Archaeologists at Hogwarts

Chapter 220 Demagoguery and the Fourth Collection

Toby's surprise turned into shock and deep uneasiness for Dumbledore and Snape.

"What are you playing?" Snape asked coldly.

"Don't be nervous, it's just a little joke." Toby waved his arm, causing the other Toby to immediately turn into a skeleton.

The two simultaneously performed ceremonial gestures to thank the audience after the performance, and then Toby raised his head and smiled: "Look what Grindelwald left me. It is the third skeleton that can transform into a human being-"

"This is exactly what I'm worried about." Dumbledore suddenly interrupted: "Why did he keep this thing?"

Toby turned to look at the portrait on the wall. They all stopped pretending to be asleep and told the story of "Dumbledore" suddenly leaving the school before, and then telling him about deliberately leaving the skeleton to Toby.

Dumbledore's brows were deeply furrowed, and he didn't look happy at all.

"What happened?" Delis Derwent asked. She had long sensed that something was wrong with the people in the room.

Toby saw that the principal was silent, and Snape also looked like he was kept in the dark. He simply explained: "The previous principal was Grindelwald pretending to be, and you were all deceived, including me.

Oh, by the way, there are also dementors. Almost all the dementors have become Grindelwald's men. Speaking of which, Severus, why are you back? And the principal, why are you back too?

Didn’t those dementors take action?”

In such a short period of time, Toby didn't think that these two people could subdue so many dementors.

Especially Snape, Toby did not see any flash of silver light from the window, nor did he see a tangible Patronus.

After Toby said these words, the office suddenly took in a lot of air-conditioning, and the temperature dropped a few points.

"Is this true?" Snape looked at Dumbledore and asked. He was woken up in the middle of the night and didn't know what happened before.

Dumbledore's brows never relaxed. He said to Snape: "Severus, thank you for your hard work. I have something to discuss with Toby alone."

This is driving people away.

Snape's eyes narrowed, his face suddenly turned livid, and he stared at Dumbledore, but Dumbledore just shook his head gently.

After Snape left the office angrily, Toby asked again: "Headmaster, you haven't answered my question yet. Where are the dementors?"

Dumbledore's blue eyes showed caution. He said: "Whether it was Azkaban or Hogwarts, the dementors did not take action. When I rushed to Nurmengard, I found Grindelwald

Already back in prison."

Toby blinked blankly, he was shocked by Grindelwald's series of actions - how could there be such a stupid Dark Lord? Fortunately, he thought there would be a hard battle waiting for him.

In the end, nothing happened, and the expected war ended just like that?

At this time, Toby's eyes rolled, and he suddenly said: "Then I should go back, principal, it's getting late now, I have classes tomorrow."

As he spoke, he secretly asked the third skeleton to follow him, and at the same time he kept saying: "Hey, I still have to teach the second grade students tomorrow, which is really difficult for me. Last year

The teaching materials I used were Pharaoh Masks and Plant Animagus, but now they are gone. Maybe I have to go to Gringotts again to pick up some other collections and the like."

Not surprisingly, before Toby could pass Dumbledore's position, he was stopped by him.

"What's wrong?" Toby asked with a harmless look on his face, and even pushed his hair to the back of his head, looking even more kind.

But there was nothing kind in Dumbledore's eyes.

"Sorry, Toby. But you can't take this skeleton away."

"Oh, come on." Toby immediately became furious and said: "You don't think Grindelwald turned into a skeleton, do you? This is even rarer than a skeleton that can turn into a human. At least I have never found it.

Pass."

"That's not what I meant." Dumbledore's voice was very soft, but his tone was extremely firm: "You can think carefully about what Grindelwald did during the time when he escaped - bringing the little boy to justice.

Sirius recruited him as his subordinate, but now it seems that the result was a failure. Regulus did not convince him. There is also the absorption of dementors - regarding this, if the speculation based on his ability to control magic balls is true, then I

What we saw in Azkaban was most likely an illusion. But we have to guard against this."

"Finally, there is the third skeleton in front of you. If I guess correctly, this is most likely the skeleton obtained from the Azkaban coffin. And with its ability to become a wizard, Grindelwald also

It was probably through this skeleton that they escaped from Nurmengadri - because they changed places."

"Coffin?" Toby was still trying to change the subject: "By the way, there is that coffin. Have you found that coffin? Since the Pharaoh's coffin disappeared, I have been suffering from insomnia from time to time. And the magic ball?

Did you see the magic ball in Nurmengard?"

Dumbledore looked at Toby's avoidance and asked softly: "Can you tell me how you found the other two skeletons? You never mentioned this in your letter. And where did you hide it?

The memory in the ice cube, is it really related to the full moon night when you were in school? Is it the time you saved Severus?"

"I don't remember, Principal." Toby said, circling the side of his head with his fingers: "Now that the memory has been taken out, how can I remember what memory it is? It no longer exists in my mind.

It’s inside.”

There was a brief silence.

Toby looked at Dumbledore calmly.

"You're right," Dumbledore said suddenly, lowering his arms.

"Then I'm leaving, principal?" Toby asked tentatively: "Take the skeleton away too? By the way, what should I do with the pen of admission? And what about the magic ball? Did you really not find the magic ball?"

Dumbledore shook his head, a tired look on his face.

"We will talk about these things later. You can go back first."

Toby slipped away in a hurry.

After the oak door was closed, the portraits on the wall immediately denounced.

"How could you really let him take that skeleton away!"

"Is what happened about Grindelwald true?"

"How could he escape from Nurmengard?"

"Is the dementor's betrayal true or false? I have long disliked those dark guys."

"Is that idiot named Highmore lying to you?!" Phineas Black screamed, his voice standing out among the group of portraits: "I have seen such students so many times that I thought I could hide it.

What a little thought of his! He might be feeling complacent now!"

Dumbledore sat on the chair behind the desk, and used his palms to follow Fawkes's fiery red feathers. It had just taken Dumbledore for two long-distance apparations in succession, and now it had become sickly and swollen.

Can't help but feel energetic.

Dumbledore already understood the hint Grindelwald had given him.

In Azkaban, Grindelwald once said to the skull that Dumbledore gave him:

"Let me see who this could be. Antioch or Cadmus."

The identities of the three skeletons have been revealed. They are the three brothers who created the Deathly Hallows - Antioch (the Elder Wand), Cadmus (the Resurrection Stone), and Ignotus (the Invisibility Cloak).

It was the three brothers who caused Grindelwald's escape plan and Toby Highmore's transformation.

Now the context of the matter is very clear, which can be seen from the importance Toby attaches to these three skeletons - perhaps, Toby's transformation after the full moon night when he was in school is related to these three brothers.

Although Toby no longer remembers it, he deliberately extracted that memory very early and sealed it in a block of ice that will never melt.

But the experience of that full moon night still continued to affect him, causing him the hidden danger of becoming crazy from time to time.

Especially when he was in school, shortly after being affected, Toby, who was originally only willing to sneak around and cause trouble, even came up with an evil plan to get rid of Petunia and Sirius at once, which brought about a sudden change in him.

These are all related to the memory in the ice cubes.

This is the hint Grindelwald gave to Dumbledore.

He was telling him that the story of the Deathly Hallows was far from over. It had almost become a curse that continued to affect the people around Dumbledore.

First Grindelwald, then Ariana

Now, it was finally his student's turn.

Dumbledore stared silently at the wand in his hand, which was also one of the Deathly Hallows, the Elder Wand.

He stayed quiet like this for a long time, so long that the portraits stopped asking questions, and so long that bright white gradually appeared on the horizon outside the window.

The bones of the three brothers, the Elder Wand in his hand, and the student who finally gained Toby's trust - the Invisibility Cloak inherited from the Harry Potter family.

Everything confirms what Dumbledore wrote to Toby on the parchment last night.

[No matter how many dementors are controlled, they can’t compare to Grindelwald’s ability to confuse people’s hearts.]

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On the other side, just after dawn, Toby, who had not slept all night, was fully dressed, but he looked in high spirits.

"Wake up." He pushed Al twice.

Al turned over in a daze and closed his eyes tightly without opening them.

Angela, who was lying on the other side of the sofa, asked half asleep: "Where are you going?"

"Go to Gringotts." Toby shook his collar and said, "I have to find a way to prepare the teaching materials for the second-year students. The Pharaoh mask and the plant Animagus are gone, but - forget it.

I had thought about taking it slow and using this indirect method to warn them of the dangers of ritual magic, and then transition to the Patronus Charm in the second half of the semester. But who let these two collections be lost?"

Angela suddenly opened her eyes, she seemed to have thought of something.

"Ritual magic." She said softly: "I remember you taught immortality at the beginning last year - are the guards of the temple still alive? Didn't you say you had dealt with that monster long ago?"

"Becoming my collection is also a way to solve it." Toby smiled: "It should be honored for this."

The dazed Angela realized that she had been deceived again, and she glared at Toby angrily. Al on the side quietly opened an eye, and then quickly closed it, as long as it didn't tell Angela,

I know I was involved in this matter.

"Don't think about it." Toby firmly held Angela's shoulders and pulled her up, then pushed her towards the disappearing cabinet little by little. Angela firmly pressed against the edges of the cabinet and looked back unwillingly.

Seeing the expression on Toby's face, a pair of silver eyes widened.

Just when Angela was about to press her legs against the cabinet door, Toby finally shook his head and sighed: "Is it so important to find the origin? Whether it is a scepter or a guard, they can kill you easily.

I don't think the people who created these things are at ease."

"Remember to say hello to Ajinbad (the principal of Wagadu) for me. Oh, by the way, bring this with you too—"

A copy of "The Quibbler" floated over and Toby stuffed it into Angela's arms: "Ask him if he is interested in opening a magazine in Africa, and tell him that this is a business that belongs exclusively to Hogwarts, not me.

Personally, the Dark Devil Foundation must seize the time to expand its business around the world. If you don't agree, I will have to look for old friends from various Gringotts companies."

Angela frowned and stared at him: "Is the old friend you are referring to also the kind of guy who will be robbed and deceived over and over again?"

"It's not just that." Toby patted Angela on the head, with an inhuman smile on his face covered by long hair: "How can just cheating and robbing be enough? We have to make them more obedient in the future."

"But you don't need to take care of these things. Just be your vice-principal in Wagadu. Remember not to let the ritual magic teaching in Wagadu deviate from the direction. I know that the students there are different and are very good at everything.

Use a staff to cast spells, but don’t really teach them bad things.”

He waved to Angela who had no choice but to walk into the closet, and at the same time shouted: "Al, say goodbye to Angela."

"ah!"

Under Angela's resentful gaze, the cabinet door slowly closed.

At this time, Al finally woke up. He carefully inspected the cage where Banban was kept, then rubbed his eyes vigorously, pointed at the extra skeleton behind the desk and screamed out.

There are now three skeletons in total, but one of them doesn't have a head yet. That head is still with Harry. Toby will have to get that head back when he has time.

"Let's go." He glanced at Banban in the cage and said.

Although time was a little tight, Toby rushed back to school before class and was so busy that he didn't even eat breakfast.

"The review of these dementors is really troublesome. Peter's case must be closed as soon as possible. I don't know where Black is hiding now."

He walked into the ancient magic class with half a pie in his mouth, and Al also took the time to drink a glass of hot milk.

"Good morning, children."

Toby used a tissue to wipe his fingers, and noticed that the students below were all looking at the armor that appeared inexplicably next to the podium.

"Very well, it seems that you have noticed this shining silver armor. It looks very beautiful, doesn't it?"

"But, if you ask me, what's hidden inside the armor is even more fascinating."

Toby raised the scepter in his hand to signal, and a faint magic circle lit up on the armor, as if it had been engraved hastily in a short period of time. The layout was not so regular, but at least it was effective.

As a result, the appearance of the armor gradually became transparent, revealing the collection hidden in its body. This was also one of Toby's seven extremely important collections in Gringotts, and now it finally appeared in Hog ​​on this day.

Watts.

It looked like a black shadow, or like a layer of fine smoke. The density was constantly changing, gathering back and forth in different parts, but the overall shape never changed too much.

It is humanoid.

Toby announced to the students below who were exclaiming: "Please allow me to solemnly display it. It may be the only collection left in the magic world, and its value is immeasurable."

"Devil, this is a real devil. It is not an ordinary animal, nor a magical animal. Except that it does not have a specific appearance, it is almost exactly the same as us."

Under the fearful and curious eyes of the students, Toby mentioned casually: "You may have heard of the first lesson of ritual magic. I can tell you now that if you don't study hard, you may not be able to learn it."

He will become like this devil."

"Do you understand everything?" he suddenly asked sharply.

"I understand, professor!" the students yelled at the top of their lungs, fearing that the professor would think they were not shouting hard enough.

Toby showed a satisfied smile and unknowingly saw that he was closer to the principal's office.

"Very good, now, let's officially start class."