Archaeologists at Hogwarts

Chapter 241 Clues to Slytherin’s Reappearance

What is this all about?

Toby was not in the mood to guess riddles with Barrow. He asked bluntly: "The fate that will never end - you mean becoming a ghost?"

Barrow stared at Toby with penetrating eyes, which made Al stand on his shoulder. He quietly walked back a little distance, picked up Toby's long curly hair and dropped it on his head.

Secretly looking at Barrow through the hair curtain.

"It's a tragedy," Barrow said. "Many ghosts are born with tragedy."

"Of course." Toby waved his hand and said, "Because it will remind us that you are dead. What is more tragic than death."

"There are many." Barrow said in a deep voice: "There are so many, so many that no one can count them."

"What on earth is that?" Toby asked curiously.

But Barrow stopped talking again. He never revealed the cause of his death to Toby and seemed to avoid it.

"Okay." Toby said helplessly: "Whether it's the successor or the ghost, maybe these things can be put aside for now. I have other things to ask you - for some reasons, such as I am still alive,

So I don't quite understand you, and your kind - you should know what I mean - ghosts. I'm not a ghost, so I have to ask you."

Barrow did not speak. To be honest, even though it was daytime, when Barrow appeared in this corridor, he still succeeded in turning the atmosphere into a spooky one. Even the haunted house was not as scary as this place.

Toby assumed that Barrow did not refuse, and he continued: "What I want to ask is, do you still remember how you became a ghost?"

"It seems that you have finally figured out that you want to join us." Barrow persisted in this matter, and said in a gloomy tone: "I said, I have reserved a place for you in advance, but,

Not all wizards become ghosts."

"Of course I know this." Toby said: "Otherwise, you will encounter transparent shadows wherever you go. Those dead wizards will fill the entire magical world. Muggles will not notice it even if they don't notice it."

Disaster."

"That's it." Barrow opened his mouth, but he suddenly stopped speaking, which made Toby confused - what on earth is going on? Why don't you tell me how to become a ghost?

"Hey! Let me see!"

The almost headless Nick suddenly came out of the wall. He greeted Al enthusiastically, his eyes kept moving back and forth on Barrow and Toby, and he said with a big smile: "What are you talking about here?"

Don't rush to answer, let me take a guess first - there is a new member joining us, right? Is it you, Toby? I welcome it - Hey! Ms. Gray! Come and check it out

Our new member?"

The cold and aloof Ms. Gray was floating at the other end of the corridor. She looked back at these people and the ghosts.

Toby obviously noticed that he was being ignored. Ms. Gray focused most of her attention on Barrow, and her attitude was not good, and could even be said to be extremely indifferent.

Then she didn't even respond, turned around and left, disappeared into the wall and disappeared.

Nick said with an embarrassed expression: "Well, there will always be a chance to meet again in the future. Now you can tell me whether my guess is correct or not."

"Not entirely right." Toby retracted his attention and said, "That's the thing. Is there a possibility that something will appear that can actively change the wizard's ghost from existence to existence?"

Barrow said nothing, staring straight at Toby.

It was extremely rare that Toby actually saw contempt, or even contempt, in the other person's eyes.

Nick was more straightforward: "What are you talking about? What exists and does not exist? Ghosts are not non-existences. We are always in a state of existence. Please be more careful."

"Then let me ask another question." Toby gave up his plan to pursue the black feathers and changed back to the previous question, which was the ghost: "How did you become a ghost? Is there any special feeling?

?Is there or is it magic?”

"You've asked the right person!" Nick said cheerfully, not feeling sad at all about his death: "I don't know about others, but I still know a lot about myself - you should know me

Nick’s nickname, right? Nearly headless Nick—almost headless!” Nick said with emphasis, casually pulling his head down, with a little bit of skin connected to his neck: “This is what makes me feel most dissatisfied.

place, and I am very dissatisfied now - because this prevents me from joining the Headless Hunters. This happened last semester, so don’t mention it - why are you asking?"

Toby reminded helplessly: "How does it feel to become a ghost?"

"Okay, about that -" Nick said in a deliberately long tone, as if he was trying to get away with it.

But in the end, his answer was very short: "What I can tell you is that there is no feeling. Yes, that's right, I don't feel anything when I become a ghost. Everything goes as planned. I just appeared suddenly, and no one can

Unexpected, isn’t it?”

Toby really didn't expect Nick's answer to be so bland, with nothing to explore at all.

"But what about the method?" Toby asked again: "What is the method? Doesn't it require magic?"

"Soul." Nick said briefly again, with a trace of sadness finally showing in his tone: "There are still choices. I think these two points should be the answer. As a wizard with a complete soul, he can die when he dies.

Make a choice. Some people will continue to move forward, and a small number of people will choose to stay. The specific process is difficult to describe. The feeling is amazing. You don’t even realize that you have made a choice.

The reasons may also be all kinds of strange - for example, for me, it was still a problem with my head, which made me so angry that I couldn't keep cutting off the remaining bit of skin, and I will probably live as a ghost forever."

"Really? I don't believe it." Toby threw cold water and said: "If you can really live forever, wouldn't it be almost the same as eternal life - of course, there is also the difference between body and soul, but I also

I believe there are many people who don't care so much about this - such as Professor Binns? I don't know, he has been teaching since I was in school, and he is still in the school now, he is really tireless."

"Oh, yes, and." Toby said to Nick who was complaining: "Why have I never seen the ghost before the founding of Hogwarts? Do you think there is a possibility? In fact, ghosts are also

There is a lifespan, but you don’t know it yet.”

The expression on Nick's face changed from complaint to horror.

"Will I die again?" He said in shock: "Who should be the executioner this time? Could it be another unskilled executioner? No, absolutely not, I don't want to be dead until I disappear.

Throw your head three feet away from yourself."

What a weird wish.

"What about you?" Toby looked at Barrow. He asked with interest, wanting to collect more information about ghosts: "Have you ever thought about this possibility? In fact, ghosts can also disappear?"

Barrow was silent for a while, his eyes still penetrating.

Nick also looked over curiously with Al. Barrow appeared in Hogwarts much earlier than him, and he didn't know much about his past.

"I've been waiting for this day."

Barrow suddenly said this answer in a cold tone. Neither Toby nor Nick expected him to say this.

"I saw something in you." He said to Toby: "That can help me to be free, completely free."

Nick was shocked again: "What? You want to disappear? Oh, Merlin! Do I have to say goodbye to you?"

"It's early." Toby said angrily. If this method was related to turning himself into a ghost, then he hoped that this day would never happen.

"What do you mean?" Toby asked Barrow again: "What do you mean I can help you get rid of it? What did you see?"

"Salazar Slytherin." Barrow gave another unexpected answer: "I see his shadow in you. To some extent, you are very similar."

"Wait a minute!" Toby suddenly interrupted: "Okay, I've known for a long time that I'm more Slytherin than Slytherin - what's your expression?"

Nick looked weird, and even the corners of Barrow's mouth twitched slightly.

"I just didn't expect-" Nick said hesitantly: "You are so confident, you really don't hide it."

"I appreciate it very much." Barrow said with rare praise.

"What's wrong?" Toby turned his head and asked: "Didn't I tell you about this? Forget it, it's not important - yes, Slytherin is not important, don't look at me with this expression again,

Nick. What I want to say is, how does this matter have anything to do with Slytherin? He turned you into a ghost? So you have to take revenge on me who is similar to him to fulfill your wish? "

"No." Barrow said in an astonishing voice: "I was once a student of Slytherin, and I have seen what he is capable of. Only he can help me escape - but, after I returned to Huo as a ghost,

After Gwarts, Slytherin rejected me. He said, sooner or later, there might be another person who can help you, and that would be my last chance."

Toby blinked, not only shocked that Barrow was a Slytherin student.

It's more because the clues seem to be connected in series.

In the last semester, Toby used black feathers in the Chamber of Secrets to see a scene that had happened on the body of the basilisk - it was related to a transaction between Salazar Slytherin and Cactus House.

House helped Slytherin find a special basilisk egg, on the condition that the admission restrictions of Slytherin House must be relaxed and Muggle-born students must not be rejected.

Slytherin agreed, but he stated that only students with sufficiently lofty ideals could achieve this. They must be even more Slytherin than Slytherin.

Judging from many clues, this person refers to Toby.

Now, he got another clue related to ghosts from Barrow. This seemed to be a tip specially left by Slytherin for himself, and it was related to helping Barrow escape.

But what is the hint?

Black feathers? Or is it related to Slytherin himself?

Toby found out more and more that this founder was really difficult to deal with.

At the same time, Nick was already chatting quietly with Barrow.

"I really didn't expect that you are so much older than me. You must be four or five hundred years old."

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"What does Slytherin look like? Is it the same as the portrait?"

"Yes."

"What about the other founders? Do you know them too?"

"I've seen it all, they were responsible for teaching at that time - I know what you want to ask, yes, I also saw the birth of the Sorting Hat with my own eyes - but this is what happened after my death."

"Tsk, tsk, tsk, I really wish I lived in that era. It should be much better than working in the palace. You know? I am the royal magician, and all I have to do all day long is help all kinds of ladies transform. I want to

Become more beautiful without using any fighting skills. Another time, a woman asked me to help her straighten her teeth, but they accidentally turned into fangs——"

"Then you were sentenced to be beheaded - you've told this story many times, Nick."

"Really? Hahaha." Nick smiled happily, not looking embarrassed at all.

"That's right!" He suddenly lowered his voice and asked, "What about Ms. Gray? Is she also a wizard of the same era as you?"

Nick's head was slightly damaged, but he was not blind. For such a long time, he had noticed that the two ghosts who appeared early had an inexplicable connection - one of them almost completely ignored the other, and his attitude was very cold.

But no one knows what the reason is.

There are so many secrets in the castle that Nick can't find them all.

Toby was originally hesitant to go find Myrtle, wanting to see if he could find some other clues related to ghosts. But after Nick asked this question, he stopped moving and stood still.

He quietly raised his ears and planned to eavesdrop.

This time the silence lasted longer than ever before.

"We do know each other."

Barrow seemed to know that Toby was eavesdropping, and his eyes were also on Toby. His tone finally fluctuated, no longer so gloomy, but full of sadness.

"I did something that she can't forgive no matter what. I think this is also related to the reason why I became a ghost, and I can never get rid of the shackles on my body."

Toby showed a relieved expression: "What is unforgivable? How can there be something unforgivable? Could it be that you kicked her and took away her things?"

"Who are you talking about?" Nick's curiosity rose again.

"Angela." Toby said: "You should all have met her. I have done things that she can't forgive before, but, well, I did it for her own good. Even though she became very embarrassed, she later

She is still very grateful to me and will come to help whenever I find her."

Nick gossiped again: "Is she your girlfriend? Your relationship looks very unusual."

Toby said blankly: "Isn't it the relationship between the leader and his subordinates? Why do you think so?"

Nick stared at Toby with a strange look: "Subordinates? What do you want your subordinates to do? Don't you already have Al as your assistant?"

"Handling some small things and so on." Toby said casually: "Occasionally, I will help contact the principal of Wagadu. He is very knowledgeable in wandless spellcasting. Some of his techniques are unprecedented and he can help me just right.

Archeology - Okay, don't talk about me anymore. Barrow, what do you think? If you really can't do it, just apologize? This might save some time."

"I don't think so." Barrow's tone returned to a low tone:

"Because I killed Helena."

Al gasped, and Nick looked at Barrow dumbfounded.

Toby opened his mouth and said dryly: "Are you sure this is a problem Slytherin left for me? What does he want to do? Do you want me to resurrect him and torture him again?"

"Tell me how, Barrow, and I'll make sure he's killed."