Archaeologists at Hogwarts

Chapter 195 Surprise and Letter (Please subscribe)

Scepter?

Several people in the room had seen the scepter in Professor Heimer's hand during the last duel class - it was white overall, only slightly shorter than Professor Heimer himself, with a crown-shaped top at the top and a full circle around it.

Bright red gorgeous gemstone.

At that time, Professor Heimer seemed to be combining ritual magic with magic circles. However, judging from later signs, many people felt that it was just Professor Heimer who was deliberately making things difficult for Professor Lockhart and taught him a lesson.

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So the third test is to make their own scepter?

"That's right."

Professor Heimer seemed to know what the three of them were thinking. He said: "Yes, before the official appearance of the wand, most wizards used wandless magic. But there are also a very small number of wizards who have their own wands.

That can also be seen as a symbol of status and power - you don't need to go to the library to look up information, you won't find it, these are all clues I found during archaeology."

"In short, the scepter is the most suitable instrument for performing ritual magic. Not everyone can own it. Only a very small number of students who are able to summon the patron saint have this qualification."

"Of course, this is still difficult for you." He looked at Luna and said: "So I don't mind if you go to other people for help, such as Miss Granger and Mr. Diggory."

"Mr. Diggory successfully used the magic circle to make the first automatic casting wand. He has a certain understanding of magic circle and wand science. You can consider joining in, because I guess that the later wands were transformed from the original wand.

Come on, there are many similarities between the two."

"As for Miss Granger, she has learned some special wandology during the special training. To be more careful, it should actually be called wandology."

"I will leave the necessary reference books here for you to read. If you don't understand anything, come and ask me."

"Okay, that's it for today."

When Professor Heimer left, he conjured a tall stack of magic books in the corner.

Hermione walked up and flipped through a few books, and found that they were the same books she had read during the special training.

Could it be that Professor Heimer had already guessed that I would pass this exam?

Hermione felt Professor Heimer's affirmation of her, and she felt very comfortable and a little proud.

Cedric also felt the kindness shown by Professor Heimer - he must have asked Luna to ask him for help because he wanted to help him solve the subsequent problem of the automatic casting wand.

For a moment, whether or not the second test was completed didn't seem to be that important. And before Luna took the initiative to speak, the two decided to help Luna complete her own scepter, which was actually beneficial to them -

-Cedric will definitely not miss this opportunity to study scepters and wands, while Hermione plans to learn more, just as previewing the next semester's courses in advance.

So the matter was settled.

Luna got two helpers in a daze, and the three of them studied obscure books together - mainly Hermione and Cedric talked.

"Let me take a look at the main materials first - wood, vines, stone, and bones - well, forget it, the last one must be eliminated. What are you going to use, Luna?"

"Wood, my wand is made of silver basswood. I can easily find the raw materials in the Forbidden Forest."

"It's much easier this way - huh? Forbidden Forest? Are you talking about the Forbidden Forest?" Hermione suddenly reacted.

Cedric explained in time: "Luna must be joking. But I remember that wands made of silver basswood are very expensive, look very beautiful, and are suitable for properties such as prophets or legilimens. I guess.

It cost a lot of money. Looking at the core of the wand, I didn't expect that the wand also has a core - phoenix tail hairs, dragon's heart nerves, and unicorn tail hairs. These look quite normal. But they are sinister.

What's going on? What's the tendon? Do you have a picture?"

"I advise you not to turn back." Hermione immediately stopped: "If you still want to be able to eat after a while."

Cedric resisted his curiosity and did not turn the page. He saw a disgusted expression on Hermione's face.

"Just choose unicorn tail hair." Luna said: "It's the same as my wand. I don't want to choose anything else - I don't want to stuff my own hair, and I don't want to use human blood vessels."

"What?" Cedric said in panic: "There are blood vessels? Why is such a thing needed in ritual magic?"

Hermione shook her head calmly. She had seen even more disgusting things before.

"There is another most important thing, which is also the biggest difference between a scepter and a magic wand." She said: "Decoration, or a special item rich in magic, is like the ruby ​​on Professor Heimer's scepter. It must be

It's not an ordinary ruby, it probably grew on some magical animal, or - I don't know, maybe it grew out of the ground, at least it's not an ordinary thing."

Cedric deliberately refuted that gems could not grow from the ground, but in front of Hermione's sworn face, he suddenly became uncertain - if those gems were obtained from archaeological remains, then they were considered from the ground.

Did it grow out of it?

It sounds a bit similar.

Luna couldn't make all the decisions now. She separated from the two of them, ignored the pointing eyes along the way, returned to the dormitory alone, spread out Pandora's notebook, but did not write anything.

It's better to leave the surprise until the last minute.

As time passed, Toby became more and more disappointed with the performance of the students. Except for Luna, Hermione, and Cedric, there were very few students who could pass the exam. The Weasley twins were considered poor performers.

The best, but even so, they couldn't survive half a minute under the skeleton's hand.

However, this is understandable. Toby learned that no student has officially received courses related to the Patronus Charm. This is not originally within the scope of the Hogwarts curriculum and is a very advanced spell.

In addition, Lockhart, an irresponsible professor, has been hiding in the tunnel for many days. Even during class, he made many slips of the tongue and mentioned magic circles, which made the students dizzy.

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Toby didn't look for Dumbledore to be stupid again, he came up with another clever trick.

Just before Easter, when exams were approaching, students from various colleges suddenly discovered a strange-looking quill hanging above the fireplace in the common room.

At the same time, a new notice appeared on the bulletin board: This quill is called the pen of truth. It can only write the truth, not lies. It can help students understand their own hearts and try to find out what makes them happiest.

time.

This is undoubtedly Professor Heimer's message.

As the final exam deadline approaches, each true pen often disappears inexplicably, and then is quietly returned to its original position.

No student is willing to expose his or her inner feelings easily, and almost all students quietly write out their inner thoughts when no one is around.

Neville: "I am happiest when I see my parents awake."

Percy: "When I become a prefect, no doubt."

Ron: "Buying my own new wand - eh? Isn't it? Because I haven't achieved this goal yet? Earning my first Galleons, this seems okay."

Harry: "Winning the Quidditch match for the first time is indeed a blessing."

Draco: "Buy seven Nimbus 2001 for the team - damn, lost the game after that, damn Potter. What would that be? Pocket money you got before coming to Hogwarts?"

This won’t work either.”

Finally, Draco stared at the two lines of handwriting, one deep and one shallow, and fell into deep thought.

The shallow line is that he successfully made his own magic circle item last semester - a green badge engraved with a silver snake. The engraved snake can move freely under the influence of the magic circle, and can also attack people who want to remove it.

Anyone other than himself who touched the badge hoarse in demonstration.

It is now placed in a cabinet at his home and is well kept. He has not brought it to school, lest others discover the importance he attaches to this item, or in other words, the importance he attaches to Professor Haimer's courses.

As for the darker line of text, it is obviously more in line with the requirements of real writing, so the handwriting appears slightly darker.

This also happened last semester.

The fact that his life was saved by Harry during the first flying lesson did not make him break his neck.

Angrily, Draco tore the parchment into pieces. He stared at the Pen of Truth for a while, but he still didn't break it, but put it back in place without letting anyone else see it.

In any case, after Toby made "compensatory" measures, the number of students who passed the exam increased at a rapid rate. He also happened to meet Marcus Flint who passed the exam, and the answer he heard

It was Flint who felt happiest after ending his first confinement under Professor Highmore.

Touched, Toby forced Marcus to experience the contents of the second test. He originally had no intention of taking part, but laughed until he convulsed, and finally passed out from exhaustion.

Regarding the second exam - after the specific exam content spread, the proportion of students who planned to take it was not as large as Toby imagined, and was even much lower.

The most critical reason is still that they have not formally studied the content of the Patronus Charm, and no professor has taught them such a course.

So even after a long time, Luna was still the only one who actually passed, which made her even more abrupt and made her talent seem extraordinary.

While Toby was disappointed, he was also thinking that maybe he should find a professor who could cast the Patronus Charm. He decided that even if Lockhart passed the semester safely, he would have to find a way to replace him so that he could find a professor.

A more competent Defense Against the Dark Arts professor.

"Okay, that's it for today."

On another Sunday, Toby clapped his hands and said.

There were not many students in the room. In addition to the original three people, there were Harry and Ron brought by Hermione, Ginny brought by Luna, and the Hufflepuff classmates called by Cedric—

—They hope to win more honors for Hufflepuff House like Cedric did, but unknowingly they add more shadows in their hearts that linger.

The Black Devil is no longer just Professor Heimer, but has become a combination - with the addition of those two weird skeletons, there is no way to escape the attack of feathers.

These people are the fastest runners and are afraid of being recaptured by the black devil.

Cedric looked a little embarrassed, but Toby didn't notice this. He reminded Luna: "It's time to prepare the materials for making the scepter."

"It's almost time." Luna whispered.

Hermione and Cedric looked at her in confusion. Although the silver basswood and unicorn tail hair had been decided long ago, the most special items had not been decided yet. They did not understand what Luna was waiting for.

What.

Toby didn't urge him, he turned around and left, ready to see how Lockhart's new manuscript was going.

This time it was a story about a warrior using a magic circle to subdue a vampire. He was very curious about what kind of ending Lockhart would write for the story.

After finishing the last class of the day, Ginny spotted an absent-minded Luna in the auditorium. She immediately stood up from her seat and chased after her curiously: "Where are you going?"

"The Owlery." Luna said, "I was waiting for a package, but Dad never sent it."

"I'll go with you." Ginny said kindly.

She recently noticed that something was wrong with Luna's condition, and suspected that it was related to the scepter she was originally going to make, which made her a little worried.

The two came to the Owlery together, and Ginny accompanied Luna to look for Mr. Lovegood's owl.

"Look there!" Luna suddenly said, pointing to a sleeping owl. There was a small envelope tied to its paw and a small bulge.

"Why did it fall asleep?" Luna asked doubtfully.

Just as she was about to poke the owl awake with something, she suddenly saw that the envelope's straps were loosening little by little, and the contents inside seemed very light. They floated out of the window with a gust of wind, floating more and more.

Far.

"Floating away." Luna said in surprise, leaning out the window little by little, raising her arms high.

"Don't go!" Ginny was so frightened that she hugged her waist tightly and dragged her towards the stairs little by little: "Don't worry, just go look outside the castle and you will find it."

So they quickly ran down the stairs and passed through the crowd of students. After running out of the castle, they found the envelope faintly falling on top of a quiet willow tree.

"It's okay." Ginny breathed a sigh of relief.

The next second, the branches of the willow tree twitched violently and swept over the envelope that had just fallen, sending it flying high into the air and farther away.

Ginny was stunned: ",,,,,,"

Luna had already hurried over again, and Ginny stood there blankly. She suddenly took out her wand and tapped her shoes. Then she jumped lightly and jumped ten feet high and far away.

Falling in front of the amazed Luna, he waved to her: "Come here quickly, hold on to me, I can catch up with you as long as you run!"

On the other side, the trio passed by an unattended chicken pen. They came to the door of Hagrid's cabin. Harry knocked hard on the door: "Hagrid! Hagrid! We have to talk!"

The door was opened from the inside. Hagrid covered one cheek and pretended to say: "There is nothing to talk about. Don't you need to prepare for the exam? Come on, go and go."

"No!" Harry said angrily: "Stop lying to us. We have seen you injured several times. Don't say that you really raised another fire dragon in the Forbidden Forest!"

"You mean Norbert?" Hagrid's expression suddenly became sad, and tears fell down: "I saw it during the Christmas vacation, it, it -"

Hagrid walked into the room and cried bitterly, and the three of them followed suit. Hermione covered her mouth in surprise: "Norbert passed away?"

"No." Hagrid wiped his tears and said, "But it doesn't recognize me anymore, nor does it recognize its mother."

Ron tried to comfort him: "It's nothing, Hagrid. I don't remember what happened when I was just born."

"Norbert is not as cold-blooded as you say!" Hagrid suddenly said excitedly: "Later, when I was wrestling with him, he remembered me again. What should I do? When I think of him, he is growing up.

Then you will forget me again, I——"

Ron opened his mouth twice, he was speechless.

"What is that?" Harry suddenly caught a glimpse of some movement outside the window. He pointed at two figures hugging each other tightly in the air, sliding over the top of the wooden house and landing far away on the edge of the Forbidden Forest. Then the two

There seemed to be an argument for a short while, but then one of them bent his legs and jumped up, leading the other person directly into the forbidden forest.

Ron recognized the red hair, which was so dazzling.

"It's Ginny." He said in shock: "Ginny actually broke into the Forbidden Forest. Isn't she afraid that her mother will scold her? Percy alone is difficult enough to deal with."

"The other person is Luna." Hermione murmured: "It turns out that what she said is true - she really went to the Forbidden Forest!"

Harry subconsciously said: "No, we have to get them back quickly - that's not right, we should go to Professor Hemmer, we can't make any more mistakes - Hagrid! Hagrid! Where are you going?!"

Hagrid raised the crossbow and turned around and said: "Don't go to the professor, I will rescue them."

Rescued?

Why do you say rescue?

Harry stared at Hagrid's back without knowing why. He looked left and right. Ron and Hermione also heard something was wrong from Hagrid's tone.

"No!" Ron suddenly said: "I have to find Ginny myself. There must be something wrong in the Forbidden Forest!"

"Don't!" Harry suddenly stopped him and said, "Don't rush to refute me. Listen to me, Ginny is obviously wearing jumping shoes. We can't catch up with him, and neither can Hagrid.

Hurry up and go find it - let's go to Professor Heimo." After hesitating for a second, he said: "Professor Heimo has been to the Forbidden Forest and is very familiar with it. He may know something."

"Leave the rest to me and I will get them back."

"What are you going to do?"

When Hermione asked this question, she saw Harry raised his wand and shouted: "Here comes the broom!"

Then he explained to the two of them: "This is a flying spell. It was originally planned for the next stage of special training, but unfortunately it was interrupted early. Later, I also thought about using this method to appease the flame balls and call them over one by one.

Then we'll line up again - unfortunately you will know later that you must use the Patronus Charm to pass the exam."

"I don't know if I can succeed this time - huh?"

Harry looked at the black dot flying in the distance in surprise. It was really a broom. When it landed in front of Harry, he found that it was actually the Nimbus 2001 that Professor Hemmer asked him to use during special training.

Much better than his own Nimbus 2000.

"Listen to me, let's do it! Go find Professor Heimer quickly!"

Harry hurriedly stepped on the broom and disappeared from the sight of the two of them, disappearing into the Forbidden Forest.