Archaeologists at Hogwarts

Chapter 117 Eternal life, concealment, secret

"Well, it's better than finding nothing at all. Items. The items hidden in the hollow tree are still related to the mysterious person."

Toby thought carefully for a while, but he couldn't deduce much useful content based on these clues alone.

"One last thing, Principal."

After recovering his thoughts, Toby stared closely at the light blue eyes behind the lenses: "Why did Nick Flamel insist on destroying the Philosopher's Stone? He could have kept the Philosopher's Stone and given it to other people in need.

Is not it?"

"Who are you referring to?" Dumbledore asked.

"I don't know." Toby replied casually: "It can be you. After all, you are old and there will always be times when you need the elixir of life."

"Or, why can't it be me?"

While looking at each other intentionally or unintentionally, Dumbledore said: "It seems that you still have a deep misunderstanding of me. Not everyone desires eternal life. For some people, death is just a long rest.

It’s an integral part of life, and some may even see it as relief, another great adventure.”

"As for the other owner of the Philosopher's Stone - can I know your purpose, Toby. If you get the Philosopher's Stone, what are you going to do with it? I can't figure this out. You haven't arrived yet.

When you must extend your life, it seems there is no shortage of gold.”

Toby gave Dumbledore an unexpected answer.

"Of course it's for teaching, principal."

The corners of Dumbledore's mouth twitched slightly, and Toby pretended not to notice. He continued to explain his course plan: "I have already thought about what to teach next semester - immortality. This will be a good topic.

, even in ancient magic, it has an unusual appeal, and students will definitely fall in love with this course."

"I have a lot of examples now. The Pharaoh Mask I just got will be useful when the time comes, and the magic stone is famous, which will also add a lot of color to my subsequent teaching process."

Dumbledore rubbed his brows with a headache: "Are you sure you want to do this? Do you think it is appropriate to teach the new students this content?"

"They will only learn the magic circle." Toby has obviously already thought of the entire teaching plan: "Only second grade students and above are eligible to learn these new contents. After a full year of edification, they

It’s time to see the cruelty of the magical world. Anyway, they have long passed the age of becoming Obscurus. Over ten years old, even if they are stimulated by any kind of stimulation, they will not suddenly have an accident."

Toby looked at Dumbledore in confusion: "What's wrong, Headmaster? Did I say something wrong? Why are you staring at me like this? I guarantee that no students will really get hurt in this class -

—Well, at least it won't be fatal."

Dumbledore was staring at Toby with that lion-like gaze again: "You really haven't come back secretly since you left England? Have you been to Godric's Hollow?"

"Why do you ask?" Toby asked puzzled: "Is Godric's Hollow named after Godric Gryffindor? It sounds very suitable for archeology, but it is named after the founder.

How many ruins have I missed? Maybe I should have come back earlier."

"That's it." Dumbledore suddenly interrupted Toby's soliloquy: "We have talked for long enough, and I still have many things to be busy with."

Toby, who was inexplicably ordered to be expelled, stood up. Just before he was about to leave the principal's office, he seemed to have come back to his senses and asked: "One more thing, you haven't told me why Nick Flamel insisted on destroying Nick Flamel."

Where’s the magic stone?”

Toby knew that Nick Flamel had lived long enough, and in the previous explanation he wanted to destroy the Philosopher's Stone to prevent Voldemort from getting it. But this really couldn't convince Toby - why couldn't the Philosopher's Stone be used again?

What about hiding it?

He is very willing to serve for this, even if he is targeted by Voldemort because of this, it is not a big deal - before this, Toby did not know how Voldemort survived, which made the situation more difficult, and many ways to deal with it were also

It was useless. But during the recent battle, Toby had roughly figured out Voldemort's current state. He could have arranged a lot of preventive measures in advance to make Voldemort take the bait.

After all, ancient magic includes not only magic circles, but also many other types of magic. There is always one of them that can catch Voldemort.

Dumbledore picked up the newspaper on the corner of the table and said without raising his head:

"Because it's not an ordinary stone, it's the only magic stone."

Toby came to the corridor, and he took Al back to the Ancient Magic Office.

"ah."

"Yes, the principal must be hiding something from us. He has his own considerations, not only for us, but also for Harry Potter. We have known for a long time that he pays special attention to this boy. Maybe the principal really

I think he has some unique characteristics."

"ah?"

"I don't know what the reason is. But the way the principal gave Harry Potter's education was very unique. I experienced it personally when I was a student. The principal knew that he couldn't change a person easily, but he understood that he should

How to guide students correctly. For example, I did not really devote myself to the 'great' career of studying black magic. The principal knew what I was capable of, and he avoided the worst outcome. Moreover, he seemed to know Harry Potter very well.

The principal pays close attention to him”

"ah?"

"No, this is not so cold-blooded, nor is it use. It is just an extension of education. It must be looked at separately. The principal does not know what will happen in the future, but he sees far and has his own guesses. He

Will guide his students based on these guesses. In other words, the principal pays more attention to the transformation of the students themselves, rather than forcing them to do something. This is difficult to explain. If this can help you understand better -

-The relationship between us and the goblins of Gringotts is called use, and it is mutual use. But the principal is not like this, otherwise he would not tolerate me at all and would have asked me to drop out of Hogwarts long ago. This can be regarded as

One of the reasons why I respect him the most is why the more I talk about it, the more I feel like I am going back to Hogwarts to repeat my studies? I hope this is just my illusion."

"ah?"

"Harry Potter, this has nothing to do with us. At least not yet. The holidays are coming soon, and we have to find a way to publish the new textbook on the magic circle smoothly, but we can't leave the new students without books. Besides, even if

In front of Principal Dumbledore, it’s not like we don’t have our own secrets——”

"Aren't you hiding your ability to use a wand from him?"