Archaeologists at Hogwarts

Chapter 201 Al’s Tears, Lupine

Harry finally has a new bedroom!

On the day he returned to Privet Drive, Harry moved out of the storage room under the stairs, dragging the suitcase and Hedwig in the cage, and watched excitedly as the Vernons took the toys out of Dudley's second bedroom.

Move out and make room for him.

Halfway through the move, Dudley lost his temper and ran to the kitchen angrily. Aunt Petunia chased after him, crying.

Vernon was holding a car and staring at Harry.

"I don't mind if you keep the other half of the toys," Harry said.

This was obviously impossible. Vernon was unwilling to leave any toys for Harry, so he piled them all into Dudley's room next door.

Compared to the stairwell, this newly vacated bedroom was much better. Harry rushed in impatiently. He was about to open the cage when he saw Vernon standing at the door, panting, staring at him.

Just staring, Vernon seemed to suddenly become mute and stopped shouting at Harry.

Harry somehow felt emboldened and said, "I just plan to let Hedwig fly around a few times, only at night so that the neighbors won't find out. I have no plans to write to Professor Hemmer right now."

This must have worked.

Vernon's face turned red with anger, and he closed the door forcefully, venting his meaningless anger.

Harry opened the cage and said proudly to Hedwig, who was jumping happily: "Look, I knew this would definitely work."

This was so useful that Harry had no idea what exactly Professor Hemmer was threatening them with, but the mere mention of the name was enough to scare Uncle Vernon away. Even though Harry was alone in the bedroom during dinner

He was enjoying it, but he was eager to do so. He didn't want to see this family at the dinner table at all.

Until he fell asleep in his new bedroom at night, Harry still couldn't believe that it all happened so easily.

He even vaguely saw Mr. Al's hallucination. Maybe he should learn more about Xiu Xiu's favorite food. Should he write to Hermione? She knows everything.

Um, why hasn't Mr. Al disappeared?

Is it beckoning to me?

"Yeah." Al said, standing at the head of the bed, staring directly at Harry.

Harry sat up immediately in shock. He rubbed his eyes vigorously and put on his glasses.

"Mr. Al?"

"Yeah." Al nodded, letting Harry know that he was right.

Mr. Al really showed up.

It. It shouldn't be here to check the homework, right?

Harry was suddenly startled.

It's just a holiday now.

Al stretched out his paw and shook Harry, telling him to keep his voice down so as not to wake up the Vernon family.

Then it put its hands behind its back, sat on the flying carpet, and circled back and forth in the room several times.

Harry looked at this scene in confusion, thinking he was dreaming.

Al opened the wardrobe and looked inside, then got under the bed and took a look. Just as he opened the desk drawer, Harry asked in a low voice: "What are you looking for, Mr. Al?"

Of course Al is here to find Toby.

It secretly followed the Hogwarts Express, but unexpectedly found traces of skeletal algae at the station as soon as it got off the train. This must be a clue left by Toby.

So it followed all the way and chose the nearest one among the many forked roads - that is, the one leading to Vernon's family.

The clue to the bone algae was broken off near here.

It's just that this kind of thing cannot be explained to Harry. The students thought that Professor Hemmer had always stayed at Hogwarts and never left.

Of course, this is all due to the skeletons collected by Heimer.

Al was not in a hurry to answer Harry's question. It seemed that Toby was not here, so he could only continue to follow the traces of other skeletal algae.

"ah."

Al waved his hands happily, sat on the flying carpet, and floated out of the window.

Harry lay beside the window, looking at the fleeting figures on the street.

He was moved.

It must be because he was worried about himself that Professor Heimer sent Mr. Al here to see if the Vernon family had kept their promise.

Professor Heimer is a really good person.

On the other side, Al took advantage of the darkness and his proficiency in pretending to be a doll, and came to a row of houses without any danger.

The house number opposite it is No. 11, No. 10 is on the left, and No. 13 is on the right.

House No. 12 is missing.

Al could tell at a glance that this was definitely the effect of protective magic, and it was a combination of many extremely complex magics.

It is extremely difficult to break these magics, let alone let a Niffler do such a thing.

But Al is no ordinary Sniff.

It lowered its head and glanced at its belly pocket, where the ancient scepter was.

Five minutes later, Al, with a solemn look on his face, kicked open the door of House No. 12 and broke in.

The ritual magic didn't make much noise, nor did it cause serious damage to Al like Angela.

The only thing worth mentioning is that Al went bald—literally.

The down on its head was gone, which made it cool.

But now he no longer cares about so much. In Al's sight, this suspicious house is filled with the aroma of algae.

It broke into the dark hall vigilantly, dragging a scepter many times longer than itself with its two paws, and its small eyes darted around.

The house was filled with a damp smell of decay and a rotten smell, giving people the feeling of an abandoned and empty house.

There was no one on the first floor, nor on the second floor.

Al saw a row of wrinkled heads hanging on the wall of the stairs, and realized that they were all the heads of house elves. They all had the same ugly big nose, and Al looked disgusted.

Along with a rustling sound, Al came to the highest floor. He found Toby's belongings in the room near the stairwell, piled up into a small mountain, and then he immediately rushed to the next room and saw

Toby fell to the floor, his hands were still tied, and he looked like he had been dead not long ago.

"ah!"

Al screamed, and he quickly ran over and probed Toby's nose, and found that he was still breathing. At the same time, he saw that the fine magic circle on Toby's body was moving like a worm, and was about to climb up his neck and onto Toby's face.

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This immediately made Al realize that Toby had indeed succeeded in taking off the Pharaoh mask, but the powerful sequelae still caused him a lot of damage, possibly involving his soul.

Al knew what to do.

It put its eyes on Toby's head and opened them wide. Unfortunately, it couldn't help but blink after holding on for half a minute.

After discovering that this method didn't work, Al's expression suddenly became pitiful.

It took out a small bottle of red powder from its belly pocket. On the bottle was a pattern of a skull breathing fire.

Al took a deep breath, then opened the cap, and poured the bottle mouth into his eyes desperately.

The effect was immediate. Al's eyes became red, as if there were flames burning inside, and tears flowed into Toby's mouth like a stream.

Among magical beasts, phoenix tears have miraculous healing properties, and sniffable tears are not so precious.

But Al is no ordinary Niffler, he was brought out of the Mason Door by Heimer.

So, after unconsciously swallowing a few drops of tears, the injuries on Toby's soul gradually healed, the magic circle on his body also returned to calm, and a voice that was almost dry came out from his mouth:

"Why is there pepper? What I want is obviously pineapple pizza."

All in all, all in all.

Maybe it’s a bit embarrassing to say it, but Toby actually fainted from hunger, and now he’s woken up from hunger!

He slumped on the floor, devouring the mashed potatoes and pies brought by Al. Al also set up a simple grill nearby, and the steaks were sizzling on the iron plate, exuding a charming aroma.

Toby began to describe his experience after being kidnapped to this house: "Just after I heard the noise downstairs, Sirius Black disappeared. I guess he planned to starve me to death. It was a cruel and inhumane execution method."

.Anyway, he never showed up again, and he almost succeeded until you came looking for him."

Al handed the grilled steak to him. The cooking was much better than Sirius's, and it didn't taste like blood.

While Toby continued to recover his strength, Al also took out a bottle of milk, inserted a straw into it and drank it.

Miraculously, it didn't take long for the hair on the top of Al's head to grow back, reflecting a soft glimmer in the moonlight.

After seeing this, Toby put forward his own advice at the right time: "You better not use the wand indiscriminately in the future. If it doesn't work, you might as well rob Mr. Ollivander and steal the unregistered wand from him."

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"Yeah." Al shook his head. It couldn't break the protective magic of this house with just a wand. It would be too difficult for a sniffer.

Although it's no ordinary sniff.

After that, Al also began to talk about the process of finding this place. It originally thought it had to go to Azkaban, but it didn't expect it to turn out so smoothly.

Then the two simply tidied up and collected all Toby's things.

The wizard's robe that was originally worn by Sirius remained, and Toby's wand was also there.

After counting them carefully, Toby discovered that the only missing item was the magic ball.

And according to Al's findings, it only found clues to the bone algae when Sirius came, but not after he left.

That was deliberately covered up.

The situation now is not good, but Toby is calm, and he has encountered even the worst situations.

The first decision he made was to go to St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries, and found that Lockhart was indeed missing. There was no record of him in the hospital, and no therapist had even seen the patient.

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After accidentally discovering the telephone hall, Toby realized that the stories Lockhart wrote in "The Quibbler" were not all fabricated. He had really studied magic circles and even used them to deal with a man.

Werewolf.

He deceived everyone, making Toby and Dumbledore think he was just an unlearned liar who could only use the Oblivion Curse to steal experiences.

He also learned the art of Occlumency, and coupled with this liar's disguise, Toby didn't notice anything strange.

In short, Lockhart is completely obsessed with Toby.

However, after leaving the hospital, Toby did not rush to follow Lockhart, but instead took the lead in arriving at No. 4 Privet Drive.

Poor Harry was forcibly woken up not long after he fell asleep. He opened his eyes in a daze, and was frightened by Professor Hemmer and Mr. Al who were both staring at him. He immediately became alert.

The first time I could still think of it as caring about myself, but this second time

"Can you wait a little longer, Professor?" Harry begged in a low voice, "I'll start writing my ancient magic homework tomorrow, I'll write it tomorrow!"

"Huh?" Toby frowned: "Tomorrow? So you haven't finished your homework yet? What did you do after the exam? Are you just waiting for the holiday?"

After giving Harry a stern lesson, Toby finally spoke of his purpose of coming here: "You should have heard about Sirius Black's escape from prison."

Harry nodded, wondering in his mind whether Professor Hemmer was thinking about the bounty?

"He is your godfather."

Harry suddenly became stunned.

"It seems you don't understand yet." Toby frowned and said, "Black is your godfather. He knows your parents and is said to be the keeper who protects them. However, during the war, he betrayed your parents.

He leaked the secret to the mysterious person, so he killed them."

Harry opened his mouth wide, feeling sad, shocked, and at a loss for a moment——

"But there's something fishy about this."

Toby suddenly said: "He came to see you secretly. Not long ago, I found clues about Blake's visit around this house. Have you noticed it? The photo on the wanted poster, or...

A big black dog, have you ever seen it?"

Harry subconsciously said: "Big black dog? I seem to have seen it at the train station. I thought I saw it wrong."

Toby and Al exchanged a look. It was correct. Al followed the clues left by Blake at the train station and came to No. 4 Privet Drive.

"this is for you."

Toby said and handed a white object to Harry. Harry quickly held it with both hands, but when he saw that it was a skull, he almost threw it away.

"Take it." Toby said sternly: "This is for you to save your life. If you find any signs of Black appearing again, use it to send me a message immediately, and I will come to rescue you."

Somehow, Professor Heimer actually jumped out of the window like Al, but did not go through the main entrance.

This time Harry didn't look at their backs. He heard a movement from downstairs and next door. He knew that everyone in the room had been awakened, but he didn't dare to hear the voice of Professor Hemmer.

Find it.

Under the reflection of the moonlight, Harry was still staring blankly at the skull in his hand. Before he could fully recover, he subconsciously hugged the skull tighter.

By the way, Professor Hemmer's pharaoh mask is gone, Harry just realized this.

Also, he couldn't help but think--

I really wish he was holding Sirius's skull.

After leaving No. 4 Privet Drive, Toby took Al and used his least favorite way of traveling - apparation, and came to a narrow alley.

Toby turned left and right along the alley, and everywhere was filled with the smell of corruption that locked him in the house.

Finally, he came to a door that was about to rot and knocked a few times.

The door opened quickly, and the people inside seemed to be still asleep.

Remus Lupine opened the door, wearing a patch on his pajamas, and looked at Toby in surprise, looking a little helpless and a little surprised. Then he looked at Al with doubts, and finally showed a gentle expression.

He smiled and said: "Is that your pet? Xiu Xiu, it suits you very well."

"No, it's an assistant." Toby said coldly: "Tell me, Remus."

"Did Blake come to see you?"