Archaeologists at Hogwarts

Chapter 176 Christmas Gift (please subscribe)

Before Salazar Slytherin decided to leave Hogwarts, there was another unknown founder who also parted ways, and the other party did it more thoroughly.

He opened up the Forbidden Forest, established a bunch of strict rules for the centaurs, and did not allow them to intervene in disputes between wizards. He voluntarily gave up the opportunity to form deeper friendships with wizards, leaving behind many unknown secrets, and even predicted them in advance.

The spearhead of wizard supremacy eventually disappeared without a trace, leaving no record.

He is the vision from the lush forest and the prophet of the centaurs - House.

Toby once found the mark left by the other party in the Mason Gate. The giant centaur kept repeating a sentence - "Because war is inevitable. The war between wizards and other races is coming, and I have no choice."

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Other than that, Toby didn't know much about House.

But now, no one expected that the clues left by House would appear again, and they were still imprints extracted from the basilisk.

Under the influence of the black feathers, Salazar Slytherin and House appeared together in the scene formed by the black mist.

The place where they appeared was the secret room from a thousand years ago.

At this time, the Chamber of Secrets has begun to take shape, and the statue of Salazar Slytherin appears completely in the picture, and the two of them are standing at the feet of the huge statue.

House looked up at the statue's face with a calm expression.

Slytherin's expression was different. He stared at House indifferently without saying a word.

The silence didn't last long.

House looked away and sighed pitifully.

He said: "I thought that my withdrawal would avoid causing disputes, but I didn't expect that you would still reach this point. Chamber of Secrets. Is this your ambition, Salazar? You still haven't given up research on those evil magics.

What will you do down here? I've seen the friendship between you and Godric—"

"That's enough." Slytherin's voice was not cold and sharp, but it was full of power.

At this moment, Toby even saw in him the shadow of Principal Dumbledore when he was angry, which was completely different from the image of Slytherin he imagined.

Toby once faced Voldemort directly, thinking that he was the replica of Slytherin, but now it seems that the reality is different from what he imagined.

It can even be said to be completely different.

But what attracted Toby the most was House's words - he actually quit on his own initiative. And it sounded like this was vaguely related to Slytherin himself, who left to avoid "disputes".

After Slytherin interrupted House's words, the screen fell into a brief silence.

In this silence, House took out a palm-sized egg from the bag on his back - Al couldn't help but grasp Toby's sleeve, and Slytherin's eyes in the picture also moved to the egg.

Toby already knew what it was.

It was a basilisk egg.

House said: "Normally, the lifespan of a basilisk is only about nine hundred years, although Parselmouth can put the basilisk into a deep sleep, thereby preventing it from continuing to grow and entering a state similar to suspended animation. But you should also be aware that

That won't last long. For example, a thousand years, or even longer."

"According to your request, I made this special egg, which can allow the basilisk inside to survive for an unusually long time, so as to protect the secret room, or to remove the impure bloodline in your eyes. I have done it.

I have to bear the price of killing, but I need you to agree to a condition."

Toby noticed that Slytherin's fingers twitched slightly. Just when he thought Slytherin would take the basilisk egg away by force, he actually heard Slytherin speak again and gave up the plan of fighting for it.

"Tell me about it." Slytherin said, his eyes still cold: "If you can impress me."

"The Sorting Hat." House said simply, as if he had been waiting for this moment: "I heard that you are planning to make a Sorting Hat so that after you leave this world, Hogwarts can select students who meet the characteristics of each house.

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"Please don't get me wrong, I have no intention of interfering, and my people will not do this. But I hope that when you instill ideas into the Sorting Hat, you can relax your restrictions a little and make your house less pure.

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Slytherin's eyes became even colder: "You have no intention of intervening, are you? But why do I feel that you are already interfering? Is it because of what you saw? Is it because of the stars or those burning herbs?

, you have foreseen so many futures, but have you ever seen them become my enemies?"

The atmosphere suddenly became tense.

Toby's brows were frowning tightly, as if he was in the middle of it.

House said in a calm voice: "Be an enemy of you. I never wanted to be an enemy of you, Salazar. Not now, and never will be in the future. I just saw your heart, and saw the relationship between you and Ge."

The precious friendship between Godric and seeing the evil decisions you did not make. I believe that represents the bottom line in your heart, otherwise you would not be friends with Godric. How I wish this could continue, but

It must be impossible. But I still hope to preserve your bottom line, not just for me, not just for the centaurs——"

"It's also for Godric, for the entire magical world, and for yourself."

"Never take that step, Salazar, this is the only advice I can give you. Otherwise, you will no longer even have the chance to [continue]."

Slytherin slowly narrowed his eyes, and his aura gradually became dangerous: "Do you think I care about whether I can [continue]? Do you think I care about whether my soul is intact? It has become turbid long ago.

It's covered in blood and howls, from wizards, Muggles, and mudbloods."

"They shouldn't be alive. They should not exist. There is no reason for this dirty bloodline to continue to exist."

"Removing all threats, this is the meaning of my existence, nothing can compare to it."

"I don't think so." House said without being humble or condescending: "I don't think you have reached the point of being hopeless. Even though you see that as an ideal, it will never be the right path. In your eyes,

[Threats] cannot be eliminated, because they not only exist in the future, but also in the more terrifying past."

"Don't touch [them], otherwise, the magic world will encounter an irresistible disaster, and everything will be destroyed."

Slytherin raised his lips sarcastically.

"Naive idea." He said: "No wonder you are only willing to hide in the Forbidden Forest. You don't understand the meaning of great ideals at all. You are too cowardly, House."

Toby saw Slytherin reaching out to take the basilisk egg. He no longer looked at the calm face, but looked up at the head on the top of the statue.

That's him, the great Slytherin.

"I will lift the restrictions."

He said proudly.

"I allow dirty blood to enter my academy, but I will also add a supreme requirement to this."

"Ideal. Only those who have the potential for great ideals and truly understand the significance of this requirement will be selected by the Sorting Hat."

House seemed to be satisfied with this request. He turned his head, finally smiled, and looked at the figure in black robes outside the screen, his eyes connecting with the face under the hood.

"More Slytherin than Slytherin?" he asked.

The Slytherin in the picture also turned around. He also looked at himself, his eyes piercing through thousands of years of time, and his tone was full of power: "Yes, it must be more Slytherin than Slytherin."

The black mist dissipated little by little from bottom to top, and the two stared at Toby, as if they wanted to completely imprint his appearance in their minds.

Toby took off his hood, revealing the terrifying mask on his face and the dark eyes behind it.

"Is this what you want?"

He showed off his changes to his heart's content, and saw the changes in their eyes in the black mist that was about to completely dissipate, Slytherin's solemnity, and House's relief.

Toby said contemptuously: "As a trading item, have you ever thought that it is not only a great ideal, but also more than Slytherin? In addition, there is a possibility

,For example"

"I will also become [them] in your mouth?"

At the last moment, Slytherin's gaze became meaningful.

House raised his head and looked upward, his gaze seemed to penetrate the ceiling and reach the unparalleled sky.

"Mars has never been so bright."

He said.

In astrological predictions, Mars means war.

With the final symbolic prophecy of the centaur prophet, the black mist completely dissipated, and the two figures also disappeared.

Al looked at Toby carefully, his eyes full of doubts and worries.

"Yeah?" it asked in a low voice.

Toby said: "This is just a possibility, Al. I need time to think about the conversation between them. There are many things I haven't thought about clearly yet - [continue], [threat]. Since when

Starting, Muggle-borns will become a threat?"

"There is also Slytherin's motive for lifting restrictions. I think it seems to be not only related to House's request. Perhaps, Slytherin has already thought so, and he will do the same without House admonishing him.

Decision. Unfortunately, there are not many clues left, we——"

"Professor Heimer?!"

The voice of disbelief interrupted Toby's soliloquy. He turned around and saw Harry, Ron, and Hermione.

It was also the first time that they were horrified to see the terrifying face under Professor Heimer's hood, the hissing and writhing basilisk, and the rooster in the cage.

All the guesses seemed to come true in an instant, and Professor Heimer really became the culprit, the one who secretly planned and controlled everything.

He wants to control the basilisk and become the true heir of Slytherin!

"Why are you here?" Toby asked in a deep voice.

Just as he was about to take a step towards the three of them, Ron shouted in fright: "No - don't come over! Don't come over! How can you -"

At this moment, the witty Hermione interrupted with a trembling voice: "We have notified the other professors in advance. They will come over soon to stop you!"

Harry immediately understood Hermione's intention. The three of them alone could not stop Professor Hemmer. It might be better to trick him.

He shouted sadly: "Stop it, Professor Heimer, before it's too late."

Then he added another sentence: "Not only the other professors, but also the principal is coming soon. Stop it, professor."

Toby stared at them inexplicably.

The three of them saw a chilling smile suddenly appear on the mask.

"Oh, it turns out that the principal hasn't come back yet. This is really strange, after all, this is a Christmas dinner. But that's good, and no one can stop me."

The three of them didn't know how Professor Hemmer saw through their lies, and they remembered the punishment they had received after lying in the past - Ron's face turned pale, Hermione was so frightened that she couldn't move, and Harry

"Hiss-hiss-"

A series of obscure and cold sounds suddenly came out of Harry's mouth.

Toby stopped in surprise, his eyes becoming complicated and cautious.

"Parseltongue? You actually know Parseltongue?! Why you?!"

For a moment, Harry didn't understand why Professor Heimer's reaction became so loud. He just wanted to revive the basilisk as soon as possible to prevent Professor Heimer from doing more terrifying things.

In the dark and cold secret room, the two sides faced each other silently

Harry kept hissing, and Ron and Hermione looked at him as if they were seeing a savior.

Toby stopped walking toward them and stood still.

Al yawned out of boredom. He was always paying attention to the rooster in the cage to prevent it from stopping its crow.

Five seconds passed, ten seconds passed, and half a minute passed.

"Hiss-his-ahem!"

Harry choked on his saliva and coughed violently.

Ron patted his back desperately, and Hermione watched in fear as Professor Hemmer walked towards them again.

"Fortunately, it turns out it was just to scare people." Toby stood in front of the three people and mocked: "The game should end here——"

"No -" Harry retorted with a red face: "I'm not trying to scare anyone! I'm serious, Professor! How can you do this, you -"

Even though there is a mask covering it, the scary mask seems to have really become Professor Heimer's face, and his expression has become extremely vivid and lifelike.

In the blink of an eye, Harry saw Professor Heimer's expression uncontrollably darkening.

"Didn't scare anyone?!"

After saying such words, Toby suddenly didn't care about the three of them. He quickly walked to the basilisk, stood in front of its huge head, raised his wand, and shined the light ball on the side of its lower jaw.

Check in person.

There was a tiny, invisible wound on it.

Toby didn't need to go to the other side to guess that it was probably the same injury.

"The basilisk can't hear. It's injured."

Toby murmured, looking at the cock in Al's hand, a terrible guess appeared in his heart.

"Run quickly."

He said, and then suddenly shouted: "Run!"

The three of them were still stunned in place, but Al had already rushed out without hesitation. The flying carpet carried him to the three of them, and in an instant he grabbed their hair with his claws, making them run subconsciously.

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At the last moment when he was about to turn around, Harry saw from the corner of his eye that the basilisk suddenly stopped struggling and the rooster was still crowing, but it didn't work at all.

The magic ball floated out in an instant, and then formed a bright magic circle between the heads of Toby and the basilisk. A dim light also surged around him, so dark that it was invisible. He wrapped his arms around him and slowly opened his eyes.

basilisk.

Looking from a distance, the weak body restrained the huge monster with incredible strength, and no matter how much the basilisk shook its legs, it did not move. Then, with an earth-shattering sound, the three of them were shaken away by the violent impact.

It flew out and fell to the hard floor.

Al didn't care to look after the three children anymore. He turned back stiffly and saw the collapsed statue, the basilisk with half of its head broken in the dust, and the

After the dust dispersed, it floated up out of thin air, with its limbs and head tilted back, as if Toby had a spear pierced through his chest.

He was petrified.

Then, in the next second, Toby's joints twisted in an unnatural direction, and he slowly stood up like a zombie, his head drooping on his chest, and then rising a little bit.

The mask is no longer lifelike, but has completely become a real face, replacing Toby.

"Yeah yeah yeah-!!!"

This time, there was no need for a translator. The three people who fell down understood what Al meant - run quickly!!!

They ran away quickly.

And it also started chasing.

Harry didn't dare to look back, just hearing the footsteps getting closer was enough to scare him out of his wits.

At the same time, a doubt also appeared in his heart.

"If the basilisk can't hear, then"

"Who is communicating with me?!"

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In the abandoned washroom, a figure slowly floated out from the pipes. His skin was cracked, as if he hadn't drank water for several years.

The figure discovered the polyjuice potion brewed in the compartment. He grabbed a piece of hair left in the pipe with his fingertips, threw it into the crucible, and drank it all after the potion changed color.

The plant then transformed into the shape of a wizard, and the figure walked to the dirty mirror and looked at the face of "Toby" reflected in it.

"Let the students you care about kill each other"

Voldemort said to himself in a low voice: "I hope you like this Christmas gift, Dumbledore."

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