Archaeologists at Hogwarts

Chapter 258 Harry and Sirius

It's not that Harry doesn't like Nimbus 2000, but who doesn't want Firebolt?

"Firebolt?" Ron also opened his mouth: "When did you get another Firebolt? I haven't even seen the first one."

This is a reference to Harry's winning of a lottery, which caused a photo of him and Professor Highmore to hang on "The Quibbler" for a full week.

"Didn't I say it before?" Harry said gloomily: "Professor Hemmer took the prize back. He also said that he wanted me to play in the Quidditch World Cup and would return it to me when he was ready - but

How is this possible? I am not an adult yet, how can I play in official games?"

"Conspiracy." Sirius said evilly in the stove: "This must be Hemmer's conspiracy. Don't listen to him, Harry, he is using you."

"Wait a minute." Hermione suddenly interrupted: "Did we forget something more important?"

She kept signaling to the two of them that Sirius was still in the stove, which was obviously more important than the Firebolt.

But what made her furious was that Harry and Ron seemed reluctant to let this topic go, which was really annoying!

"Harry!" Hermione stared at Harry and almost picked him up by his ears.

Harry quickly took two steps back.

"Okay." He said, trying to clear his thoughts, but found that when it came time to meet, he couldn't say a word.

Sirius waited silently, with expectation in his eyes.

There was silence in the room for a short while, which made Harry feel very uncomfortable. It wasn't until he couldn't stand it anymore that he finally said: "This should be the first time we met, not counting the time at the train station.

.”

On the day when he returned home for the second year holiday, Harry caught a glimpse of Sirius turning into a black dog for the first time at Nine and Three Quarters Station, but at that time he had no idea what it meant and just regarded it as a visual illusion.

.

Sirius was also silent for a while, and the firewood glowed slightly, as if it was going to burn him up.

He suddenly sneered, making Harry very nervous, but what he heard was not at all as worrying as Harry imagined.

"Yes." He whispered: "It was the same at that time as it is now. I could only sneak over and take a few glances, but I couldn't even get revenge."

"Revenge?" Ron asked curiously: "Revenge for what?"

"Who else could it be?" Sirius said in a bad tone: "Toby Highmore, he was staying with me at that time, that is, when you were on vacation. In the end, I was still forced to leave Az by him.

Kaban’s—don’t you know?”

Sirius looked at the puzzled expressions of the three of them and asked, "I thought you knew better. After all, you haven't called the professor over until now."

"We know that you are innocent and still alive, but -" Harry tried his best to lower his voice and said, "but we don't know that Professor Highmore has also been to Azkaban."

"Then you should be more careful about him." Sirius said seriously: "Dumbledore thinks he understands Highmore, but I don't think so. No one understands that guy. He is a madman and has done many things to you."

Things that are unimaginable, even evil magic - why don't you look surprised at all?"

Harry and the three of them exchanged a look. Of course they had known about this for a long time. Does the devil look like a good thing?

Of course not.

If it weren't for Professor Hemmer's guarantee, Harry would have regarded it as black magic - of course, it's almost the same now - if the rune snake was really Harry's own devil, then he would definitely

Think of this as black magic, otherwise why would his heart become so dark and he would not look like a good person.

"It seems that you know a lot of things." Sirius saw this information on their faces.

"You haven't talked about revenge yet." Harry deliberately changed the subject. He always felt a little awkward in his heart. In his opinion, Sirius's dislike of Professor Highmore was understandable, but it was...

Lee himself felt resistant because he believed Professor Heimer would not harm him.

Sirius stared at Harry quietly for a while, making him feel a little uncomfortable.

Fortunately, this kind of sight did not last long. Sirius said: "Heimo was injured at that time. He was seriously injured and couldn't even move. If it were before, of course I wouldn't care about him, and I wouldn't even want to

He has become like this. But not now, I have become a fugitive. Will people blame me for Toby Highmore's death? And what about you, Harry, will you because of some

Are the rumors involved? So I can only endure my nausea and get him food, at least to ensure that he can survive——"

At this time, Hermione suddenly interrupted: "Since you care about Harry so much, do you know the risks you will take by showing up at Hogwarts today?"

"You are?" Sirius looked at her doubtfully.

"Hermione Granger." Harry introduced: "The smartest student I have ever met."

"No," Hermione whispered, her ears turning red.

"It seems that you have two very good friends." Sirius looked at the three of them and said, his eyes full of nostalgia: "That's great - but, yes, you are right." He cast his eyes on He

Min: "Of course I know this will take a lot of risks, especially -"

He said this with a somewhat sarcastic tone in his words: "Especially when my body is about to appear at the celebration, it would be unreasonable to suddenly appear before that - but, I promise you

, Harry, I have no intention of harming you, I just hope you can stay away from Heimer, the Firebolt incident reminded me that he must be hiding something."

"Why do you say that?" Harry asked with a frown, disbelief written all over his face.

Sirius said calmly: "Because just when he was planning to blame me for killing Petunia, he behaved almost exactly the same as he does now. Dumbledore trusted him, but Dumbledore was wrong, and Highmore would not

If you change, he will only hide and bite you again - that's how James and I met him teaching those domineering classmates."

Harry was dumbfounded.

He suddenly had an urge to tell Sirius about the Horcrux, so that Sirius would know that it was completely different from what he imagined. But... killing Petunia?

Aunt Petunia?

Professor Hemmer actually thought about killing Aunt Petunia?

"Why did he do this?" Harry couldn't tell what he was feeling, he just subconsciously asked this question.

"Because that woman was jealous of your mother's talent and did a lot of meaningless things for it." Sirius looked into Harry's eyes and said, "And I, because of a prank, caused Haimer to want to help him all at once.

His friend solves two problems. Look, he cares about people so much."

"Who are you talking about?" Harry asked tremblingly.

"Don't you know?" Sirius stared at Harry for a while, and he suddenly said: "That's it for today. It's time for me to leave. There are still many things to be busy with, and I have to prepare for the next dinner in advance - I

Go, Harry, remember, watch out for Toby Highmore, and don't forget to get the Firebolt back, I bought it for you, not some bad guy who would think of killing people with a broom."

Then, a burst of sparks and smoke rose from the remaining ashes, and Sirius' face disappeared.

Harry was still staring at Yu Hui in a daze, not knowing what was going on in his mind.

Ron and Hermione looked at each other, and then Ron took the initiative and said: "I really don't want to say something disappointing at this time - but, Harry, Fred just said Cedric two days ago.

Digory just got a Firebolt, do you think it's necessary to see Professor Highmore about this?"

"I think it's better to forget it." Hermione glared at Ron angrily, and she interjected: "Let's go, Harry, go back to bed, just pretend that nothing happened tonight, and put all those words out of your mind.

Forget - otherwise what else could we do, there are more important dangers waiting for us."

She suppressed her beating heart, obviously no better than Harry, and Sirius' words also frightened her.

But she still grabbed Harry's arm and signaled Ron with her eyes to quickly send Harry back to the dormitory without wasting any more time.

"Come on, man." Ron pushed Harry gently and said, "If you plan to summon the devil again tonight, you'd better tell me in advance. In that case, I can just sleep on the sofa for the night -"

Hermione, who had just walked to the opposite staircase on the other side, turned back with sharp eyes.

"I'm joking with him." Ron said angrily: "Of course this is a joke, otherwise what else could I do, wipe my tears and cry bitterly?"

He suddenly heard Harry whisper something.

"What?" Ron didn't hear clearly, and Hermione hurried back.

"I seem to know why Snape hates me so much." He looked up at the two of them and said, with a frightening look in his eyes.

"I seem to know why the principal made me prepare in advance - they all know that person better than I do."

"Who are you talking about?" Hermione asked worriedly.

"James Potter, my father." Harry said, "He went to school at Hogwarts, knew Professor Highmore, knew Snape, and had a very good relationship with Sirius. That prank, you guys

Did you hear what Sirius just said? Aunt Petunia was hated by Professor Highmore because she was jealous of my mother. Who else would Sirius' prank be aimed at? It would only be Snape - they used to

They are friends, that’s right.”

"It doesn't sound that bad." Ron looked at Hermione with questioning eyes: "Except for the part about killing people, it's really hard to imagine how old Professor Hemmer was at that time - why are you looking at me like this?

"

Harry's gaze startled Ron.

"What if-" he whispered: "What if it's because my father did something unforgivable? What if it's the kind of person that even Dumbledore thinks I will inherit his evil?"

Facing the shocked looks of the two, Harry said: "They all know my father better than me. I have never met him. But the people around him are wary of me and hate me. Even the principal gave me advance warning."

,What do you think this is because of?"

The answer is already apparent.

Not because of Lily, but because of James.

He is the most likely reason why the devil Harry summoned is real.

This speculation kept Harry from sleeping well all night. He even sneaked out of bed and walked to the common room in the middle of the night, wanting to see if Sirius would come back again.

But the lounge was quiet, and Harry didn't appear until he fell asleep on the sofa unknowingly.

In his sleep, Harry vaguely heard——

"Yeah? Yeah?"

It was Mr. Al's voice, but how could it appear in Harry's dream? Is it because of its belly pocket?

There are indeed many treasures in there, and among them there may be things that can help Harry eliminate his worries, such as simply turning him into a fool or something, or turning Harry into the scarred head in the rune snake.

, taunting the other two heads all day long until they teamed up to bite him off.

"Yeah, yeah!"

The sound became clearer and clearer, Harry opened his eyes drowsily, and he sat up in shock.

Mr. Al actually appeared in front of him!

Harry couldn't understand how he could sleep while in solitary confinement. Even if he wanted to sleep, the two skeletons would definitely not let him do so. They would push him up as soon as he fell asleep.

wrong.

Harry looked around and found that he was in the common room, which made him silently relieved. Fortunately, he was not in solitary confinement.

But when he remembered what happened yesterday, his mood couldn't get better again.

Al stared blankly at Harry, who kept changing his expression. He looked like he wasn't very smart at first glance.

The sky outside the window has just brightened up, and the students in the dormitory are probably still asleep.

Harry rubbed his eyes and asked: "Mr. Al, what are you doing here - no, how did you get in?"

He looked at the passage behind him doubtfully. Could it be that the Fat Lady's password didn't work on Mr. Al? What kind of magic is this?

"Yeah." Al shook his head with a pity look on his face, seeming to feel sad for Harry's confusion.

It handed over a pair of glasses and motioned for Harry to put them on quickly.

[Why didn’t you sleep in the dormitory? Are you sleepwalking? 】

This was the first line that came to Al's head. Harry was a little hesitant. He didn't know whether to tell what happened last night - it could almost all be seen as Sirius talking about Professor Highmore behind his back.

of bad words.

Oops, Harry suddenly realized that he didn't even know what Sirius was doing. What on earth was he busy with?

"Yeah!"

Al urged him twice and tapped Harry's arm with something.

Harry looked down.

It was a large package that looked too much like a flying broomstick, showing a perfect streamline shape.

"This" Harry couldn't believe what was happening now: "Is this for me?" he asked in surprise.

[Yes.] Al nodded and said: [I originally planned to give you a surprise - but since you have woken up, so be it, come with me - by the way, do you know Cedric? I

assistant.]

"Of course I do, sir." Harry said, hugging the broom tightly and catching up. At the same time, he felt a little uncomfortable in his heart - Could it be that the broom that Sirius gave him was really handed over to Cedric by Professor Highmore?

?

【That's good.】

Harry saw a line of words pop up on Mr. Al's head:

[You should get along well with each other for a while, especially keep an eye on your respective devils, but don’t let them fight.]