Archaeologists at Hogwarts

"Don't be nervous, Neville - your name is Neville, right?"

Neville said nothing, he didn't know what to do now.

Who is this man? Why does he want to send grandma away? What is he going to do to his parents?

"I'm your parents' friend, Toby Highmore."

He suddenly heard a strange man say: "You can call me Professor Heimer. Yes, that's the professor you think of. I'm responsible for teaching the course of ancient magic. Have you bought that book? It's also called "Ancient Magic"

, what do you think when you read it?”

Neville's mind went blank. Of course he knew who Toby Highmore was. It was written in that terrible "Ancient Magic" - Author: Toby Highmore.

"Is it bad?"

He saw the man named Heimer rubbing his chin and saying: "I knew that book was still too difficult for freshmen. Maybe I should speed up the process of writing a new book - like Miranda Gorshak's

"Standard Spells", I can also produce a set of "Ancient Magic: Elementary" and "Ancient Magic: Secondary", what do you think of this idea?"

Why does he keep asking how he is doing? And how does he know what is going on in my head?

"Because you have your thoughts written on your face."

Toby shook his fingers and said, "I don't think I can even read it."

Neville watched helplessly as Toby opened the flower curtain of the hospital bed. There was a couple lying on the hospital bed. They were thin and haggard. Their round and happy faces had long since lost their original round and happy faces. Their eyes were very big, and their hair was white, messy and dry.

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They saw Toby, but they didn't recognize him at all. They seemed speechless or unable to speak. Even their movements seemed cautious and timid.

"Frank, Alice, I'm here to see you."

Toby said softly, but neither of them responded.

"well."

Toby sighed heavily: "I didn't expect it would be like this when we meet again. To be honest, if I had known this, I wouldn't have come back. You guys look so miserable."

He looked back at Neville, whose plump face turned purple.

Toby couldn't tell for a moment whether he wanted to escape or beat himself up.

"Relax, Neville."

Toby said: "I am an old friend of your parents. They helped me a lot when I was young. At that time, I was being chased by bad guys. It was your parents who accepted me and hid me so that the bad guys didn't find me.

.”

"They had just gotten married at that time, and Mrs. Longbottom was also there. She didn't know the whole story. She just desperately hoped that your parents could have a baby soon. She thought that my arrival broke their beautiful newlywed life, so she

will be dissatisfied with me."

"Proud, arrogant, thinking that I can control everything, and stubbornly believing that my own ideas are the most noble. This made me pay a heavy price. Fortunately, your parents were not affected. In the end, they still had a healthy child.

——That's you, Neville, I'm sure they'd be proud of you."

Neville didn't go to see Toby, nor did he go to see his parents. His face became more and more purple.

This time Toby was able to confirm that Neville was just trying to escape.

"Are you feeling embarrassed?"

Toby asked softly: "Do you feel embarrassed by having such parents? Don't you want future professors to discover this secret?"

Neville clutched the pocket at the seam of his trousers tightly, and said in a suppressed voice: "No, I just can't stand it, I can't bear it..."

"Oh!" Toby suddenly shouted, as if he was frightened: "It turns out you can talk. I thought their child was mute."

Neville was stunned and held back his tears. He didn't know whether Toby was mocking him or deliberately joking.

"Wait a minute." Toby suddenly wondered, pointing to a piece of wood exposed in Neville's trouser pocket: "Is that your wand? Why does it look so like Frank's?"

Toby changed the topic too quickly. Before Neville could recover, Toby took the wand out of his pocket and put it in front of his eyes to look at it carefully.

"Hmm..." he murmured, carefully identifying the pattern on the wand: "It really belongs to Frank. It looks like it has been around for a while. Didn't Mrs. Longbottom buy you a new wand?"

"Grandma thinks this will allow me to better inherit my father's talents..." Neville whispered, his fingers curling up again.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk." Toby shook his head in disgust and made a series of strange noises from his mouth: "I have never heard of this saying. Wizards always have a wand that suits them best, and that is at Ollivander's Wand Store.

Don’t forget [the wand chooses the wizard], it took me a long time to understand this sentence. In short-"

He patted his waist, and Al woke up from his sleep. He got out of his collar in a daze, felt a hand stuffed into the pocket on his belly, and lost a lot of weight.

"Are the wands still the same price now? I can't remember. Forget it, these are all for you. Remember to buy the wand first, and use the rest to buy snacks. Remember not to let Mrs. Longbottom see it. Even if

If you are discovered, don’t say it was me who gave it to you——”

Neville didn't know how to react. He saw Toby stuffing many gold coins into the pockets of his clothes, which became bulging. In order not to be easily discovered, Toby also put the extra gold coins into other pockets.

Moved.

"One last thing."

Toby whispered: "Don't tell Mrs. Longbottom about this, she won't understand."

Toby took out a crystal ball from Al's pocket. It was hollow inside, and half of the space was filled with clear and transparent water. The water seemed to be alive, constantly jumping and surging, turning into tides for a while, and then a crystal ball for a while.

The rising waves crashed down hard.

Neville saw Toby hiding the crystal ball between his parents' hospital beds and heard him say: "I suspect this water comes from near Avalon. Have you heard of Avalon? That is an important part of many legends.

The island is also called Utopia, Blessed Island, God's Blessed Island, or Elysium, you name it."

"You won't believe it. I found this water from Loch Ness. God knows why and where. I originally planned to use this lake water to find Avalon, and then find Merlin who was imprisoned in the oak tree in the legend. It is said that

He's still alive and attending Hogwarts."

Toby gave the crystal ball two final taps to make it harder to find. The Longbottoms were frightened, and Toby quickly apologized to them in a low voice.

"But now..."

After sorting everything out, Toby turned back to Neville and smiled: "Just leave it with your parents for now. I found that this water is very effective in treating the trauma caused by the Cruciatus Curse. I think they will be fine soon."

"

"Have faith in them, Neville."

Before leaving in a hurry, Toby gave one final instruction: "Remember, you must buy a wand of your own, and don't break Frank's wand. He will have to go back sooner or later. Okay, I have to hurry up."

Withdraw, it’s time for Mrs. Longbottom to come back..."

Neville didn't know how he got back home. Mrs. Longbottom was still complaining about the unlucky therapist and chattering in the living room.

Neville returned to his room alone. He carefully took out a piece of wrapping paper for Chuibao Super Bubble Gum, and then took out a box under the bed.

The box was opened and it was filled with all kinds of candy packaging.

After placing the candy wrapper in his hand, Neville put on his pajamas and lay on the old-fashioned bed.

Fell asleep with tears.