Archaeologists at Hogwarts

Chapter 162 Bathroom, chicken pen, notebook (5k3)

Toby has never been one to sit still and wait for death. When he was a student, he knew that secretly figuring out the action routes of pure-blooded scum had a higher success rate than a sudden attack, and it also allowed those people to be sent to school more smoothly.

Hospital.

Because little Toby's actions were secretive enough, it wasn't until the third grade that Lily and Snape discovered that he had done all the bad things. Before that, Snape only expressed disdain for Toby's wandering around.

, while Lily thought it was just exploring the castle, and she was still wondering why little Toby enjoyed it so much.

Since Toby was targeted by Voldemort, he tried every means to find out his former name. For this, dozens of Slytherin students paid a heavy price, and the most serious ones were killed.

He was additionally sent to St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Maladies, where he stayed for at least a whole semester.

Limited by his status as a student, Toby was unable to obtain many clues.

But it seems to be enough for now.

Tom Riddle.

Toby waved his wand, trying to make the notebook in Luna's hand float over automatically, but the flying spell failed.

This seems to indicate that this notebook is not simple.

Toby asked Luna to put the notebook on the desk, flipped the papers with her wand, and asked at the same time: "Miss Lovegood, do you remember what this notebook said to you? I mean in

After it became Tom Riddle."

Luna nodded: "I still remember, Professor. At first, he asked me to go to the abandoned girls' bathroom on the second floor. Later, in the past few days, he asked me to go to Hagrid's chicken coop.

Look, I don’t understand why. Can you help me cure my mother?”

Toby had turned the notebook to the last page, and he saw the name of a newsagent in Vauxhall Road, London, printed on the back cover.

Bought it from Muggles - Toby thought to himself.

He remembered the origin of Pandora's black notebook, which was completely different from the one he had.

There is no doubt that the notebook has been repackaged.

Or maybe Luna accidentally picked up the wrong one.

But who could it be that the wrong one was taken from?

He looked up at Luna, and the tone coming from the hood was comforting: "Don't worry, Miss Lovegood, I will cure Pandora. You go back and wait for the news first, it will take a lot of time."

Luna didn't move, her gray eyes under her long dirty blond hair were still staring straight at Toby.

The hood surrounded by black mist hid the expression on Toby's face very well, but he still couldn't help but mutter in his heart, could it be that Luna saw that he had lied?

He didn't understand the student's thoughts. It was like an old version of "The Quibbler," full of new tricks at any time.

"Professor, can I request a new edition of The Quibbler?"

Luna suddenly said: "That way I can see Dad's new articles at any time."

"Oh, no problem."

Only then did Toby remember his new identity - newspaper owner.

Although there is also a house magazine in the Ravenclaw common room, the articles there are limited. For example, the popular Quidditch list cannot appear in the house magazine, and has to make room for various announcements. As for

After all, Mr. Lovegood’s articles are about a magic school here, so let’s forget about things like “Me and the Moon Frog”.

Luna left with the new version of "The Quibbler," and Toby finally had time to study the altered notebook.

He opened the notebook, picked up the quill, dipped it in ink a few times, and then wrote on the blank page:

"I've heard Luna say it, Pandora, you don't have to continue teasing her."

【Who are you?】

"It's me, Toby Highmore, and I thought you knew."

After this line of writing disappeared, it took a longer time for a new reply to appear——

It's like the person in the notebook is hesitating how to answer.

[It turns out it’s you. Well, you’re right, it’s time to end this farce.]

Toby and Al looked at each other, and then he continued to write along this line of thinking: "Very well, Pandora. I have two questions to ask you. You can also think of them as one question - the abandoned girls' bathroom,

And the chicken pen, is there something you didn’t tell me?”

[No, as you can see, I was just joking with Luna and thought it would be fun, it's really nothing.]

Toby nodded to Al, who immediately floated to the coffin on a flying carpet and asked two skeletons to open the lid of the coffin.

After not receiving an immediate reply, the black notebook immediately felt something was wrong, and new writing quickly appeared on the paper: [Toby, don't you believe me? It's just a joke, don't take it too seriously -

—Seriously, I——]

The notebook drew a parabola in the air and landed accurately inside the coffin. Toby could still see new writing appearing on the opened pages, but soon, his sight was drawn to the coffin that had been re-covered.

The lid was cut off, completely shutting the notebook inside the coffin.

Al floated back on a flying carpet: "Yeah."

After a moment of silence, Toby said decisively: "Let's go to the abandoned girls' bathroom first, and then we'll go to the chicken pen next to the wooden house."

If it weren't for the fact that he didn't know whether this notebook had eyes, Toby wouldn't have spent more time talking nonsense to Tom Riddle, and he wouldn't even have to cover it up.

As soon as he walked out of the office, Toby's new clothes immediately attracted the attention of the students walking in the corridor. They all seemed to be electrocuted. After spotting Toby, they subconsciously looked away, but they couldn't help but continue to peek secretly.

.

Percy is secretly dating his girlfriend, Ravenclaw prefect Penelo Clearwater.

"Ahem, Prefect Crevat, I have something serious to talk to you about - it's about the friendship between the two houses of Gryffindor and Ravenclaw."

"Just friendship?"

"Ahem - keep your voice down - I see there is an empty classroom here, how about we go and have an interview here?"

"You don't need to be so cautious, there are only two of us nearby."

"Who said that? Didn't you see that weirdo in the corridor? Huh? That's Mr. Al? Next to it is Professor Hemmer? Huh?! Why did they go to the women's bathroom?! I-"

"Stop me and me and go in quickly. Do you still want to deduct Professor Heimer's points?"

Toby strode into the abandoned girls' bathroom on the second floor, and Al closed the door behind him.

The bathroom was extremely dark and depressing. Under a large mirror with stains and cracks, there was a row of stone sinks with peeling surfaces. The floor was wet, and a few candles were burning low on the brackets.

A dim light illuminated the floor, making the floor eerie. The paint on the wooden doors of each single room was peeling off and covered with scratches; the hinges of one door came off and hung precariously.

The magic ball has floated to Toby's side, melted into water droplets, and condensed into a huge magic circle, covering the entire bathroom.

At this time, a snow-white shadow suddenly floated out from the innermost single room. Myrtle looked at Toby in surprise, poking around, and then slowly smiled: "It's you, that evil-minded little boy.

He’s already grown so big.”

"I'm not evil-minded." Toby walked to a broken mirror and said without looking back: "And I dare to say that you have never said this to Severus because I see

Does it look easier to bully?"

"I don't think so." Myrtle floated next to Toby and giggled: "I have seen with my own eyes how you teach those students who think you are easy to bully, right in this bathroom,

It was a lively experience that I haven’t experienced in a long time.”

"I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint you, Myrtle." Toby opened the door of a single room and observed carefully: "I didn't bring any trophies this time. Besides, have you seen anyone recently? Especially in

The night of the Halloween dinner? Has anyone been here?”

Myrtle suddenly became depressed: "Have you seen anyone? Oh! Of course! Peeves! He tortured me so much and humiliated me! I ran here and wanted to commit suicide. Later, of course,

La, I remembered that I had--I had--"

"Yes, you are dead." Toby was so cold and inhumane that he continued to ask: "So you didn't see anyone come here?"

"What are you doing here?" Myrtle glared at Toby and said, "Is it like you to expose my scars?! What a pity! No! There are no such people anymore! I can only think about death here alone! Now

Are you satisfied?"

"If that's all it takes"

Toby was about to leave, but Myrtle suddenly passed through his body, floated to the door, and blocked the exit.

"But if you must ask," Myrtle suddenly showed off: "I have made a discovery that you will never expect. It will definitely surprise you - but in exchange, I need you to stay here with me.

Let’s just chat for a while.”

Toby was silent for a while, then he suddenly pointed and said, "I can't do it, but it can."

Al raised his head in confusion: "Yeah?"

Myrtle looked Al up and down for a while.

"Sniff, ok."

She agreed.

Al: "Yeah?"

"That's what happened." Myrtle was finally willing to reveal the truth she knew: "Not long after school started, a new intruder suddenly ushered in here. He was sneaky and didn't look like him.

Good people.”

"Not long after school started? That's still a long time before Christmas dinner." Toby frowned and asked, "Who is it?"

"Gilderoy Lockhart," Myrtle said, "that is, the new professor of Hogwarts."

"Lockhart? What is he doing here?"

"I don't know. He walked around for a while and then left. He didn't even say hello to me. It was really rude."

"Okay, please give in. Al, come find me at Hagrid's cabin later. I'll wait for you there."

"ah?!"

Toby left the bathroom alone, and there were scenes of people leaving along the way. Even Snape, who suddenly bumped into him, stopped involuntarily, with a cautious expression under his greasy long hair.

"What are you doing again?" he asked: "Did you really turn yourself into a damn mummy?!"

"It's coming soon." Toby said half-truthfully, bypassing him and walking directly over: "Remember to come to my funeral then - oh, no, the prerequisite for being invited is that you have to wear your hair.

Clean up or Al will kick you out."

Snape stared closely at Toby's back. He turned around and suddenly got angry at the onlookers: "What are you looking at?! Gathering in the corridor for no reason, each of you will deduct five points for this!"

He passed through the students who felt cold in their hearts, and the witch robes fluttered behind him. Black Bat walked straight up the stairs and rushed towards the principal's office.

Toby walked through the playground, walked past the small wooden house on the edge of the Forbidden Forest, and knocked on the door of the wooden house.

"who is it?"

"It's me, Toby, open the door quickly, Hagrid."

"Oh, Toby, I just heard about your awakening, here comes - oh oh oh oh oh -!"

Hagrid suddenly screamed when he opened the wooden door. If Toby hadn't dodged quickly, he would have almost been punched by Hagrid.

"Hey! Calm down!"

Toby quickly backed away, maintaining a safer distance: "Are you okay, Hagrid? It's me."

Hagrid stared blankly at Toby, who was dressed in a black witch robe. He apologized in a panic: "Sorry, I thought you were a dementor. I was wrong."

"Dementors?" Toby asked doubtfully: "Have you ever seen a dementor? Was it in the Forbidden Forest?"

"Yes." Hagrid suddenly stopped talking. At this time, three more heads popped out of the room, namely Harry, Ron, and Hermione. They all looked at each other with resentful eyes.

Staring at Toby - Due to the reason that they were not notified, after Angela left Hogwarts, the three of them searched the trophy room for a long time, but they could not find any trophies related to Toby.

medal.

not a single one.

"You are here too, have you finished your homework?"

Toby asked subconsciously, and the three of them nodded subconsciously.

"Very good." Toby ignored the looks of the three people. He looked at Hagrid and said, "Take me to the chicken pen and take a look. By the way, tell me what's unusual there recently."

"abnormal?"

Hagrid, who had regained his composure, led the way, Toby followed behind him, and the last three Harrys also followed. Of course, in a way that everyone could see. They didn't dare to do it under Professor Hemmer.

Arrogantly causing trouble in front of him, especially now that he seems so difficult to mess with.

Hagrid quickly walked to the fence, took out a handful of feed from his pocket, threw it into the chicken pen, and gathered a lot of roosters.

"In terms of abnormalities," Hagrid pointed at a rooster that looked listless and said, "Only this one is a little abnormal, but this is still caused by you, because of your ancient magic class, since it was sent back

It’s been like this ever since—be careful!”

Without looking back, Toby stretched out an arm and accurately caught the flying Al. While stopping his punches and kicks, he walked towards the chicken pen and squatted down by the fence.

It seems that he is hiding himself and looking at the forbidden forest at the edge not far away.

Hermione asked curiously: "Is there anything we can do to help, Professor?"

"No." Toby said calmly, his eyes still looking in the direction of the Forbidden Forest, and his eyes seemed to sweep across several panicked figures.

"I just came here to recall the wonderful experiences I had."

First the bathroom, then the chicken pen - both locations overlap with Toby's experiences as a school boy.

At that time, he would often lure pure-blooded scum who looked down on him to abandoned bathrooms where they were not easily discovered, and give them a harsh lesson.

If anyone is still unconvinced, Toby will use a magic potion to stun them and secretly send them into the Forbidden Forest. Then they will hide near the chicken coop and quietly observe those people fleeing in panic.

It is worth mentioning that the student who was sent to St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Injuries and Injuries alone was injured in the Forbidden Forest and had no idea what he encountered.

but

Toby stood up from the fence and turned to look back in the direction of the castle.

Could it be that Voldemort also used this method to teach others?

So he asked Luna to come over to help him recall his past experiences?

Toby doesn't think so, at least it won't be so boring.

After saying goodbye to Hagrid, he took Al back to the Ancient Magic Office.

"Stop it, Al—you guys, open the coffin."

Al finally stopped using his little paws to practice boxing on Toby's arm. He and Toby walked to the desk together, stared at the notebook that was opened again, and saw Toby writing on it:

"I'm not interested in knowing what the hell you are. I'll only give you a chance to say a word and give me a reason not to destroy you."

The handwriting slowly disappeared, and as time passed by, clumps of ink appeared on the blank paper, and then were quickly wiped away, until finally a short line of text appeared -

【Do you want to know why you were sorted into Slytherin? 】

After reading this passage, Al looked up at Toby. As long as he nodded, Al would immediately return the notebook to the pharaoh's coffin, or simply smash it to pieces with a small shovel.

Toby stared silently for a while, his face hidden by the hood unable to see his expression.

After this line of writing disappeared, Toby finally picked up the quill and wrote on the blank page: "You won the chance to say the second sentence."

This time, the notebook's answers were much faster, and the content was bolder than last time. It was no longer limited to one sentence.

[Sure enough, your heart is moved. I know you have been troubled by this. You claim to be more Slytherin than Slytherin, but you don't understand why you can't really see your heart clearly. This

It's all because of your black walnut wand, isn't it? I've studied you and I know you can't deceive yourself. But what if you don't have the answer? You have to deceive yourself. It's painful. Weak, you always have been.

Such weakness is really ridiculous.】

[As for the answer. The answer is simpler than you think. It’s not that Slytherin chose you, but that the other three houses are unwilling to accept you. Except for Slytherin, no other house is willing to accept a born bad person.

.This is you, Toby Highmore. This is the fact you don’t want to face.】

After reading the last sentence, Toby wrote: "I think you forgot one thing. Do you know how I usually teach disobedient students?"

Without waiting for the notebook to answer, Toby pressed his palm on the paper, and the magic ball melted away and overlapped with his palm, forming a gloomy and dark magic circle, exuding an ominous aura.

【How dare you call me that】——

The writing stopped abruptly.

Al used all his strength, brandished the small silver shovel, and stabbed the notebook hard, causing streaks of ink to spurt out, accompanied by a faint scream.

Toby watched this scene indifferently. He said in a cold voice: "It seems that this method alone cannot completely destroy you, but it is enough."

"Feel the pain and let me see how long you can hold on. I dare say I have too much time to torture you."

"I would also like to do so."

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