Archaeologists at Hogwarts

Chapter 255 More Classes

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Principal's office.

Snape took out a small bottle and applied the powder on his face, allowing the bruises to disappear at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Dumbledore, who was sitting opposite him, smiled and said: "It seems that your acting skills are superb enough to fool Toby - he must not have thought that you had already learned how to ride a broom."

"There's no need to tell him this kind of thing." Snape snorted and said, "Just think about it and you know he won't say anything nice."

"I think so." Then, Dumbledore's expression became much more serious: "Then what? How do our ancient magic professors get along with Mr. Diggory?"

"At least everything seems to be going well." Snape frowned and stared at Dumbledore and said, "What on earth are you thinking? Using another student to attract Toby's attention? From Harry Potter?"

"I think -" Dumbledore said: "There are many precious qualities in Mr. Diggory, and it is possible for anyone to notice him. Toby may have overlooked some of them before, but luckily he had time.

Make up for it. Besides - yes, I think it would be better for Toby to stop paying so much attention to Harry - this has nothing to do with them, but because Grindelwald's plan cannot be allowed to succeed. I suspect that he would have been

Knew this was going to happen.”

Snape narrowed his eyes slightly: "Is he that worthy of your concern?"

"Who are you talking about?" Dumbledore asked calmly: "Toby? Or Harry?"

Snape paused in collecting the bottles, looked into Dumbledore's eyes and said: "Maybe both. Harry Potter doesn't surprise me - but Toby - we haven't been together since we were at school.

At that time, I saw that you paid more attention to him than other professors - otherwise, there are some people who deserve to be punished more, and you would often call him to the office to lecture - not Toby."

Snape was obviously referring to the four former Marauders, he just had to mention their names directly.

"There is still a werewolf wandering around Hogwarts." He then mocked: "But I haven't seen you put so much effort into educating him -"

"I think -" Dumbledore suddenly interrupted: "The reason why I did this should be very clear to you. Severus Toby is far more than those students - how should I put it?

Well - he has a talent, an extraordinary talent."

"There are still ambitions." Snape said coldly: "I think you are about the same. The respected principal would actually imitate Toby in tampering with activities such as the teacher recognition meeting, but let Cedric Digg

to be his professor."

"I don't think this is tampering." Dumbledore said cheerfully: "Don't you like the last recognition meeting? The final ending is gratifying and it is a good gift. In addition, about this matter

, you should also know better - Toby is not someone who can easily listen to advice. Although he has made some guarantees to me, he cannot deceive his heart. You and I both know this -

-In other words, this is education, the knowledge that a principal should learn."

Snape stood up.

"I hope what you say is true," he said at last, "especially the part about why you value Toby - and besides, just wait and see what Cedric Diggory turns out to be.

What, you don't really think that he won't be affected by Toby, do you? It doesn't matter how precious the quality is, you have praised Harry Potter in front of me more than once. But where is he now?

"

Before Dumbledore could answer, Snape strode out of the office without even looking back.

Dumbledore sighed, looked at Fawkes on the branch and said, "Severus is still so sharp, he may have guessed something. Is this a warning? Or is it a kind reminder?"

Fawkes was unable to answer the question, and looked at Dumbledore pitifully.

After being silent for a while, Dumbledore whispered to himself: "Maybe, I hope Toby won't behave too unexpectedly in this event."

——

"Are you——Bloody the Bloody?"

In the Ancient Magic Office, Cedric looked at the guests invited by Professor Heimer in surprise - Barrow was still the same, his transparent witch robe was stained with blood, and just looking at it made people intimidating.

Cedric is no exception.

"Where did we talk last time?"

Toby was still sitting across from the desk. He opened Tom Riddle's diary and finally found his own handwriting in the middle.

"Let me see. The auto-casting wand, yes, that's it - this time it's the soul's turn."

Um?

Cedric looked at Toby puzzled.

"I can see that you haven't given up on your original idea." Toby said with a smile: "So I found a helper for you - if it goes well, maybe you can help him free himself - the soul,

Tell me, Barrow."

This comes from Dumbledore asking Barrow on behalf of Toby some time ago - the specific content is what Slytherin and Ravenclaw are studying: the answer includes crowns and souls.

Later, Toby learned that the two founders had been studying the souls of wizards for a long time, but they had hidden it deeply, so they had not been discovered by others - with the exception of Barrow.

As a proud disciple of Slytherin, he had several opportunities to hear the conversations between the two.

Of course, these secrets would not be told to Cedric, and what Barrow said was somewhat different - mainly explaining the existence of the soul.

"I have made many guesses." He said in a dull tone: "But I can't be sure which one is really accurate - maybe it is between non-existence and existence, or maybe it is nothing, just magic itself.

, Otherwise, why would only wizards be able to become ghosts?”

Cedric had never thought about these questions. The curiosity in his heart overcame his fear of Barrow, and he was gradually attracted by what the other person said.

At this time, Toby suddenly interjected: "Did this remind you of anything?"

"What?" Cedric asked subconsciously.

"Patron saints, and devils, are all the same as souls - unique." Toby said: "Oh, I forgot, you don't know what a devil is, do you? Maybe you should learn it too, that is

I don’t know if it will succeed——”

He wasn't sure if someone like Cedric could actually summon his own demon - could that even exist?

Cedric only regarded this as Professor Heimer's distrust of him, and he immediately argued: "I will try hard, Professor, even if - even if the team's training time is moved."

This is really cruel.

"It doesn't have to take you so long." Toby waved his hand and said, "The specific process is still very simple. It depends on whether you can accept it - you should also know who Barrow is. Now, since the automatic casting wand

If the progress is not going well, then we must use some more radical methods - do you see that door?"

Of course Cedric had seen Professor Heimer's collection in the office, and occasionally he could see Mr. Al watering the water carefully - now he was doing this with the shower head, going around and around the wooden door.

"Next we are going to do a more bold experiment, which will happen in the near future." Toby said: "The specific date still needs to be determined, and we have to wait until when the Mason Gate is mature - in addition, there will be

The principal of Wagadu will accompany you in, which can be regarded as some compensation for me."

The development of the whole process has become less and less like Cedric teaching Toby, but he did not regard this selection method as the same thing at first, and asked excitedly: "In this way, we can make automatic

Got your magic wand, Professor?"

The cold water thrown by Toby next made Cedric calm down immediately: "It's not that far yet, but let's start by studying the soul first - the Mason Gate is a method, and I don't know if it will help you achieve anything.

Gains - but the key lies with Barrow."

He looked at Barrow and said: "Are you really ready? I'm not sure what will happen if the ghost enters the Mason Gate - maybe you will just die."

"I've been waiting for this day," Barrow said.

"Okay." Toby shook his head helplessly. Seeing Cedric looking at them in confusion, he took the initiative to ask: "What's wrong? Did you find that this time's tutoring was much different from the last time?

big change?"

Cedric nodded blankly. It was indeed the case. In the last class, they discussed the reasons why the automatic casting wand was not feasible. In addition, they saw Snape getting bruised and bruised while riding a broom. Finally, they received a letter from

Professor Yu Haimo's gift - a Firebolt.

What made everyone else envious was that he also noticed that Harry Potter looked at him strangely when they met several times recently, and he didn't understand what was going on.

But how does the soul relate to the auto-casting wand?

"This comes from the inspiration I got from other people." Toby said with a smile: "If the soul can directly give someone special magical abilities, doesn't it also mean that this is what the automatic casting wand lacks?

——Soul. Of course——"

Before Cedric could ask, Toby continued: "It will definitely not be the wizard's own soul, that would be too evil, but there might be other things - such as the patron saint, and the devil. If there are enough

If everything goes well, maybe they can replace the role of the soul."

The person who provided Toby with inspiration was Harry.

After learning that Harry was actually one of Voldemort's Horcruxes, coupled with Harry's proficiency in demons and Parseltongue, Toby quickly reminded Toby of the flaws in the automatic casting wand.

Since the magic circle and the scepter are incompatible, if you change the soul, is it enough to put on a disguise for any of the two magics?

Maybe there are many ways to achieve it in the future, and they are all different from what Toby thinks now, but fortunately this is a start.

As for the relationship between the Ravenclaw diadem and the soul - it was only now that Toby understood why the diadem could resist the influence of Voldemort's soul.

There might be a Ravenclaw's soul hidden in it.

After all, only eternal life can deal with eternal life.

At the same time, while Cedric was busy realizing his ideal, other students were also called to the office by different professors to teach them.

This is a matter of course. Dumbledore would not single out Toby, but would change the entire rules of the Teachers' Recognition Ceremony.

"Let's take a look at yours first." Toby looked at Cedric and analyzed: "It's not perfect, but it's okay - that's right. Otherwise, there's no need for you to come to class again."

Cedric didn't know how to answer the call at all, so he could only treat himself as air.

"So, are you ready to start learning about the devil?" Toby asked.

This time, Cedric finally nodded vigorously.

While knowledge is being passed on, other professors also have students they want to meet.

For example, Dean McGonagall, the student she wants to meet is Hermione.

"How have you been lately, Miss Granger?" Dean McGonagall asked as soon as she came up. Her eyes kept scanning Hermione. She didn't look like a student at all, and Toby's

The attitude is very different.

Hermione was very nervous. She never thought that one day she would need to teach Dean McGonagall, but this question was still easy to answer - she knew that McGonagall was asking about her life after losing the time turner.

"Very good, Professor." Hermione didn't dare to call Dean McGonagall casually. She probably didn't expect this either, so she said slightly cautiously: "But, when can I get it back?"

"Not yet." Dean McGonagall said seriously: "Also, I have to remind you that you probably need to make more mental preparations in advance for this, and understand that you may never have a time turner again.

Okay - the problems hidden there seem to be quite big, and they still need to be solved one by one - Okay, let's start this lesson, where did we talk last time?"

Hermione forced herself to cheer up and said, "Now that we're talking about the difference between magic circle items and scepters, have you tried making your own magic circle items, Professor?"

Dean McGonagall raised her eyebrows, but she didn't show it, just said: "I tried it, and there are indeed many worthwhile research points."

Hermione couldn't confirm whether this was true, but she wouldn't be stupid enough to really ask - giving a class on ancient magic to Dean McGonagall was ridiculous enough, who knows what else might happen?

She really didn't know what to teach, so she could only choose this new course, which might make Dean McGonagall more accepting of it.

The same scene also happened in the Defense Against the Dark Arts office.

Draco Malfoy, who turned out to be Lupin's student, also taught the subject of ancient magic, kept fiddling with his scepter - a badge with a snake-shaped pattern.

There is nothing more bizarre than this.

Harry Potter, he knocked on the oak door carefully and walked in quietly.

Dumbledore was already waiting for him, and asked with a smile on his face: "What surprise did you bring me today, Harry?"