Forest.

Hermione quietly grabbed Harry's wrist, silently planning to run away with Harry as soon as the timing was right.

But at this moment, Harry suddenly asked: "Why don't you give Quirrell to Principal Dumbledore? He must have a way to make Quirrell speak, right?"

Harry had already seen that Professor Highmore was on the verge of rage. His intention in saying these words was to move out Principal Dumbledore to prevent Professor Highmore from doing anything irreparable.

Harry knew that Dumbledore was the only one who could make Professor Highmore obey.

However, what Harry didn't know was that his words were a real wake-up call for Toby - just before they were about to leave, Dumbledore planned to go to Albania. And according to the principal, that was also the rumored Voldemort.

The location that has been secretly hidden.

Therefore, Harry and Hermione were surprised to see Professor Highmore regaining his composure little by little. He conjured a set of ropes and tied them to the wilting Quirrell.

"Let's go." Toby warned: "Don't try to play tricks in front of me, otherwise even Dumbledore won't be able to save you."

Harry and Hermione finally breathed a sigh of relief. They exchanged glances with each other, and each saw another kind of worry emerging from the other's eyes - but they both felt that now was not the right time to speak - the punishment would come later.

Ask again, I just hope Professor Hemmer doesn't really reduce Gryffindor's house points to nothing.

However, while they were silently watching Professor Heimer put out the black flames in the door frame, they heard the professor ask them: "Mr. Potter, and Miss Granger, do you have any explanation for your actions?"

Of course, Harry and Hermione regarded this as a reflection on their respective actions. They did not dare to hide anything, let alone lie in front of the professor at this moment, and told the whole story in a series - not only

It belongs to them, even Neville and Ron have not let it go.

It is easier to reveal it in advance than to be punished later. Ron and Neville both know Professor Hemmer's temper. He hates students lying in front of him.

"Professor, I was wrong. I shouldn't have become so willful after seeing that note..."

"Professor, I was wrong too. I should have gone to other professors first. I shouldn't have concealed Harry's disappearance..."

"Ron... Ron shouldn't be brave, and Neville shouldn't have to set off with us, but should stop us."

All in all, both of them are almost describing themselves as heinous dark wizards, as good as Peeves, and it might make people wonder why they haven't been imprisoned in Azkaban yet.

After the black flames were extinguished, Toby pushed Quirrell toward the riddle house, and then he began to extinguish the purple flames at the exit.

"wrong."

Toby, who had his back turned to the two of them, suddenly said: "None of your reviews are on point - first of all, you, Mr. Potter, the place you should really go to after receiving the note is the Ancient Magic Office, until now you

Don’t you understand where I go every day? Do you think I will be a professor who likes trophy rooms? Is it so difficult for you to keep track of the professors’ movements?”

Harry: "Huh?"

"And you, Miss Granger - you should have thought of the mysterious person earlier, instead of treating the disappearance as a simple indiscretion - whenever you make a decision, you should do

Plan for the worst and roughly estimate how many points Gryffindor House will be deducted and how much impact it will have on you."

Hermione: "Huh?"

"As for Mr. Weasley and Mr. Longbottom, I will talk to them personally if I have the chance. There are indeed many areas where you need to improve, and just admitting your mistakes will not prevent you from being punished. I have also

As naive as you are, I didn't finally know what to do until I discovered that this method didn't work at all on Principal Dumbledore."

Harry and Hermione no longer dared to make any sound, something was wrong with what they heard - Professor Heimer's method of teaching students was really unique, actually teaching them how to learn to be bad...

Especially when the purple flame was extinguished and Professor Heimer turned to look at them, the two of them were shocked and speechless.

Professor Heimer was actually smiling at them.

"No matter what, your actions have fully demonstrated the Gryffindor house spirit - whether it is Mr. Weasley's sacrifice, Mr. Longbottom's sacrifice, and the sacrifice of the two of you in front of danger, they are all full of

Tactful and courageous, not entirely reckless."

"I should have rewarded you, but considering that you didn't do it perfectly, the reward this time will offset the punishment - this is the result of my treatment of you."

Although this series of words "sacrifice" made the two of them feel very uncomfortable (after all, all four of them were still alive and well), they couldn't help but feel happy.

"Is it true, Professor?" Harry said in surprise: "Gryffindor finally doesn't need to be deducted points?"

"We don't have to be in solitary confinement anymore?" Hermione was even happier than Harry: "Then when can I go back to work as a proofreader -"

"There is no such thing." Toby suddenly changed back to the incarnation of indifference, and he criticized seriously: "Please note, Miss Granger, all your rewards are only enough to offset the punishment.

, there is no way to get more rewards.”

There is no doubt that since Cedric successfully made the automatic magic wand, everyone regarded it as the work of Professor Hemmer - the so-called editor naturally became the real reward, but there are many people

They don't even dare to approach Professor Heimer.

"Oh, okay." Hermione said frustratedly.

Harry silently patted her shoulder to express comfort.

"Be happy, kids." Toby turned around and said, opening the door: "When you go back, you will become a legend among students. If it were me, I would make good use of this

Opportunity to form a club that belongs only to me - it's a pity that I didn't have this opportunity when I was in school. As you know, I am a Muggle-born Slytherin and can't really implement this plan, Sev.

Les refuses to listen to me..."

Harry and Hermione decided to pretend that they hadn't heard anything, and it was impossible to take Professor Hemmer's words seriously. In addition to the fact that this plan sounded a bit evil, it was more because the stench of the Troll House had already spread in.

, so that they had to cover their noses with their sleeves and were unable to respond.

Toby did the same. While staring at Quirrell, he continued to babble behind his sleeves: "What a pity. I have been regretting the failure of this plan, and I don't know why, the principal also knew about this plan.

, he called me to the office and trained me for a long time - maybe you will encounter a similar situation in the future, and these next words may be helpful to you - if, I mean if, you are called

When you go to the principal's office to lecture, don't show any impatience. The principal is more patient than you all think. He no longer needs to teach, and he has plenty of time to waste with you... In short -

—”

Harry and Hermione didn't hear what was said behind it. Just as they stepped over the giant monster's thick legs, they suddenly heard Professor Heimer shouting coldly: "Protect the Philosopher's Stone!"

Toby was standing on the other side of the troll's legs. He watched helplessly as a black shadow suddenly emerged from the back of the troll's head, which was lying on its back, and flew straight towards Harry - it turned out that Voldemort was really possessed by Voldemort.

The location is on the unconscious troll!

Harry immediately covered his pocket tightly. He couldn't stand still for a moment and fell to the smelly floor. Hermione wanted to block him, and Toby also controlled the magic ball to fly towards Harry, trying to kill him.

Protect it——

Harry's panicked face was very close. Just when the black shadow was about to touch Harry's pocket, the opponent suddenly turned around and possessed the magic ball behind him, causing the golden lines to turn into black little by little, and the silver ball also turned into a black one.

It turned into a pitch-black witch robe, and a pair of red eyes flashed from the darkness of the hood, meeting Toby's suddenly gloomy gaze.

"haven't seen you for a long time."

A hoarse and cold voice came from the hood, sounding like a poisonous snake speaking.

"Toby Highmore."

Voldemort said.