Archaeologists at Hogwarts

Chapter 160 Return to Hogwarts

[It’s really interesting to say that the student who is about the same age as me ran away immediately after discovering me. She seemed to be frightened. What do you think it was because of it, Tom? Did she plan to continue playing hide and seek with me, or did she want to play hide and seek with me?

Did you find something that I didn’t see, such as the Snorlax?]

[Dear Luna, I’m pretty sure that the Scimitar-Horned Snorlax is a non-existent creature. I don’t know where you heard it from——]

【From my dad, I believe him.】

[.Okay, let’s ignore the Snorlax for now. We can indeed do some other interesting things. Do you want to go to the abandoned bathroom to take a look? And I know who the murderer who attacked Professor Hemmer is.

That is--】

[Come on, Tom. You promised to help me find my mother at the beginning, but she is neither in the bathroom nor near Hagrid's cabin. As for Professor Hemmer, I think he may have been taken by the Bent-Horned Snorlax.

gone.】

[Taken away? Why do you think so? 】

[Because he didn’t live in the campus hospital like Mrs. Norris, and he disappeared after being petrified. Don’t you think this is a cover-up? 】

【.I don’t think so, Luna, listen to me——】

[No, listen to me. I am going to find my mother now. Is there anything you can do to help me? If not, forget it. I will keep you in the dormitory to prevent you from being stolen. 】

[I want to help you, Luna, trust me, but is Pandora really a notebook? Exactly the same as this one?]

【Yeah, at least it looks similar, what's wrong?】

【Then we need to go to the bathroom again. Can you do me a favor?】

[No, I don't like Myrtle, and I don't want to go to that bathroom. Goodbye, Tom.]

Luna closed the notebook, thought about it, and hid it under the pillow.

"Why is Mom pretending to be Tom Riddle?"

She wondered to herself: "I don't like this game. I have mentioned it so obviously many times, but my mother still refuses to admit when it will end."

On the other side, when no one was in the dormitory, Ginny quickly took out her notebook. But when she was about to start writing, Ginny appeared hesitant.

How should I explain this to Pandora?

Luna has already gone to the chicken pen, what will she do next? Will there be another victim in the school?

So should I stop Luna? But what should I do? Should Pandora's notebook be returned to her?

Ginny's mind became chaotic. She had already been discovered by Luna once and managed to escape. Now she didn't even dare to secretly stare at Luna again.

At this time, a passage appeared in the notebook that had been put aside for a long time.

[You seem to be worried, Ginny, can you tell me why? Is it related to my daughter? 】

Ginny stared at this line of handwriting for a while, and she wrote tremblingly: "Sorry, Pandora, I was discovered by Luna, I. I don't know what to do at all."

【It's okay, Ginny.】

Pandora behaves extremely considerately.

[I know what you are worried about. Even though you were bewitched by Bad Tom, you may still be punished, right? How about this? You don’t need to keep an eye on Luna anymore. I remember the Quidditch season.

It's about to start. When the first game starts, I'll help you go to the Ravenclaw common room. There won't be many people there by then. Maybe we can find Bad Tom's notebook in Luna's dormitory

, what do you think of this plan?】

"Coco, what should I do with you then? Should I return you to Luna? And Bad Tom, what if he tells Luna everything?"

"Listen, Ginny, I don't think you have anything to worry about. Luna is acting just like normal, isn't she? I don't think Bad Tom has had time to reveal anything to her yet, maybe because of ulterior motives, but

Luna must not know, otherwise she should have gone to the professors long ago.】

[As for me, of course I can promise to keep it a secret for you, but I also believe that you won’t be able to feel at ease. Otherwise, just like this, you don’t have to rush to return me to Luna.]

"are you serious?"

[Of course. In fact, I am also very interested in the other notebook. In addition, I also need to protect you. We can figure out a way to deal with the other notebook together. Believe me, Ginny, I am

It won’t hurt you.]

Ginny put away her notebook and looked at the date. The first Quidditch match was going to start soon, next Saturday.

I hope there won't be any other troubles during this time.

At the same time, in the corridor on the fourth floor of Hogwarts Castle, Harry, Ron, and Hermione were wandering aimlessly.

After walking for a while, Ron couldn't help but hammered his aching thigh and asked: "I said, is this really useful? Can it really help us find the monster in the secret room? We don't even know what it is now.

I’m not sure yet.”

Harry stopped and said seriously: "But you have no other explanation, right? It was just the sound made by the monster, and only I could hear it. And you all saw it with your own eyes, not long after that

, Professor Hemmer was attacked, and he also matched the characteristics of the victim - a Muggle-born who was discriminated against by Slytherin."

"This will make things much easier. As long as we continue to wander around the castle, sooner or later we will hear the next sound. Then you will know if I am lying to you."

At the end of his speech, Harry looked very excited and Ron was a little frightened.

Hermione dissuaded: "It's not that we don't believe you, Harry, it's just that what we are doing now seems like a waste of time, and don't you need to participate in training? There is also the Quidditch game."

Harry became hesitant. He thought of Wood and the new Slytherin team. Those people were as fast as cannonballs.

"Check this room again." Harry finally compromised: "I promise, this is the last time. We will talk about other things after the game is over."

Ron and Hermione breathed a sigh of relief. They looked at where Harry pointed, which was the trophy room. Although this room looked unlikely to contain monsters, they still accommodated Harry to prevent him from continuing.

He is obsessed with the matter of heirs.

After entering the prize display room, they discovered that there was already someone inside - the new Professor Angela. She was standing in front of the list of previous Hogwarts student union presidents, frowning, looking down the list.

I scanned it from top to bottom over and over again.

"Sorry, Professor, we didn't know you were here."

Harry said as he was about to take the two of them away, but Angela waved to them.

"Come here." She ordered, her tone exactly the same as that of Professor Hemmer when he was stern.

After the three of them approached cautiously, Angela asked them: "Is this the whole list?"

Harry and Ron were completely confused. Only Hermione blushed and replied: "That's it, Professor, what's the problem?"

"Problem?" Angela suddenly became angry: "Of course there is a problem. Even in Hogwarts, the student union president should be awarded to the best student, right? But why is Toby not on it?"

"Huh?" Ron opened his mouth in surprise. He thought he heard wrongly.

Aren’t these two people always trying to deal with each other?

Angela continued: "Among the students in the same grade as Toby, it was Lily Evans and James Potter who won these two honors. Do any of you know who they are?"

Harry stood up bravely: "They are my parents, Professor."

Angela's eyes suddenly focused on Harry, looking towards his forehead, and found the lightning scar.

"Harry Potter." She said slowly, her tone not sounding kind at all: "I know you, the Boy Who Lived."

Just when Harry felt confused, he suddenly heard an extremely familiar question.

"Have you finished your homework?"

Just before Angela was about to become impatient, the three of them rushed to say: "It's done, Professor, we have finished it long ago."

"That's just right." Angela showed a dangerous smile: "You can do me a little favor and check all the trophies and medals in this room to see if there is Toby Highmore's name.

If you find it, let me know."

Ron asked weakly: "But what if we don't find it?"

At this moment, even Angela's gaze became dangerous.

"Then keep looking." She said sternly.

The three people who were treated as coolies for no reason immediately started working. Harry and Ron exchanged pitiful glances, and the light in Hermione's eyes also dissipated little by little.

Angela looked at the old list again and wanted to tear it into pieces in anger.

"I knew that Toby was treated unfairly at Hogwarts and didn't even get an honor. This must be Dumbledore's intention to target him. How long will it take before Toby is willing to take action?"

"No! Could it be that the heir of Slytherin was Dumbledore's way of secretly getting rid of Toby? This seems very possible. Apart from Dumbledore, Toby should have no enemies that he can't resist in Hogwarts.

right."

Just when the atmosphere in the trophy display room became more solemn, Al suddenly broke in. He sat on the small flying carpet, floated near Angela, and whispered something.

"Are you serious?!" Angela said in surprise. She ignored the three people who were still checking the trophy and hurriedly followed Al.

The three people left behind looked at each other silently.

"Do you think Angela has discovered clues about Professor Heimer's victimization?" Harry boldly guessed: "Otherwise, I can't figure out why she suddenly became so excited. Or did Mr. Al come to inform her specifically?

her."

"But what's the use of all this?" Ron walked towards another trophy dejectedly: "That's Angela, who is almost exactly the same as Professor Hemmer. What do you think she will do when she finds out that we left without authorization? We have to keep looking for her.

Until then, let’s continue working honestly.”

Angela quickly rushed to the door of Guda's magic office. She was so excited that she pushed the door open and saw a figure wrapped in a black witch robe standing in the center of the room. Although she could not see the other person's face clearly, Angela

La knew it must be Toby Highmore.

"You are finally back!"

Angela stepped forward and grabbed Toby. She looked left and right, but she didn't see what she wanted. Instead, she found a suitcase in Toby's hand, which happened to be with the one she brought.

Exactly the same.

"What are you looking for?" Toby asked.

"The scepter." Angela rummaged around unwillingly. She stood far away and looked at Toby with suspicion: "Why didn't you bring the scepter back? Then what should I use?

Against Dumbledore?"

Toby was stunned: "What?"

"Are you pretending?" Angela asked suspiciously, then looked at Al: "When did you return to this look? Are you planning to do those sneaky things again?

"

"That's called archeology." Toby said angrily. He grabbed Angela's arm and led her towards something like a wardrobe: "Follow me."

"What are you taking me for?" Angela still didn't understand. She watched as Toby closed the cabinet door from the inside. When he opened it again, they had appeared at the foot of a mountain. Looking up, they could see half a mile away.

On the mountainside, you can vaguely see a majestic building outlined in the mist, which looks like it is floating in mid-air.

"Is this the disappearing cabinet?"

Angela looked back at the cabinet behind her and asked: "We are back in Ouagado now? Where did you get it?"

"From a black magic supplies store." Toby said, pushing the suitcase into Angela's arms: "I stole it so as not to leave any evidence and not let anyone know where the other disappearing cabinet is.

Here you are."

"Now I need you to take this disappearing cabinet back to Wagadu and put it in your office. If necessary, I will come to you."

Angela heard that something was wrong: "You need it? What need is it? You haven't said why you want me to go to Hogwarts?"

"Sorry, Angela." The deep gaze under the hood was rare and sincere: "You should know that I can't give up my research on ancient magic. I have fallen into too deep, too deep to save. I can't be sure that Dumbledore

Will Lido be able to tolerate me like this? This is just an insurance policy, I hope it won’t be used one day.”

Before Angela could think about it, Toby had already got back into the cabinet, and when he opened it again, he had disappeared.

"Too deep and irredeemable."

Angela stared at the empty cabinet and murmured: "How could it be impossible to save it? Toby, what are you hiding?"

On the other side, Toby returned to the Ancient Magic Office. He stopped Al, who wanted to persuade him, and said to him: "Don't worry, I'm fine."

"I just need to have a good talk with the principal. Yes, Al, there is no need to keep hiding it from him now. I will come back as soon as I go. I can be alone. Just stay here and nothing will happen.

"

After Toby's figure gradually faded under the influence of the magic ball until he disappeared, he added one last sentence.

"hope so"