Archaeologists at Hogwarts

Chapter 264 Devil

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For various reasons, mostly because of Dumbledore's admonition, Toby did not describe the devil's summoning method in detail in his writings. But it is not that he really did nothing. Earlier,

He occasionally published articles in some newspapers and periodicals, in which he mentioned the devil. Moreover, he also briefly explained his experience of encountering terrifying monsters in the book "Ancient Magic".

If someone reads all these contents completely and studies them carefully, it is not impossible to learn about the devil.

Snape is this person.

Toby never expected that Snape actually learned the devil on his own, and Snape had been paying attention to Toby's movements since he left school. Otherwise, Snape would never have been able to teach himself the devil.

If it had been anyone else, they might have seen Snape as a man of duplicity, with a warm heart hidden under his cold exterior, caring about his few friends.

But Toby would never think so.

After Snape left alone, Toby asked Harry and Cedric to continue training in the same way as before, and then he rushed all the way to the potions office underground in the castle.

"We need to talk." He stood at the door and said with a gloomy tone.

"Let's talk about it."

There was no movement in the house.

"Don't force me to do it at the door." Toby said in a bad tone, "You know I can do it."

With a bang, Snape opened the door angrily, and Toby strode in unceremoniously.

After looking around for a week, he set his sights on Snape and said in a questioning tone: "Tell me how you learned about the devil - don't say it was You-Know-Who who asked you to investigate me."

The time when Toby published those articles was almost exactly the same as the time when Snape became a Death Eater. If Snape was eyeing Toby at that time, there is no doubt that it would only be because of the orders of the mysterious man.

Snape stared at him closely, his eyes unblinking, and said in a suffocating tone: "Do you think only the Dark Lord wants to take your life? I can tell you now, if you want

If Dumbledore hadn't stopped me, I would have gone to settle the score with you."

It seems that the reason is somewhat different from what Toby imagined.

"Is it because of Lily's death?" Toby asked calmly: "If it weren't for my plan to kill Petunia, Lily wouldn't know love, and she wouldn't die protecting Harry - you are

Do you always blame me for this?"

Judging from Snape's expression, it looked like this.

He didn't care about James and Harry at all, he only cared about Lily.

If it weren't for Toby's influence at school, Lily might have survived - at least that's what Snape thought.

"You really haven't changed at all." Toby said coldly.

"Isn't this what you always wanted?" Snape looked directly into Toby's eyes and said, "Recognize your own heart, that's all I see."

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Harry and Cedric both guessed that Professor Highmore must have gone to find Snape. This was not surprising, and the fact that Snape could become a demon also shocked them.

Both of them had personally learned this magic, and they knew very well that it was impossible to do it quickly, and that Snape had already learned it by himself.

But the problem is that this is obviously the magic that Professor Hemmer first discovered. And he doesn't seem to know such a thing at all. So how did Snape learn it?

"No need to say it."

Over dinner, Ron grabbed a chicken leg and said, "They're a perfect match."

Harry asked with strange eyes: "You mean Professor Highmore and Snape?"

"I'm referring to the devil and Snape." Ron said angrily: "Everyone knows that he and Professor Highmore are sworn enemies, but the devil is different - besides Professor Highmore, who else do you think

Is he the most suitable professor with the name Black Devil?"

There was no doubt that it would only be Snape, who happened to be wearing pitch black all day long, and Harry had never seen him change into any other color of wizarding robes.

"That's it." Ron continued: "The devil is a very evil magic. Even my father has never heard of it, but it matches Snape perfectly - I won't feel uncomfortable if he suddenly turns into a devil.

Strange."

There seems to be some truth to what Ron said. People with dark hearts like Snape must be very handy with devils and can learn it easily.

"What are you talking about?" At this time, Hermione walked around the long table and walked towards them, with a smile on her face and seemed to be in a good mood.

Ron asked tentatively: "Why did you come so late?"

"Because - oh, can you pass me that fish steak? I'm starving."

Seeing Hermione hurriedly filling her stomach, Harry and Ron looked at each other silently, knowing that Hermione must be hiding something from them.

But they don't want to know the reason at all, so as not to be forced to make up lessons again, which would be too bad.

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Principal's office.

"Has the Time-Turner been returned to Miss Granger?"

"Yes, Albus." Professor McGonagall frowned: "But I don't understand, what is the risk you mentioned before? Has it been successfully resolved?"

Dumbledore was silent for a short while.

"Perhaps we have to wait a little longer." He said something incomprehensible, stood up and sent Dean McGonagall out of the office.

But this time, before he could close the door, he heard voices saying hello from outside. One of them was Mag who had just left, and the other——

Snape walked in coldly, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he said: "I can't keep an eye on Toby for you anymore."

"I already know about this." Dumbledore acted very calmly: "Not long after Toby had a [friendly] negotiation with you, he found me and told me the whole story - no.

I won’t admit it, I was shocked at the beginning, but it’s much better now.”

Snape sneered and said: "Should I be honored by this?"

Dumbledore stared at him silently.

"No."

He said: "Obviously, I ignored your feelings. This was a mistake of a confused old man. If I could have known earlier, I would not have assigned you such a task, but would have kept you away from Toby."

If you are far away, it is best not to meet again in private."

Snape sarcastically said: "This is not the only mistake you have made."

Dumbledore was not angry because of Snape's offense. He just asked calmly: "Can you tell me?"

"Remus Lupin!" Snape said coldly: "You actually arranged a student for him to teach, and it happened to be from Slytherin House (Draco Malfoy). I can't believe it.

I never knew you would take revenge on Lucius in this way."

"You are about to blame me wrongly." Dumbledore shook his head and said, "I was not the one who chose Draco Malfoy, but Lupine himself."

"What?" Snape frowned tightly.

"That's right." Dumbledore said, "It was Lupine's choice. He saw Mr. Malfoy confronting Harry on the train, so he wanted to try to change Mr. Malfoy and use this method to help

Harry."

Dumbledore smiled at the angry Snape and said, "I think this is also related to the friendship between James and Lupin, just like the connection between you and Toby."

Snape narrowed his eyes: "What do you want to say?"

"Since we are friends, sometimes we also become the object of teasing each other." Dumbledore still said gently: "Isn't it right?"

Snape stared at Dumbledore for a while, then he suddenly sneered and left the office without saying a word.

It wasn't until the door closed that Dumbledore slowly suppressed the smile on his lips, and his expression gradually turned serious.

devil

Now, he has another difficult student.

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At Hogwarts, many people knew that Draco Malfoy had also become one of the students selected for the Teacher Award Ceremony. The only thing that was somewhat unexpected was that the professor he was going to teach was Lupin.

Not Professor Heimer.

Many people think so. In any case, Draco is still the minister of the Black Devil Club and is responsible for evaluating the magic circle items submitted by students to see if they are qualified to be included in the prizes in the wish box.

Although there were a lot of jokes at the beginning due to the real pen, Draco quickly adapted to this identity and became arrogant again.

Of course, every time it was when Professor Heimer was away, he had learned to be smart enough not to get into trouble with the black devil.

In the activity room of the Black Devil Club, Draco was sitting on his own sofa chair, which he got from home. It looked very luxurious.

Crabbe and Goyle stood behind him, one on the left and one on the right. The two men were tall and tall, adding a lot of momentum to the identification process.

Identification, this is what Draco is doing now.

He held a spinning top covered with silver patterns in one hand, and hid it under the table with the other hand. He slowly opened the book of falsehoods specially used for recording, and watched as the pen of truth floated up automatically, writing on it.

: "A spinning top? I lost interest in silly toys like this when I was three years old."

The Pen of Truth and the Book of Falsehood are supporting facilities for the club minister, which can be used to supervise the candidates for ministerial positions. The minister must make decisions based on the words written by the Pen of Truth, and must not violate his own will, let alone deceive himself and others.

Draco was originally dissatisfied with the top. After seeing the answer, he said cheerfully: "Take it aside. I dare to hand over anything. If it happens again, your college points will be deducted."

The Ravenclaw student sitting opposite him caught the top and said dissatisfiedly: "You talk as if you have the power."

Draco is not a prefect, let alone the president of the student union, so of course he does not have the power to deduct points casually, but it is still nice to talk about it occasionally, and he does not have to be responsible for it anyway.

After sitting for a while, Draco glanced at the clock hanging on the wall.

"It's time to go." He said to Goyle and Crabbe who were dozing behind him: "You go back to the dormitory first, there is no need to come with me."

Gore asked in a daze: "Boss, what are you going to do?"

"Didn't I tell you many times?" Draco frowned and said in a very proud tone: "It's time to teach Lupine a lesson. Just wait and see who can maintain the position of the next minister.

people."

After the two left, Draco put away the Book of Falsehood and the Pen of Truth. At this time, the expression on his face became a little wary, and he looked back and forth several times. He did not leave the classroom until he found no one, and walked along

The stairs go all the way up the castle.

This is not the direction of the Defense Against the Dark Arts office.

After twisting and turning, Draco made his way to the owl loft on the top floor and whistled softly.

A black shadow flew down from the beam and was about to hit the pillar beside Draco, but was quickly stopped by him with quick hands and eyes.

"See clearly, Virgil." He said angrily: "I am here, not a pillar."

Virgil is Draco's pet owl. His feathers are all black and his eyes are very sharp - but not because of the need for hunting, just because he has very severe myopia and can't see anything clearly.

It is worth mentioning that he was also selected as an actor in the drama "The Legend of Sirius", as the most important behind-the-scenes mastermind and the most evil guy.

This made Draco proud for a long time. Fortunately, the play did not have high requirements for Virgil's role. He only needed to stop there. Otherwise, he would have been worried about how to train Virgil.

"Go in first and stay there, don't make any sound."

Draco moved very carefully and didn't even speak loudly.

Virgil tried back and forth several times before finally getting into the backpack with Draco's help.

Taking his backpack, Draco walked down the stairs again. The corridor was quiet. It was already past dinner time, and students rarely had classes in the evening, so Draco was the only one in the entire corridor.

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He walked quickly, his steps getting longer and longer, and finally he stopped slowly in front of a door.

He knocked on the door.

"Please come in."

Draco first let the owl out and let it stand firmly on his shoulders, seemingly imitating the postures of Toby and Al.

He pushed the door open casually and saw Lu Ping, who was sitting behind the desk grading students' papers.

"Let me see." Lupine raised his head and glanced at the clock on the wall.

"Exactly on time." He smiled gently at Draco: "Then let's start today's lesson - what do you plan to teach me this time?"

"It's still Virgil." Draco said honestly, looking completely less contemptuous of Lupine than he did on the train.

“What I’m going to teach you today is how to take care of a myopic owl.”

This is the course that Draco has been participating in. He doesn't know about devils, and other abilities, such as curses, are not easy to use.

But Virgil is perfect.

Coincidentally, the friendly Professor Lupine happens to have a lot of experience with magical animals.