Archaeologists at Hogwarts

Chapter 190

Chapter 190 Speculation

A living magic ball?

This is really a bold guess, but it seems reasonable.

In the last semester, Toby had carefully thought about the materials for making the magic ball because Voldemort possessed it.

Now there is another piece of evidence - Voldemort absorbed the knowledge of the magic circle in the magic ball and applied it to the diary, giving it more abilities, even enough to eliminate Toby and Angela silently

Memories about the diary.

This is not something that can be done with ordinary magic circles at all, but extremely advanced knowledge.

You can tell just from the marks and stripes on the diary that it is much more complicated than an ordinary magic circle.

This is not good.

Voldemort seems to have become more dangerous because of Toby's "collection".

However, if you think about it from another angle, Voldemort also brought a trace of trouble to himself because he did not have time to clear the traces in the diary.

As long as we understand the function of this magic circle, we may be able to predict Voldemort's next movements in advance.

Toby can't wait to study this magic circle.

But Dumbledore refused to let him go so simply.

He seemed to regard the connection between the magic ball and Toby as more important than Voldemort.

"I have long noticed that not everyone can control the magic ball."

Dumbledore said: "For example, I can't. Moreover, just last semester, I heard from the centaurs that you seemed to have conducted some dangerous experiments on yourself - such as imprinting dangerous magic circles on your body -

"Stop, stop, stop!" Toby quickly stopped: "Listen, principal, I know this is very dangerous. But you should also understand that I am not the kind of reckless person, but rather very shrewd."

"This is a long story. All in all, you can understand that I did it as a last resort. Because, in the ruins of the city in Loch Ness, there are not only horse-shaped water monsters, but also all kinds of magic.

Array trap. If I don't do this, I won't be able to get out of there safely without the help of the magic ball."

"Then have you ever thought -" Dumbledore asked seriously: "Perhaps the wizard who once lived in the city forced you to do this? Forcing you to have a connection with the magic ball."

Toby was silent for a while.

"It doesn't sound impossible." He didn't appear surprised at all, as if he had already guessed this possibility.

"However, principal, studying ancient magic is never free. The same is true for magic balls, and the same is true for pharaoh masks. Let us study this magic circle carefully and see to what extent the mysterious man has absorbed it."

Perhaps considering that the Pharaoh's mask continued to affect Toby, Dumbledore didn't say anything more. He gave up the diary. This was Toby's specialty and didn't require much effort on his part.

As if he had predicted his fate in advance, he suddenly opened the diary and tried to resist fiercely, but the melted magic ball quickly wrapped it all in, allowing the precipitated magic circle to be engraved on the name.

Toby leaned down and distinguished carefully: "Forgetting Curse, Floating Curse, what are these?"

Under Toby's control, a thin black line extended from the diary to the window.

The reaction of the diary became more intense. Of course it knew what it was, otherwise it would not have spared the effort to erase Angela's memory later——

"It's a connection!" Toby said in surprise: "It's the connection between this magic circle and the mysterious man. He relied on this connection to affect the diary, so he was able to find the diary in the coffin in the Forbidden Forest.

Book--"

Before Toby could finish his words, the thin line suddenly broke and turned into dots and disappeared.

"What a pity." Toby's tone suddenly became gloomy: "He was still discovered by the mysterious man. He took the initiative to cut off the connection with the diary. If it were later, maybe I would be able to find his location!"

"How about this!"

Toby suddenly said to Dumbledore: "Headmaster, give me the crown quickly, there may be clues on it!"

Dumbledore looked at him calmly: "Have you forgotten that Voldemort went to find the crown at the end? He didn't have time to carve the magic circle on it."

"No, principal!" Toby insisted: "Let's take a look!"

Dumbledore said slowly, "I don't think it's necessary."

"Don't worry!" Toby said righteously, just beating his chest to prove himself: "I'm just contributing to the peace of the magical world, and it's worth it!"

"No, it's not worth it at all." Dumbledore shook his head repeatedly and said, "How can I bear to lose you, a loyal student."

Well, the principal even said the word "loyalty" to a student who thought about how to usurp the throne all day long.

Toby was worried that if he continued to deceive, he might be greeted by the best-selling book - "Ancient Magic and Magic Circles".

"Tsk, tsk, tsk." He shook his head regretfully and continued to study the magic circle. Although the connection had been completely cut off, -

"There seems to be something wrong."

Toby thought seriously for a while and said: "Judging from the distance, the mysterious man seems to be not far from here. It is very likely that he is near the school. He really did not return to Malfoy Manor. But why is he here again?"

Dumbledore's expression did not even change: "Of course, he likes Hogwarts very much. This is the first place he can call home."

As he was about to walk out of the office, Toby hurriedly asked: "Are you going to find him?"

"No." Dumbledore said without looking back: "The range is still very large. This is just a waste of effort at best. Moreover, Voldemort's strength has also weakened a lot. In the last battle, I noticed that he was affected by

The influence of that body will probably prevent him from exerting his due strength for a long time."

"Beyond that, the real key is already with us - the diary, and the crown, that's what he's looking for."

"The most important thing is that this is also my guess."

Toby looked at the principal's retreating back and said with sincere emotion:

"The principal has so many guesses."

On the other side, deep in the tunnel of the special classroom.

Lockhart held a copy of "Ancient Magic and Magic Circles" and stared at the basilisk shedding its skin, feeling worried.

He looked back and found Al looking at him worriedly.

"Uh, give me some more time." Lockhart immediately pretended: "The magic circle, um, very good, I almost understand the magic circle. I just need to imprint the magic circle on the molted skin. It's very simple. This

It couldn’t be simpler, let me see—”

He circled around the molt, moving in small steps, as if he was trying to delay time.

Al blinked his little eyes and sighed deeply.

How could Lockhart be so stupid? Not even the students.

This makes it unable to even think about using a shovel to drive it away.

"ah!"

It pointed at the table one last time and said, indicating that Roja would waste no more time learning the magic circle, which made its head hurt.

If I have this time, I might as well write more stories and reports.

Lockhart immediately sat down at the table and thought hard about what to write in his next story.

After Al left, he breathed a silent sigh of relief and slowly started writing on the parchment.

This time I will write about the snowman in the snowy mountains.

He glanced at Toby's other book on the desk - "Ancient Magic".